Author: Thomas Brant & Cecelia Goldschmidt Note: the Focus layout is best viewed in Acrobat Reader with the "facing" option selected under View--Page LayoutIs the College finally becoming a global village?It turns out that the answer is yes. But we've only just started. On paper, Middlebury is admirably ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel On Saturday, Nov. 11, the men's soccer team faced the Wheaton Lyons in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Panthers raised the aggressive level of play that made them NESCAC champions, authoritatively handing Wheaton a 5-0 loss. "We came out like we had ...
Author: [no author name found] Students gathered Tuesday in Ross Dining Hall to make their voices heard as the U.S. Marine Corps recruited on campus. Outraged at the College's decision to allow an organization that discriminates against homosexuals to come to Middlebury, protestors focused their efforts ...
Author: Amanda Greene Our generation loves cell phones. Text-messaging. Drunk dials. Dinner plans. Cell phones allow students to be in one place, but to be aware of everything that's transpiring elsewhere. We can watch the free Friday film while finding out about the turnout of the Pearsons party, ...
Author: Matt Ferrer Eleven NESCAC schools≠, 21 NESCAC varsity squash teams-that is what the landscape of NESCAC squash looked like until this year. Middlebury was the only school in its conference that had a women's varsity squash program but not a men's one. "It was an anomaly," said Middlebury Athletic ...
Author: Mary Lane Dave, a large man covered in tattoos and his colleague, Chris, a skinny, black-haired man with a thick Boston accent, stood in front of a group of some 40 Middlebury College students at a Christian Fellowship meeting on Nov. 4. Both share testimonies regarding their transformations ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman "The phenomenon of the a cappella group is, surprisingly enough, not one that developed on New England's liberal arts college campuses. From royal court entertainment to a few guys on the corner, vocal ensembles have sung about the important things in life for several centuries," ...
Author: James O'Brien Middlebury needs to pass a law about the stupid flyers that students put up in the hallways. Hellooo. I need to walk there. I don't want the advertisement for some kid's coffee house performance distracting me from my brilliant Miltonian musings as I trudge up the stairs to English ...
Author: Will Mallett The Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) conducted a wild apple tree release workshop in the Murdock Woods on Nov. 10 as part of an ongoing series of workshops designed to benefit both the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) and the volunteers who participate. The afternoon event was both ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In response to the editorial about study drugs ("Study drug use on campus requires closer look," Nov. 8) and the honor code - from what Doug Sisson writes in his other op-ed (Adderrall's unfair advantage), obtaining a prescription for Adderall doesn't seem ...
Author: Michelle Constant If the Early Decision I application pool for the Class of 2012 continues to resemble last year's pool, approximately 700 applications will have found their way to the Office of Admissions by today's application deadline. While Early Decision I applications are projected to ...
Author: Kelly Janis American flags wafted over the leaf-strewn altar of the Middlebury United Methodist Church on Nov. 11 as the congregation held a special Veterans Day service to honor local residents who have served in the military. The gathering - which featured patriotic hymns, the recitation of ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Michael Suen Middlebury's initiative to install a campus-wide wireless network is underway, and most buildings will likely offer wireless service by the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year, according to College officials. Following the selection of the enterprise-driven Aruba Networks ...
Author: Patrick Jobson In a short but heated 20-minute debate, the Community Council's weekly meeting on Nov. 12 revised the College's policy on student-faculty relationships to include a prohibition against the practice.The College has been discussing the possibility of updating the sexual relations ...
Author: Anthony Adragna As the sun rose on a crisp, fall day, students took to Battell Beach, otherwise named "the pitch," with the goal of leaving the Muggle world. On Nov. 11, college students from all over entered the world of "Harry Potter" during the first annual Intercollegiate Quidditch World ...
Author: Alex Garlick Impassioned debate is good for the liberal arts educational experience. Unfortunately, as of late I have observed the debate regarding these pages to be pathetically partisan and personal. (I apologize for all the alliteration).Last week, Ward Wolff '08 penned an opinion piece on ...
Author: [no author name found] Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.The College Orchestra, under the direction of Troy Peters, performed on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Mahaney CFA concert hall. The orchestra, which underwent a renaissance last year, performed the ambitious program of Borodin, Corigliano ...