Author: Sam Wilson "Nuclear option" sounds too scary and exciting to mean changing the procedural rules in the Senate, but it means just that. Senate Majority Leader Frist is considering pushing the nuclear button to take away the possibility to filibuster judicial nominations.Some quick background ...
Author: Dan Morosani '05 I would like to point out what I see as a problem with our College. At guest lectures, faculty members habitually monopolize the period of time allotted for asking questions, even as students sit and wait, their hands raised, hoping to get called on. One might think that such ...
Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH I'm from Seattle, and I must admit that spending a beautiful afternoon watching the Mariners at Safeco Field is one of my favorite summer activities. I don't really "do" sports, but I follow the Ms somewhat - especially when they're good - and always considered myself a fan. ...
Author: Ben Salkowe JS Woodward, student co-chair of Community Council, may not have scored all of his campaign promises this past year, but moved the big ones and took up multiple issues which arose in the year."Overall, I'm quite happy with the way this year turned out, especially considering the ...
Author: Stephanie Morales '05 This past weekend I attended the Idea of Jerusalem Symposium held at Middlebury College from April 15-17. I have to embarrassingly admit that I have never participated in an academic conference of this caliber so I might be coming from a completely inexperienced vantage ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed On Saturday, April 16, the Middlebury track and field team donned their spikes and game-faces for a trip to New York and the chance to compete in the Albany Spring Classic. There the Panthers took on nine other teams from the region, including Division I colleges Syracuse University ...
Author: Elspeth Pierson Don Mitchell, lecturer in English and Film and Media Culture, announced to our lecture hall on the first day of Nature's Meanings (EL 215) that we would each be required to spend an April night in his barn birthing lambs. We were all a bit surprised, perhaps, but in the cold ...
Author: James Edward Kerrigan The Panther's suffered their fourth straight loss on Wednesday against Massachusetts College, but rebounded with a three game sweep of divisional opponent Hamilton.Mass. College took a commanding 6-0 lead after the first inning and never looked back. Mass. College took ...
Author: — Interviews by Rachel Greenhaus Dan Saper '06What are the hot-button issues in your campaign? I have a lot of issues that are important to me, but the biggest ones are moving universal wireless internet up on the administration's agenda, diminishing the role of the commons in housing selection ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Andrew Jacobi '05 had his work cut out for him after being elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA) last spring. The previous SGA, under the direction of Sam Rodriguez '04, was widely criticized for its inactivity and lack of achievements. In his own ...
Author: Editorial Board Saper for SGA PresidentWe have heard a lot of tired ideas about how to liven-up the College's on-campus social life. But Dan Saper has a new plan, and we think this one is actually good. Co-hosted social house parties - Saper mentioned Tavern and ADP as a possible pair - might ...
Author: CAROLINE S. STAUFFER SGA bill expresses concern over College's MIIS consideration At last Sunday night's meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill expressing concern about Middlebury College's possible acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). ...
Author: Ward J. Oliver '77 As a resident of New York City for the past 18 years and a former Middlebury College student, I was disappointed to learn that Middlebury will be awarding Rudolph Giuliani an honorary degree.Giuliani, however honorably he conducted himself on 9/11, governed a polarized NYC. ...
Author: Angelica Maria Towne '08 On April 1, over 80 Middlebury students filed onto two buses to spend the weekend at a resort for something called a POSSE Plus Retreat. For those who didn't know what a retreat entailed or even what POSSE Plus meant, the two-hour ride to Lake Morey was spent clarifying ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman At approximately 12:01 a.m. each night, I - like many other Middlebury students - receive an e-mail from the System Administrator informing me that my "mailbox is over its size limit." While this monotonous, one-sided e-mail relationship I have developed with the System Administrator ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER If you're like me, the time you most enjoy at Middlebury is the time you're unconscious. I often have a good time while I'm awake, alert and engaged - but when I'm asleep, I'm in a guaranteed state of bliss. I love it. I love it so much that I nap while I'm supposed to be in ...
Author: RICHARD LAWLESS Beck is 35. In rock star years, that's like 62. He's slowed down a bit, taking three years rather than one in between albums and he may not be as crazy as he used to be, but after all, he's still Beck, and he's one of the most important musical figures of the past decade. He ...
Author: Abigail Mitchell JS Woodward '06How would you define the role of Student Co-Chair of Community Council and why does the position appeal to you?SCCOCC is functionally the Vice-President of the SGA. The Community Council is comprised of students, faculty, administration and staff. I really like ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca With the addition of 28 newly hired professors to the Middlebury faculty, the student-faculty ratio is projected to drop from 11.3 - 1 to 10.6 -1 at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year. The decrease is met with approval from the administration, as President Ronald D. ...
Author: Polly Johnson I've driven past that mysterious building overlooking the town green hundreds of times, wondering why it's covered in scaffolding and why I have never heard anything about it. After my Monday afternoon tour of the renovation project with Executive Director Doug Anderson, however, ...