Author: Anthony Adragna Visiting Professor of Mathematics John Schmitt received the 2008 Perkins Award for Excellence in teaching. Schmitt and others celebrated the news with an award reception March 11.The Perkins Award celebrates excellence in mathematics and sciences. It alternates between a member ...
Author: Liz Gay We all know the saying - "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life." But the question of who controls the river, posed at the Oxfam America Hunger Awareness banquet that was held on March 9 in Proctor Dining Hall, is a decidedly ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Tamara Hilmes According to Joe Manning, his credentials for researching the children in Lewis Hine's photographs are merely that he very nearly resembles the turn-of-the-century photographer himself. In spite of his modest claim, however, over the past two years Manning has done more than just ...
Author: Jonathan King Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.From delivering sizzling pianos solos at his jazz group's Mahaney Center for the Arts (CFA) Concert Hall appearance to energizing the Beaux-Arts Ball as director of the Sound Investment, music instructor Dick Forman provided the drive behind ...
Author: Emma Gardner On Monday, March 10, the women's hockey team learned that winning is not everything - at least in the NESCAC championship. After an unexpected loss to Colby in the semifinals of the NESCAC championship by a score of 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, March 8, the Panthers believed their ...
Author: Jeff Patterson When John Sullivan '10 reached the top step of the team bus, thereby sidestepping the blustery gusts of wintry Waterville wind, he grinned and said, "It's going to be a little windy today, with a chance of a NESCAC championship."Middlebury, the winner of the previous four conference ...
Author: Abigail Opoku-Agyemang My name is Abigail Opoku-Agyemang. I am a first-year student at Middlebury. I was born in Ghana and my family moved here when I was younger. When I was applying to colleges, Middlebury stood out to me as a school that was not only excellent but also diverse. Middlebury ...
Author: [no author name found] Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.Art as accessible - that was the message of Kevin P. Mahaney's '84 speech during the dedication and 15th anniversary of the Center for the Arts. From live musical performances to theatre showcases to alumni panels, the weekend dedicated ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler MiddCORE Winter Term students launched an online menu rating system for the dining halls at Middlebury College in February. The online menu rating system, named Middelicious, stemmed from a project for the MiddCORE Winter Term class, which focused on the development of entrepreneurial ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 4, the Town of Middlebury cleared the final significant hurdle standing between it and an effort to assuage the traffic congestion for which it is notorious when residents voted 1,535 to 673 in favor of authorizing a 30-year, $16-million bond issue to fund the construction ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler Wisconsin students to pay $2 to bring Iraqis The University of Wisconsin is considering a proposal to raise the school's tuition for all students by $2 as part of an initiative to bring a number of Iraqi exchange students to campus. The additional payments, which collectively ...
Author: Thompson Davis Based On a True Story 1980/2008A Play in two actsACT I(1980. Citibank headquarters in Manhattan. Thompson Bennett Davis III walks into an office extremely hung-over or still drunk*)CITIBANK: Jesus, are you all right?TBDIII: Yes. Actually no, I'm going to be level with you here ...
Author: Jon King The Community Council voted March 3 to request that the College's Inter-House Council (IHC) clarify the procedures for establishing new social houses on campus by writing a manual. Discussion of the motion followed negotiation among council members and house representatives about possibly ...
Author: Daniel Streitfeld Thursday mornings are usually a pleasant time for me. Having no Friday classes, the prospect of only a few more hours of lecture until complete freedom makes it hard to not be happy. Imagine my utter disappointment then, when I picked up The Middlebury Campus, to realize that ...
Author: Patrick Swan I have been a student at this College for nearly four years. During my time here, I have had many opportunities to learn about different concepts and discuss many themes, all of which contributed not only to my academic formation, but also to my formation as a human being. Certain ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Assistant Professor of Arabic and International Studies Ikram Masmoudi will resign at the end of the current school, highlighting the struggle to keep top-notch professors in "critical languages," in both the Language Schools and academic school year faculties. Critical languages, ...
Author: Rachael Jennings If you are in love with your car - if you've "gotta feel for your automobile," in the passionate and ever-cheesy words of Queen - then you are certainly not alone. Plenty of Middlebury students love their wheels, in whatever shape they are in, from a '97 Geo Prizm to a clunky ...
Author: Eleanor Johnstone Last week, Middlebury students checking their mailboxes found invitations to share their secrets à la PostSecret, a Maryland-based community art project that invites people to anonymously share private thoughts or moments - funny or serious - in an artistic fashion. Cards ...
Author: Nicole Lam Ned Castle's photographs reflect his passion. Each photograph has eyes staring right back at the viewer, just as Castle intends. Each man and woman in the black-and-white photographs wants to tell the audience something. One might never hear their voices, but being aware they have ...