The Middlebury Off-Campus Project

Russian DJ Addresses Protest Climate

By Charlotte Gardiner | February 25, 2013

Artemy Troitsky, the first Russian DJ and the country’s foremost rock journalist, spoke to a crowd at the Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room on Monday, Feb. 25. He now teaches in the Journalism Department at Moscow State University and remains actively involved in the television and radio world. ...

Ready, Set, Go: 24-Hour Play Festival

By Charlotte Gardiner | February 24, 2013

All students were encouraged and invited to take part in Middlebury's 24-Hour Play Festival. Student directed, written, designed and performed, the cast and crew had 24 hours to create six different shows. Each person involved was asked to bring a costume, a set piece or a prop as "motivation for the ...

Got Music?

By Charlotte Gardiner | February 24, 2013

On Friday, Feb. 22, Middlebury's own a Capella group, the Mamajamas, collaborated with the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics, the college's oldest co-ed a Capella group. Listen here for some highlights! Mamajamas - Bills Again Dodecaphonics - Dreaming with a Broken Heart Dodecaphonics - Boondocks Mamajamas ...

Independent Study Explores Bali Street Art

By Charlotte Gardiner | February 24, 2013

Tito Heiderer '14.5 traveled to Bali over the Winter Term to conduct research for his independent study. "I don't know if there is one thing in particular that I can point to that really sparked my interest [in going]," he said. Though once his sister moved to the Indonesian province, he "had" to ...

The Campus Voice: Media Leaders

By Kathryn Desutter | February 24, 2013

What will on-campus media look like in the future? How racially diverse are on-campus media organizations? What kind of programming can listeners expect from WRMC this spring? For the third installment of The Campus Voice, News Editor Bronwyn Oatley ’13 sat down with three on-campus media leaders: ...

"B&W" Opens At M Gallery

By Emily Singer | February 23, 2013

Students gathered at the Old Stone Mill on Friday to celebrate the opening of the M Gallery's newest exhibition, "B&W." The exhibit is made up of student works from Fletcher Professor of Studio Art John Huddleston's ART0327: Black and White Photography class. The class focused on the history of ...

The Middlebury Moth: Rude Awakenings

By Leah Pickett | February 22, 2013

On Thursday, Feb. 21, students packed the Gamut Room for "The Middlebury Moth: Rude Awakenings." The Middlebury Moth, modeled after The Moth New York City, features student storytellers who must tell true stories focused on a specific theme without consulting notes. On Thursday, stories ranged from ...

CEO of TNC Speaks on 'Natural Capital'

By Kathryn Desutter | February 21, 2013

"Business as usual for the environmental movement isn't getting the job done," said CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Middlebury's 2013 Environmentalist-in-Residence Mark Tercek to a full room of students, faculty and community members in McCardell Bicentennial Hall on Thursday, Feb. 21. Tercek, ...

Femininity, Objectivity and Violence

By Charlotte Gardiner | February 21, 2013

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Assistant Professor of Dance Catherine Cabeen discussed her newest work, Fire! It is the second evening-length piece in her trilogy inspired by New Realists Artists. The dance is based on the life and art of Niki de Sain Phalle (1930-2002). It explores themes of violence and femininity, ...

For the Record: Gotye, Making Mirrors

By Leah Lavigne | February 21, 2013

We probably all know Gotye as the guy who sings “Somebody That I Used to Know”—the song that permeated radio, commercials and karaoke nights in 2012. The Belgian-Australian independent artist couldn’t have expected the massive international success of the single, which topped the charts in 26 ...

Comedian Adam Ferrara Performs Winter Carnival

By Santiago Azpurua-Borras | February 21, 2013

On Friday, Feb. 19 the McCullough Social Space was once again the platform used for the annual Winter Carnival stage show. This year the College welcomed comedian and actor Adam Ferrara. Before Ferrara hit the stage, the crowd was treated to the comedic stylings of Greg Dorris ’13. Dorris discussed ...

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Center for the Arts Explores Traditional Indian Art

By Deirdre Sackett | February 21, 2013

This Friday, Feb 22, Christian A. Johnson Professor of History of Art Cynthia Packert will lead a discussion about a new painting that will soon be hanging in the College’s Museum of Art. The College recently obtained the painting, “Illustration from the Ramayana,” which depicts an epic event ...

Science Spotlight: Science Outside the Bubble

By Will Henriques | February 21, 2013

It’s a big week for science. The top New York Times headline Monday morning read: “Obama Seeking to Boost the Study of the Human Brain.” Normally, such headlines are relegated to the Science Times, where only people like me will read them. But this story was deemed front page-worthy. It will change ...

The Reel Critic: Mama

By Ben Anderson | February 21, 2013

Horror tends to be a divisive genre of film; either you’re an adrenaline junky looking for the next great movie scare, or you can’t stand the thought of being subjected to an hour and a half of blood, gore and cheap screams. I fall in the former group. Whether a beautifully crafted psychological ...

Midd Alumna Wins Harvard Pitch Contest

By Joe Flaherty | February 20, 2013

On Feb. 10, Sword & Plough, a company founded by recent Middlebury graduate Emily Núñez ’12, won first place and the audience choice award in the Harvard Pitch for Change competition. The competition welcomes contestants who present ideas promoting the creation of social value. Sword & Plough ...

Middlebury Alumna Writes Book on Love

By Molly Talbert | February 20, 2013

Last Wednesday night, Meghan Laslocky ’89 presented her first book, The Little Book of Heartbreak: Love Gone Wrong Through the Ages at 51 Main. At the event, which The Vermont Bookshop touted as “Anti-Valentine,” Laslocky discussed her new book and read from her recent Middlebury Magazine article, ...

Middlebury Celebrates One Billion Rising

By Claire Abbadi | February 20, 2013

  On Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 10 p.m. to midnight, the College celebrated Middlebury Rises, one of many events worldwide dedicated to ending violence against women through the One Billion Rising movement. The vision of the Feb. 13 dance parties, which took place in over 197 countries, was created ...

Bedroom Briefs

By Virginia Johnson | February 20, 2013

I do not enjoy giving head. I find the sensation of jamming a phallus against my gag reflex generally unpleasant, and, in my eyes, the activity fails to forge an emotional connection. I find fellatio physically intimate, I can smell the mustiness of his nether region, but I struggle to achieve emotional ...

Taste Cheese with Chopsticks

By Jiayi Zhu | February 20, 2013

I interned at a Hong Kong-based weekly news magazine in winter term, and I made some observations on fragmentation of information by reading news everyday from news outlets in China and in the U.S. If I only have 10 minutes before I go to work and need to skim some news, I’ll choose the New York ...

Middlebury Skis to Third in 90th Winter Carnival

By Lok Sze Leung | February 20, 2013

  The Panther ski teams successfully fortified their place on the podium by finishing third overall at the home carnival this past weekend. Nordic standout and U.S. National Team member Annie Pokorny ’15 earned her second win this season in the women’s 5K classic. Sophomore Mary Sackbauer ...