Author: Polly Johnson Last Friday, Oct. 6, Middlebury played host to 1990 Nobel Prize recipient William F. Sharpe, who delivered the Carpenter and Alan R. Holmes Lecture entitled, "Financing Retirement: Saving, Investing, Spending and Insuring."Sharpe, a professor emeritus of finance at the Stanford ...
Author: Kelly Janis Nestled snugly inside a church cellar at 52 Merchants' Row lies the pizza styx world headquarters Neil & Otto's pizza parlor. A brisk autumn afternoon saw the eclectic joint abuzz with customers both young and old, enjoying their generous helpings of pizza, calzones, pasta, wraps, ...
Author: Joe Bergan Oh Fall Break! Oh glimmer of hope in that long expanse from Move-in-Day to Thanksgiving. Oh sweet two days! How you fill us with such foolish pride, how you decieve us to believe that it is actually a full break! Oh, how we cherish you! How soon you are upon us! Yes, Fall Break is ...
Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE
Author: George Mayer "Cheer boys cheer, 'cause Middlebury's here. Fight boys, fight, fight with all your might."The football team is starting to play like we've known the hockey teams to - now they are even starting to sing like them. After disposing of Amherst on Saturday, the entire Panther team ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In a mini-blow to the American mini-vehicle industry, the College turned to Japan this year for an automotive invention that could bridge the gap between car and Gator. Middlebury's iconic green Gator utility vehicles now share the sidewalks with not only students, snakes and squirrels, ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes For years, the Town Hall Theatre that was once the heart of the Middlebury community has been deteriorating. The building, first erected in 1884, is located on the corner of Merchant's Row and, overlooking the Town Green. It is a cornerstone of Middlebury history and a potential ...
Author: James Kerrigan Senior captain Heather Gallagher has led the Middlebury women's golf team to a candidate in the competition for most dominant team at the College. A discussion of College athletic power rankings undoubtedly includes the women's golf team. In the golf world, winning back-to-back ...
Author: Dean Atyia This week marks the 30th anniversary of Middlebury's Chinese program, an occasion for which over 60 program alumni will return to campus for panels on current topics in Chinese studies. The week's symposium marks a high point for a program that has steadily gained momentum since its ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman At the time of press, the Burlington Police Department (BPD) had yet to identify any suspects in the suspicious disappearance of University of Vermont (UVM) senior Michelle Gardner-Quinn, last seen in Burlington during the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 7. Deputy Police ...
Author: [no author name found] Carbon Neutrality InitiativeTo the Editor:I was pleased to hear of support by the Board Of Trustees and President Liebowitz for a low-emissions power plant and reducing the college's impact on climate change. Below is my letter to President Liebowitz, in support of the ...
Author: Jeff Klein What an incredible disappointment. The New York Yankees, widely predicted to motor through the playoffs and win their first World Series in six years, could not even make it out of the first round as they were eliminated in four games by the Detroit Tigers.In the game that sealed ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Karlye Wisdom '09 was awarded the Paul W. Ward '25 Memorial Prize on Oct 6. in a competiton that honors students for writing in their first year at the College. Fellow sophomores Samantha Pack and Claire Kelly were named the runners-up. In all, 33 members of the Class of 2009 ...
Author: [no author name found] On September 23 Macky Franklin '10 won the men's A race at the University of Vermont's Mountain Bike Extravaganza as he covered the 16-mile course faster than anyone else. "The fans were great. They cheered for all of the racers and stayed out in the rain throughout the ...
Author: Akshay Khanna College reports making strides on Strategic PlanThe College has made significant progress toward implementing more than half of the 82 numbered recommendations outlined last spring in the Strategic Plan, Dean of Planning John Emerson reported after returning from the Board of Trustees' ...
Author: Simon Keyes and Jeff Patterson Flowing from the mouths of two reciprocally-placed Panthers are drips of blood that match the color of the redline. "We don't do that on purpose," joked Butch Atkins, one of the two head ice attendants at Kenyon Arena. "Sometimes I just walk by and [the paint] ...
Author: Drew Schlegel After dropping two of their last three games, the men's soccer team trained hard and prepared well for the pivotal home game against Amherst on Saturday. The Panthers' hopes of maintaining a winning record in the NESCAC were slashed, however, by the Lord Jeffs in a 3-1 loss on ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Most student organizations are no longer permitted to send out student-wide e-mails, as administrators work to reduce the number of all-campus e-mails. The policy change was made this year after dozens of campus-wide messages were sent at the end of last year's fall semester, clogging ...
Author: Kacie Sherman Last spring, Middlebury's Town Health Officer (Dr. Robert P. LiFiandra, M.D.) proposed a plan that would eliminate tobacco sales from Middlebury. In an effort to reduce the visibility of tobacco sales and curtail the acceptance of the habit of smoking, Dr. LaFiandra suggested that ...
Author: Maddie Oatman The name Georgia O'Keeffe often evokes images of sensual flowers or desert vistas saturated with vibrant colors. The Shelburne Museum's exhibit of 25 O'Keeffe paintings, entitled Simple Beauty, touches upon some of these sumptuous floral abstracts, but also offers a unique perspective ...