Author: Dina Magaril I haven't slept in over three days. I have bags under my eyes, a pallid complexion, and I buy the ends of cheese at the supermarket because I can't afford the real thing. I've been working two jobs, applying for grants, calling in favors from family, friends and from friends of ...
Author: [no author name found] Last Sunday, a day after the athletic fields overflowed with five Middlebury home games, women's rugby had the show all to themselves - and with a 78-0 thrashing of Colby-Sawyer they did not disappoint. "We have a lot of our seniors back from studying abroad," said Alice ...
Author: Jeff Klein DONNIE MCKILLOP '11 GETS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKOn a day where many Panther football players displayed outstanding performances, Donny McKillop '11 took it to the next level.The quarterback was named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the opening week of the season, in which ...
Author: Emma Stanford Last Friday Middlebury students and community members alike flocked to "The Boycott," the inaugural production sponsored by Middlebury College in the recently renovated Town Hall Theater. The show cast a new and whimsical light on an issue that lies near the hearts of many Middlebury ...
Author: Josh Wessler The subject of the film "Burn after Reading," by Ethan and Joel Coen, is the multitude of daily obsessions that seemingly subsume all of our lives. Overflowing with compulsive exercisers, serial adulterers, pathological masochists, paranoid conspiracy theorists, lonely internet-addicts ...
Author: Amanda Greene I arrived on campus early this fall because I was a MiddView orientation leader. The student parking stickers had not yet arrived and public safety was giving students temporary parking passes. The temporary passes expired on Sept. 10 and students were notified via e-mail of the ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway The Middlebury field hockey team continued on its undefeated path this weekend by beating Wesleyan 6-1, earning fifth place in the current national rankings. Since 2001, the Panthers have defeated the Wesleyan Cardinals nine consecutive times. However, in last season's Wesleyan ...
Author: [no author name found] Bristol Blood Drive Sept. 25, 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Blood Drive in Bristol's Mount Abraham High School gym. All presenting donors can enter an on-going raffle to win Red Sox tickets. "La Gadelle"performance in Town Hall TheaterSept. 26, 8 p.m.The famous Francophone quartet ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt On Sept. 17, five Middlebury students shared stories about their participation in the Shepherd Poverty Alliance internships, sponsored by Washington and Lee University and awarded annually to approximately 50 students making strides to assist poor people in achieving higher ...
Author: Anabelle Fowler Students have returned to the College to find construction sites around campus. The renovations, which are taking place during the fall semester and the academic year, have had their impact on student, faculty and staff lives alike. The biggest projects that are currently underway ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter Even for the number-one ranked team in the country, scoring doesn't always come easy. Last Saturday the Middlebury men's soccer team battled the Wesleyan Cardinals on the Field Turf to a 1-1 tie. It was clear from the start that the Cardinals were playing for the tie while the ...
Author: Melissa Marshall As noted in the pages of Plato, music has a palpable effect on the psyche. It broke the hearts of the Baroques, ravished the Romantics and moved the Modernists to verse. Even now, the epic tomes of John Williams manipulate moviegoers to invest in fictional characters, along ...
Author: Honor Code Review Committee We write to introduce you to the work of the 2008-09 Honor Code Review Committee, and to invite your participation in our review process in the months ahead. In 1963, Middlebury College students developed and implemented an Honor Code that was introduced with the ...
Author: Liya Gao Talib Kweli's performance at the Chip Kenyon '85 Arena on Saturday night to a fairly packed house was a pleasant surprise. When students first discovered that Blackalicious could not perform because of an injury, many were disappointed. Once MCAB announced that Kweli would replace Blackalicious, ...
Author: Mario Ariza There is something different about this year's Student Government Association (SGA). Recognizing his organization's lack of legislative power, President Bobby Joe Smith III '09 was quick to place the new senators' roles in context. "The SGA's only role is a suggestion committee," ...
Author: Stefan Claypool There is a misconception that Washington can "fix" our financial crisis. It can't. However, it can exacerbate the problem, which is why it's important that we consider the security of our financial system when we cast our ballots this November.In the last year we've seen a disturbing ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl To say that pianist Vladimir Feltsman is an "old school" musician would not do him justice, since he seems to have novel ideas about music. Then again, his approach seems to be thoroughly traditional. His Sept. 19 program, which he performed in the Mahaney Center for the Arts ...
Author: Jessie Kissinger On Friday, Sept. 12, the Middlebury College Museum of Art was packed with people eager to see the museum's newest exhibit. Entitled "Artist and Ancestors: Masterworks of Chinese Classical Painting and Ancient Ritual Bronzes," its name is no exaggeration, as it includes pieces ...
Author: Alex Garlick The last time there was a presidential election it literally consumed my life; of course, I was working full time for the Kerry/Edwards campaign during my Feb semester, a move that did not end up bolstering my résumé in the way I hoped it would. This year, as more of an impartial ...