Author: [no author name found] Introducing: The Middlebury Campus' Weekly Caption Contest!Each week we supply a photo in need of a witty, original or creative caption.We're asking you, our loyal features readers, to e-mail your entries to jbergan@middlebury.edu or ambaker@middlebury.edu each sunday ...
Author: Scott Greene Alcohol-related visits to Parton Health Center have dropped to the level of two years ago after last year's record highs. Overall, Parton has seen a decrease in the total number of medical cases despite a steady increase in visits to the Counseling and Human Relations Center over ...
Author: Mike Murali A picture is worth a thousand words. On Tuesday, Nov. 14th, students who studied abroad last year were judged on their artistic aptitude in the 10th Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest. Photos were displayed in the Juice Bar and for the rest of the week students were welcome to vote ...
Author: Melissa Marshall These are the times that try men's souls. As if the hectic-ness of the holiday season featuring all the trimmings of fighting for parking spots, battling for the last perfectly designed Gap scarf at 20 percent off and forming think tanks using your fellow classmates in order ...
Author: [no author name found] Faculty against professorshipTo the Editor:We wish to reaffirm our commitment to diversity at Middlebury College. According to our mission statement, diversity includes "the integration of historically underrepresented groups into the campus community." Given the documented ...
Author: Ilhan Kim On the evening of Nov. 18, McCullough Student Center hosted the African American Alliance's (AAA) annual Night of Black Culture. This year's event entitled, "Provoking Thoughts," included a wide array of performances that showcased student talent as well as celebrated the rich heritage ...
Author: Katie Hylas What ever happened to boy meets girl, boy asks girl on date or vice-versa? Very few young lovebirds here at Middlebury get to know each other by "dating." Why has this age-old tradition lost its appeal? Our culture at Middlebury tolerates two types of male-female relations: drunken ...
Author: [no author name found] You might call us un-thankful, but...With the College's student population spread out across the country, and the world for that matter, it is high-time Middlebury seriously consider expanding the Thanksgiving recess to be a week-long break, as our peers at Amherst and ...
Author: [no author name found] Friday, November 17th marked the 2006 unveiling of the ISO (International Student Organization) Cultural Show, "Around the World in a Night" - a cultural extravaganza showcasing cultural and ethnic traditions from around the world. The show is an annual crowd-pleaser, ...
Author: Stefan Claypool, Natalie Komrovsky, Heather Pangle, Lauren Vollmer In the discussions surrounding the William H. Rehnquist Professorship of American History, we believe that the conservative perspective has been underrepresented. Some student organizations have distorted the Rehnquist record ...
Author: Sara Jameson Last weekend in the Hepburn Zoo, passionate actors, shouting in protest and crying for revolution, demanded the right for their inherent privilege to pee. Directed by Maegan Mishico '08.5, the Middlebury College Musical Players' production of "Urinetown's" out-of-the-ordinary humor ...
Author: Rachel Schiffer After a two-day-long Thanksgiving extravaganza (yes, my family goes all out and celebrates two nights), the idea of gobbling down more food seemed an impossible feat. But on the third day after Turkey Day I was finally able to end the holiday weekend with a true finale dessert ...
Author: Kacie Sherman Homelessness has its stereotypical depictions: men and women in dirty clothes begging in the street, shantytowns in cities' peripheries and people sleeping on park benches. In Vermont, and especially in Middlebury, those images couldn't be further from the true nature of homelessness. ...
Author: James Kerrigan Muddy conditions in West Chester, Ohio slowed the overall pace but could not stop the Middlebury women's cross country team from winning its fourth NCAA Championship on Nov. 18. In the closest finish in the history of the Division III NCAA Cross Country Championships, the Middlebury ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner I recently heard through the grapevine about a shop near the Middlebury Co-op called Yak Adventure. The "grapevine" claimed is was owned by a Tibetan refugee named Tenzin Chophel. A Tibetan in Middlebury, VT? That was enough intrigue to get me to stop by the shop.I entered Yak ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander In Sweden, even the most casual dinner parties with your closest friends entail seating arrangements. But in America, where the walking buffet and cocktail prevail, eyebrows are raised at me as soon as I suggest any form of organized seating. I'll point someone to their ...
Author: [no author name found] President Liebowitz's big newsNews that President Ronald D. Liebowitz is considering launching one of the largest capital campaigns on record for a liberal arts college has us pretty excited. The optimism and sense of possibility projected by such an ambitious goal not ...
Author: Daniel Roberts So election day has come and gone. Debate over "the issues" has subsided. But reflecting on today's political scene, there is no single campaign issue more befuddling to me than the matter of same sex marriage.I realize that at a liberal-minded Northeastern institution, where ...
Author: Joseph Bergan Look around Middlebury's campus on a Friday night, and you will find a graveyard of old party locales. Fletcher House is quiet, only livened up from the little noise that spills over from the Mill. The mansion-like social houses of Ridgeline lie asleep like slumbering giants. Even ...
Author: Dina Magaril If you're one of the hunting enthusiasts itching to get out your rifle and hunt for some big game this season, you might just have your chance. Though the two-and-a-half-month-long black bear hunting season officially ends on Nov. 15, Vermont is entering its annual rifle deer season, ...