President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced that 51 Main at the Bridge will continue to operate in post on his blog and could become profitable as soon as this summer. Since its debut three years ago, the venue has continued to progress toward profitability. In spite of the projected $70,000 ...
A propane gas leak prematurely shut down the Ryan Cabrera concert that took place Saturday night in McCullough Social Space. The Middlebury Fire Department responded and the problem was resolved, but the concert did not resume. Around 250 students, about half of the Social Space’s capacity, attended ...
The Office of the President has decided not to revive the defunct MiddView outdoor orientation program for first-year students in 2011, overruling a months-long student initiative and a Student Government Association (SGA) pledge to reinstate the activity. The estimated cost of the program did not ...
In the past week, a small group of Middlebury students has raised approximately $4,900 in donations for Haiti following the earthquake that left the country devastated on Jan. 12. The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.0, was the largest to strike the region in more than 200 years, and government ...
Open Mic Night Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Talents of all kinds are welcome at the monthly Carol’s Hungry Mind open mic. Bring an instrument, spoken word art or any other performance you want to share with a crowd. Sign-ups for time slots begin at 7:30 p.m. Button Up Middlebury Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m. - 12 ...
Nestled five miles down a dirt road in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, the Blueberry Hill Ski Touring Center offers visitors ultimate solitude and breathtaking mountain views. With about 46 miles of trails of varying difficulty and terrain, Blueberry Hill is one of the most renowned cross-country ...
Just over three weeks ago on a foggy December night in Shoreham, Vt., volunteer firefighter Peter Coe was driving with his family when he saw a car stuck in a ditch. He pulled over to the side of the road and began to extricate a person from the car. At that moment, a truck driver in a Chevrolet pickup ...
Oliver the camel is not native to Vermont. But then, neither is Judith Giusto, his owner, and she is getting along fine. “I’m originally from New York City,” Giusto explained. “I owned a business in New York. Then I adopted a boy as a single mom. I was bringing up a child in New York City, ...
In his 15 years as the U.S.’ own Dating Doctor, David Coleman has spoken to over two million people about love and has memorized over 11,000 pickup lines. Last Friday, Jan. 15, he came to McCullough Student Center and gave his advice to some Midd kids. Coleman’s philosophy on dating is simple: “You ...
“Let’s Talk About Sex month” began with a bang, so to speak, on Jan. 12, as students piled into Dana Auditorium to witness the witty, alternative and ever-informative Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot present “I Love Female Orgasm.” Proponents of practicality, positivity and pleasure, the ...
Growing up, my family and I would go to a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” every year. And every year I wondered what it would be like to be haunted by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Of course, I was never overly concerned. After all, I certainly had more Christmas ...
Mead Chapel was sparsely populated at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. The meager audience, however, was treated to a striking address by the Reverend William G. Sinkford. Sinkford, the keynote speaker for this week’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, was the seventh president — and first African ...
We have all seen the commercials: a couple framed in black and white and walking down the street in the rain, a smiling pair jogging through the suburbs, a slightly awkward but endearing dinner date. Online dating: is it as magical and effective as our television screens make it out to be? Jean Lin ...
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how other people perceive sex. Perhaps naïvely, I assumed that people with shameful or other negative feelings about physical intimacy simply avoided it, but sexual satisfaction is a need that must be met somehow, and I do know that it is all too easy to give ...
Luckily for winter sports enthusiasts, the one month during Middlebury’s school year when students are not trapped in the library coincides with some of the best ski days in Vermont. Whether you are a skiing enthusiast who came for the great terrain or a first time snowboarder from Florida who didn’t ...
“The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,” the latest acid trip from director Terry Gilliam (“12 Monkeys,” “Brazil,” Monty Python) is an adventure into the writer/director’s infamous fantasy bohemian aesthetic. The film opens late one night on a seedy street in London when the rickety horse ...
Whether walking down dorm hallways or bopping your head to the RIDDIM finale, the Midd-kid Rap seems to be unavoidable. Sam Robinson, Writer and member of The Allen Jokers, sat down with The Campus’ Tamara Hilmes and told the story of the viral hit’s origins. Middlebury Campus: Who first conceived ...
When poet Crystal Belle ’04 walks into a classroom, she easily takes command, her effusive energy spilling out onto those who have come to soak up her wisdom. As she shares her love of poetry and hip-hop to an eager audience, the devotion and enthusiasm she holds for her craft becomes a palpable ...
MTV’s newest hit show “Jersey Shore” threatens to ravage memories of a place that defined my childhood summers. (I promise you, the “shore” is more special than “The Situation” may make you believe.) Thankfully, though, Real Estate’s self-titled release has restored some of the Jersey ...