Author: Elizabeth Lyon Middlebury's production of Suzan-Lori Parks' play "In The Blood" redefined the term "off-off Broadway." Under the direction of Theater Department Visiting Professor Jaye Austin Williams, a distinguished activist-director from New York City, the cast and crew put on a play the ...
Author: DAVID WRANGHAM '08.5 Democracy is not the only answer. Indeed, many times democracy - and here I refer to the American political example - is a bad answer at best.The advantages of a democratic system should be obvious to everybody - group involvement, group decisions and group investment. By ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen It's that time of year again - room draw. Now is the time when, in the words of one commons representative (no kidding), students must "pick which of their friends they like best" and use their lucky rank-in-commons numbers to save the less fortunate from living next to the ...
Author: Julia McKinnon Remember Afghanistan?! The organizers of last week's "Dialogues for Peace" symposium thought carefully about the title they gave the series of lectures, discussions and films. The question mark, Haseeb Humayoon '09 explained, inquires about the lack of press interest in Afghanistan ...
Author: Justin Golenbock It's Opening Day at Fenway and I'm distracted, so let's dip into the mailbag. From Lexington, Mass., we have one reader, N. Sullivan, who'd like to respond with an apology for his response to last week's Ball 5 column:"Dear Ball 5 reader(s?): I write to apologize. Until now ...
Author: Rachel Dunlap Last Thursday at precisely 5 p.m., I lay unconscious with a head laceration in the front seat of a fifteen-passenger van. Another victim was stuck in the driver's seat with a neck injury, while seven others yelped about various dilemmas from an old camper vehicle. Suddenly, the ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen This Friday at 8 p.m., the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) will sponsor a live broadcast of VH1's hit comedy show "Best Week Ever" in the Pepin Gymnasium. Among the four comedians slated to perform is Middlebury alumna Jessica St. Clair, who graduated in 1998.Diehard ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Delany Construction Corporation, specializing in heavy machinery and highway maintenance, is on strike, and the inhabitants of Goodman Road are silently smiling. The pause in construction is a minor disturbance compared to the refusal of New York City transit employees to work ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar It's still winter for the Middlebury crew team. At least it was this past Monday morning at 4:30 a.m. when practice began with the temperature hovering around 28 degrees. These bitter practice conditions, however, have not hindered the start of the team's season. As Brooke Adams ...
Author: Michael Jou and Ena Yasuhara The Japanese Club, the Middlebury Asian Social Organization and the Japanese Department sponsored a rhythmical dance performance last Friday night starring Cobu, a Japanese dance group known for their unique fusion of tap dance and taiko drumming. The group's eight ...
Author: Steve Beslow After a disappointing end to last year's season, the Panthers baseball squad is off to a spectacular start. The team began the year with a 4-4 record in their inter-league Arizona spring tournament before taking two of three from rival Williams College to open the NESCAC season. ...
Author: LAUREN CURATOLO '06 and ASSIA ELGOUACEM '06 We have never been more appalled by the cliché backlash from people who rarely, if ever, attend any events on campus that are geared towards activism. I am sorry to the people who wrote in response to the board and were dismayed at having to be forced ...
Author: Polly Johnson On Saturday, April 8, Mead Chapel buzzed with a blend of sadness, remembrance and joy as the Orange Grove Gospel Choir took the stage to both celebrate the conclusion of Religious Awareness Week as well as honor the memories of the Four Angels, Anisa Gamble, Tiffany Holmes, Iniko ...
Author: Scott Greene The Student Government Association (SGA) announced its candidates for the positions of SGA President and Student co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) during its meeting on Sunday, April 9 in the Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room, a list that does not include current ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Sadly, Middlebury may well be one of the few college towns where the best cheap burger to be found is from McDonalds. Perhaps the demand is just not there - after all, we are known as one of America's fittest colleges. But just because we do not have a beloved cheap burger joint ...
Author: Gretchen Schrafft Elizabeth Kolbert, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and author of a recently published book on global warming, lectured before an audience of students, faculty and community members in McCardell Bicentennial Hall last Monday. Kolbert is touring to publicize her book, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Those signs are offensive and should not be tolerated. It is my opinion that most students would prefer not to be lambasted by racial and sexual epithets three times a day as they walk into the dining hall. The message on the signs is correct. Those words ...
Author: Caitlyn Ottinger Artist in Residence Ken Ragsdale comes to Middlebury from Albany, N.Y., where he lives and works. In 2005, he received his M.F.A. at University at Albany, State University of New York. A painter, sculptor and photographer, Ragsdale is ever-building a body of work based primarily ...
Author: Philip Aroneanu Over 150 students and other individuals walked into Montpelier High School muddy and dripping last Saturday afternoon. Their hands were cold, their bike shorts soaked, and they were hungry. Despite the lack of warm showers and a cozy woodstove to sit by, they joined an auditorium ...
Author: James Dolan, Focus Editor As Middlebury ushers in a new era of preparing for the future, the need to take into account all aspects of the College becomes all the more acute. One oft-overlooked element of the College's operations that has received renewed interest thanks to the Strategic Planning ...