Author: Amy Brais Staff Writer Instead of using fall break as a period of relaxation in the midst of a busy semester, Drew West '04 opted to do something a little more productive. He went home to Loudonville, N.Y., and started a Web site called U.S. Ski Trader, which allows visitors to buy and sell ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor I'm single. No, that was not an advertisement, and this is not a personal ad (though I do enjoy reading them — but that's another topic for another time). I've spent most of the past 21 years being single. I'm something of an expert on the subject. I like to ...
Author: Lindsey Whitten Staff Writer Director of Public Safety Elizabeth Boudah presented her preliminary proposal for the long-range parking plan at Middlebury College to both the College Executive Council and the Planning Commission for the town of Middlebury last week. She fashioned her plan around ...
Author: Doug Haber Staff Writer This season has been a season of firsts for the Middlebury Rugby team. For the first time ever, the Panthers won the New England Championship; for the first time ever the Panthers attained the Northeastern Championship and for the first time ever, the Panthers qualified ...
Author: Jen LaRosa Staff Writer "Hooking up" or "going out": what exactly happened to dating? Isn't that the thing you do between these two extremes? You know, where customarily the guy takes the girl to dinner and conversation ensues. Then, after a lovely evening of good old-fashioned fun, they drive ...
Author: Michael Kirkland Staff Writer On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Westfield State to race in the NCAA New England Regional Championships. The women won the race of 35 schools, edging conference rivals Williams and Amherst (second and third place, respectively). ...
Author: Estye Ross I have nothing to write about. When I agreed to do bi-monthly political point-counterpoint column, it was on the assumption that Congress would provide my material. But of late, only one thing has been streaming through senators' mouths, through press conferences, through CNN in ...
In addition to producing highly successful and well-educated students, Middlebury College has had a reputation for many years as a school known for providing the foundations for high quantities of romantic relationships that evolve into marriage. Students share similar interests, and as a result the ...
Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer As part of the Library Program in the Abernathy Room on Wednesday, Nov. 7, Sue Ellen Thompson read a selection of poems from her most recent publication, "The Leaving." A Middlebury alumna and a frequent attendee of the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a Robert Frost ...
Author: Bryan McQuade Staff Writer Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Primus bassist Les Claypool, and drummer Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, performed as Oysterhead on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. The group has been performing nationally for the last month ...
Author: Becky Ruby I am writing in direct response to Brian Ashley's column, "The Embattled Bipartisan," in the Nov. 7 edition of The Middlebury Campus. However, the gist of my response does not solely address Ashley's article. There has been a surprising and upsetting increase in one-sided accounts ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor The women's squash is off to a strong start with three new first-years and three returning senior players. Last year's team finished well at 10 games won, four lost in their league, the "B" flight, that includes such rivals as Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin and Williams. ...
Author: Wellington Lyons In Cajamarca, Peru lies Yanacocha, the most profitable gold mine in South America. It is also one of the most environmentally destructive operations on the planet. Already one of the largest mines in the world, Yanacocha got the go-ahead on expansion in 1999 when the World ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Data revealed by William Bowen and James Schulman in their recent study on athletics and academics at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member schools has called into question admissions policies as well as student-athletes' academic performance ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Staff Writer It was on a train journey from Manchester to London in 1990 that J.K. Rowling created the little boy who has cast a spell over readers on both sides of the Atlantic: Harry Potter.Rowling was a struggling single mother living with her young daughter in Edinburgh, ...
Author: Sam Rodriguez The following article expresses pretty controversial ideas with respect to Christianity, and religion in general, today. I ask that those Christians that are especially sensitive to criticism of their religion keep an open mind during the course of this article. For those curious, ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor Allison Quady: I'm sitting here with Anais Mitchell '04 in the radio station which we thought would be fitting, or inspirational, so Anais…Anais Mitchell: So, Allie...AQ: Tell me when you started playing.AM: Guitar? When I was a freshman in high school I started ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee A month ago, the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate passed its first resolution of the year with an overwhelming majority of 13 to one with one abstention. Atwater Commons Senator Kevin Sullivan '04.5 cast the lone dissenting vote.The resolution referred to "the ...
Author: David Schwartz and Amichai Kilchevsky For a year and a half, we have watched as Middlebury students have presented blatantly one-sided arguments about why Israel is oppressive, how the Palestinians are being slaughtered for no reason, and how American foreign policy continues to perpetrate these ...
Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer To accommodate the growing needs of Middlebury College's 120 student organizations, the Crest Room in the McCullough Student Center has been converted into an all-purpose leadership center, including meeting space, a conference room and office equipment. "It's great ...