Author: Jeff Patterson The Middlebury men's and women's golf teams enjoyed a rare treat when they played together in the first-ever Williams Coed Invitational. In addition to the individual team tournaments, there was also a combined men's and women's tournament. The men finished the day third out of ...
Author: Emily Temple I am not a fan of country. I don't like it at all, not even the watered-down-for-the-common-man versions. Even most bluegrass can grate on me, and such was my experience when I first heard the Avett Brothers. I guess it was "saw" as much as "heard." Two summers ago, I ran every ...
Author: Beth Connolly More than just dance, "Distance Between" was a full sensory experience combining music, video, found sound and colorful costumes with compositions in varied styles. "Distance Between," Louisa Irving's '07 senior project, drew an enthusiastic audience last Friday and Saturday nights ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: I'm living in Milliken next year. The first time I found out I was living in a single in "Milli," the summer before my first year, I was thrilled. The second time, I was still pretty psyched, because at least I had gotten a single when I returned from my ...
Author: Michelle Constant Max Nardini '08 and Eric Hoest '08 were elected President of the Student Government Association (SGA) and Student Co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC), respectively, for the 2007-2008 academic year after online polls closed on April 27. According to Nardini, the current ...
Author: Brian Fung Concert-goers entering Kenyon Arena for last Friday's Guster show were met at the door by three College students sporting green T-shirts and messenger bags filled with goodies."Would you like some free lip balm?" said Emily May '10 to one couple and their children. "It's organic.""Or ...
Author: Jeff Patterson The Middlebury men's tennis team is at it again. The Panthers captured their fourth consecutive NESCAC Championship title as they smashed Williams 7-2 on the courts of Amherst College on Sunday morning.Amherst's courts have been somewhat of a home away from home for Middlebury, ...
Author: Tom Brant President Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr. made a stop at Middlebury last weekend on his nationwide campaign tour to promote lower minimum drinking age laws. Addressing the College's Commons Residential Advisers (CRAs) at a development retreat on April 25, McCardell and his "Choose Responsibility" ...
Author: Brian Fung & Zamir Ahmed German group wins Mt. Holyoke competitionEleven Middlebury students were part of the team named the top college German theater group in a performance at the annual Mount Holyoke College German theater competition on April 26. The group's performance of "Die Dreigroschenoper," ...
Author: Editorial Board Middlebury professes to be a work hard/play hard liberal arts college, but students today are working harder and playing less. Complaints about everything from room draw to social life have reached new extremes. Maybe these issues call for complex and long-term solutions, but ...
Author: Mary Lane Late night beer, jamming out to tunes and philosophical conversation - sounds like a typical Friday night at Middlebury, right? Add a chart-topping, college-rock idol band to the mix and you have my past weekend. I spent Friday night hanging out with Guster and their road crew backstage ...
Author: David Infante The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Seth Miran Two anonymous suggestions for eliminating homophobic hate speech at Middlebury by changing the athletics program were removed from a College display last week after student athletes criticized the suggestions and a college administrator acknowledged that posting the recommendations ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The Board of Trustees will meet on campus this Friday to discuss the College's budget, an upcoming $500 million capital campaign, progress on the Strategic Plan it approved last May and a proposal from the Sunday Night Group's "MiddShift" initiative to achieve carbon neutrality ...
Author: Livingston Burgess The Middlebury women's outdoor track and field team made a strong statement on its home ground Saturday, taking second at the NESCAC championships and fielding five individual event winners. On the men's side, Pat Sedney's '08 and Bobby Marcoux's '07 second place showings ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green A lot has changed in my four years at Middlebury. In four years, I have had two presidents, two admissions directors, the death or suspension of two social houses and, perhaps more important to a college student, are the two disparate liquor inspectors, however, the changes ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl When Associate Professor of Music Greg Vitercik commented on the College orchestra's significant improvement since last year he did not hesitate to gloat. "We can do anything we want to now," said Vitercik. This certainly proved true at Thursday evening's concert in the Center ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen With his first 100 days in office, a traditional Congressional landmark, behind him, freshman Representative Peter Welch (D) of Vermont has moved quickly to follow through on campaign promises by building a legislative record on climate change and the Iraq war. From announcing ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman An online petition protesting recent changes to the College's residential life system has garnered over 300 student signatures, but the misuse of an all-campus e-mail to advertise the petition has led to disciplinary action against the student responsible for its creation. The ...