Author: H.Kay Merriman Going home, spending time with the family, eating a large meal that has been prepared all day - Thanksgiving is seemingly straightforward, traditional. Yet, after coming to school, many Middlebury students are forced to alter their Thanksgiving traditions to fit either their new ...
Author: Lise Rosenberger As the Middlebury winter sports teams gear up for their impending seasons, their focus extends beyond simply getting in top shape and perfecting their plays. Off of their respective courts and ice arenas, teams participate in various forms of service to connect not only with ...
Author: Mary Lane The Five Town Massive, produced by Nine37 Productions and located each year in Bristol, Vt. will be held Dec. 26-30 and feature "multi-media events throughout the week," as the festival's official Web site advertises. This self-titled interdisciplinary arts extravaganza is open to ...
Author: Kelly Janis "I am a particularly stammering idiot right now, because my heart is pounding," said Elissa Campbell above the din of shoppers milling about the Emerald Room of the Sheraton Conference Center in South Burlington. "Like, I'm hot and sweating and completely hysterical and about to ...
Author: [no author name found] With exams fast approaching, settle in with your books, hunker down with your notes - and get ready to kiss that beloved midnight breakfast tradition goodbye. Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette sent out an ominous e-mail two weeks ago threatening Middlebury students ...
Author: Feminist Action at Middlebury, Men Against Violence and Women of Color We would like to thank James O'Brien for raising some important concerns in his recent op-ed article "Sex and Shaq don't mix - but we talk about it anyway" (Nov 15). The level of apathy on this campus needs to be addressed ...
Author: Mary Walsh For most Middlebury College students, Winter Term is characterized by taking an easy class in the morning, skiing most afternoons and spending extended periods of time in the cozy Vermont dorms with hot chocolate, movies and friends. The College - which only requires students to spend ...
Author: Brian Fung President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz sought to deflect criticism for his stance on military recruitment practices at an open forum in McCullough Social Space on Nov. 26. During the hour-and-a-half discussion, Liebowitz defended the administration's decision to allow the U.S. ...
Author: [no author name found] Childhood dream: To be a gerbil with an abnormally long tail or to clean hotel rooms.First crush: Rachel Wells in kindergarden because she moved up north from Louisiana, had an accent and was wild.On your iPod: This fall, a grasshopper flew through my car window. I got ...
Author: Jeff Patterson With temperatures more suited for ice hockey than field hockey - and the women's hockey team preparing for its season opener against Elmira - the Middlebury field hockey team took to Ursinus College's Snell Field on Oct. 17 and faced a Bowdoin team that had won 19 straight games, ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you find yourself craving the catch of the day after a long day of shopping on Church Street, walk a couple blocks down to the Burlington Bay Market and CafÈ located on Battery St., near the ferry. This market and restaurant combo is located right on the edge of Lake Champlain ...
Author: Alexandra Garcia Gender violence should be on the hot list this week. There are those posters with Middlebury quotes, the posters with sexual violence statistics and a few Feminists all up in arms over the "insensitive" op-ed response to the posters. But what's the big deal? Hasn't anybody noticed ...
Author: Daniel Roberts Here's a first - I want to take this week's column to respond to another column. If it helps, look along online as you read me this week. The column is Jordan Nassar's "The Devil Wears Patagonia" (Nov. 15). I had not read this column until a friend of mine brought it to me and ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Assistant Professor of Economics Caitlin Myers and five Middlebury students found surprising results when they traveled to Boston, Mass. last January as part of their Winter Term class, "Deconstructing Discrimination," to conduct a study on discrimination. The class, comprised ...
Author: Eleanor Johnstone Although "The Heidi Chronicles" shook Wright Theater the weekend before campus emptied for break, its powerful performances and messages chased this reporter into the holiday and back to the press. Directed by Middlebury's Professor of Theater and Women's and Gender Studies ...
Author: Bryant Cobb Library sells books to community membersFrom Nov. 12 to Nov. 19, the New Library hosted a book sale. All of the books sold were either books that had been withdrawn from the selves to make room for newer editions or were duplicates of books that the library already has. On the first ...
Author: Aviva Shen On Nov. 16, the Class of 2008 announced that it will fund the restoration of the Starr Library Reading Room at the Donald E. Axinn Center at Starr Library as its senior gift. The Reading Room restoration is part of a larger plan to restore historic library spaces in the new center.Other ...
Author: James Kerrigan For the first time in school history, the men's soccer team captured the Division III NCAA National Championship, edging Trinity University (Texas) in penalty kicks at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Saturday, Nov. 24. It was the 28th national title ...