Author: Philippe Danielides Staff Writer What do the words skeevy, shifty, sketchy, dirty, horny, easy and unfaithful have in common? No, they are not Hugh Hefner's version of the seven dwarfs (although that would be funny), but rather adjectives used to typify a minority group constantly berated and ...
Author: Laura Isham Staff Writer This Saturday I went to a swing dance in McCullough. Plenty of people from the Footloose Club, as well as other students who knew how to swing dance, went to this event. There were many talented dancers there, and although this was simply a fun dance, not a performance, ...
Author: Katie MacDonald Staff Writer Seeking to assist the helpless animals, the Addison County Humane Society (ACHS) continues the enormous task of improving the lives of homeless animals. Established in 1975, the mission of this local humane society strives "to promote ethical and humane treatment ...
Author: Cragin Brown Staff Writer If the frigidity of Vermont winters isn't enough to chill you to the bone, joining the Middlebury Polar Bearing Club may be a bare necessity. Every Thursday night this semester, 30 to 40 of Middlebury's bravest caravan to nearby lakes for some often cold, always fun ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor According to statistics from an April 23, 1992 report from the National Victim Center, in the United States, 1.3 women are raped every minute. According to the same report, only 16 percent of rapes are reported to the police. This low number is partially explained ...
Author: Amy Brais Staff Writer Instead of using fall break as a period of relaxation in the midst of a busy semester, Drew West '04 opted to do something a little more productive. He went home to Loudonville, N.Y., and started a Web site called U.S. Ski Trader, which allows visitors to buy and sell ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor I'm single. No, that was not an advertisement, and this is not a personal ad (though I do enjoy reading them — but that's another topic for another time). I've spent most of the past 21 years being single. I'm something of an expert on the subject. I like to ...
Author: Lindsey Whitten Staff Writer Director of Public Safety Elizabeth Boudah presented her preliminary proposal for the long-range parking plan at Middlebury College to both the College Executive Council and the Planning Commission for the town of Middlebury last week. She fashioned her plan around ...
Author: Doug Haber Staff Writer This season has been a season of firsts for the Middlebury Rugby team. For the first time ever, the Panthers won the New England Championship; for the first time ever the Panthers attained the Northeastern Championship and for the first time ever, the Panthers qualified ...
Author: Jen LaRosa Staff Writer "Hooking up" or "going out": what exactly happened to dating? Isn't that the thing you do between these two extremes? You know, where customarily the guy takes the girl to dinner and conversation ensues. Then, after a lovely evening of good old-fashioned fun, they drive ...
Author: Michael Kirkland Staff Writer On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Westfield State to race in the NCAA New England Regional Championships. The women won the race of 35 schools, edging conference rivals Williams and Amherst (second and third place, respectively). ...
Author: Estye Ross I have nothing to write about. When I agreed to do bi-monthly political point-counterpoint column, it was on the assumption that Congress would provide my material. But of late, only one thing has been streaming through senators' mouths, through press conferences, through CNN in ...
In addition to producing highly successful and well-educated students, Middlebury College has had a reputation for many years as a school known for providing the foundations for high quantities of romantic relationships that evolve into marriage. Students share similar interests, and as a result the ...
Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer As part of the Library Program in the Abernathy Room on Wednesday, Nov. 7, Sue Ellen Thompson read a selection of poems from her most recent publication, "The Leaving." A Middlebury alumna and a frequent attendee of the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a Robert Frost ...
Author: Bryan McQuade Staff Writer Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Primus bassist Les Claypool, and drummer Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, performed as Oysterhead on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. The group has been performing nationally for the last month ...
Author: Becky Ruby I am writing in direct response to Brian Ashley's column, "The Embattled Bipartisan," in the Nov. 7 edition of The Middlebury Campus. However, the gist of my response does not solely address Ashley's article. There has been a surprising and upsetting increase in one-sided accounts ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor The women's squash is off to a strong start with three new first-years and three returning senior players. Last year's team finished well at 10 games won, four lost in their league, the "B" flight, that includes such rivals as Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin and Williams. ...
Author: Wellington Lyons In Cajamarca, Peru lies Yanacocha, the most profitable gold mine in South America. It is also one of the most environmentally destructive operations on the planet. Already one of the largest mines in the world, Yanacocha got the go-ahead on expansion in 1999 when the World ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Data revealed by William Bowen and James Schulman in their recent study on athletics and academics at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member schools has called into question admissions policies as well as student-athletes' academic performance ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Staff Writer It was on a train journey from Manchester to London in 1990 that J.K. Rowling created the little boy who has cast a spell over readers on both sides of the Atlantic: Harry Potter.Rowling was a struggling single mother living with her young daughter in Edinburgh, ...