Author: Daniel Roberts One of my favorite activities off-campus is to strike up conversations with people from town. One recent exchange began at CVS when my friend and I noticed an older woman at the counter, purchasing numerous bags of candy."Getting ready for trick-or-treaters?" I asked. She gave ...
Author: James Kerrigan Chris Free's '10 successful future as a cross-country runner appears to be locked-up. He has finished just a few strides behind Jimmy Butcher '08 and Will McDonough '07 in three of five meets so far this fall, including a third place overall finish at the Vermont Cross Country ...
Author: [no author name found] If Tuesday's lecture by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was truly a model for the proposed monthly convocation series, it is difficult to imagine what we would now reflect on for the next three weeks of community discussion. Roberts was eloquent, humorous and more than ...
Author: Brian Fung Middlebury College will eliminate the stipends that traditionally have been awarded to students serving in positions of leadership beginning next fall, an attempt to reconcile its policy of compensation for student leaders with strict federal and state minimum wage laws.The current ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Countless ball point pens, pots of sumi ink, 47 feet of paper and draftsmanship extraordinaire fuse together in former Middlebury artist-in-residence Dawn Clements' Travels with Myra Hudson, the latest manifestation of the Art Now series on display at the Middlebury College ...
Author: James Kerrigan Sports culture was a defining school quality as I considered which colleges would be good fits. Athletic prowess and fan dedication helped a school climb my own power rankings of desirable places to spend my next four years. I fantasized about camping out in Krzyzewskiville for ...
Author: Jeff Klein You know what I am sick of in professional football? Wide receivers complaining that they are not getting the ball enough. Every semi-talented wide receiver always thinks he should get the ball on every play. But lately the complaining has gotten out of control. Wide receivers now ...
Author: Dave Lee Bad luck, injuries and the weather are all potential excuses for the Williams women's soccer team's futility against the Panthers. Since 2001, the Middlebury women have not lost to the Ephs and certainly Middlebury had no intention of changing that stat last Saturday down in Williamstown. ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki '08 has infiltrated the Middlebury College rock music scene with a new and unconventional sound - the fiddle. Tirrell-Wysocki, a joint Theatre and English major from Canterbury, N.H. has performed in folk concerts around New England since he was a child. ...
Author: Aylie Baker The sky is heavy with darkness and the trees stand submerged by gauzy mist as several cars trundle into the Dead Creek Wild Life Refuge on Route 17. It's 6:30 a.m. and Middlebury is well-awake. Rendered virtually unrecognizable by their assortment of lumpy, woolen clothing, a group ...
Author: Emily Temple It's undeniable that music and fashion are inextricably linked. We are unable to help ourselves from making assumptions about those around us based on the clothes that they wear - not only assumptions about what kind of music they listen to, but also whether they have a lot of money, ...
Author: Polly Johnson While many students rushed off campus last Friday to begin Fall Break, some dedicated MiddKids stuck around to hear Morris Fiorina, one of the nation's best-known scholars of American politics, speak on the myth of a polarized America in a lecture titled, "Polarized Elites, Moderate ...
Author: Nathan Zucker Most students at Middlebury probably ignore the campus telephones on their desks, viewing them as relics of the recent past before a time of e-mail, cell phones and instant messaging entered the scene. Indeed, it took many first-years over a month to set up their voicemail, a service ...
Author: Will Ceurvels The Florestan Trio is a chamber group for whom musical performance is as much intellectual as it is aesthetic. Take Susan Tomes, pianist and founding member, whose professional activities extend beyond the group to her regular contributions as a musical commentator for The Financial ...
Author: Kelly Janis Fred and Judi Danforth opened their first Danforth Pewter stores in Woodstock and Lincoln - at that time they were not thinking of building a business. Instead, Middlebury store owner Fred Danforth explained, "we were thinking of making fine things that could actually be taken into ...
Author: Jeff Patterson The Middlebury men's soccer team had ten corner kicks. Bates had zero. Middlebury had hundreds of supporting fans on account of Homecoming Weekend. Bates had almost zero. Middlebury had already claimed three wins: in women's soccer, field hockey and football. Bates had zero. ...
Author: Akshay Khanna Yale alters stance on gender-identityMaking it the last of the Ivy League institutions to add "gender identity and expression" to the list of already-protected groups, Yale University voted last month to amend its non-discriminatory policy in light of student outcry.The policy ...
Author: Kelsey Smith Thursday evening ushered in the beginning of another season for the Hepburn Zoo with a collection of provocative student productions directed by Rishabh Kayshap '08 and Leah Day '07.5 entitled Naked Slash Truth. The evening began with a selection of four short pieces, each directed ...
Author: Emily Thompson The United Way of Addison County and several local restaurants will join together in the coming weeks to raise money for the Addison County community in a collaboration called Dine the United Way. The participating restaurants will donate a portion of their profits to the United ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Red lanterns adorn the entrance to an unassuming cottage situated on a quiet street in downtown Burlington. In the soft green interior, waiters flutter about carrying dishes piled high with the most authentic Chinese food found in Chittenden County. Behind the doors of A Single ...