This week, I caught up with Casey Watters ’15, a psychology major from Dallas, Texas who has been involved in various mental health initiatives on campus. After co-founding Active Minds at Middlebury, a club that provided information on mental health to students and hosted mental health awareness ...
It starts off as a tick in your head: ‘We should definitely do this one day, guys.’ One day — maybe when we’re older, maybe when the circumstances are different and everything seems more nearby. This — an adventure you envision but know you will probably, despite your extreme excitement at ...
Middlebury College's recent policy to ban alcohol at tailgates created an uproar. Some believe that this necessary policy will prevent out-of-hand drinking. Others think this is another example of Middlebury's social police state. We hear all these perspectives this hour. Plus, we ask students: What's ...
Stress is an inescapable part of college life: probably of life in general, too. Stress can be good: it can be a motivator, it can bring out the best in us, but too often it becomes a burden. Being stressed stresses us out! Sometimes, stress is a product of biting off more you can chew, poor time management ...
Within the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTLR), the Writing Center is dedicated to helping students through every stage of the writing process. The Peer Writing Tutor Program is the workhorse and heart of this center. Senior Lecturer and Tutor in Writing and Director of the Writing Center ...
“Panda hat kid just dropped the top scoop of ice cream off his cone, caught it, and put it on #likeaboss.” “Panda hat kid talked to the tour group!” “Beginning to question whether Midd’s mascot is the panther or panda hat kid.” “I nominate Panda hat kid as Liebowitz’s replacement ...
On a day-to-day basis – especially as the fall semester gains momentum – students encounter a multitude of social interactions. From meetings with advisers to late night chats with friends, our lives are largely influenced by the relationships we forge with others. But what – if anything – is ...
We kick off the year's first episode with talk on the NYC People's Climate March. We also talk to Emma Erwin '15.5 about her near-death experiences on a 102-day hike from Mexico to Canada.Plus, we get student reactions when Middlebury falls from #4 to #7 on the U.S. News Report rankings. ...with your ...
Every student of the foreign languages at Middlebury College is most likely familiar with the language tables. From Monday to Friday, waiters and waitresses make their way through the lively and chatter-filled rooms of Proctor and Ross dining halls, carrying plates of food and taking orders from students. ...
From a swimming pool, to a juice bar, to finally our beloved Crossroads, the cozy downstairs McCullough Student Space has undergone many transformations. Perhaps best-known for its refreshing fruit smoothies that have withstood the changing menus, Crossroads has become a favorite hang-out spot of students ...
Many people might be surprised to hear that the most fatal mental disorder is anorexia nervosa. According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, anorexia nervosa has an estimated mortality rate of between four and ten percent, higher than the death rate for people with schizophrenia or bipolar ...
As this semester’s add and drop period winds down, chances are high you’ve filled out at least one add card. So, what happens to all those green cards after being dropped off in the wooden box inside Forrest? Meet Julie Rheaume, Office Manager at the Registrar. She’s the friendly face to the ...
As my German school friends and I hurtled up the steps of McCardell Bicentennial Hall, pressing all the elevator buttons to get there fast, I felt like I was clambering through a window back into childhood, when I lined up for hours on end to gaze at spectacles in circuses. Sliding up the staircase ...
As students prepare for a new semester, silent competitions between textbook retailers intensify. New book sales at the College Store declined 23.8 percent between 2012 and 2014, while rental profits rose 123.2 percent during the same two-year period. Sales of used books increased by 12 percent, which ...
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, there were an estimated 43.7 million individuals 18 years or older living with mental illness in the United States in 2012, or about 18.6 percent of the adult population. In a survey of 157 colleges and universities, the American College Health ...
I hoped to close this dating column with a feel-good end, a second date. Instead, I have a more upstanding finish — complete rejection. Darlene* and I got along swimmingly, as you may have gathered from my last installment. We had a marvelous evening at Black Sheep and, though we’re from vastly ...
Last weekend, five members of the Middlebury Cycling Team traveled to Richmond, Virginia to the Cycling National Championships. Without a coach, Zack Isaacs ’15.5, Jake Barker ’16, Matt Gilbert ’16.5, Kai Wiggins ’16.5, and Sam O’Keefe ’16.5 reeled impressive results, including six top-twenty ...
Cindy Lee wakes up at 3:15 a.m. five days a week and drives 45 minutes to work at the laundry room in Freeman International Center (FIC). She starts off her day with emails and bookwork. Around 9:30 a.m. the truck arrives full with bags of dirty laundry from the three dining halls and any other catered ...
Renowned disability and gender activist Eli Clare came to campus on Wednesday, April 30th to host his talk, “Meditations on Disabled Bodies, Natural Worlds, and a Politics of Cure.” As the title suggests, Clare ventured to tackle the difficult and often cumbersome issue of “cure” and the politics ...
At intermission of the opening night of “In the Next Room” (or “The Vibrator Play”), the audience of the packed Seeler Studio Theater collectively sighed with relief upon realizing that despite it’s name, Sarah Ruhl’s Tony Award-nominated play was far from vulgar. Gathering from the chatter ...