Author: Dina Magaril In the spirit of holiday giving, the Mary Johnson Center held a silent wreath auction at Middlebury's Center for the Arts. Addison County community members and local establishments were asked to decorate wreaths using merchandise from their stores so that the wreaths could be auctioned ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge '03, Regional Field Coordinator, Democracy Matters Institute The election is over and the American people have spoken, resulting in one of the biggest shifts in political power in recent history. Voters went to the polls motivated by many issues, the biggest of which was not ...
Author: Allison Ortega Former collegiate swimmer President Ronald D. Liebowitz and his family were among the many members of the college community who showed up at the Natatorium on Saturday for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams' first dual meet of the season against Amherst. They did ...
Author: James Kerrigan With three NESCAC and NCAA championships already under her belt, Shannon Sylvester '07 along with her women's hockey team have a strong desire to continue these two streaks. After an opening night loss to Plattsburgh, the Panthers have gotten back to their winning ways and look ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander Exams are rapidly approaching, meaning so are all-nighters at the library and, invariably, unflattering sweatsuits. Is it too much to ask to stay hot during the peak of stress? I think not. But just like you can't expect to take two-hour lunch breaks come mid-December, ...
Author: [no author name found] Dynamic vocals and rocking beats captivated concert-goers last Friday in McCullough Social Space at Sepomana, the annual music festival sponsored by Middlebury College's student radio-station, WRMC. After careful debate by the Board of Directors, WRMC brought three up ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Local Shoreham resident Steven Browne was cited recently for allegedly cashing stolen checks, three of which have been traced back to the College's mailroom, the Department of Public Safety reported on Tuesday. Vermont State Police cited Browne to appear in court on four counts ...
Author: Kelly Janis The urgent significance of observances such as World AIDS Week is clear. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, at the end of 2005 there were an estimated 38.6 million people worldwide living with HIV, in addition to the more than 25 million people who have ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt This past weekend's Fall Dance Concert, held in the Center for the Arts Dance Theatre, was marked by intoxicating contradiction. The eclectic range of student and faculty dancers and choreographers were not aiming for coherence. There was no obvious, defined theme to the night; ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman, Jessie Singleton, Ben Salkowe, and Zamir Ahmed SGA approves creation of Social Honor Code task forceIn a Dec. 4 all-student e-mail, Student Co-Chair of Community Council Annie Williams '07 and Student Government Association President Alex Stanton '07 proposed the "formation of ...
Author: Brian Fung College officials granted the public a brief first glimpse of Middlebury's new Master Plan at an open forum last Thursday. The plan revealed includes an ambitious list of proposals - everything from the closure of Old Chapel road to the future demolition of Battell Hall.Led by a presentation ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander The New Library is about to take on a whole new meaning, at least for Tommy Heitkamp '06.5, John Kruchoski '06.5 and Nathaan Demers '08.5. For these three gentlemen, the spaceship on the hill is about to become home. As part of what Heitkamp and Kruchoski have appropriately ...
Author: Katie Hylas "I've told the American people all I'm going to tell them…that I made mistakes…years ago. And I've learned from those mistakes." With this approach, George W. Bush managed to pacify just enough Americans to get elected and avoid the consequences of his rowdy past, which included ...
Author: Jeff Patterson At the beginning of the year, Men's Hockey Coach Bill Beaney admitted that this year's schedule, which alternates every year from playing teams at home and on the road, was the more difficult one. "A lot of the traditionally toughest teams are away," he said, citing "the Maine ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Thomas Wisdom '05 still remembers the time when he sold his truck during the spring of his senior year at Middlebury. Forced to drive several hours to meet the buyer, he needed a ride back to campus. In desperation, Wisdom asked Sammy Muhlfelder '05 the night before if Muhlfelder ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono Women's basketball split its weekend series against two New York teams, defeating Skidmore 64-48 on Friday night in Pepin Gymnasium before traveling to Schenectady on Saturday where they fell to Union 71-58.Friday night's festivities began on a rather unusual note, as a rare ...
Author: Simon Keyes With a view overlooking the climbing wall and indoor tennis courts in the Nelson, newly appointed Athletic Director (AD) Erin Quinn '86 takes a seat at his desk. It is only his fourth month on the job, but what makes many confident he will handle his work soundly is that he brings ...
Author: Seth Miran For most teams, the home opener is a source of both excitement and nervousness. For this year's women's hockey team, it was far more the former than the latter as they rolled over Conn. College by a score of 6-0 on Friday night before holding off Amherst in a thrilling 1-0 contest ...