Grant Nishioka '13 is from Wayland, Mass. As liberal arts students, we’ve learned a lot. We’re able to contrast the behavior of international markets with that of individuals. We can use exponential functions to better comprehend musical scales. If we really wanted, we could even delineate Plato’s ...
I have an issue with you, Middlebury College. Enough is enough; I am calling you out. Your general intolerance and lack of discussion has reached a point I can no longer abide. It’s high time somebody looked out for the little guy, the underdog, the minority. The philosophy you constantly dismiss ...
Stu Fram '13 is from Waterbury, Vt. Middlebury is on track to achieve carbon neutrality by 2016, an accomplishment whose imminent realization can be ascribed to the administration’s commitment to environmental leadership, to the tireless work of the Sustainability Integration Office and most importantly, ...
“We cannot be the anti-illegal immigration party. We have to be the pro-legal immigration party,” Marco Rubio emphasized to fellow Republicans at a 2011 rally. “We have to be a party that advocates for a legal immigration system that’s ... good for America and honors our tradition both as a ...
It’s easy to think that the world is falling apart and closing in upon us. We hear of the threats from North Korea or bombs in downtown Boston and ask ourselves what the world has come to and how we can stop it. If the post-9/11 era can be defined by a feeling, it’s the feeling of vulnerability. ...
I am almost 22 years old and last week at the Gensler Symposium I was shown, for the first time in my life, how to use a female condom. (And, for that matter, a male condom as well.) I have attended five different schools, three public and two private (including Middlebury), have open, supportive parents ...
In 38 days, the senior class graduates. To say the least, it is bittersweet. As I now apply for jobs, I am often asked why I chose to attend Middlebury. My response is the same each time: the students. While academically driven, they do more than spend time in the library. We are passionate about athletics, ...
Two weeks ago, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) released a 359-page report criticizing the academics and identity politics of Bowdoin College. The report, commissioned and funded by a potential donor named Thomas Klingenstein, was a scathing attack on Bowdoin’s left-leaning tendencies. One ...
An article published in The Huffington Post on April 9 titled “Why Tina Fey Should have taken a Gap Year,” cited a study conducted by former Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett, which examined the success of Middlebury students who had completed gap years and found that those students went on to have ...
If you’ve ever read a Shakespearean comedy, you know that a sure fire way to get the girl is to pretend you’re someone else. In fact, if it’s Shakespeare, you’re probably pretending to be someone else who’s pretending to be someone else, and one of these alter egos is almost certainly a gender ...
At the end of the 2012-2013 academic year, Alan R. Holmes Professor of Monetary Economics Scott Pardee will finish his term as professor and instead take on the role of Education in Action (EIA) Emeritus Faculty Fellow. Pardee is currently the only economics professor who teaches finance courses, and ...
If Patrick Devereux ’15 had a soundtrack, it would be comprised of such princes of southern rap as Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, OJ da Juiceman and Lil Wayne. For this particular day in the life, track no. 1 would be “Shawt Bus Shawty,” a Youtube sensation that parodies Devereux’s composers. “I ...
On April 16, the 50th anniversary of the day that Martin Luther King Jr. first began writing his famed “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 26 students, staff and faculty took turns reading King’s letter to an engaged audience on the steps of the Gifford Amphitheatre. The memorial was just ...
Fourteen miles away from Middlebury in Bristol, Vt., Hillsboro Sugar Works has been operating since 1979 and now produces around 5,000 gallons of maple syrup annually, a large portion of which is consumed by the College. Most of the maple syrup in the United States is produced in Vermont, and comes ...
Though most of us overlook it, the College, one of the wealthiest institutions in the state, is located in one of the poorest counties in Vermont: Addison County. In the three counties surrounding Middlebury, 30,000 people have inadequate access to healthy food and frequently go hungry. A quarter of ...
This past Thursday, the student group Justice for Palestine (JFP) hosted Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University Joseph Massad, who spoke on the contentious subject of Zionism and the Palestinian “right to return.” Although this marked ...
On the evening of Thursday, April 11, Green Mountain College Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Philip Ackerman-Leist gave the keynote address for Real Food Week, an initiative by the new student organization EatReal. Titled “Rebuilding the Foodshed: Higher Education’s Role in Creating ...
The Sixth Annual Quidditch World Cup was held in Kissimmee, Fla. this past weekend, marking the first World Cup that Middlebury did not compete in. The Middlebury College Quidditch team ended its five-year winning streak after losing during the Northeast Regional Championship tournament in November, ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) held meetings on Sunday, April 7 and Sunday, April 14. Election Season SGA President Charlie Arnowitz ’13 announced that elections for next year’s open SGA positions will be held on Wednesday, May 1. A meeting for prospective candidates was held on Tuesday, ...
Last week, both France and Uruguay moved one step closer to legalizing marriage equality. The two countries will become the 12th and 13th in the world to grant the right for two people to marry regardless of gender. The French Senate passed a bill last Friday to legalize same-sex marriage. The ...