Author: Emily Berlanstein Staff Writer In the words of Joe Paterno, "the will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital." The Panther field hockey team certainly had the will to prepare last week, as they split a pair of games, falling to Vermont adversary St. Michael's 3-1 and defeating ...
Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer With October winding down, the College's annual inspection of dormitories for compliance with fire safety rules is under way. This year, two changes to fire safety policy are causing some controversy: the decision to add Christmas lights to the list of banned items ...
Author: David Lindholm Assistant Sports Editor Meg Bonney '03 scored twice in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Tournament game on Sunday to give the Panthers both a shot in the next round and a sense of déjà vu. On Saturday, the Panthers and the Triniy Bantams met in Hartford ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton Staff Writer On Monday, Community Council accepted a new draft of the official Middlebury College policy on academic dishonesty. This revision, written to replace pages 99 and 100 in the 2001-2002 Handbook, reorganizes and clarifies the existing policy and the current structure ...
Author: Estye Ross I've had a personal revelation of sorts. I admitted to myself that however dedicated I feel to the causes of social justice, I am scared beyond all belief that an outside force might harm my comfortable, upper-middle class, American way of life. I hold certain values in my core—social ...
Author: Devin Zarkowky Staff Writer Three community members and Middlebury College itself received suspicious letters resembling those arriving last week in Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office, The New York Times, The New York Post, ABC and NBC. Although the local letters proved to be hoaxes, ...
Author: Brian Ashley I would like to take this week's column to relay a newspaper story I found through a link on the rotten.com news Web site. Gwen Shaffer wrote the piece for the Philadelphia City Paper (Oct. 18) and it is such an excellent example of what happens when stupid people get scared and ...
Author: Becky Ruby Staff Writer Last Friday, between 50 and 75 Middlebury College students arrived in Mitchell Green Lounge. Sorting through piles of coats, hats and other winter necessities, they left better suited to survive what Vermont does best: winter. The Winter Clothing Closet is a chance for ...
Author: Daniel Prepas Sports Editor OK, so the Yankees won. For the seven people who read my vilification of the Yankees last week, I still stand by what I said. Let us end it at that. If you wish to retort to last week's article and try to make me look foolish, submit a column to The Campus. I'm ...
Author: Cragin Brown Staff Writer College Bowl has been coined "the varsity sport of the mind" and at Middlebury College, the College Bowl team is striving toward the same honorable standing as many of Middlebury's other successful varsity teams.College Bowl is a historically famous and complex game ...
Author: Samuel Rodriquez When delivering a tour yesterday, a concerned mother raised a valuable point: "Does Middlebury have its own escort service? You see, I do not like the idea of my daughter being alone at night. If she were with a professionally trained escort to suit her needs, I would feel ...
Author: Michael Kirkland Staff Writer On Friday, Oct 12, the men's and women's cross country teams were in Boston to compete in the Open New England Championships. In the words of popular Cross Country coach Terry Aldrich, it was a great day to be a Panther. The women let New England know that they ...
Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor Senior year is often associated with lasts: last fall in Vermont, last Winter Carnival, last Homecoming as a student; you get the point. Instead, I want to focus on some firsts. Not all of these are specific to seniors; actually I don't think any of them are. ...
Author: Amy Brais Staff Writer Middlebury College possesses an indisputably multi-talented student body. One particularly accomplished individual is Betsy Tawresey '04.5. Tawresey, a champion team jump-roper, has jump-roped competitively for over 11 years, won national and world titles with her team ...
Author: Tim McCahill and Devin Zatorski, News Editors The release and recall of information pertaining to the academic records of the Class of 2002 has raised new concerns about student privacy and confidentiality among members of the College administration. On Oct. 19, Director of Undergraduate Records ...
Author: Venessa Wong Staff Writer As the boxy white Middlebury Recycling truck backs into the dimly lit recycling center behind McCullough Friday afternoon, two employees, emerge from the front seats to unload and sort through hundreds of bags of waste collected just that afternoon. "We only have ...
Author: Mary Houde Staff Writer At this time of the year, apple-picking begins to taper off while cider-making and pumpkin-picking take their turns. Stan Pratt the owner of Happy Valley Orchard, will not be able to rest until the Orchard closes the day before Thanksgiving. Ever since Pratt purchased ...
Author: Julie Samara Staff Writer At around midnight Wednesday, the official start of fall break, panic swept the hungry crowd seated in our room—-where could we go for food without our beloved Grille? First Proctor closes, now this? Without our regular meal sources and late-night snack saviors, ...
Author: Neil Onsdorff Staff Writer During the past week in the sports world, there have been some extremely audacious predictions (Seattle who?), but none as bold as the prediction made yesterday by linebacker Mark Danbe '03. "It's a new season for us. We are turning over a new leaf. I guarantee ...
Author: Matt Waxman Staff Writer As the leaf peepers slipped out from the covering of the woods, trading in their bifocals for front row seats at the Intramural (IM) football games, the general consensus was that while the leaves will reattain their majestic colors next fall, an IM football season, ...