Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor Art on Main, a new gallery in Bristol, officially opened its doors on Monday, Oct. 29. The gallery has been a goal of The Bristol Friends of the Arts (BFA), a non-profit organization in support of the arts made up of Bristol community members, for the past two ...
Author: Sam Rodriguez As you well know, my article last week, though it has stirred up controversy, was actually just a silly joke based on an oddly phrased question I received while delivering a tour. Certainly, if anyone reads my piece in its full context, they will understand that my article was ...
Author: Daniel Prepas Sports Editor "Now I'm not a bettin' man, but thanks to this season, I never will be." If you remember that these were the words from my assistant editor's column last week, I must apologize. It must have been somewhat nostalgic though, like back in the days of 3rd grade newspapers. ...
Author: Deborah Jones Features Editor "What feminist movement?" Betty Friedan, famed women's rights activist of the 1960s and 70s struck a nerve in the Middlebury community yesterday afternoon when, in a question and answer forum in Dana Auditorium, she suggested that a cohesive feminist agenda is ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor A recent study commissioned by the presidents of New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member schools entitled the "Academic-Athletic Divide" revealed that athletes recruited by NESCAC colleges and universities are accepted at a higher rate than students ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein Staff Writer In a league as competitive as the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), any team has the potential emerge victorious on a given day, regardless of its regular season record. Unfortunately for the Panthers, Saturday was simply not their day. ...
Author: Gale Berninghausen Staff Writer On Saturday, Oct. 27 Middlebury College received two awards presented by James Arena-DeRosa, Peace Corps manager for the New England Regional Peace Corps Office. The first award, accepted by Executive Director of Career Services Jaye Roseborough, recognized ...
Author: Jen LaRosa Staff Writer Oftentimes students will find themselves waiting until the last minute to plan their Halloween attire and, as a result, costumes end up lacking in creativity and being of the same old generic genre as last year's disguise. However, here is a last minute guide to planning ...
In response to the embarrassing half time show over Homecoming Weekend, I would first like to apologize, on behalf of Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) and as the Inter-House Council (IHC) representative to the administration and the Middlebury community, for any offenses taken. There have been many questions ...
Author: Matt Waxman Staff Writer Spring forward, fall back? Spring back, fall forward? Due to the confusion over the hour time difference caused by daylight savings time, the intramural football playoffs were in serious danger of being cancelled or, at the very least, postponed. In the end, league ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously approved a resolution re-affirming its commitment to strengthen the Honor Code system at Middlebury College at its meeting last Sunday. As the SGA and Community Council move towards bringing the Honor Code to ...
Author: Raam Wong Opinions Editor Increasingly I've been aware of the dichotomy between the image of the College that the administration seeks to portray to alumni—that of serious liberal arts achievement—and the reality of rowdy drunkenness that is typical at McCullough dance parties, social houses ...
Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer Jennifer Lane has a passion for the arts and the creative process, so it was natural that she would be excited to be offered the job of Director of Middlebury's Center for the Arts (CFA). She assumed her new post in August."I've been extremely impressed by the school ...
Author: Elizabeth Beetem Staff Writer The Middlebury Crew team traveled to the Head of the Fish regatta in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. this past Saturday. The novice and varsity teams rowed an impressive 12 boats. This was both the first and last race of the season for the novice teams. Coach Machi and ...
Author: Jeremy Shakun Sports Editor Women's soccer traveled to Williams last Saturday to play Amherst in the semifinals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Tournament. The Panthers came into Saturday's game with an 11-4 record after going on a four-game winning streak in the ...
Author: Annie Lionberger Middlebury is renowned for its reputation as the College on the Hill, as existing outside the reality of the real world, as a bubble. It seems most people like it that way, considering that it has taken the impending possibility of a third world war to initiate a school-wide ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones Among the Middlebury alumni on campus this weekend were Mark Williams and Allison Frazier, graduates of Middlebury in 2000 and members of a band called Godfrey. Based out of Essex Junction, Vt., Godfrey tours year round (although much more frequently over the summer.) Friday ...
Author: Andy Zrike and Bryan McQuade Staff Writers On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Colorado's String Cheese Incident performed the second show of their extensive North American tour at Club Soda in Montreal. The two set performance fused bluegrass, rock and roll, jazz, multi-ethnic-flavored percussion and lengthy ...
Author: Jasmin Jones Staff Writer Stop reading right now.Can't do it, can you? It's almost a mechanical process — your eyes keep moving along the page, making sense of the words you see. Unfortunately, reading does not come so easily for everyone.Ten percent of adults in Addison County cannot read ...
Author: Anne DeWitt Local News Editor This Friday the Palana House will celebrate Halloween with spooky stories from around the world and international cuisine to match.The event is directed primarily toward the Palana Kids, a group of school children of ethnically diverse backgrounds from the local ...