Author: Anthony Adragna As the sun rose on a crisp, fall day, students took to Battell Beach, otherwise named "the pitch," with the goal of leaving the Muggle world. On Nov. 11, college students from all over entered the world of "Harry Potter" during the first annual Intercollegiate Quidditch World ...
Author: Alex Garlick Impassioned debate is good for the liberal arts educational experience. Unfortunately, as of late I have observed the debate regarding these pages to be pathetically partisan and personal. (I apologize for all the alliteration).Last week, Ward Wolff '08 penned an opinion piece on ...
Author: [no author name found] Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.The College Orchestra, under the direction of Troy Peters, performed on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Mahaney CFA concert hall. The orchestra, which underwent a renaissance last year, performed the ambitious program of Borodin, Corigliano ...
Author: Ashley Gammel Nugent + Matteson Dance, an intimate and charismatic company consisting of its two title performers, Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson '00, graced Middlebury's dance theatre on Nov. 9 and 10 with a playful, concise evening program. Matteson, who graduated from Middlebury seven ...
Author: Jordan Nassar Fashion is just like anything else. Those who are into it are into it - and those who are not just don't care. We are too often thrown off by the combination two truths: that fashion deals with clothes, and that we all wear clothes. We end up thinking that because we all wear clothes, ...
Author: Benji Thurber Middlebury claimed its first outright NESCAC football championship on Saturday, Nov. 10, defeating Tufts on the road, 21-19. The Panthers ended their season with a 7-1 record, finishing a game ahead of both Trinity and WilliamsMiddlebury used a balanced performance by its offense, ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes As I sat down in Atwater one morning with my bowl of Rice Krispies and Captain Crunch, I noticed something strange. No, I am not talking about my habit of mixing cereal - that is not strange, just plain delicious. I am referring to the little sign standing in the middle of the ...
Author: Rachael Jennings Middlebury students pay a hefty price - $46,910 a year, to be exact - for the privilege of their elite education. But does this initial investment actually appreciate in the long run?Steven Woodbury '75 addressed this concern last Thursday, Nov. 8, before an eager crowd of ...
Author: Tess Russell Men's Soccer Coach David Saward often poses this question to his players: If aliens came down to our planet and watched us play, would they consider this a beautiful game?The mere terrestrials inhabiting Middlebury's campus, particularly those of us who have witnessed the team's ...
Author: [no author name found] The southwest part of Vermont was racked with violence on Nov. 1-2, when a series of murders stunned the towns of Brandon, Rupert and Rutland. The violence began late Wednesday night in the small town of Rupert, Vt. when Benjamin Ploski, 32, engaged in an argument with ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl and Melissa Marshall Audio content produced by Radio Arts MiddleburyEmerson String QuartetWhen looking for a recording of any major string quartet, chances are you will come across one, if not more, recordings performed by the Emerson String Quartet, one of today's leading string ...
Author: Ashley Gamell & Maddie Oatman The coveted wall-space of New York's art museums is usually reserved for die-hard visual artists, those who have starved their way through art school in order to become fluent in the wordless language of shapes and colors. This Fall Break, however, we ran into ...
Author: Brian Fung National editor for The Washington Post Rajiv Chandrasekaran criticized the Bush administration for mismanaging the Iraq war in a lecture on Oct. 30 about his experiences as the Post's Baghdad bureau chief before and after the U.S. invasion in 2003. Seats at the talk were in short ...
Author: Rachael Jennings During their initial months at the College, many first-year students struggle with the transition to a different environment, with new friends and new responsibilities. Luckily, they can rely on a group of silent supporters who are there to help comfort them through these bouts ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "I wish I was special/But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo/ What the hell am I doing here?/ I don't belong here." Thom Yorke's desperate confession became an anthem - and an airwave infection - for a generation. And, almost 15 years and eight full-length releases later, Radiohead ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman The preliminary groundwork on the new $11 million biomass facility on Old Chapel Road behind the Service Building has begun, according to project manager Tom McGinn. The biomass facility's construction has redirected both pedestrian and vehicular traffic patterns, yet many students ...
Author: Sage Bierster Screwing, nailing, pounding - no, we're not talking about building a house. We're talking about sex - specifically, an aggressive form of sex that is for and by men, and where women are passive. A quick search for synonyms of "copulation" on the Internet Web site sex-lexis.com ...
Author: Brian Fung Study reveals political views among academiaThere are marginally more moderates than liberals among college academics, according to a recent study of the political beliefs of college professors presented at a Harvard University symposium on Oct. 6. The survey was conducted by Neil ...
Author: Amanda Greene How much attention is actually paid to the Honor Code? The Honor Code, signed on each and every paper, exam and project is a phrase that each Middlebury student, at the completion of his or her first term, can recite on command. Yet I wonder if the prevalence of the Honor Code, ...