Author: Tess Russell On Sept. 10, acclaimed author Eric Schlosser - most famous for "Fast Food Nation," his radical critique of "the All-American meal" - addressed a packed Dana Auditorium in which the student crowd overflowed onto the stage. Schlosser, who began his career at The Atlantic Monthly and ...
Author: Alice Wisener With the frenzy of Middlebury's annual Fall Family Weekend just around the corner, and the hectic move-in day of fall semester just barely behind us, it is easy to forget that students are not the only ones around here stressed when the population of Middlebury temporarily explodes. ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway Fitter, Faster and Relentless-not just the slogan from a Gatorade commercial but also the words coach Katharine DeLorenzo uses to set expectations for Middlebury's 2008 women's field hockey team. Those expectations were certainly fulfilled this weekend when the team continued ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter The reigning D-III national champion men's soccer team narrowly edged Amherst College 1-0 in its home opener on Saturday, Sept. 13. Even before the kickoff, the energy on the field was palpable as the Amherst squad clearly remembered its 1-0 loss to Middlebury in last year's ...
Author: Peter Baumann When the Panthers take the field against the Bowdoin Polar Bears this Saturday, there will be no shortage of story-lines. In last year's season opener, the Polar Bears pulled off the conference upset of the year, downing the 2006 NESCAC champion Williams Ephs 28-14. While the win ...
Author: Adam Clayton As far as investments go, nothing, except perhaps a house, weighs more heavily on an average person than a college degree. To spend more than two hundred thousand dollars over four years while we could be working puts us a few hundred thousand dollars and four years of work experience ...
Author: Cloe Shasha This July, Middlebury College released a Master Plan for a campus layout proposal to be applied over the next 50 years. Project Manager Jennifer Oster Bleich worked on the plan, along with a team of experts, over the past two years. She emphasized that the plan is not a blueprint ...
Author: Kyle Goodenough Over the weekend, 26 teams traveled to Middlebury for the 25th annual Duke Nelson Invitational. The tournament is held in honor of Walter J. "Duke" Nelson who joined the coaching ranks at Middlebury immediately after his graduation in 1932. He was a beloved golf coach and mentor. ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Vermont Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz (D) spoke to students about the importance of voting and civic participation this election year during a lunchtime talk in Carr Hall on Thursday, Sept. 11.In light of a presidential campaign that has broken race and gender barriers, ...
Author: [no author name found] Around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday the campus lost Internet access. The only Web sites that campus computers were able to access were those associated with Middlebury College - the College homepage, bannerweb and email. For a few short minutes, College students lost touch with ...
Author: Will Bellaimey, Middlebury College Democrats Okay, maybe "Bush's Third Term" is a little harsh. Nobody likes to be serving out someone else's term. Al Gore hated it in 2000, when people said he was just another four years of Clinton. That wasn't true. A Gore presidency was going to be sooo different ...
Author: Dina Magaril I've been thinking a lot about food recently, which has got me thinking about eating habits and the kinds of food relationships we develop during our time at Middlebury. It might be because I just finished reading Fast Food Nation, or the fact that I've been frequenting the organic ...
Author: Dorothy Mitchell Tired of tombs and temples at the Middlebury College Museum of Art? Bored with the black-and-white photography in Johnson? On view at the Shelburne Museum (Rt. 7 North) until October 21 is an exhibit entitled "Mary Cassatt: Friends and Family." On display are drawings, prints, ...
Author: Aylie Baker My Grandma Jean may have taken to confusing the family dog with Picasso, but her self-imposed commitment to bettering the youth of today has not yet eclipsed her. Indeed, as a distinguished matriarch of 80-odd years (she vows never to divulge her age), she's not out to convert the ...
Author: Jordie Ricigliano President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz recognized the efforts of five members of the faculty by honoring them with endowed professorships Sept 8. Stephen Trombulak, Grace Spatafora, Sunhee Choi, Sallie Sheldon and Andrea Olsen were hand chosen by Liebowitz to serve endowed ...
Author: Nicole Lam At this year's Beijing Olympics, Lang Ping became a star among the Americans as the head coach for United States women's national volleyball team. Known as the "Iron Hammer," Lang Ping does not joke around when she says she focuses on the team's offense and defense. Team communication ...
Author: Kaity Potak This week, instead of bringing the term "thirsty Thursdays" to life, heading down to Two Brothers Tavern or even spending your evening writing a history paper, consider going to the Center for the Arts to see the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's (VSO) "Made in Vermont" concert. This ...
Author: Rachael Jennings "We will, we will COOK you!" shouts an enthusiastic new generation of Cook Commons members. Against the backdrop of their shirts, ties and sundresses, the uproarious chant seems out of place.The Brainerd first-years, who have just performed their equally spirited version of ...
Author: Dean Atyia The Amethyst Initiative's website looks like it should be the back cover advertisement of a pop news magazine. It colorfully displays rotating images of diverse groups of young people toasting glasses of wine or champagne flutes. These people look like they are having the time of ...
Author: Tess Russell Living in the Information Age certainly has its benefits (see handheld GPS), but one of the major drawbacks is the deluge of unnecessary information with which we are constantly inundated. The Middlebury community is no exception - seemingly every College office and student organization ...