Author: Ann Jennings At this weekend's meeting, the Board of Trustees will address the comprehensive fee for the 2002-2003 school year, consider the final approval for construction of the Library and Technology Center (LATC) and discuss the timing for the planned Atwater Commons expansion project. Student ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann On the world stage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, tiny Middlebury College can claim three of the world-class athletes as its own. Just three years ago Andrew Johnson was skating along at Bread Loaf for the nordic ski team while Hedda Berntsen was scorching ...
Author: Daniel Russel Two thrilling Panther victories were sandwiched by disappointing losses as the men's basketball team went 2-2 in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play. The four games were indicative of the team's season, as the Panthers showed poise in a double-overtime ...
Author: Claire Bourne Hostage Situation Ends at Fairfield UniversityTwenty-two students and a professor were taken hostage yesterday afternoon in a classroom at Connecticut's Fairfield University by a recent graduate claiming to be armed with an explosive device. Five female students were released shortly ...
Author: Wasim Rahman '02 By now, most of us know what is happening with American Muslims and Arabs. As a Muslim, I've found that most members of our community were very worried about my safety and understood my anxiety before I flew home this December. They were sympathetic to my worries about profiling ...
Author: Ashley Elpern After leading Middlebury Magazine since 1995, Rachel Morton, former director of publications and editor of the periodical, has been named features editor of The Burlington Free Press. Guest editor Jake Chaplaine will oversee the production of the College-based magazine until a ...
Author: Kate DeForest On his latest solo endeavor, Stanton Moore, drummer and founding member of the celebrated "steamroller funk" band Galactic, offers something few musicians are ever able to offer during their entire careers: an album comprised of eclectic and varied songs, each with a unique and ...
Author: Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor Middlebury businesses are preparing for a busy and romantic holiday this Valentine's Day. Last minute gift shopping for that special someone and dinner reservations for parties of two are keeping local shops and restaurants bustling to schedule plenty of employees ...
Author: Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor Kelly Clark, 18, of West Dover, Vt., was the first American to win a gold medal at the 19th Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah in the women's halfpipe snowboard competition. The event was held on Sunday, Feb. 10. Clark's performance dominated the competition, ...
Author: [no author name found] I was only half-watching the Superbowl the other day because I'm only a half-hearted football fan. Something caught my attention pretty solidly at one point, though, and it wasn't Britney Spears. It was an ad with kids talking about kidnapping tourists and murdering judges. ...
Author: Cara Lovell The local environmental group Spirit in Nature presented Stewart Professor of English and Environmental Studies John Elder with their annual Eco-Spirit Award on Sunday, recognizing his strong sense of faith and longstanding commitment to environmental issues.Visiting Scholar Bill ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury men's hockey team withstood a hungry phalanx of in-league opponents over February break to clinch the number one conference spot and with it the right to host the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. Entering the home stretch of the ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller It was with a great sense of anticipation that 14 Middlebury students, myself included, set out for England on Jan. 14, 2002. These students, mainly English and theater majors, had the incomparable opportunity of spending two weeks in London and Stratford studying Shakespeare ...
Author: Allison Hertel Wilson Phillips. Probably not a band you've thought about recently (unless you watch too much VH-1). Well, on my trip to Sunday River this past weekend my roommate Jess and I listened to a '90s mix CD, and it had a quality Wilson Phillips song on it ("Hold On" for those fans out ...
Author: Lindsey WhittonFeatures Editor Women who came of age in the 1970s were often told 'you can do it all.' Attend a newly co-ed top college, assume a leadership career position, pursue a graduate degree, raise at least two wonderful children, marry early and well, fully support the husband's career, ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief The Addison County Chapter of United Way, part of a nationwide network that funds many local nonprofit agencies, has raised 93 percent of its annual goal of $570,000 to date, reported Executive Director Mary Ellen Mendel. "We knew that this was going to be a tough year," ...
Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH!Cook Commons reenacts traditional high school dances with prom party over weekend. Nostalgic Campus editors re-lived the experience by staying home.BOOHOO!Continuing its gradual increase of the Comprehensive Fee, next year the College will raise tuition from $35,000 ...
Author: Kate DeForest This year's offering from the Dance Company of Middlebury is the strongest I have seen in the three years I have been attending their performances. Previewed late last year, and performed in Jan. 18 and 19, "Path" is a journey in dance through the external elements that shape our ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Fundraising executives across the nation worried that the generosity that followed Sept. 11 would siphon charitable dollars away from other nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education, dipping into annual giving totals and placing added pressure on groups ...
Author: Anne DeWitt "Working towards elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and children through direct service, education and social change."Thus reads the mission statement of WomenSafe, formerly known as Addison County Women in Crisis. The private non profit agency recently ...