Author: Melissa Marshall A petite girl from Hong Kong and a tall boy raised just across the lake in Keene Valley, N.Y., Yina Ng '09 and Simon Thomas-Train '09 sit comfortably side-by-side, their physical differences only hinting at the powerful dynamics manifested in their duet "It Needs What You Don't ...
Author: Peter Baumann First-years lead trackThe Middlebury indoor track team traveled to Maine this past weekend to take on three other teams at Bowdoin. The women turned in an impressive outing, winning six different events. While Jennifer Brenes '09 won the 55-meter hurdles, and Jennifer Currie '08 ...
Author: [no author name found] With the election season heating up and the nominating process inching closer to an end, this section, which will recur throughout the semester, has been designed to give readers a quick look at key election issues. This week the focus is on Iraq. Here is a look at some ...
Author: James O'Brien I know no one likes negativity (except for maybe me) but I've concluded that this general abhorrence toward nay-sayers is partially based on the media's positivity propaganda. To illustrate my point, let's examine the Nike commercial from a few months back that depicts female athletes ...
Author: Eleanor Johnstone Last week's Day of Romance was uniquely celebrated on the Middlebury campus with Middlebury's annual student production of Eve Ensler's '95 "The Vagina Monologues," directed by Aaron Gensler '08 and Maegan Mishico '09. First compiled and written in 1996, the collection of ...
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Author: Jeff Klein The Middlebury men's basketball team made history this weekend - and is now hoping to carry that momentum over to the postseason.In two highly contrasting yet similarly exciting contests, the Panthers eked out a 75-71 win over Wesleyan in Pepin Gymnasium Friday night, Feb. 15, before ...
Author: Tess Russsell In honor of "Let's Talk about Sex" month, this three-part series will focus on three different aspects of sexual health awareness over the course of the coming weeks. This week's installment, "Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)," discusses campus attitudes ...
Author: Tess Russell Last weekend, I found myself pregaming in a room with friends who were all bound for different destinations on and off campus. Looking around, I noticed that I was the only person present who was clothed in anything resembling normal going-out attire. I should mention I was wearing ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's comprehensive fee could rise by at least five percent, and as much as 5.25 percent in the next academic year, officials familiar with the budgeting process say. While these numbers reflect a decrease over last year's growth rate of 5.3 percent, if the increase is approved ...
Author: Melissa Marshall 91.1 FM WRMC has tuned-in to a new semester, and is living up to their mission statement of bringing original programming to the Champlain Valley. Online, in the car or in the dorms, dare to set the dial to this spring's most inventive shows. Alphabet SoupTime: Sunday 2 p.m. ...
Author: [no author name found] syn·es·the·sia from the Greek (syn-) union, and (aesthesis) sensation; is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds - and taste tactile sensations.A small group of bedraggled Middlebury constituents pulled up to the ...
Author: Kelly Janis We serve as the gateway to rural Vermont's heritage," said Assistant Director of Billings Farm & Museum David Miles, straining to be heard over the insistent "bah"s of animals congregating at the edges of their pens following the "How to Keep a Sheep" workshop in which they starred.var ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Over 200 students, faculty and members of the community gathered for a vigil of hope Feb. 19, two weeks after Nicholas Garza '11 disappeared during February break. Those in attendance wrote messages to the Garza family and lit candles at the front of Mead Chapel, where the event ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Three people were killed on Feb. 13 in a two-car collision on U.S. Route 7 just north of Middlebury. The near head-on collision occurred late Wednesday morning a little before 11 a.m., Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley said in a Feb. 14 article in The Rutland Herald entitled "Route ...
Author: [no author name found] It is late into February and while the class of 2011.5 has only just started settling into Middlebury, Senior Co-Chair of Feb Orientation Patch Culbertson '08.5 has already started e-mailing back and forth with the Early Decision admits.Culbertson and fellow co-chair Becca ...
Author: Brian Fung Representatives of the College's Community Council voted Feb. 18 to abide by recommendations made by the Subcommittee on Social and Academic Interest Houses regarding the behavior of three out of five campus social houses. While Xenia, The Mill and Omega Alpha were all approved for ...
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 ...