Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury's diverse student population finds in its quaint college town something which is becoming increasingly rare in the 50 states and more than 40 countries its students are from: a respite from the sprawl of globalized chain stores. As unique as the town ...
Author: James O'Brien I was listening to WRMC 91.1 - my favorite on-campus radio station - when one show ended and on came a show called Neo-Con Air. I didn't actually listen to the show, but it did jog my memory about the fun Neo-Con posters that I used to walk by on the way to Ross Dining Hall. I ...
Author: Amanda Greene My friend was eating lunch in Atwater, when Public Safety came to boot and remove a vehicle that was parked in a faculty/staff space. The owner of the vehicle was, conveniently, eating lunch in Atwater as well, and ran out of the dining hall to rescue his car. It was clear than ...
Author: Kelly Janis Thoughtful Vermonters, opposed to the tyranny of the United States government, corporate America and globalization, believe that Vermont should once again become an independent republic, as it was between 1777 and 1791, and that the United States of America should begin to peacefully ...
Author: Brian Fung Getting a small, thin envelope in the mail from a top college or university typically spells disappointment for hopeful students seeking their place in higher education. And as long as competition and selectivity remain watchwords of the college admissions game, that kind of anxiety ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl In recent years, a new breed of dramatic soprano has surfaced in the opera world. The factor that distinguishes these women from sopranos of the past is an "advertisability" - an at-times artificial resemblance to Hollywood starlets. Their voices have always struck me as incongruous ...
Author: Thomas Brant At 7 a.m. on the morning of May 5, 1970, first-year Howard Burchman picked up the phone in the WRMC-FM office. His vision was blurry and his voice probably sounded tired. He had been up all night, his eyes glued to the radio station's teletype feed, which was spitting out bits and ...
Author: Scott Greene In a largely unprecedented move, the College's Reappointments Committee last week reversed its decision regarding the tenure-track contract of Assistant Professor of Sociology Laurie Essig after a decision last month by the Appeals Committee found procedural errors in the original ...
Author: Melissa Marshall From broccoli and barbeque sauce melted in a Proctor panini to snow boots worn over springtime leggings to Shakespeare scholars rocking out geology classes, the Middlebury campus seems to be all about mixing the incongruous. So I suppose the success of mashup artist Girl Talk's ...
Author: Bryant Cobb In response to a student request received by the Dean of Library and Information Services last year, Facilities Services has drilled holes in 300 study carrels in Middlebury's libraries to reduce and prevent laptop theft. The laptop lockdown cables are relatively easy to use. There ...
Author: Dickie Redmond The Middlebury women's lacrosse team won its third consecutive game Saturday, April 5 at Kohn Field, handing Amherst its first loss of the season. The Lady Jeffs fell 14-3 after an almost-flawless effort led by the Panther captains. "Playing Amherst is always exciting and our ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Hailing from the state with the highest per capita war-death rate in the nation, these Vermont soldiers certainly do not have it easy. But despite the immense danger they face on a daily basis, Vermont soldiers fighting in Iraq do not ask for much. When Congressman Peter Welch ...
Author: [no author name found] Students are doubtlessly grumbling (to say the least) about the College's decision to temporarily disband a cappella group Stuck in the Middle (SIM) for hazing violations. However, the decision - though disappointing for members of the group - ultimately signals the understandable ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Today marks the second in a series of three lectures organized by the Studio Art Department. An over 20-year tradition for the department, the Visiting Artists Lecture Series seeks to enrich studio art students and art enthusiasts by bringing working artists from around the ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Eleanor Horowitz Text messages and e-mails were delivered to 2,802 members of the College community during the first test of the emergency notification system AlertFind on Wednesday, April 2. The campus-wide test helped identify glitches and problems with the system and is part of the College's ...
Author: Michelle Constant On April 7, the Community Council approved a motion to ask President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz to allow second-semester students to pledge social houses. For an hour and a half, over 30 faculty members, administrators and students gathered to debate whether the pledge ...
Author: Adam Clayton Unemployed philosopher and football manager Jose Mourinho once claimed that people look at sport and bring to it the negative aspects of our society, projecting individual and societal feelings of shame and guilt upon those in the sports world. Mourinho, defensive guru on the football ...
Author: Grace Duggan Born and raised in Austria, C.A. Johnson Artist-in-Residence Heimo Wallner attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts before going on to show his work in Austria as well as all over the United States, including New York City, San Antonio, Milwaukee's Hagerty Museum of Art and Amherst. ...
Author: Rodrigo Seira This past month was not an easy one for politicians. On March 10, The New York Times broke the story that linked New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring, forcing him to resign only a few days later. On March 24, there came a second sex scandal as Detroit Mayor Kwame ...