Posted by: Ryan | November 19, 2008

Midd Mag Preview: Fall 2008

The Fall 2008 Middlebury Magazine hit coffee-tables around campus this week and it’s got some interesting features. It’s not online yet but here’s a sampling of cool stuff:

  • Average number of emails received on campus daily: 545,000
  • Number of 2012 students who have registered: Macs 289 / PCs 236
  • Spring 2008 Major Breakdown: Economics is still the most popular major. 30.3% of students majored in the social sciences, 9.3% in languages, 4.9% in arts. There are 5 WAGS majors and 6 Classics majors in the school as of Spring 2008.
  • Aylie Baker ‘09 has her first story, “Uganda’s Children” published as the Middlebury Fellow in Narrative Journalism.
  • Alex Rossmiller ‘04 was as a former Defense Intelligence Agency Analyst who wrote an inside account about the failures of the government from “Baghdad to the Pentagon.” Oh and Jeff Sengle ‘99 is a secret service agent protecting Obama and Biden…
  • MiddMag published not one, not two, not three, but four commendations of President Liebowitz’s speech last spring at Baccalaureate. And yet only one alumnus found it necessary to take Dean of Students/Provost Tim Spears to task for encouraging “incoming students to read The Communist Manifesto
Posted by: Ryan | November 19, 2008

Picture of the Day: Chained at the Bunker

Chained

Originally uploaded by ryanocerosk

Posted by: cmaxwell | November 18, 2008

Winter Weather Advisory

Issued by The National Weather Service
Burlington, VT 
3:06 pm EST, Tue., Nov. 18, 2008

… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN WESTERN ADDISON COUNTY… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN ADDISON COUNTY TONIGHT… BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID-MORNING TOMORROW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING… WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR THE LAKE SHORE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Posted by: Ryan | November 18, 2008

Middlebury Rocks Jeopardy

Yea, at one point in history Middlebury ruled Jeopardy…remember the day.

And then the closer where Keith comes through with a nailbiter at the end…

Posted by: Ryan | November 18, 2008

Picture of the Day: Glass Fight

Glass Fight

Originally uploaded by ryanocerosk

Posted by: Ryan | November 17, 2008

Picture of the Day: Real Tire Art

Locked

Originally uploaded by ryanocerosk

Posted by: Ryan | November 16, 2008

Picture of the Day: a Crowd of None

A Crowd

Originally uploaded by ryanocerosk

Posted by: Emily | November 16, 2008

Sunday Reading: Reality Check

With the start of the G20 Economic Summit in D.C. and the end of MTV’s “TRL”, reality finally burst our post election highs this week reminding us just how bad the world economy is and just how difficult it is to watch/listen to good music anymore. Here a few other little reality checks from the week-

Website of the Week: Andrew Sullivan. I know a lot of people already obsessive compulsively read Andrew Sullivan (or did before he put himself completely and biasedly in the tank for Obama), but I feel this week he’s worth highlighting again. So if you have a sec this morning, scroll down “The Daily Dish” and take a look at all the pictures of protests around the country in the wake of the survival of Proposition 8. This year’s definition of “change”? Breaking down barriers.

Posted by: Ryan | November 15, 2008

Midd Acappella: Ben Folds Contest

The contest: Ben Folds is holding an acappella contest for covers of his songs. Here are the two Middlebury entrants…

The Bobolinks:

The Mamajamas:

Posted by: Ryan | November 15, 2008

Our Neighbor Schools in Brief

An avid reader sends in some interesting tidbits:

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