Panel Discusses Sex, Labor Trafficking Locally and Globally
By Monique Santoso | April 18, 2019As a campus, we should be addressing human trafficking more fervently.
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Ski Patrol: The Unsung Heroes of the Snow Bowl
By Heather Boehm | April 18, 2019Picture this: It’s Sunday morning. You snooze your alarm three times at 11:00 before you get the courage to brave the -2-degree winds and make the journey through the snow to find the nearest open dining hall. You take your time, kicking your legs up and preparing for some “Sunday Scaries.” This ...
Women’s Tennis Concludes Undefeated NESCAC Home Weekend
By Cecelia Scheuer | April 18, 2019It was another big weekend for the No. 3 ranked Middlebury women’s tennis team, as they eased past No. 8 Tufts (7-2) on Saturday and No. 9 Williams (7-2) on Sunday at home on the Proctor Tennis Courts. On Saturday morning, clear skies and 70-degree weather drew an array of spectators to the courts ...
Reel Critic: ‘Ash is Purest White’
By Qian Li | April 18, 2019A few weeks ago, I watched a film with a friend at Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. As we walked out of the cinema, I realized my eyes were dry from tearing up so much in the dark. My friend laughed at me quite heartlessly, though later she admitted shedding tears during the screening as ...
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.
Midd Gone Wild: New Student Environmental Club Takes to the Outdoors
By Meredith Robertson | April 18, 2019For students who may be interested in engaging intimately with the environment, the Wild Middlebury Project is a great place to start.
SGA and Community Council to Hold Elections Thursday
By Porter Bowman | April 18, 2019This week, the Middlebury student body will elect a new SGA president for the 2019-2020 academic year. The position involves directly overseeing the SGA Cabinet and Senate and supporting the work of 11 Cabinet committees and five Senate committees. The President is viewed as the de facto leader of the ...
Women’s Lacrosse on Fire, Continues 11-0 Streak
By Lauren Boyd | April 18, 2019The Panther women’s lacrosse team moved to an 11-game win streak, picking up two conference wins this past weekend against Trinity and Hamilton, scoring double digits against two impressive teams. Moving forward, the Panthers are on a blazing trail, hoping to close out the season against Tufts and ...
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.
Softball Splits Wednesday’s Doubleheader, Sweeps Wesleyan Over the Weekend
By Max Padilla | April 18, 2019Last week, when asked about softball’s recent defeats, captain Irene Margiotta ’19 said that the team was “young but extremely talented [...] and we are looking forward to giving it our all in the next few conference weekends to come.” Margiotta and the rest of the team lived up to the mindset ...
Reporter on ISIS Beat Discusses ‘Speaking to the Enemy’
By Caroline Kapp | April 18, 2019Rukmini Callimachi has built a career out of talking to terrorists. Callimachi joined the New York Times in March 2014 as a foreign correspondent covering Al-Qaeda and ISIS. WIRED magazine called her “arguably the best reporter on the most important beat in the world.” She is a four-time Pulitzer ...
A Piano Mastermind’s College ‘Finale’
By John Vaaler | April 18, 2019Iwata’s senior piano recital, “The Finale,” exuded a Romantic whirlwind of grand scales, mountainous runs and daring chords.
The 1vyG Conference and First-Gen Issues
By Lulu Zhou | April 18, 2019When I chose Middlebury College, it was not because I loved Middlebury during Preview Days but because it truly overwhelmed me.
Sex Panther: Let’s Talk About STIs (And Other Things) Baby!
By Sex Panther | April 18, 2019If you don’t start honing your communication skills, then you are setting yourself and the people you interact with up for failure and frustration.
Men’s Tennis Takes Weekend vs. Tufts and Williams
By Jack Kagan | April 18, 2019After tough losses to No. 3 Emory and No. 5 Wesleyan, Panther men’s tennis stormed back in a big way last weekend with a nailbiter win over No. 10 Williams, in addition to a 6-3 victory over No. 18 Tufts. Middlebury tumbled down the rankings last week after an upset from then No.7 Wesleyan, while ...
Parton Looks to Upgrade Mental Health Services this Fall
By Elaine Velie | April 18, 2019Parton Center for Health and Wellness will make changes to its mental health offerings beginning this fall, after joining a national program earlier this year which helps schools improve their suicide prevention services as well as support for substance abuse and other mental health issues.
Photos: Spring Student Symposium
By Online Editor | April 18, 2019Over 275 students presented at the annual Spring Symposium on April 12, a day filled with intellectual inquiries and inspiration.
Men’s Lacrosse Cooks the Chickens, Defeats Trinity
By Bobby Sullivan | April 18, 2019After a successful mid-week game against Springfield College, where Middlebury won 15-7, the Panthers tried to ride that momentum into their NESCAC showdown against Trinity on Saturday, April 13. With their highest attendance of the season and a number of Midd alumni coming out to show their support, ...
Expert Panel Talks ‘Climate Grief’ and Environmental Action
By Nicole Pollack | April 18, 2019Last fall, days after Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Dan Suarez gave a talk branding climate change the impending end of the world, Kyle Freiler ’19 walked into Suarez’s office in a panic. He was experiencing what the American Psychological Association now recognizes as climate grief: ...
Foreign Correspondents: Returning to Childhood in Paris
By Amelia Pollard | April 18, 2019There were countless things I looked forward to when preparing to study abroad in Paris, but the idea of having a semester in which I felt more like a child than I have for over a decade, was not something that had crossed my mind.