Author: Erika Mercer Imagine a summer day so sultry that the heat is actually visible as a blurry miasma between you and the rest of the world-a humid, wavering layer of warmth that bathes you and oppresses you at the same time. The ice in your water glass melts so rapidly you barely notice, and the ...
Author: Zach Foster While the majority of Middlebury students used Spring Break as an excuse to relax both mentally and physically, the women's lacrosse team kept focused on the task at hand, the quest for a third straight National Championship. The squad remained busy with two New England Small College ...
Author: Edward Pickering In 1939 C. S. Forester published "Captain Horatio Hornblower," a naval story set during the Napoleonic wars. Its protagonist, Captain Hornblower, is loosely based on Horatio Nelson, the daring British Admiral who defeated Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1806. ...
Author: Alan Topalian Imagine for a moment that you are a novelist, perhaps the greatest the world has ever seen. You pore over the most minute details of your work, and are a complete master of your trade. You create work that no one ever imagined possible, using your incredible talents and skills ...
Author: David Lindholm The showdown of Division III women's lacrosse is coming to town this Saturday when the Panthers host the Lord Jeffs. An annual rival, the Lord Jeffs always present a huge challenge for Middlebury. The teams have been at each other's throats for the past few seasons. The Panthers ...
Author: Kira Ventura This past September, Students for a Smoke-Free Middlebury (SFSFM), of which I am a member, proposed that all Middlebury residence halls be designated smoke-free. As The Middlebury Campus recently reported, President John McCardell just approved the Community Council's recommendation ...
Author: Erich Kahner The Middlebury track and field team traveled to San Diego, California for its annual West Coast swing. On Saturday, March 22, the team took part in the Aztec Track and Field Classic at San Diego State University. With the Dragone Track in Middlebury buried under snow for most ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: Last week's edition of The Middlebury Campus published a photograph that we believe is in poor taste ("Springtime Smoke," The Campus, March 19, 2003, p. 4). This newspaper is meant to be a representation of our college community. Both the arrival of spring ...
Author: Wellington Lyons The Pentagon recently denounced "Hussein's rule [as] the worst in world history." As reported by Reuters, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke declared Monday that upon liberation, "the Iraqi people will be free of decades and decades and decades of torture and oppression the ...
Author: Peter Nelson Aiming for Top Quality HealthcareMany of us are aware that there is a growing healthcare crisis in the United States. Insurance premiums are rising and more and more people find themselves without coverage. Even those that have coverage face increasing deductibles. These factors ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury men's lacrosse team, shouldering the burden of expectations that comes with three consecutive national championships and a preseason number one Division III ranking in the national polls, is trying to downplay the hype and hoopla surrounding the squad as its season ...
Author: Deborah Grant I am writing in response to Robert Keiner's letter ("Lawyer Addresses Gravity of False Accusations," The Middlebury Campus, March 12, 2003).Keiner asserts that the verdict of "not guilty" in State of Vermont v. Ogwuegbu is evidence that "[h]e was believed. She was not." Keiner ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed It is during times of grave crises that a nation's resolve towards defending the rights and liberties of its people is tested. It is also during these times that the strengths of institutions that define the society as one that is free and democratic are put into trial. During the ...
Author: Jonathan White Editorial: Respect, Learning and Reflection in This 'Moment of Truth'President Bush announced Monday evening that diplomacy has ended in the effort to build international consensus for military action against Iraq. Short of the highly unlikely prospect of President Saddam Hussein ...
Author: Andrea Gissing As the chill of winter retreats before the advance of spring sunshine, the thoughts of most Middlebury students turn to one thing: Spring Break. Even as early as January, students pause from their studies to search online for the best travel deals to Baja for surfing or Miami ...
Author: Crystal Belle If laughter is the key to one's soul, then many souls were unlocked during the African American Alliance's annual Comedy Jam on Saturday. The McCullough social space was packed at 9 p.m. as Middlebury students piled into the hall, anxiously awaiting the evening events. This year ...
Author: Greg Duggan Last month, two bills were introduced into the Vermont House of Representatives: one seeking to allow doctor-assisted suicide, the other to make the practice illegal. Oregon legalized euthanasia in 1997 with the passage of the so-called Death With Dignity law, the only state to ...
Author: Peter Faroni The Middlebury Campus: Since your graduation from Middlebury in 2000, what has been your experience with the transition from the "Middlebury bubble" to the "real world"?Golnik: Obviously, it's quite a change going from a small, private liberal arts college in rural Vermont to the ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin Last week, Middlebury's Page 1 Literacy Project celebrated National Literacy Awareness Week with its own Middlebury Literacy Awareness Week.Page 1 promotes literacy in Addison County through its volunteer commitments to reading, writing and tutoring programs in local schools, ...
Author: Alexandra Bottemanne and Melanie Mac We propose that Middlebury College support a day of awareness concerning the country's current situation and our relationship to this situation as world citizens. Let us be clear -- we are not asking for the College to take any stance, formal or informal, ...