Amidst the flashy festivities of Winter Carnival, this past weekend marked the second annual performance of The Vagina Monologues in the Hepburn Zoo. An episodic play written in 1996 by Middlebury alum Eve Ensler ’75, the production delves unabashedly into various elements of the female experience, ...
There are few disciplines which naturally complement each other as well as theatre and English, and an exciting inaugural event aims to bridge the literary and performing arts worlds while creating deeper connections between the student body and the larger Middlebury community. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, ...
This past weekend ushered in the College’s 92nd annual Winter Carnival. Alongside the spectator sports and high-energy dances, the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) presented a concert in Wilson Hall on Friday, Feb. 13. The show featured three musical acts across a myriad of genres and ...
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” — Henry Thoreau Or, in the words of Albus Dumbledore, “Ah music, a magic beyond all we do here.” As I sit in Davis, writing this article with the melodies of ...
How do you confront the unthinkable? How do you persevere in the darkest situation imaginable, when everything familiar and comforting is warped and erased? How do you face the destruction of the human race? Like so many other works of fiction, The Last of Us tackles these questions and tries to present ...
Last week, Vermont Gas announced that due to a nearly 80 percent price increase in the past six months, the company has terminated Phase II of their two-part pipeline extension plan, which means the plant will no longer extend from Middlebury to the International Paper plant in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Skepticism ...
This Valentine’s Day the Vermont Teddy Bear Company came out with a limited edition “Fifty Shades of Grey” Bear. The teddy comes with grey fur, “smoldering eyes,” and dressed in a suit with a “satin tie.” It holds a mask in its right hand and mini-handcuffs in its left. “If you want ...
Angela Kubicke, a ninth-grade student at St. Johnsbury Academy, recently proposed that Vermont add a Latin motto to its current English motto and she may soon see her wish come true. Kubicke proposed to include the phrase “Stella quarta decima fulgeat,” which means “The 14th star shines bright,” ...
At this year’s Feb Orientation, new students saw the soft-launch of Middlebury’s Green Dot strategy, a comprehensive approach to violence prevention that aims to measurably and systematically reduce violence within the Middlebury community by training students to be educated bystanders in situations ...
The SGA met last Sunday for their first meeting of the spring semester and opened discussion around creating a committee to work with the administration in their plans to increase student tuition, among other initiatives. Senator Josh Berlowitz ’16 introduced the resolution “Opposing the Administration’s ...
Over the past several weeks, residents of Ross dormitories have been encountering vandalism to their building in multiple locations. In an email sent to all of Ross Commons in January, CRA Mila King-Musza highlighted some of the damages. The email read, “This past weekend, walls were damaged in Hadley ...
During Winter Term, the SGA conducted its biennial student life survey, with 1,438 students completing the survey of eight sections, from Academic Life to Dining. Of that number, only 40 percent of respondents were male students. In constructing the survey, SGA Chief of Staff Danny Zhang ’15 said ...
Last Friday, Feb. 13, a student was struck by a car while crossing College Street at night. The incident, which took place near Adirondack Circle at approximately 12:20 a.m., left the student with multiple injuries. The student hit was on the phone with his brother when he was struck by a moving motor ...
On Friday, Feb. 13, students enjoyed a day off classes to partake in the College’s 92nd annual Winter Carnival. Home to the oldest student-run carnival in the nation, the College hosts a variety of activities over the three-day weekend. Some professors, however, have begun to question the benefit ...
As a two-sport student-athlete, I was deeply disturbed by the recent opinion this paper ran entitled “It’s Actually Just a Game” and by the student body’s response to it. As a native to Chapel Hill, NC — home to UNC, a university whose athletic integrity is currently being questioned — I ...
On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Professor of Economics E. Robert Prasch III passed away in his sleep. Prasch joined the College’s Economics Department in 2000. He taught courses in monetary theory and policy, macroeconomics, and economic history. He has published over eighty articles, book chapters, and reviews ...
This year’s Wonnacott Commons Raise the Volume benefit concert will feature the American indie pop band, MisterWives. The date is set for April 4th at 9:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall in McCullough. The band is certainly up and coming, most well known for their hit song “Reflections”, but the Wonnacott ...
Community Council met on Monday, Jan. 19, to continue its conversation about the possibility of lifting restrictions that prevent students from arriving on campus the Saturday before Winter Term. This discussion was made in response to the frequency with which students encounter travel issues. Community ...
Changes to tuition and senior housing are on the table following the latest meeting of the Board of Trustees. While the Trustees tackled a variety of topics in their January 22 to 24 meeting, their discussions indicate two significant changes in the months ahead for the College’s finances and infrastructure. In ...
A discovery by a group of Stanford University students could bring an unprecedented level of transparency to the college admissions process, after an anonymous Stanford campus publication released the finding that the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) stipulates that students have the ...