My roommate and I generate about two full bins of recycling and garbage per week – and that’s just in our personal living space. Imagine all the food waste, paper, bottles and packaging we as a student body of around 2,500 produce each week. Just six people are responsible for the collection, ...
If you’ve passed through the Ridgeline area recently, you’ve noticed the rapid development occurring on the Ridgeline townhouses. Ridgeline “woods” now looks like a giant sandbox demarcated by bright orange netting. Last Thursday morning, sporting a fashionable yellow hard hat, I crossed over ...
Middlebury’s campus is fairly outspoken about a number of issues, both on campus and in the world beyond. Recently, some of the methods used to spread social awareness have arguably had too great of an impact on our facilities staff to be, ironically, socially just. This week, I talked to Wayne ...
Most of us have been on the Athletic department website at one time or another, maybe to check on your favorite team’s progress, or maybe to not-so-subtly roster stalk your Proctor crush. This website (along with many other sources of information and publicity for athletics) is led by two people, ...
For 95 years, the Middlebury Performing Arts Series has brought world-class performers inside the “Middlebury bubble.” The series has showcased Yo-Yo Ma, Louis Armstrong, the Von Trapp family, Pablo Casals, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo (just to name a few). As the director of the Performing Arts ...
There is a consistent stream of people exiting and entering Wilson Café, but the one constant amongst all the hubbub is Elliot Gowen’s cheerful presence. Wilson is a sort of safe haven; a place where the weary can come to wind down after a grueling day of work. Gowen, a Middlebury native, has worked ...
When I peered into the stockroom on the first floor of Bi-Hall, Tom Sheluga and his assistant were hunched over a copy of the Middlebury magazine. He ushered me over and gestured at a picture of Roger Sandwick, a biochemistry professor. As I approached, I realized he was actually pointing at the ...