On Saturday April 13, UMOJA, Middlebury’s African Society, will host the Amka Africa Conference in collaboration with the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) to discuss how business and youth entrepreneurship are changing the face of commerce within Africa and beyond its borders. President ...
On April 5-7, five students attended the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference at Washington University in St. Louis. The students were selected from a pool of applicants from colleges and universities around the world to participate in the event. The trip was sponsored ...
On Tuesday, March 9, Community Council met with the Mill’s administration to discuss whether to continue to allow the social house to serve Purple Jesus, a mixed drink with vodka and grape powder served at Purple Jesus Night, a long-standing Mill tradition. The Mill hosts Purple Jesus three times ...
Elections are determined by those who show up. It’s springtime, Middlebury, and that means it’s election season. Middlebury College is an institution filled with leaders who want to give back to the community. When we arrive for first-year orientation, we meet former high school soccer team captains, ...
On Sunday, my buddy Trent tried to teach me how to surf. He kept an eye on the surf reports all day, and the swells were most forgiving at about five in the evening, so my roommate Joey and I piled into Trent’s orange Honda Element and we drove about 10 minutes to Asilomar State Beach. As we drove, ...
Over the past few weeks, tensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen to levels not seen in years, perhaps decades. The latest escalation in militaristic rhetoric and conflict preparation began soon after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Feb. 12. That underground test, North Korea’s third in ...
On Monday, March 18, Community Council went into executive session to continue the discussion from last Tuesday on whether to accept the Social House Review Committee’s recommendation to disband Delta, the social house organization currently residing in Prescott house. By 5:50 p.m. the Council ...
A decrease in the amount of federal funding available for science research grants is putting pressure on the College to seek other sources of funding for undergraduate research assistant positions, particularly within the natural sciences. A summer research assistant position demands, on average, between ...
On Friday, March 15, Barbara Ofosu-Somuah ’13 found out that she was selected as a Watson fellow for the 2013 - 2014 academic year for her project titled “The Choreography of Black Hair: A Framework for Cultural Inquiry.” The Watson Fellowship grants graduating seniors a $25,000 stipend ...
Continuing efforts to address the issue of student engagement outside of class, the Education in Action office (EIA) hosted a panel discussion on the role of social engagement within a liberal arts curriculum on March 18. The panel was made up of Professor of Economics John Isham, Associate Professor ...
On Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, this year’s MiddChallenge finalists pitched their ideas to a distinguished panel of judges in hopes of winning a $3,000 grant, summer boarding and mentorship in one of three categories: business; arts; and education, outreach and policy. MiddChallenge ...
The History of Art and Architecture (HARC) department announced several new changes to its major requirements and course offerings last week in an effort to better utilize the College’s resources and to increase accessibility to the department for all students. In addition to making changes to the ...
The Student Government Organization (SGA) held meetings on Sunday, March 10 and Sunday, March 17. Finance Committee Report and Compromise On March 3, the SGA approved every section of the Finance Committee Report, except the section pertaining to transportation reimbursement. A proposal was made to ...
It’s easy at Middlebury to take for granted our unlimited meal plan, free gym access and professors with seemingly unlimited office hours. Nonetheless, it’s still clear that this isn’t a perfect place — this becomes clearer with every comment about dishes, laundry machines, need-blind admissions ...
At 2:07 p.m. EST last Wednesday, March 13, white smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, signaling to the thousands of Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square and to the world that the College of Cardinals had elected the 266th Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. The ...
As part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs’ conference on the “Politics of Fresh Water: Access and Identity in a Changing Environment,” my geology class at the University of Jordan recently spoke to Arabic students at Middlebury regarding the country’s limited water supplies and resource ...
Brigadier General Loretta E. Reynolds is the first female Marine Corps general in charge of the Marine’s basic training site on Parris Island, S.C. In recent years, Reynolds has graced headlines not only as a result of her title, but also due to her support for the recent overturning of a Pentagon ...
Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated and other international best-selling works of both fiction and nonfiction, will deliver the commencement address to the class of 2013 on May 26. Safran Foer will also receive a Doctor of Letters degree at the ceremony. Other honorary ...
On Tuesday, March 12, Community Council met to vote on the fate of Delta, formerly known as ADP. After a 30-minute open meeting and an hour of deliberation in executive session, during which only members of the Council were present, the motion to vote came to 8-8-1, thereby tabling the decision ...
On Monday, March 13, the Student Government Association (SGA) invited students, staff and faculty to discuss a question of central importance to the college community: how can the Middlebury College honor code be improved to truly maintain academic integrity? The SGA hoped that the forum would bring ...