Author: ERICA GOODMAN Suburban Sprawl. The phrase rings not quite the same pleasant value as others like "Happy Holidays" or "Bon Appetit." Although it conjures up images of "Leave it to Beaver" living, the spread of the urban periphery lends to more criticism. The intricate highway systems are nothing ...
Author: ELSPETH PIERSON Every year around this time, my mother starts listening to the "Nutcracker." She pulls out her scratch-free carefully guarded disc and slips it into the hungry velvet slot of the CD player and the sounds of the London Philharmonic spill through the kitchen, down the stairs and ...
Author: BRI CAVALLARO I'll be the first to admit I met my first big crush at the stage door of "Rent" when I was 12. When I met the only boy waiting for autographs, I knew it was meant to be. (He came out a year and a half later.) We both loved the show for the bright spot it put in our mundane middle-school ...
Author: Dave Barker When I first heard about the Sunday Night Group, which was formed last January to take action on global warming, I pictured a rather smelly group of students who fresh from rock climbing or hookah smoking, needed an extra hour to wail about the Bush Administration and Kyoto. I thought ...
Author: Chris Knapp The Human Relations Committee (HRC) hosted a pair of open meetings Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening to solicit opinions, suggestions and concerns regarding the issue of diversity at Middlebury from members of the College community. Members of the student body and the faculty ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Last Wednesday Dana Auditorium filled with people eager to see Diego Velásquez's sumptuous masterpiece Las Meninas come to life. No, no waving wands or murmured incantations enlivened Velásquez or conjured the spirits of the Hapsburg family depicted in the famed painting. ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR Lyon '07 is offensive POTWFollowing his impressive performance in Middlebury's 21-16 win over Tufts on Nov. 12, quarterback Tiger Lyon '07 was named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week for this week. Lyon completed 24 of 37 passes for 282 yards and three touchdowns ...
Author: Sean P. Breen Ever perused the aisles of Midd Xpress, searching for a change of pace from Cheez-its and Lays Potato Chips? Ever craved something a little spicier than Tostitos? Miguel's "Green Mountain Salsa" offers just the flavor that takes you out of the realm of the ordinary and into the ...
Author: Dina Magaril When my roommate first received an invitation to "Wabeno" it was in the form of a note in her mailbox that read, "'Wabeno,' we own you." At first, we thought some strange cult on campus was trying to recruit her. It was only when I saw the posters advertising that Wabeno was some ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Kevin Buckland is a senior Independent Scholar and co-president of Middlebury's Vitality of the Artistic Community Association (VACA) from Westfield, NJ. His paintings can be seen at www.TheRevolutionFactory.com.The Middlebury Campus: When did you start painting and why?Kevin ...
Author: Dina Magaril An addition to the list of graduates who just cannot get enough of Middlebury, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Alex Draper '88, has returned to teach acting and co-direct as well as star in the fall faculty production "The Bewitched". Draper, the son of a diplomat, spent ...
Author: Alina Levina The "I Love my Body" fashion show was characterized by a comical yet serious tone that powerfully illuminated the struggles associated with eating disorders and body image. Through sophomore Ryan Taurianene's documentary on the stories of women and their struggle with bulimia, ...
In response to fossil fuel pollution, rising oil prices and complaints about building temperatures, we, a subset of the Sunday Night Group, have formed The 2 Degree Campaign as a student/staff-run effort to raise awareness on heating issues in the dorms and to lower the overall temperature of campus ...
Author: Tom McCann '06 For as long as I can remember, the sports section has looked the same. Each week, every team has been equally represented with a full-length article about the games they played, sure to be read by most of the players, some of the players' parents and a scattering of sports-enthusiasts ...
Author: ALEX GARLICK '08.5 The indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is exposing a flaw in the structure of our government that has been exploited by both Democratic and Republican administrations: the pardon. Scooter Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, is charged with leaking the ...
Author: Sara Jameson The Middlebury College Musical Players (MCMP) exhibited great musical and comedic talent in the group's performance of "Little Shop of Horrors." Last weekend's production of the hit 1982 Broadway musical, which was adapted from the film original by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, ...
Author: Jason Siegel The Middlebury Campus: You're here because of your work in activism as well as your music. What can you accomplish through music or other forms of art that you can't accomplish through non-artistic channels?Isaac Hayes: Music is one of the cores of the fine arts and the fine arts ...
Author: Ellen Grafton This weekend under the direction of Professor of Theatre Richard Romagnoli, the Middlebury Theatre Department will present the American premiere of "The Bewitched" by Peter Barnes. "The Bewitched" is one of the largest projects the Department has ever undertaken. At Tuesday's Behind ...
Author: [no author name found] Among the more than 300 Vermonters who rode to New York this past week to protest the proposed tire-burn at International Paper in Ticonderoga was Vermont Governor James Douglas '72. Douglas rode one of eight yellow school buses with other Addison County residents and ...
Author: Jonathan Brand After a dismal start to the season for Middlebury's offense - at one point they went scoreless for nine quarters - the unit has recorded at least 40 points in two of their last three games. They carried this momentum into Saturday's season finale, scoring two touchdowns in the ...