Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor I often make the mistake of opening my mouth to speak before remembering that I am attending a college on the direct opposite side of the United States from which I grew up. Before coming to school in Vermont from my home state of California, it hadn't crossed ...
Author: Brian Ashley I would like to take this week's column to address two very separate issues. One concerns the responses to my last column and the other concerns the United States lead war against the Taliban and terrorism. As for the responses to my column, I would like to first say that they were ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor We're a group of 22 first-year students, spread out across campus, seeming quite normal. But maybe you've seen us in a common room, or in Bicentennial Hall, staring at a seemingly incomprehensible wooden board covered with black and white stones in patterns ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor The Middlebury Women's Hockey team opened their season in style, winning their first four games. It was exactly the way that they had hoped to start the campaign, playing solid defense and pounding shots on net en route to shutouts in each of the games. ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein Staff Writer Although the members of the women's basketball team were forced to spend most of their Thanksgiving vacation in the gym, their dedication is surely being rewarded as they begin the season on quite a positive note. The Panthers are 4-0 thus far and have snagged ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor After over 50 years of service to Middlebury College, Rodney De Gray, administrator of Dining Services employment, will retire on March 1, 2002. At the College's annual Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 15, Student Government Association (SGA) President Brian Elworthy '02.5 ...
Author: Kevin King Life at Middlebury may as well be built around the idea that the more work students are assigned, the less time they will have to realize the sheer lunacy of the way the campus around them is run. I, for one, refuse to let pending term papers and extraordinarily sub-par grades blind ...
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Author: Gregg Eriksen Staff Writer Lt. General William E. Odom, former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and proud former Middlebury parent, offered his thoughts last Monday in a lecture on United States foreign policy in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead of focusing on terrorism ...
Author: Ryan Abernathy Staff Writer A friend once told me, "The better the economy, the worse the punk scene." Punk certainly flourished in the 1980s and early 1990s, but as the economy took off, the genre suffered. Perhaps the wealth and prosperity had finally placated America's once-angry youth. ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff Staff Writer "Athletes are very lucky. Unlike most mortals, we are given the privilege of dying twice — once when we retire and again when death takes us," Johnny Blood. How true is that quote? For those of you who have ever played competitive sports for a long time, know ...
Author: Rose Boyer Staff Writer "The number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) treated at Parton Health Center has fallen very significantly over the last eight years," said Yonna McShane, director of Health and Wellness Education at Middlebury. Eight years ago, the Parton Health Center was treating ...
Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor Following a lengthy drafting process, Community Council's finalized Handbook language on the Middlebury College Honor Code will face a student referendum this Thursday and Friday, with voting on whether to accept the amendments linked to the Middlebury Automated Registration ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein Staff Writer This weekend the Middlebury women's basketball team inaugurates the 2001-2002 season against non-conference foe Johnson & Wales in a tip-off classic. The Panthers rank among New England's best, and the program boasts a 76 percent winning record over the past ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor The Tibetan Festival Saturday afternoon in McCullough began with Louisa Conrad's '04, president of Students for a Free Tibet, introduction of Cathy Zaccone, the international issues liaison for Senators James Jeffords (I-Vt.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Zaccone's speech ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor We didn't find out anything we didn't already know about athletes getting help in the admissions office when the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Report story broke two weeks ago. While the numbers were surprisingly high (recruited ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor Total domination. Two words that perfectly describe the Middlebury Women's Hockey team in the last six season. The team's record over that time: 134 wins, 21 losses, three ties. In league play, the women have not lost a game dating back to 1998 and ...
Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) has designed a multi-part strategy for encouraging students to vote in the referendum later this week, both to ensure maximum participation and to help constituents make informed decisions, said President Brian Elworthy '02.5. ...
Author: Matt Waxman Staff Writer What happens when you return to Middlebury for an extra semester just to defend the intramural (IM) football Super Bowl title and you lose? Just ask Max Moyer, '01.5. What do you do with your time when you've been devoting 55 hours a week to IM football logistics ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Managing Editor Middlebury College's rural existence has not given a false sense of security to employees at the College, who, like most Americans, are on heightened alert since the tragedy of Sept. 11 and the events that have unfolded since. On the morning of Thursday, Nov. ...