An ideal liberal arts education provides a broad-based academic curriculum with the purpose of cultivating individuals who think critically, communicate well and realize potential. Such an institution, like Middlebury, must offer a diversity of subjects in a limited number of classes, which both interest ...
I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was … snow. II Middtwitt: this snowday has only reinforced how badly I WANT MATTHEW BIETTE TO BE MY DAD #socuteinanapron III E-mail from Professor Billings canceling class: Hi everyone, I’m snow-bound this morning, and so is Prof. Monod. Have ...
From Iran to Egypt, from Yemen to Libya, from Morocco to China and from Senegal to the United States citizens have spilled into the streets, surrounded government buildings and choked public squares, holding signs and shouting — hoping that their combined presence and united voices will change their ...
Lately, I’ve been taking a class on social movements; civil rights, farm workers unions, peaceful uprisings in the Middle East — you name it. And while I have learned that there is no way to explain these powerful events as a whole — each is unprecedented in its own way — some key components ...
The town meeting last week marked the second year in a row that Vermont’s education spending has declined. And it happened without the angst we all felt last year. Only three districts rejected their budgets — that’s the fewest in at least 20 years. And based on the anecdotal evidence, many budgets ...
Although I have a very large bone to pick with issues involving the Middlebury community and our inability to integrate different social scenes on this campus (I hope to address them in future articles), I want to start with a very simple proposition. It may seem a wild idea at first but I think it ...
As the winter months draw slowly to a close, two sports teams at the College have infused the Middlebury community, both town and gown, with a new, higher tolerance for a long winter season. The men’s basketball and women’s hockey teams will continue their quests for championships this weekend: ...
“It’s difficult for anyone to have warm and tender feelings for the crazy man.” – Glenn Beck, Feb. 22 It’s a surreal scene: Glenn Beck, all alone on a TV set flooded with a low, blue light. He’s surrounded by an array of chalkboards; like mirrors in a haunted house, they reflect the many, ...
Last semester, I donned an oversized chain necklace and a fitted Atlanta Braves cap, sagged my jeans, put on some swag and went to dinner at Proctor. The stares, double takes, and triple takes I received were expected, but prove my point: Midd Kids are uncomfortable with the outspoken expression of ...
As a first-year counselor, I know all about health and safety. I am a sober-friend encyclopedia; I am officially certified as a crowd manager, I have completed fire safety training (yes I extinguished a fire) and I have pub safe on speed dial. However, one of the main aspects of health and safety never ...
On the first Friday of the semester, I watched the Free Friday film, For Colored Girls produced by Tyler Perry. I was expecting a movie that gives lessons on life flavored with some humor, unfortunately with some ignorance of Ntozake Shange’s play, from which the movie is based. My assumptions were ...
Last Thursday, I picked up the Campus for a leisurely morning read in Proctor. I was in the mood for some good quality snark, so I flipped immediately to the Best Week Ever column. Jaime did not disappoint, and I enjoyed a lovely article in which she advocated the establishment of herself as a new dean ...
This past weekend, Middlebury College celebrated its 88th Winter Carnival — continuing the longest-running student-led Carnival in the country. Apart from the much-appreciated three-day weekend, the College sponsored several performances and events. This weekend also marked the triumphant homecoming ...
The Campus has taken a lot of heat in the last week over our coverage of hazing among members of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. As the editor-in-chief, I feel I should respond to misinformed readers who think we did not cover it at all, to readers who wanted coverage sooner and ...
I’ve written many times on Middlebury’s traditions, and I’ve exhausted the subject. However, the sub-zero temperatures have slowed my usually enormous imagination. Furthermore, the cold front coincides with Middlebury’s recent cold shoulder to the housing wants of our students. It’s with some ...
This week, I plan to use my column in a rather self-serving manner. First, some context. Last week I was fact-checking an article in the Campus office, or as I fondly call it, Hepburninhell, when I came across a list of all the deans at our fine institution. Apparently, there are 25 of them! Who knew? ...
What is this place we call Middlebury? We exalt our college as a place of intellectual inquiry that shapes well-rounded students who lead balanced lives; however that description glosses over too much. From the minute I entered Dana Auditorium for the packed screening of “Race to Nowhere”, I knew ...