Author: Christian Holt I want to get a haircut. For men, getting a haircut is like robbing a bank: get in, get out, as little blood as possible. For girls like my sister, it's a bi-weekly life-changing event. They ask each other, "Should I keep it up, or down? Should I get streaks? Should I get a 'Hillary ...
Author: Alison Damick The week of Aug. 12-18, 2002 was disastrous for the Czech Republic as massive floods covered the nation. The capital city, Prague, experienced the worst floods in over 500 years. The raging Vltava River, at more than seven meters above its normal level, quickly overcame all the ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton In the Middlebury Magazine office, where I work as an intern, we read letters from hundreds of former Middlebury students, now dispersed across the globe. Sometimes these disembodied voices seem light years away the Middlebury students of today. Yesterday, one entry made me pause: ...
Author: Maren Messing Several organizations on campus put together an impressive collection of events in honor of Black History Month, which has been celebrated every February since 1976. Carter G. Woodson, 1875-1950, noted black scholar and historian and son of former slaves, began the original week- ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer While issuing a statement committing Middlebury College to ensuring the safety of students studying in C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad, Director of Off-Campus Study David Macey maintained that study abroad is more popular and important than ever. The events of Sept. 11 ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Occasionally, when I tell people where I go to college, they reply, "Oh, you must be very good at languages!" To which I say, "No," and the conversation normally terminates shortly thereafter. But even though it would be nice to be ambidextrous and speak multiple tongues, I must ...
Author: Alison Damick The names attached to the buildings on campus and marking the slopes of the Snow Bowl come from a broad range of sources. From reference to the College's natural surroundings, such as Adirondack House, to memorials of past leaders in the College community, much of the significance ...
Author: Jocey Florence A documentary depicting the troubles as well as moral, religious and emotional challenges faced by abortion doctors was screened in Twilight Auditorium Sunday. The film, entitled "On Hostile Ground," portrayed the "civil war" between abortion clinic employees and pro-life activists ...
Author: Christian Holt I'm sure you, or someone you know, has been afflicted by the cold-like virus that's been sweeping through campus. It's a non-deadly plague, preying on the overworked or over-skied Middlebury population. Its symptoms are a headache, allergies, sore throat, the sniffles and John ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Small changes can make huge differences, especially with regard to energy conservation. This fall, Senior Ben Wessler, in collaboration with the Office of Environmental Affairs (OEA), the Student Government Association and a new group of students known as the Environmental Liaisons ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer In addition to publishing eight collections and receiving numerous accolades, including the National Book Award for poetry last November, 87-year-old Goshen, Vt., resident Ruth Stone still found time to read at an anti-war poetry reading in Manchester last Sunday.The poetry ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin There is more to look forward to than a long weekend this week. Winter Carnival kicks off Thursday night, and the festivities don't stop until Saturday night's ball. The fun begins at the Center for the Arts on Thursday night with a cultural gala, including the Burlington Taiko, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Having just watched a film tonight on Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, I've begun to seriously consider how the mass media hammers us with "systematic propaganda" in order to help maintain the societal status quo. Indeed, it's frightening to be presented by facts such as ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer If the United States were to engage in war with Iraq, it would be the first time in history that the United States has entered a conflict of a size comparable to World War II or Vietnam without a draft. However, on Jan. 7, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed visiting Winter Term Professor Kenneth Feinberg to the position of head of the newly formed Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund in November of 2001, just two months after the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Both the fund and Feinberg's ...
Author: Alison Damick A seemingly endless line of students wait to slide their dinner trays onto the revolving carousel and escape into the night. What often goes unrecognized, however, is that for some members of the college community, the dining process does not end so simply as a quick drop-off of ...
Author: Lindsay Whitton In the winter during high school, my friend Libby would often nap for a few hours a day. This was a strange occurrence in the context of our structured, boarding school life, where every moment was programmed and nobody had anytime for themselves. We were surprised at her sleep ...
Author: Nathaniel Marcus How many Middlebury students are vegetarians? There is currently no system or formula to answer this question. One of the obstacles to tracking the trend is that some students may choose to become vegetarians for a week, a month or a year at a time. Another problem is that ...
Author: Bob Wainwright "April is the cruellest month," T. S. Eliot once wrote. Needless to say, Eliot never spent January at Middlebury taking Comps.Ironically, most Middlebury students have no idea what comps is beyond a word that certain people roam around campus uttering when asked about their J-term. ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Allow me to introduce Ross Merkin. He's a sophomore at Middlebury, and true to his name, he lives in Ross Commons -- 454 Lang to be exact. Ross is an indiscriminate sort of guy. He keeps to himself, spending his free time playing video games and downloading music. But Ross is ...