Author: TREVOR SHOLLY '05 '06 A wise friend once told me that leaving college in four years was like leaving the party at 10 - it's just getting started. I spent this past year testing his hypothesis as a 5-year senior here at Middlebury College. I am what the Administration labels a "special student" ...
Author: Joyce Man "Most kids are cartoonists by nature and later abandon it," said Ed Koren on Tuesday in a phone interview from his home and studio in Brookfield, Vt., "But I just didn't. I continued." Now, over 900 cartoons for the New Yorker later, Koren continues to draw smiles from the magazine's ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Do you like cocker spaniels? I do. They're very cute. They're little, and they've got these big, floppy ears, and they're very popular in Canada [editor's note: he has no idea if that's true]. So I wasn't really all that surprised when Steve Nash won his second consecutive MVP ...
Author: Polly Johnson Bowdoin unveils innovative online multimedia mapOnline virtual tours? So last year. In a major feat of technology, Bowdoin College has just unveiled their newest strategy to entice future Bowdoin Polar Bears. The College's Information Technology division recently launched a multimedia ...
Author: AUSTEN LEVIHN-COON '07 I was disappointed to hear the condemnation of the abstention votes in last week's Campus [Applause for Transparency 5/4/06]. While the necessity for abstentions is disappointing, these votes are not counterproductive. There is much that can be learned from the large ...
Author: Joshua Carson Vermont's own Green Mountain Coffee topped Business Ethics magazine's list of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" this year, joining other conscientious enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett-Packard and the Timberland Company. Each year, the magazine compiles the list ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman The Middlebury College Community Chorus lent spring fever a whole new meaning on Sunday afternoon during its annual Spring Concert. Inside a packed Mead Chapel, the Chorus performed many a soulful Gershwin tune and Brahms gypsy song, each extolling the beauty and newness of springtime. ...
Author: Sarah Shaikh As the rest of the student body prepares for exams and moving out for the summer, the seniors on campus are preparing for the commencement of their lives after college. As exams come to a close on May 23, the staff, faculty and students will prepare for senior week which concludes ...
Author: Polly Johnson Recognizing the need for Middlebury to take a stance against the genocide that is taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz informed the community of the College's position on divestment in companies with direct ties to Sudan in an ...
Author: Dan Stevens The Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting this past Sunday at a new venue, convening at Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson's house to discuss SGA matters and share dinner. Over the course of the meal, the SGA discussed several important matters including smoking ...
Author: BENJAMIN GOLZE Friday, May 12, is WRMC's annual spring concert-fest, Sepomana. In seeming anticipation of the event, I received this letter about its origins from a crazy-man/former-WRMC-ringleader Pauls Toutonghi '98, and I decided to run it:We came up with the word "sepomana" in a Monday-afternoon ...
Author: Jack Lysohir For an antidote to that memorable (or unmemorable) Saturday night, fried eggs and a stack of pancakes are a must. While the made-to-order omelets at Ross Dining Hall are delectable, and a brunch at Rosie's is hard to beat - a stroll downtown to Middlebury's own Steve's Park Diner ...
Author: James Kerrigan The Middlebury Sailing Club competed in four regattas this spring while many more members logged countless hours of relaxed sailing on Lake Champlain.More traditional teams typically have captains to fill leadership roles, but the Sailing Club has deemed three "commodores" as ...
Author: Scott Greene The end of April brought a rise in theft at Middlebury College, with eight reported incidents from April 17 through April 25. The eight thefts make up one third of the total reported thefts on campus since the beginning of 2006. Seven of the eight incidents involved the disappearance ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel A beloved member of the Middlebury community was lost on April 29, when Catering Manager Charles "Chaz" Sternberg passed away in his home after a long illness. He was 60 years old. A dynamic, exuberant presence on campus, Sternberg immersed himself in everything he did, from ...
Author: Liz Campbell Following a severe spinal cord injury during a ski race in February, sophomore Kelly Brush, a member of the alpine ski team, has been undergoing extensive rehabilitation at Craig Hospital, a rehabilitation center designed specifically for people with spinal cord injuries, in Englewood, ...
Author: Daniel L. J. Phillips Does it not seem decidedly contradictory for the College to expect the Class of 2006 to donate to the same alma mater that left such a bitter taste in its mouth after fining seniors $500 for not leaving campus quickly enough on the same day of their milestone commencement ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Everyone saw it coming. Next year, business as usual.In the latest "twist" in the Duke lacrosse team scandal, a Duke University panel convened to investigate the criminal culture among their own student-athletes and recommended that the suspended lacrosse team be allowed to ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg At a ceremony held last Wednesday in the Ross Fireplace Lounge, students, faculty and staff gathered to recognize the outstanding achievements of Middlebury College employees. With an unprecedented crowd on hand to congratulate recipients, President of the Student Government Association ...
Author: LISIE MEHLMAN Employers plan to hire more grads A senior? Still no job? Worry not. The National Association of Colleges and Employers released a report last week whose results reveal that employers expect to hire 14 percent more college graduates this year. These results are based on the polling ...