Middlebury College has named Bill Burger vice president for communications. Burger is currently associate vice president for communications at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. When he assumes his new role at Middlebury, on Jan. 1, 2013, he will direct communication efforts for Middlebury and for ...
On Saturday, Dec. 1 New York-based bands Emefe and Mokaad played live funk music for a crowded Bunker late into the night; a sample of Mokaad's set can be heard above. The two bands were brought back to Middlebury through the MCAB Student Small Concert Initiative.
On Friday, Nov. 30 the Jupiter String Quartet performed for a large audiance at the Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The quartet, comprised of Nelson Lee, Megan Freivogel, Liz Freivogel and Daniel McDonough, played W. A. Mozart's "Sting Quartet in D Major, K. 575: Prussian No. 1", B. Bartók's ...
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," ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...