Author: Jeff Klein After listening to Roger Clemens' "60 Minutes" interview on Jan. 6, I think I speak for a vast number of people in asserting that I simply don't know what to believe concerning Clemens and his alleged involvement in the ongoing steroids saga. Listening to Clemens vehemently deny accusations ...
Author: Peter Baumann Middlebury swimmer Peter Swanson '09 is no stranger to speed. The sprinter routinely covers 100 yards in a little over 50 seconds, and has been known to blow through a 50-yard race in only 23 seconds. However, because Swanson is one of two Middlebury winter athletes to hail from ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach What happens when you put six playwrights, six directors and 16 actors all into the Hepburn Zoo with one mission at hand - to create, direct and produce six plays all within the constraints of a 24-hour period? Mission impossible, you ask? Not for these Middlebury College ...
Author: James Kerrigan With 7:46 remaining in the third period, the Middlebury fans broke out - perhaps presumptuously - into song, with the "Tiny Bubbles" cheer. But give the game-goers some credit. Even though the Panthers held only a one-goal advantage, they were playing inspired hockey and firing ...
Author: Brian Fung Members of the Inter-House Council (IHC) issued a recommendation to administration officials on Jan. 8 that, if ratified, would render on-campus social house The Mill a "non-residential organization" for the spring term. The recommendation comes nearly a month after a fire with an ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The Middlebury Campus spoke with Ezra Axelrod '08 and Judith Dry '09, stars of the up-coming production "Sweeney Todd," which will be performed on Jan. 25 and 26 in the CFA Concert Hall. The Middlebury College production of the Tony Award-winning musical, with music and lyrics ...
Author: Andrew Torre With our economy seemingly headed into rough waters, it might help suffering Americans to better understand some of the things they're up against in seeking relief. Ironically, we are given a partial insight from the Great Obfuscator himself, George Bush.When Congress passed the ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman Springsteen visits Midd with son on college tourBruce Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and their 17-year-old son Evan visited Middlebury on Dec. 6, 2007. Evan, the eldest son of the famous musician, interviewed with Assistant Director of Admissions Scott Atherton. Student tour ...
Author: Daniel Roberts In my history discussion yesterday, amidst a riveting talk about the influence of Jesuit missionaries in Japan in the 1500s (like I said, riveting), a tinny, obnoxious electronica beat suddenly pierced the room. It was some girl's cell phone, and it sounded like a Mozart concerto ...
Author: Emily Feldman Anyone who has experienced American society during the last 20 years has been affected by and possibly inundated with representations of our cultural obsession with sex, violence and celebrity. var uslide_show_id = "b9eddff6-1fda-4f0d-a9a5-3a6e97fb5cdc";var slideshowwidth = "468";var ...
Author: Kelly Janis Middlebury is hard at work to continue to bridge the divide between the College and the town - this time, quite literally. In a campus-wide e-mail issued on Nov. 29, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the College's commitment to donate $18 million to the town ...
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Author: Tess Russell Looking to relieve some of that exam week stress? Heather Pynne '11 has the perfect prescription.Earlier this year, Pynne and her friend Sarah Simonds '11 stumbled upon an "amazing climbing tree" near their rooms in Ross. Before the temperature dropped a few weeks ago, the two ...
Author: Ashley Gamell One afternoon over Thanksgiving break, I was elbowing my way through the MoMa's collection of charcoal drawings by Georges Seurat, the French master of pointillist color and light (open through January 7). A swell of people edged along the gallery perimeter, squinting at the small ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes with help from Jay Dolan Juice Bar not satisfying your hot chocolate needs? Have no fear - inspired by the wintry wonderland that Middlebury became under the second snowfall of the year, The Campus went in search of the best cup of hot chocolate in Middlebury, and this is what ...
Author: [no author name found] Twist O'Wool GuildWhat is your skill level in constructing and decorating drop spindles, making knitted I-cord candy canes and weaving heart ornaments. Up to par? No? Mmm, yeah, that's what we thought. Good thing the American Legion is holding Christmas mini-workshops ...
Author: [no author name found] Bringing workload to the tableChances are, if you are a student on campus at this time of year, you are reading this editorial somewhere between your morning lecture courses, your afternoon sports or a capella practices and that meeting with the student organization of ...
Author: Douglas Sisson "Let's just stop by. At least be seenÖ" Sound familiar? If it doesn't, then you don't eavesdrop. I have heard the "at least be seen" reasoning a few too many times to ignore. What does it mean to be seen at a certain place or with certain people? This is a question often taken ...