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Middlebury Panthers Coach Aspiring Young Athletes
By Zeke Hodkin | May 2, 2019Every Monday this past April, the Middlebury men’s and women’s lacrosse teams have hosted local youth at lacrosse clinics. Guided by head women’s lacrosse coach Kate Livesay and her staff, student athletes on both teams have taught dozens of kids in the Panther Lacrosse Clinic. Coach Livesay, ...
A Signature Away From Permanent Change to Indigenous People’s Day
By Anna Wood | May 2, 2019Columbus Day may soon become Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Vermont, thanks to a bill (S.68) passed by the Senate on April 17. The bill was met with resounding approval, and will become a permanent change once it receives Gov. Phil Scott’s signature. For several years, Scott has signed the executive ...
Vision for Vermont: The Green Mountain State’s Future
By Nora Peachin | May 2, 2019Last September, 100 people from all over Vermont gathered at the Bread Loaf campus in Ripton to discuss their visions for their state’s future. Activist Fran Putnam led the charge, with Middlebury College Economics Professor Jon Isham acting as a moderator for the event. Today, these Vermonters have ...
First Responders: Middlebury Students Take to Local EMS and Fire
By Benjamin Glass | May 2, 2019It was mid-afternoon when David Cohen ’20 got the call. Two automobiles on a Vermont state highway had collided head on. One of the victims was still pinned in the driver’s seat, the car’s dashboard compressed on her lower body. “I got suited up into the extrication gear, and started to do ...
A 45th Birthday Present for the Middlebury Farmers Market
By Hattie Lefavour | May 2, 2019The beloved Middlebury Farmers Market turns 45 this summer, and it’s sharing its birthday present with the whole community. Along with its usual array of locally sourced fruits, vegetables, baked goods and crafts, this year the market is vying to serve as more than just the best source for fresh baked ...
Proc or Ross? Settling the Debate
By The Editorial Board | May 2, 2019Perhaps the most divisive and controversial decision students must make boils down to one simple question: Proctor or Ross?
Bowdoin, Tufts and Colby Emerge as Most Common Overlaps
By Monique Santoso | May 2, 2019Highly educated, environmentally conscious and athletic are some of the adjectives that students at Middlebury commonly use to describe their fellow peers. This data can be found at Unigo, a website for high school applicants to review college profiles, statistics and scholarships used by over 1.6 million ...
Gensler Family Symposium Engages With the ‘Complex and Peculiar Lives of Intersectionality’
By Sadie Housberg | May 2, 2019“What exactly is intersectionality?” — this was one of many questions posed at last week's Gensler Symposium, which featured talks by several prominent scholars in feminist and queer studies.
Student Athletes Overrepresented in Economics, Psychology, Neuroscience
By Hannah Bensen | May 2, 2019Campus lore suggests that varsity athletes at Middlebury are socially liberal, fiscally conservative economics majors. Some stereotypes surrounding varsity athletes are rooted in truth. Zeitgeist reveals, however, that the stereotypical image of a Middlebury athlete is not indicative of athletes as ...
Alone Together at Middlebury
By Riley Board and Nicole Pollack | May 2, 2019More than 200 students answered the question: “What makes you feel othered at Middlebury?” Responses addressed socio-economic status, race and ethnicity, athletics, sexuality and other subjects, shedding light on the ways in which cultures and demographics at the college impact students’ sense ...
One in Eight Students Experienced Sexual Assault
By Hannah Bensen | May 2, 2019Approximately one in six women has been a victim of sexual assault on Middlebury’s campus or during a Middlebury program, according to Zeitgeist survey results. In total, 12% of respondents have been sexually assaulted. The survey reveals that female students are nearly five times more likely to be ...
Acknowledgements
By Benjy Renton | May 2, 2019We want to extend our gratitude to several individuals whose input, advice and help were critical in making this edition a success. Special thanks to Director of Assessment and Institutional Research Adela Langrock for providing crucial insight during the survey creation process and suggesting auxiliary ...
Given the Choice, 80% of Students Would Choose Midd Again
By Monique Santoso | May 2, 2019Zeitgeist results show that roughly 80 percent of students would enroll at Middlebury again if given the choice. On average, students of color are 15 percent less likely to express that sentiment than their peers. !function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else ...
Men’s Track and Field Triumphs, Women Place Second at NESCACs
By Jordan Howell | May 2, 2019The Middlebury track and field team began the first part of the championship season with a bang. On Saturday, April 27, the team competed with a great deal of passion at the NESCAC Championships. The men’s team ultimately captured the gold, while the women’s team came in second to Williams. The ...
Introduction: The Spirit of the Times
By Bochu Ding | May 2, 2019“Would you support the construction of a swirly slide inside the Great Hall of Bicentennial Hall? We're talking a 6-story curling slide that has entry points on all floors and ends on the second floor, open for use after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all weekend, or whatever else we can secure as a compromise.” This ...
Economics Majors Are Indeed "Socially Liberal," "Fiscally Conservative"
By Hattie Lefavour | May 2, 2019 2020 ELECTION PREFERENCES: TRUMP It is no secret that President Trump is not particularly popular among Middlebury’s student body — the Zeitgeist poll shows that less than 3% of students approve of the way he’s handling office. On the other end, Trump’s campus disapproval rating hovers ...