A new beginning the Campus's inauguration coverage
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: [no author name found] To see the Campus's inauguration coverage, please click on the pdf file to the right.
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January 21, 2009Author: Jaime Fuller LAWLESS TOILETS CAUSE TROUBLE AT INAUGURATIONPresident Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20 drew millions of people, but the lack of portable toilets led John Banzhaf, professor of public interest law at George Washington University, to threaten legal action against the Presidential ...
Swimming and diving upends Hamilton, wins third straight
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Molly West The Panther swimmers and divers continued their winning streak this weekend at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Both the men's and women's teams won their third meet in a row - the men by a 151-133 score and the women by a dominating 212-88 final.Although Middlebury felt slightly ...
Men's hockey moves to first in NESCAC
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Peter Baumann Despite not yet having strung together 60 minutes of perfect hockey, the Middlebury men's hockey team emerged from a crucial week of NESCAC play atop the conference with a NESCAC/ECAC record of 7-1-1 and an overall record of 10-2-1.A 4-4 tie against the upstart Williams Ephs on ...
Local Flavor Tully and Marie's nixes tablecloths, taps casual dining market
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Andrea Glaessner "It's the economy, stupid," seems to explain the retail and restaurant scene across Vermont these days. As Americans pinch those pennies and start holding back on excesses, local restaurants find themselves in a position to change. Tully and Marie's, the eight-year-old restaurant ...
Local Lowdown
January 21, 2009Author: [no author name found] Benefit Yoga ClassJan. 25, 12 - 1 p.m.Otter Creek Yoga in the Marble Works will be hosting this class to benefit H.O.P.E. (Helping Overcome Poverty's Effects). Donations of nonperishable food or money would be most appreciated.All levels welcome. "Torturing Democracy"Jan. ...
Men's & women's squash victorious at Yale Tourney
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Kevin Carpenter Middlebury men's and women's squash teams return from the Yale Round Robin Tournament in good spirits after a victorious weekend. The men's squad won four of five matches while the women came away on top in three of their four matches.The men opened up the weekend with an 8-1 ...
Clemmons and College transform MLK Day Celebration
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Eric Bartolloti Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day) is about as old as a Middlebury student: 23 years. That is not very old for a national holiday. Most other national holidays have spent years developing their rituals, like the flags of Memorial Day, the fireworks of Independence Day and the ...
For the Record
January 21, 2009Author: Jason Gutierrez The Smell is a tiny club nestled in between a dive bar called Jalisco and an independent movie theater in downtown Los Angeles. If you weren't looking for it, you'd probably walk right past it. I did. Three times. The truth is that somehow, while the rest of us were asleep, Los ...
Poultney minutes book proves timeless
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Kaylen Baker Last Tuesday, Jan. 15, a large, polished and curious crowd of people, including many townspeople, turned up to hear Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies Robert Schine speak about a small slice of time in Jewish history. Schine's lecture, titled "Yiddish, German, and Hebrew in ...
OP-ED May Middlebury never lose its balance
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: James Kerrigan Middlebury College's 2003-2004 prospectus still owns a piece of real estate on my dorm room's bookshelf. Its cover and its message have lingered with me long after I first stepped foot into the Emma Willard House five years ago. Four pictures and one powerful definition graced ...
Performance deconstructs definitions
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: J.P. Allen Amid the flurry of Winter Term events and speakers, performance artist Scott Turner Schofield quietly staged one of the most unusual, exceptional presentations Middlebury College has seen all year. Schofield was invited to Middlebury by T Cooper ('94), and visiting Winter Term professor, ...
OP-ED A sad tale from overseas
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Nate Blumenshine For many of us, reading the news the past couple of weeks about the invasion of Gaza stimulates energetic debate, academic interest, and the occasional emotional twinge of guilt. We have no way to really understand the numbers that are reported: 1,300 Palestinians killed, 13 ...
Barking up the family tree Middlebury's dynamic dynasties keep it all 'relative'
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: [no author name found] THE FAMILY LOWES"My sister, when she was working on her thesis, would spend a lot of time in Proctor," recalled Matt Lowes '10 of Sara Lowes '07. "She would wake up early, eat breakfast, then have a second breakfast, then '11-sies,' and then lunch."Although "little Lowes" ...
Behind Enemy Lines The Busch Years
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Andrey Tolstoy College, I gather, is a formative experience for the young Americans who elect to take part in this fine tradition. It is a place where they not only acquire a deeper and broader understanding of the world around them, but also learn savvy social skills, explore one another's ...
Video games live at the Flynn Center
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Amanda Cormier A boy with a felt mustache and denim overalls wields a plunger down the aisle. His willing attendant, Mom, follows. Gray-haired ladies usher families to their seats through bold rays of gamma-green light. Some of them mouth the words of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Somewhere Over ...
MiddBrief MLK Day of Service 2009
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Patrick D'Arcy The second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, organized by the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), drew 55 student volunteers at 10 different worksites on Jan. 17."Last year we only had six sites, with forty volunteers," said Service and Activism Initiatives Coordinator ...
Professors push to proctor exams
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: J.P. Allen The prevention of academic dishonesty is one of the thorniest issues facing Middlebury College. How often do students cheat and why? Does the Honor Code discourage students from cheating? Would changes to the Honor Code improve the situation, or will amendments be thwarted by human ...
Art now
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Michael Nevadomski In the middle of Winter Term, it is not altogether surprising that you can find snowflakes and trees in the same place. Inside the Museum of Art, however, is an entirely different story. No need to call Emmie Donadio just yet, though: the museum does not have a hole in the ...