It just so happens that every once in a while, the Middlebury community misses out on the opportunity to hear fantastic visiting speakers due to the distraction of spectacular glorious skiing conditions. This past weekend was one such opportunity. The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs sponsored the ...
On Tuesday evening, former National Football League (NFL) cornerback Wade Davis received snaps and laughs from a packed Mead Chapel audience as he honestly — and often humorously — spoke about his difficult journey from closeted gay man to LBGTQ activist. Davis, who invited students to view his ...
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler ’75 in 1996. The play consists of a series of monologues about the “female experience,” such as sex, menstruation, sexual assault, orgasm, female empowerment and solidarity based on both Ensler’s personal experiences and interviews ...
The reasons I did it - measure the blood pressure of about 400 patients in 3 8-hour workdays - was because of this. “When are we going to see Aung San Suu Kyi?’ I asked Christine, the daughter of Doctor Aung, the leader of the trip, ‘Have you ever seen Aung San Suu Kyi before?' ‘Yeah,’ ‘Really?! ...
Both the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One made their debuts earlier this holiday season, ushering in the next generation of video game consoles. With each company vying for early supremacy and gamers around the world chomping at the bit for information on the two new machines, I did what any responsible ...
When I told a friend that I would be taking Studio Art over J-term at dinner in November, she laughed and warned me that the final projects would be a challenge. I snorted with derision. Studio Art wasn’t a science class; so how difficult could it be, really? Pride comes before the fall. I just got ...
[audio mp3="http://middleburycampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/migrantWorkersCampusVoice.mp3"][/audio] On Sunday, Jan. 19 hosts IAN STEWART and GRETA NEUBAUER spoke to four of Vermont's migrant workers. Estimates put the number of migrant workers in Vermont at 1,500. For those migrants the long, ...
While you may see names like Kizel, Merryman and St. Amour on the back pages of the Campus newspaper, Albert Nascimento is essential to the aspirations of Middlebury basketball. The man they call "Bert" won't make the highlight reel, but he may just be the key to getting the team back on the Road to ...
On Thursday, Jan. 16 in Mead Chapel, The Sweet Remains — a folk-rock group led by Middlebury College alumni Rich Price ’99.5 and Greg Naughton ’90 — will perform in Mead Chapel. The concert in sponsored in part by both Brainerd and Wonnacott Commons, as well as the MCAB Small Concerts Initiative. “We’ve ...
The men’s basketball team (8-5 overall, 1-1 in NESCAC) went into winter break on a high note with a nail-biting 89-84 victory at Skidmore, but the long layoff did not favor the Panthers, who opened 2014 with three straight losses, including the NESCAC opener on Friday, Jan. 10 against Bates. Middlebury ...
MiddCORE Receives Innovation Award MiddCORE, the mentor-driven experiential learning Winter Term and summer course on entrepreneurship and innovation, received the Ashoka U Cordes Innovation Award. MiddCORE was one of six recipients of this year’s award, which is given annually by Ashoka, the world’s ...
The Middlebury women’s basketball team opened NESCAC play with a pair of games this past weekend, using a fast start to run past Bates on Friday, Jan. 10, before falling to a tough Jumbos team on Sunday, Jan. 12. The Panthers followed the NESCAC split with a home win over Colby-Sawyer to improve to ...
The winter break did very little to slow down the women’s hockey team, as it remained undefeated since its loss to Plattsburgh over a month ago, and opened the new year with three strong wins and a hard-fought tie. The team returned to campus with an electrifying overtime win over Elmira on Saturday, ...
The Middlebury men’s hockey team glided past the midway point of their season at 6-4-2 (4-3-1 in NESCAC). December closed with two disappointing NESCAC losses to Amherst and Hamilton, but 2014 began with two victories over St. Michaels and Neumann, as Middlebury seized the Holiday Classic tournament ...
The track team began its indoor season on Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, NH. While the distance squad, which is comprised mainly of cross country runners, stayed at school to get in more rest and training in preparation of its second of three consecutive seasons, the rest of the ...
In their first competitive play in the new squash facility, on Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8, the Middlebury men’s and women’s squash teams played host to a number of top-ranked teams. In a weekend matchup featuring Colby, Bowdoin and St. Lawrence, the Lady Panthers rose to the occasion, ...
Students were faced with difficult travel conditions caused by Winter Storm Hercules and a polar vortex while attempting to return to the College for the start of J-term, forcing instructors to make accommodations for those who were absent because of travel delays. The storm, which battered the Midwest ...
As students finished exams and prepared to leave campus in mid-December, Dong Yub “Don” Song ’13 pled guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct, a far cry from the felony sexual assault the State Attorney David Fenster original pursued. Song avoided jail time, paying $716 in total fines, including ...
On Saturday, Jan. 11, 120 first-year students and over 40 upperclassmen met for the second annual JusTalks event. Atwater Dining Hall turned was transformed into a safe haven not only from the freezing rain outside, but also for difficult conversations on the subject of identity. The concept of JusTalks ...
The College’s divestment debate took a break from being in the spotlight during the Fall semester, but a new initiative from the Socially Responsible Investment Club (SRI) may reinvigorate the movement. SRI has created a new sub-group, the Research and Investment in Social Equity (RISE) fund, that ...