Author: Claire Bourne Dean of Ross Commons Janine Clookey gazes at the nine drawings that adorn her office wall. She looks at them for a long time, contemplating each one by one. Eight depict faces - some drawn with colorful magic markers, some sticking to a simple blue pen - while one illustrates a ...
Author: Jonathan White Speaking Friday evening in Dana Auditorium, Vermont's Independent Representative, Congressman Bernie Sanders, helped launch the Middlebury Global AIDS Forum. Sanders told the audience, "The AIDS crisis...is one of the most important concerns facing humanity as we move into the ...
Author: David Freedman Middlebury's men's lacrosse team won its third straight New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship with outstanding overall play this past weekend in a 14-8 victory of Amherst College in the semi-finals and a 15-10 win over Tufts University in the finals.The ...
Author: Edward Pickering From 1914 until 1931, Danish aristocrat Baroness Karen Blixen owned and operated a coffee plantation in Kenya. Like Elspeth Huxley's "The Flame Trees of Thika," previously reviewed in this column, Blixen's "Out of Africa" pulses with life as the author transposes the rhythms ...
Author: Drew Pugsley I am going to begin this article by pleading some ignorance on this particular topic. However, in the United States, and here in Vermont in particular, the environment is an important issue. I will not deny that the current administration's record on the environment is somewhat ...
Author: Nicolas Emery The Executive Council of Middlebury College has decided to discontinue use of the current MiddCard charging system in favor of a debit system which will go into effect in the fall of 2004. The basic difference between the current credit-based system and a debit account system lies ...
Author: May Boeve What exactly is an "environmental policy"? If one were to base her definition on the current U.S. presidential administration, it would be "How Best to Increase Profits of U.S.-owned Multinational Corporations." The president succeeds with this as his objective, as his administration ...
Author: Daniel Shea With the suddenly sufferable spring weather in Middlebury comes a time for students to look back upon the accomplishments of the year, and as the members of the women's tennis team look back on their season, they can now see last weekend's bid against Tufts University at the NCAA ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca Forty-two million people worldwide are infected with HIV/AIDS and 8,493 people will die from AIDS today. Are you surprised? Don't be. These staggering statistics are only the beginning of what was discussed during the AIDS Forum this past weekend. The newly formed Middlebury ...
Author: Venessa Wong Maryleen Emeric '03 opened last Wednesday's Jazz Cabaret with an animated rendition of "Teach Me Tonight," captivating the attention of an intimate audience seated around candlelit tables by Rehearsals CafÈ. Emeric was one of eight performers at the event. The calm, cultured atmosphere ...
Author: Edith Honan It is high time that Middlebury College join Vermonters in saying no to Vermont Yankee (VY). Currently, Entergy Nuclear is requesting that VY's original licensing agreement of 40 years, which is set to expire in 2012, be extended for 20 or 30 years. Furthermore, Entergy is seeking ...
Author: Pascal LaFountain Everyone knows that sex sells, but who knew that sex could win a German theater competition? The German play "Twist," written by Arthur Schnitzler and performed on campus three weeks ago, went on to win the annual German National Theater Festival and Competition at Mount Holyoke ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe This weekend, Middlebury residents and College students cast aside their sandals and laced up their sneakers for a good cause. Teaming up to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), participants in Saturday's Multiple ...
Author: Christian Holt This week, Bob Wainwright, author of "What About Bob?" will be running his last column. Holt's Harangue therefore would like to give a send off to this sultan of sarcasm. "So long, you old fogey!"Haha, I kid. But the truth is, Bob's pretty old now. How old? Well, he's old enough ...
Author: Joshua Carson The Community Council has completed its annual social house review and sent its recommendations to President John McCardell. The Council recommended that all social houses continue this year without stipulations, except for Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO). "Most of the houses had very good ...
Author: Zach Foster It is becoming almost routine for the Middlebury women's lacrosse team, which advanced to its 10th consecutive NCAA tournament by securing another NESCAC championship this past weekend. But it was not easy. After pummeling Colby College in the semifinals on Saturday, the Panthers ...
Author: Daniel Phillips The Pan-African-Latino-Asian-Native American (PALANA) Center held its annual program of recognition last Thursday, May 1, at the Fletcher House to honor seniors, faculty, staff and campus organizations that have enriched and supported PALANA and its program over the past year. ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg Deflated by a three-game losing streak to finish off the regular season, the Middlebury softball team could not muster enough strength to come up victorious in its first-ever New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. After being swept by Norwich early ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge and Peter Simon YESOn April 28-30, Middlebury College Activities Board, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Political Science and the Program in Film and Media Culture screened Michael Moore's documentary, "Bowling for Columbine." It was one of the most widely attended ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart May Days in Middlebury Local businesses join together for the third annual promotion from May 15-18. Storeowners will hang beautiful baskets of blossoms to celebrate the arrival or spring. Participating businesses will hold drawings for prizes, offering customers the chance to ...