Author: Dan Polifka Upon completion of Ross Commons this fall, work was well underway on the improvement of another commons, Atwater.This marks the second series of construction projects undertaken by the College to enhance residential life at Middlebury. The building of two new senior residence halls ...
Author: Tim McCahill The second week of October will be a refreshingly normal one for the Board of Trustees when they convene on campus for their annual fall meeting. Unlike previous years, discussion of new building projects will not be on the trustees' agenda; rather, the Board will deliberate on ...
Author: [no author name found] In response to the letter in the September 25th edition of The Campus written by Kristina Rudd '03, the Atwater Commons Council does not feel that we should cease our sponsorship of the fall blood drive. While we understand her concern and also abhor any prejudice against ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein Last weekend, the women's tennis team had its first taste of adversity on the heels of yet another sweet victory. After defeating both Skidmore and Union 8-1, the Panthers were prepared for battle with New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rivals Wesleyan and ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann Week three of Middlebury intramural (IM) football has made apparent an important point to IMers everywhere; who is a contender and who is a pretender. Just as the coming weeks will weed out the Chargers and Panthers of the NFL, week three and week four will do the same for ...
Author: Deborah Jones "Get on board, the train has left the station!" Dean of Advising and Assistant Professor of American Literature Karl Lindholm doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to discussing one of the school's most controversial initiatives. "The College is committed to the commons."Lindholm's ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Proposed changes to the Middlebury College health insurance system will require employees to cover a portion of their health insurance costs. The amount an employee will have to pay will be based upon a percentage of his or her salary. Workers most affected by these proposed changes ...
Author: Leyla Kattan Shattered Windowby Leyla Kattan Last Thursday, at 10:45am, a window in one of the Twilight Hall classrooms fell from its frame and smashed into the room. Students who were taking philosophy in room 110 had just been dismissed, and consequentially no one was injured. Evidently, it ...
Author: [no author name found] As I was rubbing the sleep out of my eyes a few mornings ago, I was quickly awakened by something I very much hoped I wasn't seeing. Yes, sad to say, when my computer opened up to the Middlebury Web site 15 minutes before I had to be in my German class, I saw to my dismay ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann The trip to Maine is always a tough one for any Middlebury team. In a weekend which saw a host of Panther teams travel to Vacationland, the field hockey team returned home with a split of its two games against Colby and Bowdoin. Middlebury played one of its best games of the ...
Author: Jeff Martin The Middlebury Panther golf team rallied from a nine-stroke deficit on Sunday to win the New England Small School Athletic Championship. The host team shot a splendid 301 on day two at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course to capture its second NESCAC title in four years.The five-man combination ...
Author: [no author name found] Multiple problems arose during the 2002-2003 Student Government Association (SGA) senate elections. Only four out of the thirteen elections last Thursday and Friday were competitive. Six senators won uncontested and three positions remain unfilled.During the election an ...
Author: [no author name found] Last week, Scott Ritter declared that Iraq poses no threat to the world and demanded evidence "before military action is taken." He obviously didn't read the authoritative December 1998 New Republic article asserting that Iraq was "not nearly disarmed," that in all likelihood, ...
Author: Emily Thaler "Modern, yet Middlebury" is an apt way to describe the architectural style of the new buildings going up around campus. The structures, which must be both functional and aesthetically pleasing, feature innovative design combined with traditional College building materials. Each ...
Author: Samuel Wilson The current economic recession in the United States is making it harder to fund a college education for many students and families. Middlebury College has seen an increase in financial aid requests, but the administration is still firmly committed to a need-blind admissions policy. ...
Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe Once in a while theater takes you to both extremes of the emotional continuum and back again. Bouncing between sorrow and delight, you are left anywhere but in between. When a joke can just as quickly become a dismal commentary on human nature, and a funny quirk turn to angry, ...
Author: [no author name found] President George W. Bush may have offered an articulate rationale to Congress, to the United Nations and to the American public for a war on Iraq. However, and alarmingly so, he has failed to offer a cogent plan outlining a replacement regime for post-Saddam Iraq. In the ...
Author: Julie Shumway Middlebury alumnus and U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III spoke at the College on Monday evening to a mixed audience of faculty, students, town residents and local political candidates. Sessions joined a lecture/question-and-answer session sponsored by the Political ...
Author: Julie Shumway On Sept. 24, the Hon. William K. Sessions III, U.S. District Court Judge for Vermont, ruled that the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA) of 1994 was unconstitutional. Sessions' ruling has attracted a great deal of media attention in the last week, due largely to the acknowledgement ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff No one wants to spend 16 hours in a tight bus just to lose. Two years ago the Middlebury College Panthers drove eight hours each way to and from Watertown, Maine to face off against the Colby White Mules — they left suffering a one-touchdown defeat and had to cope with the feeling ...