Author: Mandy Walker Planning a Day HikeRight now we are entering mud season, which means don't plan on hiking if you are scared of getting dirty. Wear rugged shoes. For a short day hike, low-top hiking boots or trail runners that you don't mind getting wet are the best choice. If it's been raining ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann In what could be described as a "learning experience," a split version of the Middlebury Ultimate Frisbee A team traveled to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Saturday and Sunday finishing with a record of 1-6 on the weekend. The Pranksters entered knowing that beating ...
Author: Deborah Jones "Sexist," "heterosexist" and "racist" was how five student protesters described Michael Christian's (pen and stage name William Cane) "The Art of Kissing," which was performed to a packed McCullough Social Space on Saturday evening.The event, organized and sponsored by Middlebury ...
Author: Matthew Christ Michael Azzara '02.5 is president of Middlebury Operation Smile, and the driving force behind last week's "Global Human Health: Perspectives and Possibilities" symposium. His tireless efforts, combined with a handful of dedicated staffers, organized the events, lectures and meals. ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Historic preservation and anti-sprawl groups recorded a victory last week when the Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at concentrating commercial development in downtown districts. The measure, which is now pending before the Senate General Affairs Committee, ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff Baseball, like life, can be hard —it has its ups and downs, its good times and bad. The members of the Middlebury College baseball team can definitely testify to this after reflection of this past week's games. After opening their season at home last Wednesday with a win 3-2 ...
Author: Craig Szela Room Draw 2002 went off smoothly, but still received criticism from some students. According to Residential Systems Coordinator Mariah McKechnie '01, "Overall Room Draw went extremely well. I couldn't be more pleased with the reaction I've received from students to the new system." ...
Author: Claire Bourne Acting President Ronald Liebowitz accepted Community Council's recommendation to engage the services of Strategic Technology Group to design a "campus access system" at Middlebury College. Liebowitz also approved the establishment of a Campus Access Committee to work closely with ...
Author: Ashley Elpern As the graduation for the Class of 2002 approaches, Middlebury College has announced the final four honorary degree recipients who will receive degrees from the College at the May 26 graduation ceremony, along with graduation speaker and Doctor of Letters Dava Sobel. Sobel is the ...
Author: Kate DeForest After luminous opening words by D. E. Axinn Professor of Creative Writing Jay Parini, Charles Simic, a Pulitzer-winning poet and past recipient of a MacCarthur Grant (the so-called "genius grant"), quipped, "Well, I probably shouldn't read too many poems after an introduction like ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Admissions Essay: Please describe an experience you feel has changed your life for the better. When I look back at the way I was before I spent last summer among the Aduhabi people in the mountains of western Hashagistan, I shake my head and laugh. No longer am I the naïve junior ...
Author: Cara Lovell Ann Lucke '02 and Joan Murphy '02, fast friends since their fateful placement as first-year roommates, took on their lifelong dream last May and hiked 1,732 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), from Mexico to Central Oregon, in 94 days. They shared planning tips, comical stories ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Pro-Palestinian College Movement Emerges in Middle East ViolenceWith the escalation of violence in West Bank and Gaza, many pro-Palestinian groups have grown more prominent on college campuses nationwide. The pro-Palestinian student groups have developed campaigns based ...
Author: Abbie Beane The atmosphere was rich with sexuality, and layered with contention, anticipation and vulnerability. Sixteen minty fresh volunteers, including myself, sat stiffly under warm lights and the stares of a large audience, saturated with shameless voyeurists, and the disconcerting knowledge ...
Author: Suzie Mozes Stephanie Saldana '00 will return to the Middlebury College campus next week to share her insights after traveling the world. After graduating from the College in 2000, she traveled on the prestigious Thomas Watson Fellowship to write poetry and "fulfill dreams of wandering through ...
Author: Tim McCahill The College Handbook defines the Student Government Association (SGA) as "the vehicle through which students can participate in the formulation of institutional policy affecting academic and student affairs and collectively express their views on matters of general interest to the ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee "If I want to overthrow democratically elected governments, is there a specific department for that?" Wells Lyons '04.5 asked on Monday night at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) information session, a regular recruitment event sponsored by the Career Services Office ...
Author: Chesley Thurber The clock is ticking for the Middlebury Town Planning Commission. Caught in a three to three voting deadlock, the commission now has five weeks to issue a decision regarding Middlebury College's proposed parking expansions.Public hearings on the parking expansion were officially ...
Author: [no author name found] The past few months at Middlebury College have witnessed a growing awareness on campus about issues of gender disparity, sexual assault and the availability — or lack of thereof — of on-and off-campus resources for victims of these social problems. "The Art of Kissing," ...
Author: Liz Lathey Not everyone in the United States wears Carhartts. Who knew? I sure didn't. I was on my MOO trip at the beginning of this year when one of my friends mentioned buying Carhartts since he now lived in Vermont. I didn't really see the connection — they are just pants, and ones that ...