Author: Erika Mercer "I'm from Chicago, but now I live in the country in a barn." When Andrew Bird, with his tall melancholy stature and moody brown eyes, uttered this sentence from atop the stage at Higher Ground last Wednesday, the simple words sounded profound. Now, what he meant was that he grew ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca This weekend, Middlebury citizens not only took a stand but also took a walk - for five miles in the pouring rain - to show their support for continued diabetes research. About 40 walkers participated in the Middlebury Walk for Diabetes, which began at Porter Medical Center at ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos Despite a strong overall performance, the Middlebury football team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 15-13 loss to Colby on Saturday Sept. 27. In what can only be called a game that could have gone either way, a Colby player managed to deflect a 34-yard field goal attempt ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey team recorded their fifth and sixth consecutive victories of the season this weekend against Colby and Bowdoin. All three teams were perfect before the games this weekend, giving both games an added importance for all of them. As it turned out Middlebury ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In its first meeting of the year, Community Council set an agenda that will tackle student concerns in the commons system and continue discussion of social life issues.Dean of Student Affairs and Faculty Co-chair of the Community Council Ann Hanson opened the meeting with a review ...
Author: Jack Donaldson There are few things more frustrating for an athlete than a lack of cooperation from above. Such was Middlebury's experience this weekend at Taconic Golf Club, Williams College's home course, for the NESCAC Championship. In fact, the Northeastern tear of Hurricane Isabel that ...
Author: Virginia Harper Members of Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO) are working this semester with the office of Student Affairs and the Community Council in order to better their standing in the social house community and in the hopes of coming off of social probation by spring.Every year, the Community Council ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer It seems ironic that the "junior counselor," program at Middlebury was implemented in 1958 as "a constructive alternative to hazing." In the first 100 years of the College's history, hazing was a "neutral" term, according to Dean of Advising Karl Lindholm '67. Even the faculty ...
Author: Crystal Belle If you have ever been in New York City and purchased an overpriced, salty hot dog, you've certainly discovered one of the Big Apple's hidden treasures. Sometimes you wonder how long the great American frankfurters have been resting in the yellowish hot water. Yet you eat every ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Last spring, the "Rodriguez Manifesto" made it quite clear: Should Sam Rodriguez '04 be elected Student Government Association (SGA) president, the SGA would be more accessible to students. Rodriguez's platform was manifold, but his highly personable demeanor pervaded the entire ...
Author: Kate Doorley Breaking away from its traditional issues, the Green Party declared that it supports a reduction in defense spending and opposes the Patriot Act and mass media corporations. While these elements would not seem to be related to the Green Party on the surface, they have become key ...
Author: Joshua Carson A little over five years ago, The Grille was a swimming pool. Since its reconstruction, the McCullough Student Center has been trying to establish itself as one of the central social spaces on campus. But what has it really become? A mailroom, a coffee house, a community center? ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Student Government Association (SGA) President Samuel Rodriguez '04 has big plans. But with his energetic campaign speeches still fresh in their minds, students are waiting for action."Right now," admitted Rodriguez, "what we are in the process of doing still is research and building ...
Author: Hilary Eisen There is a Community Investment (CI) initiative on campus working to persuade Middlebury College to invest some of its endowment in our local community. As students, are very fortunate to attend Middlebury and reap its benefits. One of the great things about Middlebury is its location ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Keeping the lights on a little bit longer, the Middlebury College Museum of Art presents its inaugural "Museum Unplugged" Thursday, Oct. 2 from 8 to 11 p.m. Caleb Elder '04 and the Bittersweet String Band, featuring Caleb Elder and Charlotte Carlson '05 on the fiddle, Alex Reiser ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos After having not lost a single set in its first two meets of the season, The Middlebury Women's Tennis team continued its convincing success with a 9-0 triumph over Wesleyan on Sept. 27, before losing to Tufts by 5-4 the following day. Despite breaking into the loss column, ...
Author: Tom McCann Middlebury College has a long and proud tradition of sporting excellence, but in few sports has Middlebury ever dominated to such an extent as the men's rugby team does. The visit of Williams to Middlebury last Saturday did not upset the form book and indeed the Panthers recorded ...
Author: [no author name found] Sam Rodriguez's presidential campaign last spring energized the historically stale politics of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Middlebury College. His fresh ideas and palpable enthusiasm merited a ringing endorsement from this editorial board. But the first ...
Author: Abbie Beane "Art does not have to be restricted to stone, bronze or paint. It can utilize the materials and concepts of our times. For Michelangelo, marble was the contemporary material, and the human form was the contemporary subject of his time. If he [Michelangelo] were an artist working ...
Author: Joshua Carson Are you thinking about double fisting those two Busch Lights? What about dancing while sipping on your Jack and Coke? Well, if you are in the great state of Vermont, you had better not, especially if Investigator Melanie Boutin of the State of Vermont Liquor Control Board is on ...