Author: Charlie Goulding There's a new group on campus. Hosam Mekdad '03 and Andre Fanous '05 joined up to form an organization called Arabesque. "Our goal is to give students at Middlebury a taste of Arab culture," stated Mekdad. "We believe Arab culture and its heritage have been underestimated in ...
Author: [no author name found] Matt DunnMatt Dunn has been nominated for the Tewaaraton Trophy in lacrosse, awarded to the nation's best player. Julia Bergofsky"It is definitely a personal and a team goal to play for the national championship and win it back-to-back."Michela AdrianAdrian has been a ...
Author: Scott Palmer The brackets for the Division III Men's Tennis National Championships were released on Monday, and the Middlebury Panthers will be hosting one of two New England Regionals this weekend. This is the first time in school history that the tennis team has made the prestigious National ...
Author: Jon Shapira For the last two years I have watched events unfold in the Middle East and witnessed radical, ignorant forces gain control over everything from national political agendas to opinion pages in college newspapers. There have been many times when I wanted to speak out, but, when I sat ...
Author: Meghan Michelson The logging industry has long been the target of environmentalists who advocate protecting natural forests from abuse. Environmental concerns have prompted accusations toward loggers as contributing to the destruction of ecosystems simply in exchange for financial gain.In recent ...
Author: Lanford Beard Last week, Feminist Action at Middlebury (FAM) hosted the annual Take Back the Night Week as part of Sexual Violence Awareness Month. A few of the goals of this event were to promote ongoing awareness of the serious issues that women face, ranging from media exploitation to sexual ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief As prospective students with disabilities weigh their college options, campus accessibility and the support services available to the disabled figure prominently in their decision-making process. The Senior Class Gift advertisements, promoting the campaign to establish ...
Author: Shahan Mufti On Sept. 11 the world was offered a new lens through which to view the world. While Osama bin Laden's violent call to the Arab and Muslim world went unheeded and failed to gather much support, on this side of the Atlantic our local mad man George Bush managed to convince state after ...
Author: Iruma Doman Are you interested in meeting Middlebury College international students, learning about another culture and sharing your own?This was one of the questions that appeared on a brochure sent out last August to many local families advertising the "Friends of International Students (FIS) ...
Author: Wasim Rahman Last week, a sign reading "Wherever we stand, we stand with Israel" appeared on campus. Alongside it, another poster proudly asserted: "Supporting Israel does not mean opposing a Palestinian state." Both posters are sponsored by Hillel, the Jewish students' organization on campus, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing In the late 1800s and early 1900s Joseph Battell acquired over 34,000 acres of forest land in Vermont, which he later bequeathed to Middlebury College. Upon his death in 1915, the lands were transferred to the College, which maintained them in accordance with requirements stated ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton "I want to talk about the representation of female sexuality," Sut Jhally said last Thursday night to a crowd that almost filled Dana Auditorium. Jhally, keynote speaker for Middlebury College's observance of Take Back the Night Week, is the founder and executive director of ...
Author: [no author name found] 3The tally of suspicious fires reported in the Middlebury area this April. Two camps in neighboring towns were severely damaged by fire within one hour of each other, leading local officials to suspect arson. Residents and firefighters reported seeing cans of accelerant ...
Author: Rafat Kapadia How does a man deal with his son being burnt alive, his 80-year-old mother and 14-year-old daughter being raped, his pregnant wife having her stomach slashed and her foetus killed and then, all of them burnt alive? Horrifying as this sounds, these incidents have become a part of ...
Author: Lanford Beard Assistant Professor of English Timothy Billings recently received a prestigious fellowship from the Camargo Foundation, allowing him to spend the fall semester of his 2002-2003 sabbatical in Cassis, France.Billings will be editing an estimated 320-page, 75-poem English critical ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes There were no twinkling white lights trying to transform Johnson's brute grayness into a magical wonderland. There were no bowtied attendants serving wine. There were no beautiful gowns and high heels gliding across the floor. And there was certainly not a quartet dignifying the ...
Author: Tim McCahill Dennis Ross, a former United States ambassador who played an integral role in peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian authorities, will deliver the keynote address at the Silberman Symposium. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Mead Chapel.The Symposium ...
Author: [no author name found] To The Editor:I just wanted to share this wonderful letter from a visiting mom of a prospective student concerning the Latino Symposium last weekend. She gave me permission to share this with the community. The students of ALIANZA and friends did a fabulous job. They ...
Author: Khairani Baroka Strong opinions, pertinent questions and important issues arose at Monday's Community Forum on Middlebury College's current sexual assault policy. Twenty-three students and seven staff members gathered in the McCullough Social Space from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for the discussion led ...
Author: Jeff Martin The Panther golf team culminated its two-match spring schedule this past Saturday with a strong fourth place finish at the District One Shootout, hosted at the Taconic Golf Course in Williamstown, Mass. The Shootout was confined to a single-day event after inclement weather cancelled ...