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, ...
Author: Greg Duggan About 45 people showed up in the downstairs of the Ilsley Public Library Thursday night to listen to award-winning author and poet Ruth Stone and local poet Karin Gottshall. Both writers sat at a table in the front of the room, their presence commanding the attention of the entire ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes The African American Alliance (AAA) brought Motown to the Middlebury campus this past Saturday evening in McCullough.At their spring show, co-sponsored by The Office for Institutional Diversity, PALANA, Women of Color and Middlebury Open Queer Alliance, AAA presented "Joining Together ...
Author: Dan Phillips Feinberg Focuses on ElectionNot even a leg injury "worse than Bo Jackson's" kept Andrew Feinberg '04 from an intense week of campaigning for the office of Student Government Association (SGA) President. Despite three torn ligaments, Feinberg is staying on campus until the conclusion ...
Author: Lucie Greene The first thing that strikes you after meeting Sara Stranovsky '04 is her energy. When you contemplate the member of groups she's involved in, it's difficult to imagine how one person could participate in and be talented at quite so much. It was refreshing to meet someone like her ...
Author: Peter Yordan Like the seasonal blight of mosquitos or the fresh coat of manure farmers spread across their fields, the oppressive stench of Red Sox mania descends annually upon Middlebury just as spring starts to win back its rightful title to the month of April. There is no greater bane upon ...
Author: David Lindholm For perhaps the first time in history, the Middlebury men's tennis squad will be the team to beat at the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) championships this weekend. The Panthers have won each of their last five matches, all against NESCAC opposition, including ...
Author: Ryan Gamble Nina Patry, coordinator of international student records, recently became the guardian of Del Sanders, an 82-year-old man who suffers from cognitive disabilities due to a stroke and lives in a nursing home. Patry spoke to The Middlebury Campus about her experience, which she says ...
Author: Leah Koenig As a Middlebury student and a nature enthusiast, I am writing on behalf of the Spirit in Nature organization(www.spiritinnature.com) and in support of environmental education legislation. Founded in 1998, the Spirit in Nature (SPiN) hiking paths rest in the foothills of Vermont's ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The Admissions Office has heard from over 350 students accepted to the Class of 2007 who have chosen to attend Middlebury College over other institutions. This figure is slightly larger than the number of deposits received from admitted applicants by this date a year ago. The increase ...
Author: Samuel Wilson On Monday evening, President John McCardell, various members of the faculty and staff and students, including members of the Student Government Association (SGA) met in the Ross Fireplace Lounge for the final Town Meeting of the year. The Town Meetings have served as an open forum ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Whether or not you believe that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was justified on humanitarian and national security grounds, two facts remain: much of the country is now in ruins, and many Iraqis are still without basic services and supplies. The U.S. generals ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe The continued movement of weekend social life from on-campus events to parties hosted in off-campus senior housing has spurred growing tensions between College students, local residents, and the Middlebury Police Department. What College students have noted as a year of growing ...
Author: Dayn Cambridge and Brian Vito The United States Fails to Uphold Geneva Convention StipulationsEver since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, President Bush has constantly referred to the United States as the "brightest beacon of freedom" and as a "nation based on fabulous values." He asserts ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Pascale LaFountain '04 was recently awarded the Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship, a highly esteemed and competitive national award. The scholarship provides substantial financial awards to be used toward the graduate education of students who display "exceptional ...
Author: Zachariah Allen Well, it has been some time since I have gotten the privilege of appearing in The Campus. A whole world of things has gone on since then, and I don't think I have space to deal with it all, but we'll see what we can get to.Firstly, I'd like to offer praise for playoff hockey. ...