Author: [no author name found] 1977. The time of punk rock, "Happy Days," "M*A*S*H," "Charlie's Angels," and Jimmy Carter. This year, Debbi Fields was opening her first store, which she called "Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery." The average household income was $13,572. "Dancing Queen" premiered on the ...
Author: Rachael Jennings "I want more people to talk about sexual assault," said Aki Ito '09.Last spring, following a movement inspired significantly by Feminist Action at Middlebury (FAM) to change the College's twenty-year-old sexual assault policy, a group of students gathered in front of Old Chapel ...
Author: Eric Bartolloti Have you ever stopped and read some of the dining hall comment cards? I have. I thought they would make a great idea for an article because they are fascinating, and because quoting a bunch of comment cards is a great way to pad my word count. I assume it is okay to quote them ...
Author: Amanda Greene Right now Middlebury students feel as if events are happening at top speed. Campus looks as if it's part of a video that is endlessly playing on fast forward. The leisurely Thanksgiving meal already seems light years away and endless papers and exams have elicited the routine ...
Author: Dina Magaril I'm in no rush to get out of here for the December holidays. In fact, I'll probably stay in Vermont right up till Hanukkah (I've got to be home in time for the eight crazy nights of gelt and dreidel contests), basking in the warmth of my apartment and the absence of pestering questions ...
Author: Aylie Baker and Tess Russell This morning, in an effort to put off doing our homework for just a little bit longer - what's 10 more wasted minutes after an entire week of unproductivity - we got out some magic markers, inhaled their sweet and intoxicating fragrance, and channeled all of our ...
Author: Grace Duggan Most people probably would not take their last semester off from Middlebury to spend several months working in West Virginia to promote the nationwide prioritizing of alternatives to clean coal technology, but Sierra Murdoch - now a member of the Class of 2009.5 - is doing just ...
Author: Dina Magaril When I was a sophomore, Middlebury spent $6,000 to host a screening of Jaws at the natatorium, raising the pool temperature for the duration of the movie and providing a plethora of colorful inflatable tubes to choose from. I attended the event, and was glad to jump into a warm ...
Author: Rachael Jennings In the commotion of Ross Dining Hall, you brave the line and emerge with a plate of chicken parmesan, unaware that you are part of a chain of sustainability and environmental awareness that has resulted in the steaming poultry dish in your hands. Middlebury Dining ...
Author: Tess Russell At the outset of the 1994 academic year, President Emeritus John McCardell delivered an all-campus address that highlighted distinct areas in which the College had emerged as a national leader. McCardell imagined that these "Peaks of Excellence," as he dubbed them, extended far ...
Author: Aylie Baker "Earth, Ourselves, Breathe and awaken, Leaves are stirring, All things moving, New day coming..."Six years ago, Chris Howell '04.5 read this Pawnee Native American prayer to a crowd huddled on a small plot of land just a quarter mile from the central Middlebury campus. There was ...
Author: [no author name found] SPOTLIGHT ON: Alexander Lee '97In 1995, as a Middlebury student, Alexander Lee helped organize a peace-themed symposium at the College. Helen Caldicott, an Australian physician and founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Social Responsibility, delivered ...
Author: Jesse Davidson If you want to call yourself an athlete, but don't want to deal with physical contact, sweating, or heavy breathing, I think I have found your sport. You need only three accessories - a big stick, a piece of metal, and fondness for all things slippery. In a competitive sport known ...
Author: Hannah Wilson Take a moment and look into your personal recycling bin. What do you see - some empty cans? A few pieces of paper? That moldy orange you meant to eat last week? Soon your can will fill up, but what happens then? Will you do the socially responsible thing and sort everything into ...
Author: Amanda Greene I love when Middlebury students host parties. It's refreshing to see common spaces that are often scattered with books, laptops and dining hall cookies filled with people and dancing. The transformation that suites undergo, from living spaces to hubs of late night activity, is ...
Author: Catherine McCarthy "We were just a bunch of eight-year-old kids out to save the world," laughed Phebe Meyers '11.5 as she described her role in the formation of Change The World Kids in 1998. Meyers and her twin sister, Nika, noticed that there were no community service organizations in their ...
Author: Nial Vele Looking for a suitable job tops the priority list for many seniors here at Middlebury, and with recent downturns in the economy the anxiety has begun to mount. With that in mind, the College has put forth a great effort to make the job search process easier and less stressful for its ...