Author: Reid Hansen MADRID - As United States companies have advertisements along every major sidewalk in the city, American marketing in Madrid can't be missed. John McClane's bald head, frowning face and fingers wrapped around a nine milly celebrate the release of "La Jungla 4.0," better-known back ...
Author: Amanda Greene Dorm life, placing students in close proximity 24/7, creates an environment in which constant social interaction is unavoidable and confrontation is an unspoken rite of passage. Late night dance parties, the mailroom rendezvous with the cute-but-slightly-awkward boy from French ...
Author: Sara Black The setting sun threw long shadows across the green lawn of Weybridge House and the leaves were just beginning to turn their famed red and gold. But on this particular lazy Sunday afternoon, it was the purple beets, red tomatoes and orange squash that lent their lively hues during ...
Author: Tess Russell My original plan for this assignment was to shadow campus celebrity "Officer Chris," and deliver to you a thrilling account of a Saturday night in the life of a Middlebury College Public Safety officer. I was secretly imagining a full-color photo spread on this page, depicting me ...
Author: Jeb Burchenal Men's water polo beats Dartmouth, BU and UMassMen's water polo swam its way to a strong start this fall. This past weekend, the team traveled to Dartmouth for its first divisional contests. The Panthers started off the weekend with a loss against Boston College, but won the next ...
Author: [no author name found] In an article published this Sunday in the New York Times Magazine, writer Andrew Delbanco asked, "What makes the modern university different from any other corporation?" Not much, the author concluded. Competing for global prestige and "brand-name positioning," more universities ...
Author: Douglas Sisson Middlebury College is a unique, environmentally conscious campus. The recycling bins furnished in every student's room have never failed to make the quintessential college punch bowl. What's more, on Monday, the royal blue plastic mold goes back to its daytime job in the form ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you are in search of Vermont's sweetest tourist destination, look no further than the New England Maple Museum just outside Rutland, Vt. on Route 7. This tiny waystation in the Vermont countryside offers a delectable mix of history, creepy mannequins, slideshows and - oh, yeah ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury."But I adore him/And I implore him/ Saying I love none other/ But this ain't no style," rung out Regina Spektor's sultry voice, her voluptuous vocals captivating the sold-out audience at Pepin Gymnasium on Saturday evening. The opening ...
Author: Emily Temple Syracuse University's Marshall Street area is about the size of the whole of downtown Middlebury, but dirty, like a real city. This summer, trying to get my cousin to his gig on time, I stopped to ask a studentish-looking loiterer leaning against the fence in what I was pretty sure ...
Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant Last spring, Middlebury admissions conducted an experiment - fly in 100 stand-out admitted students who may choose another school for one final presentation on why they should choose Middlebury. The College planned to attract "truly fabulous" students following ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Na's House of Thai - mediocre excuse for Asian cuisine or spicy ambrosia from the Far East? Sadly, I will never know. If you have seen the sign for Na's House of Thai on Route 7 as you head toward Lake Dunmore, do not be fooled as my friends and I were this past Saturday. Less ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's McCullough Student Center could see extensive renovations to its internal structure completed by as early as 2010, according to administration officials familiar with the project. Though the proposal has yet to be confirmed in any final form, College officials say the ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Benji Thurber The Middlebury football team kicked off its home schedule on Sept. 29 with a 41-0 win over Colby. The Panthers stymied the Mules with dominating performances from both the offense and the defense, as they moved to 2-0 on the season. The Mules, who fell to 0-2, threatened to score ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman It is 4:58 p.m. on a Friday and your religion paper is due in two minutes. You've attached your Word file to an e-mail to send to your professor James Davis. The "Check Names" application of Outlook pops up after you click "send." In your rush, you simply select the first name ...
Author: Daniel Roberts Apparently this past week was Yom Kippur, the most significant Jewish holiday of the year. This had completely slipped my mind until I was walking out of the dining hall and Josh Wessler (you may know him as the Reel Critic) saw me munching a bagel and said, "You're not fasting?" ...
Author: Ashley Gamell Jenna Levine '07.5 is Fine Arts major from Chicago. Levine spent the last academic year in London at Central Saint Martin's College exploring her interests in dance, photography, video, painting and other multimedia art. The Campus caught up with Levine to talk about life in London ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Stewart book ignites merit debate at CornellDebate over source legitimacy, similar to the Wikipedia debate at Middlebury last year, is occurring at Cornell University. Professors at Cornell have expressed skepticism in response to the integration of Jon Stewart's 2004 bestseller ...