On the GOP Tax Plan
By The Editorial Board | December 7, 2017The plan, touted by many Republican lawmakers as intended to benefit the working and middle classes, will in fact target some of the most vulnerable populations.
Opinion
Letter: Response to “Response to ‘Response to Setting the Record Straight’ ”
By Paul Carrese | December 6, 2017Unreasonable accusations don’t sustain or replenish the civility needed at Middlebury and all other serious places of learning.
Sharp Left: Paradise Lost
By Tevan Goldberg | December 6, 2017In the previous month, two major tax-related developments have occurred to signal and hasten our society’s already speedy descent into oligarchy. November saw the ...
Letter: Response to “Response to Setting the Record Straight”
By Kevin Moss | December 1, 2017Re “Response to Setting the Record Straight” (online, Dec. 1) As long as Prof. Stanger is advocating precision for the record, perhaps she could correct the description of the event at ASU, which currently reads as follows: “Professor Stanger was there to verbally challenge the speaker. She ...
You Are Not Welcome Here, Mr. O’Keefe
By Zeke Hodkin | December 1, 2017What you stand for is incendiary and malicious. I will not remain idle and watch you attempt to break apart this community for your warped propaganda.
Letter: Response to "Setting the Record Straight"
By Allison Stanger | December 1, 2017Re "Setting the Record Straight" (fourth page, Nov. 30) Allow me to be more precise, for the record. “The CHAIR OF THE Sociology/Anthropology Department sought to rally the community to censor the Political Science department by demanding that we withdraw our co-sponsorship. In so doing, they abandoned ...
It Happens Everywhere
By The Editorial Board | November 29, 2017We’re living in a powerful moment if you have been affected by gender-based violence or know someone who has — so, everybody. Since New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey first exposed film director Harvey Weinstein, 35 men and counting have been accused of sexual misconduct. Emboldened ...
Setting the Record Straight
By Sociology/Anthropology Department | November 29, 2017In her October 26, 2017 testimony to a U.S. Senate committee about the Charles Murray talk at Middlebury College, Prof. Allison Stanger stated: “The Sociology/Anthropology Department sought to rally the community to censor the Political Science department by demanding that we withdraw our co-sponsorship. ...
Community Forums, Racial Accusations and Mirroring the Enemy
By David Stoll | November 29, 2017We’ve all heard about the Salem witch trials. If you go into the scholarship, it turns out there were no witches in Salem — only victims of sorcery accusations. If Salem’s problem with witchcraft did not include actual witches, could Middlebury College’s struggle against racism not include actual ...
Don’t Be Fake
By Nia Robinson | November 29, 2017It is Monday morning after a break and you can hear the echoes of people exchanging pleasantries from Cornwall. Why do we ask how people are or how the break was if we are not concerned enough to hear the answer? At the beginning of the school year, I ran into someone and we did the common dance of ...
“Pregnant in Middlebury, VT:” Fake Abortion Clinics and the Right to Accurate Information
By Toria Isquith | November 29, 2017In the era of the Trump regime, the politically inclined are eager to fight for abortion rights and affordable, government subsidized healthcare. The battle-cry is clear: “I stand with Planned Parenthood” stickers are on the back of laptops across campus and stuck on bumpers across the country. ...
Beyond the Town Hall
By The Editorial Board | November 15, 2017Last Thursday, Nov. 9, hundreds of members of the Middlebury community gathered in Mead Chapel for a town hall meeting. The event was originally planned by Women of Color and the Black Student Union with support from SGA and was subsequently co-opted by the administration, who claimed it had been already ...
Notes From the Desk: On Critique
By Nia Robinson | November 15, 2017There has not been room to talk about the importance of students’ roles in this issue with administration, so I’m going to make it. For context, this will stay aligned with Thursday’s town hall, but is applicable to other situations. First I want to thank students who share and continue to give ...
From the President’s Desk
By Félicia Tapia | November 15, 2017In recent weeks there has been much discussion on our campus about Middlebury policies and processes prohibiting acts of discrimination and harassment, including those based on race. I write today to state clearly my position and the position of my administration. I am steadfastly committed to rooting ...
Our Community in Context
By Kyle Wright | November 15, 2017Last spring, I was elected by the student body to co-chair Community Council. This is sometimes surprising to me given how few students know what Community Council is. I can’t help but also notice that Community Council is sometimes nebulous for faculty and staff. In this column, I will share and ...
I Cover the Waterfront: On Finding Bibles
By Will Digravio | November 15, 2017In a class last week, I co-led a discussion on “Travesties,” Tom Stoppard’s play partly inspired by “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Being the studious student I am, I brought with me “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde” in case I needed to reference his work and/or pretend to be more ...
Middlebury Dies in Darkness
By The Editorial Board | November 8, 2017The administration has criticized this paper’s coverage in public and private, and to our editors. They have implied that this paper contributes to negative perceptions of our school. They have shown discomfort and grown defensive when community members have shared their stories. The administration ...
Still Waiting for Answers
By Middlebury Faculty For An Inclusive Community | November 8, 2017We, a group of more than 40 Middlebury faculty, wish to publicly express our outrage and disgust at the images of racist and violent graffiti discovered in a classroom last week, as reported in The Campus on November 1. Moreover, as we stated in our September editorial, we stand with Addis Fouche-Channer ...
For the Culture: On Misogyny
By Joshua Claxton | November 8, 2017The following piece is directed towards cishet (people who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth and are straight) men: I want to be intentional about not speaking for anyone who experiences sexism, whether they are women, trans women or queer men. Though I sympathize and strive to be ...
Observations of an Outsider
By Linh Mueller | November 8, 2017Middlebury College is a truly strange and absurd place when it comes to campus politics. To the outside world — including potential students abroad, first-year and transfer students — Middlebury is marketed as this progressive, liberal, environmentally-friendly, socially-aware place. And once you ...