Author: Drew Bennet '02 Congratulations America, you finally found a new enemy! Now it's time for another one of those wars that's not really declared, but lots of people are gonna die, and there's a red scare — I mean there's terrorists, there's a good and an evil-doer, and we must win, although ...
Author: Kevin King '02 A little over two months ago the Student Government Association (SGA) completed highly successful and contested fall elections, and held its first meeting of the year. I write today to reflect on what the SGA has already accomplished this fall term, the progress of my initiatives ...
Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor In an event designed to ignite the Olympic spirit for the 2002 Winter Games, Katie Samson '02.5 will join the 7,200 torchbearers selected to carry the Olympic Flame on a 65-day, 13,500-mile journey spanning 46 states. The route begins in Atlanta, Ga., where the torch ...
Author: Kate DeForest This year's fall presentation of student choreography, "New Dances," showed a strong trend toward conscientious and studied movement, "motion with meaning" as Amy Chavasse, resident artist in dance, so concisely put it. Composed of two to five dancers, the pieces represented the ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor I keep having this nightmare: it's the World Cup, in Korea and Japan, and the United State shocks Portugal in their opening match. Then they proceed to take out South Korea and then draw with Poland to go through to the second round. Then they pull off ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Although the weather was unseasonably warm, the Middlebury College Chamber Singers and Early Music Vermont joined together in Mead Chapel on the afternoon of Dec. 2 to celebrate the start of the Christmas season with song. Their program, entitled "Nowell Sing We," was a mixture ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate will convene in an "emergency" session tentatively scheduled for Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Robert A. Jones '59 Seminar Room to discuss the College's decision to lock all residence halls. The meeting, which is open to ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Room Draw 2002, scheduled to begin on Monday, April 1, will be completed in five days rather than over the course of a month, as has been past policy. In addition, the substance free draws will be conducted simultaneously with open class draws, and social houses will ...
Author: Lindsay Waite Finals are approaching. We work, we eat, we (sometimes) sleep. The only breaks taken are precious meals in Proctor or drawn out walks to the vending machines in Bicentennial Hall. In addition to these planned departures from studying, many of us spend a substantial amount of time ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," directed by Professor of Theatre Richard Romagnoli, opened late Friday evening in Wright Theatre, allowing ample time for the audience to gaze at the entire Middlebury College Orchestra assembled onstage. With glistening instruments, ...
Author: David Lindholm Another game, another shutout. The Middlebury women's hockey team extended their run to five straight games to start the season and have not yet allowed a goal. The latest victory came at the expense of the Sacred Heart Pioneers, who came into the game with a 3-1 record on ...
Author: John Oliver The Middlebury Ultimate Frisbee Pranksters made their mark on a national level three weeks ago in a tournament that concluded the fall season. Electing to pass on "Frozen Disc," a regional, co-ed tournament held at Dartmouth, the Pranksters instead undertook a thirteen-hour drive ...
Author: Namik Kirlic '05 Our first year, all students here at Middlebury College must take their first-year seminar class. My class is Human Rights in Post-Colonial Societies, where we read and learned a lot about human rights, always had very powerful discussions, and touched upon difficult topics, ...
Author: & Nothing Wrong With a Little Holiday CheerDrew Pugsley '04I would like to preface this article by saying that Estye chose this week's topic. So if you have not done so, I would suggest that you read Estye's column first. In light of the holiday season and the events of Sept. 11 there ...
Author: Bridget Dungan Staff Writer The Women's Rugby team emerged from their first fall season ranked third in the North East Rugby Union. They finished their regular season undefeated (5-0-1) and came in second place in the playoffs at Holy Cross, which sent them to the Final Four Championships. ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor At its last meeting of the semester on Monday, Nov. 26 Community Council tabled a motion sponsored by Kevin King '02 proposing that student photos be placed on the Middlebury College Web site. Students' photos would come up along with the information currently ...
Author: Sasha Gentling Audience members were left spellbound by the performance given by the great Czech pianist, Ivan Moravec, last Sunday in the CFA Concert Hall. For those who had seen Moravec's outstanding performance of all 24 Chopin Preludes at Middlebury in 1999, their presence at this recital ...
Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor Community Council's proposed changes to the Honor Code passed in a widely publicized student referendum on Monday, Nov. 19, garnering the approval of 61 percent of voters. In an e-mail to the College community last week, Student Government Association (SGA) Elections ...
Author: Karen Acheson Staff Writer Devin Green '04.5 has gone beyond the call of duty and has truly made a difference in helping people affected by the Sept. 11 tragedies. by organizing the 'Rockin' Relief' Concert Sunday, Nov. 18 in Mead Chapel. The concert was a collaboration of 10 individual performers ...
Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer In November of 1998, Erin McKeown, Beth Amsel, Jess Klein and Rose Polenzani — four young, talented and eager musicians — found each other. They were, as they explained later, "voices on the verge"; that is, young performers ready to make it big on the folk scene. ...