Author: H. Kay Merriman Sex is rarely, if ever, an appropriate topic for dinner conversation with strangers, unless you are eating dinner with Jay Friedman, "the Michael Moore of sex education." Last Thursday, approximately 20 students dined with Friedman before he delivered his talk, "The J-Spot," ...
Author: Afsana Liza The Drum Circle was established in the fall of 2006, when Jamie Fuchs '07 was inspired to bring the activity to the Middlebury campus. Fuchs had just spent a semester studying abroad in South Africa, where she had picked up some drumming skills. Upon returning to campus, she bought ...
Author: Michelle Harvey In a nice change of scenery, students eating dinner in Proctor on Friday, Feb. 29 were treated to candlelight, good food and blind dates. Put on by the student-run restaurant Dolci, this year's annual Blind Date event had a new twist: participants could request a same-sex date. ...
Author: Rachael Jennings If you are in love with your car - if you've "gotta feel for your automobile," in the passionate and ever-cheesy words of Queen - then you are certainly not alone. Plenty of Middlebury students love their wheels, in whatever shape they are in, from a '97 Geo Prizm to a clunky ...
Author: Thompson Davis Based On a True Story 1980/2008A Play in two actsACT I(1980. Citibank headquarters in Manhattan. Thompson Bennett Davis III walks into an office extremely hung-over or still drunk*)CITIBANK: Jesus, are you all right?TBDIII: Yes. Actually no, I'm going to be level with you here ...
Author: Sara Black Remember in Mrs. Richardson's class when you got to dress up as Abraham Lincoln and in seventh grade when you dissected the frog? Or how about that time Mr. Rodriguez took your class to the planetarium? For many young people in the United States, the reality of the American education ...
Author: Thomas Brant On a visit to Baghdad's Shorja market last spring, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence commented on how peace was taking hold in Iraq. The market, he said, was "like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime."Pence must have been oblivious to the flak jacket he was wearing ...
Author: Amanda Greene I've been thinking a lot about situations that make Middlebury College students feel uncomfortable. I'm not talking about when your scandalous underwear makes an unannounced and unexpected appearance on the laundry room floor. I'm interested in the circumstances that test what ...
Author: Tess Russell This evening, Middlebury's "Let's Talk About Sex" month continues with the arrival of renowned sex educator Jay Friedman, who will present "The J-Spot" at 7 p.m. in the Warner Hemicycle. Friedman's presentation is in keeping with the lighthearted yet educational spirit of other ...
Author: Theodore May On Feb. 20, Professor Emeritus Eric Davis was introduced to thunderous applause in a standing-room-only Dana Auditorium as the latest speaker in the Faculty Lecture Series. Introduced by the Dean for Faculty Development and Research Sunder Ramaswamy, Davis spoke for the better part ...
Author: Dina Magaril On a campus as green as Middlebury's we may not think twice about recycling, but simply do it, an action that when applied to waste products is completely beneficial to the environment. But have we absentmindedly started to apply this policy to our relationships? In Middlebury, ...
Author: Tess Russell Back in September, when Nat Nelson '11 realized that he was about to throw up on floormate Emily McDonald '11, he apologized - roughly 0.76 seconds before the impact - for tainting her classy black dress with his vomit which, he admitted, "was not really black or classy in any ...
Author: Rachael Jennings Information about the Independent Scholars Program at Middlebury is hard to come by. Most students at the College are unfamiliar with the process of applying to design your own curriculum, and many are unaware that the program even exists. But for the few brave souls who choose ...
Author: Amanda Greene Classes have started. Again. The magic surrounding J-term is definitely gone. It's goodbye to hour-long dinners, extended knitting sessions and pick-up poker games. That whole "really being able to nurture your social life" feeling is as gone as the euphoria surrounding Christmas ...
Author: Roz Vara Change is nothing new to Facebook these days. Log on right now and you will probably find three or four requests to become a member of the newest bizarre applications. But last week, Facebook finally made a change that may prove to be a worthy one. In the past, Facebook users ready ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman This semester, the college is hosting Rosenbloom Visiting Scholar-in-Israel Studies David Nachmias. Nachmias brings copious amounts of experience, study and even controversy to the two courses that he is teaching: "Politics in Israel," and "Political Corruption and Governance."Nachmias ...
Author: Tess Russsell In honor of "Let's Talk about Sex" month, this three-part series will focus on three different aspects of sexual health awareness over the course of the coming weeks. This week's installment, "Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)," discusses campus attitudes ...
Author: [no author name found] With the election season heating up and the nominating process inching closer to an end, this section, which will recur throughout the semester, has been designed to give readers a quick look at key election issues. This week the focus is on Iraq. Here is a look at some ...
Author: Thompson Davis As I thrashed around with the class of 2008 at the 100 days party, I was overwhelmed by feelings of camaraderie, community, and happiness. And then I had a panic attack. I realized, on that dance floor, that I was going to be gone. Soon. And I was scared.Presented below are the ...
Author: Rachael Jennings Students at Middlebury have plenty to say concerning dining services and many methods with which to get their voices heard. Perhaps the most popular are the paper comment cards that are posted on bulletin boards outside each dining hall.The specific requests may vary, but all ...