Author: Neil Waters It seemed like a no-brainer. Several students in one of my classes included the same erroneous information in final examination essays. Google whisked me immediately to Wikipedia, where I found the source of the erroneous information in under a minute. To prevent recurrences of the ...
Author: Brian Fung The inauguration of Bill McKibben's Step It Up environmental campaign will be marked this week by over 1,000 demonstrations across the country. Step It Up's primary goal - to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent nationwide by 2050 - has even received the support of U.S. Senators ...
Author: Dave Wrangham Recent incidents of derogatory vandalism have created quite a stir on our campus, and well they should. The statements that were written, of which I've heard a few versions, seem to center around an individual being forcibly told to consume female homosexual buttocks. I don't know ...
Author: Matty Van Meter I'm writing this on a train from Nezhin, Ukraine to Kyiv. Perhaps there is no better way to understand the contemporary culture and everyday life of the former Soviet Union than to sit in a clanking suburban train for three hours, packed in with babushki and crumpled men in ...
Author: [no author name found] Last July, Middlebury College was recognized by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students" as one of the 100 best campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. With a rich history of breaking down barriers to open education for all people - think ...
Author: [no author name found] Last November, Student Government Association President Alex Stanton '07 oversaw passage of a recommendation to alleviate Commons tensions through the creation of an open senior room draw. This past week, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz accepted the student ...
Author: Jesse Sucher, Gospel Johnstone To the Editor: As most have now realized, a student-run nightclub/bar is now a reality. Over four hundred Middkids passed through Xanadu Friday night, although the long line dissuaded many more from entering. The WRMC party was the first attempt at ...
Author: David Infante I was accepted to Middlebury College a little over a year ago and I was thrilled. To be honest with you, I felt as though I was en route to flavor country, wherever that nebulous region of the nation may be. I mean, this place touts itself as ClubMidd, which at the time of my acceptance ...
Author: Tom Brant Do you ever get the feeling that time is moving really slowly? I do. All the time. That's why I figured that there was nothing out of the ordinary when I finished my midterm essay last Wednesday at 11:45 p.m., according to the clock on my library computer. I figured that I had been ...
Author: Matty Van Meter There has been quite enough wishful thinking from Old Chapel and from the various Commons offices about the "integral role" which the Commons are supposed to be playing in students' lives. It is pervasive. It is in e-mails, spoken about on tours, evoked defensively by Residential ...
Author: Editorial Board The jolt of energy the new Febs usually bring still has not pulled Middlebury out of a social life slump that seemed to begin early last year. To be sure, the twin evils of a snowy St. Patrick's day and midterm exams have added to this current sentiment. But it seems that more ...
Author: Ilhan Kim I lied. I never went to go visit my jailbird buddy John Chetuck over Christmas as I promised in my last Notes. But I've been doing other good things like cooking dinner for my friends, representing Brainerd Commons for the Iron Chef competition, running a grassroots campaign to bring ...
Author: Matty Van Meter As any person in an executive position knows, succeeding a popular and charismatic leader is no easy task. There is a natural inclination on the part of the people being managed to idolize the former administration, and to vilify the successor. I think President Ronald D. Liebowitz ...
Author: Ken Lazo The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) on campus recently began work on an initiative to provide free condom distribution in all dorms. As of now, free condoms are available at the Health Center and a few dorms. The new initiative would make condoms readily available in every bathroom ...
Author: The Campus Editorial Board A progress report released last week confirmed the steady implementation of the College's strategic plan, "Knowledge Without Boundaries." Paul Rusesabagina's speech and increased financial aid grants for the class of 2011 are just some of the positive examples of the ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: When I read the opening paragraph of The Campus' Feb. 28 Mardi Gras article, I was a bit appalled at the depiction of our celebration: "Tales of debauchery, lewd conduct and women flashing their assets up and down Bourbon Street have made the annual event ...
Author: Daniel Roberts The Oscars happened two weekends ago. They were pretty sweet, right? Or, I guess not, according to America; it was the lowest-rated Oscars telecast in decades. I see your point cinema buffs, so let me say touchÈ - at a droning more than 4 hours, who cares enough to stay up until ...
Author: Matty Van Meter I recently returned from the annual conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, which this year was in Denver, Colo. While my reason for attending was strictly professional (I was looking for a job) and I was cooped up in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, ...
Author: Colin Foss Looking for a place to avoid the crowd during fall finals, I decided to head toward a strange light emanating from the top of the Johnson Memorial Building. I walked through the front doors, past the "1967" engraving, and found myself in a cavernous building with stairwells that ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Here's something you probably did not know: The Student Government Association paid me about $30 to manage production of the newspaper you are reading. As part of my $1,200 stipend for the academic year, I consider the paycheck a generous token of appreciation for the time and energy ...