Author: Amy BraisStaff Writer During last year's Winter Carnival Middlebury placed third overall, after the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College, for the EISA Championships.-Middlebury hosted the 2001 National Collegiate Skiing Championships. Previously, Middlebury had hosted the 1961, 1973 and ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton Features Editor Skiing is the major source of winter tourism in Vermont and one of the largest industries in the state. With over 20 alpine ski resorts, about 50 nordic ski centers, 4,500 skiable acres, 900 trails and 150 lifts, Vermont is the prime destination for eastern United ...
Author: Lindsey WhittonFeatures Editor When the broomball team, the FEBS, stepped out onto the ice in front of McCullough for the first time last winter, they were confident in their skills and ready to aggressively face their opposition. The team consisted of six players from the Class of 2003.5: co-captains ...
Author: Lynsey WaiteStaff Writer The Clothes Barn, a friend informed me, is just that: a barn full of clothes. Piles of used t-shirts, jeans, skirts, and coats. And the tantalizing possibility of an overlooked treasure. Plastic booties are placed over shoes and you wade, tossing rejects aside as you ...
Author: Raam WongOpinions Editor I've heard it said that you can't go home again. Well, after the 504 hours and 39 minutes spent with my family over the break, I certainly wish that were the case. I've never been sure what the term "nuclear family" meant before, but if it has anything to do with the ...
Author: Brendan BechtelSpecial to The Campus The radio in your chest pocket squawks as a call from Steve comes in. He reminds you to drop the rope under Bailey Falls as you open the Middlebury College Snow Bowl at 8:25 a.m. on a 12-inch powder day, cutting mandatory fresh tracks down Allen or the Bowl's ...
Author: Kate DavisStaff Writer You know the Proctor drill: you shove your tray into the four-tiered revolving carrier, remove and sort your silverware (if you are conscientious), and leave. By the time the remnants of your meal circulate around the corner, you are grabbing your jacket, focused on leaving ...
Author: Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor As an avid skier, I was frequently forewarned prior to coming to college in Vermont about the insufficiencies of East Coast skiing in comparison to the Lake Tahoe, Calif. ski conditions that I was used to. However, I disregarded most criticism and warnings in ...
Author: Lindsay Waite Finals are approaching. We work, we eat, we (sometimes) sleep. The only breaks taken are precious meals in Proctor or drawn out walks to the vending machines in Bicentennial Hall. In addition to these planned departures from studying, many of us spend a substantial amount of time ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor Just as the end of the semester approaches, I finally feel settled in, back in the swing from my semester spent abroad. I would like to hang out and enjoy college, but no; they want me to write lots of very long papers. I know I'll get them done, but I just don't ...
Author: Lanford Beard For anyone who has ever been to a Riddim show, the fact is that it is not just about dance. Sure, the pumping beats, synchronized steps and flashy costumes all emphasize the troupe's gyrating bodies, but more than anything, the event's significance rests not solely in the evening's ...
Author: Jasim Johnson "Student teaching is a daily dose of inspiration," said Peter Day '01, who is currently completing the student teaching program at Middlebury Union Middle School and High School. Day is one of 12 members of the Teacher Education Program at the College who are student-teaching at ...
Author: Raam Wong Opinions Editor Despite the efforts of the advertising industry to get us into the holiday shopping spirit as early as last June, I, like most Americans, have yet to get into the Christmas spirit. I am not suggesting that every family needs to have a "Very Brady Christmas," but I ...
Author: Venessa Wong Biology majors Carmody McCalley '03 and Kyle Whittinghill '03 spent their fall semester with 11 other students from outside Middlebury College in the renowned Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Mass. as part of the Semester in Environmental Science (SES) program. ...
Author: Gregg Eriksen Staff Writer Lt. General William E. Odom, former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and proud former Middlebury parent, offered his thoughts last Monday in a lecture on United States foreign policy in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead of focusing on terrorism ...
Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor I often make the mistake of opening my mouth to speak before remembering that I am attending a college on the direct opposite side of the United States from which I grew up. Before coming to school in Vermont from my home state of California, it hadn't crossed ...
Author: Deborah Jones Features Editor Who owns knowledge? Can a person be blamed for looking for better opportunities? What drives people to leave their homelands and never return? These were a few of the questions addressed by three professors and a panel of Middlebury students in two discussions ...
Author: Megan Michelson Features Editor By the time a senior class graduates from Middlebury College, 33 percent to 40 percent of the class have visited the Center for Counseling and Human Relations for personal issues or problems at some point during their four years on campus. Students seek confidential ...
Author: Karen Acheson Staff Writer Devin Green '04.5 has gone beyond the call of duty and has truly made a difference in helping people affected by the Sept. 11 tragedies. by organizing the 'Rockin' Relief' Concert Sunday, Nov. 18 in Mead Chapel. The concert was a collaboration of 10 individual performers ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Staff Writer It was on a train journey from Manchester to London in 1990 that J.K. Rowling created the little boy who has cast a spell over readers on both sides of the Atlantic: Harry Potter.Rowling was a struggling single mother living with her young daughter in Edinburgh, ...