“People don’t know that I’m smart because it’s not consistent with my image,” said Cassidy Boyd ’10, cracking a grin. “I try to be as coldhearted, vicious and glamorous as possible.” Only a few minutes into our interview, I could tell that this was going to be an interesting, in-my-face ...
Whenever I become disenchanted with my Middlebury lifestyle, I watch an episode of ABC Family’s “Greek” and slip into my alternate life in which I stayed in Ohio, attended the fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University, pledged a sorority and dated the president of the fraternity most known for its parties. ...
On March 10, in association with Chellis House’s programming for Women’s History Month and Women of Color’s “What is Color?” event series, Writer-in-Residence in English and American Literatures Julia Alvarez ’71 spoke to a lively audience in the Chateau Grand Salon, highlighting the distinctions ...
The origin of the word “Catholic” comes from two Greek words — kata and holos — which together mean “according to the whole” and over time has been more simply translated into “universal.” With Christianity as the most practiced religious tradition in the world, and Catholicism as the ...
I have to hand it to Proctor, they’ve done a pretty great job recently with their stir-fries. I was impressed with chicken and broccoli, and while I’m not a tempeh aficionado, my friends were raving about it at dinner the other night. Furthermore, what’s not to love about days with pretty much ...
India: the land of Bollywood, curry, the Taj Mahal, Kama Sutra, snakes, elephants and pleny of folklore. For most of us halfway across the world, the recent economic boom that has catapulted India to the international stage in recent years seems at odds with our more romantic and exotic perceptions ...
From rural Vermont to the coasts of Vietnam, David LaRose, supervisor of the Mail Center, has never lost his genuine sense of humor. David was born in Bristol, Vt., a town just north of Middlebury, and he attended Bristol High School, graduating in 1968. Eighteen-years-old and just out of high school, ...
Writing a sex column for a small college’s newspaper has not garnered me any sort of national (or even local) renown as a sexpert as far as I can tell, and I never expected it to. But I have been hoping that somebody besides my friends (who already asked for advice before I started this column) would ...
When students opened last week’s all-campus e-mail advertising the presentation of the film “America the Beautiful,” the familiar image of the Statue of Liberty stared back. However, she was accompanied by surprising suggested improvements, such as a nose job and breast implants. Perhaps the most ...
Heard of the Old Stone Mill? If the current board members have anything to say about it, you will. With the spring term comes a new set of voices for the future of the Old Stone Mill (OSM), as three new students join its team. Each semester, students have the opportunity to apply for open positions ...
One of the aspects of my newfound collegiate life that I most clearly remember describing excitedly to my parents on the phone my first week at Middlebury was that I had discovered that my childhood differed from my classmates’. For all of you who hail from “just outside of Boston” or one of the ...
Though many first-years believe that they are going to be doctors some day, through introductory calculus courses and the looming prospect of organic chemistry, many become quickly dillilusioned. Middlebury is littered with ex-pre-meds. So, who makes it all the way through? Who are these determined ...
“I rarely go anywhere without my camera because I enjoy photo-documenting my life,” said Vincent A. Jones IV, one of the most eccentric members of the Class of 2012. “I’m regarded as quite a prominent Facebook personality. I have over 2,300 friends, 200 well-composed profile pictures from my ...
Middlebury College has never officially indentified with a particular religion. In fact, non-religious students could spend all four years of college without witnessing or being involved in any event of religious worship. Despite fading into the ebb and flow of life on campus, most of the world’s ...
“Cancer affects everyone. I have lost too many friends and family members to the disease, and Relay for Life provides a tangible way to raise money to fight back,” said Middlebury Relay for Life co-chair Mia Lieb-Lappen ’10. Lieb-Lappen’s answer to “Why do you Relay?” stems from the Relay ...
This old Vermont town is establishing a winter tradition by rallying around a food that originated in the American Southwest, of all places. Chili, the official dish of Texas, is bringing Middlebury, Vt., together. For the second consecutive year, local residents, students and tourists filled the sidewalks ...