Unpaid internships have become a nearly ubiquitous feature of the modern economy. For many students, they offer the opportunity to explore their field of interest before later attempting to find a paid job. While the prevalence of unpaid work opportunities creates a number of problems for those who ...
In response to criticism that he could only write for men, playwright David Mamet penned the farcical “Boston Marriage” in 1999, following two Victorian era women as they explore their relationships with each other and the people who surround them. The play enjoyed a Nov. 14-16 run in the Hepburn ...
I’ve been following Alpenglow since I saw their first concert in January 2011 – before they even had their name – in the artfully decorated M Gallery of the Old Stone Mill. It is not an Alpenglow show without some white string lights snaking along the floor or through the roof beams. I suppose ...
Renowned Biologist and Science educator Sean Carroll came to the College last Thursday, Nov. 14, and gave two talks, one on his recently published book “Brave Genius: A Scientist’s Journey from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize” and the other on the field of evolutionary developmental biology ...
To anyone who has felt the slightest angst throughout his or her formative years — and I know this applies to all of you — great news: pop punk lives on! But I’m not talking Vans Warped Tour here; I’m talking the hard stuff. The good stuff. The ol’ fashioned, ass-kicking tempos venting those ...
Here in the last third of the semester, we all find ourselves a little crunched for time. As much as I would like to play a bunch of long games, I just don’t have the time what with all of my final papers and, as I explained two weeks ago, Pokémon. This kind of environment is where smaller indie ...
Members of the Student Government Association’s (SGA) Educational Affairs Committee will meet with the faculty Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) today, Nov. 21, to discuss issues surrounding credit-bearing internships. The talks occur amidst extensive conversation within the committee and the administration ...
Students gathered outside Mead Chapel for a candlelight vigil on Thursday, Nov. 14 to mourn the devastation and damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and Southeast Asia and to call attention to climate change. Mourning at the vigil, which was hosted by Divest Midd, was furthered by a number ...
Recent incidents of homophobia on campus have prodded College administrators to unveil a number of planned initiatives earlier than originally intended. The ongoing goals and initiatives, spearheaded by the Office of the Dean of the College, are aimed at enhancing the existing programing in order to ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 14, the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) organized a panel on project-based and experiential learning at the College. Faculty members from an array of academic departments presented on hands-on teaching and learning techniques they have employed in their own classrooms. Albert ...
On Monday, Nov. 18 Community Council met with Executive Director of Health and Counseling Services Gus Jordan and Director of Health and Wellness Education Barbara McCall to continue the conversation on alcohol and changing the culture that surrounds it. In last week’s short respite from the ongoing ...
The German newsmagazine Focus has reported that the art collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, an 80-year old German man whose collection of 1406 artworks was seized by German authorities in his Munich apartment in Feb. 2012, was found to include several previously unknown works by famous artists including ...
Fresh off a two-weekend bye period following its East Coast Rugby Conference (ECRC) regular season title, the Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) roared to a 57-3 demolition of Empire Conference champion Stony Brook on Saturday, Nov. 16 in the opening round of the American Collegiate Rugby Championship ...
The Middlebury women’s soccer team continued its dream season with a NCAA regional championship win, defeating Bridgewater State 5-0 on Saturday, Nov. 16, and Endicott 2-1 on Sunday, Nov. 17. On Saturday, Middlebury established their dominance early, putting Bridgewater on the back foot from the ...
On Saturday, Nov. 16 the cross country teams were in Gorham, Maine running in the NCAA New England Regional Championships. The results of the regional meet would determine participants in the following week’s NCAA Division III National Championships. Specifically, the top two finishing teams in each ...
Down by a score of 3-1 with under a minute to play in the NCAA Regional final against Skidmore on Sunday, Nov. 17, Anna Kenyon ’16 jabbed in a goal and hope sprung into the throats of every Middlebury supporter in the three-hundred person crowd. Thirty seconds remained now and the Panthers charged ...
In the first match in the Middlebury Squash Team’s new facility, the 17th-ranked Panthers played host to the fifth-ranked Rochester Yellowjackets. Unfortunately, the contingent from Upstate N.Y. put a damper on the facility’s inaugural match, soundly defeating the shorthanded lineup Middlebury sent ...
Middlebury rang in the 2013-2014 season with two impressive performances in front of a home crowd, tying Bowdoin by a score of 2-2 on Saturday, Nov. 16 and shaming Colby by a score of 7-1 on Sunday, Nov. 17. Derek Pimentel ’15 and Connor Frick ’16 buried the key goals in the first contest, and 12 ...
The Middlebury men’s basketball team opened the season with a perfect weekend to win the Rotary Tip-Off Tournament hosted by Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa. on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16. On Friday, the Panthers won their season-opener by defeating the 21st-ranked Alvernia Crusaders ...
The second-ranked women’s hockey team got off to a hot start this weekend, winning both games at Colby on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, as they try to put last year’s NCAA Championship defeat behind them. The Panthers won their season opener 2-1, then earned their first shutout with a ...