Author: Paul Barnwell The Middlebury College Office of Student Affairs Staff has outlined several revisions intended to improve next fall's first-year orientation week. These include a revised introduction to the Honor Code and a bumping back of the official student move-in day from Monday, Sept. 2 ...
Author: Nick Ferrer The men's lacrosse team continues to tear through its NESCAC competition like a lion eating its young. On Saturday, the top ranked Panthers improved their conference record to a perfect 3-0 (7-0 overall) with a decisive victory over the Lord Jeffs of Amherst College. Playing on ...
Author: Emily Thaler Instead of partying in Cancun or some other exotic locale, 12 sophomores spent their Spring Breaks shadowing Middlebury alumni through the Career Service Office's (CSO) Spring Break Externship program. The externships were designed to introduce students to a particular career field ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann In what turned out to be a wild weekend in Maine, the Middlebury women's softball team posted a dramatic extra inning win and a hard fought loss against Bates College. The split now puts the Panthers at 4-9 overall with a 2-4 record in NESCAC play. However, due to two losses ...
Author: Whitney Sones The Women's Water Polo Club had a winning weekend in Worcester, Mass. at a tournament held at Holy Cross this past weekend. The ladies found themselves outmatched when they faced up against a tough Dartmouth College team. The game had notable marks on defense and some all around ...
Author: [no author name found] To The Editor: I write today to apologize to the Community Council and to the Middlebury College community for communicating confidential information from our annual house review to the leadership of one of the houses. In sharing this information, I acted rashly and without ...
Author: Karen Acheson Since colonial days, tea drinking has been a part of American culture. The town of Middlebury offers its own tea drinking custom with the help of the Middlebury Inn, a local landmark founded in 1827. This past Sunday I had tea at the Middlebury Inn, a custom that began about 50 ...
Author: David Lindholm It was a weekend full of Middlebury women's tennis as the team hosted the 13th Annual Middlebury College Invitational. The Panthers thoroughly dominated the action, having a player in each of the finals, both for singles and doubles. Earlier in the week, the Middlebury women dropped ...
Author: Erich Kahner Amid the snow flurries and chilly temperatures last Friday, the Middlebury track team played host to six other schools during an early season meet. There was talk among the athletes before the meet of the difficulty they might have in performing up to their standards in such conditions, ...
Author: [no author name found] Monday, April 1, 2002"How Then Shall We Live?" by Dr. Steven Shackford, Dr. Shackford is the chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Vermont. Tuesday, April 2, 2002"The Work of the World Bank," by Varun Gaun. Gaun is economist at the World ...
Author: Kate Prouty "How many of you all were thinking — 'does he really need those crutches?'" This was not a totally unreasonable question for Bill Shannon to ask his audience halfway through his performance of "Spatial Theory." Nicknamed the "CrutchMaster," Shannon does what is too often considered ...
Author: Nahal Batmangheldj On Saturday, April 6, MCAB sponsored an event titled the "Art of Kissing." The event opened with a scenario that required the men in the couples on stage to simulate dentists, and the women to simulate patients. The "dentists" were instructed by Mr. Christian, the presenter, ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller An excited murmur ran through the audience as the house lights dimmed and four men in dapper black suits walked quietly onto the stage. The notes that soon began to dance off the bows of the performers cast a spell of enchanted silence over all of the auditors in the hall.It ...
Author: Scott Palmer The men's varsity tennis team continued their regular season last Friday with a critical match against its NESCAC rival, Tufts University. Coming into the match with a record of 7-2, the Panthers looked to establish themselves as a top NESCAC team against the Jumbos who came into ...
Author: Andrew Zrike Revered as one of the great funk sidemen in history, over the last 10 years Maceo Parker has also established himself as a solo artist to be reckoned with. Through his work with James Brown, George Clinton and now with the popularity of his solo outfit, Parker has been bringing ...
Author: JUlie Samara Last week's "Global Human Health: Perspectives and Possibilities" symposium offered Middlebury students a world of opportunities to learn about health care issues, particularly with respect to developing nations. On day five of the symposium, a panel of four Middlebury students ...
Author: Alison Hertel The Middlebury equestrian team had a busy weekend. On Saturday 10 Middlebury riders traveled to the University of Vermont in cold, blustery conditions to take home a fourth place finish. Unstoppable UVM took the day, closely followed by a strong Dartmouth team and a fiercely competitive ...
Author: Christine Barratt On March 13, Professor Agustus Jordan of the Psychology Department gave a lecture entitled "Implications of College Student Cheating for Liberal Education," based on research he conducted of cheating rates at Middlebury. In a study that he conducted last spring, Jordan found ...
Author: Deborah Jones Last Tuesday's Global Human Health Symposium lecture "Alleviating Poverty, Improving Health: The Work of the World Bank," proved to be one of the most controversial of the week. Dozens of students crowded the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room to hear World Bank Group Economist ...
Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe What is reality? Are we alone in the universe? What is the meaning of life? What is the difference between soup and art? Many of these universal questions were brought to light in senior Sara Garland's one-woman show last weekend. A collage of humanity, the piece brought ...