To the Editors: I am writing as an alumnus and recent visiting instructor (Winter Term 2014) in support of the student cultural organization, Midd Included, and in particular their campaign to revise the Cultures and Civilizations requirement at Middlebury. As Midd Included accurately puts it, "Under ...
Last night I had another terrible experience with Western Union. It was supposed to transfer my money to my friend in need in Rhode Island within a minute. But, the transaction was not processed until the next day. I spent four hours trying to fix it. The company told me that my first name “Muhammad” ...
A recent student initiative suggests that Middlebury’s system of academic requirements is in need of reform. Specifically, the authors of the proposal, Daniela Barajas ’14.5 and Rana Abdelhamid ’15, criticize the AAL requirement for failing to embody the College’s commitment to expose students ...
An article in the November 13, 2013 edition of the Campus, “Racial Casting Call Criticized” quoted Debanjan Roychoudhury ’16 as saying that “being a student of color at Middlebury is kind of like taking a fifth class.” I hope that after this piece comes out, someone quotes me saying that being ...
This has been a good year for movies. Tom Hanks gave a mesmerizing performance in Captain Phillips, Mud captured the spirit of the South with subtle grace, and 12 Years a Slave depicted slavery without resorting to revisionist comedy and violence. The movie that most blew me away, however, was Martin ...
To honor Valentine’s Day, what better to discuss than relationships and sex? Middlebury is probably not unique in its messed up idea of courtship. Think about how you usually meet the people you sleep with. It’s at a party full of grimy, sweaty students that you weave your way through. As a woman, ...
The philanthropic sector in the U.S. is broken. According to Jeffery Sach’s estimate in his book, The End of Poverty, just $175 billion dollars annually over the next 20 years, appropriated efficiently, could end global extreme poverty, defined as people living on less than $1.25 a day. The estimate ...
If before this issue of the Campus hit the stands, you were to walk up to a student in Proctor and ask them what they think about the new dining swipe system coming soon, most would look back at you puzzled. “What swipe system?” Here’s what we know. A swipe system will be implemented. This is ...
I recently asked a top administrator what percentage of the faculty read the Campus in some capacity every week. “What do you think?” She asked me. “Fifty percent.” “Try twenty,” was the response. Twenty percent is unacceptable. Faculty members, you are part of our community. To receive ...
Three straight losses to start the new year have left the Middlebury men's basketball team at a crucial junction: win or get off the Road to Salem.
[audio mp3="http://middleburycampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jan26campusvoiceTHESES.mp3"][/audio] On Sunday, Jan. 26 hosts IAN STEWART and GRETA NEUBAUER spoke with two super-senior Febs about their last homework assignments ever. Hanna Mahon '13.5 talks about the class she's teaching (yes, teaching), ...
Ten games remain for the mystifying Middlebury men’s hockey team (6-6-2), who fell short this weekend against two strong out-of-conference opponents, fourth-ranked Plattsburgh (14-1-2) and fifth-ranked Norwich (12-3-2). Seventeen hundred fans came out on Friday night and juiced up Kenyon arena — ...
Middlebury squeaked out two conferences wins over the weekend by a total of five points, then hammered Johnson State on the road in a 95-65 victory on Tuesday, Jan. 21. For the second straight year, 40 minutes were not enough to decide the outcome between the Panthers and the Wesleyan Cardinals. Last ...
In a matchup between the NESCAC’s top seeds, the Middlebury women’s hockey team traveled to Amherst, Mass. where the second-ranked Panthers gained a crucial advantage in conference play over the ninth-ranked Lord Jeffs, stealing a 2-1 win in the first game of the doubleheader before drawing 5-5 ...
When I arrived at Middlebury four years ago, I knew that I wanted to write for the newspaper. A lifelong sports fan — and former varsity athlete adjusting to life as a NARP (I briefly entertained notions of trying to walk on to the football team before enjoying a brief, but formative career playing ...
The women’s basketball team dropped a pair of road NESCAC games this weekend, Friday Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 19, hanging close until halftime in both games but ultimately falling to Wesleyan and Connecticut College. Playing against the Cardinals in Silloway gym on Friday night, the Panthers got ...
The track team returned to action on Friday, Jan. 17 for their second meet of the season, hosted by the University of Vermont at the Gardner-Collins Indoor Track in Burlington. The competition consisted of two other Division I teams, the St. Peter’s Peacocks of New Jersey and nearby neighbors the ...
The Middlebury ski team finished in third place at the Colby Carnival, one spot ahead of their standing after day one. The Vermont Catamounts topped the charts this weekend with 1,012 points, Dartmouth came in next with 882 points, Middlebury followed by an exact 200 margin with 682 points, and the ...
In their final home dual meet of the season on Saturday, Jan. 18, the Middlebury women’s swimming and diving team easily topped Union 209-78 while the men fell to Union 163.5-136.5. The victory gave the women a winning record at 4-3, while the men sunk to 2-5 on the year. In the final home dual meet ...
The men’s and women’s squash teams took to the road this past weekend, Jan. 18 and 19, taking on Williams and Drexel in an arduous weekend doubleheader that saw them travel to Williamstown, Mass. and Philadelphia. One of the more overlooked aspect of small college athletics is the time spent traveling; ...