The Middlebury Off-Campus Project

Mosaics from the Underground

By Maggie Cochrane | December 1, 2012

On Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1 students presented "Mosaics from the Underground," at the Dance Theater in the Mahany Center for the Arts. The performance was filled with modern and post-modern dances choreographed by members of Intermediate/Advanced Dance III; the sample above, titled "Burst," ...

Art on Campus

By Jiayi Zhu | December 1, 2012

In the fall of 1994, Middlebury’s President Emeritus John McCardell Jr. and the College’s Board of Trustees instituted the “One Percent for Art” policy. This policy sets aside one percent of the cost of any capital project — including the construction of new buildings and the renovation of ...

African Music and Dance

By Gregory Woolston | November 30, 2012

On Wednesday, Nov. 28 the Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble performed in the Mahaney Center for the Arts under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Damascus Kafumbe. The performance is the culmination of Professor Kafumbe's African Music, Dance, and Performance. "With emphasis on ...

Westerveld Discusses M Gallery Exhibit

By Leah Pickett | November 29, 2012

"Reflections on Quw'ustun Tribe Identities," an exhibition of dry pastel portraits by Levi Westerveld '15.5, recently completed its exhibition period at the M Gallery in the Old Stone Mill. The Campus' Leah Pickett interviewed Westerveld Discusses ExhibitWesterveld on his drawings toward the end ...

Fourth-Ranked Panthers Tip Off Season Undefeated

By Damon Hatheway | November 29, 2012

The fourth-ranked men’s basketball team has opened the season with five wins, including a strong performance in the Rinso Marquette Tournament at Lebanon Valley College. Senior captains Nolan Thompson ’13 and Peter Lynch ’13, who was named NESCAC Player of the Week, lead the team in scoring, averaging ...

Science Spotlight: Costanza-Robinson Lab

By Will Henriques | November 29, 2012

Environmental chemistry is broad field that spans the study of chemical processes in the atmosphere, earth, water and biological world. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Studies Molly Costanza-Robinson has found her niche in the study of contaminant fate and transport. A ...

Upcoming Play Evokes a Life Devoid of Freedom

By Deirdre Sackett | November 29, 2012

Beginning today, the evocative Vanek Trilogy will run in the Hepburn Zoo Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. The show is the senior thesis production of Noah Berman ’13 and Izzy Shill ’12.5, who act in the show alongside Adam Milano ’15. Paula Bogutyn ’13.5 is directing the show for an independent project. The ...

Fall Dance Concert Highlights Diversity

By Alan Sutton | November 29, 2012

The Fall Dance Concert, “Mosaics from the Underground,” will open tomorrow night in the Dance Theater. The concert is a promising creation that aims to spark conversations about one of the College’s most emphasized values: diversity. A collaboration involving 10 students and two professors, the ...

Booking It: Both Flesh and Not

By Michael Gaffney | November 29, 2012

Both Flesh and Not collects 15 of David Foster Wallace’s multiform nonfiction pieces, including essays and book reviews published between 1988 and 2007. Although most of these essays do not demand to be read in the same way that essays in Wallace’s earlier collections do — this reader recalls ...

The Reel Critic: Skyfall

By Deirdre Sackett | November 29, 2012

After 50 years, he’s still got it. Skyfall is the latest in the James Bond series, and it does not disappoint. Released on the series’ 50th anniversary, the movie follows a rather dramatic premise: after an operation involving Bond and sidekick Eve goes south, M finds herself fending off a forced ...

All the World's a Stage: As You Like It

By Michael Gaffney | November 29, 2012

Two major problems of rhetoric occur when a contemporary director chooses to put on a Shakespeare play. One problem concerns the comedy itself; what an audience found funny 400 years ago may fall flat today. But, surprisingly, this particular issue rarely plagues Professor of Theater and Women’s Gender ...

Vermonters Worried by 2013 Farm Bill

By Liia Koiv-Haus | November 28, 2012

Vermont farmers have a lot at stake in the drafting of the 2012 Farm Bill, which is expected to include a record number of budget cuts due to the current state of the economy. The farm bill, which is renewed every five years, has been a recurring entity in legislation since the years of the Great Depression, ...

Middlebury Residents Debate Language of Town Plan

By Devin Macdonald | November 28, 2012

The town of Middlebury has always been known for its small, homegrown feel. This atmosphere has been cultivated over the years by the many locally owned businesses that bring quality goods to Addison County. Until 2002, however, those looking for the convenience of bulk shopping had the option of Ames, ...

Migrant Workers Gather for Passports, Allies Push for Rights

By Anna Stevens | November 28, 2012

On Nov. 17 hundreds of Mexican migrant farmers congregated at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Middlebury; some waited for passport photos to be printed, some received flu shots from the Open Door Clinic, some read flyers distributed by WomenSafe, some chatted with friends but most sat patiently ...

Film Prompts Discussion of Arab-Jewish Identity

By Stephanie Roush | November 28, 2012

On Monday, Nov. 26, at 4:30 PM over 25 students, faculty and Middlebury residents gathered to watch the 2002 documentary Forget Baghdad, a film directed and written by Samir. “I’m glad so many people are here,” said Danny Loehr ’13.5. "I came because I’ve studied Arabic and I went to a few ...

MiddCORE Expands to Summer Program

By Anna Chamby | November 28, 2012

This fall, the College announced the launch of MiddCORE Immersion, a new summer leadership and innovation program to be based at Sierra Nevada College (SNC). MiddCore Immersion, which will closely resemble the College’s existing winter term MiddCORE course and curriculum, will run its inaugural month-long ...

Bedroom Briefs

By Virginia Johnson | November 28, 2012

My first kiss almost caused mutual, spontaneous combustion. The pent of desire coursing through my veins bubbled to the surface and I completely lost control. Suddenly, everything was wet and hot and desperate. My desperation occurred due to sexting. My first boyfriend and I narrated our sexual exploration ...

Distribution Requirements: Celebrity

By Leah Sarbib | November 28, 2012

“Celebrity is more than just fluff,” as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Athropology Rebecca Tiger put it. In fact, Tiger explained, “celebrity is an important identity in contemporary society; not a person or a thing, but a symbolic system we interact around.” Her class, aptly titled “Celebrity,” ...

The Five-Fingered Virtues of Minimalism

By Julian Macrone | November 28, 2012

I made the switch to Vibram FiveFingers and minimalist running footwear after pulling a hamstring last spring, and since making the change, I’ve had the longest stretch of injury-free running I’ve ever had. It was a relatively mild hamstring pull — something not terribly uncommon in runners — ...

An Encounter with the Civilian Army of the 21st Century

By Guest Contributor | November 28, 2012

I left the U.S. this Thanksgiving break. France granted me access into their country sans glitch. I glided through their customs saying my bonjours, mercis and je suis americaines in all the right places, and so what if they lost my suitcase. Fast forward through some crepe consumption, oui-oui-ing ...