Ellen Bryant Voigt's readings are intimate affairs. She makes eye contact with the audience and she washes the crowd with the warmth of her still-Southern accent, mellowed by her years in Vermont. The Abernethy Room is particularly conducive to her style of reading — the small space, warm wood and ...
Author: Erich Kahner In talking with various coaches and captains about the prospects of this year's outdoor track team, one word hung on everyone's lips: depth. Middlebury may not have the superstar who can carry the load for the whole team, but all the pieces are present for them to retain their ...
Author: Peter Yordan In a two-game series over the weekend, the Middlebury men's hockey team defeated their NCAA quarterfinal opponent, Wentworth Institute of Technology, by margins of 6-0 and 9-1. The scores served as a poor indication of how lopsided the contests were. Outshooting their opponents ...
Author: Erich Kahner Eleven runners lined up for the women's 5000-meter race last weekend at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Eleven, out of thousands of competitors across America, ran the extra mile or endured an additional hour in a stuffy fieldhouse to make it to this ...
Author: Alexa Varriano A crime has been committed on this campus. A heinous atrocity. Period. The fact that a person could have understood the "pop quiz" poster as declaring warfare against men on a battleground where the two sexes are pitted against each other rather than against rape absolutely disgusts ...
Author: Jack Thurston No sex. No kissing. No self-gratification. These are some of the rules the main character in the recent "40 Days and 40 Nights" imposes upon himself. The new Miramax comedy from director Michael Lehmann ("The Truth About Cats & Dogs," "Heathers") is currently enjoying success ...
Author: Tim McCahill Erica Wonnacott, Dean of Students Emerita, passed away last Saturday after a prolonged struggle with cancer. News of Wonnacott's death was relayed to the Middlebury College community in an all-campus e-mail written by Acting President Ronald Liebowitz."Erica's compassion, fair-mindedness, ...
Author: Bryan McQuade and Michael Lackey Since bursting onto the scene in 1974, guitarist Pat Metheny has been at the forefront of creativity and innovation in contemporary jazz. From his days as an 18-year- old music teacher at the University of Miami, to his work with the Pat Metheny Group's core ...
Author: Shannon Egan In 1966, the men's swimming and diving team from Williams College began a 35-year New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) winning streak. It lasted until Sunday. Now, thanks to the men from Middlebury, it's over. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, ...
Author: Claire Bourne The Class of 2002 arrived at Middlebury College four years ago in the midst of the dot-com boom. The prospect of finding a desirable job was favorable, and seniors had the upper hand in the recruiting process. Graduates with bachelor's degrees in engineering and computer science ...
Author: David Lindholm The UEFA Cup, one of soccer's most prestigious trophies, is now in its quarterfinal stage. And some of Europe's biggest clubs are there: Valencia of Spain, Inter Milan and A.C. Milan of Italy, Borussia Dortmond of Germany, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven from Holland and Hapoel Tel-Aviv ...
Author: [no author name found] 100 billionTimes per second that the new silicon germanium chips, made by Vermont's IBM plant, will be able to turn on and off. The plant, located in Essex Junction, Vt., will be the only factory in the world to produce the world's newest and fastest computer chip. 2 percentAmount ...
Author: Raam Wong In the aftermath of Sept. 11, everyone from late night comedians to columnists have become much more serious, perhaps reluctant to poke fun at our nation or its leaders during a time of war. We here at The Campus have done our part: in his column Bob Wainwright has avoided making jokes ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Every year colleges from nine regions across the country send their most talented dancers and choreographers to the American College Dance Festival (ACDF). The culmination of this festival, for the lucky few groups selected by adjudicators, is an invitation to perform at the ...
Author: [no author name found] A Vote for Universal Accessibility As the time nears for the Class of 2002 to graduate, members of the Senior Class Gift Committee have formed a list of potential gifts to leave Middlebury College once they move on. Gifts in the past have included clocks, benches and endowed ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann In the first of what is hoped to become an annual event, the Middlebury Snow Bowl ski patrol took part in a friendly competition against its Dartmouth counterpart in a match of ski talent and skill Saturday at the College's mountain. The competition came a week after Carnival ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg and David Lindholm The Middlebury women's hockey team's season came to a quiet finish Tuesday night versus Bowdoin, following a disappointing showing in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament last weekend. The Bowdoin Polar Bears beat the Panthers ...
Author: Andrew Zrike When bands lose their chief singer and songwriter, they often break up or disappear into rock 'n' roll obscurity. Strangefolk's performance last Friday night at Lupos Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, R.I., however, made it evident this is not the case with this Vermont-based band. ...
Author: Richard Lawless Opening with a somewhat rusty and tuneless introduction by the orchestra, the Middlebury College Musical Players' rendition of Frank Loesser's "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" was off to a rough start. Yet the performance was saved by the extraordinary energy ...
Author: Matthew Christ A national championship is a big deal. Whether it's a 10-year-old golfer or a Division I football team, being the best in the country is huge. A national championship not only brings prestige to the players and coaches of the team but all of those involved — including the school ...