The Middlebury men’s soccer team split its crucial weekend on the road, falling to Tufts 1-0 on Saturday, Oct. 10 before coming from behind to sneak past Wesleyan 2-1 on Sunday, Oct. 11. “At our current level, we’re the best team in the ‘cac, but we know it won’t be handed to us,” Adam Glaser ...
The men’s squad traveled to Bernardston, Mass. for the ECAC DIII Championship tournament, where its first-years continued to dominate en route to a narrow two stroke victory over conference rival Trinity for its second ECAC tournament victory in three years. The women’s squad competed in the first ...
A rainbow of cloth ribbons dotted the trees around Mead Chapel this past Thursday, Oct. 8. A group of students and faculty paced around very slowly, trancelike, intertwining the ribbons and wrapping them around the trees. Passersby could not help but stop and stare at this mesmerizing first performance ...
Every single seat in the lecture hall was taken. A huge cluster of students stood in the back. The lecturer even jokingly offered to let people sit on the floor next to his podium. Unlike most other popular talks on campus, this lecture was not about a pressing social or political issue, nor was the ...
Alcatraz-1259 by William G. Baker is the autobiographical account of a former Alcatraz inmate. Alcatraz Island, located in the San Francisco Bay, was a federal prison for approximately thirty years in the mid-20th century until it was abandoned and eventually converted into a museum. A thriving tourist ...
According to Cocoon organizer August Hutchinson ’16.5, “You’ll hear about inner-city ballet and Picasso erotica, middle-aged thieves of little pink bikes and cultural clashes from across the globe. You’ll learn how these people met lovers, found success, overturned their beliefs and, of course, ...
Last spring, three Middlebury seniors started Humans of Vermont, an independent study modeled after the popular Humans of New York, created in 2010 by Brandon Stanton. Traveling to different parts of the state, these students began to collect the stories and photos of various Vermonters and posted ...
Surrounded by breathtaking scenery and countless beautiful trees every day, it becomes easy for Middlebury students to take Vermont’s ecological beauty for granted. A new exhibit at the Vermont Folklife Center, “Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine”, provides Middlebury the opportunity to learn ...
This Monday, Oct. 12, The Campus conducted an array of interviews in the town of Middlebury regarding its relationship with the College. These interviews were conducted with business owners, local residents and employees, and are intended to represent a diverse body of opinion. They come on the heels ...
Last Friday Oct. 9, delegates from the Middlebury College Republicans travelled to the Hilton Hotel in Burlington to watch John Kasich speak at the Vermont GOP Fall Harvest Dinner. Among the many people in attendance, current Vermont Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott was present. Although regular attendees ...
On Oct. 1 the Department of Public Safety released its annual Security and Fire Safety Report, highlighting several variances in crime rates on property under the College’s jurisdiction over the past three years. The College is required to compile crime statistics in seven major categories to the ...
Director of Membership and Chair of Elections Council Zak Fisher ’16, opened the Oct. 4 meeting with a welcome to the four new senators, Atwater Senator Jigar Bhakta ’18, Feb Senator Millie von Platen ’18.5 and First-Year Senators Charles Rainey ’19 and Kieran Parikh ’19. Fisher said the turnout ...
On Sunday, Oct. 11, the College inaugurated Laurie L. Patton as its 17th president in a historic ceremony on McCullough Lawn to an audience of over 1,000. Patton is the first woman to hold the office of president in the College’s 215-year history and previously served at Duke University as the Dean ...
According to Middlebury’s CCI website, LinkedIn is the key to controlling our professional online identity. “LinkedIn profiles rise to the top of search results from sites such as Google, letting you control that first impression.” So having a LinkedIn profile forces potential employers to troll ...
The first debate between democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential election took place on Tuesday night. Before we went to press the College Democrats were expecting around 100 people to show up. Bernard ‘Bernie’ Sanders is the candidate who seems to have the most support with college-age ...
If you have been out to the Organic Farm this semester, you may have noticed a fourteen-foot-wide circular tent-like structure nestled quaintly in the verdant rolling fields. Inside this wooden lattice frame draped with pale fabric, a west-facing window and cupola provides a breathtaking view of the ...
Bernie Sanders, well known for his “democratic socialist” platform and veteran affairs activism, has found another way to distinguish himself from the other presidential candidates. He’s the leader of an all-star Kazoo band. “It sounds like a swarm of patriotic bumblebees,” describes Josh ...
“Are you doing points?” “Yes,” I robotically rattle off my ID number. Sick! I just got Panther Points! Wait … I’ve been here over two years and I still honestly have no clue what my Panther Points are good for. This isn’t necessarily a case of “how are they still a thing” so much as ...
On a hot summer Tuesday in Montevideo, Uruguay, I walked down the fluorescent–lit hallways of the Hospital Pereira Rossell, past people waiting in rows of metallic seats. The constant low hum of conversation hung in the air. One could hardly imagine the scene that was about to take place — some ...
Two weeks ago, the Campus published an editorial titled “Disrupt the Finance Pipeline.” We have received a great deal of support from members of Middlebury community with whom the editorial resonated. The piece discussed the tendency of driven students to gravitate blindly toward the financial sector, ...