Author: Robert Hawkins As the most experienced senior member of the Academic Judicial Board (AJB), I write with concern and a heavy feeling of sorrow that has accumulated over the years I have served. The responsibility of enforcing the Honor Code at Middlebury has been a trying endeavor that I hope ...
Author: Jay Dolan As a senior at Middlebury, I'm afraid I can't leave this campus with anything all that entertaining or insightful. Still, I'll do my best to relay an interesting realization I had while working on the Opinions section these past two years. It is directed to anyone who has ever submitted ...
Author: [no author name found] The report of the Task Force on the Status of Women at Middlebury College, released to the College community by e-mail earlier this week, is surprisingly, refreshingly frank - and yet the contents of the report, which detail a student social life permeated by a dangerous ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I was left aghast last week by the shamelessness of Livingston Burgess's Notes from the Desk ("I did not plagiarize these notes," April 24). Advocating that a rigorous and challenging academic environment dissuades cheating is counter-intuitive and highly ...
Author: James O'Brien I've decided to begin this week with two moralizing haikus.Some animals watch The other animals fall,Happy it's not them.The frog eats the fly.The frog is suddenly scared-Prays for its frog soul.These haikus, besides being quaint and amusing, are meant to illustrate a ...
Author: Alex Garlick Carbon offsets are not the answer to our planet's environmental crisis - in fact, they are economically problematic and morally suspect. The College feels differently. The Snow Bowl recently spent $7,138 on carbon offsets, the study abroad office is encouraging its students to spend ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman I am a student at Middlebury College who can hardly be called a minority in any way - I "sit in a place of privilege … in sex, race, class, orientation [and] citizenship," according to Ryan Tauriainen's op-ed that appeared in last week's Campus ("Factcheck: the gay experience ...
Author: Livingston Burgess Before I get too invested here, I just want to let readers know - and remind myself - that I really have no real stake in whether or not the faculty decision to proctor exams sticks. I have never actively cheated in my time here at Middlebury, I would never consider it my ...
Author: Alex Garlick What would this campaign cycle look like if John Kerry had won the 2004 election? The Democratic nominee lost Ohio by only 100,000 votes, or just about the attendance at an Ohio St. football game. His cumbersome slogan was to make America, "Stronger at home and more respected in ...
Author: Madeleine Terry, Alex Garlick and Eric Lonstein As student co-chairs of the Academic and Community Judicial Boards, we write in response to last week's front-page article, "Faculty supports that teachers proctor exams" (April 17) The article described a 'desire' on the part of the College's ...
Author: Kristen Ward and Aki Ito I was molested at age 3. The police told me I should have tried harder to get information about my rapist. My friend said he didn't rape her - she doesn't think it's rape because she was drunk. Even my family didn't believe me. I told him no, and he did it anyway.A guy ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The only thing more appalling than the pompousness and complete lack of logic displayed by Ryan Tauriainen's letter in last week's paper is the fact that you keep paying attention to him. Could you stop?Sincerely,Tristan Axelrod '08To the Editor:I always ...
Author: James O'Brien It has taken me nearly a full two years at Middlebury College, but I have finally learned that everyone has problems. Paradoxically, most of us seem to believe that the hard-working students around us are crises-free, while, at the same time, we downplay our issues because we have ...
Author: [no author name found] Claims about the academic dishonesty of Middlebury students are startling. More disturbing still, however, is the proposal by some members of the faculty to place professors as proctors in classrooms during exams. Cheating, plagiarism and other violations of Middlebury's ...
Author: Ryan Tauriainen Last week a gay student wrote a scathing op-ed ("Counter-productive Gaypril event baffles," April 10) to reveal to the campus that (gasp) there was a "gay party" the previous weekend. There were a few mistakes or misinterpretations that I will correct rather quickly. First off, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Having experienced Laurie Essig as a teacher I feel compelled to respond to the College returning her to tenure track and the resultant support expressed by the Middlebury community. While Laurie Essig as a person is extremely knowledgeable and the material ...
Author: Rachel Pagano On April 2, the Middlebury College Republicans hosted a lecture by Mark Steyn, The New York Times best-selling author of "America Alone," and an internationally known columnist who writes for publications spanning the globe, including The Washington Post, Maclean's, The Jerusalem ...
Author: [no author name found] Despite the supposed freeze on new construction, the College's recent campaign to renovate a number of old buildings on campus has created its own fair share of commotion. While the administration has its reasons for each undertaking, its decision to renovate McCullough ...