Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant Keeping up with the Ivy League?For many students at the College, programs like paying for visitation trips for the Top 100 students spell the downfall of the liberal arts. Last spring, Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett had to field many questions about the program ...
Author: Kelly Janis When was the last time you petted an alpaca? On Sept. 29, Maple View Farm Alpacas in Brandon, Vt. held one of several annual open houses to allow visitors to satiate their curiosity about these fuzzy, little-known creatures who roam more than 45 farms in Vermont alone.According to ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe The Community Council held its second meeting of the year on Oct. 1 to consider the reinstatement of Delta House, a social house that has been suspended since the spring of 2006. Chris Angelini '08.5, president of Delta House, and Tarrah Bowen '08.5, vice president of the ...
Author: Mary Lane What is this monstrosity that Jerry Jones is building to replace the Dallas Cowboys' Texas Stadium? Jones has fallen pray to the lie too many football fans have also embraced - that bigger is always better, size should conquer and sap out the raw emotions of the small and wild. Jones, ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel The men's soccer team maintained its high level of play and stretched its season-opening undefeated streak to six games with a 3-1 defeat of Colby on Sept. 29. The Panthers hosted the Mules, showing yet another team that the Panthers' home field is a not an easy place to pick ...
Author: Robbie de Picciotto The women's tennis team hosted the Middlebury Invitational doubles tournament this past weekend. NESCAC rivals Bowdoin and Conn. College and non-conference opponent Brandeis University all made the trip to Vermont for the two-day competition held on the newly-resurfaced Proctor ...
Author: Rachael Jennings "When we wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night, there is a genocide going on," said Brian, one of the collegiate coordinators for the Dream for Darfur Torch Campaign, as a local band, Fall Line, hit a striking chord. His bright eyes reflected his astonishment as he ...
Author: Chris Anderson Over the summer, I worked at the College. Two of my friends drove here and visited me, and were parked in the visitor's lot at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. They registered their car (and themselves) at Public Safety, and wanted to verify that they'd parked in the right space."You ...
Author: Simon Keyes Good news and bad news for Middlebury's women's rugby team. The bad news is that it lost to Smith College 20-12 on Sept. 29. The good news is that, the team will get a second chance for a home victory, this weekend, when Mount Holyoke comes to Middlebury.After a convincing win at ...
Author: Kelly Janis Shameless party animal that I am, I spent a raucous Saturday night covering a last-minute shift at Public Safety's recently-launched Residential Life Helpline.The lightly-publicized service directs minor complaints formerly fielded by Public Safety to a student operator, who then ...
Author: Bryant Cobb Last year, the much-anticipated new student-run nightclub, Xanadu, opened its doors to the general student body in a bid to liven up social life on campus. After moderate success in the spring, the nightclub's management plans to address challenges it found during the club's inaugural ...
Author: Jaime Fuller, Andrew Fuller and Anthony Adragna Blood drive suffers lower donation levelsAtwater Commons sponsored its biannual Red Cross Blood Drive in the McCullough Hall Social Space on Sept. 26. Altogether 106 students donated blood, but some potential donators were deferred because of low ...
Author: Sage Bierster I'd like to ask my readers a question - if we didn't live in Middlebury, in our infamous bubble where we feel safe and protected, if we weren't surrounded by well-educated and (let's face it) a bunch of mostly white, middle-and upper-class people, would you even consider having ...
Author: Eleanor Johnstone Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.Theater people love to be hands-on. That is why you will find them hooting like monkeys and making odd faces at one another instead of staring at books for hours on end. Life-of-the-party aside, however, you will find that it takes many ...
Author: Dan Stevens In a home doubleheader this weekend, the Middlebury women's soccer team split two games with NESCAC opponents Colby and Bowdoin. The Panthers shut down Colby on Sept. 29 for a 2-0 win, but fell to the Polar Bears from Maine 4-2 on Sept. 30. The weekend home stand marks ...
Author: Roz Vara It's been more than two weeks since the protests began in Burma, and Yan Oak '09 has only spoken to his parents once. It was a brief, censored conversation, which is understandable as it is more than likely the phone lines were tapped by the military-ruled government that currently ...
Author: [no author name found] Childhood dream: I wanted to play shortstop for the L.A. DodgersFirst crush: Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years.On your iPod: Wilco, The Velvet Underground, The Talking Heads, A Tribe Called Quest, and Manu Chao.Last purchase: I bought a lot of cheese from the cheese ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate convened on Sept. 30 to discuss a bill proposed by First Year Senator David Peduto '11, whose goal is to organize students across the country and possibly around the globe in a demonstration for peace. At an agreed upon time, they would ...