Author: Aylie Baker It is not often that one gets the chance to hear one of journalism's key figures speak on the nature of news media today - let alone ask him his favorite band or whether his movie collection includes the film Almost Famous. This past Thursday, Sept. 21, however, a hoard of students ...
Author: Dina Magaril New luxury condos in the Marbleworks complex are in the works. Construction on the newest addition to the Marbleworks community, a complex of condominium residences, began in the second week of September. The apartments should be finished by September 2007, according to Jen Etsy, ...
Author: Brett Swenson The Middlebury men's rugby team traveled south on Rte. 7 to take on Williams in last weekend's match. Undaunted by the wet conditions, the Panthers came out hard from the get-go and applied intense pressure to capitalize on the Ephs' lack of size, speed and skill. Proving to be ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury's chapter of The Roosevelt Institution rode a wave of momentum into the semester following a successful summer of policy work with the national organization in New York City and Washington, D.C., which included the publishing of a second policy review and the hosting ...
Author: Aylie Baker MIDDLEBURY PIPE BAND: Josh Hendrickson '07.5 couldn't bring his piano with him when his family moved to Belgium. So, rather than sulk over this loss, Hendrickson picked himself up, moved on and decided it was time he began playing the bagpipes. You may have heard them play last ...
Author: Michael Murali Middlebury College discussed the wide range of social and cultural issues surrounding hip hop in a three-day event titled "Bad As I Wanna Be, A Hip Hop Symposium" this past weekend. From Friday through Sunday, the College hosted a series of film screenings, lectures, panels and ...
Author: Jeff Patterson No, Jimmy Butcher '08 didn't win the Panther Invitational last Saturday - he came in second - but the men's and women's cross-country teams won the team races in run-away fashion. This year's races marked the fifth consecutive Panther Invitational win for the women and a second ...
Author: Kasie Sherman If you are not a tobacco connoisseur, never fear, Middlebury's newest store, The Emporium: Tobacco and Gift Shop, is anything but intimidating. Alongside high-quality cigars and cigarettes, the store sells the work of local artisans and the helpful staff is available to offer ...
Author: David Lee It all started with a simple head ball. Last Monday on the practice field, following up a solid 1-0 victory over Connecticut College, the women's soccer team was simply going through their daily drills. As tri-captain Christine Bolger '07 went up for a routine header, the worst sound ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Be ware the perils of Facebook, warned Middlebury College Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Dean of the College Tim Spears in an August 31 e-mail outlining the pitfalls of the popular social networking website. The warning highlighted privacy concerns related to the website ...
Author: Annie Onishi Schines take on new posts as Brainerd faculty headsBrainerd Commons received two new faculty heads this summer in the form of Robert and Marita Schine. The Schines take over the post from Karl Lindholm, who served as faculty head last year.The Schines have been affiliated with Middlebury ...
Author: Aylie Baker "It was outside. 10 p.m. They were making beats, listening to the music, tapping the poles…that," smiles Morgane Richardson '08, "was hip hop." This past Friday, Richardson had a chance to lead a discussion which utilized the musical form of hip hop as a springboard through ...
Author: Steve Hauschka Last week, the men's golf team was training. They were not hitting balls at the range, not practicing on the course, but rather conditioning in a timed two-mile run. It seems that this fitness has bolstered the team's success as they took home fourth place in last weekend's Duke ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury College's total number of occupied faculty positions went up only slightly this year, despite the addition of 36 new teachers. The change signals the beginning of the gradual implementation of part of the College's Strategic Plan, which proposes to "increase faculty resources ...
Author: Joseph Bergan "My mother says I was 'born to the sound of gunfire'," explains an Afghani man sitting across from me in a corner room in Ross Commons. Moments earlier this man, Bilal Sarwary '10, had brewed green tea and poured it into a porcelain cup he had provided me before showing me a seat ...
Author: May Boeve It's lawn sign season again. Anyone of us who drove to campus last week probably noticed any number of them adorning the lawns of our college community. Tarrant, Bernie, Welch and Rainville are among the names you might have seen. But heck, it's a midterm election. Nobody really pays ...
Author: Anna Furney Following a debilitating accident at the Williams College Carnival in February of 2006, Middlebury student Kelly Brush '08 was left without feeling and control of her body from the waist down. The injury, however, has not prevented her from bike riding.On Saturday Sept. 16, 2006, ...
Author: Dina Magaril The outdoor seating may have been full at Tully and Marie's this past weekend and students may have made reservations at their favorite eateries, but the consumer attitude in Middlebury was very different just a few months earlier. While fall foliage season is famed here in photogenic ...
Author: Will Ceurvels Amid the hedonistic revelry of the first weekend of the new academic year, a congregation of students, professors and townsfolk all gathered in Mead Chapel this past Friday to witness one of the greatest chamber ensembles in the world, The Tokyo String Quartet. Watching the quartet ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach Lauren Kiel '07, a senior Theatre major with a Psychology minor from Simsbury, CT., speaks adoringly of her summer at The Potomac Theatre Project (PTP). Founded in 1987, PTP has been exposing young Middlebury College actors to the Washington, D.C. theatre world for almost ...