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College Celebrates the Life and Work of Bach with Third Annual Festival

By Leah Lavigne | May 2, 2013

The third annual Middlebury Bach Festival celebrated the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach with a variety of concerts and information sessions April 26-28. This year’s festival was the most ambitious and well-attended to date, succeeding in presenting a challenging and diverse repertoire and ...

Stand-up Phenomenon Sweeps the Stage

By Olivia French | May 2, 2013

Last Friday, a group of improv actors and comedians from across campus came together to perform a set of stand-up comedy for students. The show featured Middlebrow improv actors Luke Smith-Stevens ’14.5, Bryan Shpall ’13 and Tom Califra ’14, along with Otter Nonsense comedians Adam Benay ‘14 ...

Science Spotlight: Liberal Arts Lags in Science

By Will Henriques | May 2, 2013

I was browsing the Sites Dot Middlebury blog, “Core and Change in the Liberal Arts,” — an online hub for this conversation on campus — and I noticed that there has been no conversation about science requirements on campus, despite the proposed discussion topic. Well, I would like to weigh into ...

Bronx Comes to Midd: Art Sets its Roots in Community

By Jessica Cheung | May 2, 2013

  As the lights diminish, movement and prose skillfully unite. A dancer pirouettes through the stage in a red velvet dress as a voice narrates, “spinning, arms out, twirled like a reflection of a figure skater … 18, 19, 20 revolutions … arms out … Bronx sky … body in a perfect torso ...

Vermont to Open Dispensaries in Summer

By Conor Grant | May 1, 2013

This summer, Vermont’s 720 licensed medical marijuana users will be able to purchase their medical marijuana in state for the first time. Three dispensaries will open in the state over the course of the summer. Champlain Valley Dispensary in Burlington and Vermont Patients’ Alliance in Montpelier ...

1 in 8700: Kate Gridley

By Anna Stevens | May 1, 2013

The walls of Kate Gridley’s backyard studio are covered in tall canvases, each featuring a man or a woman between the ages of 17 and 24. These figures stand with hands clasped or resting on hips, heads tilted, smiles curled upwards. They are part of her current work “Passing Through: Portraits of ...

Efficiency Vermont Pushes Energy Challenge

By Isaac Baker | May 1, 2013

As homeowners in the area consider their energy bills, the questions of what fuel to use, whether or not it will be renewable and how much it will cost are constantly arising. Yet while some might save by switching fuel types, the strategy of using less energy overall by improving a home’s efficiency ...

No Silver Bullet

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

On April 17, after America’s 113th Congress rejected a series of proposed gun-control measures, Barack Obama asked a teary-eyed, red faced crowd in the White House’s Rose Garden, “how can something have 90 percent support and yet not happen?” Americans have debated the answer endlessly. The ...

Apartheid? Apartheid!

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

Recently, an independent fact-finding mission of the United Nations (UN) presented a report about the Israeli settlement policy. The report confirms what was assumed for a while: the settlement project cannot be differentiated from the Apartheid system that was once applied in South Africa. The assignment ...

Abortion: Not Good, But Neccessary

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

In his recent op-ed about abortion, Kenneth Burchfiel ’13 claims to “support life.” He equates abortion with the Nazi genocide of Jews and other non-Aryan groups and he implies, with an infantile reference to Disney movies, that those who are involved in providing abortions and those who choose ...

In Pursuit of Moral Clarity

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

Last week’s op-ed by Kenneth Burchfiel ’13 regarding abortion has (unsurprisingly) already been met with vitriolic attacks on the Campus website, and will no doubt be the subject of even more criticism in this week’s issue. As someone who cares deeply about the issue, I’m glad Kenneth was willing ...

When Writing an Op-ed

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

This op-ed goes out to everyone who is thinking about writing an opinion piece in a published medium that circles in a community (ie. newspapers, magazine, other public media). Think before you write. Sharing your opinions and thoughts on a certain topic is necessary to varying degrees. It helps the ...

How Do I React?

By Andrew Defalco | May 1, 2013

Like most people watching stories unfold at the “It Happens Here” event I was disturbed. I was angry. I was sad. I felt things I could not describe but warranted taking a walk halfway through. At the end of it all though, I was faced with the question, how do I react? Part of me wants to continue ...

Following Up On The Divestment Panel

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

Jeannie Bartlett ’15 There were a number of things I wanted to add to my comments at the Student Divestment Panel that I didn’t get to, so I’ll add them here. I’m surprised to feel the need for this first clarification: the shift off of reliance on fossil fuels is not just a nice goal to ...

Apply Practically

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

We wish to address serious factual inaccuracies in Zach Drennen ’13.5’s April 25 column “Middlebury Finds a New Pipeline to Protest.” First, a clarification of terms: Zach, you mislead readers by describing the product transported by this pipeline as “natural gas.” Conventionally drilled ...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

By Ben Kinney | May 1, 2013

Just after midnight, exactly two years ago today, U.S. Navy SEALs stormed a small private compound outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan and ended the world’s most expensive manhunt with a couple of well-aimed bullets. After nearly 10 years of relentless intelligence work, many Americans felt that they ...

Red Lines, Red Blood

By Zach Drennen | May 1, 2013

People on Syrian streets are dying horrible deaths, asphyxiated as the air around them gives way to clouds of toxic gas released upon them by their government. Last week, blood samples of the victims confirmed that the regime of Bashar al-Assad has used weapons of mass destruction in the form of Sarin ...

The Squawk Box: 10 Things I Wish I Knew As An Underclassman

By Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013

  1. It takes patience to live in Middlebury for four years. It’s also worth it. 2. The harder you try to get laid, the less you’ll get laid. 3. People who act like they’re better are afraid that they’re not. 4. Needing a big party to have a fun weekend will frequently disappoint. 5. ...

The Passion Question

By Lauren Davidson | May 1, 2013

Three and a half weeks. With less than a month left of my college career, I have yet to solidify a real plan for after May 26. Right now, I’m set to live the post-grad dream on my couch with my newly printed diploma in Columbus, Ohio. Having always had a plan of action, I am growing increasingly concerned ...