Author: Andrea LaRocca A little bit of the tropics came to Middlebury this past weekend with the annual Caribbean Weekend celebration. The events began on Thursday with a screening of the film "Orpheus" and then continued on into Friday with a performance by a traditional steel band called Pan Ivory ...
Author: Chris Richards Three college students endure an icy Middlebury day in a film that intertwines their stories to explore relationships immersed in the awkward, alienating and quirky social world of a small liberal arts college. Clever, subdued performances, striking use of color and images and ...
Author: Erich Kahner It seems Mother Nature has a grudge against New England sports. Last Saturday, the Middlebury men and women's track and field teams traveled south to Williams to take part in the water-logged New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships. ...
Author: Edward Pickering Autobiographies rarely attain 'classic' status. Most are of the airport newsstand variety. Retired generals and politicians transcribe blow-by-blow testimonials and actors and athletes fill pages with self-pity. The life of these autobiographies is short: they fly off the shelves ...
Author: Edith Honan Something is rotten in Washington. Reading White House press releases about the Energy Bill of 2003, it almost seems as if war in the Persian Gulf has inspired a transformation of sorts in the American President. His rhetoric is one of fighting global warming and of a radical overhaul ...
Author: Venessa Wong The 15 students of ES 401, the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar, do not sit idly in dim lecture halls and perfunctorily scribble notes. Rather, the class, divided into two groups. One researched the use of local Vermont wood and woodworkers for the Ross/LaForce building project ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart According to Sen. Gerry Gossens (D-Addison) and his fellow lawmakers, when it comes to the permit process, compared to residents of many other states, Vermonters have it pretty good. "I've talked to folks in other states, and all they do is complain about their permit process," ...
Author: Edward Pickering The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Middlebury College and eight other schools a $2.5 million grant to support faculty career enhancement. According to a College press release, the four-year grant will be used to "address concerns about time, intellectual growth and ...
Author: David Freedman The Middlebury men's lacrosse team will host its third straight New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament in Alumni Stadium this weekend, having earned the number one seed, a first round-bye, and the right to host the final four by finishing the conference ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg Although the Middlebury softball team's hot winning streak sadly came to end, it still has reason to celebrate. For the first time ever, the Panthers are heading to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. After playing their last regular-season NESCAC ...
Author: Ryan Gamble The Vermont State Legislature recently passed a bill that authorizes the distribution of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the state police. AEDs are a new generation of defibrillators that were designed to allow lay persons to deliver defibrillation. They are small, easy-to-use, ...
Author: Erika Mercer It's the delicate touch of your hair blown by the wind across on your cheek. The faint plink from a drop of water falling from your faucet against your sink. The slight waft of perfume from a passerby on the street. It's every instant that engages your senses so barely that you ...
Author: David Lindholm The men's tennis team had lofty hopes for this weekend's New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament, and came up just short of archrival Williams College. Despite the setback, the team has a high ranking in the upcoming NCAA tournament and have their sights ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Presented by Middlebury College Musical Players (MCMP) and directed by David Moan '04, "Children of Eden" rocked McCullough this past weekend. This more obscure musical dramatizes the early chapters of The Bible, from Adam and Eve to Noah and the flood. The play's focus on the ...
Author: Tabby Connor The potential solutions to the future of Iraq are as varied as were opinions about the war itself - but all seem to point towards one primary goal: putting the power back in the hands of the Iraqi people as soon as possible. People who were opposed to the war in the first place, ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief The anniversary of Vermont's landmark civil unions bill passed almost unnoticed last week. The debate that three years ago polarized the electorate has since faded into the mainstream, with even the most vocal opponents accepting its place in Vermont's law books. Vermont ...
Author: Dan Polifka Middlebury College hosted an Environmental Fair on the Middlebury Town Green this Sunday, drawing support from businesses, local organizations, town residents and students who shared the common goal of encouraging ecological awareness. The event, set up in conjunction with Earth ...
Author: Lanford Beard Slanted, inaccurate and misrepresentative: these words came to mind while reading last week's article on Riddim's Spring show ("Riddim Rolls Out the Red Carpet," The Middlebury Campus, April 23, 2003). The Campus wrote, "The production truly reflected the Club's multi-cultural ...
Author: Dan Shea For the Panthers, whose on-court performances this year have exceeded the expectations of their opponents and even, at times, themselves, came home this weekend and only then asked to be picked up and turned around. On Sunday, Middlebury played host to Bowdoin College in the season's ...
Author: Mallika Rao This past Monday night, an audience at the Robert A. Jones '59 house was treated to the eloquent words of Betty Mould-Iddrisu, chief state attorney of Ghana. The event was conceptualized by Kathryn Boateng '05 and sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the Religion ...