Author: JOYCE MAN In the face of disaster, or rather because of the necessities it poses, people enterprise. We've all seen them - news of hurricanes, reports on riots and photographs of devastating tsunamis and earthquakes. Death tolls in Indonesia and Pakistan, curfews in France, arrests in Iraq ...
Author: jason f. Siegel UVM alcohol rule riles studentsDue to a recent change in the alcohol policy, of-age students at the University of Vermont may only possess 24 servings of alcohol at a time, rather than the previous 56, approximately the size of a keg. The rule, known as the "Common Source Policy," ...
Author: Kerren McKeeman Meet Zhuo Tian, known to her students as teacher Tian, or Tian Laoshi. She is Middlebury's newest Chinese language professor, hired from the CET Academic Program in Beijing. She is also filling the position of the Chinese house teaching assistant. If asked five years ago what ...
Author: Laura Barrett On Oct. 27, the Strategic Planning Committee announced the possibility of changing the room draw process for seniors. The committee has decided to invest more in faculty and staff rather than in building more housing, so the quality differences in senior housing among commons will ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Google Search Ugueth "Ugie" Urbina: Click…an opening to a column only Niall Sullivan could envision. Some interesting hits surface when you search for information on the 31-year-old (age possibly important or at least not uninteresting) Venezuelan, including statistics evidencing ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Following up on the campaign promises of many recently-elected senators, Middlebury's Student Government Association (SGA) met with administrators last Sunday to discuss the impact of College policy regarding private parties and social life on campus. The SGA also unveiled ...
Author: [no author name found] The press release and all-campus e-mail sent out by Middlebury College and President Ronald D. Liebowitz last Thursday offered a skewed view of the final ruling on the O'Neil Walker case by only referring to the decision in relation to the Judicial Appeals Board (JAB) ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG E-mail hoax strikes Middlebury inboxes Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson informed students on Monday of an e-mail hoax targeted at student inboxes. According to Hanson's memorandum, "a number of students" received the hoax e-mail, which originated from an off-campus source. The ...
Author: ERIN DOHERTY '05.5 I would first like to congratulate Brainerd Commons for hosting the very successful "Jaws" screening in the Natatorium. The overall praise from the many students that attended the event far outweighs the criticism from those who simply read about the event in The Campus.I ...
Author: Eri Nosaka It was a heartbreaking moment when the referee blew his whistle ending the semifinals game of the Northeast Territorial. With a score of 20-15, Middlebury College endured its first loss this year which ended the season earlier than expected. Despite warm weather and a devoted group ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese Brunswick, Maine was the place for four teams to take a stab at moving closer to attaining the ultimate goal of a national title. It was also a place for three teams to see their season end and the place for seniors to see their proud and illustrious college careers come to a close. ...
Author: ANNA SPENCER MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - It's strange, but one of the things I miss most about living in the United States is eavesdropping. Not the eavesdropping one does through a keyhole or with an upside-down water glass against a door, but the unconscious kind. The kind one does in the dining ...
Author: ABIGAIL MITCHELL In the past I have felt that Middlebury lacked a solid selection of literary magazines, or the ones that did exist were not extensively publicized. However, much to my gratification, the tides seem to be changing this year. Several new magazines have come out and old ones are ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Personally, I don't know what the hoopla about the Brainerd Commons screening of "Jaws" in the Natatorium is all about. In the last two issues of The Campus, opinion pieces were published condemning the event as frivolous and wasteful. Unlike the authors ...
Author: [no author name found] I was first introduced to My Morning Jacket with their third full-length "It Still Moves," which is the band's seminal album. I immediately loved the Kentucky 5-piece band. They had a big, classic southern rock sound that soared but never seemed to hit anything. For those ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER The 200 Days Party held in Atwater Dining Hall on Friday night was supposed to be a classy event dedicated to the senior class's countdown to commencement. But the party didn't exactly hit the bull's-eye of Target Classy. It ended up wrapping all of our clichéd first-year drinking ...
Author: Zachary Hecht-Leavitt From the haunting, dreamlike cascade of notes that marked the beginning of Company's opening number, it was clear that this was not your ordinary musical. Sure, there were the occasional tap dances and kick lines, but throughout the production flowed an undercurrent of ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury Campus: When did you start playing football?Stefan Hrdina: Probably about third or fourth grade. I played for the town next to me, Ridgefield, in Connecticut 'cause our town didn't have a football team.Campus: Were you a standout player there?SH: Not really, no. I started ...
Author: Polly Johnson As I continue on this journey known as junior year, I have opted to forego Grille-inspired social time in order to take advantage of the more intellectual pursuits our school has to offer. Most recently, I attended Jim Amoss' talk about the obstacles he, as Editor in Chief of the ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner For the second winter in a row, the Vermont state legislature will be forced to use state funds to provide heating cost assistance for low-income families. American consumers from all income brackets are forking over more money than ever to pay for fuel and - in colder parts ...