Beginning as a forum in 2011 dedicated to fostering conversations surrounding identity and diversity issues, “JusTalks” is now being expanded into First Year Seminars. The genesis of JusTalks began with a group of students who sought to combat the issue that, according to their website, postulates, ...
On Tuesday Sept. 16, just days before the first football game of the season, an all-school e-mail was sent detailing a new tailgate policy, in which alcohol is prohibited at all venues, including in the tailgate area, as is amplified music. The email, signed by Dean of Students Katy Smith Abbott, Director ...
The Presidential Search Committee has reviewed more than 50 applicants for the soon-to-be vacant position of president of the Middlebury College, and is now starting to interview candidates in person. “We’ve been narrowing down candidates and now we are in the process of interviewing the applicants ...
The third annual International Politics and Economics Symposium, “Crisis and Confusion: Responses to Global Economic Turbulence,” was held at Middlebury’s Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs last Friday. Michael Bordo, a professor of Economics at Rugters University, spoke at the first panel of the ...
The U.S. News & World Report released its college rankings for the 2014-2015 year on Sept. 9, and with them came a drop in Middlebury College’s standing. Previously fourth among all liberal arts colleges in the country, the College’s ranking has moved to seventh. It now places right behind ...
This past April, Middlebury College entered into a one-year contract with TurboVote, online software that seeks to streamline the voter registration process. “It takes three minutes to sign up, and you can register in any state,” said Hannah Bristol ’14.5, who worked at TurboVote this past summer ...
Middlebury Squash Coach John Illig died suddenly on Sunday Aug. 3 in a tragic accident of injuries sustained by a fall in his home. Illig came to the College’s squash program in the fall of 2007. He had a win-loss record of 210-121 during his seven seasons as coach and was named NESCAC Coach of the ...
In a change to existing College policy on adjudicating sexual misconduct, the Sexual Misconduct Review Panel (SMRP) was eliminated in August. The SMRP, which had been in existence from the fall of 2011 until this summer, reviewed case materials that were prepared by an investigator. These case materials, ...
Come January, Middlebury College will lose an invaluable member of its community. Shirley M. Collado, Vice President for Student Affairs, Dean of the College, Chief Diversity Officer and the College’s Title IX Coordinator, accepted a new position as Executive Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives ...
On Sept. 4, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced a proposal for a new Middlebury identity system. The proposal was detailed in an email Liebowitz sent to all students, staff and faculty. If approved, the identity system will formally incorporate the Middlebury name into the official ...
On Tuesday, May 13, the faculty voted overwhelmingly to cut ties with K12, Inc., the corporation with which the College partnered to create Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL). The 95 to 16 vote — with three abstentions — was only symbolic, but sent a strong message to President of the College ...
Jenny Johnston ’14 will give the student commencement speech representing the class of 2014 at Commencement on May 25. Johnston was chosen from nearly 20 applicants by Editor-in-Chief Kyle Finck ’14, SGA president Rachel Liddell ’15, Alex Cort ’14.5, Jackie Breckenridge ’14 and Bry Kleber ...
On Tuesday, May 13 the faculty will vote on a motion to sever the College’s ties with K12, Inc., the corporation that the College has partnered with to create Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL), a foreign language education program for K-12 students. While the motion carries no weight — only ...
Sexual assault on college campuses made national news last week when Tufts University was found noncompliant with Title IX for mishandling complaints of sexual assault. In the wake of this finding, the Department of Education released a list of the 55 schools currently under investigation for such violations, ...
On May 10, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be holding a team triathlon open to the entire student body. The event aims to bring the athlete and non-athlete communities together around an interactive exercise. The SAAC aims to strengthen the bonds between the general student body ...
The current Student Government Association (SGA) administration has been faced with a great deal of scrutiny this year, due in part to the especially high voter turnout last year, which elected Rachel Liddell ’15 as SGA President with over 52 percent of the votes. Amid frustration with the apparent ...
On Tuesday, April 29, Twilight Auditorium was filled to capacity by 4:30, the start time for the Inaugural Lecture “The Case for Marx,” given by Christian A. Johnson Professor of Economics and Department Chair Peter Matthews. Jim Ralph, Dean of Faculty Development and Research, had to turn away ...
A ceremony was held this past Tuesday in Crossroads café to honor Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Dana Yeaton with the Marjorie Lamberti Faculty Appreciation Award. The annual award was initiated by the SGA as an opportunity to recognize those faculty members who have made an impact on the ...
Two students, Rana Abdelhamid ’15 and Spencer Salibur ’15, were selected as winners of prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships which will provide them with financial support for two years of undergraduate and graduate study in preparation for work as a Foreign Service Officer. The ...
In anticipation of the Student Government Association (SGA) elections, a discussion was held on Wednesday, April 23, between Taylor Custer ’15, the candidate for SGA president, and Ben Bogin ’15 the Student Co-Chair of the Community Council candidate. Editor-in-Chief of the Campus, Kyle Finck ’14, ...