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BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Staff Writer The Phillips Museum of Art is hosting a new exhibition, “Uncommon Denominator,” featuring the work of acclaimed sculptor and performance artist James Nestor and…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer This past May Jack Madden ’14 discovered a pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star), which is a large, dense neutron star that has a very…
BY LAUREN MULIAWAN ’16 Staff Writer F&M welcomed William McHale as Director of Public Safety as he took over for Mike Rossano on Sept. 10. McHale’s daily tasks will include…
BY RUMIT GAMBHIR ’15 Contributing Writer The 2012 U.S. Open marked the end of the road for America’s number one tennis star, Andy Roddick. Having cruised through the first three…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor There are not many schools in the country where you find successful pre-med student athletes. If you’re looking for some, F&M can probably supply…
BY MÉLANIE TERRASSE ’13 Staff Writer Bill McKibben, an environmentalist, scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, and the founder of 350.org, a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis, was the…
BY HANNAH NALLO ’15 Contributing Writer Congratulations, guys. Men now have all the guidelines for attracting women, except maybe the billionaire status and model-worthy good looks (sorry, there is just…
BY ELIZABETH FURINO ’16 Contributing Writer After a 38-year run designing women’s clothing, it seemed obvious Betsey Johnson had retired her sewing machine. The past few months have left Johnson…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Contributing Writer A new strain of what has been termed the “Cameron Crazies” went viral in recent days, but unlike a number of things involving viruses…
BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Contributing Writer After making a big splash in the indie-music scene with their self-titled debut, London-based musicians Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim return as The…
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’14 Senior Writer Sex, the Bible, and pizza were all present, or at least talked about, at the discussion entitled “Sexy Pizza” held in the basement of…
BY LAUREN MULIAWAN ’16 Contributing Writer I don’t know about all of you fellow Fummers, but I love this mild weather. It’s that lovely in-between time. Full-fledged fall has yet…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief The plastic credit card clattered on the mussed counter. Without saying a word I pointed at the reader and waited for the owner to get…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Contributing Writer A couple of weeks ago I sat in a room with some friends as we waited to head to a party. We were an…
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial Editor Cancerians (those born between June 22 and July 22) are known for being particularly predisposed to believe in the paranormal. I guess…