Alumnus Streep wins $100,000 Journalism Prize
By Chloe Fleischer | March 7, 2019Freelance journalist Abe Streep ’04 received the $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism prize last month for his coverage of marginalized communities in the American West.
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Midd Named Top Fulbright Producer
By Nicole Pollack | March 7, 2019The U.S. Department of State has named Middlebury a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students and Fulbright U.S. Scholars.
Students Talk Inclusivity, Environment at Symposium
By Kayla Lichtman | March 7, 2019Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG) and other environmental justice groups celebrated the college’s decision to adopt Energy2028 and divest from fossil fuels last month.
Economists Visit College to Debate Future of Capitalism
By Gigi Hogan | March 7, 2019Two influential economists debated whether capitalism is worth saving in today’s world in a debate last Thursday, Feb. 28, in Dana Auditorium. Free-market economist Michael Munger spoke in support of capitalism, while Marxist economist Richard Wolff argued for socialism. Their exchange was part ...
Remembering Thibault Lannoy ’20
By Elaine Velie | February 28, 2019“He had a unique spirit. There’s no one like him,” said Matt Ravichandran ’20, a close friend of Thibault’s who lived with him in Allen Hall his first year and played soccer with him. Ravichandran was one of many friends, family and members of the college community who remembered Thibault ...
Bill Burger to Leave College
By Sarah Asch | February 28, 2019Bill Burger, the college’s vice president for communications and chief marketing officer, will leave his position on April 30. President Laurie L. Patton announced Burger’s departure in an all-school email on Feb. 14.
New Dining Initiative Brings Students, Faculty and Staff Together for Meals
By Porter Bowman | February 28, 2019After several months of work last fall, Sophomore Student Government Association (SGA) Senator Eun Ho Lee ’21 created a new program: The Faculty/Staff Student Tables.
Former CRA Steve Zatarain Returns as New Atwater CRD
By Caroline Kapp | February 28, 2019To the excitement of many students, Steve Zatarain ’15 returned to campus last week to serve as the new interim Atwater Commons Residence Director (CRD). Students in Atwater Commons received notification of his arrival in an email last Monday from Atwater Dean Scott Barnicle, announcing that Zatarain ...
Divesting Middlebury: An Interactive Timeline
By Bochu Ding, Catherine Pollack and Caroline Kapp | February 23, 2019Campus reporters have compiled an interactive timeline walking through some of the most important events along Middlebury's six-year path to fossil fuel divestment.
1,700 Pounds of Dining Dishes Go Unreturned
By Sarah Asch | February 21, 2019Students leave dining hall dishes scattered across campus or throw them away, posing a challenge for college workers.
Commons May Soon Undergo Major Changes
By Nicole Pollack | February 21, 2019The Residential Life System is poised to undergo major changes, which could include building renovations, a new student center, and the elimination of a commons dean. After a 10-month review, members of the How We Will Live Together Steering Committee charged with reimagining the system presented ...
MAlt Trip Brings Students to Southern Border to Assist Asylum Seekers
By Hannah Bensen | February 21, 2019“That’s going to be you in a couple years,” an asylum-seeking immigrant mother said to her daughter, pointing to Middlebury student Alondra Carmona ’21. Carmona was providing legal service to the mother and her daughter on a Middlebury Alternative Break trip (MAlt trip). The mother and daughter ...
Middlebury Moves to Divest as Part of New Energy2028 Plan
By Sabine Poux and James Finn | February 14, 2019The Middlebury Board of Trustees unanimously voted to divest last weekend, the culmination of a more than six-year effort by student-activists to rid the institution's endowment of investments in fossil fuels. Divestment is one of four components of the institution’s new 10-year Energy2028 plan, ...
Middlebury Memes Page Partners with Archives
By James Finn | February 14, 2019Davis Family Library’s Special Collections archive is about to get a whole lot crunchier. Beginning this semester, Special Collections will be saving the contents of a favorite student Facebook meme group, Middlebury Memes for Crunchy Teens, to its catalog of digital student life artifacts.
Nobel Winner Murad Sheds Light on Yazidi Genocide in Talk
By Caroline Kapp | February 14, 2019When Nadia Murad was taken captive as a sex slave by ISIS in August 2014, she was 19 years old — the same age as many of the students who packed Wilson Hall to hear her speak on Tuesday night.
Thibault Lannoy ’20 Dies at 21 Years Old
By Online Editor | February 14, 2019Thibault Lannoy, a member of the class of 2020 and resident of Atwater Commons, died on Jan. 31 at his parents’ home in Hong Kong. He was 21. Prior to his time at Middlebury, Thibault attended the French International School of Hong Kong and the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. He was a member ...
Record Number of Applicants Seek Admission to Class of 2023
By Gigi Hogan | February 14, 2019Middlebury received a record number of applications during the 2018-2019 admissions cycle, with 9,750 students vying for a spot in the Class of 2023. The applicant pool increased by 5.6 percent compared to last year’s 9,230. With an increase of 13.9 percent, the number of applicants who identify as ...
CFA Becomes the MAC, and Students Ask Why
By Caroline Kapp | February 14, 2019After being known for 27 years as the CFA, the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts is undergoing a name change. College officials have decided to rename the building the Mahaney Arts Center, or the MAC — a change that has provoked confused reactions from students, some of whom insist on continuing ...
Student-Run Conference Goes Beyond #MeToo
By Nicole Pollack | February 14, 2019The sixth annual student-organized global affairs conference, “Beyond #MeToo: Global Responses to Sexual Violence in an Age of Reckoning,” was held between Jan. 22 and Jan. 24.
New Master Plan Envisions Future of College Libraries
By Gigi Hogan | February 14, 2019The College has begun preparing a master plan for the restoration and improvement of Armstrong Science Library and Davis Family Library.