Author: Lindsay Whitton I grew-up a bona fide MiddKid -- a product of a graduation weekend wedding, a child of a legacy, the niece of many proud alumni and one of the first babies to be born to two members of a large, close group of Middlebury friends. Basically, I was a permanent fixture at reunions ...
Author: Michael Hatch Students and professors alike flexed their academic brawn at the Fifth Annual Christian A. Johnson Symposium in the History of Art and Architecture, held Saturday in Bicentennial Hall. Asked to present research under the theme, "Envisioning Belief: Art and Religion," six professors ...
Author: Alyssa Thurston Middlebury College is enjoying its largest applicant pool ever this year, receiving approximately 5,470 applications -- which represents a three percent increase from last year's applicant pool -- for admittance into the Class of 2007. Director of Admissions John Hanson did not ...
Author: Emily Lord and Caitlin Vaughn There are times in a Middlebury student's life when one may find oneself in an embarrassing dining hall situation. We've all been there. The moment of realization: you didn't come with anyone, you don't see anyone you know and/or your friends have mysteriously blended ...
Author: Edit Honan Since March 28, 1979, the day of the Three Mile Island (TMI) partial nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania, no new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States. This speaks to an underlying fear that Americans share when it comes to nuclear power -- a fear that I encountered ...
Author: Josh Carson The unveiling of rainbow flags across campus on Monday marked the beginning of Visibility Week, sponsored by the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (moqa). Events throughout the week aim to raise awareness of the oft-silenced voice of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg Taking the ice in the unfamiliar position of second place in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) standings, the Middlebury women's hockey team left no doubts that it is a force to reckon with. Garnering possession of the puck for virtually the entire game, ...
Author: Michael Hatch "Y Tu Mama Tambien," written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron, is the raunchy yet touching look at the waning years of adolescence portrayed via the classic road trip, screened at Dana Auditorium on Saturday. A pair of frantic goodbye-sex scenes opens the story and sets the theme ...
Author: Christian Holt I want to get a haircut. For men, getting a haircut is like robbing a bank: get in, get out, as little blood as possible. For girls like my sister, it's a bi-weekly life-changing event. They ask each other, "Should I keep it up, or down? Should I get streaks? Should I get a 'Hillary ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg The Student Government Association should be congratulated for the way in which it handled the debate regarding a possible resolution to label our community as anti-war. By tabling the resolution, the SGA interpreted its political role properly and helped to keep this school a ...
Author: Jonathan White We want to commend Janine Knight '03, Toni Spence '04, Kiki Taylor '03 and Naima Gregory '03 for organizing a town meeting Sunday evening on the topic of diversity issues in this newspaper, on campus and in our society. It is laudable that members of our community came together ...
Author: Chris Howard One interesting thing about North American students in this generation is that we all seem to have watched the same television shows when we were children. And all of these shows tend to stress the same basic rules of conduct, particularly with respect to equality. Ask any five ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart From Feb. 28 to March 2, thousands of flower fans flocked to the Sheraton Conference Center in Burlington for the annual Vermont Flower Show. The Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists and the University of Vermont (UVM) sponsored the show, which was rated one of ...
Author: Andrea Gissing E-mail Error Embarasses CornellFive-hundred-and-fifty high school students were given the gift of a second chance last Wednesday. Unfortunately, it was the result of an accidentally sent e-mail message from Cornell University's college admissions office and was quickly retracted. ...
Author: Pete Faroni Vermont, home to several prominent civil and political advocacy groups, is also the home of Ecologists Linked for Organizing Grassroots Initiatives and Action (ECOLOGIA), an international environmental organization based in Middlebury. The Middlebury Campus recently caught up with ...
Author: Richard Lawless "Modern" was the key word in Joel Sachs' astounding performance at Middlebury's Center for the Arts this past Friday night. The Julliard professor's repertoire for Friday's concert consisted solely of modern piano pieces, all written between the years of 1929 and 1996. He began ...
Author: Claire Bourne Faced with the tightest job market in over a decade and increasingly competitive graduate school applicant pools, Middlebury College students are looking for new ways to enhance their rÈsumÈs. A strong grade point average, summer internships, jobs, extracurricular activities ...
Author: Marichal Gentry and Karen Guttentag We are writing in response to Amber Hillman's "Conservative Voice" column on affirmative action (The Middlebury Campus, Feb.26, 2003). Although we both now serve on the Dean of Student Affairs' staff here at Middlebury, we share a common background in college ...
Author: Wellington Lyons In December of last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (RACR), a policy drafted during the late years of the Clinton administration, and supported on the record by over 2 million Americans who commented on the policy. The ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Walter Van Price, a former employee of Middlebury College, passed away Sunday night at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington due to injuries he sustained in a car accident last December. Van worked in Dining Services as a sous chef from January 1996 to August 2002. "Van was ...