Under the Raydar

When I’m at home — which is to say, my other home in Pennsylvania — I don’t usually find myself hoarding all of the dishes from the kitchen in my room, leaving trash all over the floor, drunkenly shouting something derogatory at my neighbor while she minds her own business taking out the garbage ...

Administration Tree

The Princeton Review ranks Middlebury fourth in the country as a school that “runs like butter,” but most students have few opportunities to meet our administrators. Years ago, every Middlebury student used to receive a pamphlet with the names, titles, pictures and job descriptions of most Middlebury ...

Famed NPR voice resonates with students

Eight years ago, in one of Middlebury’s many attempts to bring the outside world to campus, Scholar-in-Residence in English and American Literatures Sue Halpern established “Meet the Press,” a program designed to bring members of the media to campus. Middlebury students have heard lectures from ...

Students launch mock trial team

At a school filled with active learners and avid debaters, it is a wonder that this club has not existed until now. Pioneered by Kelsey Henry ’14, the Mock Trial Club is in the process of becoming Middlebury newest student organization. “I did mock trial in high school and it was a big consideration ...

The L-Word

Years of what felt like conditional love growing up — from my parents, from my teachers, from pretty much anyone who wanted me to succeed at something in the 90s — created in me an insatiable desire to please. I know I’m not alone because something drove us all to win at high school and get into ...

Campus character: Ele Woods

“Oh, sorry bros, didn’t mean to spoil your fun,” coos Ele Woods ’11.5 to the skateboarders we cross paths with as we walk along the newly melted path from McCullough to Voter. I’ve managed to steal her away from the Porter porch, where she is usually found during off hours. Given the immense ...

No country for Marlboro Men: students smokers face challenges

It would be hard to name a legal activity as thoroughly reviled, passionately embraced, socially segregated or emotionally charged as the practice of cigarette smoking. Cigarettes are both antiquated and obscene — on the one hand, a symbol of freedom and rebellion; on the other, of death and stupidity. ...

Student wins annual Fraker Prize

On International Women’s Day at the Chellis house, Associate Professor of English and American Literature Marion Wells announced that Colleen Carroll ’12 had been unanimously chosen to receive the prestigious Fraker prize from a pool of 12 nominees. The prize was conceived in honor of Alison Fraker, ...

Staff Spotlight: Kevin Moss

In many ways Kevin Moss is the very picture of a Middlebury scholar. As professor of Russian and chair of the Russian department, he is by no means limited to russkiy yazyk. (It isn’t only Pushkin, Tolstoy and Bulgakov who haunt his office.) A polyglot true to the Middlebury spirit, he proudly commands ...

Power Couples Series Part One: Ilaria Brancoli-Busdraghi and Pieter Brouke

What Middlebury student has never experienced the platonic professor crush? It’s hard not to become enamored with our various instructors’ talent, enthusiasm, kindness and quirks. And what is the only thing better than finding one great professor whom you admire? Discovering a faculty couple, a ...

Campus Character: Ben Wessel

“I have a really good beard,” said Ben Wessel ’11.5 from beneath the hood of his signature blue and black-checkered sweatshirt, where he is half-asleep. I told him that it is smaller than I recall it being. “I’ve been shimming it down,” he said, “Is that a word? Trim. Trim and shave. ...

DJ Madness: The Campus talks to four of Middlebury's most visible DJ's

Proctor and Ross: two different stories from the head chefs

Richard O'Donahue When asked if he had any culinary specialties, Proctor Head Chef Richard O’Donohue was quick to set the record straight. “No,” he said with a laugh. “I love cooking, every part of it.  You sauté something, you roast something, you want it to be the best it can be, you season ...

A second interview with Allison Stanger after her appearance on The Daily Show

After Leng Professor of International Politics Allison Stanger sat down to an interview with Jon Stewart of The Daily Show  on Tuesday, March 1, for an episode that aired Wednesday, March 2, The Campus got a chance to ask her a few questions about her experience and her new book, One Nation Under Contract. Was ...

Olsen emphasizes need to learn foreign languages

As a school recognized for its exceptional language programs and support of positive international, it is no surprise that the Middlebury-Monterey lecture series talks are greeted by an attentive audience. This was no different last Thursday, March 3, when students and faculty gathered to hear one of ...

Under the Raydar

For many of us graduating in May, this is a time of stress, half-hearted application-filling-out, cover letter re-writing and the concern that we might be living with our parents and continuing our high school jobs next year. So many of our conversations have turned to the future in this period of ...