The Bi Hall Telescope: A Closer Look
By Asher Lantz | May 10, 2017The Champlain Valley is prime real estate for stargazing. The technician at the Mittelman Observatory explains why.
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
SGA Debates the Future of Free Speech on Campus
By Kyle Naughton | May 10, 2017In their final session of the semester, SGA senators voted down a bill that would have protected controversial speakers from being disrupted. Critics said the bill threatened students’ right to protest.
Students and Administrators Discuss ‘Restorative Justice’
By Nick Garber and Elaine Velie | May 10, 2017After two sociology professors led a sit-in to protest discipline for students, the college dean promised a culture shift in its judicial system.
Exploring the Debate Society’s Rich History
By Alex Newhouse | May 10, 2017A history of one of Middlebury's oldest organizations.
J Street U Screens “5 Broken Cameras”
By Miguel Espinosa | May 10, 2017Students and faculty gathered to watch the documentary “5 Broken Cameras” in Bicentennial Hall on the evening of May 4. “5 Broken Cameras” covers the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the perspective of a Palestinian villager living on the West Bank border. The screening was presented ...
Hunter Graham Talks ROTC, Military Service
By Sarah Asch | May 10, 2017Every Wednesday, Hunter Graham ’20 drives to the University of Vermont to attend a Military Science class as part of the Reserve Officers Training Core (ROTC) of the Army. ROTC offers college students a path into military service, in addition to offering financial assistance to help pay for college. ...
Inaugural Korean Cultural Show Dazzles Students
By Courtenay Roche | May 10, 2017At 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, the lights in Wilson Hall dimmed abruptly, leaving only the iridescent light of hundreds of glow sticks and a few phones waving wildly in the air above the crowd. So the much-anticipated inaugural Korean Culture Show, a night of passionate singing and dancing, opened to ...
Ten Things I Know to Be True About Sex
By Sex Panther | May 10, 2017Full disclosure: The Sex Panther wrote this piece while slightly (okay — quite) tipsy. And she loves you the most. Alright, y’all. I’m graduating in 17 days. That’s a scary short amount of time. I debated about what I wanted to leave you with in my final edition of the sex panther — an ode ...
Baseball Bound for Battle at Nescacs
By Jordan Howell | May 10, 2017Coming off a disastrous few seasons, Panthers baseball racked up their first winning record since 2007 and made their first appearance at Nescacs in seven years.
New Housing Software Suffers Glitch
By Kyle Naughton | May 10, 2017During the scheduled housing registration period on Tuesday, April 25, the new StarRez housing software suffered a glitch that prevented students from signing into their accounts. Students across multiple grades could not gain access to the StarRez sign-in interface, and once it became clear that the ...
Monterey Boosts Enrollment to Add Revenue
By Ethan Brady | May 10, 2017The increases coincide with a budget crisis facing the Middlebury corporation, which has been forced to cut spending and find new revenue streams.
Community Council Update
By John Gosselin | May 10, 2017At Community Council’s May 2 meeting, Associate Professor of French William Poulin-Deltour introduced a letter from faculty which suggests taking several steps to prepare Middlebury for changes to immigration policy under the Trump administration. The steps include establishing a response team of ...
Men's Lax Season Ends
By Colby Morris | May 10, 2017This past weekend the men’s lacrosse team saw their season end when they lost to top-ranked Bates in the NESCAC semifinals in Lewiston, Me. A hard road stood between the Panthers and the conference title, as they would have to overcome a Bates team that went undefeated in conference play to get to ...
Tennis Has Tough Weekend, Looks Forward to Competing at NCAAs
By Claire Messersmith | May 10, 2017All good things must come to an end. Though both advanced to their respective NESCAC Championships on Saturday, May 6, the men’s and women’s tennis teams fell to their respective opponents on Sunday, May 7. This marked the men’s team’s third consecutive visit to the NESCAC Championship. Though ...
Track and Field Season Nearing End
By Rob Erickson | May 10, 2017The track and field teams traveled to Williams last Thursday, May 4 to Saturday, May 6, where they put together yet another strong performance at the the DIII New England Championships. Athletes who finished in the top eight earned All-New England laurels. The women set two new school records as they ...
Donald Trump and Raúl Castro Will Not Shake Hands
By Nina Colombotos | May 10, 2017On November 8, 2016, perhaps you did not sleep from disbelief, joy or rage. In Havana, the nomenklatura of the communist party also lost sleep; a new situation emerged that broke the plans of a diplomatic approach prepared secretly and meticulously. The new tenant of the White House was a piece on the ...
Class-Conscious Organizing at Midd
By Edward O’brien | May 10, 2017There has been a lot of talk since Trump was elected about leveraging one’s privilege to do good. That is exactly what the Moving Money Campaign is about. It’s all too common to hear liberal college students complain about how powerless they feel; but the truth is that we are not powerless. The ...
A Robust Public Sphere
By Laurie Patton | May 10, 2017Editor’s note: This column is excerpted from remarks President Laurie L. Patton gave to the Middlebury College faculty in early April. It also appeared in a slightly different form in the spring issue of Middlebury Magazine. The events of March 2 and the ensuing debate about the value of public discourse ...
Vermonters ‘Green Up’ Their Communities
By Amelia Pollard | May 10, 2017An annual tradition begun in 1970 by the former governor has residents orchestrating a deep clean of public spaces in all 251 of Vermont’s towns.
Vermont Ranks First For Health Security Preparedness
By Marc Arnold | May 10, 2017For the second year running, Vermont scored highest among the 50 states and District of Columbia in public health protection readiness, according to the latest results from the National Health Security Preparedness Index. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the index measures the nation’s ...