Author: Andrea Glaessner To many students' dismay, the Middlebury Bubble has just lost a major escape route. The rumors are true: the Vermont Transit-sponsored Middlebury bus service has been terminated. Now it sadly seems the only way out of our "academic island in the mountains" is by foot or car. ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury College's response to liquor inspector Michael G. Davidson's re-interpretation of the Vermont law regarding alcohol at open parties was put to the test last weekend with events hosted by Omega Alpha (Tavern) and Kappa Delta Rho (KDR). In addition to registering ...
Author: Eri Nosaka A spectacle that every student at Middlebury must witness is the pre-game ritual of the Middlebury Men's Rugby Team. The Haka, a war dance that originated in the Pacific Islands, has aided the team in focusing their energy and intensity on the game. This ritual, which scares every ...
Author: Ben Salkowe According to attorneys and Middlebury College officials involved in a lawsuit filed by O'Neil Walker alleging racial discrimination by the College a ruling in the case is imminent. The College suspended Walker last spring after two campus judicial boards found him guilty both of ...
Author: Joshua Carson Craig Strachan was one of the lucky ones. Heeding the warnings of the local government, he and his girlfriend Valerie Leous collected a few personal belongings - important documents, light clothing, pictures - and evacuated from the city of New Orleans. Within days, everything ...
Author: Katie Flagg Two weeks into his fourth semester at Middlebury College, President of the Student Government Association Eli Berman '07.5 is already campaigning for the "positive change" he advocated in his platform last spring. As Berman cites high hopes for the year ahead, his enthusiasm in pursuing ...
Author: Dina Magaril Red and white lights were blinking behind us on the deserted road. Our car pulled over to the side and we sat waiting for a full five minutes before we saw a man holding a flashlight approach us. Let me say here that I have never faced a cop or a police officer before. Luckily we ...
Author: Polly Johnson Americans have watched over the years as gas prices have exponentially increased and recently watched in shock as the price of a gallon of fuel rose to over $3.00 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. As economic, environmental and political issues will inevitably continue to cause ...
Author: Benjamin Golze Not to be confused with the Mexican pop star of the same name, Lucero is a Southern rock band from Memphis, Tenn. Though the band itself has never been punk, Lucero's members all milled around in the Memphis punk rock scene before taking a quieter, alt-country route that dominated ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED LAX star Ed Brown '05 goes proEd Brown '05 recently achieved the dream of most undergraduates around the country - he got a job after graduation. However, unlike most of his peers, Brown will be making his living playing professional lacrosse. The San Jose Stealth made Brown the ...
Author: Katie Flagg Middlebury College opened its doors this weekend to eight students from Tulane University and one student attending Dillard University who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It was the first of many relief efforts on campus to take flight in the wake of the recent disaster. While ...
Author: Jake A. Kuipers The red and blue shag carpet in the hallways, the gray burlap curtains, the faint smell of vomit and marijuana - this was not the most glorious room on campus, but it was my first-year dorm room, my first experience living at Middlebury College. Yet, what disappointed me my ...
Author: Alan Gill To the Editor:I'm writing from Canada to express my outrage at the case of O'Neil Walker that occurred last spring during Middlebury's final period.After reading about his plight in The Village Voice, I decided to write a letter to you expressing my outrage at the ignorance at the ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Newly redistricted liquor inspector for Middlebury Michael G. Davidson plans to hold the College more accountable for violations of state liquor laws, potentially altering the nature of social life on campus. Davidson's new statute interpretations include a redefinition ...
Author: Joshua Carson Residents of Vermont are providing aid to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, volunteering services, offering rooms in their homes and seats in schools and sending down food, water and supplies by the truckload to the South. Led by an amalgamation of local, state and independent ...
Author: Dina M. Magaril President Emeritus of Middlebury College John McCardell, known affectionately by upperclassmen as "Johnny Mac" has returned to Middlebury to teach U.S. History this fall. Additionally, McCardell plans to be an active member in the Middlebury community both on and off campus. ...
Author: Joyce Man Last year, Harvard University junior Anthony Fonseca was found dead after apparently killing himself in the University's Winthrop House. His was the second suicide there in 14 months. In the fall of 2003, 33 people were arrested in an elaborate drug bust at the University of Virginia. ...
Author: [no author name found] Dead man walking Terrified of waking up in a coffin six feet under? Never fear: Vitaly Malyukov has invented a device that can pull you out of your grave if you've been accidentally buried alive. The Russian researcher installed an "alert device" in the interior of a ...
Author: Elspeth Pierson Theatre major Rachel Dunlap '06 certainly got to know her department better this summer. For seven weeks, Dunlap and eight other Middlebury students, including Rebecca Martin '04.5, Andrew Zox '05, John Stokvis '05, Meghan Nesmith '06, Julia Proctor '06.5, Lucas Kavner '06.5 ...
Faculty Garner Summer Accolades Several members of the Middlebury College faculty received grants and awards this summer. Professor of Geology Pat Manley was awarded a grant by the U.S. Geological Survey to further her research on Lake Champlain for a project about "Abrupt Climate Change in the Eastern ...