Author: H. Kay Merriman This semester, the college is hosting Rosenbloom Visiting Scholar-in-Israel Studies David Nachmias. Nachmias brings copious amounts of experience, study and even controversy to the two courses that he is teaching: "Politics in Israel," and "Political Corruption and Governance."Nachmias ...
Author: Alex Garlick The Democratic nomination race will be very close. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting for every last delegate in their primary contests, desperately trying to get to the magic number of 2,025. This is a breath of fresh air for political fans, accustomed to seeing the ...
Author: Matt Ferrer Put another check on the Middlebury men's squash team's "to-do" list. This past weekend the Panthers competed in the National tournament for the first time ever as a varsity program. And although they finished the weekend with a losing record, the experience of competing as a varsity ...
Author: [no author name found] We have all heard it: the disappointment, dread or begrudging acceptance with which Middlebury students anticipate leaving the beloved "bubble" and entering the real world.For Febs, however, this experience common to all college students is made somewhat unique by the ...
Author: Roz Vara Change is nothing new to Facebook these days. Log on right now and you will probably find three or four requests to become a member of the newest bizarre applications. But last week, Facebook finally made a change that may prove to be a worthy one. In the past, Facebook users ready ...
Author: Emily Temple The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle is a musician's musician. If I had any doubts in my adoration for him and his projects, I would be reassured by the knowledge that I was in good company. All my other favorite bands like him too. A personal favorite reference: in "Girls Like Status,",a ...
Author: [no author name found] Sex sells - and "Let's Talk About Sex" month, sponsored by the Office of Health and Wellness and a slew of on campus organizations, knows it. Boasting events as diverse as discussions about the College's hook up culture, performances of "The Vagina Monologues" and speed ...
Author: Rachael Carrasquillo BERLIN - One of the most difficult classes I took this semester at the Freie Universität in Berlin was Introduction to International Relations. I realized after the first two weeks that I was missing something that all of the other students in the class had - namely, years ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The Kelly Brush Ski Foundation announced the launch of its national ski race safety program with $35,000 in grants to ski clubs across the nation on Feb. 14. Forty grants, ranging from $250 to $2,000 were given to ski clubs varying in location from Alaska to Vermont. The grants ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner What brings Vermonters together better than cheddar and apples? The answer is local. "Local food" was the theme which dominated Monday night's discussion at Ilsey Public Library of Barbara Kingsolver's latest book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." The book tells the story of the ...
Author: Emma Gardner One might say that repetition has been the theme of the 2007-2008 women's hockey season. Falling for the second time in the last four months to Plattsburgh State on Feb. 12, the women lost their title as the top-ranked Division III team after being shutout for the first time in ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:We need to ask John McCain to serve again. George Washington overcame many hardships, had two horses shot out from under him and had musket balls rip through his waistcoat during the Revolutionary War. Fortunately, he survived to serve again. The strength ...
Author: Adam Clayton Across another pond to the east, baffling events unfolded last week that were huge for the Olympics, and possibly the future of this world - Steven Spielberg said his conscience over the continuing genocide in Darfur no longer allowed him to be artistic consultant to the upcoming ...
Author: Amanda Greene Classes have started. Again. The magic surrounding J-term is definitely gone. It's goodbye to hour-long dinners, extended knitting sessions and pick-up poker games. That whole "really being able to nurture your social life" feeling is as gone as the euphoria surrounding Christmas ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The guitar has a comparable range, flexibility and variety of timbre to any other popular solo instrument. Why then, is its repertoire limited to every imaginable pop song, volumes of Spanish and Latin American music and a splattering of Baroque music? When push comes to shove, ...
Author: [no author name found] Valentine's Concert at the Henry SheldonOn Thursday, Feb. 14, Peter and Karen Sutherland will perform work songs "from the farms and factories" at the Henry Sheldon Museum. The event costs $7 for members of the museum and $10 for non-members. So if you are looking for ...
Author: Jake Cohen After a tough loss to Williams on Feb. 2, the Middlebury men's and women's swim teams rallied the troops and put on some top-notch performances at their invitational the following weekend. The meet was not a team event but a series of individual races. As such, it provided the Panthers ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Police and search teams have suspended their search for Nicholas Garza '11 until Feb. 16 at the earliest, after their initial search for the missing first-year student on Monday and Tuesday failed to turn up significant clues regarding his disappearance. The 19-year-old Garza was ...
Author: Anthony Adragna FEB. 17 - Search and rescue workers turned their attention to the vast Ridgeline area of campus Feb. 16 in the continuing search for Nicholas Garza '11, who vanished late Feb. 5.The Middlebury Police Department [MPD] suspended the search portion of their investigation on Feb. ...
Author: Amanda Greene I can't remember the last time I paid for music. Or videos. The notion that people go into record stores and exchange cash for albums is foreign to college students. Why would we pay for something that we can get from our friends or neighbors? Yet, all of the music trading that ...