Author: Nicholas Emery According to the English writer John Boynton Priestly, "A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours." Apparently, Priestly spent at least one fantastic holiday in Italy, and he certainly wasn't there to do anything remotely useful. Since ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey juggernaut rolled into Tufts last Saturday, putting its 11-game winning streak on the line in the last road game of the season. Last year, the Panthers were extremely successful at home, while their form away from the immaculate turf of the Peter ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe and Virginia Harper College Students Love BushCollege students are more likely to register as Republicans and support President Bush than the general public, according to a survey released on Oct. 22 by Harvard University's Institute of Politics. In a nationwide poll of 1,202 undergraduates, ...
Author: Robert Walker Middlebury is very far away from us here. The drive is short on Route 7, but I felt as if on safari whilst I visited their pastured campus this past weekend. I drew from my brief stay several observations. For one, Ansel Adams would take pictures of their scenery. The sweeping ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca Ben and Jerry's, the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Church Street and now the Great Vermont Corn Maze. Yes, there's a new attraction to add to your list of Vermont fun - "amaizingly cornfusing fun," that is - for next year. The Great Vermont Corn Maze, located in Danville, Vt., is ...
Author: Allison Damick The lecture room on the second floor of Bicentennial Hall was filled with students, faculty and community members, warming the small space despite the frigid winds that blew outside on Friday afternoon. "The Historical Evidence for Jesus," was presented by Professor Edwin Yamauchi ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin In addition to brand new junior and senior housing and an ellipsoidal dining hall, the Atwater Commons Project readies for another full-on facelift next summer with Le Ch‚teau, Allen Hall and Coffrin Hall.Built in 1925 and modeled after the French Pavillion Henri IV of the Ch‚teau ...
Author: Edward Pickering Wilfred Thesiger, one of the 20th century's greatest explorers, died this summer at age 93 in England, far from the remote and inaccessible lands where he spent nearly all his life. Thesiger is considered by many to have been the last in a long and illustrious line of English ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Earlier this semester, two prospective students came to stay with this writer for a three-day weekend. When they arrived, they asked to experience Middlebury's nightlife, to attend classes and to eat the food. They also asked if there was an anime club. Sure enough, the prospectives ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes "I will not forget you. You are carved in the palm of my hand."So begins and concludes Judith Thompsons' "Perfect Pie," performed this past weekend in the Seeler Studio Theater, with a rightly deserved visceral image.This faculty show, directed by Professor of Theater and Women's ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart We all want to change the world, but how many of us succeed? Last Friday, Co-founder and President of the Middlebury-based organization ECOlogists Linked for Organizing Grassroots Initiatives and Action (ECOLOGIA) Randy Kritausky showed that his organization is doing just that ...
Author: Peter Yordan One day, looking back during one of those Wonder Years moments, I might realize that my college career came to an end on an intramural soccer field on Oct. 26 when the Iron Monkeys, my intramural soccer team, were eliminated from the playoffs. It was a ragtag band of teenagers that ...
Author: Andrea Gissing The annual winter parking ban will go into effect Nov. 1 and will last until April 1, 2004. During this period, overnight parking will be limited to student parking lots between midnight and 8 a.m. in order to facilitate effective snow removal and improved security. "Vehicles ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe In the second meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate on Oct. 26, Mike Villarello '05 was elected Speaker of the Senate, while two seats on the body remain unfilled. A special election will be held on Thursday and Friday to fill the position of Senior Feb Senator, ...
Author: Jack Donaldson As much hype as we have been hearing recently about "dynasties" in sports, there are actually very few great teams that, year in and year out, put up championship caliber performances and dominate their respective fields. The Chicago Bulls of the early 90s, the Yankees of the ...
Author: Matthew Clark Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up. There are IVs and drips and tubes coming from every pore. Curious, he rises, unlocks the door and peers down the hallway. Tables are askew, chairs over-turned, gurneys flipped and vending machines smashed. Despite the chaos, it is utterly quiet. No ...
Author: Ian Fleishman According to Jaye Roseborough, executive director of the Career Services Office (CSO), Middlebury alumni "are really active in reaching out to [Middlebury] and trying to help our students get post-graduate jobs." It appears that they are also effective.Each year about 100 alumni ...
Author: Erika Mercer It is a rare artist who can employ subtle colors to paint the most complex pictures of human experience and emotion. Elliott Smith achieved this in his short musical career, depicting scenes of heartbreak, addiction, redemption and desire with profound delicacy and sensitivity. ...
Author: Taylor Johnston After three weeks of deliberation, two recommendations for changes in the sexual assault judicial process emerged from the Monday, Oct. 27 Community Council meeting. The Council recommended giving sexual assault victims the option of participating in hearings through closed ...
Author: Lanford Beard The most powerful tools for understanding tragic moments in history lie in the eyes of the survivors. Visting Assistant Professor of Italian Natasha Chang and the students of her first-year seminar (FYS) took exactly this approach when they and a group of nearly 50 students from ...