The last weekend of January was the first anniversary of Obama’s presidency. Commentators on networks from MSNBC to Fox tried to argue about the total success or abysmal failure of the president using a period as superficial as a year, and metrics as superficial as grades. Instead of stressing out ...
We write today to respond to the recent Campus article and editorial addressing the College administration’s recent decisions regarding the MiddView program. As the staff members most intimately involved with the program, and most committed to working for its eventual revival, we are compelled to ...
After many weeks of hype and expectation, the new Middlebury Web site launched last week to equal measures of excitement and uncertainty. Having spent over a year tailoring the site and seeking input from different community groups, the Web makeover team’s (mostly) finished product marks a bold departure ...
Have you ever looked around the dining hall and started thinking derogatory thoughts about how people are disgusting animals? Admit it. Or if you haven’t, try it. See that dude over there by the window? Yeah, the one eating a banana and scratching himself. Don’t pretend he doesn’t look like the ...
I must begin this column with a quick apology. To anyone who read my last column before Christmas break, I am very sorry. Unlike most conservative youths whom I know, I fulfill the Republican stereotype of being very bad with a computer. My roommate likes to tell stories of my inability to use iTunes. ...
The last time James Cameron sunk $200 million into a movie, he was warned by the LA Times: “What really brings on the tears is [his] insistence that writing this kind of movie is within his abilities. Not only is it not, it is not even close.” A decade later, after waiting patiently for technology ...
Last week, I gave $10 to Haiti without ever opening my wallet. This stroke of monetary jujitsu was achieved without trickery or design. Instead, a few taps of my index finger were enough to complete the transaction and send the money on its way. Thanks to mobile phone technology, international relief ...
Not long ago, we reacted with optimism to a reinvigorated SGA Senate that knocked down issue after issue under the resourceful and ambitious leadership of SGA President Michael Panzer ’10. Panzer’s SGA seemed poised for more breakthroughs in the new year, having passed a bill in December to fund ...
I was 11 years old, and it was my first time back to Israel since my family had left when I was five. We decided to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and I clearly remember being surprised by how many soldiers there were, by the flood of olive drab around the ancient, cool sandstone. I asked my ...
J-Term is here! Ring the bells! Sound the alarm! It’s that most wonderful time of the year. As The Campus’ resident alcohol columnist, it probably comes as no surprise that I spend most of my year counting down to J-Term. For me, these four weeks of free time, outdoor recreation and binge drinking ...
President Emeritus John McCardell’s recent decision to leave Middlebury caused a wave of conflicting feelings and responses within the College community. On the one hand, it’s hard to watch someone leave who has contributed so much to the advancement and general success of Middlebury College. On ...
The first time I heard the name John McCardell was during my first couple days at Middlebury. My junior counselor (this dates myself) told our hall about the former president, who continued teaching a couple of classes annually. He’s a wonderful professor as well, she added. That was enough for me. ...
It is the purpose of this column, and a responsibility I take very seriously, to represent the conservative voice on campus (a voice which is sometimes sadly lacking from much of the discourse represented on this campus). However, this week I am going to stray slightly from my usual topics in order ...
Continuing in the trend of budget cuts that have dominated Campus headlines for over a year now, the introduction of new printing quotas — announced this week — is likely to elicit a variety of responses from the student body, including eye-rolling cynicism, apathetic indifference and indignant ...
I would like to continue the discussion my friend, Jeff Garofano, began in his Nov. 12 op-ed on the role of politics in our Middlebury education. In his piece, Jeff argues that institutions of higher education should remain as apolitical as possible. He takes Stanley Fish’s view that universities ...
Dear Middlebury Campus, As a part of Middlebury College’s 10 percent international student population, it was quite an unpleasant surprise to see barely any mention of the Annual ISO Show in the Middlebury Campus’ Nov. 18 edition. The Campus’ mention of the ISO Show was restricted to a corner ...