Author: Grace Armstrong On Wed., April 16, members of the College community filled Dana Auditorium to hear author and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Steven Pinker speak on "Language Acquisition." Pinker is the author of several books, including "The Language Instinct," which Scientific ...
Author: Jacob Heller Nothing builds confidence like a winning streak. After six straight victories the Middlebury baseball team is loaded with confidence. Coming off a sweep of Hamilton, Middlebury maintained its high level of play by defeating a veteran Wesleyan team in three close games: 6-5, 6-4, ...
Author: Josh Carson Last October, Community Council charged the Carbon Reduction Initiative (CRI) working group with the task of establishing a plan to reduce the College's carbon dioxide emissions. The working group is now ready to present their findings to the Community and Environmental Councils ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury men's rugby team roused itself out of its hibernation from this year's harsh and extended Vermont winter for its one brief moment in the spring sun, traveling to Texas for the NCAA Division II National Championship tournament. The Panthers, though valiant in their ...
Author: Tim McCahill Spring arrives in Beijing when the willow trees start to pollinate. The willows, which grace the sides of Beijing's avenues, sprout tufts of white seed that float across the city on winds blown in from the northwest. The tufts amass on the sidewalks in thin layers, making Beijing's ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Charles D. Brakeley, a well-known and respected retiree of Middlebury College, passed away last Thursday at the age of 82. "Pete" to those who knew him, Brakeley began his 17-year career at the College in 1964 as assistant to the director of development. In 1967 Brakeley was named ...
Author: May Boeve and Drew Pugsley The word "victory" on the cover of Time magazine at a newsstand was so large that I read it from 50 feet away. So I guess that means that freedom and democracy are flowing into Iraq at the same speed as the smooth stream of oil on its way out. I dislike cynicism, but ...
Author: David Barker The ascent was only the beginning. On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to conquer Mt. Everest. The surrounding Himalayan region dug like an ice ax into Hillary, and its hold would bring him back to Nepal soon after the headlines detailing his ...
Author: Crystal Belle The typical prospective college student worries about future courses, making new friends, fitting into the social scene and hooking up. However, the typical black woman coming to a school like Middlebury College, worries particularly about one thing: getting her hair done!I will ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Eight Middlebury students returned home Monday, April 21, after their study abroad semester in Harbin, China, was cut short due to the possible health risks associated with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). China Education Tours (CET), the organization in charge of ...
Author: [no author name found] Just as Middlebury residents and students get ready to step outside and enjoy spring, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are giving the community another reason to get out into the sun.On Saturday, May 3, the National Multiple Sclerosis ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Bowdoin Awarded Grant for Ecological StudyThe Henry Luce Foundation's Environment and Public Policy Program has awarded Bowdoin College $365,000 to set up a long-term ecological study of Maine's Merrymeeting Bay. The bay is a large freshwater tidal ecosystem located close to Bowdoin's ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Friday, April 18, 9:30 p.m. McCullough Social Space erupted into a scene of mass chaos as approximately 300 Middlebury students anxiously awaited the opportunity to see the second performance of Riddim World Dance Troupe's "Riddim: Behind the Moves." "I promise I had tickets... ...
Author: Daniel Shea Middlebury students love to hate their counterparts down at Williams College. It's a phenomenon that leaves many outsiders a bit confused, given the not insignificant distance that separates the two schools and the existence of a more proximate (and more bitter) rival to Williams ...
Author: Erika Mercer "If I try to forget something, that's when I end up remembering it."Pete Yorn's recent release, "Day I Forgot," puts this statement to music. It is the snapshot memory that is indelibly marked on your consciousness, the image or scene from long ago that recurs in your mind. Perhaps ...
Author: Gillian Wood When one thinks of cheerleading, young girls with curly hair and lots of make-up in short skirts may come to mind. One never imagines the bruises, black eyes, nail scratches, broken noses and bruised ribs, that go on behind the scenes. When I walked into my first cheer competition ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg This past week, the Middlebury softball team continued to turn away opponents on its way to a number one ranking in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) West division. The team is now 14-7 overall, boasting a school-record number of wins, and has extended ...
Author: Peter Faroni On April 7 the Vermont Senate passed a bill designed to increase the state's energy independence through the promotion of environmentally friendly power.The bill, which passed by a margin of 21-3, included a "renewable portfolio standard" that mandates that utilities buy some of ...
Author: Vlad Lodoaba You'd think that people learn something from the experience of banging their head really hard against a wall, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Steven Spielberg. His "A.I." was a crash-and-burn movie, mainly because of its unjustified length and the soporific attempts at ...
Author: Christian Holt I think my bank loves me a little too much. I have a summer's work worth of savings at the local branch, and they treat me like I own a friggin' mint. When I deposit money, the receptionist is nice, which I guess is typical. But she's smiling a whole lot more than she should, ...