On Oct. 23-26, monks of the Namgyal Monastery created a sand mandala, a circular icon assembled in fine detail using colored grains of sand, in the Davis Family Library. The sand mandala was dismantled as a lesson of impermanence.
During intimacy, when does sex officially start? Chances are you’re about to say something along the lines of sex beginning when the penis is inserted into the vagina (or other orifice). But what about lesbians? Is a lesbian who’s never had sex with a man a virgin? The concept of female sexuality, ...
“I’m totally addicted to Sour Patch Kids,” said everyone ever. You have probably heard someone say something along those lines recently, or have said something similar yourself. Similar to saying, “I’m so depressed,” or “I’m starving,” most of us do not mean we are “addicted.” Despite ...
Ever wondered about the mysterious “steam” coming out of the in-ground grate near the Mahaney Center for the Arts? (Hint: it has to do with something that Google headquarters and Middlebury College have in common). “I have no idea,” Emma Hamilton ’17 said. “Is it a snow melter?” “Well, ...
er, peered out from behind the podium at Mead Chapel last Wednesday night, a small woman with a big afro and an even bigger passion animating her face and propelling her speech. Over 100 students, occupying the pews below, were there to discover what her intriguingly titled talk, “On Ferguson, Thug ...
Let’s just say that in the time you are reading this article, you have five thousand dollars magically appear in your bank account. Rational college student that you are, you have to spend it, as your terrible fear of hyper-inflation is driving you mad. Good news, you’re logical: you should spend ...
Middlebury College’s student-run darkroom lies tucked away in the basement of Forest Hall, proving that hidden amongst the drone of washing machines, Forest basement is also a place of creativity. Previously, the darkroom existed out of necessity and was used by Campus photographers shooting film. ...
This past Wednesday, Oct. 22, led by the student organization WOC (Women of Color), a group of students and faculty members held a silent March on campus against police brutality. Wednesday marked the National Day to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. “Basically ...
Rana Abdelhamid ’15 was quoted in an article in USA Today on Oct. 10 in response to Bill Maher’s criticism of Islam on his talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher. Abdelhamid’s personal experience and her knowledge of this global issue inspired her to start the organization Women’s Initiative for ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) met Sunday Oct. 19 and Sunday Oct. 26. The meeting on Oct. 19 began with the Finance Committee’s Biweekly report, presented by Treasurer Ilana Gratch ’16.5. The Finance Committee received budget and grant requests from 25 student organizations and approved ...
When Megan Grassell ’18.5 went with her younger sister to shop for bras, she was disturbed by the limited and sexualized selection she found. She found polar opposites: either low quality, boring bras in beige or, more commonly, padded, wired push-up bras in cup sizes far too large for her 13-year-old ...
On Jan. 7, 2015, the College will roll out its new identity system. In late September the Board of Trustees approved the proposal put together by the Office of Communications and Marketing working with an outside consultant. All of the schools and programs that make up the Middlebury brand will adopt ...
On Wednesday, Oct. 22 an impromptu meeting was held between a group of Middlebury town residents and the administration after off-campus parties on Weybridge Street over Homecoming Weekend and throughout the semester left many neighbors frustrated. “We feel a commitment to responding to the concerns ...
On Friday, Oct. 24, the Middlebury MothUP hosted the second annual Cocoon in the Mahaney Center for the Arts. Featuring six storytellers from wildly different backgrounds each tackling the theme of blood, Cocoon was an intimate and singular experiment in narration and audience engagement. For the ...
Despite a lack of advertising, the Hepburn Zoo hosted a full audience for the Drama Lab on Friday, Oct. 24, presenting six student-written ten-minute plays. Featuring topics ranging from abortion to drug use to death to insanity, the plays demonstrated an impressive level of skill in playwriting, performance ...
Nathan Laube is the New Meghan Trainor. Are you all about that bass? Do you think bigger is better? This Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m., Mead Chapel will be taken by storm by one of the largest and most majestic instruments in the state. Twenty-five year old musical phenomenon Nathan Laube is returning to ...
No one but Jonathan Safran Foer – who spoke at the Middlebury College Commencement in 2013 – could have written Everything Is Illuminated. Of course, this is true to a degree of any piece of writing, but one can imagine that if another author was, for example, given the outline of an Agatha Christie ...
Fifty-four years ago this past September, in 1960, the global cartel known as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded. Thirteen years later, in 1973, the Arab members of OPEC played their trump card, initiating the ‘Arab Oil Embargo’ in protest to American involvement ...
In my last column, I discussed three important responsibilities of the SGA on campus: 1) allocating the student activities fee, 2) managing student organizations and 3) serving as a vehicle for students to change institutional policy. It was on the third front, I noted, where there is much room for ...
One of the hardest parts of being a fan of hip-hop is being asked the following question: “how can you listen to music that revolves so much around the glorification of violence?” I usually deflect the question by saying something about how you can consume art without endorsing its message, but ...