From Divestment to Dorm Damage, a Year in Review

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Each academic year at Middlebury is slightly different from the previous one. While the College could not run without the hard work of faculty, staff[...]

In Response to ‘A Signed Professor Evaluation’

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This piece is in response to Michelle Smoler’s ’13 “A Signed Professor Evaluation.” The professor to whom she refers advised our senior theses as well,[...]

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Faculty, Staff and Alumni in Favor of Fossil Fuel Divestment

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As Middlebury faculty and staff, we hope our trustees will commit to fossil-fuel divestment and a new kind of investment, investment that yields high returns[...]

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Time to Lead on Divestment

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This weekend, the Middlebury College board of trustees may decide whether or not to divest our endowment of holdings in fossil fuels and arms manufacturing.[...]

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Let Direct Democracy Replace the SGA

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Student government at Middlebury is currently based on the principle of representative government; we elect a handful of senators with whom we entrust our decision-making[...]

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Guns Out: The Serious Business of Syrian Bloodshed

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I’ve been writing this column for the whole of this school year. During that entire time there has been one conflict of major international importance[...]

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The Rainbow Funeral

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May 2012, I was elected to be a new Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) President, or “President of the gays” as one of my exchange[...]

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A Dry Wit

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Our chosen school is pretty big on tradition. Every year, graduating Febs ski down the Snow Bowl in their gowns. Every year, when springtime hits[...]

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Weighing in on the Weight of Neutrality

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News of the new Vermont Gas pipeline and the College’s announced endorsement of the project has created quite the stir among the community – and rightfully[...]

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Laying Pipe in Addison County

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This week, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz released a statement reiterating the College’s support for the Vermont Gas pipeline. This comes in the[...]

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A Signed Professor Evaluation

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Professors have a unique and important place in a student’s life. We should never underestimate the deep and at times life-long impact of the student-teacher[...]

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