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By Middlebury Campus | April 15, 2009Author: Compiled by H. Kay Merriman Although Jack Lysohir '08.5 aptly likened the Febs' final ski down the Snow Bowl to the "descent back into their parents' basements" in his mid-year graduation speech, don't dismay, seniors - you have accomplished so much during your careers at Middlebury, yet there ...
Busiest Person on Campus "Who wants to play identify the busy Midd-kid?"
By Middlebury Campus | April 15, 2009Author: Eric Bartolotti Aircraft carriers are a marvel of technology. In fact, they are so technically marvelous that at least 65 percent of most experts consider it "near impossible" for something to possibly go wrong aboard one of this metallic monsters. With one exception: the landing of the planes. ...
Homelessness issue hits home in Midd dorm Students confront issues of disparity through volunteering and awareness
By Middlebury Campus | April 15, 2009Author: Madison Kahn To borrow one of the slogans from a leading Vermont brand, "life is good" at Middlebury College. We have three free hot meals a day, dorms that are cleaned multiple times a week, great people with whom to converse, unparalleled facilities, excellent professors, spectacular sunsets... ...
Dolci simmers in its new setting In spite of budget restrictions, student-run restaurant thrives
By Middlebury Campus | April 15, 2009Author: Canem Ozyildirim Middlebury's student-run restaurant, Dolci went through important changes this year; but despite its extremely loyal fan base, it kept an unusually low profile. That is not to say that there has been a decline of student interest towards Dolci; on the contrary, co-managers ...
Creative "coal"- ition calls for transparency
By Middlebury Campus | April 15, 2009Author: Logan Brown Recently, on any given Tuesday in a Middlebury dining hall, you might have looked up from your sandwich to see 50 students scattered across the cafeteria frozen in odd positions with coal in hand. You might be sprinkling an ice cream cone and become distracted by the voices of fellow ...
Let's talk about sex, babies
April 8, 2009Author: Veracity Butcher Ever wonder why the morning after felt slightly stilted? You'll get ready for a date (or some fated dance party, expecting to meet a hottie boombody), have an amazing time indulging in pre-coital mating processes, but when it comes to the sex, fizzle out.I hate unfulfilling ...
From whence they came A history of our social houses
By Middlebury Campus | April 8, 2009Author: [no author name found] Some students love Middlebury College for its lack of Greek life; some hate it. The five social houses currently on campus - KDR, Omega Alpha (Tavern), the Mill, ADP and Xenia - are reminders of what the College once boasted: a huge fraternity scene. In 1967, there were ...
From the Kitchen of Sasha Swerdloff
April 8, 2009Author: [no author name found] SconesMakes 12 sconesTotal preparation time: 30 minutes I first came across these scones after a snowy, treacherous drive through New Hampshire and Vermont. Some friends and I finally arrived at our destination hungry, cold and tense. Sliding down the driveway towards ...
Extreme athletes risk their lives to defy gravity
By Middlebury Campus | April 8, 2009Author: Canem Ozyildirim After a conversation on extreme sports over dinner, Andrew Wagner '09 and I walked out of Freeman International Center. Billy, as his friends call him, looked around and said to himself, "Huh, I don't remember walking here ... Oh, because my friend drove me." He then turned ...
Liebowitz Day 3 Oh, Yes He Can! Defending Truth, Love, Justice and the Middlebury Way
By Middlebury Campus | April 8, 2009Author: [no author name found] Friday's third annual celebration of Liebowitz Day was met with considerable enthusiasm among the student body. Sporting Liebowitz-bust t-shirts and dressing in attire reminiscent of the College's president, students certanly managed to deify the local "hero." As its founders ...
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Winners & Losers
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Busiest person on campus Profile of Kelly Bennion '10
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2009Author: Eric Bartolloti NOTE: Kelly and I agreed not to write up a blunt, hard-data list of all the different activities she does. This article is a little different. But believe me, Kelly does an extraordinary amount of stuff. Ask anyone. While planning the group schedule at a seminar meeting, Kelly ...
Pavlo Levkiv's spirit lives on The formation of the Middlebury Wrestling Club
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2009Author: H. Kay Merriman After Pavlo Levkiv's '11 tragic death last August, members of the College community and Levkiv's hometown, Rockaway Township, N.J., recalled and commended his unrelenting work ethic and contagious positive attitude. Now, Lewis Merl '11.5 is attempting to carry on Levkiv's legacy ...
Students spread out for spring break
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2009Author: Margaux Fimbres While midterm season is in full swing, the College decided to give sleep-deprived students a 10-day break starting this Friday, March 20, with classes resuming on Monday, March 30. On Friday afternoon, College Street will be jam-packed with students loading up cars with friends ...
Speaker nourishes health discussion
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2009Author: Jamie Studwell As part of last week's Global Health Symposium, renowned epidemiologist Dr. Alfred Sommer of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health gave an informal lecture on his research into the health benefits of vitamin A treatment in children of developing countries. Ophthalmology ...
Ben-official
March 18, 2009Author: Ben Benson Over the past couple weeks I've been getting several suggestions for topics to write about, yet they all seem to share a common theme: "You should look up the nutrition of hard alcohol versus beer." "How much alcohol does it take for any serious side effects?" "Is drinking wine every ...
Students and alum call for action Panel suggests strategies to tackle global health issues
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2009Author: Kaylen Baker Middlebury students of all years can be found reading late into the night in McCardell Bicentennial Hall, noses buried deep in physics textbooks. Others keep to their rooms, plastering their walls with sticky notes on the chemical process of cellular respiration. And a small few ...