On Wednesday, Sept. 11. after a group of five protestors pulled out the 2,977 American flags comprising a memorial to commemorate each of the lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks, Sasha Schell ’16, Noah Bakker ’15, and Andrew Catomeris ’15 took it upon themselves to rebuild the memorial. The ...
On Sunday, Sept. 15, thousands of protestors, supporting the main opposition party in Cambodia marched through the streets of Phnom Penh, the country’s capital city, in a continued call for an investigation into the July 28 parliamentary elections, which they claim was fraught with irregularities. The ...
Coverage of the Sept. 11 memorial protest set off a firestorm of responses, jettisoning The Campus’ coverage nationwide and setting records for views online. At the time of print, The Campus had received over 80,000 views on the three stories combined, from IP addresses registered all across the ...
In a Sept. 12 email to the student body, the College’s new Director of Health and Wellness Education, Barbara McCall, outlined her agenda for the year as she fills a position that had gone unfilled for two years. McCall comes to Middlebury from Castleton State College in Castleton, VT, where she ...
The days are shortening. The temperatures are cooling. The leaves are changing. And that means that your Student Government Association (SGA) is back at work to begin an exciting and productive year. Actually, we never really took a break from SGA this summer. While I interned in New York City, I worked ...
In concession to strong student demand, the College has agreed to continue offering a finance course this academic year in a last-minute addition to the course catalog. When the Alan R. Holmes Professor of Monetary Economics Scott Pardee, the College’s only finance professor, announced his intention ...
Six weeks ago I stepped out of the airport with a suitcase, two backpacks and new passport stamp. Having overconfidently thought that I could survive the Argentine “winter” in sandals after spending two J-terms in Vermont, my toes immediately froze in the crisp breeze. I gazed with envy over at ...
Almost one year after Connecticut College ended Middlebury’s nine game unbeaten streak, the Panthers were able to enact revenge with a 1-0 victory on Saturday, Sept. 14. Middlebury followed up with a 10-0 victory over Norwich on Tuesday, Sept. 17. While Saturday’s victory definitely brought a feeling ...
Middlebury Foods is a not-for-profit, social entrepreneurship endeavor that aims to bring healthy food at an affordable price to Vermonters. Recently incorporated by the state of Vermont, the business, run by seven juniors, has come a long way since winning the $3,000 MiddChallenge grant in March of ...
Middlebury christened their home turf on Saturday, Sept. 14 with a convincing 5-1 victory over Connecticut College before the next day dismissing St. Lawrence by a score of 4-0 on the road on Sunday, Sept. 15. The first-year players inspired optimism in their return from their Middview trips, while ...
The tenacious defense of the Panthers resulted in 1-0 victory and the first career clean sheet for keeper Ethan Collins ’14 on Saturday, Sept. 14 at home against Connecticut College. Coming off a weeklong reprieve due to a rainout on Wednesday, Sept. 11 the Panthers were eager to even their record ...
The Middlebury men and women’s golf teams enjoyed successful tournaments on Saturday Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15. The men hosted and won the 30th Duke Nelson Invitational at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course while the women finished second in the NYU Fall Invitational at Spook Rock Golf Course in Suffern, ...
Looking to build on a successful run in last season’s Division I-AA Rugby Championship, the Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) opened its fall 2013 campaign by playing host to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) on Saturday, Sept. 14. Despite not cracking the UMass try zone until late in the ...
On Saturday, Sept. 14, the Middlebury Cross Country teams hosted the Aldrich Invite, the only home meet of the season. The women raced against teams from Norwich University and St. Michael’s College while the men only battled Norwich. The races saw both teams sweeping their competition convincingly. ...
The Middlebury women’s volleyball opened the 2013 season with four wins at the Johnson & Wales Tournament, Friday Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14. Not only did they acquire the victory over all four teams they competed against in the tournament, but they did so in dominant fashion, winning each ...
The Middlebury men’s tennis team hosted the Middlebury Invitational on Saturday Sept. 14 and Sunday Sept. 15, drawing competitors such as NESCAC foes Trinity, Bates, Wesleyan and Tufts, while the women’s team traveled to Williams for the Lindsay Morehouse Invitational. The men posted a strong showing ...
With school back in session, the student tides across campus have returned. The hushed conversations and echoing footsteps in the Tormondsen Great Hall of McCardell Bicentennial Hall rapidly build into a crescendo of babbling voices as students flood out of classrooms between class periods. Just as ...
It can be intimidating to step into a professor’s office. With complex computer algorithms scribbled on black boards and overflowing shelves filled with worn books, the causes of intimidation are vast. Speaking with PhDs about their area of specialty and intense focus can be a daunting experience ...
Blue Jasmine is a distortion and finally an erosion of the familiar Woody Allen character study, a film that is smart and unrelenting, but flawed. This is still a movie inseparably tied to Woody Allen – the jazz soundtrack and the basic Allen idiosyncrasies remain. The titular Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) ...
On Aug. 28, students and faculty received an email from President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz with the subject line “Statement on Divestment.” The message read, “Ultimately, the call to divest raises a number of important questions that must be answered … At this time, too many of these ...