Author: editorial With the capital campaign gathering speed, the upcoming opening of the Donald E. Axinn '51 Center at Starr Library slated for this summer and the affiliation between the College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies blossoming, 2008 promises to be a big year for Middlebury ...
Author: Jordan Nassar Alright, so you may not agree with some, most, or all off my opinions regarding fashion. You may find my columns abrasive and unreasonable, unfair and ridiculous. But have you ever asked yourself what the penalty for disregarding my words might be? I'm not talking about any sort ...
Author: Kelly Janis Cat lovers pounced on a purr-fect opportunity to bond with some of the finest of the fuzzy creatures in question at the 11th Annual Vermont Fancy Felines Cat Show, held Jan. 5 and 6 at the Sheraton Conference Center in Burlington. The show - which each year attracts animals and owners ...
Author: James O'Brien During Winter Break, while the religious folk were busy gathering frankincense and myrrh to prepare for the birth of Jamie Lynn Spears' little messiah, I was sitting on my couch, sorting through America's problems for the Barack Obama campaign. Barack's people called me years ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Over the summer, talk began about the College possibly leasing the space at 51 Main Street, the former home of Eat Good Food, a restaurant that went out of business last spring. In late December, Dean of College Tim Spears that Middlebury College would be opening a "chocolate bar" ...
Author: Amanda Greene Last weekend, I found my dad rummaging through our limited wine supply at the last minute, looking for something that he could bring to dinner at a friend's house. My dad ultimately settled on a bottle of Pinot Grigio and joked that he hoped his friend hadn't gifted him this bottle ...
Author: Thomas Brant When I stand in a long line at Proctor waiting impatiently for the blue-uniformed server to replenish the supply of chicken parmesan, all I can think about is how good chicken parm is, how I cannot wait to eat it and how sad I will be when my stomach tells me there no room for more. ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes As college students, many of us chose to travel thousands of miles from home in order to attend our quaint little college amidst the Green Mountains. While we are usually too busy juggling classwork with extracurriculars and spending time with friends to miss the families that ...
Author: Aviva Shen At the December 10 faculty meeting, the faculty voted unanimously to approve changes to the judicial system to give students more responsibility in the process for their own behavior. The recommendations called for limited rehearings of an appeal, the prohibition of accused students ...
Author: Jay Dolan I wouldn't call myself a sports buff. I like watching sports, but let's face it, when it comes to having a debate on which team is better, I usually just make stuff up. I essentially try to fake what little knowledge I have about professional sports. Why do I do this? I suppose it's ...
Author: Kelly Janis "He loved it there," said Donald E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing Jay Parini - author of Robert Frost: A Life - of the Homer Noble Farm in Ripton, Vt., where Robert Frost resided during his stay at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. "It was isolated. It had wonderful ...
Author: Emma Gardner As students slipped clumsily on the icy campus paths this weekend, the Middlebury women's hockey team gracefully mastered the ice at Kenyon Arena with two successive victories - a 3-0 shutout of fifth-ranked R.I.T. on Saturday, Jan. 5 and a 4-2 win against Utica College 24 hours ...
Author: Aylie Baker In November of 1979, along a crowded street in Islamabad, Pakistan, hungry flames licked the U.S. embassy's shivering structure. Just kilometers away, huddled in the U.S. Consulate building, Jeffrey Lunstead and his colleagues found themselves under similar attack. His car was burned. ...
Author: Jeb Burchenal Emily Johnson '09 named Player of the WeekEmily Johnson '09 of the women's basketball team was named NESCAC player of the week after outstanding performances against Eastern Connecticut State and Skidmore. In the first game, Middlebury was unable to overcome an early 19-3 lead ...
Author: Tess Russell Want to surprise your mom with a really special gift this Mother's Day? Forget flowers or a massage certificate and take a cue from Israel Carr '09, who (at the tender age of 15) gave his mother something truly memorable."I wrote her a card saying, 'Sorry I've always been a pain ...
Author: [no author name found] January is usually treated as a recovery from December. For some it is a time of Puritanical diet and exercise, for others it calls for hibernation. The absence of major holidays (with the exception of Martin Luther King Day) makes January a concern for art connoisseurs ...
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Author: Annabelle Fowler The Office of Admissions has received a record 7,680 applications for the Middlebury Class of 2012, a seven-percent jump in the number of applicants compared to last year. Admissions officials expect the pool to grow to roughly 7,800 as they continue to receive applications ...
Author: Nick DeSantis I am writing to express my deep concern over a recent recommendation made by the College's faculty reappointments committee. At the end of the fall term, I completed my English senior essay with the help of two academic advisors. One of those advisors is not a member of my department, ...
Author: Alex Garlick There's a 16-letter, two-word combo that Democratic candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama say with disgust, as if it were four traditional four-letter curse words crammed into one - special interests. Listening to Edwards and Obama denounce the evil that is special interests ...