On Monday, March 13, the Student Government Association (SGA) invited students, staff and faculty to discuss a question of central importance to the college community: how can the Middlebury College honor code be improved to truly maintain academic integrity? The SGA hoped that the forum would bring ...
This past Tuesday, Mar. 12 members of the College and Middlebury community gathered in Mead Chapel to hear Dennis Ross, Washington’s ambassador to Israel under the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, discuss “Israel, the Peace Process, and the Arab Awakening.” Ross gave a nuanced account ...
On April 5, WRMC-FM, the College’s radio station, will be hosting Sepomana, the station’s annual spring concert, in the McCullough Social Space with headliners Delicate Steve, Baths and Rubblebucket. Founded in 1993, the WRMC Concert Committee works to bring unique and entertaining lineups ...
Throughout the spring semester, the Middlebury College Organic Farm (MCOF) will be making several changes to its current operations, including the introduction of chickens for eggs and meat, the allocation of plots of land to different student organizations and the incorporation of new seeds ...
On Monday, March 4, the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) hosted a post-graduation immigration workshop led by immigration lawyer Dyann DelVecchio ’78 of Seyfarth Shaw Attorneys in Boston. The workshop, “Where do I go from here?: US Immigration Options for Graduating Seniors” was ...
Four students were arrested by police on Monday, March 11 at the northeast U.S. office of the TransCanada Corporation in Westborough, MA during a protest of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The students — Anna Shireman-Grabowski ’15.5, Jay Saper ’12.5, Sam Koplinka-Loehr ’13 and ...
In today’s age of rapid innovation and discovery, there is no shortage of female doctors and scientists gracing the headlines and receiving recognition for their successes. One such woman, Dr. Deborah Persaud, is at the forefront of pediatric HIV/AIDS research and is known most recently for her role ...
On Monday March 5, Community Council met to review a set of recommendations that will be proposed to Gus Jordan, executive director of health and counseling services, and the administration. The recommendations propose providing greater access to health services and education to students, expanding ...
Last Tuesday, March 5, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, who was infamous for his fervent anti-Americanism and socialist leadership, died of respiratory failure due to lung cancer at the age of 58. His vice president, Nicolas Maduro, had primed the nation on television in the hours leading up to ...
On Saturday, March 9, more than 5,000 chili enthusiasts from across the state and across the country flooded downtown Middlebury for the fifth annual Vermont Chili Festival. The Chili Festival, which has been ranked as one of Vermont’s top 10 winter events by the Vermont Chamber of ...
On Saturday, March 9th, Middlebury hosted the fifth annual Vermont Chili Festival. Main Street was crowded with stalls, people, and even pigs as visitors went through hundreds of cups of chili and tried to pick a favorite. Other highlights of the day included face painting, ascending a firetruck's ...
Men's Basketball defeated Cortland State 67-63 this past Saturday, March 9. They will play Ithaca this Saturday, March 16 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The Campus Current captured HIGHLIGHTS of the team's second-round win! Congrats!
On Saturday, March 9, the CFA's concert hall was filled to maximum capacity for TedxMiddlebury. The independently organized Ted event pulled students, faculty and community members away from the town's chili festivities to listen to thirteen different speakers. The event's theme was "The Road Not Taken." ...
On March 4th, students did indeed march fourth to Old Chapel in order to let the college know that students are still very much interested in the divestment of Midd's funds from fossil fuels. The rally is part of an ongoing movement that has spread across the nation. For more information, see Bronwyn ...
From March 14-16, theatre majors Sumire Doi ’13 and Rachel Goodgal ’13 will be performing their senior acting thesis in the Hepburn Zoo. The show, ambiguously titled 17 ½, will be a collection of scenes culled from several modern plays, designed to explore themes of regeneration and starting anew. “We ...
What does it mean to possess the genetic information of something or someone? Is the genetic code – the foundation of life from bacteria to homonids – a patentable product? Or is there a line somewhere, because genetic information is the stuff of life and life is sacrosanct, and patent law only ...
While students have probably seen Colby Horn ’13 wheeling around campus on a unicycle, he is not one to brag about his unique skill. “I’m probably one of the newest additions to the collection of unicyclists,” said Horn. “But I have been learning and using it to drive around campus.” Horn ...
Foxygen’s new release We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic is an album like you’ve never heard before in that, one way or another, it sounds like everything you’ve ever heard before. These two 20-something-year-olds hailing from the comfy suburbs of northwestern Los Angeles County ...
In its mad dash to complete the 34 panels set to comprise the InSite house in the 2013 Solar Decathlon competition, the Middlebury team, while somewhat familiar with construction and carpentry, needed some outside help. Enter Lance Waterman, a Middlebury-born contractor and University of Vermont ...
Next weekend, March 15 and 16, Professor of Dance Christal Brown’s dance company INSPIRIT will premiere their new work, “The Opulence of Integrity.” Choreographed by Brown, the performance draws its inspiration from the spirit and legend of Muhammad Ali, featuring elements of boxing, hip-hop and ...