Author: Kristin Ward PARIS - When I first arrived in the French third grade classroom where I volunteer, the students immediately jumped out of their seats to say "Bonjour." "Say it in English," the teacher insisted, and there came a chorus of "Allo." I have volunteered in numerous American elementary ...
Author: Emily Temple Today's MTV mainstream is moving towards the catchy and danceable, while holding tight to - and mixing itself up with - the hip-hop and rap traditions that have been so prevalent in recent years. This kind of fare is perfect for late night dance parties and club-hopping, not to ...
Author: Ceara Danahar When asked about the best sugaring winter he's ever seen, Steve Fisher is quick to reply: 1980, hands down. That year, Fisher recalls, he boiled down enough sap to make 500 gallons of maple syrup. He accomplished that feat by using about 1,500 taps, one per tree. Now, a couple ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman From the cold, tired, often intoxicated students chasing after the "big white bus," to the stubborn, insistent, nearly fearless ones who simply step out in front of the moving vehicle, desperate students will do anything to catch a Midd Ride."She was saying 'Thank you so much! ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel It has been a long time since Georgetown was considered a basketball powerhouse. In the 1980s, led by Hall of Fame Coach John Thompson and stars like Patrick Ewing, the Hoyas captured Big East title after Big East title, cutting down the nets six times.Now it finally seems fair ...
Author: Jeff Klein It's that time of year, ladies and gentlemen. The most glorious time of the year; the time that causes employees to miss work and students to "forget" about their assignments. In the words of Dickie V, "It's March Madness, Babyyyyyyy!!!!!"This year, the field is ripe with talent. ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Inside the big red barn just two miles from campus on Sheep Farm Road, oodles of baby pigs, sheep and goats fill the stalls that line the interior of the building. Upon first walking in, despite the slightly unpleasant smell, it is hard not to be delighted by the wooly white lambs ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Justin Gaines '08 is going home. The Wisconsin native and his teammates gained admission to the Frozen Four when they beat UMass-Dartmouth 3-2 in the NCAA quarterfinal game at Kenyon Arena, playing as the road team. The Corsairs, who had only lost two games all season, were given ...
Author: Tom Brant On Friday afternoon, as students were eagerly awaiting the Middlebury College Activities Board's (MCAB) screening of "Casino Royale," the latest movie in the James Bond series, projectionist Stewart Lane realized there was a problem: the distribution company had delivered the film ...
Author: Gretchen Schrafft "What do we see happening here?" asked Mateal Lovaas '07, referring to an illustration from the children's book "Make Way for Ducklings." With a slideshow of images from childhood picture books, Lovaas challenged a group of students and professors gathered in Chellis House ...
Author: Josh Wessler People from outside of California might not fully grasp the impact of the real life Zodiac, the murderous antagonist of the startling new film "Zodiac." For many decades, beginning in the late 1960s, the quixotic serial killer shrouded the coast in uneasiness with a spate of homicides. ...
Author: Ilhan Kim I lied. I never went to go visit my jailbird buddy John Chetuck over Christmas as I promised in my last Notes. But I've been doing other good things like cooking dinner for my friends, representing Brainerd Commons for the Iron Chef competition, running a grassroots campaign to bring ...
Author: Tom Brant and Akshay Khanna Bunt garners distinction for outstanding teachingAssociate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rick Bunt is the 2007 recipient of the Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College announced Friday.The award is given each year to a faculty member in one ...
Author: Reid Hansen What could possibly be more enjoyable than eating a bowl of Annie's Mac & Cheese while listening to some good music on a Thursday night? Maybe some magic cookie bars, but not much else, thinks Emily Adler '07.5, manager of the Gamut Room, which is why she promises that students ...
Author: Anna Furney Andrew Wagner '09 took full advantage of this year's NCAA Championships. While it is only his second year on the alpine squad, "Billy," as so many of his teammates call him, achieved All-American status in both the men's slalom and the men's giant slalom disciplines. He and Mattie ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono Led by a stellar performance from goalie and Co-Captain Alex Palmisano '07, the men's lacrosse team beat Stevens Institute of Technology on March 11 by a slim 7-5 margin. The eighth-ranked Ducks made the trip up from Hoboken, N.J., but were greeted by the parsimonious Palmisano, ...
Author: Nick Alexander On multiple occasions over the past few months, a number of elevators throughout the College have malfunctioned, trapping unsuspecting students within. In mid-November, students found themselves imprisoned several times in the cable elevators of McCardell Bicentennial Hall when ...
Author: Colin Foss It's easy to imagine that mild-mannered Michael, the main character of "Sex Lives of Superheroes," is leading a double life. On the exterior, he is a bumbling nerd who can't seem to escape his teenage infatuation with comic books, but what about his true identity? More than any other ...
Author: Chi Zhang The Sustainable Endowments Institute slapped the College with a grade of "C" for endowment transparency and investment priorities in a report released on Jan. 24. In response to the low mark, the student-led Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investment (ACSRI) announced it ...
Author: Sage Biester I know nothing about men. I tried, but did not succeed, to understand that elusive bond between a man and his penis, and two first-years called me on it in a letter to the editor last week. So I went on a fact-finding mission to better understand men, or at least those populating ...