Author: ERICA GOODMAN Less than two weeks ago, a friend of mine from home hopped on a plane headed for Iraq. Matt is not journeying abroad to improve his Arabic skills through an academic program. Nor has he enlisted in the Peace Corps as a post-graduation experience. Matt is enlisted in the U.S. ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman In response to student vocalization of discontent with social life on campus, the administration has developed the Social Life Task Force. An amalgamation of students with different interests selected to represent the diverse College community, the Task Force held its first meeting ...
Author: Joyce Man Two years ago, the Johnson Building saw rounds of wine served to the mellow tunes of the Dick Forman Jazz Group transform its interior into a vibrant, schmoozy social space. This weekend, Jean Paul Carlhian's brutalist cement interiors play host again to another event organized by ...
Author: Dave Lee The Middlebury softball team returned to action against NESCAC rival Hamilton this Sunday, picking up two wins to begin its conference schedule a perfect 2-0. These wins are important to the team's overall record, but more importantly, they will give a boost to the team's confidence ...
Author: MAX NARDINI '08 The SGA Diversity Committee recently sponsored a forum on diversity which included placing large pieces of plywood covered in derogatory words outside the dining halls. As written on the plywood, these are "words we do not tolerate at Middlebury." This emphasis on words is ...
Author: Katie Flagg Orange Grove Gospel to perform SaturdayThe Orange Grove Gospel Choir of Durham, N.C., will return to Middlebury College on Saturday to perform in Mead Chapel at 4 p.m. The choir's performance, the third at the College, will celebrate the conclusion of this week's Religious Life Awareness ...
Author: JOE BERGAN Every film critic in America spent much of the past month scrutinizing the Wachowski Brothers' newest film, "V for Vendetta." Although the images of "terrorism" within the film are striking, what really matters is it's fresh take on the superhero genre. The story follows V (Hugo Weaving), ...
Author: BENJAMIN GOLZE Yee-haw! The new music has been rolling in like cattle at feeding time. So hang on to your chaps: it's time for a new music round-up.The Flaming Lips - At War With the MysticsThis sucker is arguably the heavyweight of the season, and it will be interesting to see how people react ...
Author: Mike Murali At 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Charles A. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College and the Bread Loaf Corporation of Middlebury will present a lecture by Patrick Bellew entitled "Ant Hills to Labyrinths: Engineering Sustainable Architecture." The talk - the second in the "Architecture & ...
Author: Emily Thompson Six lucky students will move into the newly located and improved German House and Max Kade Center at the start of next semester. The German House, the first academic house to have been established on campus, will also be the first language house to possess a permanent residence. ...
Author: JAMES ROGERS '04 First, we had one of the most sought-after public speakers alive, former mayor of the most populous city in the country and potential presidential candidate with definite cross-party appeal. Now we have an accomplished woman, former cabinet-level official and current director ...
Author: Polly Johnson In an effort to reduce campus energy usage, Bobby Levine '08, with the support of the Sunday Night Group and a large number of volunteers, has created ICICLE, the Inter-Commons Initiative to Consume Less Energy. As stated in the all-student e-mail that was sent out, ICICLE is a ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg In a letter mailed yesterday to parents of Middlebury College students, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced a 2006-2007 comprehensive fee of $44,330. This fee, which was approved by the Board of Trustees at their February meeting, represents a 5.25 percent increase ...
Author: [no author name found] The transitory state of social life at the College is a topic of frequent informal discussion among students, but it remains to be seen whether students are actually concerned enough to take action. That said, the first open meeting of the Student Life Task Force did produce ...
Author: Ashley Bell The weeks after Hurricane Katrina saw food, clothing and medicine rushed to the Gulf States. Yet another aspect of New Orleans life left in ruins were the dozens of public libraries destroyed this past hurricane season and which local volunteers are struggling to rebuild. After facing ...
Author: Joyce Man If Eli Berman asks, "Why does smoking exist on campus at all?" why don't we ask, why does Eli Berman exist on the Student Government Association (SGA)? This is not to question Berman's authority, but rather, to remind ourselves of the SGA president's role in the first place. The leader ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Eric Rosemund '06 catches the inbound, sizes up the hoop, drives left…SWAT. Though a step behind, 5'10" Josh Feldman '06 comes from seemingly nowhere to reject Rosemund's shot with such force that the ball hits off the gym wall six feet beyond the basket.Embarrassing? Most ...
Author: [no author name found] Given the College's commitments to international studies and civic engagement, as well as its location in rural Vermont, the choice of Ann Veneman ["Veneman To Address Grads," March 16] as commencement speaker would seem an inspired one: she was raised on a "family farm ...
Author: Lynne Zummo Historically, Middlebury's weeklong vacations have given me the chance to pack up my climbing gear and fly west or drive south on the quest for adventure. One year it was Kentucky for a few precious days of dry weather salvation; another it was southern California. This past week ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, sports editor Quizon '06 top player in D-IIIIn a fitting end to her collegiate hockey career, Middlebury's women's hockey team captain Emily Quizon '06 was named the American Hockey Coaches Association Women's College Player of the Year. She is the fourth Panther to win the award ...