Author: Anthony Adragna Originally seen as a way to foster four years of continual community growth, the commons system as conceived by former President of the College John M. McCardell over 10 years ago is no more. Current President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced a new direction for the ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) held its first meeting on Sept. 23, discussing an initiative to add a public speaking requirement to the College curriculum, a proposal to consolidate the multiple card systems on campus and improving SGA's accessibility to the public. Newly-elected ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler During its first meeting of the year on Sept. 24, the Community Council pledged to discuss a number of issues affecting campus life. Initiatives to be considered in upcoming weeks include reinstating Delta House, reviewing the College's sexual harassment policy and approving ...
Author: Jeff Patterson At approximately 3:33 p.m. on a sunny September Sunday, members of the Middlebury field hockey team were catching up on sleep as they were chauffeured from Connecticut back to Vermont. Only hours before they were playing a different kind of catch up.?Down a goal to Wesleyan at ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy It is an old rhetorical trick to turn a debate of principle into a debate of detail, and vice versa. If successful, it drags the unwitting opponent into a battle he did not intend to fight, and which he is unlikely to win. In its magnanimous commentary on the defacing of a College ...
Author: Jennie Currie There is no better way to break in your brand new suite kitchen this fall than by cooking up a feast with products purchased at your local farmer's market. The Middlebury Farmer's Market offered a prime showing of local fare on Saturday as townspeople and students alike gathered ...
Author: Kelly Janis On Sept. 20, local residents gathered at the Sarah Partridge Library Community House in East Middlebury for a forum presented by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT). The meeting was convened in order to seek community input about the organization's recent purchase of a 11.7 acre ...
Author: Thomas Brant and Joseph Bergan Besides watching the TV show "Big Love" on HBO or meeting a missionary, you have probably had little interaction with a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At Middlebury College, you have probably never encountered a Mormon, as they are commonly ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe According to one of the many shirts hanging along the wooden walkway to the front door of Frog Hollow's newest store, lollygagging is "to spend time in a lazy, idle way; to dawdle." In a world so obsessed with efficiency and densely-packed schedules, finding time to lollygag ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg The Middlebury Campus spoke with author and member of the Class of 1997 Emily Mitchell this week. Mitchell, whose dazzling first novel The Last Summer of the World was published this summer by W.W. Norton, spoke from her home in California about the novel, the Bread Loaf Writer's ...
Author: Mike Tierney LONDON - The only time that I had ever left the United States was for a brief stopover at the Canadian border to use the bathroom. As you can probably imagine then, leaving Boston, where four generations of my family have lived and died, would provide me with more than just a cultural ...
Author: Aylie Baker "If you could say something to the Earth, what would it be?"For an onlooker standing in downtown Concord, N.H. on Aug. 4 this past summer, the answer would have been quite obvious. Indeed, the colorful tide of silk streamers emblazoned with missives - here a stanza from Walt Whitman, ...
Author: Melissa Marshall In a moment out of the college fantasy of every bohemian high school student this side of the Mississippi, I huddled in a tastefully lighted room filled with the scent of brewing tea and effortless conversation. Maybe it was the Gypsy Kings in the background, maybe it was the ...
Author: Dean Atiyia I walked into the dining hall this evening, picked up a plate, some silverware and a bunch of napkins (I eat like a savage), but when I went to set the contents on my tray, they fell to the floor in a flurry of broken glass and broken promises. Middlebury College rates among the ...
Author: [no author name found] Believe it or not, it would seem that the end of what one former editor of The Middlebury Campus dubbed "Middlebury's own Vietnam War" is in sight. After investing millions of dollars in infrastructure and personnel, College administrators have at long last listened to ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman After returning to Middlebury College, students took a break from moving in and went to eat lunch or dinner at their dining hall of choice. Whether they opted for the alternative Proctor patio, the echoing cavern of Atwater or the always-overwhelming Ross, they were surprised ...
Author: Aviva Shen Two critically wounded in Delaware State shootingTwo students were wounded in a shooting at Delaware State University's Dover campus on Sept. 21. Classes were canceled for the day and the campus was locked down while police searched for the gunman. Authorities later arrested Loyer ...
Author: Mia Lieb-Lappen and Tess Russell Looking to spice up your dining hall routine? Some people settle for the same old fish every Friday and sundaes on Sunday, while others get creative and show off their culinary abilities. All it takes a little ingenuity and exploration of some of the hidden ...
Author: Douglas Sisson The Department of Defense (DOD) has returned to campus to defend the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. It was during my first year at the College that Middlebury's open invitation to the military was questioned under the Handbook policy regarding employer recruiting on ...
Author: Robert de Picciotto The men's tennis team hosted six other schools, including NESCAC foes Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and Trinity, at the Middlebury Invitational tournament over the weekend and saw mixed results. In doubles competition, Middlebury excelled - so much so that the Flight A finals was ...