Middlebury students are connected by no more than two degrees of separation: you either know someone or know someone who knows that person. Though there are many great things about this smallness, I always thought it presented a romantic disadvantage. The main reason: the gossip-mongering that roars ...
What do cheese, 3D visualization goggles, epi-pens, cowgirls and undocumented college students have in common? Not much more than the shared evidence of the creativity students will be pursuing this summer, with the help of grants awarded by MiddChallenge. On April 4 and 6, nine finalists presented ...
The next time you walk by a tree, and a dead branch does not come crashing down, knocking you off your feet, you can thank the College’s Facilities Services Maintenance and Operations. As spring thaw approaches, the College’s landscaping crew is busy pruning trees on campus before the snow melts ...
It took way too long for two college-aged girls to realize that the Middlebury Campus is released every Thursday. In other words, here is the very delayed Throwback Thursday edition of the Secret Life of NARPs. Ever wondered whether Maddie or Izzy have ever experienced athletic success? Or when they ...
On a beautiful Thursday last week, I accompanied the student initiative NOM (Nutrition Outreach Mentoring) to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes. Inside a gray building on a side street in downtown Vergennes, about 15 local teenagers chatted and played cards and video games. However, the six ...
I am not sure how many of you caught the news over the break. Amidst missing airlines and aggressive Russian foreign policy you may have noticed a headline about a particularly bad fire in Boston. While usually a fire is not newsworthy, this one made the headlines as it occurred on a day with 50 mile ...
Geert Wilders, the leader and founder of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), appeared proudly before his loyal following in The Hague on Wednesday night, still hoping that the local elections would solidify his political power. Against the backdrop of a Dutch flag spanning the entire backside of a medium-sized ...
In light of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the calamitous threat posed by Vladimir Putin’s regime to the global order, we cannot lose sight of what an overreaction would do to America. If we allow Neo-Cold War ideology to drive American foreign policy and reshape our domestic economic and political ...
Today, the College will launch its annual Spring Student Symposium with an inaugural keynote presentation by San Francisco-based novelist Vendela Vida ’93 in the Mahaney Center for the Arts. Since graduating from the College with a degree in English and American Literatures with a Creative Writing ...
In my short time here at Middlebury, I estimate that on average, I read about 400 pages a week for class. This guess takes into account those weeks when my professors assign shorter, but denser, academic papers, and those when a novel is completed every other day. Often, a seven-day period will require ...
We’re proud to announce beyond the green. Launching today, beyond the green is a collective of voices that will be represented in an online publication as the centralized location of our voices. beyond the green aims to provide space for voices that are not being heard on our campus. We chose the ...
College is famously known and remembered as “the best years of our lives.” Four (or more) years to explore, experiment, learn and find ourselves, so that we can (hopefully) sort out our passions and plan our futures — including the development and cultivation of our own signature style. I realized ...
Do you have plans this summer? This stressful question resounds across campus far beyond the signs posted by the Center for Careers and Internships (CCI). As students scramble to pull together summer plans, post-graduation plans and funding proposals, many engage with the CCI or their resources for ...
On April 2, a motley crew of professors, students and local denizens came together to share in a discussion titled “Acting Righteously in Times of Danger.” The event sought to spark conversation regarding two key questions: “When others are threatened in times of danger, what is it that moves ...
After earning a number of key wins against very competitive teams both in the NESCAC and outside the conference, the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team has continued to show their talent and potential as the team moves towards the second half of the season, achieving a 9-1 record against a tough slate ...
After recording a 6-2 record in their spring-break trip to California, the women’s tennis team returned to their home court to play sixth-ranked Williams in Nelson Arena on Sunday, April 6, losing 7-2. The women began their spring break trip on March 22 with a tough loss to Pomona-Pitzer, their lone ...
The Middlebury softball team began its season in Clermont, Florida over spring break and returned to the northeast with a 6-6 record. After defeating conference rival Amherst in the team’s first NESCAC series, the Panthers are second in the NESCAC West standings. Middlebury split its first doubleheader ...
The Middlebury Cycling Team has quietly become a powerhouse. After the fall mountain bike season and the winter cyclocross season, it’s now time for road racing. The highlight of the winter season came on Jan. 12, when Sam O’Keefe ’16.5 rode to second place in the Division II US Collegiate Cyclocross ...
The Middlebury men’s lacrosse team looks apt to turn around their early-season futility, winning four of the past five games against strong competition. This streak started against NESCAC rival Bowdoin on March 22, a game which they won convincingly 10-4. Though had a setback in their 14-12 loss ...
Like several other spring sports teams, the Middlebury track team began its outdoor schedule over Spring Break with two meets at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA, competing against a variety of West Coast schools in a pair of meets. Upon returning to the Northeast, the Panthers continued ...