Saturday night's Halloween party in the Freeman International Center demonstrated the potential for a vibrant and controllable on-campus social scene, one that we as students have lacked for some time. However, it also showed that whether administrators, public safety officers and students like it or ...
Author: Katie Hylas Middlebury's website sings a proud tune: "Every summer for the past 92 years, Middlebury has created a unique linguistic environment, one that provides students with unlimited opportunities to speak their target language." What they don't tell you is that they will do anything they ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Next Monday, Nov. 6, International Paper Company (IP) plans to begin testing the environmental effects of burning rubber for fuel at one of their mills located in Ticonderoga, N.Y., about 50 minutes southwest of Middlebury. IP accepted free tires and rubber from other corporations ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's Community Council discussed the possible installation of security cameras in dining halls during its Monday meeting in an effort to combat increased theft on campus. Though the Council did not vote on any specific proposals, a preliminary response, including requiring ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Harvard professor faces plagiarism caseHarvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree likely plagiarized portions of a bestselling book from a University of California San Diego civil rights expert, according to The Harvard Crimson. The Crimson's story regarding Ogletree's 2004 ...
Author: Claire Nielson and Lisie Mehlman First there was Bristol, New Hampshire to Highland Park, Illinois. Then there was Highland Park to Middlebury. And who can forget the epic Hotlanta-Charleston-Savannah excursion. As evidenced in the frequency with which we report on road trips in this oft-read, ...
Author: Margaret McFadden There is no doubt about it, Middlebury College cultivates a culture of community concern. Some students volunteer with AIDS education programs in Africa, "give up" Feb break to build houses with Habitat or put off a pressing assignment to spend time with a Community Friend. ...
Author: Jessica Singleton As a self-proclaimed "old-fashioned" woman, Kansas State Senator Kay O'Connor argued that if men would just take care of women today, we women wouldn't have to vote. If Mrs. O'Connor really believes her farcical surrender of the nineteenth amendment, she better start registering ...
Author: Maddie Oatman Charles A. Dana Professor of History of Art & Architecture Kirsten Hoving has been an important Art History scholar at Middlebury ever since she joined the faculty in 1983. Originally from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Hoving received her undergraduate degree at Ohio Wesleyan ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Las Vegas: shiny lights, scantily-clad women and excess. New Jersey: flat landscapes, industrial towns and weary diners. The Killers: part 80s new wave, part new-millennium post-punk and one hundred percent androgynous synth-rock for the suburbanite Caucasian masses. Bruce Springsteen: ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel Despite wet conditions, men's soccer won both of its crucial games last weekend, capturing a 3-0 victory over Trinity and 2-1 win against Bowdoin. In doing so, the Panthers advanced to the NESCAC semifinals where they will battle Amherst on Saturday in Williamstown, Mass.In their ...
Author: Julia Alvarez On Nov. 6 and 7, Dedé Mirabal and Minou Tavarez Mirabal will be visiting our campus, sponsored by WAGS and several other departments and organizations.For those who might not know, Dedé Mirabal is the sole survivor of a family of four sisters, who started the underground movement ...
Author: Simon Keyes The answer is around 400 yards. The question is not "How long is the distance of four football fields?" Nor is it "How long is the 10th hole at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course?" The question is, "How many yards of tape are wrapped around the limbs of Middlebury College athletes before ...
Author: [no author name found] There are many things to be said and much advice to be given about how Middlebury as an institution can improve. But as one member of the greater Middlebury community pointed out last week, couldn't one nice thing be said about the College every five or six weeks of the ...
Author: Joseph Bergan While Middlebury boasts a degree of international flair, with world-class academics and programs that reach far beyond our little town, the fact remains that the College is itself small. Although students revel in its intimate size, which seems to serve as a point of pride, another ...
Author: Laura Budzyna CHILE - Three times a week, I hop off the micro bus, maneuver through the fruit sellers and street artists in the Plaza Anibal Pinto and begin the steep and winding trudge up to Cerro Concepción. Before the street takes its first curve, I pass Bar Cinzano and Café Ritual on my ...
Author: Kelly Janis Trek fifteen miles north of Middlebury, and you will land in the quaint, rolling hills of the town of Ferrisburgh. But is it Ferrisburg or Ferrisburgh? The proper spelling of the town's name has evolved into quite a debate among members of this small rural community.Ferrisburgh was ...
Author: [no author name found] Chief Justice Roberts' SpeechTo the Editor:Congratulations to the Middlebury College students who conducted the peaceful and creative demonstration prior to Chief Justice John Roberts' speech. Middlebury's student body surely includes many future leaders of all aspects ...
Author: Myra Palmero Everett Beekin, which ran last weekend at Seeler Studio Theater under the direction of Professor of Theatre Douglas Sprigg, explored the powerful, complicated relationship that connects four generations of a dysfunctional Jewish family: the Foxs. While Sprigg's production used ...
Author: Trevor Lee "I'm here to build bridges," Bilal Sarwary '10 explains as he turns down the traditional Afghan music playing out of his speakers and points to a photograph of a boy who lost his parents in Afghanistan's civil war. In the Ross Fireplace Lounge last Thursday night, Sarwary, who left ...