Author: Joshua Carson Are you thinking about double fisting those two Busch Lights? What about dancing while sipping on your Jack and Coke? Well, if you are in the great state of Vermont, you had better not, especially if Investigator Melanie Boutin of the State of Vermont Liquor Control Board is on ...
Author: Abbie Beane We've got sex, we've got beer, and we've got all species of hard liquor, but don't worry Mom and Dad, we also appreciate French impressionism and contour maps. So I guess that means there's still hope for us. This weekend I visited 86 dorm rooms inhabited by students of both sexes ...
Author: Gab Fonseca, Jena Seigel, Jillian Weiser, Lauren Sargent Next week, Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) will be sponsoring Coming Out Week. Coming out is a process that begins with a person accepting his or her own sexual orientation or gender and then becoming comfortable sharing it with ...
Author: Sean Breen In one of the toughest spots the squad has ever found itself in, the Middlebury men's tennis team acquitted itself this weekend with a truly memorable display of grit and fiery determination at last weekends ITA Regional Championship in MIT. The young squad of Nathan Edmunds '06, ...
Author: Emily Thaler Two years ago, Andrew Corrigan '02.5, a pre-architecture student, came up with the idea for an architecture table modeled loosely on the language tables, which would provide a place for students, faculty and staff to meet up and discuss architecture. Corrigan sought to recreate ...
Author: Daniel Phillips Several nights a week, Main Street of Middlebury becomes a social space as College students spill out of the bars after they close at 2 a.m., generating a group ruckus that has been a recurring nuisance to town residents. "What we see is people coming from other places off the ...
Author: Grace Armstrong Twelve-hour days - if you get out early. Working early in the morning, through lunch and late at night. An environment even more intense, competitive and high-pressure than Middlebury College. If this doesn't sound like your cup of tea - or even coffee - that's all right. The ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe The Inter House Council (IHC) failed to reach a decision in a Tuesday meeting convened to recommend a sanction against the Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) social house to the Dean of Student Affairs office. KDR is under scrutiny as a result of their annual "marriage" party held on Friday, ...
Author: Daniel Phillips Poised for their move into the new library, workers in the special collections department at Egbert Starr Library have their work cut out for them in collectively dealing with the start of a new semester while compensating for an entire staff reduction by one-third. Meanwhile, ...
Author: Greg Duggan Growing up in a what she calls "a small town on a dirt road" in rural northern Vermont, Wynona Ward and her family had nowhere to go and little chance of finding help when her father abused her, her mother and her four siblings. Now, at the age of 52, Ward has become a major force ...
Author: Joya Scott Every summer, Middlebury College's Theater Department migrates south invading suburban Maryland with its particular brand of provocative drama. This yearly ritual spawns the Potomac Theatre Project (PTP), the alternative theater in residence at the Olney Theatre Center in Olney, ...
Author: David Freedman On the evening that President George W. Bush declared Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq an imminent threat to the national security of this nation, I was sitting in a common room in Milliken Hall watching Duke pound Georgia Tech in basketball. About halfway into the game, with the ...
Author: Ben Salkowe So far this year, Middining is as it has always been. Students have several dining halls available to them, the staff is maintaining its open-kitchen policy and cups seem to sprout legs and walk off. By this time next year, however, Middining will have a new smorgasbord of operations ...
Author: Thomas Drescher A noticeable decline in on-campus registered parties has prompted Community Council (CC) members to draft a proposal that, if passed, will reform the College's current TIPS training program. The current TIPS training program is a three-hour-long class that is held about once ...
Author: Dave Freedman The Middlebury men's soccer team gave up its first goals of the season this weekend, but preserved its undefeated record with a 4-1 victory over Colby College and a 1-1 tie against Bowdoin College. "I think that the team is playing extremely well right now" said traditional start ...
Author: Lanford Beard You may not recognize his booming baritone when he's whipped into a hockey-induced frenzy. Perhaps you won't recognize his face behind all that blue paint, but you will no doubt recognize the hair, the thrift store duds and the unabashedly enthusiastic demeanor every time.Michael ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe How did the Middlebury students pass all of those long driving hours on the BioBus? Nicholas Benjamin '05.5 and Thomas Hand '05.5 spent part of the cross-country trip discussing environmental initiatives they hoped to start when they returned to Middlebury College. Now that they ...
Author: Lanford Beard This weekend when "Everybody Loves Raymond" snatched the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series from shows like "Sex and the City," "Friends" and "Will and Grace," I thought to myself, Where is pop culture going?Are the stodgy really going to inherit the earth?What about the overpaid, ...
Author: Mike Kennedy The Middlebury College Women's soccer team rebounded from a disappointing last-second loss to Trinity with convincing wins against Norwich and Wesleyan this week. With the victories, the Panthers improved their record to 2-1 heading into what will be a trying week as the team squares ...
Author: Charles Goulding The baby boomers had television, Generation X Nintendo and today, Generation Y boasts the prize-winner of them all - the Internet. For years, Generation Y has used the Internet for purposes of downloading free music files from other people's computers. In doing so, this generation ...