Author: Andrea Gissing Ginny Hunt '03 and Ben LaBolt '03 were elected Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC), respectively, in last week's elections. The results were announced in a campus-wide e-mail sent out by the Elections Council on ...
Author: David Lindholm A busy stretch for the baseball team ended on Tuesday as the team held on for a 6-5 victory at Forbes Field over Skidmore. In the week before Tuesday's game, the Panthers had played five games, including four against NESCAC foes, and came away with two wins. The Panthers now ...
Author: Suzie Mozes "Impassioned Embraces" hit Hepburn Zoo this past weekend for two sold out performances. This bizarre jumble of one-act plays, written by John Pielmeier, left the audience puzzled about the relatedness of each act yet satisfied with its entertaining unpredictability.The ensemble ...
Author: Liz Lathey In a few weeks, most of you will be leaving the Green Mountain State for some sunny (or maybe not so sunny) locale of your own. When you do, Vermont will probably pretty much cease to exist for you, until you come back in September, luggage in tow.On the other hand, people like me, ...
Author: Chesley Thurber NEWS ANALYSISWith three major proposals currently awaiting approval from various state and local authorities, the College's parking system is waiting at a critical juncture. This week's environmental activities have caused many to look more closely at parking policy and automobile ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton Last Thursday I lay, confused and alone, on the dark basement floor of the Middlebury Town Municipal Building. I couldn't see anything, but I could sense rescue workers somewhere above me. I heard a Porter Medical Center dispatcher requesting all available personnel to respond ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief QUESTION & ANSWERTwo years after the contentious civil unions bill won approval from the Vermont State Legislature, co-plaintiff Stan Baker has settled back into a life of relative obscurity. Reflecting on the legal battle that spawned the civil union legislation, ...
Author: Peter Simon The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously passed a resolution on Sunday encouraging Middlebury College to remain at the forefront of environmentally conscious colleges and universities. The bill, authored by SGA Director of Facilities Planning Andrew Savage '03.5 and ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann The Middlebury softball team left little to chance this past week by playing its best ball of the season going 4-2 in a race to make the NESCAC postseason. Megan McCarthy '05, the team's stopper, who had pitched in every Panther win coming into the week, got some needed help ...
Author: Craig Szela "If I could describe it in one word — gorgeous," said prospective student Julie McGuire who visited Middlebury College on April 15, the first of two Campus Preview Days, in reference to the near tropical weather sweeping the Champlain Valley last week. Despite the blizzard-like ...
Author: Scott Palmer Last Saturday the Middlebury men's tennis team faced the Amherst Lord Jeffs in a NESCAC showdown with post-season implications for both teams. Tennis records showed that the Panthers had not defeated the Lord Jeffs in the past 30 years, and possibly even beyond that. Nevertheless ...
Author: Bob Wainwright I really don't see any reason to start the column this week with some comic remark about the snow storm we had yesterday, because most of us are true Vermonters by now, and if there's one thing we've learned by living here it's that it really isn't all that strange to have 85 ...
Author: Liz Lathey Delta nine tetrahyrdocannibinol. What? Weed. Smoking marijuana is a widespread phenomenon in big cities, small towns and college campuses alike. Marijuana is thought by many to be a harmless high, despite the fact that it is considered "gateway drug" to other harder substances. Most ...
Author: Emily Thaler Middlebury College has adopted an official college ring program to replace the custom ring program that has been less than successful over the past few years. The new ring design reflects a more classic signet style with the College's seal on top of it and will be available in white ...
Author: Jen Bloomer An important part of the Middlebury College ultimate frisbee team has gone relatively unheralded of late — the women. After losing the game that would have sent it to Nationals last year by 2 points to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Lady Pranksters have continued ...
Author: [no author name found] The challenge for future generations will be to define what is most essentially human. The extension of the Common Benefits Clause to acknowledge plaintiffs as Vermonters who seek nothing more, nor less, than legal protection and security for their avowed commitment to ...
Author: Nick Ferrer On Saturday, the men's lacrosse team made a statement. In its first game since a dismal weekend in Maine that stripped the team of its number one national ranking, the Panthers devoured perennial NESCAC powerhouse Trinity College, 20-8, and showed that its one loss is already in ...
Author: Nahal Batmanghelidj In last week's edition of The Campus, Bryan Goldberg claimed that I misinterpreted the law in my opinions piece. However, it is he who is misinterpreting the law. Indeed, the disclaimer on the back of the "Art of Kissing" ticket stubs reads, "We reserve the right to refuse ...
Author: Karen Acheson When Vermont's civil union law went into effect on July 1, 2000, granting licenses for civil unions became a part of the job description for town clerks, who were required by law to issue civil unions to eligible gay and lesbian couples who requested them. According to recently ...
Author: David Lindholm For a small section of the American population, anticipation is running especially high right now. Bruce Arena, on Monday night, announced his 23-man squad for this year's Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, which will start on May 31 in Korea ...