Author: Julie Shumway Amtrak has announced that, beginning Oct. 4, it will no longer employ ticketing agents in any of its Vermont stations. The closing of these ticketing offices will result in the loss of six jobs, a number that belies the reality of a company already in financial trouble.The decision ...
Author: [no author name found] Hide the beer! Stuff those stolen dishes under the bed! Put on that shirt grandma made you! No, no! Faster, you idiot! They'll be here any minute! But, oh no! It's too late. (Cue horror music) The door opens, and —gasp — it's your parents!And they brought cake. Thanks, ...
Author: Mike Kirkland On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Grafton, Mass., to compete in the Tufts Invitational. The race was a preview of the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship (NESCAC) meet which will take place next month, in that the Panthers ...
Author: Zach Allen It is time to start looking ahead to the NFL weekend, never mind that it is Wednesday. This is going to be a low rent weekend in the NFL. There will be blowouts left and right, and with a few notable exceptions, the games will not be worth watching. But I know that NFL Sunday ticket ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Explosive Discovery at U. MontanaA sophomore at the University of Montana was arrested last Wednesday night after Public Safety officers discovered explosives in his dorm room. The student, Dereck Stairs, has been charged with felony possession of explosives. Public Safety officers, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Many Americans see torture in prisons as an institution of the past — something that is not relevant to modern society. However, Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk who spoke in Bicentennial Hall on Sunday night, insisted that exactly the opposite is true. Gyatso offered stories ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury Have you ever been too lazy to walk into town for dinner, or been left behind on a run to Ames? Worry no more. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) has come to the rescue.Very few Middlebury students are aware of the public transportation system, namely the Middlebury shuttle, ...
Author: Deborah Jones "Get on board, the train has left the station!" Dean of Advising and Assistant Professor of American Literature Karl Lindholm doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to discussing one of the school's most controversial initiatives. "The College is committed to the commons."Lindholm's ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin Most Middlebury students wonder about their career path. What happens after four years in the "Middlebury bubble"? Students looking for an answer can visit the Career Services Office (CSO). Jaye Roseborough, executive director of CSO, recommends early involvement through internships, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright This could have been a big day for me. In fact, it was supposed to be just that. The first thing I said to myself when I woke up this morning was, "This is a big day for you, Bob." So in hindsight, at least the groundwork was all there. But of course, just like everything in life, ...
Author: [no author name found] Ambiguous Commons for an Ambivalent CommunityWe live on a changing campus. As each shovel of earth is lifted from the ground around the two newest building sites within College boundaries – at the new library and the Atwater Commons expansion – our campus grows ever ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein Having devoted a significant amount of practice time to doubles strategy, Coach Nate Simms must have the women's tennis team thinking in pairs because last week they handily defeated Skidmore College and Union College, both by a score of 8-1. This year's experienced squad, ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton and Sarah Riddleberger Middlebury Magazine Hires New EditorThis summer Matt Jennings was hired to be the new editor of The Middlebury Magazine. Jennings takes command of the College magazine after a year of award-winning editions, but he is determined to "stay ahead of the curve" ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg The Middlebury women's volleyball team opened its season with a busy week, squaring off against New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rivals Hamilton, Bates, Bowdoin and Colby this weekend following a Wednesday night victory over Colby-Sawyer. The Panthers split ...
Author: Erika Mercer It's strikingly fitting that Peter Bruntnell's two most recent albums, "Ends of the Earth" and "Normal for Bridgwater," were respectively released under the record labels Back Porch Records and Slow River Records. If you close your eyes and soak in either album, it would be easy ...
Author: Chris Atwood Each year, as thousands of high-school seniors anxiously mull the prospect of looming college applications, U.S. News and World Report releases its annual rankings of "America's Best Colleges." In line with the previous year's trends, Middlebury College ranked in the nation's top-ten ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann On the sun-baked tundra of the Middlebury intramural (IM) fields, the IM football season official started Monday with a full slate of entertaining games. Commissioners Eric "Gilby" Gilbertson '03, broken arm and all, and Pat Rose '03 have been hard at work organizing games ...
Author: Kristina Rudd I am concerned about Atwater Commons' sponsorship of the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, Sept. 23. The blood drive is indeed a worthy cause, but I wonder if Middlebury College is aware of the policies of the American Red Cross concerning homosexual men. According to ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff It was a hazy, cloudy, overcast, intermittently rainy Saturday afternoon as Middlebury College football kicked off its 2002 season. As the sun started to break through towards the end of the second half the Panthers saw their 14-point lead disappear like parking on campus as the ...
Author: Josh Axelrod It took 90 minutes of play for Middlebury's men's occer team to find its rhythm and they did it with a man down. Tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time, the Panthers defeated Wesleyan with a golden goal from Pat Saunders '04 7:40 into the first period of overtime.The game started ...