Author: Yvonne Chen Staff Writer Last week at the McCullough Social Space, Middlebury's Pan Caribbean Student Organization and Umoja came together to put on an original student performed play. This variety show, with 13 acts consisting of everything from student written and produced plays to African ...
Author: Hosam Mekdad In a desperate attempt to defend Israeli occupation, David Schwartz and Amichai Kilchevsky threw around random and baseless accusations, only to support them with even worse analogies that were hurtful, inappropriate and totally out of place. And while claiming to speak for Middlebury's ...
Author: Chris Eberly Staff Writer It was a balmy Saturday on the rolling greens of the Augustana College golf course in scenic Rockport, Ill. It was hot, very hot. It was humid, very humid. All of the necessary criteria for just one thing: Panther Country. It was here that the Middlebury Women's Cross-country ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief 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 ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Staff Writer In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, a new wave of patriotism has sparked proposals to revive the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program on many college and university campuses. Here at Middlebury College, the main question appears to be whether ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor The relocation of the French House from the third floor of Le Château to 51 Franklin Street has proven to be a positive step for Middlebury College's French program. From the completion of Le Château in 1925 until the end of the spring 2001 semester, a portion, if ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor The Middlebury Swimming and Diving teams opened their season with success on Saturday, Nov. 17, competing at Wesleyan against both the Cardinals and Springfield College. Both the men and the women beat both teams, and accomplished two goals: to get every ...
Author: [no author name found] As the second annual review of social and academic interest houses gets underway, with the Community Council Subcommittee on Social and Academic Interest Houses evaluating the mission statements of all houses and making sure that they are complying with College guidelines, ...
Author: Dan Russell Staff Writer The Middlebury College Men's Basketball team began their season at the Lopata Classic in St. Louis against the sixth ranked team in Division III, Washington University in St. Louis. The Panthers were able to keep stride with the Bears in the first half, holding the ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor The Middlebury College Choir performance featured mezzo-soprano Janice Harrison-Aikens Thursday, Nov. 15 in Mead Chapel. Although most pews were a bit empty, those who were gathered witnessed an evening of passionate gospel rare in New England. The voice of Harrison-Aikens ...
Author: Padma Govindan Staff Writer "Fantastic! I absolutely loved it. Definitely going for a second time." "I never wanted the movie to end. I was actually depressed at the end when the lights came up." "It was so good. I really liked it." No, these are not the "just came out of the theater" audience ...
Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor By the time a senior class graduates from Middlebury College, 33 percent to 40 percent of the class have visited the Center for Counseling and Human Relations for personal issues or problems at some point during their four years on campus. Students seek confidential ...
Author: Lauren Joseph All college students have, at one time or another, studied the Holocaust. The disturbing facts and appalling pictures of emaciated victims have been ingrained in our heads. For just 60 years ago, these atrocious acts ravaged a continent and brutally seized the lives of millions. ...
Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor A Nov. 11 article in The New York Times "Education Life" supplement questioned the state of instruction on Islam, the Islamic world and American foreign policy after Sept. 11 at American institutions of higher education. The article, which focused primarily ...
Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer After failing a compliance check by the Vermont Department of Liquor Control (DLC) in October, The Grille is continuing to sell alcohol while re-training employees to effectively check identification (I.D.). The Grille, which voluntarily suspended alcohol sales for ...
Author: Hazim Bitar To The Editor:For David Schwartz and Amichai Kilchevsky to describe the murder of my grandfather and my uncle in 1948 and the killing of 23-year-old Osama Jaddah back in Sept. 29, 2000 by Israelis as propaganda ("One Side of Debate Hides Two Sides of Middle East Truth," The Middlebury ...
Author: Emily Price Staff Writer The worlds of science and dance fell into synchronicity on Thursday Nov. 15, when Andrea Olsen, professor of dance, presented the Environmental Science Colloquium Series lecture in the CFA dance studio. The Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM) preformed selections from ...
Author: Ben LaBolt Liberal columnists have discussed the negative repercussions American intervention has had on the world, how its imperialist policies have incited our current state of affairs and how further military intervention can only bring more despair. This is the first school of liberal thought ...
Author: Deborah Jones Features Editor Who owns knowledge? Can a person be blamed for looking for better opportunities? What drives people to leave their homelands and never return? These were a few of the questions addressed by three professors and a panel of Middlebury students in two discussions ...
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 ...