Author: Tom Brant, news editor Energy efficiency and landscaping issues were the main topics of discussion at the second forum for the Master Plan on Monday in Dana Auditorium. Administrators and professional planners identified significant weaknesses with the College's infrastructure and grounds, and ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono The men's lacrosse team got back on track with a tidy 19-9 win over the Lord Jeffs of Amherst on Saturday afternoon. Three hundred spectators watched Middlebury grab its third conference win and 20th straight over Amherst, who had fallen to Middlebury by just one goal in each ...
Author: Simon Keyes The Middlebury women's lacrosse team, the fourth-ranked Division III team in the nation, made a strong case for itself as the cream of this year's NESCAC crop after two resounding victories over NESCAC foes Williams and Amherst. Both the Ephs and the Lord Jeffs were undefeated in ...
Author: Tom Brant and Zamir Ahmed Gentleman's Quarterly calls Smith women uglyAn feature in the April issue of Gentleman's Quarterly entitled "Where to find her 2007" lists all-female Smith College as one of 17 places not to look for hot women. The article has provoked the ire of several Smith students, ...
Author: Ramona Richards You thought Cold War Kids were an indie rock band? Me too. But on April Fool's Day when the group played at Higher Ground in Burlington, they played surprisingly like a lounge act. The foursome produced a sound that was much jazzier than what can be heard on the Robbers & ...
Author: [no author name found] Last November, Student Government Association President Alex Stanton '07 oversaw passage of a recommendation to alleviate Commons tensions through the creation of an open senior room draw. This past week, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz accepted the student ...
Author: Aylie Baker, Features Editor "I've been hearing about Midd forever," said Dave Eggers upon ascending the podium to read an excerpt from his new novel, "What is the What," this past Monday night. "Good Lord," he said. It's no wonder. Eggers met his wife Vendela Vida '93 through a mutual friend ...
Author: Sarah Black Facilities unsure why LaForce is falling apartFacilities Services has erected temporary canopies over the entrances to LaForce hall to protect building occupants from stones that have been falling from the building facade while they attempt to figure out why the stones are loose. ...
Author: Staff Alianza Latinoamerica Y Caribena's QuinceaÒera, named after the coming of age ceremony of fifteen year old girls, was a diverse performance extravaganza that celebrated the fifteenth birthday of the ALC. The ALC's mission is "to learn more about Latino cultures and to share that knowledge ...
Author: Sage Bierster "Fag, slut, dyke, prude." Why is it that insulting someone's sex life is an acceptable form of discrimination? Whether it's who you like, who you sleep with, how often and with how many people, if you're gay, straight or somewhere in between, many of us use these and other derogatory ...
Author: Ceara Danaher A new phase of the Middlebury Downtown Street Lighting plan is now being put into action as town employees strategically plan how best to light the downtown area. As a piece of the project, Court Square is soon to be filled with highly efficient, historically-styled streetlights."We've ...
Author: Kerren McKeeman Beginning in the spring of 2008, seniors will be allowed to apply for rooms in any of the College's five Commons during room draw, according to an all-student e-mail sent by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz last week. The change is the result of a proposal from the ...
Author: [no author name found] Last July, Middlebury College was recognized by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students" as one of the 100 best campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. With a rich history of breaking down barriers to open education for all people - think ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College was buzzing last week with the 60 prospective students who received free trips to the College. The visits were part of the busiest time of year for the Office of Admissions, which also announced plans to introduce more financial aid dollars for qualified students."With ...
Author: Chi Zhang The first annual Spring Student Symposium, which will display the fruits of student research, will take place on Friday, April 13, in McCardell Bicentennial Hall. The half-day symposium, the result of a recommendation in the Strategic Plan, will showcase more than 50 multi-disciplinary ...
Author: Matty Van Meter I'm writing this on a train from Nezhin, Ukraine to Kyiv. Perhaps there is no better way to understand the contemporary culture and everyday life of the former Soviet Union than to sit in a clanking suburban train for three hours, packed in with babushki and crumpled men in ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway The women's tennis team gained an important win over the fifth-ranked Ephs of Williams College last Thursday. The Panthers continued their success two days later, defeating Amherst College with an impressive 5-4 win, a definite improvement from last spring and fall's 6-3 losses. ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman The new student-run nightclub Xanadu celebrated its grand opening Friday night in Hamlin Dining Hall with a test run to identify logistical issues before the club's official opening next fall. The opening saw widespread attendance by students, with large waiting lines to gain ...
Author: Dave Wrangham Recent incidents of derogatory vandalism have created quite a stir on our campus, and well they should. The statements that were written, of which I've heard a few versions, seem to center around an individual being forcibly told to consume female homosexual buttocks. I don't know ...
Author: Brian Fung The inauguration of Bill McKibben's Step It Up environmental campaign will be marked this week by over 1,000 demonstrations across the country. Step It Up's primary goal - to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent nationwide by 2050 - has even received the support of U.S. Senators ...