Author: Edward Pickering Title: "Brideshead Revisited"Author: Evelyn WaughFirst published: 1945Celebrated for his satiric novels of the 1930s, English novelist Evelyn Waugh wrote "Brideshead Revisited" during the Second World War while recuperating from a minor parachuting injury. Waugh's fourth and ...
Author: Dave Freedman The Middlebury men's soccer team lost its first two games of the season in back-to-back weekends, dropping a disappointing 2-0 loss to Williams College at home and a frustrating 2-0 score at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.Despite a midweek 5-0 rout of non-conference opponent ...
Author: Jillian Weiser On the anniversary of Matthew Shepherd's death, on the heels of Coming Out Week and in the midst of lobbying for a Constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, President Bush has created a week that condemns the possibility of same-sex marriage. ...
Author: Jake Donaldson What started as a season full of hope and confidence ended inauspiciously this week, when the final glimmer of optimism for the men's golf team's fall season was extinguished at the 69th annual New England Inter-Collegiate Golf Association Championships (NEICGA) in Brewster, Mass. ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united state of ... Vermont?" Yes, you may have to rethink the Pledge of Allegiance. And no, that's not a joke, at least not if the Second Vermont Republic (SVR) has anything to say about it. This newly formed democratic grassroots group ...
Author: [no author name found] Tire-Derived Fuel Threatens Addison County's Environmental HealthThe International Paper Company's Ticonderoga, N.Y., mill hopes to incinerate up to 73 tons of tires each day to generate power for its boilers. Plant officials cite rising energy costs as the driving force ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes A uniquely egalitarian art exhibit opened Friday, Oct. 10 at the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Giving artists of all abilities an opportunity to display their work, "The Fourth Annual Firehouse Open" now showcases the first 50 artists that arrived at the Firehouse ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos In what can only be called a heartbreaking finale to an otherwise strong inaugural varsity season, the Middlebury women's golf team came up only one stroke short of St. Lawrence for a second-place overall finish at Williams on Oct. 12. The Panthers posted a team score of ...
Author: Sadie Hoagland Francois Clemmons, Twilight Artist-in-Residence and Choir Conductor, has brought much to the College community over the years. Many of us think of him for his spectacular renditions of American Negro Spirituals that routinely awe Mead Chapel's crowds. Yet many students may not ...
Author: Edward Pickering The words "wilderness" and "wasteland" are used interchangeably to describe any barren, imposing landscape. To say that the Western Highlands of Scotland are barren would be an understatement - a failure of description. The West Highland Way stretches from Glasgow north to Fort ...
Author: Abbie Beane Just because it's easy and it looks like a mistake doesn't mean it's not art. Or does it? As soon as you thought you'd heard it all, something even more minimalist arrived on the scene: "Paper Clip Art." With an entire online gallery devoted to the delicate twistings of a pair of ...
Author: Taylor Johnston The Sexual Assault Policy Group brought a proposal before the Community Council on Tuesday, Oct. 14 to recommend changes in the judicial and reporting process for sexual assault crimes, including a means to report assaults anonymously and have assault cases tried in ways more ...
Author: Thomas Drescher The Student Government Association (SGA) will hold special elections this Thursday and Friday to fill five vacancies in the Senate. A shortage of candidates for the initial elections has left the SGA Senate without Senior, Inter-House Council (IHC), Senior Feb, Cook and Brainerd ...
Author: Peter Yordan Fleet of foot and full of fury, the Middlebury cross country teams pulled of a pair of strong showings at the Albany Invitational last weekend in preparation for the upcoming NESCAC tournament. The men pulled off a respectable seventh place finish, while the women solidified their ...
Author: Crystal Belle It was 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, and Mead Chapel was more than half full. Students, faculty and parents came prepared to hear a lecture on one of the most painful, horrific moments in American history - the enforcement of Jim Crow laws. As the audience chattered in excitement, ...
Author: Tom McCann and Ryan Reese "Terminator" had one, so too did "Home Alone," "Mighty Ducks," "Rocky" and unfortunately "Speed," so it should come as no surprise that TIM has one, too. This is the sequel to the blockbuster, chart-topping, best-selling column that began two weeks ago to chronicle ...
Author: Tom McCann With winter fast approaching, the women's tennis team concluded the fall season campaign with matches against Colby, Bates and the season-ending NEWITT tournament. A season that has included the emergence of an extremely talented first-year class, a historic victory over Williams ...
Author: Wellington Lyons "To save your world, you asked this man to die: Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?" W.H. Auden, wrote in his "Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier."Two more American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Oct. 19, when their patrol was ambushed by guerilla fighters brandishing ...
Author: Chris Grosso Amid our frenzied and hectic daily lives, it's moving that we can put some time aside - even during midterms - to enjoy the performing arts and support our talented friends. On the eve of mid-term break, it was delightful to see the amphitheatre in front of the Gamut Room filled ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe ZOO: Still on ProbationThe Community Council voted to keep Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO) social house on provisional status on Oct. 6 after members of ZOO went before the Council to ask that the house's probation be lifted. ZOO was placed on probation last spring largely as a result of ...