Author: Jason Siegel On Sept. 6, at the first faculty meeting of the year, the yearlong Ad Hoc Committee on Grading (AHCG) was formed to research the issue of grade inflation over the past few years at Middlebury. The committee was born out of preliminary research that the Educational Affairs ...
Author: LIZ CAMPBELL AND KATHRYN FLAGG Power outages disrupt campus dining services Middlebury College retail dining services lost power on two separate occasions last week, disabling dining operations for several hours. Both power outages occurred just before lunchtime, leaving many students, faculty ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt The Middlebury Campus: How long have you been designing? In what kind of design do you specialize?Astri von Arbin Ahlander: I am a jewelry designer and have been doing that since about 2002. It wasn't until last year when I started thinking more conceptually about clothing. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Great ideas are never far from a good cup of coffee. Perhaps it is the caffeine that sparks new thinking. Or maybe this association comes from the way the drink connects people passionate about its flavor and history. No matter how you like it - with cream and sugar or strong ...
Author: Sara Jameson Skillful and expressive, pianist Kathryn Ananda-Owens performed Bach's Goldberg Variations on Sunday Oct. 2 in the Concert Hall. The Goldberg Variations are often regarded as the most serious and ambitious composition ever written for harpsichord, with captivating grace and emotion. ...
Author: Tom McCann Traditionally, the Middlebury men's soccer team buckles to Maine rivals Colby and Bowdoin. The Panthers broke from this last weekend sweeping, aside both the Mules and the Polar Bears in much the same fashion they have dismissed every other team so far this season. Both Colby and ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese The women's field hockey team was well aware that they were faced with a tall order this past weekend. The Panthers were slated to play host to their counterparts from the far north as Maine's NESCAC contingent rolled into town. After the weekend was over, the Panthers knew they ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG Bachelor's degree payoff takes a hit While it still pays to earn that college degree, the financial benefits derived from earning a bachelor's degree are beginning to falter. In a market where the percentage of college-educated young people has never been higher, the wage premium ...
Author: Polly Johnson Last Saturday morning on Middlebury's Town Green was no ordinary weekend morning. On Oct. 1, dogs and their owners took over the town from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., all in the name of participating in the Addison County Humane Society's (ACHS) annual Woofstock. The event brought together ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Sophomore Tory MacNeil, much like fellow lefty Canadian golfer Mike Weir, turns up her game in important competitions. MacNeill, who spends her winters up-front on the women's hockey team attacking the opponent's net, spent the weekend on top of the leader board, finishing only ...
Author: Daniel L.J. Phillips Public Safety confirmed earlier this week that the anonymous student who allegedly called in a bomb threat at Gifford Hall on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 25, was referring to a "bong," not a bomb, outside a particular student's room.Director of Public Safety Lisa Boudah ...
Author: Dan Berkman The men and women's cross country teams can both call themselves state champions. In front of a home crowd cheering them on, both teams used the home course to their advantage to dominate the rest of the field. Overall, it was a great day to be a Panther.The Middlebury women literally ...
Author: Dave Barker My 2.8-ounce Samsung sch-a630 cell phone came in a non-descript box last week. Not since the movie Cast Away has FedEx had such an important package to deliver. Now that friends and family are at the touch of the "send button," every available free moment begs a phone call. But, ...
Author: Dina Magaril Most students have heard about Middlebury College's renowned Summer Language Schools long before they even set foot on campus. Rumors of the intense seven-to-nine-week programs flood the campus at the beginning of each school year, and students who participated in the schools over ...
Author: Sean P. Breen Mary's Restaurant, part of the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol, is a much-loved secret among Middlebury's dining-out crowd. The 20-minute drive north of Middlebury along Route 116 is especially beautiful during the fall season as the leaves begin to change and the sun is still ...
Author: Jeanine Buzali The construction of The Donald E. Axinn '51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, to be located in a renovated Starr Library, is now scheduled to break ground this year. The plan is to convert the old library into a brand new facility that will house the English Department, ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Diversity in the dictionary: "the condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness." Despite what one might hear, there is diversity at Midd. We are a student body that is different and varied. We come from all 50 states and all over the ...
Author: Alina Levina On Friday Sept. 30, Middlebury's International Studies Colloquium lunchtime lecture hosted guest speaker Bill Berkeley, a former New York Times editorial writer and international affairs reporter for the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and the Washington Post. Berkeley ...
Author: James Kerrigan The women's soccer team had an undefeated parent's weekend with two solid performances. Both opponents were seated higher than Middlebury coming into the weekend. After 110 minutes on Saturday, the women played Colby to a tie on Sunday, the Panthers exploded for three goals on ...
Author: Eri Nosaka On Saturday the women's middlebury rugby team suffered an unfortunate loss to Keene State by a score of 0-12. As the team matures, it still struggles with its lack of experienced players. However, newcomers Rachel Korschun '09 and Amelia Magistrali '09 made a strong impact on Saturday. ...