Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee While the Student Government Association (SGA) has traditionally been considered the voice of the student body, representing popular opinion on a wide range of issues, its effectiveness as a forum for student grievances periodically comes into question.In the 1970s, without ...
Author: Brian Ashley So, Vice President Dick Cheney is off hunting in North Dakota. Oh, that's super; we are "at war" and our second-in-command is off killing helpless animals. No wonder everyone hates us. I know I am probably the last person likely to say this, but there has got to be a reason that ...
Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor Former French Ministry of Defense Official Alexis Debat will return to Middlebury this Winter Term to teach a course entitled "Spies for the New Disorder: The C.I.A. and U.S. Intelligence in the 21st Century." Debat taught a similar course last Winter Term, ...
Author: Luke Coppedge Staff Editor Despite the loss of senior stalwart Jon Carr to graduation, the Middlebury golf team put together another fine fall season. Third year veteran Damon Gacicia '02 stepped up to fill the leadership void as he captained the team to strong early-season finishes at the ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Associate Provost Tim Spears and Director of Institutional Research and Analysis Rebecca Brodigan presented the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) study on the relationship between athletics and academics to the Student Government Association (SGA) ...
Author: Daniel Prepas Sports Editor I think it's safe to say that this World Series was one of the greatest ever. From start to finish, this World Series was simply incredible. The pitching match-ups were about as good as they get. Both Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling redefined the term "big-game ...
Author: Philippe Danielides Staff Writer When I was a bright-eyed sixth grader I had the delectable privilege of attending my first school dance. The gymnasium was decorated, the music was blaring and every one was dancing. That's right, every single female in the room was grooving to the beat while ...
Author: John Joy I am writing on behalf of the Middlebury Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi Society (ADP) in regard to the pledge event that took place during half time at the Middlebury football game on Oct. 27. As a result of some last minute technicalities, the pledges were unable to play music over the ...
Author: Lynsey Waite Staff Writer The summer before my first year in college, I marched through the doorway of Eastern Mountain Sports armed with a Middlebury Outdoor Orientation (MOO) trip checklist and suddenly felt any shred of confidence I had melt away. The store and the people in it were intimidating. ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief For Middlebury students trying to make it big in the real world, one essential thing is needed to succeed: etiquette. For the 50 or so students who attended the Career Service Office's Etiquette Dinner last Thursday night, the world of etiquette came alive, courtesy ...
Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor In response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 and the subsequent terrorist related events, the religious organizations at Middlebury College have attempted to counteract feelings of uneasiness among students with assurance that a caring community exists and ...
Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor A friend of mine recently suffered the consequences of a pricey traffic violation in downtown Middlebury. He failed to make a complete stop at the stop sign coming onto College Street from the Johnson parking lot and as result was pulled over by the police and ...
Author: Becky Ruby Staff Writer The large panther statue, a long-time fixture of Proctor Hall that sat on top of the bagel and toaster station in the food service area, was stolen Thursday night. According to Kit Quesnel, assistant manager of dining services, a person or group of people forcefully ...
Author: Julie Samara Staff Writer Inch by inch, row by row, Anne Lionberger '02 has planted the seeds for a growing non-profit organization called Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, or Bridge to Community Health. Building upon extensive experience in the study of public health acquired in both Latin America ...
Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor Members of the Inter-house Council (IHC), the governing body of all the College's social houses, convened on Tuesday, Oct. 30 to draft a proposal responding to the actions of an Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) pledge class member during the Homecoming football game ...
Author: Venessa Wong Staff Writer During the months of September and October, Forest sink-mates Shannon Linn '03.5 and Gillian Finocan '03.5 separated themselves from the utopian atmosphere of the Middlebury campus for two evenings a week to attend training sessions for the Addison County WomenSafe ...
Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer Christiane Bird is a freelance writer from New York. She writes about jazz and blues and makes travelogues on New York State. She is tall with a mop of blonde hair and when she came to speak at the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room on Friday, Nov. 2, to discuss ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief An employee of The Grille was fined $120 after the Vermont Department of Liquor Control (DLC) Inspector issued a compliance check at The Grille on Sunday, Oct. 28 after the employee served an underage drinker. The Grille will receive a three-day suspension of its ...
Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor After sifting through Winter Term course proposals from outside applicants as well as Middlebury faculty members, the Curriculum Committee settled on the 116 offerings in the 2002 Catalogue, a process which this year involved contracting with an "unusual number of ...
Author: [no author name found] Taking ResponsibilityThe events following Alpha Delta Phi's (ADP) Homecoming football game half time show in which a pledge exposed himself to spectators, including students, faculty, administrators, alumni and citizens of the town of Middlebury, called into question who ...