Author: Rose Boyer Walking past the community bulletin board in downtown Middlebury in late January, a sign caught my eye. "Scottish Country Dancing," it read, held at 7 p.m. at the Cornwall Town Hall that night. "Hmmm," I thought, and I tucked the idea in the back of my mind. As nighttime approached, ...
Author: [no author name found] 106 Feb students joined the Middlebury College community. Of the new students, 54 are male and 52 are female. They come from 26 states, with the most representation from Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. Six of the new students are international students hailing from ...
Author: Matthew Klein I just came to the terrifying realization that I am now a sophomore in college. Almost one year ago, I arrived at Middlebury for Feb orientation expecting little more than tacky name games and teamwork exercises. Name games, I knew, wouldn't help me remember anyone's name — ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein As it approaches tournament time, the Middlebury women's basketball team has shifted into high gear, winning eight straight games. Its goal at this point in the season is to stay focused and maintain momentum. Head Coach Noreen Pecsok has been known to quote Aristotle, "you ...
Author: Jasmin Johnson A spray-painted white welcome banner with blue and silver stars waved in the cold wind outside Proctor Hall on Feb. 6. Spencer Taylor '04.5 and Christopher Jennette '04.5, both leaders for the 2002 February first-year, or "Feb," orientation, enthusiastically greeted everyone outside ...
Author: Peter Yordan Bill Beaney's 300th win as head coach of the Middlebury men's hockey team couldn't have been any sweeter as the team exorcized its lone demon with a convincing 3-1 victory over Norwich College Tuesday night. The team, which suffered its only loss of the season to Norwich in November, ...
Author: Shannon EGan The men's and women's swimming and diving teams kept busy over break with a pair of home meets, including a dual meet vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Middlebury Invitational. The teams topped M.I.T. with a score of 169-119 for the men and 167-128 for the women. ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Hey everybody. I hope you all had an incredible J-term, and for those readers of The Campus who happen to live in the real world, perhaps you can take solace in the fact that our month of watching movies and skiing is officially over. Meaning, if we were still to do those things ...
Author: Emily Berg It has been exactly 30 years since the first Febs enrolled at Middlebury College. Over time, the growing population of Febs demonstrated students' desires to explore studies beyond the academic realm. Additionally, the continued popularity of the program reflectsthe mutual benefit ...
Author: Meghan Michelson I spent the February break in my home state of California. Contrary to popular belief and assumptions related to the Golden State, I was not sunning on the beach with my blond, surfing friends all week. There are common misconceptions surrounding California that are typically ...
Author: Deborah Jones "You're a Feb? Oh, that makes sense."I can't tell you how many times I've heard that comment since coming to Middlebury. Students and faculty alike never seem surprised to learn that I'm a member of the Class of 2004 'point five.' "You just seem 'Febbie'," they say.'Febbie?' What's ...
Author: Kate DeForest Straddling the rift between the lower and upper classes of England, a disparity that became more and more apparent through the post-World War I years in which the movie takes place, "Gosford Park" settles comfortably within the vision of its director Robert Altman. It is Altman ...
Author: Lanford Beard The mid-year graduates of the Class of 2001.5 have certainly learned to love the cold.Having entered Middlebury College during the harsh Vermont winter, they concluded their stay here with a ski down the Snow Bowl on Feb. 2, 2002.Kate Noble '01.5, one of the many Febs who did not ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann Approximately two-thirds of the way through the season the alpine ski team is skiing well and is poised for the final stretch of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) season and the NCAA National Championships. In the four carnivals completed this season some standouts ...
Author: Liz Logue For the spring term, this former Arts Editor thought it sensible to leave the Middlebury utopia for a while and venture to the center of the universe, New York City. Rest assured that arts — particularly dance and theater and, OK, movies and television too, are in my blood, so I'll ...
Author: Deborah Jones Local artist Woody Jackson's 70 paintings of Holstein cows may best be known for gracing Ben and Jerry's ice cream containers, but they are also considered representative of Vermont's longstanding dairy tradition. Yet the pastoral culture of the state stands in a precarious position ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg The Panther women's hockey team had its work cut out for itself last week, despite the rest of the school enjoying February break. They faced and beat four tough opponents on the road. In Minnesota, the Panthers handed Gustavus Adolphus College a 5-1 loss and hammered Augsburg ...
Author: David Lindholm The suspense is building. How do we know? Well, Bob Costas tells us that the suspense is building. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is leading up to the final of a competition by running a few human interest stories, interviews and plenty of commercials. It's sports ...
Author: Alison Hertel Middlebury took all three of its matches at the Mount Holyoke/Smith Invitational Feb. 1-2. On Feb. 1, it swept Mount Holyoke College 9-0. The next day its success continued in the defeat of Tufts University 6-3 and Vassar College 6-3. Newcomer Holly Haertel '05 had a 3-0 weekend ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann The Middlebury nordic ski team is skating on a fast ski these days as it along with the alpine team has finished a solid third place in the last two carnivals. While the team has found its niche behind the giants of the University of Vermont (UVM) and Dartmouth College and ...