Letters to the Editor

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To the Editor:

Last week Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcelon was denied tenure by Middlebury College. We are his senior colleagues in the Sociology/Anthropology Department. We would like the Middlebury community to know that, in our unanimous judgment, Marc Garcelon is a superb scholar and inspiring teacher who is beloved by many of our students.

We think that if the President and/or the Trustees had the time to look over this case carefully, they would surely have reversed the decision of the review committee. Not to grant tenure to Marc Garcelon is a huge loss to our department. It is also a huge loss to our students and the College.

The College's decision will be impossible to explain without embarrassment to the academic world outside Middlebury.

We hope this decision will be reconsidered and reversed.

Sincerely,

David Napier, Peggy Nelson, Ellen Oxfeld, Burke Rochford, Ted Sasson, David Stoll

- Professors of Sociology/

Anthropology





To the Editor:

I am writing to inform you of a recent rash of incidents at Proctor Dining Hall that I believe present significant cause for concern. While the term "Proctor Crush" has long been considered a playful, impersonal infatuation with another student, it has since taken on a far more sinister connotation. What I am referring to is the blatant disregard for others that occurs daily at the panini machines.

There once was a day where I enjoyed peace of mind, filling a tall glass of Pass-O-Guava juice as my panino (singl. Italian) simmered between the iron plates in the other room. Nowadays, I repeatedly find myself shedding motherly tears over the death of yet another crushed panino that will never live to be smothered with sour cream and devoured at my leisure.

Therefore, I am calling on the campus community to join President Liebowitz and me in the effort against panini crime. Lastly, it is important for us to realize that even though we will all be returning to someplace outside of Boston in a couple of weeks, we cannot simply expect the problem to go away. It is our responsibility to consider the structural integrity of other panini and not to apply excessive pressure when unwarranted. Together we can make a difference.

Sincerely,

Sam Morrill '08

New York, N.Y.