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On Tuesday, May 7, students had the opportunity to sample and purchase local food in the Mahaney Center for the Arts from noon to 2 p.m. The event, “Taste of Addison County,” was put on my the Middlebury College Farmstand, which is the College’s Online Farmers Market. Local food offered at the event included pies, dips, jams, pastries, bread, honey, and applesauce. 

On Wednesday, April 24th, Andrew Delbanco of Columbia University gave a talk based on his book College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be.  Delbanco, Director of American Studies at Columbia, has published several books in relation to American Studies and has received the Lionel Trilling Award for two of them.  He was also named “America’s Best Social Critic” by Time Magazine in 2001.  Delbanco was the final speaker of Middlebury’s “Core & Change in the Liberal Arts” series, designed to engage students and faculty in discussions of the role of Liberal Arts in a changing world.

On Monday, April 22nd, students and faculty gathered in the McCullough Social Space. Student organization, It Happens Here, organized a reading of Middlebury student monologues detailing personal experiences with sexual violence. Of the twenty-three submissions, seventeen were read anonymously and five by actual sexual assault victims. The motto for the evening, “Let’s talk about what we don’t talk about,” encouraged all to recognize that such violence happens on campus. The event coupled well with IHH’s Map Project, which was on display in the Davis Family Library during the month of February. Over 100 cases of sexual assault in 60 locations across the college campus were identified.

How did students react to the monologues?

Jen Krakower ’14 – Perspective.

Liza Herzog ’14 – I found it powerful, it made me question my feeling of complete safety and comfort on this campus. It inspired reflections on the society and culture in which we live. what influences lead to distorted views on what constitutes/signals unwanted sexual encounters and why someone feels entitled to disrespect those wishes. Money? Societal power? Gender? Familial example and environment? Media? Intrinsic lack of self control?

Alyssa DiMaio ’15 – Eye-opening.

Marris Hurwitz ’13 – I thought tonight made it seem much more real that sexual assault happens on campus when you hear the words Winter Ball, Atwater, Tavern, and have your own memories and associations with each place.

Lauren Greer ’13 – Tonight really made me conscious about the nature and density/or lack thereof of conversations among the Middlebury College community. Whether that be in a dorm room, social house, at a party, an athletic event, dining hall, but most especially in the bedroom or any place sex and sexuality exists.  It really makes you question, how much do people listen when you talk, or when someone says “No”? I am amazed by the resilience of those individuals who spoke, and also to those that didn’t. That was what strength looks like.

Sarah Ugalde ’14 – Eye-opening. Hard to face the fact that people I know and are close to could be going through something that I have no idea about.

Ellie O’Brien ’14 – Brave.

Hannah Deoul ’14 – I was really struck by the mentions of Atwater or the Dungeon…as in how these events may have happened right in front of my eyes. I overall am more cognizant of what is qualified as sexual harassment.

Margaret Souther ’13 – ‪These stories show great courage. It was an eye-opening experience and I’m so glad I went.‬

Luke Elder ’13 — I thought it was eye-opening to hear about Middlebury students’ personal experiences with sexual assault. The event prompted my friends and I to start an on-going discussion about sexual assault on campus: what it is, how it is defined, and how to potentially avoid it. While the power of some of the stories resonated with many of us for a while after the event ended, other stories made us curious about what sexual assault really is: Is it just how the college defines it? Is there a definitive line that distinguishes assault from other types of interaction? Overall I thought the event was a great starting point for talking about sexual violence on campus, but I just hope the conversation continues.

Jay Saper ’12.5 — The courage of survivors is astounding. They have illuminated the imperative of centering feminism now. It is time for our community to take meaningful action against this violence by dismantling the seeds of rape culture sown here.

Molly Shane ’13.5 — I left feeling hopeful that “It Happens Here” could open the door for conversations about the ways in which we are ALL victims of a culture that promotes nonconsensual, damaging sexual interactions. This is not solely a “woman’s issue,” and I would love to see an event similar to “It Happens Here” in which we hear the voices of perpetrators (intentionally so, or not), bystanders, and victims, as we work together towards a more respectful sex culture. 

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On Tuesday, April 9th, the Theatre department sponsored a lunch and discussion about Middlebury’s inaugural New Play Festival.  Assistant Professor Andrew Smith ’97.5 sent out a prompt to as many playwrights sources as he could in order to produce two evenings of plays, co-directed by himself and by Teddy Anderson ’13.  The results were astounding – a stack of 101 plays was narrowed down to fourteen, with five written by Midd alum and one written by current student Otto Pierce ’14.

On Thursday, April 4, Middlebury’s Solar Decathlon team welcomed visitors to Ridgeline parking lot, the location of the team’s new house, InSite. Festivities included speeches by President Ron Liebowitz and student leaders on the Solar Decathlon team as well as an InSite trivia competition, live music from student band The Blue Laws, and snacks from The Middlebury Natural Foods Co-Op, Monument Farms and Otter Creek Bakery. 

Watch a video about the event here. 

On Saturday, April 6, percussion ensemble Pulse performed in Hepburn Zoo. Pulse, a group from Skidmore College, is a found-object percussion group. Listen to the full 30-minute show here: 

The Campus editors get serious about satire, discuss the history of the edition, and share some of their personal April Fools bests.  Enjoy this year’s April Fools Issue!

Men’s Basketball defeated Ithaca 73-72 last Saturday, March 16, earning the team a spot in the NCAA Elite Eight in Salem, Virginia. The boys play North Central (Illinois) tonight at 8PM in a Quarterfinal match-up. The winner heads to the Final Four Tournament! GOOD LUCK MIDD! Watch the team’s “Road to Salem” HERE!

On Monday, March 18th, Middlebrow presented “Paddy O’Furniture” in the Abernethy Room.  The improv group entertained the watching crowd with scenes based solely around the suggestion “Horse Track.”