Author: James Schwerdtman The Middlebury track team traveled to Dartmouth this past weekend for the 40th annual Dartmouth Relays. The Dartmouth Relays attract schools from all over New England and Canada, and even some running clubs and schools as far as Wheaton. The Relays were not only the first meet ...
Author: Matt Dickinson What can we expect from an Obama presidency? The next two years will be the critical period for his administration. It is the time when presidents exercise maximum influence, often with an attitude of hopefulness tinged with hubris borne from winning a two-year struggle to obtain ...
Author: Peter Baumann Even in a game where the margin of victory seems to indicate a blowout, it is often difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when the tide turned and the outcome was decided. While the scoresheet says the Skidmore Thoroughbreds lost to the Middlebury Panthers 4-1 on Jan. 10, in truth ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman "I can't wait for college! There's hot chicks there!" proclaimed a rosy-cheeked, out-of-breath sixth grader as he burst through the doors of the Pearsons Lounge on Saturday. The boy had just completed the first portion of Cook Commons' annual "Midd-kid for a Day" event, a scavenger ...
Author: [no author name found] Just because you are a college student doesn't mean you can't cook. Once you dive in and learn the basics, preparing delicious meals can become part of your life here at Middlebury. Learning to cook can also enhance your life after college. And it tastes good too!Growing ...
Author: Margaret Moslander Volunteering at the Middlebury teen center. Teaching a workshop on the history of baseball. Visiting and volunteering in third world countries. While this may sound like a list of popular Winter Term activities, it actually illustrates some of what Middlebury's senior community ...
Author: Mark Esposito In 1993, the Green Mountain State rejected the retail monster known as Walmart from building here. It's a shame that 16 years later, we have let something just as bad grow up in our backyard. Burton Snowboards was once a revolution unto itself: it personified youth angst and created ...
Author: Peter Baumann TERRY ALDRICH NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEARMiddlebury cross country coach Terry Aldrich has been named National Coach of the Year, capping off an incredible season that saw his women's team rise from being ranked 14th at the beginning of the year to a national championship. ...
Author: Scott Greene, James Kerrigan, and Jack Lysohir Valediction val-uh-DIK-shuhn, noun: the action of bidding farewell; a farewell. Consider this our valediction. Impressed with our vocabulary? You shouldn't be. During tonight's ed board meeting (our last, ever, single tear) James' aging IBM think ...
Author: Josh Wessler Each year in November, many people ask themselves: what does Thanksgiving mean? Is it a celebration of giving, or of receiving and being thankful? These questions often lead to a consideration of the historical understanding of the holiday, which emphasizes the bounty of the harvest, ...
Author: [no author name found] No sign marks the coming of winter better than the glow emanating from the library in the wee hours of the morning as students furiously type away the last pages of their theses alongside procrastinators working on that lingering assignment. Amidst this unmistakable omen, ...
Author: Jaime Fuller John M. McCardell, President Emeritus of the College and Director of Choose Responsibility, was the guest speaker at the inaugural run of "The Forum at 51 Main" on Nov. 18, giving a talk titled, "The 21 Year-Old Drinking Age: Mend It or End It?" The Forum seeks to improve town-gown ...
Author: Amanda Cormier At the first Community Supper at the Congregational Church of Middlebury in 2004, Dottie Neuberger and a few other volunteers served 22 meals to low-income, elderly and other members of the community. Four years later, on Nov. 21, 110 people ate a turkey dinner provided by the ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Last Thursday 85 students gathered at the Middlebury College Museum of Art (MCMA), transforming the oft-secluded space into an unexpected pop-up hangout. Organized by the Museum Assistants Program (MAP), a group of 17 student volunteers trained in museum education, the after-hours ...
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Author: Annie Onishi Primum non nocere - it's the Hippocratic Oath; a sacred promise that all doctors make before they begin their careers. It means: First, do no harm. I haven't taken it yet, but I'm planning on it some time in the next 10 months or so when I start medical school next August. To do ...
Author: Jessie Kissinger "Theater, no matter how temporary it might be, is a space that demands its audience to respond and react as a community," read the program of "Dying City," the Theatre Department 700 project of Meagan Mishico '08.5 (directing) and Justine Katzenbach '08.5 (acting). "Dying City" ...
Author: Grace Duggan Say what you will about the word "networking," but sometimes it really is about who you know. In this case, it was Melissa Hammerle who proved to be a useful connection; this local resident put D.E. Axinn Professor of English & Creative Writing Jay Parini in contact with her ...
Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE: Quantum of SolaceDIRECTOR: Marc ForsterSTARRING: Daniel Craig & Olga KurylenkoSomewhere along the way to the box office, James Bond lost his sense of humor. Well, not exactly. In the theatre where I watched "Quantum of Solace," there were plenty of laughs, though most ...