Author: Amanda Greene This past weekend I was at Orange Crush, dancing to Jesse's Girl when a friend of mine (Girl) was approached by a boy (Guy) from her economics class. "Approached" is probably not the most appropriate word to use, as accosted more accurately describes the nature of their interaction. ...
Author: Hannah Wilson In true Vermont fashion, on the first Thursday in October, restaurants, co-ops and stores around Vermont donated some of their sales to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA). NOFA uses the money collected from Share the Harvest to help fund its Farm Share ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Around noon on Saturday, Oct. 6, a procession of dog lovers and their four-legged friends took to the streets in a great jingling of collars and wagging of tails. Passersby grinned at the puppy parade as it marched a half-mile loop around town, finally returning to the town ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt Everyone is familiar with some of the old standbys of dorm room decorating. Chances are, at least a few people on your hall have tacked up that famous image of John Belushi in his "College" sweatshirt from "Animal House," or that neon "Endless Summer" surf shot. Then there ...
Author: James O'Brien The biggest mystery in my life as a Middlebury College student is The Administration. I have absolutely no clue what an "administration" really is. When I close my eyes, I imagine a bunch of business people in powdered wigs. They are sitting at a long, wooden table, yelling at ...
Author: Mary Lane MacPherson When local artist Doug Lazarus first started holding major art shows in 1976, he had a little inkling that the major theme of his displays during the 21st century would be water.Lazarus, whose art gallery and studio, The Great Falls Fine Art Center is located in downtown ...
Author: Mary Lane As you may have guessed, I enjoy writing rants much more than happy, cheery articles. There has to be something pretty special to make me devote a column to praise, especially as almost anything you write looks a bit clichÈd. (Like this week's title!) You're getting it this week, ...
Author: Brian Fung Cook Commons found itself under fire from College community members last weekend after sponsoring a "Surrender Your Booty" party on Oct. 5 that included the screening of a pornographic film. An R-rated version of "Pirates," the highest-budget pornographic movie ever made, was initially ...
Author: Anthony Adragna If I could count the number of reasons students give for remaining apathetic towards social life, I'd be counting for days. The biggest complaint at Midd is that there is never enough to do or that the activities that are available stink. But the vast majority of students do ...
Author: Daniel Roberts Last Friday night I was at the Grille, about to enjoy the Chicken Club that somehow, when I have been drinking, tastes like food cooked by Emeril himself. I have no doubt that you all know exactly what I mean about the bliss of Grille food at 1 am on a weekend.Anyway, a girl I ...
Author: Jake Cohen The women's golf team traveled down to the famous Taconic Golf Course at Williams College this past weekend, finishing seventh overall in the 10-team invitational tournament. The top finisher for the Panthers was once again Courtney Mazzei '11 who finished 22-over-par and tied for ...
Author: [no author name found] Winter Carnival tradition wounded by calendar revisionsIn a rare outburst of excitement at the weekly Community Council meeting on Monday, student representatives to the Council balked at plans to discard an all-school holiday on the Friday prior to the College's Winter ...
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Author: Dean Atyia I came to the Northeast to see what the rest of the country is like, and I embrace this nook of changing leaves and snowy fields for both its merits and its faults. Where I come from, we don't have open discussion of racial inequalities. We avoid the D-word characterized by socialist ...
Author: Grace Duggan Here are four creative young directors who have taken it upon themselves to realize their artistic conceptions in three up coming all student productions. After last year's non-departmental theater successes, this year bodes well on the student front. The three plays range from ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman Glass shattered and metal crumbled. No, Public Safety isn't impounding your car for the mass amounts of parking tickets you have acquired for leaving it behind Proctor overnight for the twentieth time, but a car is getting smashed. It's Saturday, and Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) is ...
Author: Tess Russell Even if you do not know him by name, you probably recognize Livingston Burgess '10 when you see him. He is the guy not wearing any pants.Now, I do not want to give you the wrong impression - he is attired quite properly. It is just that he prefers to wear a kilt.While Burgess's ...
Author: Benji Thurber The Middlebury football team jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Saturday, Oct. 6 against Amherst and hung on to defeat the Lord Jeffs 19-16. The visiting Panthers, who improved to 3-0 on the season, did not score after the second quarter, but used another dominant performance by their ...
Author: Douglas Sisson A lack of transparency is evident between Middlebury's administration and the community at large. Without open, honest and direct dialogue between students and its administration, the College community has no choice but to rely on campus rumors and gossip to find closure for pressing ...
Author: Kelly Janis On Oct. 6 and 7, the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction, Vt. boasted the highest concentration of Navajo wedding sets, 19th century hand-cut doll dresses and vintage sewing machines for miles as it played host to the annual Champlain Valley Antiques Festival. The two-day ...