Author: Austen Levihn-Coon A four-year-old battle over the construction of the United States' first offshore wind project comes to the forefront this week as Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) proposes an amendment that would prohibit the construction of any major offshore wind farms within one and a half nautical ...
Author: Geoff Homer After an extremely difficult week coping with the devastating accident of teammate Kelly Brush '08 in last weekend's carnival at Williams, the alpine ski team had one goal in mind at the beginning of the EISA ski championships at the Snow Bowl: ski their best as a team. As captain ...
Author: Alison lacivita Oh, Belle and Sebastian. So cute. So Scottish. I saw them for the first time at Pearl Street in Northampton two and half years ago when Dear Catastrophe Waitress was released. This is nothing against the band, but I fell asleep (the chairs were quite comfortable - theater seats ...
Author: [no author name found] The Panthers ended their season on a high note on Saturday, placing 14th overall at the Howe Cup, the national championship for women's squash at Harvard. The team finished sixth in the B flight, winning one match and losing two. Seeded 16th going into the tournament, ...
Author: Scott Kleiman '06 Among the reasons I came to Middlebury was its location in a small, but vibrant, community. As a senior, I've spent nearly four years munching on late-night pizza from Neil & Otto's, buying Reefs and Carhartts from Forth N' Goal, and getting lots of random necessities from ...
Author: Aylie Baker Dan Ahdoot, a comedian hailing from New York City, had students howling during his two performances last Friday night, Feb. 24, in McCullough's social space. His jokes - ranging from digs at Public Safety to the absurdity of common stereotypes - provided a fresh, hilarious routine ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR Swimmers honored by NESCACOn Feb. 21, nine members of the Middlebury women's swimming and diving team were named to the NESCAC All-Conference Team based on their performance at last week's conference championship meet. The Panthers took second at the meet behind Williams, ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese After an early winter that has been less-than-ferocious, it did not appear that Middlebury's 83rd Winter Carnival would live up to its "Iced Out" title. However, the Nordic ski team did its best to capture the figurative sense of the terminology by accumulating an impressive amount ...
Author: James Kerrigan Next year's Winter Carnival will be Middlebury's first without Terry Aldrich in over 30 years. Effective July 1, Aldrich will step down as Nordic Ski Coach - he will continue to coach the cross country teams and will fulfill other administrative duties.Last weekend, a group of ...
Author: Polly Johnson On Thursday, Feb. 23, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz sent out an e-mail to all students, faculty and staff in response to last week's Middlebury Campus article, "Incident reveals racial tension," covering the racial incident and subsequent Community Judicial Board ...
Author: CC Ragan Looking for some late night munchies? Is it too late to head to The Grille? If you want to mix things up, might we suggest McDonald's? The iconic American fast-food chain on Rt. 7 South is now offering more than just burgers and fries: it also features 24-hour service. But don't expect ...
Author: Michael Jou '06 Environmental scientists are off their rockers. In the novel, State of Fear, author Michael Crichton leads the reader through a fictional story involving environmental terrorists who threaten to take over the world. However, unlike his other best-selling novels such as Jurassic ...
Author: Sara Jameson A clever and compelling conclusion to the winter carnival weekend, the Bread and Puppet Theater of Vermont offered three interesting workshops and performed their eccentric work entitled, "National Circus of the Correct Moment." The show was funny, unconventional and inspiring in ...
Author: Erica Goodman The history of ice cream is a contested battleground of myths and mysteries. The earliest origins of one of America's favorite treats can be traced as far back as the 4th century and the Roman emperor Nero, who supposedly ordered ice to be brought down from the mountains and combined ...
Author: Rachel Greenhaus Recommendations in this year's review of the Middlebury College Honor Code, according to Associate Dean of Students and Chair of the Honor Code Review Committee Marichal Gentry, center around educating faculty about the honor code. The review, which is conducted by the College ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Around March 6, Middlebury first-year and senior students will be invited to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The NSSE is a questionnaire that is being given to students at hundreds of colleges and universities. Collective ...
Author: [no author name found] The e-mail circulated by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz this past Thursday in response to The Middlebury Campus' coverage of an altercation in which a white student directed racial epithets at a black student shows that an uncensored student press is necessary ...
Author: JAKE A. KUIPERS - OPINIONS EDITOR Faculty undermine the honor codeWe were made to sign it before we even arrived. Once here, we participated in discussions about it. We have scrawled it at the bottom of our essays and tests repeatedly each semester, and we have taken great pains to make sure ...
Author: Charles B Tomm '06 I try not to make a habit of publicly commenting on articles I read in the newspaper, but I am afraid I must take issue with this month's edition of Cosmo, in which the editorial staff laid out their picks for spring colors.I want to make it clear that Middlebury College has ...
Author: Derek Schlikeisen MEDIA CONFLICTSLeading German politicians accused U.S. media agencies on Tuesday of smearing the German government, citing reports that German intelligence aided American forces in their 2003 invasion of Iraq. Heads of the ruling and opposition parties attacked as inaccurate ...