At the age of 20, most people are still thinking about what they want to do when they “grow up.” This is not the case with up-and-coming musician Chancelor Bennett, who is by no definition ‘most people.’ Better known by his stage name Chance the Rapper, the Chicago born hip-hop artist is riding ...
Two leather chairs and an array of lamps sat atop a faded, ornate rug on stage at the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts (MCA) Concert Hall. Concert Hall Technical Director Mark Christensen played his guitar quietly, contributing ethereal and jazzy music to start off the event. This set-up, ...
“It is the month of May for me,” he begins, oblivious or irreverent of the incongruous autumn leaves and woolen sweaters. Though the dark wood and dry books of the cloistered room seem to forbid speaking, the narrator persists, joined by a second, more feverish storyteller, then a third in the plaintive ...
Middlebury College, as a part of the Hirschfield Film Series, screened Jia Zhangke’s first award winning film A Touch Of Sin, which was nominated for the Palm d’Or and won the best screenplay. it is perhaps an honor, and an irony, that our screening on Saturday, Oct. 26 preceded its premiere in ...
If there is one thing the music world could have counted on for 2013, it was that surely, at some point, eventually, Arcade Fire would release a new album. Since 2004’s insta-classic debut Funeral redefined the indie landscape with gusto and grandeur, few things have been more certain than a (roughly) ...
How scientifically literate are you? That could depend on your politics, according to a recent analysis conducted by the Yale Law School and Psychology Professor Dan M. Kahan ’86. John Bohannon published an article in Science Insider last Wednesday, Oct. 23 about a controversy ignited by a recent ...
Midway through a semester of routine cheating, an economics professor told Billy – whose name has been changed to protect his identity – and his friends to write down their names and where they sat in the examination room. The professor’s unvarnished command plunged Billy into an emotional apocalypse. “We ...
If you’ve already purchased a pre-made and unoriginal costume for Halloween, it’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s costume. Why not try an alternative to the classic itchy polyester costume packaged in a seal-tight plastic bag? In town, Mendy’s, a high quality, fashion forward ...
Shacksbury Cider, the creation of Colin Davis ’03, David Dolginow ’09 and Michael Lee, is no Woodchuck Hard Cider, as they proudly proclaim. Rather, this new hard cider company in Shoreham, Vt. boasts something unique. Their brewing process harks back to America’s earliest settlers, when pioneers ...
Past a locked glass door and a chair that belonged to Robert Frost is Special Collections within the Davis Family Library, the space in the Library’s basement that primarily comprises the books you will not find shelved in the stacks. “It’s both a collection of materials that are either very ...
I had a minor shock the other day when, through a seemingly innocent email from our academic director, I found out that we’re already halfway through the semester. In disbelief, I did a little mental check-up, and yup – it’s been almost two months since I first boarded the metro ligne deux with ...
On Thursday Oct. 24, journalist Peter Savodnik ’94 gave a lecture sponsored by the Department of English and American Literature, Ross Commons and the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs titled “Why We Need a New Media Now and What It Will Look Like”, the first lecture in the Meet the Press Lecture ...
Over Midterm recess, two groups of students embarked on short weekend trips to Port Henry, New York, and the Merck Forest & Farmland Center in Rupert, Vt. Both outings were part of the College’s student-led initiative known as Middlebury Alternative Break Trips, which is endearingly referred to ...
On Thursday, Oct. 10, student organization Divest Middlebury held its first organized meeting of the academic year. The event confirmed that student interest in the divestment movement is still alive and well on campus, in spite of an email sent by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz over the ...
Earlier this semester, a Middlebury student found a note threatening violence and sexual assault against her on the basis of her sexual orientation taped to her door. Now, just weeks later, the College prepares to welcome Chance the Rapper, a musical artist who refers to himself as a “slap-happy faggot ...
In light of the current debate surrounding Chance the Rapper’s performance at the College the idea of artistic freedom in conjunction with hip-hop has arisen in a big way. By telling Chance he cannot perform a certain song or say a certain word on our campus, are we not then limiting the very artistic ...
Books teach us that culture matters. This truth, as the late Democratic New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan observed, is fundamentally conservative. But liberals would also do well to take account of it. Any attempt to improve society through political means must recognize the limits and restraints ...
What do we carry with us? What do we take into classrooms, dining halls and dorms? How are we perceived by others and to what extent do we validate that perception? I have no idea what any of these answers are. If you look closely at the — ahem — “Middlebury experience,” I am sure many of you ...
I spy with my little eye, something that begins with the letter “S.” That’s right, scandal. As Edward Snowden nestles up in Moscow using his own father as a media battering ram, and Julian Assange is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy launching vain campaigns to run as an Australian senator whilst ...
A friend on the MCAB Concert Committee wrote to me after middbeat had posted my email, “I love to mess around as much as you do, but saying ‘let’s get these fascists’ doesn’t really allow for an honest discourse that could make the entire process better, rather than immediately trying to make ...