Proposition 19 did not pass in California. However, if it had been put to a vote here at Middlebury, it seems it might have found more success. On Nov. 1 — the night before the election — a group of 33 Middlebury students and two professors congregated in Gifford Annex Lounge to debate California ...
The Independent Scholar is a rare breed at Middlebury. Each is passionate about a specific field that does not fit within one of the established majors and therefore has opted to design his or her own. If this sounds like an easy way out of unappealing classes, do not be fooled — blazing one’s own ...
“He’s really curious,” said Ada Santiago ’13. “He likes to be in the know. When new people come, he likes to meet them. He’s playful and funny and smart. He knows when he’s in trouble and he’s good at getting out of trouble. He knows how to get where he wants to go. He likes to eat tree ...
Students Find Family Away From Home There’s no wrong way to spend fall break. You can stay on campus with friends, admiring the fall foliage and catching up on homework and some much-needed sleep. Or you can go home to Mom’s meatloaf, Dad’s corny jokes and an eager puppy who’s missed you terribly. Or, ...
TGIF! But what is there to do to kick-off the weekend? Friday Night Coffeehouses. Every Friday in the Grille, the Health and Wellness Center hosts celebrations of good music, food and company. The relaxed atmosphere of the Coffeehouse events provides students with a mellow option for a Friday night ...
After three years at Middlebury College, in some cases more, all students must face the nagging question of what comes next. The Career Services Office (CSO) strives to give students tangible tools to transition from Middlebury into their chosen career fields. With a surprising number of students bustling ...
“U.S. Poverty: It’s Timed to be Ashamed,” declared the first slide of director of Washington and Lee University’s Shepherd Poverty Program, Dr. Harlan Beckley’s Oct. 25 presentation. Beckley was the keynote speaker in this week-long symposium: American Poverty in Context. The title, taken ...
During the afternoon after the first snow of the year (well, okay, flurries- but it still counts), a small group of students met on Battell Beach for the opening event of the Cameron Cup. Huddled closely around the hot apple cider and hot chocolate dispensers, students sipped on warm beverages as they ...
When you enter Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science Murray P. Dry’s office he appears, dare I say it, quiet. The man who sits behind the desk in Monroe 221, the stately office with the pocket-sized constitutions outside of it barely seems to resemble the same man who, after 43 years of teaching ...
So, I made a bad decision. Well, a series of bad decisions that led me to one place: a required 8 a.m. class my senior year of college. In the midst of midterms one of my classmates sat down next to me and started ranting about how tired and stressed he was, ending his speech with a semi-coherent “Need ...
You are beautiful. When I say this, I don’t mean it as some feel-good, wake-up-in-the-morning-feeling-like-P-Diddy sort of mantra that you are supposed to use to greet the day. It’s a simple fact. You, the reader, are a beautiful person, in the sort of way that is undimmed by age or weight ...
A classic fall tradition — apple picking — has met yet another of Vermont’s defin ing characteristics: supporting the community. “Pick For Your Neighbor” is a program run by the Vermont Foodbank and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture that gives apple pickers the chance to donate apples to ...
As Middlebury College sends its graduates off into the real world each May and February, the question “What will they do next?” is often on people’s minds. After spending four years at a school where sustainability is an integral part of the College’s mission, it is only natural that some Middlebury ...
The dictionary definition of “sustainable” is “able to be upheld or defended.” However, the question of what we’re trying to sustain varies from person to person, whether it be the human race, natural resources or the earth itself. This question is what makes sustainability a banner under ...
On Forest lawn, with the fitting backdrop of fall trees with leaves of various hues, sit six tables. The first is for cider donuts. If, however, eating a donut off a table is not good enough, there are donuts hanging from strings on the trees behind the table. The second is for apple cider — both ...
It’s not easy being green. If I have learned anything about living a sustainable lifestyle (and I have learned a lot while at Middlebury), it’s that going truly green requires a significant level of self-awareness and effort. Making small changes is a great idea, and the more of us who make those ...
For most four-year-olds, a major accomplishment might be a successful count to 10 or a particularly imaginative finger painting. For Sierra Young ’12, it was her first solo spin on a toddler-sized unicycle. Since long before Young was born, unicycling has been a family affair. Her father, known ...
When Elder Simeoli was 19, he left his home in Las Vegas to serve his two years as a Mormon missionary in Maine. After teaching and proselytizing there for his first year, he moved to Middlebury and has lived here for almost eight months. Elder Covington, 19, arrived in town two weeks ago from his ...
The College hosted its first TEDx event, “TEDx Middlebury,” this past Saturday, Oct. 2. The event lasted the whole day, featuring 16 speakers presenting on an enormous variety of topics. President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz gave the opening remarks. “What makes Middlebury distinct is ...
“There’s nothing quite like having a coal train in your front yard to make you feel powerless,” said Sierra Crane-Murdoch '02, a Middlebury graduate whose clean energy research and advocacy earned her the Brower Youth Award and the Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. In interviewing ...