Author: RYAN GAMBLE '06 At Middlebury, we students have the opportunity to not only gain an understanding of the current state of the world, but also to practice the valuable critical thinking skills that will allow us to succeed in diverse occupations and to live purposeful lives. How we discuss important ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Rumors have been swirling after recent stories that have suggested mutual personal interest between Maria Sharapova and LeBron James ("That day might present itself," he responded in seriousness to a joke about going out with Maria after the ESPYs). This is not a good thing. ...
Author: Melissa Marshall This past Thursday or Friday, students could wander into the upper level of Johnson and immerse themselves in an interactive rainforest. Anyone could play a bicycle wheel using a violin bow to create astonishingly realistic bird and amphibian noises between their eleven and ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese "For Tom McCann and Ryan Reese, this is Dan Berkman signing off for Panther hockey on WRMC 91.1." With these words, Berkman '06.5 disconnected from the airwaves and live Internet feed to end the radio broadcast of the NCAA quarterfinal game between Middlebury's women's hockey team ...
Author: Tom McCann The article in The Campus last week about the Career Services (CSO) Spring Job Fling blew my mind. In particular I refer to the comments made by Susan Walker, the Associate Director for Internships. Speaking of the job search process for current seniors, she said, "What's important ...
Author: Geoff Homer & Brooke Farquhar Last week the Middlebury alpine ski team headed out to Ski Town USA - Steamboat, Colo. - to compete against the nation's top Division I collegiate ski programs. After an impressive season on the eastern circuit which saw multiple top 10 finishes and some podium ...
Author: Katherine Doorley Middlebury residents have voted to approve plans for a new bridge across Otter Creek. At the recent Town Meeting, the bridge proposal asking, "Shall the Town support the Cross Street Bridge location and conceptual intersection design and circulation as recommended by the ...
Author: Tom McCann The Campus: So, why lacrosse?Emily Erickson: Well, I played lacrosse, basketball and field hockey in high school and I thought about playing all of them here, but decided that there was other stuff that I wanted to do. I kinda thought lacrosse would be a cool sport to play since we've ...
Author: Trista McGetrick Global warming is more than just the concern of a few antisocial environmentalists. It is essentially a humanitarian concern. Environmental justice initiatives seek to address the social, political and economic aspects of climate change. In addition, they hope to remedy the ...
Author: BENJAMIN GOLZE Built to Spill"You in Reverse" PreviewRelease: Aprill 11, 2006I toyed with this topic for a while, mostly about whether to write it now or in April. But in the end I decided that I was just way too excited to sit on it until April 11. To what am I referring, dear reader? Why, ...
Author: LAUREN SMITH An interactive exhibit opened at the Firehouse Gallery in Burlington last Friday night. The exhibit, entitled Another Side of In: Mike Gordon and Marjorie Minkin, explores the linkage between sound, movement and visual art. Gordon, most widely known as the bass player of Phish, ...
Author: Rebecca Jones '08 Larry Kramer's lecture made me angry, which is both good and bad. It's good because I think his goal was to make me angry, so he succeeded. It's bad, however, because I don't think he meant for me to be mad at him. Kramer meant to make me angry at the right wing cabal that ...
Author: Rache Durfee The Blue Hen Kitchen and Market will be renamed the Middlebury Market and Café when it reopens in April. A sign outside the Blue Hen on College Street reads, "Closed for Renovations. Reopening in April." Sama Hayyat, a Middlebury resident, purchased the Blue Hen from its former ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Fostering dialogue for a handful of students, alumni and administrators, the Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) Diversity Committee sponsored a sparsely attended forum for anti-defamation on Tuesday evening in Mead Chapel. The forum sought to discuss racial ...
Author: Dan Stevens On March 1, the Athletic Department announced a change in Fitness Center protocol. Due to a mandate from the State Fire Marshall, the College was forced to modify several aspects of the Fitness Center - most visibly the removal of personal belongings from the hallway directly outside ...
Author: Daniel L. J. Phillips The next time you make the drive up Route 7 to Vergennes, resist the urge to turn left for Black Sheep and treat yourself to an amazing meal at Christophe's on the Green, located in the Stevens House on the corner of Main Street. Serving innovative French country cuisine ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:After reading last week's front page article on the debate over the College smoking ban, I found myself agreeing with Reference and Instruction Librarian Brenda Ellis' claim that she would be satisfied if the results of the dialogue did nothing more then ...
Author: Joyce Man Mallika Rao '05 is passionate about classical Indian dance and growing up, she was trained in the Bharatnatyam style. While a student at Middlebury, she performed in the International Students Organization Cultural Show as well as in Riddim dance troupe and Middance performances.The ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman The Panthers are off to a roaring start with last weekend's 18-11 road victory over Colby. The team played a tight and competitive game, never allowing Colby to surpass them. "Although we had some lapses," commented captain Emily Erickson '06, "we were really able to pull it together ...
Author: Joyce Man At one point, as a sea of red light filled the background and an excited flurry of wind chimes and Tibetan chants rolled across the stage, Anita Ratnam ignited the stage with her swirling, grooving movements. Her arms, snakelike, slithered through space. In the dimmed atmosphere of ...