Author: Michelle Constant The College will utilize its affiliation with the Monterey Institue of International Studies (MIIS) to offer new Winter Term courses consistent with the international aspirations of the Middlebury Initiative. Many students have decided to take advantage of the new courses, ...
Author: Jeff Patterson "The winning number in tonight's 50-50 raffle drawing is 5-3-0-0-1-0," said Dave Sears over the Kenyon Arena loudspeaker on Dec. 1. "Again, 5-3-0-0-1-0."The sixth game of the season for the Middlebury men's hockey team, against the University of Southern Maine (USM), began in ...
Author: Will Mallett Holiday season is upon us once again. It is, needless to say, a pleasant time of year, and we here at Middlebury College all look forward to the joys the season will bring with anticipation - snow on the ground, smiles on children's faces, cheer in the air. Even a Wal-Mart parking ...
Author: Joey Interian It's not often that MIddlebury's first-year seminars provide students with an opportunity to work closely with members of the community, let alone delve into one's own personal background. Yet for Lauren Sanchez '11, Associate Professor of Spanish Ana Martinez-Lage's class did ...
Author: Mary Lane Yesterday I succumbed to a pop-up and started watching Peyton Manning's MasterCard "Priceless Pep Talks." The fun thing about the site is that you enter a name and, voila, Peyton uses that name in a pep talk. I picked "My New Job Scares Me." Oh, this is too good. "Eli, the game of ...
Author: Michael Suen and Brian Fung "Cosmic cannonball" research publishedNASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered a star hurtling at very high speeds through space. Gamaliel Painter Bicentennial Professor of Physics Frank Winkler co-authored the research on this phenomenon with Robert Petre ...
Author: Tess Russell Last week, as I was settling into my nightly library routine - insert fresh earplugs, sip soy latte, extract yellow legal pad and applicable book from my bag - I spotted a friend at the carrel across the way. He, too, had just arrived, and after sending a quick wave in my direction, ...
Author: Melissa Marshall So, this is the New Year and I don't feel any different. Okay, maybe it's not quite the New Year yet, and even though you may not feel any different, the music scene has experienced more break-out releases than Angelina Jolie has had covers on tabloids in these past 12 months. ...
Author: Dan Stevens The sensational shooting of the Dutchwomen from Schenectady, N.Y. was too much for the women's basketball team, as Middlebury fell 73-57 to Union College in a non-conference match-up on Saturday, Dec. 1. In what was an intense meeting for the two teams, Union outshined the Panthers, ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe It is the most wonderful time of the year, and the town of Middlebury is ready to celebrate. Wreaths ring the lampposts on Main Street, lights adorn the rooftops of the buildings in Marble Works and a combination of the two have decked out the gazebo on the town green. Add ...
Author: Jeb Burchenal Women's hockey ties, then wins on road tripWomen's hockey took to the road this past weekend as it traveled to Amherst and Connecticut College. Last year's runner-up in the NCAA championships, the Panthers entered the weekend on a two-game winning streak. On Friday, Nov. 30 the ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback Border film debuts in film festivals nationwideJustin Mashouf and Jordan Fuller, seniors at the University of Arizona, have been selected by film festivals across the country to show their film, "The Runners." Originally an assignment for their film class, Mashouf and Fuller ...
Author: [no author name found] The Middlebury Campus: How did you choose the play? MacLeod Andrews: I actually saw the play in its first production ever at the 2003 Actor's Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays. The show quickly became my new favorite. The actor playing the lead ...
Author: Andrew Fuller As the number of U.S. college students seeking to study abroad continues to increase, so does the number of programs designed to accommodate that interest. But legislators and educators have been debating lately just how expensive those programs - now big business for many - should ...
Author: Alex Garlick No matter how loud the debate becomes regarding Matthew Biette's threat to cancel midnight breakfast, it seems to fall on deaf ears. The Campus' editorial board can chip in its two cents and the SGA can organize a lunch with Biette, but the student body is taking the apathetic route ...
Author: Joseph Bergan The following is a list of all the things that have vanished from my life as a Middlebury student, calendar years 2004-2007:The "New Faces" bookThe "New Faces" book died three years ago. The now-defunct publication is predeceased by Facebook.com, which is in living color, has tagging ...
Author: Grace Close Entering the room of Bilal Sarwary '10, I was immediately struck by the unusual dÈcor - dozens of press passes hang from the walls, Afghan carpets cover the floor and Post-It notes of Farsi-English word translations are scattered above his computer. Coming to Middlebury College ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I have been aware of the lack of socioeconomic diversity since the day that I arrived on the pristine green $50,000 a year campus. I support diversity on campus, but with all of this attention given to socioeconomic diversity within the ethnic and racial ...
Author: Patrick Jobson Members of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) proposed a "Queer Studies House" at the Community Council's weekly meeting on Dec. 3. Christine Bachman '09, Ryan Tauriainen '08 and Molli Freeman-Lynde '08, co-presidents and treasurer respectively of MOQA, led the discussion ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman A few weeks ago, during lunch, a friend of mine performed a monologue that he had been writing and rehearsing for a class. The speech described different moments in his life in which he had been ridiculed, rejected or simply sad. His words were raw, real and deeply personal. ...