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 ...
Author: Yvonne Chen For almost 25 years affirmative action has seen a long assault on its legitimacy and methods, particularly as it relates to higher education. Since the 1978 Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke decision, which set a standard for race-based admissions, America has been ...
Author: Daniel Phillips A brand new enhanced access system was installed last month at Middlebury College, and already a number of the units have been vandalized. Since the beginning of the service, five of the black pads that residents swipe their cards across to gain entry to locked dorms have been ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Giving voices to the vaginas of women across the world on Valentine's Day, 19 Middlebury College female students let their vaginas speak at Eve Ensler's '75 "The Vagina Monologues." The two performances in McCullough marked the fifth anniversary of the show at the College, infusing ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin There is more to look forward to than a long weekend this week. Winter Carnival kicks off Thursday night, and the festivities don't stop until Saturday night's ball. The fun begins at the Center for the Arts on Thursday night with a cultural gala, including the Burlington Taiko, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer In addition to publishing eight collections and receiving numerous accolades, including the National Book Award for poetry last November, 87-year-old Goshen, Vt., resident Ruth Stone still found time to read at an anti-war poetry reading in Manchester last Sunday.The poetry ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Middlebury College students who are employed by the College during the summer months will see significant changes take effect during the summer of 2003 regarding their room and board. All students who work on campus and live at the College will now be required to purchase the board ...
Author: Erich Kahner The Middlebury men's and women's track and field teams capped off the regular season last Saturday at the Tufts Stampede in Medford, Mass. The Panthers posted three NCAA Division III national championships provisional qualifying marks and broke three school records during the long ...
Author: Andrea Gissing The Middlebury College Board of Trustees convened last weekend to discuss a variety of issues ranging from the comprehensive fee to the high amount of stress experienced by Middlebury students. The Trustees met at Middlebury College Thursday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 15. ...
Author: Erika Mercer Imagine you are on a boat for several weeks, floating somewhere in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight. Some days are still and peaceful -- you can hear the water lap softly against the hull of the boat and feel the gentle spray of salt-water on your cheeks. Other days ...
Author: David Lindholm Once again the time has come for the Middlebury Winter Carnival, an entire weekend of campus-wide events surrounding the final race for the ski teams prior to their appearances at the NCAA Championships. The campus festivities start Thursday night with fireworks at 7:00 PM, but ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Small changes can make huge differences, especially with regard to energy conservation. This fall, Senior Ben Wessler, in collaboration with the Office of Environmental Affairs (OEA), the Student Government Association and a new group of students known as the Environmental Liaisons ...
Author: Richard Lawless It is not unusual to hear the classic melodies of Beethoven, Haydn or Mozart emanating from Middlebury College's Concert Hall on a Saturday night, but it is quite unusual to hear these melodies played on instruments built and used around the time these composers lived. The Eisenstadt ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann With just one stop left on the carnival circuit, the Middlebury alpine ski team sits in a tenuous balance between third and fourth place overall in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). At the Williams Carnival last weekend the Panthers finished behind the University ...
Author: Christian Holt I'm sure you, or someone you know, has been afflicted by the cold-like virus that's been sweeping through campus. It's a non-deadly plague, preying on the overworked or over-skied Middlebury population. Its symptoms are a headache, allergies, sore throat, the sniffles and John ...
Author: Samuel Wilson As a part of the Middlebury College Board of Trustees' meetings this past weekend, an original documentary about the United World Colleges (UWC) was screened for the Trustees on Thursday night. The UWCs are ten boarding schools located on five continents in locations stretching ...
Author: Ronald Liebowitz In his memorandum in Nov. 2002, President McCardell reported on the financial challenges facing the College as a result of the current national economic downturn and the related decrease in the value of our endowment. He also outlined the general approach that the College administration ...
Author: Pete Faroni Environmental issues are of paramount importance to citizens of the Green Mountain State. The recent changes made by Republican Governor Jim Douglas '72 to environmental law and funding for state environmental departments has raised great concern among many Vermont-based environmental ...