Author: Bryan McQuade Last Wednesday, New Orleans based band Galactic delivered a funk-filled performance to a sold out Higher Ground in Winooski, Vt. The world famous Triple Threat Djs, who are touring with Galactic on their appropriately dubbed "Freezestyle Winter Tour" throughout the Northeast, opened ...
Author: Andrew ZimmermannSports Editor With the late advent of winter here in Vermont this season, under most circumstances the Middlebury nordic ski team would be facing their first carnival unprepared. The team had to cancel its annual pre-season trip to Quebec for lack of snow for just the second ...
Author: Tim McCahill Managing Editor Middlebury College President John McCardell issued a memorandum Tuesday to Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Student Co-Chair of Community Council Erica Rosenthal '02.5 declaring that "locking the residence halls is a prudent precaution that must be part of ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Editorial Assistant The Middlebury College and Addison County community are mourning the loss of Maggie Morgan-Wright, a resident of Bristol and assistant at the Pan-African Latino Asian Native American Center (PALANA), who passed away on Jan. 2. Morgan-Wright's health had been ...
Author: President John McCardell, Jr. I have just returned from the annual convention of the NCAA, where I have begun a term as vice chair of the Division III President's Council. While there, I attended a session at which James Shulman, co-author of "The Game of Life," fielded questions from presidents ...
Author: Raam Wong AOL Interprets Admissions E-mails as "Spam"Between 75 and 100 e-mail messages sent by Harvard University to inform early decision applicants whether they had been accepted were interpreted as junk e-mail by America Online (AOL) and never delivered.Harvard decided to employ e-mail as ...
Author: David LindholmSports Editor The Panther swimming and diving teams had a split weekend, as the women cruised by Hamilton by a score of 161-82, whereas the men's team fell in a close decision, 127-110.Many strong individual performances highlighted the day for the women. Sophomore Lizzy DeWitt ...
Author: Jon White ’03 Later this month or early next month, the fate of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The opening of the Refuge for drilling is among the provisions of the Bush administration's energy bill, already endorsed by the House of Representatives ...
Author: Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor As an avid skier, I was frequently forewarned prior to coming to college in Vermont about the insufficiencies of East Coast skiing in comparison to the Lake Tahoe, Calif. ski conditions that I was used to. However, I disregarded most criticism and warnings in ...
Author: Kate DavisStaff Writer You know the Proctor drill: you shove your tray into the four-tiered revolving carrier, remove and sort your silverware (if you are conscientious), and leave. By the time the remnants of your meal circulate around the corner, you are grabbing your jacket, focused on leaving ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Middlebury College anticipates a reduction of up to 10 percent on athlete admissions beginning with the Class of 2006 in response to recent scrutiny over the role of athletics in the admissions process at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member ...
Author: Brian K. Ashley Dear Readers,For better or worse I have decided that this will be the last installment of my column. I fear that continuing to stand upon my proverbial soapbox would only perpetuate a repetition of ideas. However, before I go, I would like to take this opportunity to impart ...
Author: Brendan BechtelSpecial to The Campus The radio in your chest pocket squawks as a call from Steve comes in. He reminds you to drop the rope under Bailey Falls as you open the Middlebury College Snow Bowl at 8:25 a.m. on a 12-inch powder day, cutting mandatory fresh tracks down Allen or the Bowl's ...
Author: Becky Ruby ’01.5 I had originally written this Campus op-ed piece with the naive assumption that student input would be vital in the upcoming months as the College community discussed the state of safety on campus. However, after President McCardell's Jan. 14 letter to members of the Community ...
Author: Kevin King ’02 President John McCardell's recent unilateral decision to require that students' homes be locked in the future strikes me as a very, very poor decision for a number of reasons. Most of all, I see his choice to settle the matter of whether dorms will in fact be locked or not before ...
Author: Megan Michelson Local News Editor 11Number of years of debate it took for the Vermont legislature to finally pass a resolution to advise Congress to amend the language of the U.S. Constitution to ban the desecration of the American flag, an issue that has resurfaced following the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
Author: Raam WongOpinions Editor I've heard it said that you can't go home again. Well, after the 504 hours and 39 minutes spent with my family over the break, I certainly wish that were the case. I've never been sure what the term "nuclear family" meant before, but if it has anything to do with the ...
Author: Andrew ZimmermannSports Editor By most definitions the 2000-2001 campaign for the Middlebury alpine ski team was a success. Not only did the team finish seventh overall in Division I, they played gracious host to the nation's top teams at the National Championships held at the Snow Bowl in ...
Author: Laura RockefellerStaff Writer Children and the Arts, one of the courses that is being offered by the Teacher Education Department this Winter Term, came together with the Middlebury College Museum of Art to present a new exhibit entitled "Stories in Art." The exhibit will be on display at the ...
Author: Lynsey WaiteStaff Writer The Clothes Barn, a friend informed me, is just that: a barn full of clothes. Piles of used t-shirts, jeans, skirts, and coats. And the tantalizing possibility of an overlooked treasure. Plastic booties are placed over shoes and you wade, tossing rejects aside as you ...