Last week, both France and Uruguay moved one step closer to legalizing marriage equality. The two countries will become the 12th and 13th in the world to grant the right for two people to marry regardless of gender. The French Senate passed a bill last Friday to legalize same-sex marriage. The ...
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 ...
Residential Life has released its decision announcing the groups that have been awarded superblock housing for the 2013-2014 academic year. The committee has approved the Collective Mind group for Palmer House, the Design House in Jewett, the Exploration and Adventure group in Meeker House, the Superplay ...
Middlebury offered 1,750 students admission to the class of 2017 in the most competitive and diverse admission process in the College’s history. Three hundred and fifty of these students were admitted in early February or Early Decision last December, and Regular Admission decisions were available ...
Four years ago, 35.5 percent of students reported cheating at least once. Ninety-seven percent of students who saw infractions did not report it. With few signs of improvement since 2009, it is clear that cheating, nonexistent peer proctoring and student apathy are still sickening the honor code, putting ...
On Wednesday, April 3, Andrew Forsthoefel ’11 and his co-producer Jay Allison held a listening event in Woods Hole, Mass. for the release of their hour-long radio documentary, which follows Forsthoefel’s 4,000-mile walk across the country through the voices of people he met along the way. ...
On Thursday, March 28, Middlebury received the Food Recovery Challenge Achievement Award, earning recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency for increasing organics diversion in 2011. By using disposed food products for higher and better purposes such as composting, the college has contributed ...
On Saturday April 13, UMOJA, Middlebury’s African Society, will host the Amka Africa Conference in collaboration with the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) to discuss how business and youth entrepreneurship are changing the face of commerce within Africa and beyond its borders. President ...
On April 5-7, five students attended the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference at Washington University in St. Louis. The students were selected from a pool of applicants from colleges and universities around the world to participate in the event. The trip was sponsored ...
On Tuesday, March 9, Community Council met with the Mill’s administration to discuss whether to continue to allow the social house to serve Purple Jesus, a mixed drink with vodka and grape powder served at Purple Jesus Night, a long-standing Mill tradition. The Mill hosts Purple Jesus three times ...
Elections are determined by those who show up. It’s springtime, Middlebury, and that means it’s election season. Middlebury College is an institution filled with leaders who want to give back to the community. When we arrive for first-year orientation, we meet former high school soccer team captains, ...
On Sunday, my buddy Trent tried to teach me how to surf. He kept an eye on the surf reports all day, and the swells were most forgiving at about five in the evening, so my roommate Joey and I piled into Trent’s orange Honda Element and we drove about 10 minutes to Asilomar State Beach. As we drove, ...
Over the past few weeks, tensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen to levels not seen in years, perhaps decades. The latest escalation in militaristic rhetoric and conflict preparation began soon after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Feb. 12. That underground test, North Korea’s third in ...
On Monday, March 18, Community Council went into executive session to continue the discussion from last Tuesday on whether to accept the Social House Review Committee’s recommendation to disband Delta, the social house organization currently residing in Prescott house. By 5:50 p.m. the Council ...
A decrease in the amount of federal funding available for science research grants is putting pressure on the College to seek other sources of funding for undergraduate research assistant positions, particularly within the natural sciences. A summer research assistant position demands, on average, between ...
On Friday, March 15, Barbara Ofosu-Somuah ’13 found out that she was selected as a Watson fellow for the 2013 - 2014 academic year for her project titled “The Choreography of Black Hair: A Framework for Cultural Inquiry.” The Watson Fellowship grants graduating seniors a $25,000 stipend ...
Continuing efforts to address the issue of student engagement outside of class, the Education in Action office (EIA) hosted a panel discussion on the role of social engagement within a liberal arts curriculum on March 18. The panel was made up of Professor of Economics John Isham, Associate Professor ...
On Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, this year’s MiddChallenge finalists pitched their ideas to a distinguished panel of judges in hopes of winning a $3,000 grant, summer boarding and mentorship in one of three categories: business; arts; and education, outreach and policy. MiddChallenge ...
The History of Art and Architecture (HARC) department announced several new changes to its major requirements and course offerings last week in an effort to better utilize the College’s resources and to increase accessibility to the department for all students. In addition to making changes to the ...
The Student Government Organization (SGA) held meetings on Sunday, March 10 and Sunday, March 17. Finance Committee Report and Compromise On March 3, the SGA approved every section of the Finance Committee Report, except the section pertaining to transportation reimbursement. A proposal was made to ...