VALPARAÍSO — Since I first started studying Spanish I’ve had this passion for it. Spanish is fluid, Spanish is round; in my mouth Spanish curls loosely yet precisely, blossoming like loops drawn in India ink. I’m a synesthete, so for me words are colors, and Spanish is rich, vivid; Spanish is ...
Every decade, American colleges and universities must go through a rigorous examination to prove their effectiveness as an institution. The College is now in the midst of this reaccreditation process. For the past 18 months, the Reaccreditation Steering Committee and numerous subcommittees have investigated ...
SAT essay question stirs controversy Online discussion forums such as College Confidential have been filled with complaints about an essay question on the most recent SAT. One-third of the test-takers were reportedly asked about reality TV and its influence on modern society. Students who are not familiar ...
From April 7-9, the College will host “Land and Justice: A Symposium on Race, Ethnicity and Environment.” The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Environmental Affairs, Middlebury College Organic Garden, the American studies program and ...
The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship announced its 2011-2012 recipients on March 15, among whom are two Middlebury students. Austin Davis ’11 and Sarafina Midzik ’11 will begin their fellowships this summer after surviving the application process, which began with their nomination from a pool of 34 Middlebury ...
Recently, I was lucky enough to be one of the 200 people to attend a Monday Atwater dinner. In this case the theme was French Cuisine. As a lover of any sort of French fare, I was hoping for a feast of steak and frites, baguettes with decent cheese, coq au vin, ratatouille, savory crepes, chestnut soup, ...
While Rebecca Black, thirteen-year-old YouTube love/hate sensation, was dominating the viral airwaves with her prepackaged hit “Friday,” another Internet sensation was brewing, this one far smarter and far more important to the Middlebury community. If you’re not one of the million people who ...
In honor of losing an hour to the cruel, cruel design of Daylight Savings Time, let me say this — everyone’s clock runs differently. For some of us, this means that we end up an hour late everywhere we go, awkwardly sidling in, smelling of liquor and shame. (Sorry, Professor.) Others end up sitting ...
As of Sunday, March 6, operations of the student group running the Bunker have been suspended for the year, but the space in the Freeman International Center will likely be available in the future for events similar to those it has hosted in the past. This administrative decision came as a result of ...
With $53,879.19 in dorm damage already billed and what are traditionally the most destructive months still to come, the 2010-2011 academic year is shaping up to be the most costly on record. This fall, the College saw over $16,000 of damage in both October and November, making the two months the second ...
Discussion of feminist topics will take center stage on March 17 and 18 as the symposium “The F Word: Feminist Texts, Feminist Lives” comes to the College. The symposium, which hopes to rekindle interest in feminism by connecting it to many other disciplines and movements, is sponsored by the May ...
The College awards endowed chairs more than twice the enrichment funds of its peer institutions, including those that award bonuses, according to findings from the Sept. 2010 Ad-Hoc Committee on Faculty Compensation. Endowed chairs are becoming more numerous but less lucrative, according to the College ...
On Friday March 9 an 8.9 magnitude earthquake shook the island nation of Japan. The quake resulted in a subsequent tsunami that rolled inland at an alarming rate. Some 96 aftershocks have since occurred, ranging in severity. While each of these disasters on their own would be considered disastrous, ...
On Tuesday, March 8, a “dinner-time discourse” was held in the seminar room in the basement of Ross by DMC, also known as Deep Meaningful Conversations. Unbeknownst to some of the attendees of the meeting, DMC in fact stands for Distinguished Men of Color. Using the alias “Deep Meaningful Conversations,” ...
Have you noticed anything different about dinners in Ross Dining Hall lately? Particularly on Thursday nights? Perhaps you detected the slightly dimmed lighting or the more romantic ambiance? If you haven’t noticed the Ross romance — or are just a die-hard Proctor fan — here’s the scoop behind ...
On Thursday, March 3 the Gender Council held its first meeting. Made up of students, faculty and staff, the Council is facilitated by student co-chair Lark Mulligan ’11 and faculty co-chair Karin Hanta, director of the Chellis House. Mulligan says the Council hopes to centralize its movements on ...
What has surprised me most about Chile isn’t how different the culture is. I knew going in that their lunch is the equivalent of dinner in the United States. I knew that they keep different hours, as they don’t leave their houses until 11p.m. or midnight, and usually stay out until 5 or 6 a.m. Bars ...
OK, so I admit, I have a biased opinion. I’ve been on board with the Gender Council idea since it was first floated at a MOQA meeting many moons ago. And like, if I had to pick a social issue that I was most passionate about, I’d probably put identity, sexuality, and LGBTQ activism right behind ...
I bought my ticket for Dominique Young Unique in a fit of gung-ho, event-attending initiative. And, even though it was a Friday night concert and I could have easily convinced myself that I had more important things to do (and by do I mean drink), I was actually quite excited to go to this show. As ...
Just like that “Friday Night Lights,” one of the best television dramas of all-time, is over and you didn’t even notice. On Wednesday, February 9th, we witnessed Coach Taylor take the field for a final time in the small town in Dillon, Texas, ending a saga full of drama on and off the field as ...