Author: Thomas Newton What do George Orwell, Porsche and insurance companies have in common? Porsche and insurance companies are doing what George Orwell predicted almost 60 years ago: they're watching us. Privacy has become a serious concern for many Americans with the advent of new technologies and ...
Author: Editorial Board The jolt of energy the new Febs usually bring still has not pulled Middlebury out of a social life slump that seemed to begin early last year. To be sure, the twin evils of a snowy St. Patrick's day and midterm exams have added to this current sentiment. But it seems that more ...
Author: Matty Van Meter There has been quite enough wishful thinking from Old Chapel and from the various Commons offices about the "integral role" which the Commons are supposed to be playing in students' lives. It is pervasive. It is in e-mails, spoken about on tours, evoked defensively by Residential ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, Associate Editor New York AG alleges impropriety by lendersAn investigation of student loan providers has found that a number of lenders bribed college officials in exchange for steering business their way, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference on ...
Author: Tom Brant Do you ever get the feeling that time is moving really slowly? I do. All the time. That's why I figured that there was nothing out of the ordinary when I finished my midterm essay last Wednesday at 11:45 p.m., according to the clock on my library computer. I figured that I had been ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar A fear of chipmunks is not a quality commonly attributed to athletes.The appearance of chipmunks is, however, Leslie Moffat's '10.5 biggest fear since chipmunks serve as her sled-dogs' biggest distraction. But at this year's Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby held March ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler The weekend is a perfect time to do laundry. On Saturdays at around noon, the laundry room in Forest fills with piles upon piles of freshly washed clothes, students loading and unloading washing machines and a slew of others waiting - sometimes impatiently - for dryers. Although ...
Author: Sara Black You just finished your economics midterm. Being 20 years old, you solicit the services of your friend in the senior class to go to the liquor store with a truly collegiate shopping list. One handle of Popov Vodka: $12.99. One 30-rack of Bud Light: $17.00. One bottle of Andre: $4.00. ...
Author: Melissa Marshall It started with the whisper of a spark, slowly leaping from laptop to laptop, airwave to airwave, setting the indie music scene aflame. In the fall of 2004, mourners of a genre which seemed to be suffering from an incurable case of apathy and staleness threw off their bereavement ...
Author: Jeff Patterson In a game worthy of SportsCenter's opening highlight, Oswego State - the alma mater of ESPN anchors Linda Cohen and Steve Levy - beat the men's hockey team 4-3 in overtime to win the NCAA D-III Championship. The Panthers forced extra time with a John Sullivan '10 goal with 2:25 ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes, Local News Editor While we may consider ourselves pretty crunchy with our granola in the dining halls and Thursday night string band performances in the Gamut Room, in actuality it is the students at the University of Vermont who can claim their status as true hippies as Burlington ...
Author: Colin Foss A healthy dose of egotism can do wonders. As simultaneous writer, director and actor, Veracity Butcher '09 brought her audience through a twisted ride into her own psyche in her most recent spectacle entitled "Glittering Graffiti." Not really a play in the traditional sense, Butcher ...
Author: Scott Greene It's 6 a.m. on Sunday, and the closed glass doors leading to the balcony just off my second floor room can do little to mute the constant explosions outside my dorm. Unable to sleep, I restlessly absorb the cacophony around me, each boom followed by a flash of red and yellow that ...
Author: Joseph Bergan, Features Editor Library CafÈIn many ways, the Library CafÈ is a hidden gem of a study spot. The CafÈ offers Odwalla juice, Coffee, Espresso, finger foods, salads and sandwiches from 7:30 a.m. -10:00 p.m. At ten, you can stock up and stay because unlike the New Library, the ...
Author: Dany Noguera-Garces and Sonja Pederson-Green McCardell to launch Web site for non-profit in AprilPresident Emeritus and Professor of History John McCardell, Jr. along with his non-for-profit organization Choose Responsibility continues to publicize his campaign to effectively lower the drinking ...
Author: Shahar Fineberg It was not until the very moment that the doors opened that Ingrid Fliter had the piano tuned and tempered. She instructed the tuner mainly to adjust the hammers for a fuller sound, rather than change the pitch of the notes. Initially, I regarded this as a standard procedure, ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono For the second consecutive week, Tom Petty '09 played a solid game for men's lacrosse. And for the second Sunday in a row, Petty helped Middlebury overcome capable visitors. In a match-up postponed because of Friday night's snowstorm, Petty scored a pivotal goal, and the Panthers ...
Author: The Sports Editors The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Leslie Lim The Thomas J. Watson Foundation has named three Middlebury seniors among its 50 fellows for 2007. The fellowships awarded to Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Carolyn Barnwell and Sathyavani Sathisan provide $25,000 grants for a year of independent research and overseas exploration. Nationally, ...
Author: Caroline Moninger The mantra for the women's hockey team in the 2005-2006 season was "make every day count." The mantra for the team on Saturday night was "make every second count." The enduring image from Middlebury's 2-1 loss to the Plattsburgh State Cardinals in the NCAA championship game ...