Author: Douglas Sisson A lack of transparency is evident between Middlebury's administration and the community at large. Without open, honest and direct dialogue between students and its administration, the College community has no choice but to rely on campus rumors and gossip to find closure for pressing ...
Author: Kelly Janis On Oct. 6 and 7, the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction, Vt. boasted the highest concentration of Navajo wedding sets, 19th century hand-cut doll dresses and vintage sewing machines for miles as it played host to the annual Champlain Valley Antiques Festival. The two-day ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback Student representatives attending the Community Council's weekly meeting on Oct. 8 were shocked to learn that the College's Board of Trustees had in May approved a new College calendar that eliminates the first day of Winter Carnival, traditionally a class-free Friday in February. ...
Author: Molley Kaiyoorawongs FERRARA - I just saw my coach's penis. I'm in Italy and the second grueling practice of Tchoukball just ended. I suppose he was on the way to take a shower in this locker room that isn't really a locker room. The "men's locker room" is an empty room except for some benches. ...
Author: Peter Baumann Stifling. Dominant. Overwhelming. The women's volleyball defense has been called many things this year, but perhaps understated sophomore libero Natalie DuPre describes it best when she calls the Panther defense "good, really good."Continuing the staunch defensive play that has ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Students who stopped by Saturday's Orange Crush concert in Kenyon Arena may have noticed ways in which the event differed from their usual weekend fare: uniformed catering staff served hot food to guests who at times found themselves mingling in the decked-out gymnasium with ...
Author: Adam Dede On Oct. 7 the Student Government Association (SGA) continued their discussion from last meeting concerning the addition of class booklists to BannerWeb. With details still in the works, the initiative will give students the option to buy books online, prior to the beginning of term. ...
Author: Mary Lane Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.While glancing over your half-yearly bill from the College, something may have caught your eye on one line item - the Student Activities Fee (SAF) jumped $120. This year's increase of the SAF to $360 has resulted in many benefits including cheaper ...
Author: Melissa Marshall As we slip out of seer-sucker and skirts and into corduroy and cable-knits, we also shrug off the sunshine-pop of summer and hit play on something more substantial. Maybe it's the shorter days, the crisper air or the falling leaves, but the autumn season lends itself to the ...
Author: Patrick Jobson Memphis football star gunned down at nightUniversity of Memphis junior Taylor Bradford was shot to death on Sept. 30 on university grounds, prompting the university locked down all residence halls and canceled Monday classes as an "early precaution" in case that there was still ...
Author: Jordan Nassar Work hard, play hard. That's what they say about us Middlebury students, right? While that may be astute, and kind of fun for the first year or so, I have a feeling that playing hard is not quite what all of us are looking for. You've heard it, you've probably even said it yourself ...
Author: Amanda Brickell The recent controversy surrounding the "Never Forget" posters requires that we reexamine the value of the freedom of speech on a college campus. In the United States, free speech is the rule rather than the exception. It is beneficial to allow a public exchange of ideas, even ...
Author: Eleanor Johnston In one of the concluding events of last week's Clifford Symposium "Islam and Politics in a Changing World," Artist in Residence Leyya Tawil and violinist Mike Khoury presented their multi-dimensional exploration of Arab-American boundaries in the Mahaney Center for the Arts ...
Author: Samantha Michaels NPR host Bill Littlefield to address CollegeAs part of the College's "Meet the Press" series, Bill Littlefield, host of National Public Radio's "Only Game," will speak at McCardell Bicentennial Hall on Oct. 15. In his lecture entitled "Why We Need Sports," Littlefield will ...
Author: [no author name found] Vermont Skydiving AdventuresDoes the thought of a weekend with your parents make you want to jump out of a plane? If so, you might consider seeing the fall foliage for which Vermont is famous from a whole new angle. Leap on over to Vermont Skydiving Adventures, located ...
Author: Brian Fung Over a two-day conference on Sept. 29-30, students, faculty and administration representatives gathered at the Common Ground Center in Starksboro, Vt. to participate in a Synergy Retreat designed to enhance collaboration and communication among student organizations seeking to become ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:On a campus where you must wait in line to use gym equipment in the afternoon and where the line at the Proctor salad bar stretches farther than the hot food line, the message and the implications of "Eluding the 'Freshman 15'" in last week's The Middlebury ...
Author: Will Mallett Otter Creek Brewing held its 13th Annual Oktoberfest Benefit Bash on Sept. 29, celebrating the season and raising funds for the United Way of Addison County, a nationwide organization whose mission, according to its Web site, is to "improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of ...
Author: Jeff Patterson There were two games against two Maine teams in two days that bore two different results for the Middlebury field hockey team. There were two different two-toned jerseys, too, but in the second game against the second-ranked team in the country, who also happened to be two-time ...
Author: Brian Fung Politically active members of the College community respectfully faced off with one another on Oct. 1 in an open discussion sponsored by Dialogues for Peace. The discussions were prompted by a poster, obtained several weeks ago by the College Republicans and subsequently displayed ...