Author: Tim McCahill "Accessibility to me means freedom of choice," said Middlebury resident Rose Hotte. "The freedom and the choice to go wherever I want." Hotte was one of the five panelists at a lunchtime discussion kicking off Accessibility Awareness Week, held on campus the week of Nov. 18. The ...
Author: Jasmin Johnson The Dance and Theatre Department's annual production "New Dances" saw an encouraging turnout. Each night, the seven newly choreographed dances by the students of Intermediate Dance (TD260) were showcased. The courses' purpose, according to the program, was to "explore the experience ...
Author: Tim McCahill Middlebury's indoor track and field team resumed major competition last Sunday for the first time since May at the Dartmouth Invitational. Many Panthers showed little sign of any accumulated rust. Adri Logalbo '03 tallied 4.5 of the women's team's six points -- four for her fourth ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart It's not hard to see that the Middlebury community knows what it wants. From Marble Works to Main Street, downtown Middlebury is filled with eccentric, unique shops that sell every sort of product to residents, visitors and Middlebury College students. Whether we have a craving ...
Author: Devin Zatorski EDINBURGH -- One of the military's vintage "Green Goddess" fire engines lumbered down the road yesterday. The clang of its motor elicited jeers from passers-by, who recalled the news of how another military "Goddess" had conked out on a crowded Glasgow street just days before. ...
Author: Nicole Maddox The Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) and Community Council have gone almost unnoticed on campus this fall, but the governing bodies project many more undertakings for the coming term. Although outwardly the SGA has appeared rather passive in its contribution ...
Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe The posters for the most recent Hepburn Zoo play, "Laughter Suffering," featured a white skeleton outlined against a black backdrop, as if a flash of light had revealed the hidden form lurking in the darkness. On Nov. 23 in the Zoo, this skeleton was brought to life in horrifying ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Bob: Katie, thanks for joining us. Last week, you became the first female turkey to be pardoned by a United States president. What are your thoughts on George W?Katie: I think he's a great big turkey.Bob: Isn't that kind of harsh considering the man saved your life?Katie: No, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Aggie Bonfire Resurrected Off Texas A&M CampusAn unsanctioned bonfire held last week near Texas A&M University revived a tradition suspended since the collapse of a bonfire in 1999 that killed 12 people. A group made up of current students and alumni organized and built ...
Author: [no author name found] I am a spokesman for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and I would like to respond to Edith Honan's recent opinion piece ("Vermont Nuclear Power Plant," The Middlebury Campus, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002) in which she expressed concern about the safety of our plant. She sought ...
Author: Edward Pickering The Middlebury College administration and Faculty Council are considering a number of scheduling changes for the 2003-04 academic year, including a substantial increase in the number of 8 a.m. classes.The scheduling revisions should alleviate pressure arising from having too ...
Author: Holly Haertel The Middlebury women's squash team, now in its 27th season, is probably one of Vermont's best kept secrets, but not for long. The 2002-2003 women's squash season has not even begun and it is already turning out to be a great year. With the demolition of the Fletcher field house, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer The new enhanced access system will bring with it a period of adjustment for Middlebury College. Due to the implementation of the system, students may have to carry around, for a short time period, another card in addition to their MiddCard, according to Assistant Treasurer ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart On Nov. 23, it was a 40-degree Saturday morning in Northfield, Minn., when the women's cross-country team arrived at St. Olaf College for the NCAA Division III Cross-Country National Championship Meet. The sun was shining, the 6,000-meter course was fast and the top eight Panther ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos After cruising through its first two games of the season with an easy 4-3 win against Skidmore on Nov. 22 and a 8-0 rout of Massachusetts College the following day, the Middlebury men's hockey team was not as successful when it faced Norwich in the Primelink Great Northern ...
Author: Lanford Beard Is Justin Timberlake's solo debut "Justified?" Decidedly not.Timberlake said he wanted to do something "different" and "more me" with his new CD. If by "more me" he means contrived and by "different" he means exactly the same, then Timberlake is right on track.Many have touted ...
Author: Liz Lathey When he took office in 1991, Vermont Governor Howard Dean called the governorship "the greatest job in Vermont." Dean was elected lieutenant governor in 1986, and assumed Vermont's highest post in 1991 after the death of then-Governor Richard Snelling. Dean has since become the longest ...
Author: David Freedman Coming into the last two events against Springfield College on Saturday, Nov. 23, Middlebury's men's and women's swimming and diving teams were on the brink of a season-opening loss. The team came through, however, with outstanding individual efforts in the 400-yard individual ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton A few weeks ago I ran into two friends having coffee in The Grille. "Guess what we were just talking about?" they said. "We decided that you are going to be the ultimate do-it-all parent someday. The one with a high powered job who still shows up for car pool." Later that night ...
Author: Christian Holt "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a weekly trip, that started from this New England School, aboard this science ship…" Today I'm going to talk about my Tuesday afternoon geology labs. While all of you are warm and snug in your lectures, I brave the hazardous ...