Last year, 2012, marked the 21st anniversary of the program in women and gender studies (WAGS). In 2013, the May Belle Chellis Women’s Resource Center, commonly known as the Chellis House, will celebrate its 20th anniversary. To mark these special occasions, the WAGS program and Chellis House held ...
The first issue of the College’s newest student publication, Room 404, was released on Jan. 16. The idea for this bi-annual publication came to co-Editors Moss Turpan ’14 and Dylan Redford ’14 as a means to fill a gap they saw in the way in which students communicate and create on campus. Room ...
Sunday, Jan. 13 marked the beginning of a campus wide, Human vs. Zombies competition with over 200 participants fighting to become the last human standing. The game, organized and run by the Youthful Alliance of Merrymaking (YAM) is designed to last 10 days, but could potentially end early if the humans ...
Winter term: One month, one class, one man? We’ve heard it a million times before. New year, new you. Sure, it’s an exciting maxim, the idea that 2013 is a fresh start and that we can accomplish all we wanted to but didn’t do in 2012. Go to the gym; eat healthier; call grandma once a week. And ...
The Middlebury Men’s and Women’s Squash teams have continued their string of early season success in the start of the next segment of their season this winter term. After a brief respite in match play over December break, the Panther Men and Women have returned with decisive wins over fellow NESCAC ...
As Congress resumes its session, and with the Presidential Inauguration just eight days away, D.C. is full of activity. This week kicked off with the appointment of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense and John Brennan as the head of the CIA. As soon as President Barack Obama finished the announcement, ...
Laurie Essig, associate professor of sociology and women’s and gender studies, was recently informed by Forbes.com that her blog position would be “sunsetted” as a result of a post she wrote regarding the Newtown, Conn. shootings on Dec. 17. In her last post, Essig confronted issues of masculinity ...
The third-ranked Panthers have opened NESCAC play with four straight wins, improving to 14-0 on the season. Three of those wins, however, came by three points or fewer, including a pair of one-point wins over Tufts and Wesleyan — the latter coming in a 79-78 overtime victory on Saturday, Jan. 12. ...
Research conducted by Associate Professor of Psychology Matthew Kimble found that female undergraduates who study abroad are significantly more likely to experience rape and other types of sexual assault than women who remain on campus. Specifically, Kimble’s study found that women abroad are over ...
Middlebury, along with Williams College and Connecticut College, collaborated in a new initiative to increase faculty diversity called the Creating Connections Consortium (C3). The program is sponsored by a $4.7 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “We recognize now that trying to ...
In the wake of high-profile student protests and amid a growing university movement to combat climate change, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced that that the College will host a panel of experts to discuss the feasibility of divesting its endowment from the fossil fuel industry ...
JusTalks, a student-led forum to engage identity and promote campus-wide discussion on personal and social issues, will launch its pilot event Friday, Jan. 18. The event will begin on at 7 p.m. with an address from keynote speaker Professor of Africana Studies, Dr. Tricia Rose of Brown University. Her ...
It’s J-Term — a time to indulge in all Middlebury has to offer. One glorious month when students learn how to speak Swahili, go skiing from dawn to dusk, watch an entire season of Homeland (relatively) guilt-free and have time to do really fun things, like take surveys! The SGA is always looking ...
On Tuesday, Jan. 8, Community Council approved the Inter-House Council’s (IHC) proposal for second-semester first-years to be eligible for membership in the social house system with 14 members in favor and three opposed. The Council will now send the proposal as a recommendation to President of the ...
In March of 2012, the government of Mali was overthrown in a coup d’état staged by members of the military who sought more control of the fight against Tuareg rebels in northern parts of the country. Ever since, Mali has been left in political and military turmoil as the radical Islamist rebels ...
Iaorana, Middlebury. As I sit in the communal kitchen of Anteres House in Woods Hole, Mass., a week and a half into the shore component of my SEA Semester, making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, I cannot help but think of everything that went into making this sandwich possible. I also ...
The Imperfectionists, the bold debut novel from Tom Rachman, appears to be a story about a failing English language newspaper in Rome, destined to fade away like so many other print publications in the 21st century. At second glance, it becomes apparent that the work is really about people, and as ...
During a public meeting at the Monkton, Vt. Firehouse on Jan. 10, Monkton residents did not hesitate to voice their opinions. The meeting provided the Monkton community with an opportunity to converse with senior management of Vermont Gas Systems (VGS). Last December, VGS applied to extend a natural ...
On Dec. 29, the Burlington Free Press named Bill McKibben, Schumann distinguished scholar at the College and Ripton resident, Vermonter of the Year for 2012. “This was the year of growing recognition that a string of weather events, from violent storms to record-breaking droughts, was having a profound ...
Last Wednesday, Jan. 9 the 2013 Vermont legislation session began in Montpelier. The Speaker of the House, Shap Smith (D), opened the session with an address outlining several challenges that he would like to tackle in 2013. These include: education reform, universal health care, coping with climate ...