Course: Multi-Ethnic British Literatures Professor: Visiting Instructor in English and American Literatures Benjamin Graves Department: English and American Literatures Credits: CMP, EUR, LIT Location: Axinn 100 Meeting Time: M, W 2:50-4:05 Professor Perspective: Aiming to give a wider ...
Celebrities like Madonna may have helped popularize the general understandings of Kabbalah, but on Monday Oct. 22, a reading and lecture in the Abernethy Room in Axinn Center at Starr Library brought the long history of Jewish mysticism to light. Sponsored by the program in Jewish studies, the department ...
Many students are familiar with Middkid.com as the go-to site for course evaluations, but what they may not know is the 13-year-old site underwent a redesign in late September. Middkid.com, founded by Ted Adler ’99.5, is a student-maintained site that provides course and professor evaluations and ...
As a small liberal arts college, Middlebury proves that bigger is not necessarily better —at least when it comes to environmental responsibility. In recent years, the College has paved the way for some of the most advanced and environmentally friendly energy systems among colleges and universities ...
In the early 1960’s, Professor of Biology Howard E. Woodin, along with several other faculty members spanning the science departments, developed the idea for what would become the first environmental studies program in the country. By 1965, President Emeritus James Armstrong approved the proposal ...
Middlebury Muse is back in action as the leaves begin to fall from trees, and the air becomes brisk. Its time to pull out the sweaters from storage and begin to bear the change of seasons that Vermont brings. While transitioning out of ones warm weather wardrobe can be a bit difficult – the fall trends ...
As a campus that prides itself on being environmentally conscious, it is easy for students to fall into a trap of complacency. However, the Campus Sustainability Coordinators (CSC) have taken it upon themselves to ensure that their peers’ involvement in environmental affairs is not the chance product ...
I was having lunch with friends from my environmental class the other day at Ross. We were all starving after the long lecture, and the long line in Ross made us even more hungry. One of them took half a plate of turkey and two slices of cheese pizza. We had great conversation about the issue of food ...
In President of the College Ronald D. Leibowitz’s inaugural speech in 2004, he said that to be true to the College’s history “we must, first, preserve those parts of the Middlebury culture that encourage creativity and foster innovation.” As a step towards making these goals a reality, the Project ...
It was an uphill battle to spread cheer during last Saturday’s gray and gloom, but the Youthful Alliance of Merrymaking (YAM) was up to the challenge. From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., a group of 45 YAM members slaved away over cardboard and masking tape. They fought mud and wind all in pursuit of making ...
The start of the academic year has brought two new and unexpected additions available for students — an ambulance and a boat — allowing pre-med, geology and other interested students to gain hands-on learning experience. The acquistion of the ambulance, a deal nearly two years in the making, was ...
For the planners of JusTalks, an initiative to foster dialogue on issues of identity, Middlebury is a school with one element missing. “We don’t talk enough about identity,” said Hudson Nicholas ’14 who is helping organize JusTalks. This student-driven social intiative will begin on Jan. 18, ...
This course investigates the history of social and political change in the Middle East from 1798 to the present. Within a general political framework, the course will cover the main social, economic, and intellectual currents. Emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural history, the course ...
“As far as I know, Middlebury has always fed students here on campus,” said Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette. Proctor was opened in 1959 and served as the main dining hall for the ten years following its opening until the College started a new initiative using Social Dining Units. Social ...
At midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 12, hundreds of students, packed in libraries, common rooms and dorms across campus eagerly clicked through pages of Middlebury’s online box-office, hoping to score tickets to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s lecture. Since its announcement last spring, the Dalai ...
I guess there are stages in most of the things happening around us. Two weeks ago I was complaining about the dining hall food, mainly because I just spent more than three months at home with my favorite dishes every day. Now that I have accepted that I will have to live with our lovely dining hall ...
In this course we will examine the history, meanings, and realities of disability in the United States. We will analyze the social, political, economic, environmental and material factors that shape the meanings of "disability," examining changes and continuities over time. Students will draw critical ...
As a liberal arts college, Middlebury is not the first school that comes to mind when people think of entrepreneurship and young people working with small, start-up companies. Middlebury may not be Silicon Valley, but that does not mean there are not students right here on our campus doing groundbreaking ...
Having both the New York and London Fashion Week just under our belts, and Milan’s underway, Midd Muse aims to explore the campus for this season's new looks. While Middlebury rests in the depths of the Green Mountains — far from tall buildings, loud noises and lights so bright they cover the stars ...
"As soon as I heard about it, I joined, as soon as I joined, I wanted to become more involved in it," said Jake Connolly '13, discussing his involvement in the Community Friends program. The program pairs local kids with students who then commit to spending two hours each week with their community ...