Author: James O'Brien Throughout the storied history of my unfortunate column in The Middlebury Campus, I have struggled with how to write an opinion column without having any opinions. As a result, I usually ended up pursuing some sort of polemical rant in order to produce an aggravated op-ed from ...
Author: Kelly Janis Temperatures hovered around the freezing mark, snow flurries trickled down in earnest and hundreds of spectators gazed on expectantly as 85 thrill-seeking skiers and snowboarders attired as pirates, tigers, sunflowers and superheroes attempted to skid their way across 100 feet of ...
Author: [no author name found] Spring Rummage SaleSpring cleaning may not rank particularly high on most individuals' list of preferred ways to spend a gloriously warm April afternoon - but selling the fruits of such labor sure does. With this in mind, the Middlebury Congregational Church's fellowship ...
Author: Peter Baumann At the end of a long and grueling weekend, the softball team topped the Amherst Lord Jeffs 6-5 in 12 innings last Sunday to run its overall record to 10-11. The much-needed victory was the team's first league win of the year, and puts the Panthers in good position for a stretch ...
Author: Kelly Janis Poised on the brink of her 80th birthday, Sally Foley has spent several decades witnessing the evolution of the local Republican party of which she is chairwoman with increasing dismay."You have people who are concerned about saying they're Republican, because people will come to ...
Author: Matt Ferrer This past weekend most of us were watching Tiger Woods in hopes that he might add another green jacket to his collection. We were crying with Brandt Snedeker as he fell from would-be glory to a final round 77. We were marveling at Trevor Immelman as he ran away with the Masters Championship. ...
Author: Jaime Fuller The Middlebury Bike Shop reopened its doors last week in celebration of the return of green grass and optimal cycling weather. The student-run Bike Shop will continue to offer its free workshops teaching students, faculty and staff how to fix either their own bikes or one of the ...
Author: Anthony Adragna UCLA police seek two criminals on campusMembers of the UCLA community continue to search for two prowlers who have recently terrorized various groups of people on campus. Police are seeking Jorge Angel Velasco and Brent Kennedy who have been seen in suspicious circumstances on ...
Author: [no author name found] Despite the supposed freeze on new construction, the College's recent campaign to renovate a number of old buildings on campus has created its own fair share of commotion. While the administration has its reasons for each undertaking, its decision to renovate McCullough ...
Author: Robert McKay Sometimes in the middle of a play or dance performance, I get a twinge of ire at the article I have to write on it.?I've caught myself on the edge of my seat, but for the wrong reason - I'm poised like a cat at a mousehole, pen aimed at the performers, waiting for a good sentence ...
Author: Emma Gardner Deep in the heart of the sports complex lies what is quite possibly the nucleus of Middlebury's athletic program - the equipment room. Hidden within a maze of hallways and tunnels on the athletic center's basement floor, the room is appropriately nicknamed "the cage" by the students ...
Author: Rachel Pagano On April 2, the Middlebury College Republicans hosted a lecture by Mark Steyn, The New York Times best-selling author of "America Alone," and an internationally known columnist who writes for publications spanning the globe, including The Washington Post, Maclean's, The Jerusalem ...
Author: [no author name found] Beyond the Bush yearsBob Herbert, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, gave the Robert W. van de Velde Jr. '75 Memorial Lecture on April 9 in which he espoused the virtues of future civic engavement.
Author: Cloe Shasha President of Freeman French Freeman Architecture Jesse Beck led a campus-wide Open Forum on Proposed Renovations to Proctor Hall on April 11. A panel of administrators sat on stage to answer questions and provide information about the new building at the meeting for an audience of ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Grace Duggan In a continuation of last semester's anti-war theme, as seen in Matt Pepper's "St. Crispin's Day," this past weekend included five performances of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata." First performed in 411 BCE, "Lysistrata" tells the story of the end of the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata ...
Author: Thompson Davis Have you ever noticed how awesome Middlebury looks on the College home page? Needless to say, if people took that thing halfway seriously there would be a lot of pissed off people. Let's say I was a high school senior from the planet "Snompson" (an alien) with aspirations of attending ...
Author: Tianze Ma The ninth-ranked Middlebury men's tennis team took another step towards Division III Nationals with a 7-2 victory over regional foe Bowdoin on Saturday, moving to 5-1 in NESCAC play and 11-4 overall.The match started in the windy afternoon at the Proctor courts, and the Panthers immediately ...
Author: [no author name found] Last year, solitary candidate and current President of the Student Government Association (SGA) Max Nardini '08 stood alone on the ballot in the annual spring elections - making this year's gaggle of contenders all the more shocking. With an impressive 10 candidates vying ...