Author: Polly Johnson With April comes the arrival of spring, flip-flops, shorts and ... admitted students deciding in a scant two days whether Middlebury is the place they want to spend four of the most important years of their lives.This year, April preview days will take place on April 10 and April ...
Author: ANDREW CARNABUCI '06 If there is but one primal, universal and absolute first principle of moral philosophy, it is that killing innocent people is wrong. Even if you do not accept this principle as a moral imperative, you must accept it as a matter of praxis, for the sake of living together ...
Author: Katie Flagg Saturday marked the kick-off for a new Saturday bus service linking Middlebury and Burlington, an initiative co-sponsored by Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR), the Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) and the College's Office of the Treasurer. While SGA and ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Forget the Powerbars. Forget the steroids. No, the secret to athletic success is much sweeter.Milk is more than just part of a balanced diet and a key element to making Wheaties the breakfast of champions. A recent study published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition ...
Author: Michael McCormick Middlebury women's tennis has three wins and two losses thus far in their spring season, as they played an indoor match at home before spring break and then headed south for warmer weather and outdoor tennis. The Panthers beat Brandeis 9-0 in their first match of the season ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER I ended up in the Bahamas for spring break. And it was everything I could've hoped for: more high-fiving than an ADP party, more sunburns than the early days of British colonialism. Everybody (and I know I'm prone to hyperbole, but seriously - everybody on Spring Break) was ...
Author: Jake Cohen The Middlebury women's hockey program won its third consecutive NCAA National Championship last week with a 3-1 win over number one-seeded Plattsburgh in Stafford Ice Arena. Led by Coach Bill Mandigo, the second-ranked women fought their way through the playoffs beating Manhattanville ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen FRENCH JOB PROTESTSMore than a million protesters - mostly students - participated yesterday in sometimes violent protests against new youth employment laws across France. The laws in question would allow employers incorporated in France to terminate employees under the age ...
Author: [no author name found] The Student Government Association (SGA)-sponsored shuttles to Boston and New York have been enormously successful, often selling out rides well in advance and helping to eliminate travel plan headaches for many students. The Campus does not believe that the weekly service ...
Author: BENJAMIN GOLZE I feel horrible. The only thing keeping me awake right now is a cup of coffee I had with lunch. I have that awful feeling of being held above the brink of sweet, sweet sleep by a necessary chemical high. This is because I just arrived back at school from a red-eye flight from ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman and Christine Nielson Maybe it's our undying love of country tunes. Maybe it's our shared secret wish to be mistaken for southern belles. Or maybe we just have a thing for cowboys. Whatever the reason, Lisie has been dreaming about a southern road trip since she first learned that ...
Author: Mike Ives '06.5 I tell you, Ron, I'm a bit confused. When you announced that Ann Veneman would be our commencement speaker ["Veneman to Address Grads," March 16], you characterized her as someone capable of providing "an important and relevant message to students who would be leaving the relatively ...
Author: POLLY JOHNSON Duke lacrosse players accused of gang rapeA gang rape investigation involving several male lacrosse players is underway at Duke University. The team members allegedly raped, strangled and robbed an exotic dancer who was one of two dancers hired to perform at a private party at ...
Author: Melissa Marshall In our culture, where a "good" song is seen as something with a distinguishable refrain, it was refreshing to see the Middlebury College Center for the Arts Concert Hall reasonably full on a Monday night with highly entertained spectators. The Tengir-Too Ensemble, whose musical ...
Author: Dave Barker Though I have already alerted the College administration and the Director of Dining Services, I felt it necessary to share with students an incident I observed on Tuesday morning while working my usual shift as a kitchen helper at Atwater Dining Hall. As I was making banana bread ...
Author: Rachel Durfee and CC Ragan In March of 1991 Lawrence Miller brewed his first batch of Otter Creek Ale. Fifteen years later the local brewery is celebrating its anniversary with a series of limited edition beers and a special anniversary ale. To learn more about the brewery, which locally develops, ...
Author: Geoff Homer While all of us enjoyed the sun and sand, the men's lacrosse team was hard at work competing in three games. The Panthers won the first game at home before going south for their annual spring break trip, during which they compiled a .500 record on the road. On Saturday, March 18, ...
Author: Julia McKinnon Over spring break, a number of energetic Middlebury volunteer groups headed to New Orleans to see the damage incurred by Hurricane Katrina and join the thousands of college students who chose to spend their vacations rebuilding towns in the Gulf Coast.Many curious and concerned ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Vermont is often considered to be one of the most progressive and tolerant states in the nation, and is well known for initiatives such as Civil Unions. Thus, it might seem surprising that a Burlington area school is currently under fire for canceling a presentation by the ...
Author: Gabe Broughton The subjects of David Foster Wallace's new book of essays, "Consider the Lobster," include the porn industry, John Updike's undying narcissism and the general awfulness of "Towards the End of Time," Franz Kafka's under-appreciated "funniness," the "seamy underbelly of U.S. lexicography," ...