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Last Friday evening, members of the class of 2010 gathered in McCullough auditorium as upperclassmen partook in a longstanding orientation tradition - Voices of the class. The event pairs select college admissions essays written by the incoming freshmen with skits playfully mocking life at Middlebury. This year, English/Theatre double major Myra Palmero '07 directed this fun-filled show. She gives her input on the impact of the event.
"For me, the show is so interesting because it brings together both the unique and the universal of the freshman class's voice - the essays are written by specific people telling their own stories, but by telling them in Voices of the Class, where the authors are anonymous, I think one finds that the stories represent multiple voices of their class. Many of our skits took place in ridiculous settings - the "lost freshman in the frozen Siberia" or Harry Potter finding a Commons - but they're funny because they parody the experiences that everyone goes through during their first year at Middlebury, including the upperclassmen who act them out in the first place. It says something that though the show is made up of original skits, the content does not change much from year to year. Voices is a special part of Freshman Orientation because it is a nice reminder that though the feelings of being lost, confused or just plain clumsy on campus may feel specific to the incoming student who feels it, they're more universal than they seem."
Voices of the Class
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