Administrators Failed Protesters and Lecture Organizers
By The Editorial Board | April 25, 2019Last week, the administration canceled a talk by conservative Polish scholar and politician Ryszard Legutko due to safety concerns.
Opinion
Official Statement by Middlebury Student Organizers Regarding the Events of April 17, 2019
By Online Editor | April 25, 2019We have decided to release this statement in an attempt to clarify the situation, legitimize our perspective, and uphold how these events have affected us as a group and as individuals.
Re-visioning Our Education: A Call to Support SGA’s Proposals
By Vee Duong and Juliana Dunn | April 25, 2019This past week, we were angry. We were disappointed. We were not surprised.
Dear College: Reject This Tale of Two World Views
By Sebastian Grandias | April 25, 2019National politicians and news media have painted Middlebury as being at the center of an irreconcilable conflict of values.
President Patton, Right the Ship. Please.
By Griffin Hall | April 25, 2019Seniors at Middlebury will remember President Laurie Patton’s inaugural campaign to promote “rhetorical resilience.”
Callanan Pushing False Narratives
By Kevin Moss | April 25, 2019From the moment I became aware of Ryszard Legutko’s statements, I have shared them with the organizers and the sponsors of his talk.
A Failure of Leadership
By Joey Lyons | April 25, 2019Two years after the Charles Murray incident, Middlebury finds itself again ridiculed in the national press.
Letter: Human Mistakes are Inevitable
By Judy Olinick | April 25, 2019The campus will move on to new issues, but the injury to Professor Byers may be very long-lasting.
Letter: Making Space for Counter Arguments
By Charles Tilford | April 25, 2019Canceling the Ryszard Legutko lecture at the last minute may have been prudent from a security perspective, but it again got us scorched in the national media.
Polish Alumnus: Legutko ‘a ruthless politician that contributed to Poland’s downfall’
By Thomas Gawel | April 25, 2019When I first saw that Mr. Legutko was invited to speak on campus, my reaction was not outrage. It was, quite honestly, a mere surprise.
A Response to Thomas
By Michael Kraus | April 25, 2019Dear Thomas, Thank you for your heartfelt and thoughtful letter. It’s always good to hear from you! I recall fondly your assistance in my research, as well as your excellent presentation to our class on Poland, explaining why the Justice and Law party (PiS) won the 2015 election overwhelmingly and ...
A Personal Statement
By Nia Robinson | April 23, 2019Editor's Note: Nia Robinson '19 is president of the Middlebury College Student Government Association. In a conversation I had a few weeks ago, we talked about how grateful we were for a mild year, compared to the previous years. We made sure to knock on wood, so we didn’t jinx it. Perhaps the ...
Thirteen Proposals for Community Healing
By The Student Government Association Senate | April 23, 2019Editor's Note: The below letter was sent to all college administrators this morning with all students cc'd. It has been reprinted here with permission. To the administrators of Middlebury College, The Student Government Association (SGA) exists to be the democratic vehicle of the will of the student ...
A Statement from the Faculty Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By The Committee On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion | April 19, 2019These past two weeks, a number of incidents both inside and outside the classroom have made clear that we as a campus have a great deal of work to do in achieving our ideal of inclusivity. We have witnessed the trivialization of acts of historical oppression and genocide, as well as the invitation of ...
Lessons Learned on Controversial Speakers
By The Middlebury Faculty Caucus For An Inclusive Community | April 19, 2019As a learning institution, we believe Middlebury College should always look toward the educational possibilities of events and conversations. Two years after the fracturing of our campus around Charles Murray’s visit, what can we say we have learned about hosting divisive and controversial speakers ...
Official Statement by Middlebury Student Organizers Regarding the Events of April 17, 2019
By Online Editor | April 18, 2019Editor's Note: The below statement represents the views of more than 50 student organizers. The Campus granted them anonymity due to the security concerns cited by the administration in their decision to cancel yesterday's lecture by Ryszard Legutko. To preface this release we would like to reiterate ...
A Tale of Two Worldviews
By Erik Bleich | April 18, 2019For the second time in just over two years, a controversial visitor has divided our campus. As chair of the political science department, I have heard strong arguments both to retain and to rescind co-sponsorship of these types of talks. I believe that these arguments are so passionate because they ...
Varsha Vijayakumar for SGA President
By The Editorial Board | April 18, 2019We are proud to endorse Varsha Vijayakumar for SGA President.
Mandatory Bias Training is Necessary but Insufficient; Hamilton Forum is Proof
By Travis Sanderson | April 18, 2019The need for mandatory bias training has been ignored for years.
In Defense of Jeff Byers
By Ellis Glickman | April 18, 2019A month ago, I took a chemistry test that asked me to calculate the lethal dose of hydrogen cyanide.