On Oct. 30, Michael Geisler, vice president for Language Schools and Schools Abroad, Chief Risk Officer, and Professor of German and Dr. Mark Peluso, the College Medical Director and College Physician, sent out a school-wide “Important Ebola Update.” The message included new policies that will ...
There has been considerable confusion and debate among students about Middlebury’s party registration policies following the Nov. 2 forum on social issues hosted by the administration. The policies, which can be found at go/party, distinguish between three types of parties: licensed parties, registered ...
On Monday, Oct. 27, at 5:35 a.m., the historic Osborne House was moved from its home on 77 Main Street to the other side of the Cross Street Bridge at the corner of Cross and Water Streets. The move of this house, weighing a total of 120 tons, was not only an act of preserving one of Middlebury’s ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) announced the formation of the SGA Reform Working Group, which, according to an email sent out by SGA President Taylor Custer ’15, is designed to “examine the efficacy of student governance on campus.” It was created in part to examine the information ...
The new and improved Middlebury Marquis opened just last week. In addition to two revamped movie theaters, the Marquis also opened Middlebury’s first Southwestern restaurant. At first we were skeptical of a Southwestern restaurant located inside a movie theater. You usually just don’t put the ...
While most states have elected governors and legislators who will begin their terms in 2015, the identity of Vermont’s future governor still remains in question and will be decided in a secret vote by the 180 person State Legislature in 2015. Election Day ended with incumbent Governor Peter Shumlin ...
This past week Vermont began its first Ebola quarantine when Rutland resident Peter James Italia was placed into a 21-day quarantine. Italia was and still is completely symptom-free, but nonetheless has agreed to remain in quarantine and to cooperate with health officials. Governor Peter Shumlin did ...
Ryan Brewster ’14 wanted to capture the true community-based ethos of Middlebury College. Seeking to highlight the pride associated with the College’s spirit, Brewster spent his last semester at Middlebury wondering how he could best contribute to this dialogue. “You go to the bookstore, and ...
Many people might blame unhappiness or stress on technology, but could technology help combat those things as well? Many new smartphone apps target wellness — from apps like MyFitnessPal that deal with exercise and nutrition to ones like “The Worry Box,” an app that works to reduce anxiety in ...
building located near Otter Creek Falls that was purchased and renovated by the College in 2008. While many students have probably visited the building to grab a cup of coffee at the ground floor business — the Storm Café — the top three floors promote a hub of student creative activity. The OSM ...
Something didn't sit right with me as I left the Big Freedia concert. I don’t know whether it was the inherent guilt that comes with twerking for two hours in a wife beater and tight overalls or something deeper. In attempts to counter cultural appropriation and allow black bodies to claim back their ...
For this week’s escapade, we were on the hunt to try something particularly adventurous — something truly unknown to the Middlebury community. On Sunday afternoon, we made our way over to the natatorium (you can’t use the word pool for a cement hole in the ground filled with chlorinated water ...
Friday night the Middlebury volleyball team (12-12, 6-4) played its final game of the season, falling to the Bowdoin Polar Bears (21-7, 6-4) three sets to one in a NESCAC tournament quarterfinal match at Tufts. The first match was knotted up at 15 a piece before Bowdoin closed the Panthers out on a ...
On Saturday Nov. 8, the cross country teams were in Westfield, Mass. running in the ECAC Championships. Both squads sat out their top runners so they would be well rested for the NCAA regional meet next week, allowing younger or less-seasoned athletes to gain championship experience. The men finished ...
Despite having a wave of momentum behind them going into Saturday’s NESCAC semifinal matchup, the Middlebury women’s soccer team was unable to withstand a strong Williams offense and fell to the Ephs by a score of 0-2 on Saturday, Nov. 8. Williams came out firing early in the game, shooting six ...
The men’s soccer team traveled to Amherst, Mass. last weekend to compete in the final rounds of the NESCAC championships. In the semifinal matchup on Saturday, Nov. 8, Middlebury, coming off of a 5-4 victory in penalties over Wesleyan, faced the sixth-seeded Bowdoin, who had defeated the third-seeded ...
A go-ahead blast from Cat Fowler ’15 in the final minute of play gave the Middlebury women’s field hockey team its third consecutive NESCAC title, as the Panthers defeated top-seed Bowdoin 2-1 in the conference championship game on Sunday, Nov. 9 in Brunswick, Maine. The Panthers, who defeated Trinity ...
The last day of football season is always an interesting intersection of past and future. Next fall, a new class of first years will replace this year’s seniors, who, like most of the thousands of Panthers who came before them, will probably not have a chance to play on a football team again. Last ...
Sunday, Nov. 9 marked the fifth annual TEDx event at Middlebury College. TED is a non-profit organization that seeks to spark dialogue and spread ideas through talks, touching on anything from science to society to art. Since its inception in 1984, the organization has garnered massive global attention ...
“When we are loved we are afraid / love will vanish / when we are alone we are afraid / love will never return,” reads a piece of the poem “The Black Unicorn” by Audre Lorde, included in the program for the Hepburn Zoo production of Marsha Norman's Getting Out. Getting Out, which ran Nov. 6-8, ...