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(03/17/22 9:57am)
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Reel Critic: “Playground”
(03/17/22 9:59am)
Laura Wendel’s debut feature film, “Playground,” walks the line between childhood nostalgia and painful, formative experiences. The film opens with the words, “un monde” — the film’s original title and the French word for “a world.” The film reminds audiences of the complex social relationships that exist even in elementary schools and asks them to relive the painful friendship dynamics of youth. The story follows timid seven-year-old Nora’s (Maya Vanderbeque) first experiences at school, and the audience watches her navigate what justice means to her as she confronts bullying for the first time.
Quidditch seeks a new name
(03/10/22 7:54pm)
Matthew Silverman ’22 was a first-year when he received an invitation to play for his commons’ Quidditch team. Growing up in Vermont, he’d heard a bit about the sport but wasn’t entirely sure what to expect — maybe it would be a combination of rugby and dodgeball. After attending several practices, Silverman grew to like his teammates and the welcoming culture of the sport. Four years and countless practices later, he serves as the president and captain of the Middlebury Quidditch Club.
The persistence of Orientalism in Middlebury Arabic language education
(03/10/22 10:57am)
Orientalism has always been tied to Arabic and Middle Eastern studies in the Western world. While the Western study of Arabic dates to the 15th century, the language remained in the background of Western academia until the Enlightenment, which ignited interest in foreign cultures and established Arabic speakers as exotic, violent or backwards. “Orientalism” encapsulates these generalizations. It is the study of distorted western understandings and reproductions of the Arab-Islamic world; a “system of representations” that creates an Other and ensures the supremacy of the Western world. Academics eventually abandoned the term in the 1970s for more regionally-aware categorizations.
Home
(03/10/22 10:58am)
I am one of the eight new BOLD-SOLA Leadership Scholars that were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2022, to Qatar, then to Kigali, Rwanda. Now we are all here, at Middlebury College, ready to start our academic careers, but thoughts of home — what it is, what it means and where to find it — linger.
Reel Critic: Drive My Car
(03/10/22 10:59am)
The Hirschfield International Film Series’ most recent feature “Drive My Car” is not unlike a long road trip. Road trips usually elicit two seemingly conflicting feelings: boredom and awe. With a runtime just shy of three hours, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s lauded masterpiece could easily miss the mark if his audience fails to stay engaged. The second feeling takes more work. Like a road trip with changing, beautiful scenery, motifs come and go throughout the film’s duration. However, the theme of multicultural understanding between the different Asian cultures represented ties the whole film together and leaves the audience with a profound sense of awe.
Students rally in support of tenure track position for Professor Lana Povitz
(03/08/22 7:12pm)
Update, 6 a.m. March 17: Lana Povitz told The Campus on Friday, March 11 that she had signed a contract for a tenure-track position in the History Department, starting this July. Read our full coverage of the update here.
Keep Professor Povitz
(03/03/22 10:58am)
Dear President Patton,
WRMC Radio Roundup — Energizing the semester
(03/03/22 10:54am)
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How Plato’s Republic and Bluegrass brought Staff, Students and Faculty Together
(03/03/22 10:59am)
While the “Feb identity” has rightly been deconstructed in recent years, there are still some Febs who wear the tropes well. Lee Summers ’24.5 is one such quintessential Feb. He plays rugby and studies Ancient Greek at Middlebury. He resides in Houston (and will let you know it), and he picked up a quirky new hobby over his Febmester: bluegrass.
Alum Conversation with Linda Feldmann ’81, Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent
(02/25/22 12:12am)
Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xnO7LGUH3W1nkVNTkr5FD
It’s time to rethink the Feb identity
(02/24/22 11:00am)
As my graduation approached, I thought a lot about what it meant to be a Feb as someone who didn’t start as one. Firstly, it means that I can’t downhill ski. As a member of the largest Feb class to date, I am one of those Covid-canceled-my-semester-abroad Febs. On Saturday February 13, 2022 I graduated alongside 189 of my peers. Of the 190 students who graduated, only 80 of those students began as part of that February admit class.
On Febs and other mid-winter celebrations
(02/24/22 10:57am)
This week, four years ago, I took my first steps as a Middlebury student. My dean told me, the first of many times, that new Febs bring new energy to campus just when it’s needed most. I was eager to see if this was true.
Healthy Relationship Action Month: What is it?
(02/24/22 10:58am)
Corresponding with Valentine’s Day, February is Healthy Relationship Action Month. It is meant to encourage a focus on creating caring connections that help to foster positive mental and physical health. The support that positive relationships (romantic, platonic or otherwise) can provide has been proven to buffer stress, encourage the pursuit of opportunities and create a greater sense of meaning and purpose. As MiddSafe Advocates, promoting healthy relationships is a key element of our advocacy work. We hope to encourage positive relationships to prevent and mitigate the harms that can come from unhealthy behaviors in relationships. Unhealthy relationships can cause feelings of isolation, and if negative behaviors escalate the relationship can become abusive and all-consuming. For as much as healthy relationships can foster growth and self-embetterment, unhealthy relationships can make one feel trapped and can establish damaging patterns that are difficult to break. This month is a chance to celebrate healthy connections and good communication in all of your relationships.
Nobuntu: Singing, Dancing and Healing
(02/24/22 10:55am)
Hailing from southwestern Zimbabwe, the a cappella quintet Nobuntu could have been enjoying the frequent sun and 80-degree days that usually mark this time of year at home. Instead, they chose to travel to Vermont to perform for the Middlebury community on Feb. 18.
Reflections from Abroad: Love Near and Far
(01/27/22 10:59am)
Paris. Where do I even begin? It must have started at age 10, when I bookmarked every page of “Secrets of Paris” my mom had found in bargain books at Barnes and Nobles. My fascination was enough to make me quit Spanish, fill my room with French paraphernalia and enroll in every French class I could get my grubby little fingers on. And now, ten years after the root of this obsession with a place I had never even been to, I am finally here.
The Yellow Deli: Rutland's connection to a global religious community
(01/27/22 12:00pm)
From the outside, the Yellow Deli doesn’t seem controversial. It’s nestled between shops on a busy street in the heart of Rutland. Large yellow signs advertise its hostel for Appalachian Trail hikers and its policy of being open 24 hours a day, four days a week. Surrounding the restaurant are bookstores, a theater, and an alley where local musicians play live music.
Eugenics, Dispossession and Reparations at Middlebury
(12/09/21 10:54am)
The College’s decision, announced on September 27, to remove the name of John A. Mead from one of the tallest structures of the campus’s built environment should be just the beginning of a deeper institutional and broader historical introspection into the college’s relationship to structural forms of injustice. In the history of eugenics in the state of Vermont, Mead, as a governor who advocated for eugenics legislation in the early 1900s, is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Notes from the Desk: Your opinion matters
(12/09/21 10:59am)
This space is yours, this space is mine and this space is ours.
Reel Critic: “The Power of the Dog”
(12/09/21 10:58am)
In Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog,” the first film from Academy Award winning director Jane Campion in twelve years, Benedict Cumberbatch transforms into cattle rancher Phil Burbank with a brilliance that is matched only by the quality of the film itself. He is raw, startling and ultimately tragic as he leads us through an intimate Western that often conveys its meaning through powerful imagery and strong acting rather than pointed dialogue.