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. ...
Author: Tristan Hayes This week, our never-ending quest for novelty and adventure in the VT led us, only because we were short on gas, not to Burlington, but, to the sometimes overlooked but remarkably quaint Shelburne. Claire and Lisie constantly (well, there was that one time) bemoan the fact that ...
Author: ELI BERMAN '07.5 While searching in vain for a vacant practice room the other night, it finally clicked. Overwhelmed by the sounds of Bach preludes, Mendelssohn trios, Beethoven and Brahms, I truly understood, perhaps for the first time, the true power of each individual student and of the Middlebury ...
Author: Geoff Homer Playing in front of an overwhelmingly hostile Bowdoin crowd of roughly 1000 Polar Bear students and alumni, lined two and three deep on the sideline, the Middlebury men's lacrosse team held on for the victory in overtime. The 12-11 victory was the first victory at Brunswick that ...
Author: Mike Murali Friday, April 14, Middlebury played host to VH1's Best Week Ever Live. Students turned out at Pepin Gymnasium to see four comedians poking fun at the week's events. Among the lineup was Midd Alum Jessica St. Clair '98.Those who tune in regularly would have recognized the format: ...
Author: Scott Greene Prospective candidates for the positions of Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) and Student Government Association (SGA) president came together to discuss smoking, on- and off-campus social life as well as diversity in the annual SGA Candidate Debate held in the new ...
Author: Rachel Durfee Is there a new Wednesday night hot spot for Middlebury students? It looks like there could be. This past Wednesday, college students headed to May Garden, a Chinese restaurant located in Marbleworks, where, for a $5 cover charge, they received one free beer and unlimited free appetizers. ...
Author: Elizabeth Campbell An anonymous donor has pledged $20 million to Middlebury in response to the challenge established by an anonymous $50 million gift almost two years ago. The donor, wishing to remain anonymous, is identified only as a Middlebury Trustee family who has long been devoted to Middlebury ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel Finally, the long-awaited Human Relation Committee (HRC) Report has arrived. The report includes a fair number of surprises. Here's a peek at what's inside:The Good: Middlebury is only 1.2 percent more domestic Caucasian than the national average.It suggests that there be a protocol ...
Author: Dave Barker If you like comedy, I hope you made it to the SGA candidate debate on Sunday. I wish someone had sent a tape to the Daily Show so Jon Stuart could feast on the many comical moments. The SGA has tackled important issues this year like transportation and textbooks with success, however, ...
Author: DANIEL ROBERTS '09 I was walking into The Grille when I saw crowds pouring into McCullough Social Space. A whole entertainment-fest was being given for prospective students. Apparently, Monday was the first of two preview days, a chance for admitted students to come and decide if they want to ...
Author: Bobby Joe Smith Humankind since the dawn of excellence has glorified its heroes. We honor and envy those with superior strength, intelligence, courage, selflessness and perseverance, placing them upon a pedestal from which to imitate us and inspire our talents. Stories get cast into legend, ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG AND LISIE MEHLMAN CSO sponsors resume collection for nonprofit sector employersCareer Services (CSO) will be conducting its first-ever Nonprofit Sector Resume Collection on April 19. This last collection will be the first to focus primarily on jobs in the nonprofit sector, although ...
Author: Katherine Doorley Outright Vermont, an organization dedicated to promoting tolerance and support for all sexual orientations, will present an anti-bullying program at the Williston Central School after the school board unanimously voted to allow the program to take place. A few weeks earlier, ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Middlebury '99 alumnus Jon-Eric Borgen played his first performance at the Gamut Room in the basement of Gifford in 1996. Now working in Boston and fresh off the success of his latest album The General Store, he speaks to The Campus about the impact music has had on his life ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Berck plays second singles on the women's tennis team and was last year's NESCAC Rookie of the Year.The Campus: Why did you choose tennis?Amanda Berck: I chose tennis because it's a sport where you can, um, you create the results, no one else chooses your destination for you. Um, ...
Author: Dina Magaril Though GAYpril festivities at Middlebury may have started off on shaky ground - members of the community allegedly tore down and vandalized posters last week - the events hosted thus far by members of moqa have been resoundingly successful. Last Thursday's Gay Sex Panel Discussion ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Recent demonstrations by illegal immigrants in response to crackdowns on U.S. border control and deportation have prompted legislators to once again examine an issue that has been the source of fiery debate since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. In what The New York Times ...