The Middlebury track teams opened their seasons on Sunday, Jan. 11 at the 46th running of the Dartmouth Relays. Despite its name, the Dartmouth Relays are not a relay-only meet, and the teams contested the normal compliment of events. Due to the meet’s proximity to the recently completed cross country ...
[audio mp3="http://middleburycampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Campus-Voice-Ep-10.mp3"][/audio] The town candlelight Vigil for Michael Brown and Eric Garner's deaths took place at the Middlebury Green Triangle. The Vigil was organized by town resident Joanna Colwell. This photo was taken by town ...
Students returned from Thanksgiving Break to new and improved dining halls. All three — Ross, Proctor and Atwater — received a makeover with new features that include silver serving platters, cereal options for all meals and relocated silverware and sauce-dispensing stations.
The Ebola virus outbreak that is currently plaguing Western Africa has dominated international headlines since the first deaths were officially confirmed in March this year. The outbreak was first reported in the southwestern region of Guinea, Gueckedou, where a young child was suspected of consuming ...
Many students are presently surprised during finals to find free snacks in BiHall and Davis Library, but few know the source. So who provides these treats? The Student Wellness Leaders. Though their finals snack initiative may be their most well-known (and perhaps most appreciated) project, the Student ...
If my sexuality and race were their own person, my sexuality would walk straight out of the room at the sight of my race and wait patiently outside. My sexuality would spectate through the window and wait for my race to leave. He would be present, but at a distance. Silenced, yet still breathing. It ...
Divest-Middlebury invites you all to read our new mission statement: Divest Middlebury believes Middlebury College has the potential to be a leader in social responsibility and sustainability. Middlebury College’s mission statement identifies environmental stewardship and global engagement as critical ...
I know that there are plenty of issues floating around just in time for holiday conversations with your politically extreme family members. So in anticipation of this inevitable reality, I have chosen to revive an old topic that has recently lost some of its steam: the minimum wage. For those of you ...
After I saw Mockingjay Part 1, I was a bit of an emotional wreck. Not because I love Peeta and couldn’t stand to see him hurt and turned evil or because Jennifer Lawrence’s acting was so moving, but because a lot of the movie resonated with so much of what is going on in the world today. The Hunger ...
In 20 years, our children may ask us where we were when Michael Brown was shot. When Darren Wilson’s non-indictment was handed down. When people took to the streets because they have had enough police brutality, dead children, distorted justice and militarization. Michael Brown’s death was a wake-up ...
Burlington is looking to undergo an approximately 200 million dollar project on its mall, Burlington Town Center. Mayor Miro Weinberger, Governor Peter Shumlin and the owner of Burlington mall as of December 2013, Don Sinex, revealed construction proposals on Nov 20th. The commencement of a process ...
The Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) has drafted a strategic five-year plan for education statewide, specifically addressing the unusually high cost per pupil in Vermont and the achievement gap. The board has approved a draft of the plan and is seeking public comment on the plan until Dec 4. ...
[video width="480" height="270" mp4="http://middleburycampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4-Romance-Products-All-MiddKids-Need-Mobile.mp4"][/video] As you walk through the pink saloon-style doors with “And things that buzz in the night” written overhead, you immediately find a display ...
On Nov. 20 to 22, the Theatre Department presented its second faculty production of the semester, Englishman Snoo Wilson’s 1973 play, Vampire, in the Seeler Studio Theater. Vampire is a play about ... well, no one really knows. And indeed, after an hour and a half of brash sexual exploration, one ...
The terms “suicide” and “comedy” generally do not go well together, but Protocol, an entirely student-produced play that ran in the Hepburn Zoo from Nov. 20-22, managed to merge these two themes beautifully. As the audience followed the complicated lives of a group of twenty-something-year-old ...
It was a busy two weeks for the Middlebury men’s hockey team. After a disappointing first weekend of action in which the Panthers lost to Bowdoin 6-0 and tied Colby 2-2 on the road, the team opened up their home schedule with games against NESCAC rivals Tufts and Connecticut College. The Panthers ...
The 2014 Fall Dance Concert on Friday, Nov. 21 in the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts Dance Theatre was well worth an hour of my Friday night. Featuring works by senior dance majors Doug LeCours ’15, Afi Yellow-Duke ’15, Stevie Durocher ’15.5, Sarae Snyder ’15 and Artist-in-Residence ...
If you ask a student what they are doing at 8 p.m. on a Friday night, you’d probably expect to hear about parties and relaxing after a tough week of classes. However, if there is ever a reason to mix up your weekend festivities, this is it. On the weekend before exams, take a few hours for the ...
The Middlebury men’s basketball team was able to stay unbeaten on the season, defeating Rensselaer 87-78 in its home opener on Sunday Nov. 30 to advance to 5-0 on the season. After a week of rest, the Panthers were ready from the get-go as Matt St. Amour ’17 opened the scoring with a three-pointer ...