Author: Andrea LaRocca Forty-two million people worldwide are infected with HIV/AIDS and 8,493 people will die from AIDS today. Are you surprised? Don't be. These staggering statistics are only the beginning of what was discussed during the AIDS Forum this past weekend. The newly formed Middlebury ...
Author: Peter Yordan Last week Middlebury students flocked to Dana Auditorium in unprecedented numbers to see this year's incendiary documentary "Bowling for Columbine." Michael Moore's newest film, which was given two extra showings in Dana Auditorium to accommodate the overflowing throngs of students ...
Author: Meghan Keenan Last weekend marked the eighth annual Consortium for Computer Sciences in Colleges (CCSCNE) Northeast Region at Rhode Island College in Providence, RI. The goal of the CCSCNE is to "bring together faculty, staff and students from academic institutions from around the Northeast ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Well, they say all good things must come to an end. Now, if only that were the case with my column. The "good" part, I mean. Because this is the last one. I'm stopping on number 75, the diamond anniversary. And it's a good thing too, because I'm plumb out of ideas. I've been writing ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Last Saturday, the Middlebury College Branch of Habitat For Humanity (HFH) donated $2500 to the Addison County branch of HFH. About half of the money came from HFH fundraisers from previous years, and the other half from this year's fundraising efforts, such as the beans and ...
Author: David Barker In the wake of a post-war era, as the United States taps Iraq's prized oil wells to please a nation of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs,) 13 Middlebury College students will be pulling out of the Ross parking lot on May 20 in a yellow school bus powered by little more than french fry ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Suddenly it hit me. Pretty soon, I'm going to need a job. No more free ice cream at lunch. In fact, no more free lunch. Soon, a lot of things are going to be no more. Why didn't somebody tell me this was all going to end?Unfortunately, it was an epiphany that led to another realization: ...
Author: Mallika Rao This past Monday night, an audience at the Robert A. Jones '59 house was treated to the eloquent words of Betty Mould-Iddrisu, chief state attorney of Ghana. The event was conceptualized by Kathryn Boateng '05 and sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the Religion ...
Author: Venessa Wong The 15 students of ES 401, the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar, do not sit idly in dim lecture halls and perfunctorily scribble notes. Rather, the class, divided into two groups. One researched the use of local Vermont wood and woodworkers for the Ross/LaForce building project ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca A little bit of the tropics came to Middlebury this past weekend with the annual Caribbean Weekend celebration. The events began on Thursday with a screening of the film "Orpheus" and then continued on into Friday with a performance by a traditional steel band called Pan Ivory ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin The Student Government Association (SGA) designated this week as Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week. Although last year this event consisted of only a luncheon, it has been extended this year to a full week of activities that encompass many student organizations.Nominated faculty ...
Author: Alison Damick Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 marked the second ever French Colloquium at Middlebury College. From 4:30 p.m. Friday, when the colloquium's principal convener, Professor of French Edward Knox, introduced the opening address of Jeremy Shapiro, associate director for the ...
Author: Charlie Goulding On Friday, April 25, all 4,294 Middlebury students cast their ballots for next year's Student Government Association (SGA) president. Students were offered the choice between Sam Rodriguez '04, Megan McElroy '04 and Andrew Feinberg '04. Mike Lin received nil votes. Lin spelt ...
Author: Meghan Keenan Last week's Drunk Driving Awareness Week marked the first endeavor to devote an entire week's worth of activities to raising awareness about the dangerous, yet frequently practiced, act of drunken driving. Organized by Cook Commons Residential Assistant Sean Hoskins, the idea for ...
Author: Caitlin Vaughn and Emily Lord We honestly can't remember the last time we felt completely alert, functional and eager to attend morning, afternoon or even evening class, and we're sure we're not in the minority. Many students have tried combating morning sleepiness with a big old mug of dining ...
Author: Christian Holt I think my bank loves me a little too much. I have a summer's work worth of savings at the local branch, and they treat me like I own a friggin' mint. When I deposit money, the receptionist is nice, which I guess is typical. But she's smiling a whole lot more than she should, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Friday, April 18, 9:30 p.m. McCullough Social Space erupted into a scene of mass chaos as approximately 300 Middlebury students anxiously awaited the opportunity to see the second performance of Riddim World Dance Troupe's "Riddim: Behind the Moves." "I promise I had tickets... ...
Author: David Barker The ascent was only the beginning. On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to conquer Mt. Everest. The surrounding Himalayan region dug like an ice ax into Hillary, and its hold would bring him back to Nepal soon after the headlines detailing his ...
Author: Grace Armstrong On Wed., April 16, members of the College community filled Dana Auditorium to hear author and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Steven Pinker speak on "Language Acquisition." Pinker is the author of several books, including "The Language Instinct," which Scientific ...
Author: Alison Damick On Monday, Dana Auditorium was abuzz as students filed in, laughing and shaking the spring rainfall out of their hair and off of their jackets. The screening scheduled that night was, "Five Short Films on Women and Prison," with an introduction before and discussion after by producer ...