Author: [no author name found] Fletcher Professor of the Arts Ted Perry served on a jury panel of thirteen people for the selection of ten films, including "Adaptation," "Chicago," "Frida," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours" and "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." The American Film Institute selects ...
Author: Lucie Greene Saturday evening, Jan. 25, saw the prestigious and internationally-famed Tak·cs Quartet perform at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, including Edward Dusinberre and K·roly Schranz on violin, Roger Tapping on viola and Andr·s FejÈr on cello. The evening was particularly special ...
Author: Zachariah Allen And so, the NFL season is behind us, just like that. It is difficult now, sitting here on a frigid Tuesday night listening to George Bush spew lame jinogistic gibberish from the house floor, to think of anything interesting or substantial to say about the NFL season. I was told ...
Author: Nicholas Ferrer After months of anticipation and training, the men's alpine skiing team is starting to shine. Just two races into the season thus far, the Panthers are quickly establishing themselves as early favorites for the NCAA alpine championships. On Jan. 18, the Panthers opened their ...
Author: Peter Faroni On Jan. 8, the Brady Campaign, a Washington-based advocacy group that works in conjunction with the Million Mom March for the prevention of gun violence, issued its annual "report card" scoring state laws for protecting children from guns. On its most recent report card Vermont ...
Author: Alison Damick A seemingly endless line of students wait to slide their dinner trays onto the revolving carousel and escape into the night. What often goes unrecognized, however, is that for some members of the college community, the dining process does not end so simply as a quick drop-off of ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed visiting Winter Term Professor Kenneth Feinberg to the position of head of the newly formed Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund in November of 2001, just two months after the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Both the fund and Feinberg's ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Yale Loses Four Students in Car CrashFour Yale University undergraduates died and five others were injured as a result of a car crash that occurred early Friday morning, Jan. 17. The accident occurred when the sport utility vehicle they were driving collided with a tractortrailer ...
Author: David Freedman Heading into the final stretch of the season the Middlebury men's and women's swimming and diving teams look ready to make a strong showing at the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championships at the end of February. The women's team garnered momentum for ...
Author: Erich Kahner The men and women's indoor track and field teams continued to improve over the last two weeks. Several athletes garnered top finishes at the Saint Lawrence Invitational on Jan. 18 and at the McGill Invitational last weekend. A few individuals in particular put together a string ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed As President Bush prepares his State of the Union address to outline the policies for the second half of his tenure, he must confront a solemn but distinct possibility: that he is indeed beatable in the 2004 presidential election. Despite the fact that no single Democrat has yet ...
Author: Alexandra Hay Stripes of light shine on the pale golden stage, a grotesque mask sits on a pole upstage left -- a hideously distorted papier-mache` image of a man's face, or a monster's. A Cuban song plays softly, the woman's voice full and rich. The first dance in Artist-in-Residence Amy Chavasse's ...
Author: Jonathan White A Worried State of the UnionIn Tuesday evening's State of the Union address, President Bush solidified the compassionate conservatism that he touted during his run for election in 2000. He proposed using the federal budget to fund the development of hydrogen automobiles, while ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Dorothy Douglas, Vermont's new first lady, has lived in Middlebury all of her life. One of six children, Douglas' relatives own Foster Brothers Farm Inc. and Foster Motors, which are both located in town.In 1975, Dorothy Foster became Dorothy Douglas. Her husband, now Governor ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer If the United States were to engage in war with Iraq, it would be the first time in history that the United States has entered a conflict of a size comparable to World War II or Vietnam without a draft. However, on Jan. 7, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill ...
Author: Wellington Lyons So we're going to war again.Whether you're on the right, left or center of the political spectrum, there are a number of reasons to be upset with our leaders for what they have gotten us into.Let's start at the beginning. Why are we preparing to invade Iraq? The story goes that ...
Author: Lindsay Whitton On Monday, Dec. 9, the Middlebury College faculty voted to include all grades received while studying abroad in student grade point averages (GPA). The Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) had planned on proposing that abroad grades and course titles be listed on students' permanent ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein With three consecutive wins under its belt, it seems that the Panthers women's basketball team has gelled just in time for conference play. Last week, they beat Green Mountain College handily, followed by a winning weekend against Amherst and Trinity. These wins were important ...
Author: Mary Mendoza On Jan. 25 and 26, Middlebury College hosted the "Digital Bridges 2003" conference. This conference focused on the effects and accessibility of the Internet and consisted of several different panels exhibiting how the Internet affects both businesses and the individual. Both Middlebury ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg With three New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) wins, the women's hockey team remained unbeaten in their last seven contests and improved to 11-1-1 on the season. After the successful week, the Panthers moved ahead of Bowdoin in the conference standings and now ...