In light of the current debate surrounding Chance the Rapper’s performance at the College the idea of artistic freedom in conjunction with hip-hop has arisen in a big way. By telling Chance he cannot perform a certain song or say a certain word on our campus, are we not then limiting the very artistic ...
[audio m4a="http://middleburycampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/What-does-it-mean-to-be-green_-2.m4a"][/audio] To accompany the annual Green Issue, online editor STEPHANIE ROUSH asked the Campus' staff, "what does it mean to be green?" Listen to their thoughts above.
How heavily is our style influenced by our surroundings? Jack Supple ’14 went to Berlin, Germany last fall with one self-identity and left with a new, improved and slightly more European one. Before leaving to go abroad Supple didn’t necessarily consider style among his top priorities, although ...
As I sauntered through the seemingly endless aisles of the grocery store today, a Faith Hill song blared from the loudspeaker. In the United States, Faith Hill might seem like a strange choice, but in Brazil it goes unnoticed. I even overheard someone saying “Eu adoro Faith Hill,” [I love Faith ...
Last week the College and the surrounding community mourned the passing of esteemed Professor Emeritus Ana Martínez-Lage who died after battling cancer for many years. Although Martínez-Lage retired last fall to spend more time with her family, her death has deeply affected members of the college ...
While most students have a distant relationship with the housing department, limited only to the ups and downs of the annual housing lottery, Melissa Childs ’14 has a different perspective. As a ResLife intern this past summer, Childs worked closely with Residential Systems Coordinator Karin Hall-Kolts ...
Middlebury College employs several in-residence professionals. Whether it’s a scholar-in-residence or an artist-in-residence, these people function as resources for the students and other faculty. Writer-in-Residence Julia Alvarez, described these professionals as people with their feet in two worlds, ...
On Monday, Nov. 26, at 4:30 PM over 25 students, faculty and Middlebury residents gathered to watch the 2002 documentary Forget Baghdad, a film directed and written by Samir. “I’m glad so many people are here,” said Danny Loehr ’13.5. "I came because I’ve studied Arabic and I went to a few ...
Brian Ayers ’14 took Midd Entrepeneurs as a first-year during winter term and knew that he had what it takes to be an entrepeneur. “In high school I always designed stuff for my lacrosse team and soon I had friends asking me to design stuff for their teams too,” said Ayers. He realized that ...
This past Sunday afternoon in Twilight Hall, the program in Women’s and Gender Studies, Chellis House and Women's Resource Center held a screening of Guerrilla Midwife, a film that follows Robin Lim and her incredible experiences as a modern midwife. Lim’s business partner in Vermont, Katherine ...
