Author: Andrea Gissing U. South Florida Prof. Indicted as Terrorist LeaderUniversity of South Florida Professor Sami Al-Arian was taken into custody last Thursday on racketeering and terrorist charges as a result of his association with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Al-Arian has been under surveillance ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury women's hockey team topped off their regular season in heart-stopping fashion, surviving a gut check weekend in Maine with a last- minute tie against arch-rival Bowdoin and a stirring overtime victory against Colby. The Panthers now turn their attention to the New ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: When wearing their berets, poets should stick to poetry. By creating a public spectacle ("Poets Stage Anti-War Reading," The Middlebury Campus, Feb. 19, 2003) otherwise talented individuals put themselves in the same discredited class as delusional Hollywood ...
Author: Andy Zimmermann The Middlebury ski team behind a massive effort from both the nordic and alpine sides, finished second in last weekend's Middlebury Carnival, which was also designated the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) championships. Teams from as far away as Western Michigan ...
Author: Pete Faroni "Think Blue; Act Green" is an idea Middlebury College students are urged to remember every time they take a sip of coffee from a C.U.P.P.S. mug. The College strives to set the standard as an environmentally conscious institution and to educate not only its students, faculty and staff, ...
Author: Zach Allen It has been whispered in various circles and groups that my previous articles have all been mean, and that I never say anything nice about anyone. I say, so what? The list of persons, places and things I feel a need to deride is relatively long. I might, for instance, be tempted to ...
Author: Edward Pickering Pieter Broucke, assistant professor of the History of Art and Architecture, has received a grant from the Parnassus Foundation in support of the Messene Heroon Reconstruction Project, an archaeological excavation that he co-directs in Greece. The foundation has promised continued ...
Author: William B. Hart I am disappointed that The Middlebury Campus did not send a reporter to cover the "Black History Month Celebration," held recently (Saturday, Feb. 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) in Bicentennial Hall, and organized by senior Kiki Taylor, with support from Jessa Karki and the Office of ...
Author: Alison Damick The week of Aug. 12-18, 2002 was disastrous for the Czech Republic as massive floods covered the nation. The capital city, Prague, experienced the worst floods in over 500 years. The raging Vltava River, at more than seven meters above its normal level, quickly overcame all the ...
Author: Daniel Roda In order to stifle my impulse to avoid music that is so well-produced, I had to realize that The Saw Doctors have been at the top of the Irish charts since they put out the single, "Useta Lover," which dominated the number one slot in Ireland for nine weeks in 1989 and was Ireland's ...
Author: Matt Ross The Middlebury men's basketball season came to an end Saturday in the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Tournament at the hands of the Tufts Jumbos, who defeated the Panthers 89-81 in front of 650 fans in Medford, Mass. After keeping ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Beginning in the fall semester of 2003, Middlebury College will offer Arabic language classes to undergraduate students as part of a planned expansion of the International Studies Department to include a Middle Eastern Studies track. Previously, Arabic has only been offered at ...
Author: Lucie Greene For anyone who has been at Middlebury College for a while, it would be very unusual not to have at some stage encountered a performance by Ari Joseph '05. A polite, unassuming guy, Joseph has--since his arrival at Middlebury College in September 2001--amassed a large individual ...
Author: Peter Viola Amber Hillman's opinions piece "Hillman Calls for Patriotism" (The Middlebury Campus, Feb. 19, 2003) resorted to the lowest form of blind patriotic diatribe in supporting a war with Iraq. Hillman espoused, with painful clarity, her perception of the United States as world peacekeeper, ...
Author: Dan Polifka A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education focused on an issue of increasing concern for institutions of higher education: the potential for terrorist attacks on campus. Although Middlebury College administrators acknowledge the possibility of a terrorist attack, however ...
Author: Jonathan White Renewing a Delicate, But Necessary ConversationNews of sexual assault on campus demands a revival of last year's discussion concerning sexual assault policy. Are victims finding the appropriate support mechanisms and is there an infrastructure in place in which they are comfortable ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Charles Alvarez '05 was arraigned on domestic assault charges following a Jan. 25 incident in Gifford Lounge during which he allegedly struck ex-girlfriend Yashika Walker '05. According to court documents, Walker told police that Alvarez pulled out several braids of her ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg Fahim Ahmed's Middle Ground column is usually one of the many highpoints of The Middlebury Campus. Typically, Ahmed's analysis is dead-on, and his ability to explain contemporary issues is a definite strong suit. That said his most recent installment suffered a few inaccuracies, ...
Author: Alexandra Hay I sit down once more in Artist-in-Residence Amy Chavasse's comfortable, small office to discuss how her adventure in Cuba turned out. It only takes a few questions to get Chavasse -- eager to share the amazing experience she and her dancers had in Cuba -- started. Describing Cuba ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Having just watched a film tonight on Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, I've begun to seriously consider how the mass media hammers us with "systematic propaganda" in order to help maintain the societal status quo. Indeed, it's frightening to be presented by facts such as ...