Author: Melissa Marshall Middlebury College is a community renowned for its diversity and commitment to promoting the student body's involvement in many different endeavors and activities, so it was somewhat shocking to discover that it has no formal jazz ensemble. "When I came to Middlebury here as ...
Author: Annie Onishi The Student Government Association (SGA) convened Sunday in the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room to vote on the proposed SafeRides program, a program providing student-run transportation from off-campus parties. The SGA also received a report from Middlebury College President ...
Author: JUSTINE KATZENBACH Perhaps the most seductive aspect of "Match Point" is that Woody Allen excludes himself from the picture. The absence of that high-pitched, screeching voice, nagging with idiosyncrasies, concerns and anxieties, is certainly a relief. The unlikely hero that Allen always chooses ...
Author: JOHN MONTESANTI AUSTRALIA-Australia tends to be a little more lax on most everything: no shoes required at the grocery store, no leashes on their dogs and no tops on their bikinis. They also like their booze, most of the time. The interesting part of Coogee is that everyone here seems to be ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Anti-abortion activists in Vermonthave just reached another milestone on their pro-choice agenda. Residents of the town of Milton, in Chittenden County, have become the latest community in the state to succeed in placing a parental notification recommendation on this spring's ...
Author: JASON GUTIERREZ I think it is finally time to set the record straight and clear emo's name. Emo is a sub-genre of hardcore punk. It has enjoyed several waves of popularity, the first of such waves coming out of the Washington D.C. hardcore scene during the mid 1980s. Bands like Rites of Spring ...
Author: Joyce Man If one were to single something out about this year's production of "The Vagina Monologues," it would be the performance's attempt to leave no one singled out. This, after all, is the quintessential play about discovering the female self through community sharing. The formula is simple ...
Author: Mike Murali On Saturday, March 4, a silent auction will take place in the Grand Salon of Le Chateau to raise money for charities responding to food shortages in the African nation of Malawi. Items will be donated by local Vermont businesses and artists, and all proceeds will benefit the World ...
Author: Justin Golenbock The spirit of the 2006 Torino Games has left me pondering the discourse of my virgin column: the true meaning of greatness. As a fairly vocal opponent of the fairy tale of nationalism that the Olympic Games present, any objective argument on the aforementioned spirit should ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Jay Yonamine '07, a political science major, spent his fall term in D.C. - definitely commonplace - but on Jan. 21 he "did the most extreme thing [he's] ever done," when he fought a mixed martial arts bout. With SPRAWL scrawled across his shorts, Jay won his first fight in an ...
Author: LAUREN SMITH Realism is making a comeback. Just wait and see. It will soon be filling the studios of countless college students who, last year, were splattering paint on mud-smeared canvases or sculpturing deformed cows out of paper mache. This artist isn't complaining. Let me tell you why realism ...
Author: Zoey Burrows The Student Government Association (SGA), under President Eli Berman '07.5, temporarily discontinued the Collegiate Readership Program this week. The program, which provides free newspapers in dining halls for students to read, was cancelled after dining hall workers complained ...
Author: Liz Campbell In response to a growing deficiency of student awareness and activism on the Middlebury College campus, a group of students is organizing the Midd8 Global Spring Symposium in order to increase student participation in global affairs and to enhance the role of young people in the ...
Author: Katie Flagg Dean of the College Tim Spears confirmed on Monday that two students have been disciplined for violating College policy following an encounter involving racial epithets allegedly followed by physical force. The Jan. 27 incident has sparked a Community Judicial Board inquiry and several ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR Crunch time for Midd teamsDespite the completion of the seasons of most winter sports teams, Middlebury College is set to host a number of important athletic events over the next couple of weeks. The main draw this weekend will be the Middlebury Carnival on Feb. 24-25, ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman Admissions data affecting the College's national ranking was hotly contested among the faculty, who also discussed grade inflation and the Starr Restoration Project at a meeting on Monday in John M. McCardell, Jr. BiCentennial Hall. The first order of business presented in the ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER So I finally moved off campus and into an apartment in town. I did it for one reason: to escape the wrath of BannerWeb, which is a threat to Liberty and our very way of life.Anyone who's watched a sci-fi movie (not that I'm "into the genre" - don't judge me) knows that in the ...
Author: Katherine Doorley Last night I spoke to a friend of mine and he mentioned that his school has a "President for a day" program, where one student is able to be just that. This got me thinking about what I would do if I had that power. Now of course you're probably thinking that I'd reform the ...
Author: Robbie de Picciotto On Feb. 11, the Middlebury indoor track team traveled to Maine for a meet against Bowdoin and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The team experienced much success during the weekend, which provided momentum heading into the D-III New England meet. Jen Katz '09 won both the 55m ...
Author: Joshua Carson Something revolutionary occurred last weekend in the town of Middlebury - a new restaurant opened. Expanding from its flagship store in Vergennes, Eat Good Food has opened a second location on Main Street right next to the Alpine Shop, ushering in a fresh perspective on dining ...