Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I didn't lie on my résumé when I applied here, but now that I think about it, I probably should have. I'm finding out that many of my contemporaries took grotesque liberties when they wrote theirs, such as presenting mowing lawns as an internship with an urban improvement firm, ...
Author: Abigail Mitchell It was a Friday night and McCullough Social Space was bordering on maximum capacity. All seats were taken and the remaining space was crowded with those who opted to stand. Every one was there for a good shock - a Culture Shock. On Nov. 14, the International Student Organization ...
Author: Lanford Beard Pop culture is a battleground, my friends, and I refuse to pledge allegiance to either side.Last week, I brought you the newest successes of Justin Timberlake. A couple of weeks before that, a testimony to my own personal journey with Britney Spears. And last November, I reviewed ...
Author: David Barker For a few frenzied seconds, we owned Main Street. Then again, if you come barreling down any street in a fire engine, you're used to getting the right of way. Riding with some of Middlebury's finest last week, I gained a new appreciation for the professionals who keep us safe ...
When I walked out of Proctor after a satisfying Monday lunch, I immediately regretted eating the chocolate chip cookie I had just finished. In the lobby I was greeted by trays of monstrous, chocolate frosted cookies, which, upon a second glance, were decorated with wheelchairs. Excited by the possibility ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Last Saturday, the African-American Alliance (AAA) presented its annual Night of Black Culture, an event which, as organization President Crystal Belle '04 notes, "was created by the AAA [as] a way to celebrate and promote black culture on campus." This year's show, entitled ...
Author: Tom McCann and Ryan Reese Do you guys remember that one time when Tim talked to those sorority girls from Nebraska, or when he found out that he is a fork, or when he was on that hockey team that one time, or that other time when he really liked his carpet? That was awesome... Tim and his friends ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Who would have thought dividing four by two would be such a challenge? Last weekend, Middlebury College sent a team of competitors to a worldwide computing competition held by the Association of Computing Machinery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The team qualified ...
Author: Meghan Keenan Looking for a new way to become involved in Middlebury College's growing volunteer culture? Try Middlebury Alternative Breaks (MALT). One of several new volunteer opportunities, MALT sponsors trips to Boston, Washington, D.C., and Costa Rica over February break. MALT began two ...
Author: Emily Thaler When I buckled up and took a ride with Tucker Briggs '06 and Dave Peritz '06 last Tuesday, I found out that they spend their nights servicing the Middlebury College community in more ways than one. Briggs drives the MiddRides van - also known as the "Drunk Bus" - while Peritz navigates. ...
Author: Lanford Beard Just in case some of you less pop-oriented folks out there didn't know, there's an official category for cheesy schlock music. It's called Adult Contemporary.In this category belongs my dear friend Clay Aiken. The second big loser on Fox's "American Idol" has joined the ranks of ...
Author: Abigail Mitchell Frances Kendall was engaged in conversation when she was told, "Race is purely a social construct." The implications of this statement were that race does not exist nor does it matter. Kendall began to wonder, "Does race exist and does it matter?" This train of thought led to ...
Author: Tom McCann and Ryan Reese Pressure. We hate pressure. This, being a humor column, requires that its authors bring the humor and place it here, in the column, for you to enjoy. This is hard. Sometimes, we're sure you don't enjoy our humor, but since it's our column, we get to decide what goes ...
Author: David Barker When Gary Margolis '67 was a three-sport athlete at Middlebury College, his coach put it bluntly - "You're either a student or an athlete." Tackling this delicate and sometimes confused balance between athletics and academics provided the theme for the inaugural "Inspiration and ...
Author: Abigail Mitchell "A lot of people are hesitant to join DMC because they feel that being African American is a prerequisite. That is just not the case. DMC hopes to attract members from a variety of races and backgrounds," said Edwin Semidey '06, vice-president of Distinguished Men of Color (DMC). ...
Author: Lanford Beard What do you get when you mix a former NFL cheerleader, Kathy Griffin and 15 walking advertisements for beer goggles?Hint: It's a reality show, and the title "Mr. Personality" was already taken.That's right, folks, Monday night marked new highs in dating game lows with "Average ...
Author: Grace Kronenburg When, in March of last year, restaurants on Capitol Hill and around the nation renamed French Fries and French Toast "Freedom Fries" and "Freedom Toast," it was clear that French bashing had reached a new level in America. While little blatant anti-American sentiment existed ...
Author: Karrina Arrue Last Thursday, Bicentennial Hall Room 220 was filled to capacity as the audience anxiously waited to hear, "The Origins of Significance of 'Ready for Revolution': the Autobiography of Stokely Carmichael," a lecture by Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, a longtime friend of the revolutionary ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer "Among 27 identical-looking coins, one is counterfeit weighing slightly less than the others. Using a double pan balance, identify the counterfeit coin in as few weighings as possible." This was one of six problems tackled by students from Middlebury and Williams Colleges ...
Author: Tom McCann and Ryan Reese I don't think you ready for this jelly. I don't think you ready for this jelly. I don't think you ready for this. Cause my body's too bootylicious for ya babe. That's a song by Destiny's Child. Beyonce Knowles was in that group. We should write a column about her. But ...