With the end of winter term approaching, the campus is preparing for the arrival of the class of 2016.5. “There are a lot of things about [February orientation] that are really magical,” said Associate Dean of Students for Student Activities and Orientation JJ Boggs. “I think if I had to break ...
Winter term provides students with numerous opportunities to take courses that go beyond the normal classroom experience. While many instructors become more creative with their teaching methods, one class this winter term has been given $100,000 to aid in the learning process. Philanthropy, Ethics ...
Bright flags from around the world, fast-paced dance music and bouncing dancers filled the McCullough Social Space beginning at 4 p.m. on last Saturday, Jan. 19, kicking off the second annual Middlebury College Dance Marathon. The event was organized to raise money for the Vermont Children’s Hospital. ...
While most students have a distant relationship with the housing department, limited only to the ups and downs of the annual housing lottery, Melissa Childs ’14 has a different perspective. As a ResLife intern this past summer, Childs worked closely with Residential Systems Coordinator Karin Hall-Kolts ...
Last year, 2012, marked the 21st anniversary of the program in women and gender studies (WAGS). In 2013, the May Belle Chellis Women’s Resource Center, commonly known as the Chellis House, will celebrate its 20th anniversary. To mark these special occasions, the WAGS program and Chellis House held ...
The first issue of the College’s newest student publication, Room 404, was released on Jan. 16. The idea for this bi-annual publication came to co-Editors Moss Turpan ’14 and Dylan Redford ’14 as a means to fill a gap they saw in the way in which students communicate and create on campus. Room ...
Sunday, Jan. 13 marked the beginning of a campus wide, Human vs. Zombies competition with over 200 participants fighting to become the last human standing. The game, organized and run by the Youthful Alliance of Merrymaking (YAM) is designed to last 10 days, but could potentially end early if the humans ...
Winter term: One month, one class, one man? We’ve heard it a million times before. New year, new you. Sure, it’s an exciting maxim, the idea that 2013 is a fresh start and that we can accomplish all we wanted to but didn’t do in 2012. Go to the gym; eat healthier; call grandma once a week. And ...
As Congress resumes its session, and with the Presidential Inauguration just eight days away, D.C. is full of activity. This week kicked off with the appointment of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense and John Brennan as the head of the CIA. As soon as President Barack Obama finished the announcement, ...
Middlebury College employs several in-residence professionals. Whether it’s a scholar-in-residence or an artist-in-residence, these people function as resources for the students and other faculty. Writer-in-Residence Julia Alvarez, described these professionals as people with their feet in two worlds, ...
On Saturday, Oct. 27 long before most students had awoken, the Great Hall in McCardell Bicentennial Hall bustled with participants of the 2012 GlobeMed Hilltop Global Health Conference. The three-day event attracted a record number of students and featured an impressive assortment of health professionals, ...
Continuing the streak of students on reality television, David Elper ’15 was a contestant on Double Your Money Week of the long-running show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” that aired this past Tuesday, Nov. 27. Elber, who left the show with $1,000 in winnings, answered five questions correctly, ...
Mitchell Parrish ’14 loves Thai food more than he loves Chinese food. He loves Bazooka and Eclipse gum, but for different reasons. He loves technology but not cell phones. “I think it would be fine if we all just had personal home phones,” he said. However, his apathy towards cell phones and ...
Tis the season – the season to hear Mariah Carey crooning her holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas is You.” It’s a sweet thought, the perfect gooey romantic message since it reminds us what the season is really about: Love. But let’s be honest: no one actually feels that way. In reality ...
I’m not the first one to taste cheese with chopsticks. There are numerous talented people who have come to a new place with their unique cultural backgrounds and produced masterpieces by connecting different cultures. Ang Lee is definitely one of them. He is a famous director who has produced well-known ...
After winning the study abroad photography contest, the Campus sat down with Matthew Dengler '13 to discuss his entry "Untitled," as well as Madeline Brooks '13 to discuss her entry "Bottles." Alexandra Siega '13 was unavailable for comment, but her entry "Magic Along the Canal" can also be viewed ...
In the fall of 1994, Middlebury’s President Emeritus John McCardell Jr. and the College’s Board of Trustees instituted the “One Percent for Art” policy. This policy sets aside one percent of the cost of any capital project — including the construction of new buildings and the renovation of ...
"Reflections on Quw'ustun Tribe Identities," an exhibition of dry pastel portraits by Levi Westerveld '15.5, recently completed its exhibition period at the M Gallery in the Old Stone Mill. The Campus' Leah Pickett interviewed Westerveld Discusses ExhibitWesterveld on his drawings toward the end ...
On Monday, Nov. 26, at 4:30 PM over 25 students, faculty and Middlebury residents gathered to watch the 2002 documentary Forget Baghdad, a film directed and written by Samir. “I’m glad so many people are here,” said Danny Loehr ’13.5. "I came because I’ve studied Arabic and I went to a few ...
This fall, the College announced the launch of MiddCORE Immersion, a new summer leadership and innovation program to be based at Sierra Nevada College (SNC). MiddCore Immersion, which will closely resemble the College’s existing winter term MiddCORE course and curriculum, will run its inaugural month-long ...