Author: Bob Wainwright Woodrow Wilson once said, "If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation; if 15 minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now." I came across this quotation the other day, and found myself immediately intrigued. I wondered if this meant ...
Author: Julie Shumway In the wake of increasing concern over the state's drug problems, Vermont opened its first heroin treatment clinic on Oct. 28. The Chittenden Center – An Addictions Treatment Program, is directed by Dr. Warren Bickel of the University of Vermont (UVM) Psychiatry Department. It ...
Author: Andrea Gissing U. Pittsburgh Receives Embryonic Stem CellsUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers recently received human embryonic stem cell lines, one of the few universities to do so after President Bush said in August 2001 that only 78 already existing embryonic stem cell lines would be approved ...
Author: Alan Topalian I started my habit in February 2001. The Super Bowl had been played about two weeks earlier, and without football to watch on Sunday, I really didn't know what to do with myself all afternoon. Studying didn't feel like an option that day, so I was sitting in my room playing Madden ...
Author: Tom Drescher Middlebury College annually hires a host of visiting instructors to teach Winter Term courses. This year, the College will be implementing a mini-orientation program to acquaint visiting faculty with the school's policies as a means of limiting adminstrative problems and possible ...
Author: Nicholas Emery Last week, the Community Council unanimously approved the Carbon Reduction Initiative (CRI), a plan proposed by the Environmental Council (EC) to significantly reduce Middlebury College's carbon emissions. The approval of this proposal authorizes the creation of a working group ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Middlebury College is bursting with interesting publications that represent the many voices of the College community. Each of these fulfills a specific purpose: To provide news, arts, analyses, humor or a forum to express opinion. Four of these publications are: Epilogue, the ...
Author: Jonathan White Most people have a love-hate relationship with Broadway. You either look forward to a visit to the theater district next time you venture to New York, or you wouldn't be caught dead at "The Phantom of the Opera." Yet I'd wager that Mel Brooks' current Great White Way sensation ...
Author: Erika Mercer Imagine that you are trespassing in an old deserted house. You push open the heavy front door, stepping cautiously inside to find yourself enveloped by pervading darkness and the unsettling whistle of air through empty halls. You are uneasy, but your curiosity overwhelms your fear, ...
Author: [no author name found] MENThis weekend the Middlebury men ruggers took one more step towards the Northwest Territorial Championships. While trying to rest some of their softer A-side players, the team faced Genesseo State at home on Saturday and snuck away with the win. Poor tackling and a weak ...
Author: Chase Kvasnak "Anna Karenina," performed this last weekend in the Center for the Art's Seeler Studio Theatre and directed by Cheryl Faraone,professor of theater and women's and gender studies, was undoubtedly impressive.Written by Helen Edmundson and published in 1992, the play is a three-hour ...
Author: Daniel Wolf Roda "I finally understand why my parents dance the way they do," commented Justina Ngo '04, after attending "Beatles Night" in Pearsons Lounge Saturday. Picture this: Three hours of non-stop, booty-twisting, timeless Beatles favorites, performed by musicians whose age differences ...
Author: Abbie Beane The circumstantial evidence is ubiquitous: Informal concerts have become a tradition at scientific conferences; physicians orchestras are popping up in large cities; professors and students alike are writing theses juxtaposing major fields of science (such as physics, chemistry and ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann In what proved to be a battle neither team would soon forget, Middlebury topped Bates 3-2 in overtime of the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) postseason tournament. By winning, the Panthers will face the number-two seed Williams College ...
Author: Christian Holt Two weekends ago, I went shopping. This only occurs twice a year. Every time I'm either conned into doing it by an attractive friend of the opposite sex, or have run out of deodorant. Lucky for her, it was only the former. So my friends Kate and Maggie went with me to the mall. ...
Author: [no author name found] In the wake of the destruction of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance closet, I have been encouraged by the vocal response and criticism of certain members of the faculty, the Student Government Association and the College administration. Their refusal to label the vandalism ...
Author: Leah Koenig Saturday night provided a lively musical treat for the large crowd gathered around the McCullough stage. An impressive line up of Middlebury's talented students performed music and dance in the Global Rhythms show, organized by Wonnacott Commons. The entertainment, lasting a full ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff Last weekend the Middlebury College Panthers made the trek to face off against Hamilton College in what has been called the "Rocking Chair Classic." Still feeling the pain of last week's demoralizing loss, the Panthers came out strong and absolutely punished the Continentals 41-21 ...
Author: [no author name found] In his editorial ("Reflections from Med School on the Value of a Liberal Arts Education," The Middlebury Campus, Oct. 30, 2002), Danny Choi '01 noted that "at the risk of opening healing wounds" he wanted to address the dining issue I first brought up two months ago. Choi ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Green Mountain Power (GMP) Corp., Vermont's second largest power company, gave unauthorized rate reductions totaling more than $545,000 to Sugarbush ski resort for 14 months in 1999 and 2000.This violation, reported in documents filed by Vermont's Public Service Board on Oct. 31, ...