Author: James Kerrigan What a week for Erin Quinn. Besides collecting his 200th and 201st win (and sixth NESCAC title) as Middlebury's men's lacrosse coach, Quinn '86 was named new director of athletics to replace Russ Riley. In the Tuesday, May 4 press conference in Kenyon Family Lounge, Tim Spears, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Last week Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcelon was denied tenure by Middlebury College. We are his senior colleagues in the Sociology/Anthropology Department. We would like the Middlebury community to know that, in our unanimous judgment, Marc ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed There are intramural teams that have better athletes. There are intramural teams that have won more championships. There are intramural teams that have been around longer. But there are no intramural teams that can match the intensity and enthusiasm of the Xi Omega Great White Yaks ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I spent Saturday afternoon locked in a cartoon rivalry against the two dozen wasps that had annexed the wooden staircase leading up to my apartment. I passed a paranoid hour holding a tennis racket and a can of Raid "Hot Shot" (which fires up to 27 feet and kills on contact…so ...
Author: Joyce Man Beau Baldock '06 may be a more recognizable presence on the ski slopes as part of Middlebury College's Nordic ski team. Just this January, he came in third overall at the Colby Challenge - while nursing a dislocated shoulder. But Baldock's ambitions run far beyond the ski runs. This ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN At 21 years of age, I am announcing my retirement. Although I will not yet be playing shuffleboard under shady Florida palms, it is true, the moment of departure is nigh. With Commencement approaching rapidly, it is time for me to say goodbye to Rural Banter and bid a fond farewell ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar The Middlebury crew team wrapped up its season this past weekend at the New England Championship Regatta held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Teams are selected to compete at the New England Championships based on season performance, and for the first time, Middlebury ...
Author: [no author name found] The Middlebury Campus is now on recess for the summer. Breaking news updates will be posted throughout the summer as they occur, and weekly publication will resume on Sept. 14. Please contact campus@middlebury.edu with questions or comments through the recess.
Author: Michael Jou Saturday, May 8, marked the end of yet another year for the Riddim World Dance Troupe, led by Charzetta Nixon '06, as the student organization put on its spring show entitled "Riddim Nation." Centered around dances involving mostly hip-hop elements, the show's theme reminded spectators ...
Author: Dave Barker To the Class of 2006:Assuming no one drowned in Cook Common's foam last Saturday night, you will all be graduating in a little over two weeks. I am sorry I couldn't be there to deliver this speech in person, but Williams called offering more money. Don't take the wisdom here too ...
Author: [no author name found] We are dismayed to find out that Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcelon was refused tenure. Max Weber said that a good teacher encourages the student to "give himself an account of the meaning of his own conduct." In the end, he fulfills "the duty of bringing ...
Author: BY TOM McCANN & RYAN W. REESE, SPORTS EDITOR Andrew Gardner has been named as the new head coach of Middlebury's men's and women's nordic ski teams, succeeding Terry Aldrich, who stepped down this past season after 31 years of service. Gardner arrives at Middlebury after being the head coach ...
Author: Polly Johnson As more of Middlebury's social life moves off campus and into the town bars, the more risk students face - especially underage students attempting to gain entry and drink in these bars - being caught and cited by one of the several Middlebury Police Department (MPD) officers who ...
Author: JASON MCDONALD '06 Honorable Trustees, President Liebowitz, and Middlebury College:As energy prices soar, tuition costs rise, and the climate crisis looms, we students are determined to realize a monumental and unprecedented goal: a carbon neutral Middlebury College. This means that the College ...
Author: CHRIS LIZOTTE '07 At Middlebury, where concern for sensitivity and diversity is paramount, I am shocked by the persistent tolerance for a certain set of myths about a certain type of difference. Let me elaborate: perhaps prompted by an increase in dialogue about mental health brought to Middlebury ...
Author: MELISSA MARSHALL In a life full of tedious e-reserve readings, maliciously assigned papers all due the same week and daily sunbaths on Battell Beach, one rarely has time to fit in 10 rounds of beirut a week, let alone delve into the murky waters of the Indie Scene (capitalizing it makes it more ...
Author: Mike Murali Scott Russell Sanders, an English professor at Indiana University at Bloomington and a nationally recognized environmentalist, spoke last Thursday in the Charles A. Dana Auditorium, reading from his recent memoir, "A Private History of Awe." A discussion ensued the following day ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese, SPORTS EDITOR Butler finished fourth in the 800m in last week's Division III New England Championships.The Campus: How long have you been running?Beth Butler: Since my freshmen year of high school. I wasn't too good in the beginning. In my first track race, the 100m hurdles, ...
Author: Alison Lacivita This year is a particularly special one for Sepomana - it's the 10th anniversary! Since its advent, the annual music fest hosted by WRMC has certainly had a spectacular array of bands including Yo La Tengo, (Smog), Josh Ritter, Calla, Clearlake, Enon, The French Kicks, Animal ...
Author: Jack Lysohir "Very apropos" hall of fame reviewer Daniel L.J. PhillipsOne of the great things about George Lucas's first critically acclaimed film, "American Graffiti" is that a teacher mentions that he dropped out of Middlebury College. The other great thing about "American Graffiti" is that ...