Author: MATT KUNZWEILER Amazon.com has fallen into the obnoxious habit of greeting me with a "Hello, MATTHEW KUNZWEILER" whenever I visit their site. This personal touch fails to make feel special or warm 'n' fuzzy because there are only two people who call me by my full name in all caps - MasterCard ...
Author: Sixiao Huo Though it was cold and rainy outside, MIDDance's spring performance heated up McCullough Social Space on Saturday night. A standing-room-only crowd cheered, laughed and shimmied in the aisles to the program's 19 pieces, unified under the theme "Old Skool." By the final curtain at ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I open a Magic Hat and check the underside of the bottle cap to see if I might chance upon some succinct and inspirational advice. It reads, "Those who Share are Free of Care." I consider this for a second and realize why white people don't make fortune cookies - we would just ...
Author: Dina Magaril On Thursday, April 21 Larry Neal, professor of economics at the University of Illinois and founder of the European Union center in Illinois, spoke to Middlebury College students and faculty about the enlargement of the European Union (EU) in relation to the expansion of the Euro ...
Author: Addason McCaslin Where is the Bush Administration leading America? How does catastrophe catalyze political change? When must an administration supplant old ideas with modern thought? On Friday, April 22, University of Virginia Professor Jeffrey Legro '82 pondered these questions among others ...
Author: Douglas Hale On Monday, April 25, Carr Hall hosted a deliberate dialogue forum addressing several issues concerning sex and sexuality in our society. Entitled "Sex: Making Public Policy for Private Passions," the event was designed to address separatism and contentious issues under the general ...
Author: Lauren Armstrong The Idea of Jerusalem Symposium commenced on Friday, April 15 in Mead Chapel. Opening remarks by Middlebury staff and faculty introduced the keynote speaker Francis E. Peters, professor of History, Religion and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. His address ...
Author: Lauren Armstrong On Tuesday, April 12, students and faculty gathered in the Robert A. Jones '59 conference room for a discussion of the conflict in Chechnya. The event was entitled "Struggle for Independence or War on Terrorism?: The Example of Russia and Chechnya," and featured Beslan Visambiev ...
Author: Caitlin Taylor On Friday April 15, the African American Alliance (AAA) Fashion Show transformed McCullough Social Space into an urban center. The walls were littered with newspapers, the lights were dim and a backdrop depicting a "Music Hall" with a sign advertising"Live Shows Daily" hung behind ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER If you're like me, the time you most enjoy at Middlebury is the time you're unconscious. I often have a good time while I'm awake, alert and engaged - but when I'm asleep, I'm in a guaranteed state of bliss. I love it. I love it so much that I nap while I'm supposed to be in ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman At approximately 12:01 a.m. each night, I - like many other Middlebury students - receive an e-mail from the System Administrator informing me that my "mailbox is over its size limit." While this monotonous, one-sided e-mail relationship I have developed with the System Administrator ...
Author: Polly johnson & Lisie Mehlman It's that time of year again - that time when the truth is revealed and friendships are destroyed. Yep, it's room draw. Seeing as our time as roommates is drawing to a close, and many of you are selecting your own future roommates, we thought we might offer ...
Author: Addason McCaslin "We don't do math," explained a fourth-grader to her incredulous parents. "We don't do science or social studies either." Steven Levy, the award-winning educator and consultant for Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, who spoke in Twilight auditorium on Monday afternoon, has ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I took a gamble and walked into a local barber shop. Eight minutes and $8 later my hair was two inches shorter, and the moment I stepped back on campus I knew people would say things like, "I thought the Flowbee® Home Hair Cutting System would have done a better job on the sides" ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman Friday at noon, a hungry group of students and faculty filed into Robert A. Jones '59 House to hear the Consulate General of Israel to New England Hillel Newman speak about post-Cold War relations between the United States and Israel. The lecture, co-sponsored by Hillel and the ...
Author: [no author name found] Bush - a Chimp? Photos comparing the facial expressions of President Bush with those of a chimpanzee have appeared in a manual for the formation of Belgian police officers, but were to be removed by the Belgian home office in March. The photos, which have long been circulating ...
Author: Tom McCann Finally, the Middlebury comedy scene has a new kid on the block. Two and a half years after the idea was born, juniors Ellen Wohlberg and Charlie Tomm have made good on their promise and delivered The Middlebury Brothel to the fun-loving students of Middlebury College. According to ...
Author: Brett Cluff Religious Life Awareness Week, a 10-day celebration of the richness and diversity of the College's religious groups, came to an end Sunday. Over the course of the week, an impressive array of speakers, services and events attested to the vibrancy of religious communities on campus.The ...
Author: AnnMarie Frances Wesolowski The Dialogues for Peace series of events focusing on the Russian-Chechen conflict began this past Friday, April 1 with a presentation by Ilya Ponomarev on "The War in Chechnya in the eyes of Russians." On Saturday, Ilyas Akhmadov presented "The Russian-Chechen Tragedy: ...
Author: Nicholas Fager Last Saturday students crammed into McCullough Social Space to see a comedian that has been compared to Chris Rock, George Carlin and Dane Cook. These students were witness to the comical genius of Eliot Chang. Chang is from New York City and prides himself on a "no holds barred" ...