Author: Revathi Avasarala During the Student Government Association's (SGA) second meeting of the year, held last Friday, the senators passed their first bill, a Public Transport Resolution. The bill, passed with twelve voting members in favor, two against and two abstaining, calls for an extension ...
Author: [no author name found] Another "Right to Listen"Last Sunday's protests may have overshadowed another important event — the building and raising of a symbolic closet by members of Middlebury's Open and Queer Alliance, or moqa. The closet, a colorful and poignant amalgam of slogans and plyboard, ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg The Middlebury women's volleyball team will play host this weekend to a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) invitational tournament and square off against rivals Wesleyan (Friday), Trinity (Saturday) and Connecticut College (Saturday). All three of these matchups ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Gardner-Webb U. Rocked by Grade ScandalGardner-Webb University, a small Baptist school in North Carolina, has been shaken by a cheating scandal involving the school's president and trustees that has resulted in protests and faculty resignations. President Christopher White admitted ...
Author: Michael Kirkland On Friday, the men's and women's cross-country teams competed in the Open New England Championship, which took place at Franklin Park in Boston. The cool temperature and the steady drizzle made for a terrific day to race. The women's varsity squad ran most impressively, finishing ...
Author: Tim McCahill Words possess power, yet action often boasts more clout. In constructing "the closet," members of MOQA, its allies and other assorted students, staff and faculty sought to create an unmistakable symbol of the fear, harassment and societal unease that indoctrinate so many gay, lesbian, ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin Have you noticed the barn-shaped building near the modular homes? The building is home to the new Middlebury College Recycling Center, which has been up and running since last spring. "The facility is so much better than before," says Missy Paquette, Recycling Center coordinator. ...
Author: Erika Mercer It's like going for a midnight swim during late summer in a secluded mountain lake. You're surrounded only by distant stars, the frequent gleam of moonlight teasing the rippling water and a slight breeze rustling the trees. You've swum far out, and the water is black, deep and chilly, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer On Saturday, Oct. 12, Middlebury's Center for International Affairs was renamed the Felix Rohatyn Center of International Affairs in honor of distinguished Middlebury graduate and the center's benefactor, Felix Rohatyn '49. The alum spoke in a dedication lecture in Mead Chapel ...
Author: Liz Lathey In light of the protests at Ari Fleischer's talk at Mead Chapel, the prospect of a war with Iraq is on everyone's mind. The state of Vermont, with its typically liberal attitude, seems to have a definitively anti-war stance, as proven by the fact that all three of its representatives ...
Author: [no author name found] Driving back from dinner Sunday night, I had to go through the town of Middlebury around 6 p.m. Something was different on this Sunday, however, and it was then I rolled down my window and turned off the music so I could hear the shouts of protests against Ari Fleischer's ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein In the course of one week, the Panther women's tennis team transformed itself from defeated to deadly. Motivated by a disappointing loss to Williams, Middlebury routed the University of Vermont (UVM) 7-2 before traveling to Maine and handily beating both Colby (6-3) and Bates ...
Author: Gale Berninghausen Much like falling leaves, the myths about Weybridge House swirl and circulate around the Middlebury campus. The myths are as colorful as those autumnal leaves, and perhaps as transient. It is often thought that Weybridge House is full of hippies who are all vegetarians and ...
Author: Gale Berninghausen The Environmental Council is the driving force behind many of the environmental programs, projects and initiatives at Middlebury. The Council, comprised of students, faculty and staff, has wide-reaching effects as it seeks to improve the College's environmental awareness and ...
Author: [no author name found] Protesters from Middlebury College, the town community and from across the state of Vermont, came together at Mead Chapel on the evening of Oct. 13 to demonstrate against Ari Fleischer, Class of 1982 and press secretary to President George W. Bush. In so doing, they exercised ...
Author: Jon White The Middlebury College Alumni Association presented White House Press Secretary L. Ari Fleischer '82 with an Alumni Achievement Award Sunday in Mead Chapel. After accepting the award, Fleischer delivered a speech entitled "The Presidency and the Press," which was followed by a question ...
Author: Jeff Martin The Middlebury Panther golf team continued its utter domination this past week with a blistering round of 292 at the Eph Classic en route to winning its third tournament of the fall season. The Panthers also placed second at the Goss Invitational, to which they played host on Oct. ...
Author: [no author name found] I was eating breakfast this morning in the gleaming new Ross Dining Hall when I overheard a conversation between two young women that I hear far too often at this school. It went something like this:"What did you think of that protest last night?""Well, I sort of agreed ...
Author: [no author name found] RUGBYCleaning up its sloppy play from last week, the men's rugby team convincingly beat the University of Vermont, 36-3. Led by Ulises Zanello's '03, the men relied on their strong tackles of their forwards and continuous ball movement through their back line. In its last ...
Author: Amin Bouchentouf The Campus: The United States economy, as you mentioned last night in your speech, is not doing too well. Consumer spending is low, the national deficit is high and corporate scandals have revealed faulty accounting practices and incompetent management. With war on Iraq looking ...