Author: Ryan W. Reese The women's field hockey team was well aware that they were faced with a tall order this past weekend. The Panthers were slated to play host to their counterparts from the far north as Maine's NESCAC contingent rolled into town. After the weekend was over, the Panthers knew they ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG Bachelor's degree payoff takes a hit While it still pays to earn that college degree, the financial benefits derived from earning a bachelor's degree are beginning to falter. In a market where the percentage of college-educated young people has never been higher, the wage premium ...
Author: Polly Johnson Last Saturday morning on Middlebury's Town Green was no ordinary weekend morning. On Oct. 1, dogs and their owners took over the town from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., all in the name of participating in the Addison County Humane Society's (ACHS) annual Woofstock. The event brought together ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Sophomore Tory MacNeil, much like fellow lefty Canadian golfer Mike Weir, turns up her game in important competitions. MacNeill, who spends her winters up-front on the women's hockey team attacking the opponent's net, spent the weekend on top of the leader board, finishing only ...
Author: Daniel L.J. Phillips Public Safety confirmed earlier this week that the anonymous student who allegedly called in a bomb threat at Gifford Hall on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 25, was referring to a "bong," not a bomb, outside a particular student's room.Director of Public Safety Lisa Boudah ...
Author: Dan Berkman The men and women's cross country teams can both call themselves state champions. In front of a home crowd cheering them on, both teams used the home course to their advantage to dominate the rest of the field. Overall, it was a great day to be a Panther.The Middlebury women literally ...
Author: Dave Barker My 2.8-ounce Samsung sch-a630 cell phone came in a non-descript box last week. Not since the movie Cast Away has FedEx had such an important package to deliver. Now that friends and family are at the touch of the "send button," every available free moment begs a phone call. But, ...
Author: Dina Magaril Most students have heard about Middlebury College's renowned Summer Language Schools long before they even set foot on campus. Rumors of the intense seven-to-nine-week programs flood the campus at the beginning of each school year, and students who participated in the schools over ...
Author: Sean P. Breen Mary's Restaurant, part of the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol, is a much-loved secret among Middlebury's dining-out crowd. The 20-minute drive north of Middlebury along Route 116 is especially beautiful during the fall season as the leaves begin to change and the sun is still ...
Author: Jeanine Buzali The construction of The Donald E. Axinn '51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, to be located in a renovated Starr Library, is now scheduled to break ground this year. The plan is to convert the old library into a brand new facility that will house the English Department, ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Diversity in the dictionary: "the condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness." Despite what one might hear, there is diversity at Midd. We are a student body that is different and varied. We come from all 50 states and all over the ...
Author: Alina Levina On Friday Sept. 30, Middlebury's International Studies Colloquium lunchtime lecture hosted guest speaker Bill Berkeley, a former New York Times editorial writer and international affairs reporter for the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and the Washington Post. Berkeley ...
Author: James Kerrigan The women's soccer team had an undefeated parent's weekend with two solid performances. Both opponents were seated higher than Middlebury coming into the weekend. After 110 minutes on Saturday, the women played Colby to a tie on Sunday, the Panthers exploded for three goals on ...
Author: Eri Nosaka On Saturday the women's middlebury rugby team suffered an unfortunate loss to Keene State by a score of 0-12. As the team matures, it still struggles with its lack of experienced players. However, newcomers Rachel Korschun '09 and Amelia Magistrali '09 made a strong impact on Saturday. ...
Author: Zachary Hecht-Leavitt Jim Stoltz is 11,750 feet high atop a cold, wind-blasted mountain summit and heading down. Forty yards of icy slope and a 100-foot drop stand between him and his goal, the snow basin. Hesitating, he kicks in his crampons. They only bite in an inch. Kick. Step. Kick. Step. ...
Author: Sarah Poling Luehrman This past weekend was an exciting one for the Middlebury volleyball team at the Amherst Classic Tournament. They held three suspenseful matches against important rivals, two of them NESCAC teams. "This tournament gave us a glimpse into what our team could become," commented ...
Author: Daniel j. Phillips Just after midnight Sunday, an anonymous male made a call from an emergency phone within Gifford Hall and told the operator at Public Safety's telecommunications center that there was a bomb outside a particular individual's room. According to Public Safety's system, the call ...
Author: Dan Berkman Conditions were ideal, with clear blue skies and temperatures in the high 60s as Middlebury's men and women's cross country teams rode their first place finishes last week into Williams, for the Purple Valley Classic. The men's team finished fourth overall and the women's team finished ...
Author: Steve Beslow A week after dominating the NESCAC field at the Panther Invitational, the Middlebury men's tennis squad had another strong showing at last weekend's Cornell Invitational. After three victories in their own tournament, it was important that the Panther's keep their momentum going ...
Author: Geoff Homer Kicking off their 2005 campaign, the North Atlantic Division defending champion Middlebury men's water polo team traveled to Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada this past weekend for a preseason tournament. With limited practice time under their belts, the team intended to get ...