Author: Benjamin Golze Two events of note happened last week.#1: Meowsker, live at Pub NightLet's face it: for all its popularity, Thursday night Pub Night at the Grill hasn't been the best place to hear music at Middlebury. Campus mainstays like the Easy Answers, the Dark Horse Candidates and the Doughboys ...
Author: SEAN BREEN '06 Finding and renting an apartment sucks. As a soon-to-be graduated Middlebury senior I have faced this problem head on. First, from abroad, where after a successful but exhausting internship search I found myself shifting through hundreds of listings on craigslist, placing expensive ...
Author: Sarah Jameson Dance majors Kate Elias '06 and Hannah Giles '06 talk to The Middlebury Campus in anticipation of their collaborative senior project. The performance of original chereography goes up this weekend in the Center for the Arts Dance Theatre.The Campus: What were your main artistic ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG ICICLE racks up energysavings for institution during April contestHalfway through the month of April, the Inter-Commons Initiative to Consume Less Energy (ICICLE) has saved the College over $1,000. The month-long event, organized by Bobby Levine '08 in conjunction with several ...
Author: Melissa Marshall No programs were distributed at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts on Saturday night - the audience would have to submit themselves to the smooth rhythms and changing beats of the Miles Donahue Band without a sheet of folded paper to highlight the stops along the way. ...
Author: JOE BERGAN It is rare to come across a good satire in these days of safe plot lines and characters who flirt with the edge but do not jump right in. "Thank You for Smoking," however, takes the full plunge. Once you get the courage to go to Burlington to see this gem, desensitize yourself first. ...
Author: Bobby Joe Smith I don't believe that acting as a walking advertisement for Middlebury is more beneficial for "prospies" than telling the truth. That being said, when a friend of mine pathetically plopped down on a futon like silly putty in front of my young visitor and complained in a half-whining, ...
Author: Joshua Carson The town of Middlebury needs a marketing facelift, according to the Middlebury Business Association (MBA). At an event last week, members of the MBA and a marketing expert presented a new proposal to the business community, calling for a more cohesive presentation of the goods ...
Author: ALEX BENEPE '09 One morning I awoke to my roommate frantically searching the room for his boots. Looking around the room, I realized mine were missing too. And they weren't in the hallway where we had left them. "Eh, maybe the custodians took them," I said groggily, not realizing that that would ...
Author: Dan Stevens The recently formed Social Life Task Force met again on Friday to continue its discussion of social life at the College. The administration formed the Task Force in response to a student call for changes at Middlebury. While the eventual goal of the task force is the presentation ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Alina Levina for SGA President!Alina Levina has worked diligently as Co-Director of the SGA Diversity Committee. At first, I was hesitant to let an underclassman take on such a demanding position, but was certain that among my committee members, she was the ...
Author: [no author name found] What Alina Levina '09 lacks in experience she makes up for by her determined commitment to becoming the next Student Government Association (SGA) president. This past Sunday, Levina won over a room full of skeptics - The Campus Editorial Board - with her passion, professionalism ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Unveiling long-awaited and long-overdue recommendations on diversity at Middlebury College, Director of the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life Augustus Jordan announced last Thursday in an e-mail to the College community that the Human Relations Ad-Hoc Committee had ...
Author: Sean Breen After indulging in a cupcake from Magnolia Bakery in New York's West Village over the Easter weekend, I began reflecting on precisely what it takes to excel at baking. Fortunately I do not have to look far, because the Otter Creek Bakery epitomizes what to me defines a terrific bakery. ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman To run a marathon in itself is a truly outstanding achievement, but Middlebury seniors Lacee Patterson and Georgia Jolink didn't choose just any marathon they chose the Boston Marathon. On Monday, April 17, Patterson and Jolink were two of 20,117 runners to line up in Hopkinton, ...
Author: Jake Cohen The men's and women's Middlebury golf teams constantly push the threshold of success. At each tournament, the Panthers struggle through unpredictable elements, streaky players and challenging courses. But unique to these golf teams is the brevity of their seasons. This spring, the ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, TOM MCCANN & RYAN W. REESE Lanahan '08 earns POTWAs the Middlebury baseball season has come into full swing in the past few weeks, so has John Lanahan '08. This past week Lanahan was dominant in games against Massachusetts College and Tufts University. Over a course of five ...
Author: VIRAJ ASSAR '07 Last Sunday, I tuned in to the WRMC broadcast of the SGA / SCCOCC debate. What I heard made me absolutely livid: a poor excuse for public debate, crippled by dismissiveness and facilitated by an ineffectual, informal format.Following up last week's Campus op-ed piece, agitator ...
Author: Joyce Man At the confluence of art and politics is a choice: construction or destruction. In war, the division becomes starker, as nations assert their own identities through art and try to eradicate the culture of the "other" by reducing it to negative simplifications. In his critically-acclaimed ...
Author: Justin Golenbock In their most recent magazine, ESPN decided to run their cover story on a spanking fresh topic in sports journalism: Barry Bonds. Now, the presence of pop journalist Chuck Klosterman notwithstanding, I figured hey, worth a read. Without giving anything away, save the three minutes. ...