Author: Daniel Roberts The Oscars happened two weekends ago. They were pretty sweet, right? Or, I guess not, according to America; it was the lowest-rated Oscars telecast in decades. I see your point cinema buffs, so let me say touchÈ - at a droning more than 4 hours, who cares enough to stay up until ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "Thanks for saving me from a career in Wall Street," reads a note attached to a poster advertising the 2003 action thriller "Out of Time." The poster hangs outside the office of Don Mitchell, lecturer in English and Film and Media Culture, and Dave Collard '94 is not the only ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: When I read the opening paragraph of The Campus' Feb. 28 Mardi Gras article, I was a bit appalled at the depiction of our celebration: "Tales of debauchery, lewd conduct and women flashing their assets up and down Bourbon Street have made the annual event ...
Author: Kelsey Smith Middlebury College is self-sufficient when it comes to the arts - students do not have to look (or walk) very far to find opportunities to attend theatrical performances. It is important to remember, however, that we are part of the larger Middlebury community, a community that ...
Author: Joe Bergan DynCorp. Blackwater. Janusian - While these names may be foreign to some Americans, they constitute the most influential companies currently serving on the front lines side by side with American troops. And these are just a handful of the hundreds of privately owned global security ...
Author: Thomas Newton Does this sound familiar? You open up the Sunday paper, hoping to learn if it's a good day for skiing, only to find that to get to the forecast you must sift through 50 pages of advertisements. In frustration you give up and turn to the TV, only to discover that you must sit through ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's two largest programming boards will unite this spring in an effort to promote student participation in campus programming and to streamline coordination, according to Doug Adams, director of the Center for Campus Activities and Leadership. Planned changes will consolidate ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Several weeks into the 1918 fall semester, a number of out-of-state students began to develop colds. The colds soon led to fevers and chills, but the symptoms did not initially raise alarm and there was little worry on the campus. Little worry until one of the students, Charles Thompson ...
Author: The Campus Editorial Board A progress report released last week confirmed the steady implementation of the College's strategic plan, "Knowledge Without Boundaries." Paul Rusesabagina's speech and increased financial aid grants for the class of 2011 are just some of the positive examples of the ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Since the opening of the Center for the Arts (CFA) in 1992, the availability of practice space has been a perennial problem. There are currently twelve practice spaces with pianos: nine dedicated practice rooms, two classrooms, and Mead Chapel - the concert hall and its Steinway ...
Author: Sage Bierster After a year in Brazil, a country where the cover of Playboy is rarely a shot of the woman's front, I realize that the ass is highly underappreciated in this country. I've never really had an ounce of cleavage, but when it comes to my backside, well, I've got plenty. My butt had ...
Author: Polly Johnson It was way back in 1784 when an ever-resourceful Benjamin Franklin, wanting to save on candles, first proposed the idea of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Yet DST was not even officially enacted until 1966, under the Uniform Time Act. Now, thanks to the passage of the more current ...
Author: Seth Miran Four is the magic number. Four Frozen Fours in four years is not your everyday feat. Yet that is exactly what the women's hockey team accomplished on Friday night with its fourth NCAA quarterfinal victory in as many years, defeating the Manhattanville Valiants 3-1. And if history ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway The women's tennis team opened their spring 2007 season by defeating Brandeis and New York University (NYU) by scores of 9-0 and 8-1, respectively. "It could not have been a better start to the season," said Co-Captain Emily Holick '07, who teamed up with doubles partner Clare ...
Author: Joseph Bergan The powers at be would like students to believe that Ross, Wonnacott, Brainerd, Cook and Atwater are all separate but equal Commons. Yes, Wonnacott has the Gamut Room, but Ross has the Ross Fireplace Lounge. Atwater has those beautiful new suites, but Brainerd has Jewett House ...
Author: Tom Brant and Brian Fung Traditionalist students: 'Keep Wesleyan Weird'To some students at Wesleyan University, the traditionally non-traditional school is losing the things that make it unique, the Hartford Courant reported last week.Holly Wood, a junior at Wesleyan and founder of a popular ...
Author: Ken Lazo The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) on campus recently began work on an initiative to provide free condom distribution in all dorms. As of now, free condoms are available at the Health Center and a few dorms. The new initiative would make condoms readily available in every bathroom ...
Author: The Sports Editors The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard and inside the locker room features.
Author: Andrea Glaessner In the wake of a controversial finale to last week's Middlebury Town Meeting, which saw passage of non-binding resolutions calling for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the impeachment of President Bush, the Middlebury Select Board started its first bimonthly meeting Monday ...
Author: Matty Van Meter As any person in an executive position knows, succeeding a popular and charismatic leader is no easy task. There is a natural inclination on the part of the people being managed to idolize the former administration, and to vilify the successor. I think President Ronald D. Liebowitz ...