Author: Matthew Christ The town of Middlebury, because of its size and centrality, is easy to navigate. What would make the town healthier and more accessible would be an increase in biking and walking to businesses and local merchants. The daily congestion would be lessened, parking would not be as ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann The Middlebury ultimate frisbee team finished its season this weekend in Dartmouth as it valiantly fell short of reaching the national tournament. In four games including, one against host Dartmouth, and another against number two tournament seed Wesleyan University, the team ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Masons arrived at the Christian A. Johnson Art Building last Monday, a few days after a locksmith reported to the Office of Facilities Management that stones appeared to be pulling away from the south wall of the building facing the Sunderland Language Center.Despite some ...
Author: Richie Lawless Vermont may not be the most likely place for a rock festivital. But the unlikely will become a reality this Saturday, when WRMC holds its annual concert Sepomana. The festivities kick off at 11 a.m. on the Voter lawn with rollicking performances by Middlebury student and alumni ...
Author: [no author name found] The social house system at Middlebury College is an important part of the Middlebury community. It offers outlets for social interaction for all students and has shown, especially this year, that social house members are committed to actively engaging themselves in the ...
Author: Raam Wong "This is a truly defining historical moment. It will be a part of our collective memory forever." The spirit of these words, part of a speech delivered by President John McCardell on Sept. 11, is echoed in the sentiments and artistic visions detailed in the articles below. Though removed ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes The internationally-acclaimed Gidon Kremer graced Middlebury College's stage at the Center for the Arts on Saturday night. This Latvian-born violinist began studying music at age four with his father and grandfather, both of whom were accomplished string players. He enrolled in ...
Author: Ashley Elpern With the final race of the season over, the Middlebury crew team has much to be proud as they sent many boats to the New England Rowing Championships (NERC) held last weekend and performed strongly throughout the season.At the NERC, the varsity women's eight (Anne Thompson '02, ...
Author: Erich Kahner Seniority ruled for the Middlebury men and women's track team last weekend at the New England Division III Track and Field Championships, held in Springfield, Mass. With their college careers coming to a close, the senior members of the team were able to put together one of their ...
Author: Lanford Beard What exactly is a fairy tale? What does a fairy tale offer to societies and individuals?This past weekend, Andrew Boyer '02 attempted to answer some of these questions with a modern perspective in the premiere of his senior independent work, "The Fairy Tale Project: The Terrible ...
Author: Raam Wong My upcoming graduation still does not seem real to me. It feels like just yesterday that I was a naïve student getting lost in Proctor, not emerging until six hours later when the firemen found me shivering and weeping behind the salad bar in the arms of Dr. Proctor. Actually, that's ...
Author: Danielle Perkins Has anyone else found themselves wondering where our school is headed? A number of recent issues such as the social houses, parking, the commons and housing, to name a few, seem to be moving in a direction that the student body does not approve. Although I believe all of these ...
Author: Chesley Thurber Student Government Association (SGA) President-elect Ginny Hunt '03 received unanimous approval Sunday for the implementation of two new cabinet positions: Director of Commons and Social House Affairs and Director of Environmental Affairs. The first was originally named solely ...
Author: Paul Barnwell The Career Services Office (CSO) recently awarded student stipends for 2002 unpaid summer internships. Jona Repishti '04, Matthew Riemer '04 and Devin Zatorski '04 were the recipients of $2,000 Felton Family scholarships, while 22 Middlebury College juniors from the classes of ...
Author: Deborah Jones The staff of Middlebury Magazine learned last week that it had been awarded the Gold Medal for Best College Magazine of the Year. The publication had won the second place prize for several of the past seven years, but this was the first time it came out on top.The Council for the ...
Author: Chris Shields For me, April 20 has never really held any high level of meaning. This year I decided to do something. The weekend of April 20 proved to be one of the most dynamic and active weekends that Washington, D.C., has seen in years. From across the country and around the world activists ...
Author: Liz Lathey Vermonters really have a definitive musical taste. I didn't realize this until I got to Middlebury and found out that the whole world doesn't listen to Phish. In fact (gasp) some people don't even know who Phish is.Before I moved to Vermont in the sixth grade, I listened to whatever ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller In the face of suffering as great as that which swept the United States after Sept. 11, many people feel, as student actor and director Joe Varca '02 said, "that you just wish — and you think — the world will stop. There should be no classes; there should be no attempt ...
Author: Michael Greene Paralleling the escalation of violence in the Middle East, Middlebury's own two warring factions have recently upgraded their rhetorical firepower in our homeland propaganda war. In this battle of opinions, however, both sides have unfortunately managed to ignore the inclusion ...
Author: Freeman White This past weekend in the Hepburn Zoo, two of Middlebury's senior theater majors, Susie Carter '02.5 and Jennie Luening '02 crafted their final independent theater project, "Babbelon," into an exploration of language. The languages explored included eye contact, Turkish, inspiration ...