Author: Polly johnson & Lisie Mehlman It's that time of year again - that time when the truth is revealed and friendships are destroyed. Yep, it's room draw. Seeing as our time as roommates is drawing to a close, and many of you are selecting your own future roommates, we thought we might offer ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Just towards the end of March there is an interesting flip in the dynamic of the admissions process - suddenly the admissions office that prospective students have been courting for the last 10 months makes an about-face and completely devotes itself to courting the chosen ones. ...
Author: David Temple '06 Dear President Liebowitz, I was shocked and disappointed by what I feel has been a lack of support from the college community for Chuck and Justin Harrington and everyone else affected by [Proctor Dining Hall Supervisor] Cheryl Harrington's death last week. Middlebury College ...
Author: Jason Siegel PARIS - Imagine you are an advertising executive, and a yogurt company asks you to market their newest flavors. Ask yourself, what would be the easiest, most logical way to market this new dairy delight? If you said, "Why, that's simple. Just show a naked woman eating yogurt," then ...
Author: DANIEL L. J. PHILLIPS ST. ANDREWS - Usually it is the pristine golf courses that allure visitors from all over the world to this small, university town that hugs the lowland coasts of Scotland. After all, St. Andrews lays it claim as the birthplace of the timeless sport, but this March the town ...
Author: Rachel Greenhaus NCAA demands academic standards The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced that it will be toughening its academic standards for Division I sports teams. Teams that were previously evaluated by their graduation rate will now be held to a more constant measure ...
Author: Jessica Jorge As the lights dimmed, all that could be seen were 23 dark figures wearing neon green glow sticks around their heads as if crowned with halos. Next, black lights illuminated the stage not to reveal the faces of the performers, but rather 46 hands glowing in white musicians gloves. ...
Author: MATTIE GRATCH, RACHEL GREENHAUS, KATIE FLAGG AND CAROLINE S. STAUFFER Library to extend hours for exam period No longer will students frantically studying for final exams find themselves facing closed library doors in the middle of the night. Last weekend, Elizabeth Schaumberg '06, Cook Commons ...
Author: Sam Wilson Conservatives do not seem too fond of the judiciary of late.Take Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. After Terri Schiavo died, DeLay said of the judges who refused to reinsert her feeding tube: "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior." ...
Author: [no author name found] Did Bates beef up their offense this year? Or were they just lucky? At any rate, they managed to score two more points against Middlebury's women's lacrosse team than they did last year and close the final score margin from 13-2 Middlebury to 13-4 Middlebury. The Panthers ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman 104 South Main Street serves as both François Clemmons' house, still adorned with all the trappings of Christmas despite the rainy April weather, and his studio, where the editing of Studio 104 -- the television program he both produces and directs for MCTV -- takes place.Even ...
Author: Sarah Shaikh Have you ever been in the Fitness Center reading the latest In Style and seen that perfect pair of earrings? The dangly ones with the beads that would look just perfect to wear to class or to dress up your Friday night outfit for the party at that cute guy's suite? Well, sadly, ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca Changes in the upcoming room draw this year include the conversion of the top floor of Stewart Hall to substance-free, sophomore housing, an increase in Brainerd senior housing and a different format for large block draw. Last Wednesday, Andrea Baier, dean of Brainerd Commons, ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN For most people, "cow" means milk for breakfast, hamburger for lunch and a prime rib for dinner. It is not a matter of inhumanity or of heartless recognition that the average person associates cattle with food consumption. Cattle owners themselves generally appreciate a juicy steak ...
Author: Stephanie Pritchard Lake Dunmore, the on-water training site for the Middlebury Crew team, still is covered in a foot of ice. It wasn't until the rains of last Tuesday melted the ice on Great Herring Pond in Plymouth, Mass.that the team was assured of a racing site. Massachusetts Maritime ...
Author: Polly Johnson Remember the good old days in Starr Library when the deafening sound of unzipping your jacket caused death stares from the intensely studious people sitting all around you? Well, you can't even hear that zipper over to the chatty cell phone conversation heard from across the stacks ...
Author: Nicholas Fager Last Saturday students crammed into McCullough Social Space to see a comedian that has been compared to Chris Rock, George Carlin and Dane Cook. These students were witness to the comical genius of Eliot Chang. Chang is from New York City and prides himself on a "no holds barred" ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:As a Middlebury parent, a working journalist, and a one-time editor of The Cornell Daily Sun, I was dismayed by Andrea Gissing's resignation as Editor-in-Chief of The Middlebury Campus. In my view, the debate over Rudolph Giuliani represents Ms. Gissing's ...
Author: RYAN REESE Phinney '05 is All-American He's done it again. The awards keep coming in for the Panther senior. Phinney led his squad through the NESCAC and NCAA playoffs and ultimately ended up hoisting a National Championship trophy high over his head for the second time in as many years. The ...
Author: RICHARD It's fun to hold personal vendettas against artists. In late 2003, when I interviewed the Rapture, and was treated like an inconsequential idiot, I made sure to routinely bash their much-acclaimed album "Echoes" in whatever writing outlet I had access to. But before you throw the red ...