Author: Thomas Brant and Joseph Bergan "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn."These words of Hillel the Elder, a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod and Augustus, form ...
Author: Thomas Brant and Joseph Bergan Perhaps one of the most hotly debated religions in politics and the press is Islam. News flooding in from Europe, the Middle East and America all contain stories about the clash between Christians, Muslims and Jews. Perhaps there is no other religion in our world ...
Author: Thomas Brant and Joseph Bergan The Unitarian Universalists of Middlebury (UUM) is one of the smallest religious organizations on campus - just four students."We meet once a month on Sunday nights and make dinner," said Mia Monnier '10, a member of the UUM. The organization is small, but there ...
Author: Scott Greene The College expanded an already far-reaching foreign language repertoire by announcing the establishment of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a summer language immersion program for pre-college students, in a press release on Tuesday, Sept 11."The Middlebury-Monterey ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt An issue forever surrounding the art world concerns art's capacity to affect, to stir, to touch the viewer. Is art more than just something pretty or interesting to look at, or is it conceived with a greater goal in mind? "Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the ...
Author: Jake Cohen In the wake of Tiger Wood's domination of the first inaugural FedEx Cup, the Middlebury men's golf team took on a field of 25 schools from across the country at home this weekend at the Duke Nelson Tournament hoping to find the same success. Though historically this tournament has ...
Author: Sage Bierster The beginning of a new semester always brings a feeling of excitement and hope for students here at Middlebury College. Whether you are a freshman, returning student, or a Super Senior Feb like myself, the possibilities of the year before us seem endless - especially in the area ...
Author: Will Mallett Some of you may have seen Apocalypto this weekend - a great movie about cliff-jumping. Though it was tempting to write an article extolling the benefits of the activity while watching Jaguar Paw make a leap of faith over an 80-plus-foot waterfall and come up unscathed, the fact ...
Author: Livingston Burgess The only thing the Middlebury cross country teams left in question at the Panther Invitational on Sept. 15 was which squad, men's or women's, dominated the competition more thoroughly. Both teams scored the minimum points possible, and both showed off returning All-American ...
Author: Mary Lane He was fined $100,000 - a third of his salary - and suspended for five games. When given his punishment, he acknowledged that what he did was wrong, but he did not know at the time that the rules applied to coaches as well as players. I'm talking about Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The white tops of the tents set up in the Town Green on Saturday beckoned to students to come and sample some of what members of the Middlebury Business Association have to offer, though with minimal success. Various local businesses set up booths manned by representatives and ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Sept. 11, 2001 was an incredibly tragic event for both the United States and the world. Three thousand innocent people died, something that can never be undone and which has caused incredible repercussions both for Americans and people all over the world. ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Just one week into the new academic year, the newly created First-Year Counselor (FYC) program has already led to strong connections between residents and their counselors, according to several FYCs. Jimmy Wong '09, a FYC in Stewart, now affectionately answers to the name "mom" ...
Author: Katherine Gura Throughout history, trees have served as archetypal symbols of growth and time, of preservation and continuity. Sadly, Middlebury College recently saw the destruction of one of its oldest trees, a gift of the Class of 1860 and a testament of the last 150 years. Yet while its branches ...
Author: Peter Baumann As Erin Quinn '86 sat in his office during his first semester as Middlebury's Athletic Director, he contemplated a problem: heavy rains were turning his once pristine fields into pock-marked mud-pits. The College's soccer fields were receiving the majority of both weather-related ...
Author: Editorial Board Shouting match on campus politics blurs the issuesNot two weeks into the new academic term, political "debate" on campus is manifesting itself in an all-too-common flurry of activity in the McCullough Student Center Mail Room. A poster displayed by the College Republicans on ...
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Author: Hannah Epelbaum BUENOS AIRES - Last week I stepped in dog poop. Three separate times. I know I shouldn't let it get to me that much - after all, stepping in the stuff for the first (and second and third) time after seven weeks of being here in Buenos Aires is a pretty good record, considering ...
Author: Ashley Gamell and Maddie Oatman 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.Volume 1: Best of Bread LoafBread Loaf Writers' Conference, ...