The 2012 U.S. presidential election began almost immediately after President of the United States Barack Obama was sworn into office in 2009. Down under in Australia, voters went to the polls on last Saturday, Sept. 7, barely a month after Parliament was dissolved and campaigning began. Prime Minister ...
On Monday, Sept. 9, lawyers for former Middlebury College student Dong Yub “Don” Song were back in Addison County Criminal Court facing allegations of Sexual Assault, stemming from an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of May 12. The story of what happened that night was laid out ...
A 2,977 flag memorial was ripped out of the ground in front of Mead Memorial Chapel shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11 by a group of five protestors claiming that the flags were on top of a sacred Abenaki burial site. The flags — meant to commemorate each of the 2,977 lives taken in the ...
In a letter sent to Community Council members dated May 16, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the official disbandment of Delta House, revoking its residential and organizational status and putting to rest speculation that the social house might be spared. “After reviewing this ...
Facing a diminished membership, low community participation and the absence of members willing to serve as co-chairs for next year’s organization, the leadership of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) has announced its intention to pursue the formal disbandment of the College’s only student-run ...
On Thursday, May 2, an all-campus email announced that Rachel Liddell ’15 was elected President of the Student Government Association (SGA) for the 2013-2014 academic year. The election yielded a record turnout with a total of 1,484 votes. Liddell received 772 votes, which amounted to 52.02 percent ...
On Tuesday evening, the Office of the Dean of the College held its third annual Student Leadership Awards Ceremony in Atwater Dining Hall to recognize students, groups and organizations for their public service, leadership and talent. Three years ago, the Office of the Dean of the College and ...
Students were invited to participate in an open forum on Tuesday, April 30 to address the question “What is the future of Social Life at Middlebury?” Sponsored by the Community Council, SGA and the Dean of the College Office, over 40 students and faculty members attended the forum to continue ...
Middlebury, it has been four wonderful years, and while I’m ready to go, graduation is also bittersweet. I will miss my friends, classes, professors and activities, and I will miss being surrounded by mountains, books and seemingly limitless resources. I will also miss being involved in the Student ...
Community Council had its last meeting of the year on Monday, May 6 and has spent the last two weeks wrapping up agenda items from the year as well as making a preliminary agenda for next year, when Luke Carroll Brown ’14 will serve as student co-chair of Community Council. On Monday April 29, the ...
The bloody civil war in Syria, which began more than two years ago at the height of the Arab Spring, continues to escalate as more disturbing mass killings and evidence of chemical weapons-use have surfaced in the last few weeks. On April 23, Israeli intelligence officials claimed that they had found ...
On Sunday, April 28, the discussion of the divestment of the College’s endowment from fossil fuel industries continued with a student-only panel, featuring three students in favor of the movement with four students whose opinions ranged from strong opposition to measured skepticism. The panel ...
Inspired by the fervor for educational reform among members of the college community, Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) has invited Mike Feinberg, co-founder of Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools, to be the 2013 spring speaker. KIPP is a nationwide group of free charter schools ...
In one week, a student-created online petition to persuade the College to retract its statement of support for the proposed Addison County Natural Gas Pipeline garnered over 1,000 signatures. The student group, led by Cailey Cron ’13.5, Anna Shireman-Grabowski ’15.5 and others, aims to reach 1,500 ...
On April 23, Kathryn Wasserman Davis passed away at the age of 106. With her passing, the College, Language Schools and Monterey Institute of International Studies lost a key leader and source of inspiration. One of the world’s foremost agents of peace, Davis’ life work left an indelible ...
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, It Happens Here (IHH) brought Grace Brown, 20-year-old creator of Project Unbreakable, to Dana Auditorium on Monday, April 29 to share the history of her project and the stories behind some of the photographs. Project Unbreakable is a tumblr blog that captures ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) held meetings on Sunday, April 21 and on Sunday, April 28. Reminder to Vote SGA Elections for the 2013-2014 academic year end 12:00 pm on Thursday, May 2. If you are reading this article before that time and have not voted, you are still able to vote. Voting ...
Bangladesh is a country prone to natural disasters. Due to its location on a low-lying delta, Bangladesh sees more than its share of hurricanes and floods. However, last Wednesday, April 24, the country saw one of its worst man-made disasters. The collapse of an eight-story shoddy garment factory in ...
The number of museums in Paris will kill you. It’s enough that you could spend 100 percent of your time going to see art and never run out of things to see. This is true, too, of restaurants, pâtisseries and boutiques. You’re living in this museum of a city that’s the destination of so many ...
The annual Boston Marathon came under attack on April 15 when two explosives detonated near the finish line, killing three people and injuring over 140, according to a report from the Associated Press. While located over 200 miles away, the college community watched in horror as the bombings ...