Editorial Cartoon Vermonters Against College Alcohol
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: Taylor Long and Steve Miller [no story text found]
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
Rehnquist professorship questioned
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: Ben Salkowe The College's decision to establish a professorship in honor of the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has set students, faculty and administrators in an impossible debate over the merits of honoring an individual with a far-reaching and controversial record of legal opinions. ...
Opinion Cartoon Submission Middlebury upholds the "civil" right
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: Michael Glidden [no story text found]
Op-Ed Midd student life headed for hell
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: Maddie Terry Here on Middlebury's campus, the chemistry students in my class felt compelled to remain in our recent midterm examination until 2 and 3 a.m., their heads lowered over worked and re-worked calculations since a 7:30 p.m. start time. In this same environment, students opt to skip ...
Party Policies
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Saturday 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 ...
There's a fly in my Creme Bruleé
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
IP plan for tire burn infuriates locals
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Council tackles dining hall thieves
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
College Shorts
November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Beyond The Bubble
November 1, 2006Author: 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, ...
Op-Ed The five-letter word, faith, has a lot to do with it
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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. ...
Op-Ed Where should all the women go on Nov. 7?
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Spotlight on...Kirsten Hoving
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
For the Record
November 1, 2006Author: 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: ...
Men's soccer beats Bantams and Bowdoin back-to-back
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Op-Ed Vote for working together
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Aches and pains turn into big 15-yard gains
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Editorial What we take for granted
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: [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 ...
Middlebury's most mystifying myths... busted
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...
Overseas Briefing
November 1, 2006Author: 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 ...