Seniors plan celebrations, graduation week

“The importance of the Senior Committee is that it serves as a forum for seniors to decide on the senior class gift and plan events for the senior class,” said Senior Committee co-chair Julisa Salas ’10. The committee kicked off its programming with the seniors-only 200 days party in McCullough ...

Campus Clones - 12/03/09

Center of the Circle - 12/03/09

You’ve been eyeing this cutie from across the library for a few weeks now, and judging by his/her printing patterns, you think that you’re ready to take the next step: reveal your crush to your friends and gather information about this unicorn. “Oh, yeah … I think we took a class together,” ...

Local families host international students

Middlebury’s international students have opened doors to the wider world by teaching domestic students about their cultures in ways that cannot be learned from a book. As international student Chris Lam ’10 recounted, “Director of International Student Services Kathy Foley Giorgio once said, ‘we ...

Winners & Losers - 12/03/09

Bullies steal wiffle ball World Series

“Our wiffle team’s victory is one of the most epic underdog stories ever told.” This quotation from Sean Maye ’11 pretty much sums up the tale of the Mean Bullies, a motley crew of a wiffle ball team that no one gave a chance to win it all. But in the end, the Bullies won the Intramural World ...

Klare rethinks U.S.-China resource relations

“I believe that, more and more in the 21st century, conflict will be driven over resource competition rather than ideology or politics,” Professor Michael Klare, professor and director of peace and world security studies, began his lecture on last Thursday, Nov. 12. Klare spoke about the future ...

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Campus Character: Pier LaFarge '10.5

“Climate change is the challenge of our time,” Pier LaFarge ’10.5 emphasized throughout our conversation. “Students at Middlebury have a great opportunity to become engaged on various levels of action.” At 2 a.m. on a Friday afternoon, one would think a senior Feb would much rather embrace ...

Middlebury alum leads gleaning initiative

Ten minutes is nothing. A 10-minute nap is never satisfying, 10 minutes of running is considered a warm-up, and 10 minutes in bed is, well, not exactly impressive by any means. But 10 minutes is more than nothing to a farmer. To Sunrise Orchards in Cornwall, for instance, 10 minutes of hail early in ...

The L word

A few summers ago, a friend and I were getting hot and heavy spur of the moment in the backseat of his vintage Cadillac (no seatbelts and at least as roomy as a dorm mattress!). It was nighttime in heavily forested rural North Carolina, so neither of us could see a thing until he opened his door to ...

College sustains green initiatives: Despite cuts, economic and environmental agendas align

Since the current economic downturn began two years ago, the College administration has constantly searched for ways to cut costs while still maintaining the core elements of the Middlebury experience. As a leader in the “green” community, the College has worked hard to preserve its sustainability ...

Let's talk about sex, babies

Author: Veracity Butcher Throughout this semester, I've been encouraging everyone on campus to pursue their desires honestly and safely. Sounds simple enough, right? But what if you don't have any clue what you really want? I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day, and she's one of the most ...

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Middtunes

Author: H. Kay Merriman Former "American Bandstand" host and pop culture icon Dick Clark once remarked that "music is the soundtrack of your life." It's true. Sometimes the best way to define an experience is through song. Certain songs remind us of the good times, and bad times can remind us of a song ...