Author: Crystal Belle Have you ever twisted your legs and arms melodically to a pulsating hip-hop beat? If so, you are participating in the phenomenon known as break dancing. The art form dates back to the 1970s, when dancers in the South Bronx mixed martial arts, disco dancing and aerobatics to form ...
Author: Erika Mercer Picture a barren winter landscape: a field masked in snow, several solitary brown, lifeless blades of grass poking through its top white layer. A gray sky and a row of leaning, drooping trees complete the stark, desolate scene -- a scene which threatens to be too stark and cold ...
Author: Andrea Gissing U. Penn Pegged for Pirating MoviesThe University of Pennsylvania received many complaints from Universal Studios in the past week regarding the illegal sharing of movie files between students. U. Penn's Office of Information Security apparently received 100 allegations of copyright ...
Author: Richard Lawless To its own credit, Middlebury College has always done a remarkable job of attracting talented musicians for its Performing Arts Series. This time, the College's Arts Series organizers have outdone themselves with internationally acclaimed pianist Paul Lewis, who performed at ...
Author: Michael Hatch The multimedia dance work of Dominique Zeltzman and Selene Colburn, "The Stomach Never Lies: True Confessions and Moving Images," performed this past Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7, at the Flynn Space in Burlington, tackled topics ranging from the possible war with Iraq to ...
Author: Josh Axelrod Winter, it seems, is here to stay, but ski season, sadly, is not. This past week, five Middlebury nordic skiers traveled to Dartmouth to face a tough international field in this year's NCAA National Championships.High hopes were riding on the shoulders of Garrot Kuzzy '06 and Colin ...
Author: Zach Allen Cabin fever is rampant in the Northeast around this time of the year. There has been little to do over the past several months except waste away indoors with large quantities of alcohol, a good novel, and an eight log oak fire raging. It is a generally unhealthy lifestyle one pursues ...
Author: Ryan Hisner Throughout all the debate about the war with Iraq, there is one simple, and to me pertinent, question that is never discussed. Why should the United States, the most flagrant violator of international law and the greatest source of terror in the world, have exclusive rights to weapons ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg With war all but certain, the greatest question facing both our nation and the world is the future and relevance of the United Nations. In terms of international opinion, the United Nations is still important, insofar as many people's views hinge upon Security Council authorization. ...
Author: Mallika Rao Thursday night's forum on the potential war with Iraq filled the Robert A. Jones House conference room with republicans, democrats, progressives, representatives from numerous other organizations and, most notably, open conversation. Spearheaded by Wellington Lyons '04.5, president ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge Many people admire President George W. Bush for going to the United Nations and seeking international support for a potential war against Iraq. At first, I also admired such an effort, until I realized he would have been in breach of the U.N. Charter had he proceeded to attack ...
Author: Peter Yordan The storied Middlebury women's hockey team added another prize to their already full trophy case, regaining their league crown with a decisive 4-0 victory over top seed Bowdoin College in the championship game of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) on Sunday. ...
Author: Leyla Kattan Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies Christopher McGrory Klyza is set to receive the Robert and Helen Stafford Professorship in Public Policy in recognition of his work in environmental studies and public policy. Klyza was officially informed of his appointment ...
Author: Daniel Roda Due to efforts from WRMC 91.1, the Center for Campus Activities and Leadership, social and special interest houses and several other factors, the campus has experienced a revival of live music of all sorts, proving that the Middlebury social scene can in fact foster a community in ...
Author: David Freedman The Middlebury men's lacrosse team is ranked number one in the nation in various polls and is highly favored to defend its three consecutive National Championships, and started their season with an emphatic win to prove that the Panthers have not fallen off since the end of last ...
Author: Brian Vito "Iraq has not taken the last chance offered to it by the council," said Ambassador of Cameroon Martin Belinga Eboutou. It's time the U.N. Security Council kept its word: give Iraq no more chances. After 12 years of inspections, although it has not been a continuous 12 years because ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart After announcing in May 2002 that he would run for president after an 11-year stint as Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean has elevated his campaign, visiting voters all over the country and gaining the attention of the national media as he continues on the campaign trail. Dean ...
Author: Peter Faroni Amidst a flurry of media excitement, Gov. James Douglas '72 ran the Middlebury Town Meeting on Monday, March 3, making this his 17th consecutive year as moderator. The back of the town's municipal gym was transformed into a press gallery complete with two television cameras, two ...
Author: Greg Duggan With the growing possibility of U.S. action in Iraq, debate over a possible war has been intensifying around the world. Last Wednesday, hundreds of high schools and colleges across the country staged a protest called "Books, Not Bombs" to express opposition to military action against ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Scott Russell Sanders, noted author, committed environmentalist and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Indiana delivered a speech entitled "Building Arks," Thursday March 6, in Dana Auditorium. Introduced by his close friend, Stewart Professor of English ...