Author: Caroline Vial After the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to France in February, which was followed by President George W. Bush's self-described working dinner with French President Jacques Chirac on Feb. 21 and the liberation of the last French prisoners detained in Guantanamo ...
Author: Addason McCaslin For many demographic groups, the idea of poverty is a concept as foreign as the people soliciting aid on television. However, poverty is a pandemic problem that affects people in nearly every corner of the world, including the United States and even Addison County. Acknowledging ...
Author: Maddie Oatman Dozens of excited viewers gathered in the Grille on Wednesday, Feb. 23 to catch the premiere of Middlebury's newest form of mass communication - MiddTV. Those who attended the event munched on pizza sticks, sipped lemonade and even gossiped about "getting buff for the big premiere." ...
Author: Matt Kunzweiler Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst, staff writer for the New Yorker and bestselling author of "Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election," spoke to an overcrowded lecture room in McCardell Bicentennial Hall on Monday afternoon.Longtime friend ...
Author: Andrea Glaesner In New England, daffodils are the first flowers to bloom when the snow melts, the ground thaws and spring arrives. But even before spring's official arrival on March 21, Middlebury College will see an abundance of daffodils. For some, these flowers will merely bring a nice touch ...
Author: Lauren Armstrong Last Friday's Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) -sponsored "Comedy Night" featured the talents of stand-up comedians Christian Finnegan and Greg Giraldo - both rising stars on the national comedy scene. A native of Boston, Finnegan is best known for his television role ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER We all know that countless students show up to college ready to reinvent themselves. Whether or not this is done consciously, these aspiring socialites all attempt to manufacture a vaguely similar persona for themselves. They want to be "chill."In college, there is no greater ...
Author: Angela Towne Without effort and planning, Black History Month may be nothing more than plain-old February with a couple of Martin Luther King Jr. pictures. The month may come only with faint whispers of popular names like Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson. This year, however, in an effort ...
Author: Addason McCaslin The month of February is perhaps the coldest time of the year, but it is warmed by a celebration of acceptance and equality. February has historically been a month of great advancements in the Civil Rights movements. The 15th amendment of the U. S. Constitution was passed on ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I ended up in Aspen, Colo. over break, hoping to enjoy the Winter X-Games. But the ever-present commercialism and overbearing atmosphere of selling-out immediately dashed my rare and dainty optimism. Admittedly, sponsorship is a major part of so-called "extreme sports." Without ...
Author: Max Nardini As Valentine's Day approaches, one well-known fact becomes even more strikingly clear: romantic attachment can lead to absolute insanity. The Vermont Teddy Bear Factory's (VTBF) newest holiday stuffed teddy, the "Crazy for You Bear," has made some people mad for the bear and made ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman Chris Thompson is my favorite Public Safety officer. I'm not exactly sure why. It could be because sometimes when he comes into parties, he does crazy dance moves and I like that. Or, it could be because when I was a first-year, all confused and lost in my first week at the big ...
Author: Pat Abatiell All productive people are alike; all unproductive people are unproductive in their own way.That's a clever reference to Anna Karenina, the book I didn't read this J-Term. I intended to, though. I talked about it a lot over Christmas break - "my J-Term project," I called it, and ...
Author: Lauren Armstrong Whether you're a slave to the Proctor panini machine, a faithful Freeman International Center (FIC) goer or willing to face the masses at Ross, food is inevitably an important part of your day. With many changes occurring in Middlebury's dining services, including the construction ...
Author: Matt Kunzweiler I couldn't point to an exact date or place, but somewhere in the not-so-distant past, the '80s lost their endearing retro glimmer and many of us have grown blasé about the prospect of finding the neon clothing in our closets and getting into costume for another uninventive theme ...
Author: By Ethan Lake For some, Winter Term is a time of low-key vegging. For others, however, internships maintained over the month of January provide hands on experience and experimentation in possible career fields. Nearly 170 students apply for internships during the month of January in myriad locations, ...
Author: Kimberly Schrimsher Cheers erupted from the audience as Ross Lieb-Lappen '07 and Meg Young '07 walked across the stage. With rock star energy the two Middlebury sophomores rallied about 75 students on a recent Tuesday night in McCullough Hall. They gave away prizes to the enthusiastic crowd, ...
Author: Audrey Nelson I couldn't point to an exact date or place, but somewhere in the not-so-distant past, the '80s lost their endearing retro glimmer and many of us have grown blasé about the prospect of finding the neon clothing in our closets and getting into costume for another uninventive theme ...
Author: Isabel Yordan In our last article, Nura and I tackled the important issue of winter hook-ups. As you may recall, there was a mention of the winter-poundage as a powerful technique used to keep warm during the long Vermont winters. This may not appeal to many, and as such I thought to write ...
It was a few days before the end of fall term. While most Middlebury College students were cramming for finals and preparing to travel their separate ways, a group of 12 friends had just arrived back from a semester-long bus trip across the country. This was no ordinary road trip. The bus on which ...