Author: [no author name found] I was first introduced to My Morning Jacket with their third full-length "It Still Moves," which is the band's seminal album. I immediately loved the Kentucky 5-piece band. They had a big, classic southern rock sound that soared but never seemed to hit anything. For those ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER The 200 Days Party held in Atwater Dining Hall on Friday night was supposed to be a classy event dedicated to the senior class's countdown to commencement. But the party didn't exactly hit the bull's-eye of Target Classy. It ended up wrapping all of our clichéd first-year drinking ...
Author: Zachary Hecht-Leavitt From the haunting, dreamlike cascade of notes that marked the beginning of Company's opening number, it was clear that this was not your ordinary musical. Sure, there were the occasional tap dances and kick lines, but throughout the production flowed an undercurrent of ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury Campus: When did you start playing football?Stefan Hrdina: Probably about third or fourth grade. I played for the town next to me, Ridgefield, in Connecticut 'cause our town didn't have a football team.Campus: Were you a standout player there?SH: Not really, no. I started ...
Author: Polly Johnson As I continue on this journey known as junior year, I have opted to forego Grille-inspired social time in order to take advantage of the more intellectual pursuits our school has to offer. Most recently, I attended Jim Amoss' talk about the obstacles he, as Editor in Chief of the ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner For the second winter in a row, the Vermont state legislature will be forced to use state funds to provide heating cost assistance for low-income families. American consumers from all income brackets are forking over more money than ever to pay for fuel and - in colder parts ...
Author: Daniel L. J. Phillips During its annual November meeting at the Kirk Alumni Center on Monday, the Faculty Council voted 104-62, with three abstentions, to strike down the Substitute Motion to preserve the American Literature and Civilization Department. The move to cast paper ballots on the ...
Author: Mallika Rao This past Sunday, Mead Chapel became the site of an intimate remembrance ceremony for the many victims of Hurricane Katrina as well as the city of New Orleans itself. The evening kicked off Middlebury's Hurricane Relief Week and was, according to one event organizer, Sarah Applebaum ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese After eight straight wins, the women's field hockey team finally ran into a roadblock. The Panthers were stopped short of a NESCAC title this past weekend after cruising through the second half of the season unbeaten. On Saturday afternoon, Williams moved on to the championship ...
Author: Annie Onishi The winter parking ban that went into effect Nov. 1 has created headaches for residents of Fletcher House, a Cook Commons residence. After a series of noise complaints from neighbors last year, parking in the Fletcher House parking lot was eliminated from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Thursdays, ...
Author: Penny Chen Following the sold-out run of "Falsettos" last year, the Music Department is producing its second musical. This year, they have chosen "Company," a "concept musical," or a musical made up of short vignettes connected by one theme that breaks all the rules of traditional music theater. ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Travel along NY Route 4 on any weekend and you will probably reach your destination a few cents poorer.Just over the Vermont border in upstate New York rests the small town of Whitehall. The hamlet of about 4,000 people asserts its title as the birthplace of the U.S. Navy. The ...
Author: Eri Nosaka "Super-seniors" Jeff King and Colby Hewitt could not have asked for a better farewell to their beloved Middlebury field. After a newly-won New England Championship, the men's team trounced Vassar College by a score of 60-5 in the Quarterfinals of the Northeast Territorial tournament. ...
Author: Tristan Hayes Eight years ago, emerging from a pivotal experience at Bread Loaf Writers Conference, David Weinstock founded The Otter Creek Poets. The group, free and open to all, meets weekly to workshop poems. This past week, I interviewed David on the role of the writing workshop and the ...
Author: Ian Thomas Fleishman The Muir String Quartet's performance on Sunday afternoon met with one of the warmest receptions ever experienced at Middlebury. The constant visual communication between the players was reflected as a unity of sound rarely achieved by even the most skilled and experienced ...
Author: Jason Siegel On Nov. 6, the Middlebury College community lost a member of its family when Lorraine Zak, 51, passed away following a year-long battle with cancer. Throughout her 25-year career at Middlebury, Zak played an important role in student life. After starting her work at the College ...
Author: Jennifer Shapland In June of 1971, a social phenomenon called the "Back-to-the-Land Movement" was beginning to build momentum across the United States. In an effort to escape the rampant consumerism of the 1950s, many people fled the polluted, industrialized cities for rural safe havens to pursue ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen In recent weeks, two separate incidents affecting the student-run Islamic Society's ability to communicate with the Middlebury community have led the club's leadership to suspect harassment. The events sparked a condemnation from President Ronald D. Liebowitz and are now ...
Author: Rachel Durfee There is a newcomer in town whose menu offers a return to the quintessential culinary classic often overshadowed by nouveau gourmet trends. Instead of boasting courses concocted in the now old-news Italian, Asian or Fusion schools, this new restaurant serves dishes derived from ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Don't think I enjoy this. Don't think I wouldn't much rather return to the sand dunes of Qatar camel racing. Or Adirondack Mountain Unicycling tour (UMX). Or even Canadian Underwater Hockey (invented in 1954 by an English scuba instructor…obviously). But it's not like ...