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Lovestruck Midd couples dish on dating
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: H. Kay Merriman Countless columnists of The Campus have lamented Middlebury's lack of a dating scene, and students of all grades and sexual orientations express that the student population is generally uninterested in long-term relationships. During orientation for the class of 2010, a residential ...
Cleaver cuts through the Middlebury defense Norwich flies by men's hockey team on its season-series-sweeping brooms
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Jeff Patterson Rick Cleaver wears number 11. His name contains 11 letters. Now, he has 11 career game-winning goals.Skating down the left wing late in the first period, the Norwich University senior cradled a cross-ice pass from one of his penalty-killing teammates, D.J. Fimiani, and then knocked ...
Across the pond
February 13, 2008Author: Adam Clayton In today's globalized world, there is seemingly nothing that can't be done cheaper, quicker or better somewhere else. Profit-maximizing companies scour the world looking for the best places to make and market their products. Apparently, sports teams are no exception. Hidden under ...
The Mill home rises from the ashes
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Adam Dede Since last month's Inter-House Council (IHC) recommendation to strip The Mill of its residential status for fire safety violations, the members of the social house have been working to overturn the ruling and become more fire safety conscious. Currently, The Mill still holds residential ...
Sports backpage
February 13, 2008Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
college shorts
February 13, 2008Author: Brian Fung Gunman kills two at LTC before herselfThree female students at Louisiana Technical College were fatally shot on Feb. 8 when, according to police, one of the three entered a crowded classroom and shot two in their desks before turning the weapon on herself.The victims' identities have ...
Queer Studies House okayed
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Adam Dede Students and faculty packed into a small meeting room in Old Chapel on Jan. 28 to witness as the trepidatious members of Community Council entered and took their seats to hear a proposal to form a Queer Studies academic interest house. The proposal came from the Middlebury Open Queer ...
Shenanigans Is it time to be inspired by Obama?
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Alex Garlick Our generation is surging in support of Barack Obama in his bid for the nomination of the Democratic Party. Campaigns are turning towards new methods for mobilizing voters (Facebook, anyone?) that are aimed directly at you - college students. Young voters, which the Baltimore Sun ...
A preface to lunch "What is love?" lyrics speak the truth
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: James O'Brien Most people I know at Middlebury are far more intelligent than me. In order to prove their intelligence, many of them listen to songs with lyrics that I can't even begin to comprehend - lyrics like, "Society is a maggot! You are Bob Saget!/Life is ephemeral! You are a chemical!" ...
Sondheim musical slits throats, splits sides
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Grace Duggan One of the highlights of the last weekend of Winter Term was the Music Department's production of "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street." The stellar ensemble sunk their teeth into Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics and, under the direction of Executive Director of the ...
Bookstore revamps pricing system
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Andrew Fuller The Middlebury College Bookstore is launching a campaign to lower textbook prices and promote the recycling of textbooks by making used textbooks more widely available. The campaign will begin with the start of the spring semester and will coincide with the bookstore's continued ...
sportsbriefs
February 13, 2008Author: Jeb Burchenal Anna McNally '11 earns Player of the Week honorsAnna McNally, a first-year on the Middlebury College women's hockey team, was named the NESCAC Player of the Week. She scored three goals and added three assists in the Panther's two victories last week. In the first game, she played ...
editorial Student disappearance highlights need for safety assessment
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: [no author name found] Students returned to campus Monday to the unsettling news that first-year Nicholas Garza, an Allen resident and member of Atwater Commons, had been missing for close to a week. The news, divulged to the community by e-mail, took on even greater significance as members ...
Group stitches thread to Zambia
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Kelly Janis Sometime in the not-so-distant future, an orphan in Zambia will don a t-shirt from the 2005 Addison County Fair and Field Days, while another sports the emblem of the Vermont Voltage Soccer Club. The warmth furnished by these relics of central Vermont is attributable to the Mothers ...
First-years surprised by Winter Term experience
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Cloe Shasha First-years have been hearing rumors about Winter Term - colloquially referred to as "J-Term" - since they set foot on the Middlebury campus. While many members of the class of 2011 shared similar preconceived notions of what Winter Term would hold, students reported having a range ...
op-ed Participation grading does it serve the student body?
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Tristan Axelrod In an anthropology class last semester, final grades were based on four components: a final exam, a midterm exam, response papers, and participation. The three response papers were graded as check, check-minus or no check, and after receiving three of three checks and a 96 on ...
notes from the desk Social houses worth another look
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Derek Schlickeisen You made the choice when you came to Middlebury."Greek life isn't for me," you thought. "I don't want to go to a big school where the only way to be known is by joining some fraternity full of problem drinkers who will make me do degrading things just to let me hang out with ...
Class of '11.5 weathers a chilly orientation
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Rachael Jennings Think back to your first few weeks at Middlebury, when you were struggling to remember roughly 2,000 new names, find your way around campus, balance four new classes and learn to live with a stranger. Add to that the pressure of jumping into the College's social scene halfway ...
College remains model for study abroad
By Middlebury Campus | February 13, 2008Author: Michelle Constant Middlebury is not among a list of 15 high-profile colleges and universities being investigated by the New York Attorney General's Office for their study abroad programs. According to The New York Times, schools including Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Fordham, Manhattanville, American ...