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 ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The windows of Carol's Hungry Mind CafÈ were foggier than usual last Friday night. Inside the local coffee shop, there was more to hear than the usual hum of chatty coffee drinkers and the periodic squeal of the espresso machine. Down in the basement below, the rising stars of ...
Author: Jeff Klein I am utterly disappointed by the lack of upsets in this year's March Sadness. The lowest seeds to advance past the first round were 11th seeds Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) and Winthrop, who both lost in the next round. It marked the first time since 2000 that a number-12 seed did not ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler, Nathan Zucker, Cecilia Goldschmidt Revisiting the Huricane Katrina disaster that began two summers ago and continues to this day, Jennifer Williams '08 and Matthew Amoss '07.5 coordinated a spring symposium entitled "New Orleans, Revisted" from Apr. 3-6. The symposium included ...
Author: Leslie Lim In response to homophobic graffiti found in the hallways of Ross Commons over Spring Break, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz sent a campus-wide e-mail over the break condemning the acts. Students and administrators met last Tuesday to discuss the incidents, and a student ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "When men's minds seem narrow to you, tell yourself that the land of God is broad; broad His hands and His heart. Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs." I closed the cover of a now worn copy of Leo Africanus - some of its ...
Author: Sara Jameson Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the Middlebury College Musical Player's performance of "Little Women" displayed not only the musical talent of the cast, but also proved their theatrical aptitude by the authentic ease with which they played their roles and the sincere relationships ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Choose Responsibility, the local non-profit organization founded by President Emeritus John M. McCardell, Jr. to study the 21-year-old drinking age, officially launched its website (www.chooseresponsibility.org) this week. Although Monday, April 9 was the official launch ...
Author: Neil Waters It seemed like a no-brainer. Several students in one of my classes included the same erroneous information in final examination essays. Google whisked me immediately to Wikipedia, where I found the source of the erroneous information in under a minute. To prevent recurrences of the ...
Author: Thomas Newton It's the fourth day of spring break and the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City is breathtaking. The space is unrestrained, expanding four stories upwards and glowing with bright light. The exhilaration of the moment is amplified in my knowing that original ...
Author: Kelly Janis In spite of its puny stature, the Green Mountain State wields mighty political brawn, which has made it an alluring attraction for some of history's most remarkable figures. On a snowy Wednesday night, Middlebury residents flocked to Ilsley Public Library's community meeting room ...
Author: Kelsey Smith, arts editor Despite their beauty, numbers don't explain much - 15551 might be a darling little palindromic prime to look at, but looks aren't everything, after all. This seems to be the point that Rinne Groff, author of "The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem," was getting at. One of ...
Author: Aylie Baker When Aron Holewinski received a letter two weeks ago inviting him to visit Middlebury College in the United States on an all-expenses paid trip, he was incredulous. "My parents couldn't believe it," said Holewinski. "I had to call up and check with the College."Sure enough, the letter ...
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Author: Andrea Glaessner Vibrant, charming woodcut prints of four-legged friends deck the walls and a six-foot wooden dog looms in the entrance, welcoming visitors with puppy dog eyes that laugh merrily, despite its statuesque, vertical posture. The multitude of cartoon-like images of dogs clustered ...
Author: Michelle Constant The introduction this past fall of a newly developed vaccine that prevents the contraction of human papillomavirus (HPV) has been met with success, according to Parton Health Center staff, with approxiamately 25 female students receiving the vaccine per week since September. ...