Most fans of literature associate Leo Tolstoy with his almost universally identifiable War and Peace and regard him as one of the greatest authors of the modern era. One of Tolstoy’s later works, however, The Kreutzer Sonata, had been cast far out of the spotlight for what was, at the time, perceived ...
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the College’s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) held a Teach-In to discuss the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The room was packed to standing room, as students and faculty listened to the panel and engaged in discussion. Roberto Lint ...
Peter Theo Curtis, a Middlebury alum who graduated in 1991 with a degree in literary studies, came to the spotlight in late August after he was released by a militant group affiliated with Al Qaeda. He was kept in captivity for more than 22 months in Syria by the militant group Jabhat al-Nusra or by ...
At the conclusion of Summer Language Schools, Middlebury College added a new sculpture to its Northern edge. The sculpture, J Pindyck Miller’s “Youbie Obie”, resides in between Le Chateau, the Atwater Suites and Coffrin Hall. The College’s Committee on Art in Public Places, also known as CAPP, ...
Over 160 energized Middlebury students, alumni and faculty descended upon the streets of New York on Sunday, joining 311,000 others at the People’s Climate March, a historic climate rally that wound a three-mile, six-hour course through Manhattan. Hundreds of thousands of people both in New York City ...
The online voting period for the Student Government Association (SGA) First-Year Senator elections opened last Friday, Sept. 19. First-years placed their votes in ranked order for three candidates: Christina Brook ’18, April Poole ’18, and Jin Sohn ’18. When the polls closed twenty-four hours ...
On Sept. 8, The Upshot, a New York Times blog, published a ranking entitled “The Most Economically Diverse Top Colleges,” where Middlebury College placed 51st. Five NESCAC schools, Amherst, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Williams and Hamilton were in the top 50, while Middlebury was between peers Carleton and ...
Beginning as a forum in 2011 dedicated to fostering conversations surrounding identity and diversity issues, “JusTalks” is now being expanded into First Year Seminars. The genesis of JusTalks began with a group of students who sought to combat the issue that, according to their website, postulates, ...
On Tuesday Sept. 16, just days before the first football game of the season, an all-school e-mail was sent detailing a new tailgate policy, in which alcohol is prohibited at all venues, including in the tailgate area, as is amplified music. The email, signed by Dean of Students Katy Smith Abbott, Director ...
In honor of the endless technological innovations that shape the way the College community communicates, learns and engages, the 2014 Clifford Symposium centered on the theme of “Transforming the Academy in the Digital Age.” On Sept. 18 and 19, distinguished visiting scholars and faculty members ...
On Sept. 18 at the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts Dance Theatre, artists brought together by connections to North Carolina and Vermont presented NC Dances VT, an evening of dance works by The Van Dyke Dance Group, the University of Vermont’s Coordinator of Dance Paul Besaw and Assistant ...
In early November, the Rosetta space mission will land on a comet. Arguably as momentous as putting a rover on Mars or a man on the Moon, this space expedition also gets my vote as the coolest to date. I say this because the comet in question, 67P/Cheryumov-Gerasimenko, is moving 85,000 miles per hour ...
As this semester’s new videogame columnist, I will cover games ranging from small indie releases to big name games like Halo and Call of Duty. I want to start the column off with a review of a game I picked up this summer called Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Brothers was released on August 7, 2013 ...
We kick off the year's first episode with talk on the NYC People's Climate March. We also talk to Emma Erwin '15.5 about her near-death experiences on a 102-day hike from Mexico to Canada.Plus, we get student reactions when Middlebury falls from #4 to #7 on the U.S. News Report rankings. ...with your ...
In response to the changes in the tailgate policy effective this Tuesday, there have already emerged a number of great arguments against this new policy, and some weaker ones for it. I am impressed by the initiative and zeal displayed by my schoolmates, and am equally disappointed by the actions and ...
Every student of the foreign languages at Middlebury College is most likely familiar with the language tables. From Monday to Friday, waiters and waitresses make their way through the lively and chatter-filled rooms of Proctor and Ross dining halls, carrying plates of food and taking orders from students. ...
From a swimming pool, to a juice bar, to finally our beloved Crossroads, the cozy downstairs McCullough Student Space has undergone many transformations. Perhaps best-known for its refreshing fruit smoothies that have withstood the changing menus, Crossroads has become a favorite hang-out spot of students ...
Many people might be surprised to hear that the most fatal mental disorder is anorexia nervosa. According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, anorexia nervosa has an estimated mortality rate of between four and ten percent, higher than the death rate for people with schizophrenia or bipolar ...
As this semester’s add and drop period winds down, chances are high you’ve filled out at least one add card. So, what happens to all those green cards after being dropped off in the wooden box inside Forrest? Meet Julie Rheaume, Office Manager at the Registrar. She’s the friendly face to the ...
The first weekend of the fall semester started with an artistic bang – at least for music lovers. On Sept. 12 and 13, the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB), in collaboration with WRMC, our college radio station, and Middlebury Music United, a student group focusing exclusively on the college ...