Maggie Cochrane
New Club "Debatable" Grapples with Question of Big Oil
By Maggie Cochrane | October 6, 2013 On Saturday, October 5th, Middlebury's new club Debatable held its first debate in Crossroads Cafe. The Debatable participants hashed out the pros and cons of Big Oil companies and kept the audience members involved with a Question session as well as an opportunity to state their side. The ...
Activities Fair Fall 2013
By Maggie Cochrane | September 16, 2013After being postponed due to rain, the Activities Fair was held on Hepburn Road on Monday, September 16th. Students from various clubs and organizations set up tables, offering students opportunities to join groups related to the arts, world cultures, religion, sports, music, and more.
Andrew Delbanco - What College Was, Is, and Should Be
By Maggie Cochrane | April 24, 2013On Wednesday, April 24th, Andrew Delbanco of Columbia University gave a talk based on his book College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be. Delbanco, Director of American Studies at Columbia, has published several books in relation to American Studies and has received the Lionel Trilling Award for two ...
"Undressing Cinderella": Behind the Scenes
By Maggie Cochrane | April 11, 2013On Tuesday, April 9th, the Theatre department sponsored a lunch and discussion about Middlebury's inaugural New Play Festival. Assistant Professor Andrew Smith '97.5 sent out a prompt to as many playwrights sources as he could in order to produce two evenings of plays, co-directed by himself and by ...
Behind the Scenes of the April Fools Edition
By Maggie Cochrane | April 4, 2013The Campus editors get serious about satire, discuss the history of the edition, and share some of their personal April Fools bests. Enjoy this year's April Fools Issue!
Middlebrow Presents: Paddy O'Furniture
By Maggie Cochrane | March 19, 2013On Monday, March 18th, Middlebrow presented "Paddy O'Furniture" in the Abernethy Room. The improv group entertained the watching crowd with scenes based solely around the suggestion "Horse Track."
The Middlebury Orchestra Performs
By Maggie Cochrane | March 17, 2013On Friday, March 15th, the Middlebury College Orchestra held their first concert of the spring semester in the CFA Concert Hall. The Concert included Bruce Jia '16 on alto saxophone leading the group in "Scaramouche" by Darius Milhaud. Jia is the winner of the 2013 Alan and Joyce Buecher Concerto ...
Chili Fest 2013
By Maggie Cochrane | March 11, 2013On Saturday, March 9th, Middlebury hosted the fifth annual Vermont Chili Festival. Main Street was crowded with stalls, people, and even pigs as visitors went through hundreds of cups of chili and tried to pick a favorite. Other highlights of the day included face painting, ascending a firetruck's ...
March Fo[u]rth: Rallying for Divestment
By Maggie Cochrane | March 7, 2013On March 4th, students did indeed march fourth to Old Chapel in order to let the college know that students are still very much interested in the divestment of Midd's funds from fossil fuels. The rally is part of an ongoing movement that has spread across the nation. For more information, see Bronwyn ...