Author: Nathan Klozko I had always thought that those late-night cries of "I should be studying!" were just the frustrated side-effects of procrastination. "The Vagina Monologues" certainly corrected my perception of that. Under the guidance of directors Jeanine Buzali '09 and Samantha Collier '09 and ...
Author: Martin Breu Men's tennis finished its regular season undefeated this weekend, taking key victories over Williams and Amherst. The Panthers were too good for Williams, winning 8-1, and while Amherst proved more difficult, Middlebury prevailed 5-4. With these wins, the Panthers earned the top ...
Author: [no author name found] Earth Day, a holiday tradition begun in 1970 and celebrated by many college campuses and communities with awareness events or environmental cleanups, was greeted warmly by the College. Sunday Night Group made a cake decorated with a cartographically accurate map of the ...
Author: Katie Siegner White Whale Web Services came to visit Middlebury on April 27 and 28, the first step in the College's Web makeover process that should be completed by Winter Term 2010.College officials say that the current Middlebury home page is out-of-date and leaves much to be desired, prompting ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez As a film student and cinephile I can say without hesitation that, in my opinion, some of best and most interesting films made come from American independent cinema. I can also say without hesitation that American independent cinema is changing, and not for the better. American ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Ellen Flanagan '09 was honored this year as the recipient of the Joyce and Alan Beucher 2009 Concerto Competition, and she performed the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the College Orchestra last Friday, April 24. Andrew Throdahl sat down with Flanagan to ...
Author: Grady Ross Two of my friends here have lost a grandparent in the past three weeks. Lonely, empty, disorienting
Author: Jeb Burchenal The Middlebury men's lacrosse team clinched the top seed in the NESCAC tournament two weekends ago, but they still had their work cut out for them this past weekend. The Panthers, ranked third nationally, were still searching for their first truly dominant 60-minute performance ...
Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The women's tennis team closed out its regular season at home on Saturday with a tough 7-2 loss to Amherst, the number two-ranked team in the region. On a sunny afternoon that saw temperatures climb into the mid-80s, the women fought hard and demonstrated the skills they ...
Author: Margaux Fimbres ABROADAfter spending the fall of 2008 in Hangzhou, China, Alex Kent '10 made returning to the country a top priority. Through the Department of Chinese at Middlebury, Kent discovered an internship opportunity with Emerging Asia, a consulting firm with offices in Shanghai started ...
Author: Kara Shurmantine The results of a run-off election for president of the Student Government Association (SGA) pronounced Mike Panzer '10 victorious before 1:30 p.m. on Fri., April 24. Vrutika Mody '10, his opponent, lost by a slim 40 votes.The election put an end to a two-week presidential contest ...
Author: Dickie Redmond WOMEN'S GOLF WINS WILLIAMS INVITATIONALMiddlebury women's golf cruised past the competition this past weekend and took first place in the seven-team Williams Spring Invitational. Strong individual performances from veteran Julie Ellenberger '09 and rookie Flora Weeks '12 paced ...
Author: Elizabeth Scarinci David Weinstock is not afraid to ask people tough questions, if poetry is what comes out of it.On April 23, more than 20 community members gathered in the basement conference room of the Ilsley Public Library, as they do every Thursday, for the Otter Creek Poetry Society meeting. ...
Author: Catherine Klem VALDIVIA - By some luck of fate, I managed to defeat all odds (namely buying my plane ticket for the wrong month) and find my way to Chile at the end of February to begin my five-month semester abroad in Valdivia. After being accosted for sitting in the wrong seat on the bus, ...
Author: Adam Schaffer Since 1996, nonteaching staff positions have nearly doubled at Middlebury College in order to accomodate expansions in other areas of campus life. This trend, however, may end with the significant budget cuts Old Chapel has made in the past six months as Middlebury plans to cut ...
Author: [no author name found] This issue's impassioned opinion piece titled "The perils of Club Midd," in which Adam Irish '09 indicts the "Middlebury bubble" for instilling in its inhabitants "egotism, improvidence and avarice," certainly got us talking. However, before we could even begin to address ...
Author: Mike Waters As the writer of an alcohol-themed column aimed at college readers - the majority of whom are under the age of 21 - it is high time that I tackle the issue of the drinking age. While other more topical ideas were enticing - drinking in the great outdoors, drinking with parents, ...
Author: Ben Benson Is anyone else heated about the changes in Dining Services next year? When I first heard that the College is shutting down Atwater Dining Hall next spring, I was fairly upset, but after reading in The Campus last week that both Proctor and Ross will serve the same entr