As of the start of the 2014-2015 school year, Munford has become an Intentional Living interest house. Over the past few years, students have consistently applied to live in Munford as an intentional living Superblock. The sustained commitment to this theme in Munford caused the College to transition ...
The off-campus housing lottery, which took place on Tuesday, Feb. 17, approved 58 rising seniors to live off campus for the 2015-16 school year. Including senior Febs who have been granted approval, the number of students permitted to live off campus next year amounts to 95—a slight decrease from ...
In the world of architecture, three alumni of the College see things differently. “When most people think about virtual reality goggles, they imagine the technology from the ’90s. Back then if you put those on you’d be immobile, dizzy, and eventually start puking. IrisVR is ten thousand steps ...
The inception of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affair’s Student-Led Conference was only a little over a year ago, and yet this year’s “Apathy and Action: Exploring Youth-Driven Movements” conference had the appearance of being a long established event on campus. Last year’s conference, entitled ...
Last week, I was on my way to town, when a man poked his head out of a navy blue truck and called me a faggot. Mind you, my first reaction to the event was confused: I thought I’d be targeted for the color of my skin and called the n-word, but instead I was called a faggot. Thus, part of me was thrown ...
Give it To Me Straight is a new column in the Campus where I, Frank, will be answering questions from students about life at Middlebury, inside and out of the classroom. Quick disclaimer: I have no official qualifications, so you’re well within your rights to consider my advice with the same suspicion ...
Last year, the College’s geology department unveiled a new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), a high performance machine capable of advanced imaging and analysis at very fine levels. The machine boasts an impressive array of features that include three-dimensional imaging as well as the chemical ...
While the Middlebury girls’ soccer team makes it to Nationals and our football team wins NESCACs, Middlebury’s Debate Society has been quietly forging its own path of success. Coming up on its 100-year anniversary, the team has seen an unprecedented level of achievement, competing in tournaments ...
It’s hard to shake the nagging paradox that seems to be spray-painted all over the upstairs gallery space at the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s Street Art Exhibit. Even if your experience with street art as a form of socio-political discourse is minimal, it is likely you have either heard of ...
There is a consistent stream of people exiting and entering Wilson Café, but the one constant amongst all the hubbub is Elliot Gowen’s cheerful presence. Wilson is a sort of safe haven; a place where the weary can come to wind down after a grueling day of work. Gowen, a Middlebury native, has worked ...
What exactly do professors do when they teach? Are they communicating some aspect of their experience — sharing some of their knowledge or perspective with students? Or are they laying bare their personal investigative process and human experience for all to see? The dance department this week presents ...
To quote my close friend and role model, Morgan Freeman: “You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” Black History Month is coming to a close, but the sentiment echos. You see, March is Women’s History Month. While I feel obligated to divulge that I am not necessarily a woman, you get ...
The two primary characters of Ida, the most recent Polish language film from director Paweł Pawlikowski, appear to perfectly contradict each other. “The slut and the saint,” says one of the two. On the eve of pledging her life to a Catholic monastery, Ida, an orphan approaching adulthood, is told ...
Impressive archery is a frequent “wow” factor for the big screen. From Robin Hood to Legolas to Hawkeye, masters of this highly specialized weapon intrigue and entertain us, providing the opportunity for diverse and pretty badass fight choreography. In Bernard Cornwell’s book The Archer’s Tale, ...
The Middlebury women’s basketball team’s season ended this weekend with a 80-52 loss to the 16th-ranked Bowdoin College Polar Bears (22-3, 9-1) in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC tournament. After having lost to the Polar Bears just two weeks prior to this matchup at Pepin Gymnasium on Sunday, ...
The track teams began their postseasons this past weekend, competing in the New England Division III Championships. The men and women’s meets are contested at different facilities; this year, both teams were in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, with the men competing at Springfield College while the ...
The Middlebury men’s hockey team finished the regular season by going .500 in back-to-back away NESCAC games. The Panthers were shut out by 10th-ranked Amherst 4-0 on Friday, Feb 20 and then turned around to beat Hamilton 3-1. Middlebury’s final regular season record sits at 10-11-3 and 7-8-3 in ...
The third-ranked Panther women’s hockey team had a tough final regular-season matchup on Saturday, Feb. 21, facing off with the second-ranked Cardinals from Plattsburgh State. After falling behind early, Middlebury cut into the Plattsburgh lead in the final two periods but ultimately came up short, ...
A 6-3 victory over Western Ontario in the “C Division” final on Sunday, Feb. 23, allowed Middlebury’s men’s squash team to claim the “Summers Cup” for the third year in a row. This marks the fifth time in the last seven seasons the men’s team has captured the title. Sunday’s win puts ...
Middlebury Swimming and Diving hosted the NESCAC Men’s Championship meet last week, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 20-22 at the Middlebury College Natatorium. After a jam-packed weekend of competition, some of the fastest swimmers in the conference had broken pool records in 19 out of the meet’s 24 events ...