Author: [no author name found] First-year students enjoy a tour of Middlebury's organic garden, one of many activities enjoyed during the past week's orientation. Other activities included a square dance, a performance by Larson, Middlebury Outdoor Orientation, Sex Signals and Convocation. This year ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman It's lunchtime at Proctor. A Panini Master has taken to monopolizing the Panini machine and you are not feeling particularly inspired. Your sandwich muse has not yet struck, but you are hungry and do not have time to wait for a creation idea to come to you. What do you do? Reach ...
Author: Thomas Newton In a recent column of mine, I discussed the issues with Digital Rights Management, the government's feeble attempt at curbing digital media piracy. Feeble not only because it is an attempt to control copyrights in a market with no physical constraints, but also because it is woefully ...
Author: Sara Black It's hard to imagine how far away 23 light years is when most students can't see past the mountains of homework on their desks or go weeks without walking farther than Twilight Hall, but Roger Perreault '09 ponders the universe on a nightly basis as he gazes at stars and planets farther ...
Author: Sage Bierster Dear Reader,First of all, let me start off by saying that I care about you. We've been through so much together this semester. Things started off well in January - I made a New Year's Resolution to ask you out on a date (I thought you were so cute), and when you said yes, well, ...
Author: Joseph Bergan "I'm kind of throwing myself into the abyss," says Simran McKenna '07.5, sitting outside of Ross dining hall on a sunny spring morning munching on a bagel and cream cheese. McKenna's gentle demeanor hides the adventure-hungry creature inside. A geography major, McKenna has focus ...
Author: Aylie Baker & Joe Bergan The Middlebury Campus' People of the YearStudent of the YearKelly Brush '08Since returning to Middlebury after a tragic skiing accident last spring that has confined her to a wheelchair, Kelly Brush '08 has demonstrated unparalleled optimism and strength - biking ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman On Friday afternoon, I returned to my room after class to find the e-mail announcing junior Max Nardini's victory in the uncontested race for Student Government President. Never having met him, I asked my friends what they knew of him."I met him at his birthday party. He actually ...
Author: Thomas Newton It was a dark and stormy afternoon. I was on a mission: to deliver turkey, ham, veggie and roast beef grinders to hungry Super Bowl Sunday football fans. It was one of many fundraising programs I had to partake in for my high school crew team. I, along with teammates, had made ...
Author: Nathan Zucker Jared Diamond, author of the recent best seller "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," delivered a dramatic lecture to a crowded Mead Chapel on April 24. In a sometimes frightening talk, Diamond discussed the reasons for which some civilizations flourish while others ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt "In my personal opinion, the planet needs saving," declared Kathy Callahan, Deputy Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in her lecture on Thursday entitled, "Expecting Government to Save the Planet? The Evolving Federal Role." Since its ...
Author: Sage Bierster As Middlebury's resident "sex sage," I am always open to all kinds of questions and am happy to impart my (real or imagined) expertise in all matters sexual. One such question I recently encountered was where the best places are on campus to, ahem, practice what I preach. Of course, ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler Consider, for a moment, farmers in Nigeria who live off the land to support their families. If oil is found underneath their property, they can look forward to nothing but devastation. In no time, a foreign oil company will show up, begin digging holes and start extracting oil ...
Author: Joseph Bergan Almost every student at Middlebury complains about homework. They argue with their friends about who has the most difficult assignment, longest requirement for a paper or the most lab hours. Most students also have limited spending money, using the little cash their parents send ...
Author: Mike Murali "I like myself so much more than I did when I was 21 and I can live in my skin," said Kimberly Richardson of Two Cranes Aikido, who gave a lecture at the College last Thursday as part of a symposium on martial and liberal arts. The series of events, entitled "Pursuing Knowledge Without ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman It's 3 a.m. on Saturday morning and the hundreds of walkers who swarmed the soccer field Friday afternoon to participate in Middlebury's annual cancer fundraiser Relay for Life have dwindled to just over two dozen to partake in the "Brave Souls" lap. At random, yawning students ...
Author: Sage Bierster The sun is shining, birds are singing and plants are finally showing signs of life - that's right, Spring has arrived. And with only weeks left in the semester, one's thoughts naturally turn to exams, final papers and unrequited love. Well, more like unrequited sex. Everyone begins ...
Author: Thomas Newton In a world where new is always better, Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, seems to be the exception. Its introduction in January of this year was met with lackluster sales. Most users couldn't see any reason to leave their trusty Windows XP for the marginal upgrades ...
Author: Aylie Baker At 17, Ben Lapan is interested in film. He's popular with the ladies and he plays the drums in the high school band. But for his slightly smaller stature, Lapan seems like any other 17-year-old. Except for one subtle difference - Lapan is living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ...
Author: Nathan Zucker "I'm here for a purpose. I do not feel like I'm passing through. I feel a measure of social responsibility in what I do. Writing is an ethical act," said Barry Lopez, ecological expert and author of the book "Arctic Dreams." Delivering the 2007 Scott A. Margolin '99 Lecture in ...