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 ...
As I sauntered through the seemingly endless aisles of the grocery store today, a Faith Hill song blared from the loudspeaker. In the United States, Faith Hill might seem like a strange choice, but in Brazil it goes unnoticed. I even overheard someone saying “Eu adoro Faith Hill,” [I love Faith ...
For the last 41 years, Vermont state senator Bill Doyle (R) has distributed a survey to Vermonters asking them about some of the most pressing issues facing the state. This year marks the 42nd edition of the “Doyle Poll.” Despite Doyle’s credentials as a long-time political science professor ...
The average age of a Peace Corps volunteer, according to the organization, is 28, and only seven percent of the volunteers are over the age of 50. But that didn’t stop Middlebury resident Paul Viko from setting off for Moldova, a small Eastern European country nestled between Romania and Ukraine, ...
February 15 marked the beginning of an effort to replace the historic Main Street and Merchants Row bridges in downtown Middlebury. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) an engineering consulting firm that, according to its website, works to provide “multidisciplinary planning, design, engineering ...
On Tuesday, April 9th, the Theatre department sponsored a lunch and discussion about Middlebury's inaugural New Play Festival. Assistant Professor Andrew Smith '97.5 sent out a prompt to as many playwrights sources as he could in order to produce two evenings of plays, co-directed by himself and by ...
The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team has continued to dominate every opponent they match up against, holding a record of 10-0 after two NESCAC victories over Amherst and Tufts this past weekend, April 6 and 7. Middlebury has had a packed schedule over the last two weeks with wins in four ...
Since students departed for spring break on March 22, the men’s lacrosse team has played six games, recording four wins and two losses. The Panthers’ record currently stands at 8-2 overall, with a 5-2 mark in NESCAC play. Recently, the Panthers faced off on the road against Tufts and Amherst, recording ...
After a strong start to the season during spring break where the Middlebury softball team posted a record of 5-5 on its Florida trip, the Panthers went on to collect two wins against Castleton and Union during the week of April 2. This puts the team in a strong position to play Hamilton this coming ...
The Middlebury men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in two meets in California over spring recess, March 23 and 30, and in a three-team meet at Springfield College on Saturday, April 6, with the teams competing well in all three meets. The Panthers opened up the season at Point Loma ...
The Middlebury men’s tennis team is the ninth-ranked team in the country after starting 13-1 on the season thus far. This past weekend, April 6 and 7, the Panthers scored a pair of victories over Wesleyan and Trinity. In addition, the team concluded its week-long spring recess trip to Southern California ...
The Middlebury women’s tennis team’s rise to the top seems even more clear after an 8-3 start to the season. After the team won three of its five matches during its trip to California over the spring recess, the Panthers split a pair of home matches against third-ranked Emory and NESCAC foe Wesleyan, ...
Middlebury’s bats were silent this past weekend at Amherst as the Panthers suffered a sweep at the hands of the Lord Jeffs, dragging their season record down to 4-10 (1-5 NESCAC). After returning from their annual spring trip to Arizona with a series loss against Williams, the Panthers are off to ...
After months of training, the men’s golf team opened its spring season in impressive fashion last Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, by winning the Rhode Island College Spring Invitational, hosted at Triggs Memorial Golf Course in Providence, R.I. The Panthers finished with a combined score of 620 ...
Middlebury offers the chance to play the following nine club sports: cycling, fencing, equestrian, sailing, Quidditch, rugby, figure skating, chess and badminton. Our editors caught up with a few of the participants. For a full view of the design and layout, check out the PDF version here. Recruitment Women’s ...
On April 4, 2013, the Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Assistant Professor of Biology Catherine Combelles in recognition of her exemplary teaching in the classroom and her pioneering work in oocyte development. On a sunny afternoon, students and faculty gathered in a ...