Author: Bob Wainwright Over the course of my three years at this school, I've discovered two things: The first is a secret that I can tell absolutely no one — not even you. And the second is that there will always be a time every semester when you have so much work that you have to scale down your ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann Last weekend at the Sectional Finals in Williamstown, Mass., the Middlebury Ultimate Frisbee team played to its potential and cruised to two victories in qualifying for the Regional Finals this weekend. With a full squad for the first time in weeks, the Pranksters "played the ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg With two NESCAC wins last week, the Middlebury women's lacrosse team ended the regular season without a loss. More importantly, though, they secured the top seed for the upcoming NESCAC tournament, to be held at Middlebury due to the team's success. In their last regular season ...
Author: Yvonne Chen "In our youth we all chirp rapturously like sparrows on a dung heap, but when we are forty, we are already old and begin to think about death. Fine heroes we are!" remarked Anton Chekhov in reference to the lack of positive heroes in his writing.Professor of Theater Douglas Sprigg ...
Author: Chesley Thurber Members of the Middlebury College community gathered for a festive luncheon Monday in Bicentennial Hall to celebrate faculty and staff nominated by students for their dedication to campus life. The Faculty Appreciation prize was awarded to Associate Professor of History James ...
Author: Paul Barnwell The International Student Organization (ISO) elected Namik Kirlic '05 to serve as president of the group for the 2002-03 school year. Amine Bouchentouf '03 and Kiddo Kidolezi '04 were chosen as co-vice presidents at the elections, held on April 21.The new administration's goals ...
Author: Abbie Beane From the outset, I wanted to establish only one thing. "So, do you spell theater like a Frenchman?" I asked. He replied in the affirmative, yet followed through with his defense, asserting that 80 percent of theaters now spell "theater," "theatre." "He," is the increasingly famous ...
Author: Alex Meditz As the men's tennis regular season rolls to a conclusion, the Middlebury squad finds itself in an unfamiliar yet well deserved position — ranked among the top four in the region, the top 15 in the country and looking at its first ever berth in the NCAA tournament. This weekend's ...
Author: Nick Ferrer With the NESCAC tournament fast approaching and its number one ranking riding on the line, the men's lacrosse team finished its regular season by posting impressive victories over Williams and Bates. With the wins, Middlebury not only secured the top-seed for this weekend's NESCAC ...
Author: Ami Kilchevsky This campus has been subjected to an onslaught of facile rhetoric which attempts to portray support for Israel (in its continuing struggle with the Palestinians) as "blind," uncritical, entirely one-sided, lacking in compassion and understanding for the plight of the Palestinians, ...
Author: Ken Anderson, Jr. '66 Middlebury College is indeed fortunate to have one of the best 'special collections' in the country: the Abernethy Rare Book Library and the Robert Frost Room.Two of the crown jewels of American literature are among the many literary finds that Abernethy was fortunate enough ...
Author: [no author name found] First Prize: Heat LightningNikki HollandSummer footpushed itself from muddy banks,posed in the bogwater on a rotten piece of styrofoam,and lingered with my dad and me in late June light to fetch fluorescent bobbers from craggy limbs. This was a summer that smelled of sulfur ...
Author: David Lindholm After a split double-header against Castleton College on Saturday, Mother Nature threw a wicked curve ball to the Middlebury baseball team last weekend, as the seniors on the team missed what were to have been their last two home games of the season. Forecasts of rain and snow ...
Author: Emily Thaler Catherine Samson '02.5 was chosen by a panel of students and faculty as the student speaker for this spring's graduation. She was one of several students to compose and deliver a speech before the selection panel. Competition for the role of student speaker was tight. Dean of Student ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Last night, over 40 Middlebury College students were recognized for their dedication to community service, both locally and at the College, at the annual Public Service Leadership Awards Ceremony held in the McCullough Social Space. Anne Lionberger '02, one of the six recipients ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Ginny Hunt '03 and Ben LaBolt '03 were elected Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC), respectively, in last week's elections. The results were announced in a campus-wide e-mail sent out by the Elections Council on ...
Author: David Lindholm A busy stretch for the baseball team ended on Tuesday as the team held on for a 6-5 victory at Forbes Field over Skidmore. In the week before Tuesday's game, the Panthers had played five games, including four against NESCAC foes, and came away with two wins. The Panthers now ...
Author: Suzie Mozes "Impassioned Embraces" hit Hepburn Zoo this past weekend for two sold out performances. This bizarre jumble of one-act plays, written by John Pielmeier, left the audience puzzled about the relatedness of each act yet satisfied with its entertaining unpredictability.The ensemble ...
Author: Liz Lathey In a few weeks, most of you will be leaving the Green Mountain State for some sunny (or maybe not so sunny) locale of your own. When you do, Vermont will probably pretty much cease to exist for you, until you come back in September, luggage in tow.On the other hand, people like me, ...
Author: Chesley Thurber NEWS ANALYSISWith three major proposals currently awaiting approval from various state and local authorities, the College's parking system is waiting at a critical juncture. This week's environmental activities have caused many to look more closely at parking policy and automobile ...