On Aug. 28, students and faculty received an email from President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz with the subject line “Statement on Divestment.” The message read, “Ultimately, the call to divest raises a number of important questions that must be answered … At this time, too many of these ...
When the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) was created in 2012, President Liebowitz predicted that the center “will aspire to be a world leader in social change … offer[ing] young people and their allies an opportunity to take on the world’s toughest 21st century challenges ...
Students pumped up their bicycle tires to participate in a social-media-focused campaign by Greenpeace encouraging bike-riding to raise awareness for the plight of the Arctic on Sunday, Sept. 15. The main objective of the event was to bring attention to oil companies who plan to drill for oil made newly ...
It was not until I came to America that I began shaking hands with other people. I have navigated a diverse species of hands since I came here - the massive bear paws of big football players which engulf mine like the sea to newly-hatched sea turtles. There are small willowy fingers, cold and clammy ...
Nothing says possibility like the first day of school. With each autumn, we lucky youth are given the opportunity to start from scratch. In third grade, it’s new crayons, in high school it’s new sneakers, and now, in college, it’s new everything. New classes, new dorms, new faces, new sushi ...
Cross Country Both the men’s and women’s team claimed second place at NESCACs last year, as well as first and third place for men’s and women’s respectively at the NCAA regional. Men finished eighth at the NCAA championships while the women finished 11th. Both squads begin their competitive ...
There has been a long-standing myth at the college: in halcyon summer days on an idyllic campus, chatter in Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish twirl in the open air like dandelion seeds dance across campus. Students fill the campus with passion and curiosity for a language, entering a new world but ...
It is a rare feat to find 140 college students spending their Saturday night playing cards, board games or doing puzzles – and liking it. But the Common Ground Center found nothing less on Saturday, Aug. 30, as 140 soon-to-embark MiddView leaders whiled away the last night of their retreat in a mountainous ...
Following the disbandment in May of MOQA (Middlebury Open Queer Alliance), several students overhauled the organization’s image and mission to better serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Renamed Q&A: Queers and Allies, the group is “essentially a new organization” ...
The weather is so nice these days. After a long lasting winter, no one on campus can wait to put on spring apparel! Battell Beach takes over the role of the gym, and tables outside of Proctor become the new place to sit, replacing Proctor lounge. It is interesting to see how people love to expose themselves ...
Mark Feinberg, co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools and superintendent of KIPP Houston, opened his address to Mead Chapel last Tuesday, May 7, with a description of a traditional Masai warrior greeting. “How are the children?” says the first Masai warrior, ...
On November 4, 2008, members of the American democratic process took one giant step towards racial equality by electing the first black President of the United States, Barack Obama. Just one day earlier, on November 3, members of the Middlebury community checked their emails and found plans for a new ...
Last Friday afternoon the Davis Library hosted a reception to honor all 22 members of the faculty and staff who have published works in the last year. The works were displayed in the Special Collections room, and after each author gave a brief overview of their book, the staff mingled and had a chance ...
As of today, there are 11 days left of classes, 19 days until finals are over and 24 days until graduation. Which means only 24 days left of hooking up. Somehow this realization — that our days, and therefore chances, are limited — must alter the general hook-up culture as the year draws to a ...
The first time I visited Middlebury, my host walked me into Proctor and quickly disappeared, returning a minute or two later with a glass full of a cold, brown liquid. “It’s chocolate milk. It’s amazing. You have to try it!” Standing in the middle of Proctor, gulping down that thick, creamy ...
“So what’s your purpose?” That’s what Ron Rost asked me after I talked to him on a Saturday afternoon. This Saturday in the life of Rost was like every other day – a product of all the days that came before it. Before arriving to our meeting, he had been reconciling how to drill holes through ...
Tucked quietly away in the underbelly of Gifford Residence Hall, the Gamut Room, a venue for student art, music and food, has been just kinda hanging out for more than 40 years. If you can find it, either by way of the Gifford amphitheater or the building’s basement, upon entering your attention ...
Barbara McCall, currently the Campus Wellness Education Coordinator at Castleton State College, was hired as the new Director of Health and Wellness Education in March and will begin working at the College this fall. Though the position is not new to the College, the role has remained unfilled for ...
It is almost the end of a school year again, which at the same time means a new cycle begins soon. A lot of organizations on campus are having executive board elections. Rachel Liddell ’15, an SGA presidential candidate, came to our ISO (International Student Organization) weekly meeting last Sunday. ...
Horatio Seymour’s tomb does not look like one belonging to a much-celebrated man. A stone stump shadowed by grand monuments, the grave attracts little attention. Yet while Seymour’s tombstone might not capture the esteem of the late United States senator from Vermont, it certainly honors his soft-spoken ...