Author: Matt Doyle HANGZHOU, P.R.C - In Leonardo DiCaprio's latest movie, "Blood Diamond," Leo's character, Danny Archer, explains the insanity that is the African diamond trade by simply stating, "T.I.A. This is Africa." Here in Hangzhou, China, a few of my classmates have adopted this saying and applied ...
Author: Simon Keyes There is little in the world these days that everyone can agree upon. However, one thing that comes to mind is losing. No one likes the feeling of losing.Luckily, though, for men's rugby coach Ward Patterson, losing is not a feeling he has experienced very often in his last 10 years ...
Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant College is one of those "big moments" in a person's life where everything seems to change. We ditch backpacks for messenger bags, swap a cozy room just outside of Boston for a cramped cinder block barrack and leave our parents for a stranger who may turn out to ...
Author: [no author name found] For students trickling in from urban and suburban corners of the world alike, the town of Middlebury is a wonderful - and too often ignored - resource and retreat during our time at the College. And for the many faculty and staff who work on campus, the town is often at ...
Author: Dan Stevens As the fall foliage descended on New England, the women's soccer team played in a series of matches including face-offs against the best of the NESCAC. Matches at Amherst and against Plymouth State preceded a beautiful Fall Family Weekend that saw the Panthers take on Williams.Fall ...
Author: Bryant Cobb New languages offered through student classesMidd on the Globe, a student-led initiative to teach languages not offered by the College, announced it will offer classes in Korean, Swahili and Serbo-Croatian this semester. The languages offered were determined by expressed student ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:An article about the calendar change to begin in spring semester 2009 appeared in last week's The Middlebury Campus. I write to provide some background about the strategic planning process that recommended the change, and about subsequent steps to implement ...
Author: [no author name found] Mummy Mania! at Sheldon MuseumFor anyone who has ever dreamed of rattling the crypts of ancient mummies to discover what lies within, the Henry Sheldon Museum on Main St. in Middlebury will offer the next best thing on Saturday, Oct. 27 when it holds Mummy Mania, an event ...
Author: Grace Duggan Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.Students who were smart enough to reserve a ticket ahead of time or lucky enough to get in off of the waiting list for "Certified Organic Musical" this weekend were treated to a sharp and hilarious satire about the intersection between love ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:An article on Middlebury's current overenrollment in the Sept. 26 edition of The Campus contained some important factual errors or misimpressions that deserve correction. One of the most important, that all incoming first-years receiving financial assistance ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Justine Katzenbach Interview with the playwright, Rinde Eckert, is produced by Radio Arts Middlebury. For more radio news, tune in every Wednesday at 4:30 PM on 91.1 FM WRMC.Those unable to attend Wright Memorial Theatre on Oct. 8 for Rinde Eckert's production of "Horizon" missed out on a truly ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Joseph C. (Joe) Doria passed away on Oct. 2, 2007 at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. at the age of 86. Doria, who had been employed at the College for over 40 years, succumbed to injuries sustained seven weeks prior in an automobile accident.Doria, who was born in Winooski, ...
Author: Dicky Redmond This past weekend I traveled down to Amherst College to celebrate my cousin's 21st birthday. Both day and evening were packed with fun events a football tailgate on a beautiful fall day, a French dinner at one of the town's finest restaurants and a celebratory birthday-bash at ...
Author: Matt Ferrer Underappreciated. Overlooked. Haven for the not-as-athletic. These are all terms most associated with intramural sports. However, what you do not know about intramural sports participants is that they are also generally very good-looking, enthusiastic, outgoing and just as competitive ...
Author: Jeb Burchenal Men's golf finishes one shot out of second, takes thirdThe men's golf team took to the course again this past weekend at the Hamilton Invitational. After securing a spot in the NESCAC tournament last weekend, the team looked to continue its excellent scoring. The team as a whole ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt Based on a survey last year conducted by the Student Comprehensive Fee Committee and completed by 430 students, half of the students here do not know that the actual figure for tuition is close to $30,000 more than what you see on your twice yearly bill. So you think $46,910 ...
Author: [no author name found] Every year, you - or your parent's fully-matured trust fund - gets drained about $46,910. As students, this number is justified through the friendships we foster in these increasingly cold days as we explore our intellectual pursuits and toast up cheesy panini. But where ...