Are you ready to do the math? I am too ... but in the last few days, I’ve also been doing the history. Yes, doing the history, the history of social movements, and I’ve been asking: “What makes movements work?” I’ve looked back to 1960, the year I was born, when four students from the Agricultural ...
From Jan. 24 - 26, the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) will host its second annual Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Justice. The event will feature student presentations on social issues in Addison County, Vt., workshops led by six champions of social entrepreneurship ...
As we start to review the results of the SGA Student Life Survey (Don’t worry! There’s still plenty of time to #takethesurvey), a trend is starting to emerge. A number of students are dissatisfied with the Middlebury social scene and are unable to pursue their “preferred weekend lifestyle.” But ...
From the Aurora Theater shooting to the horrifying Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, the widely publicized mass shootings of 2012 provoke an important social question on whether or not the Second Amendment right to bear arms should be readdressed. In the wake of these tragedies, politicians and ...
At the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Sunday, Jan. 20, SGA President Charlie Arnowitz ’13 started the meeting by announcing that break buses from this past winter break were profitable. The only buses that failed to make a profit were those that went to White Plains, N.Y. Next the ...
We do not have a unique mental illness problem in this country; other countries also have people who suffer from mental illness. But you wouldn’t know it from listening to NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre, who supports the right to carry a gun at the cost of any other right. He seems to think that ...
As France embroiled itself in battles against Islamist extremist rebels in Mali last week, a hostage crisis broke out in nearby Algeria. Last Wednesday, the al-Qaeda linked terrorist group Brigade of the Masked Ones seized a natural gas facility near In Amenas, located 30 miles west of the Libyan border. ...
The third-ranked men’s basketball team improved to 15-0 on the season with a 66-47 win over Hamilton on Jan. 18. Senior captain Nolan Thompson ’13 entered the game just three points shy of 1000 for his career and wasted no time achieving the feat, knocking down his first shot attempt of ...
The first thing I did when I got a text message asking if I had seen what was going on in Newtown was check online news sources. After reading a few headlines and skimming a few articles, sparse in detail and high in speculation, I went downstairs to my family room. I sat down next to my mother, who ...
This academic year, there has arguably been no bigger issue on the minds of Middlebury students than divestment. The topic polarizes us at times. Some argue that as an institution with a pledged commitment to environmental and social justice, Middlebury should put its money where its mouth is. Divesting ...
For the members of this year’s Solar Decathlon team, designing a home is not an exercise in engineering or architecture but a reflection of a community’s values. InSite, this year’s submission to the Department of Energy’s biennial competition, aims to foster communal spirit through their sustainably ...
Despite going 1-1 on the weekend and boasting an improved record of 9-8, the Middlebury women’s basketball team found itself stunned by a last-second NESCAC loss. The Panthers were shocked by a late surge from Hamilton, who lost its third game in conference play on Friday, Jan. 18. Two days later, ...
As human beings, we desire privacy in our sex lives. Originally an evolutionary imperative, this drive persists in modern society. We lock doors. We close shades. We turn up the music. As college students, however, communal living often thwarts this need. Dorms are shared spaces in which we temporarily ...
Barack Obama’s long-awaited day has finally arrived. As he stood on the west side of the Capitol, he took the oath of office once again in front of a crowd of 600,000: “I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will ...
With the end of winter term approaching, the campus is preparing for the arrival of the class of 2016.5. “There are a lot of things about [February orientation] that are really magical,” said Associate Dean of Students for Student Activities and Orientation JJ Boggs. “I think if I had to break ...
Winter term provides students with numerous opportunities to take courses that go beyond the normal classroom experience. While many instructors become more creative with their teaching methods, one class this winter term has been given $100,000 to aid in the learning process. Philanthropy, Ethics ...
Bright flags from around the world, fast-paced dance music and bouncing dancers filled the McCullough Social Space beginning at 4 p.m. on last Saturday, Jan. 19, kicking off the second annual Middlebury College Dance Marathon. The event was organized to raise money for the Vermont Children’s Hospital. ...
The landscape of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom is about to experience a dramatic shift, and, remarkably, it has nothing to do with heavy snow. In addition to readying itself for a year of above average snowfall, the remote corner of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom — an area adjacent to the ...
In time to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month, the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing announced a Vermont African American Heritage Trail, consisting of 10 educational sites and exhibits that illuminate the history of prominent African Americans in the state. For ...
On Jan. 1 University of Vermont became one of the first public universities in the country to ban the sale of bottled water on their campus. Bottled water will not be sold in vending machines, or through retail, concessions, catering or residential dining. Many believe that there is no need for the ...