Author: Aylie Baker At 17, Ben Lapan is interested in film. He's popular with the ladies and he plays the drums in the high school band. But for his slightly smaller stature, Lapan seems like any other 17-year-old. Except for one subtle difference - Lapan is living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ...
Author: David Murphy Haglund I am absolutely sick of hearing College officials justify exorbitant tuition hikes with the argument that "[tuition] covers just 63 percent of the actual cost of an education at Middlebury." I find the figure hard to believe prima facie, but since I don't have access to ...
Author: Thomas Newton In a world where new is always better, Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, seems to be the exception. Its introduction in January of this year was met with lackluster sales. Most users couldn't see any reason to leave their trusty Windows XP for the marginal upgrades ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "From the roof of a friend's I watched an empire ending," quakes Conor Oberst's voice with a sense of foreshadowing on the April release, Cassadaga. As the driving force of Bright Eyes, Oberst's wavering vocals have transcended the confines of pop culture to become the voice ...
Author: Sage Bierster The sun is shining, birds are singing and plants are finally showing signs of life - that's right, Spring has arrived. And with only weeks left in the semester, one's thoughts naturally turn to exams, final papers and unrequited love. Well, more like unrequited sex. Everyone begins ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Citadel to install dormitory locksIn response to the shootings at Virginia Tech last week, Charleston, S.C.-based military college The Citadel will install locks on all cadet rooms by next semester in an effort to increase student safety. The installation of locks breaks with ...
Author: Katie Flagg MAINZ, GERMANY - Today, in a course I am taking about literary portrayals of America, our professor asked us to express our pre-existing ideas of the United States. For me, the exercise was strange. In my broken German, I identified myself as an American and then listened as the ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman It's 3 a.m. on Saturday morning and the hundreds of walkers who swarmed the soccer field Friday afternoon to participate in Middlebury's annual cancer fundraiser Relay for Life have dwindled to just over two dozen to partake in the "Brave Souls" lap. At random, yawning students ...
Author: Emma Moros Cellular phone service and broadband Internet access have never been available to every Vermont citizen, but with the introduction of Vermont House Bill 248 and the work of the Internet for All, NOW! committee, that may be about to change.Currently, 87 percent of Vermonters have broadband ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College's fourth annual Relay for Life raised nearly $203,000 and brought over 1,000 walkers to the field behind Kenyon Arena to support the American Cancer Society (ACS) on April 20-21. The current total represents a 2.5 percent increase from last year, and is expected to ...
Author: Daniel Roberts I don't like Don Imus very much. I see his appeal for some people (like my Dad) but I wouldn't say I'm a fan. And no, I'm not just saying that to avoid being crucified by Imus haters here on campus, though I am sure that will happen anyway.Anyway, regardless of my personal opinion ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner As I stepped outside the car in the parking lot of Otter Creek Brewery, the warm, pungent scent of yeast filled the air. Even though it was Sunday and the factory was closed for the day, the slightly peculiar and homey smell of fermentation was rife. It was April 15, day one ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen At $46,910, Middlebury will have the second-highest price tag among New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schools for the academic year beginning this fall. The higher costs come as the College scrambles to build an endowment comparable to its recent rise ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Middlebury College was not among the nation's 400 colleges that received a letter from New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo cautioning school officials about a potential conflict of interest with student loan lenders, according to financial aid officials at the College. A ...
Author: Simon Keyes I inch my way delicately across the log, flailing my arms to stay balanced. Worse yet, the log is still being stabilized on both ends by two more established log rollers. The two finally let go of the log, and I start moving my feet up and down frantically. The log slowly begins ...
Author: Jeff Klein You know what seems ridiculous to me? Professional athletes who wear jewelry during games. This is an idea I've held for as long as I've been following professional sports, but it has become increasingly noticeable in recent years as more and more Major League Baseball (MLB) players ...
Author: Mia Lieb-Lappen The candidates for the Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) and Student Government Association (SGA) President were given a chance to publicly voice their opinions in a debate Sunday evening as they addressed issues ranging from campus smoking policy to the Commons ...
Author: Colin Foss You would think eccentricity is a trait that you learn, not inherit, but "Eleemosynary" offers a new take on the odd habits of your relatives. Maybe eccentricity is a choice, a deliberate life decision, made in order to cope better with a family beleaguered by their own intelligence ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar The trip down to Florida over the weekend was a second spring break for some of the members of the men's rugby team. It was also a huge break for the entire team in regard to their success this season.The Middlebury men's rugby team will compete in the Division II Championship ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono The men's lacrosse team dropped its record to 7-4 when it fell 5-4 in overtime to Wesleyan on Saturday. The highly anticipated game certainly lived up to the hype. Cardinal attack Russ Follansbee, who opened the scoring 4:47 into the contest, needed only 23 seconds in overtime ...