Recently the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) surveyed the student body in order to gather input on the status of social life at the College. Led by President Maria Perille ’10, MCAB released a questionnaire requesting input on the general quality of MCAB events for the first time in five ...
The Community Council, with its representative membership of students, faculty and staff, is an encompassing forum through which every member of the College community is represented on non-academic issues and aspects of the College and its community. “The Community Council is the only organization ...
At its Oct. 24 meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) introduced a resolution to encourage the College to establish an outdoor introduction program. This College-run program would be larger than the SGA funded Outdoor Orientation for New Kids (OINK) and would have an added variety of interest-based ...
Pirates, princesses, cowboys and witches alike gathered on the Middlebury town green on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 30 to celebrate the third annual Halloween Spooktacular. The Better Middlebury Partnership, an organization dedicated to maintaining Middlebury’s vibrant local community, sponsored ...
The Office of Communications is working to establish a “Murmur” network on campus. Murmur, which originated in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood in 2003, is a network of short recordings that tell personal stories about the buildings and sites in an area — in this case, on a college campus. Communications ...
PARIS — After two years of coping with the relentless stress we urban types experience surrounded by the physical beauty and placid countryside of Middlebury, I decided to relocate to what is seemingly the complete opposite end of the spectrum: the city of the sedentary café lifestyle. After almost ...
Following the G20 Summit meeting in South Korea, much speculation has been offered regarding the souring of relations between the American and Chinese governments. Though the Obama administration entered office with the widely acknowledged desire to strengthen ties with the rising superpower, officials ...
It would be an understatement to say that sports are a big part of life at the College. About 28 percent of the student body plays a varsity sport, and most others are involved in some type of club or intramural activity. It’s safe to say, then, that athletes have significant influence on many aspects ...
On Oct. 28, the Byers Studio of the Middlebury Town Hall Theater was transformed into a true cabaret setting: small, candlelit tables faced the front of the room where several instruments and three musicians awaited the arrival of Deb Brisson. The intimate atmosphere differed greatly from the festive ...
Spaghetti dinner Nov. 5, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Looking for some home cooking? Tired of Ross and Proctor’s tofu? Come to the St. Ambrose Parish in Bristol for an Italian feast. The Knights of Columbus, a group at the Parish, are organizing the event. Adult tickets cost $8 and children under 12 get in ...
At 12:30 a.m. this past Saturday, a friend and I decided to hit up the Bunker, host of the annual VACA-sponsored Halloween party, featuring DJs from New York and Montreal. (VACA stands for “Vitality of the Artistic Community Association” in case you were wondering.) As we neared FIC, we saw streams ...
It is rare that we think of Middlebury, both town and college, as a mighty, unified force. It is more common that we equate the area with its New England quaintness, seemingly slowed pace of life and picturesque pastoral beauty. But the opening of the Cross Street Bridge this past Saturday was a show ...
Middlebury’s OUT day marks one of the first times that our campus has collectively engaged the idea that honesty about our identities can truly foster an empathetic, socially responsible and dynamic community. However, despite its relative merit, I can’t help but think that this movement undermines ...
Being a climate activist, I tend to engage in some pretty intense and discouraging discourse. Still, the most terrifying conversation I’ve ever had was with a representative of the International Red Cross, at the UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen last December. We were discussing climate refugees ...
To The Campus, I would like to extend a “wonderful job done” to the students who volunteered their time to the Spooktacular event held on the Middlebury Green. Those students were so good with kids! I attended the festival with my two year old and although he wasn’t much into the games, I did ...
Three weeks ago, as the rest of the editorial board was working tirelessly on our third annual Green Issue, I was taking a holiday from The Campus — but not from the theme of sustainability. I was in Denver, Colo., attending the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability ...
As you read this column you know who has won and who has lost in the midterm elections. You know who will control the House and the Senate for the next two years, who will be Vermont’s governor, and whether, for the first time since the Civil War, the House and the Senate will be controlled by two ...
Eighty-six days ago, McDonalds, located at 280 Court Street off of Route 7, closed for renovation. Many were dismayed: the infamous late-night Big Mac and fries were no longer available to Middlebury students. Students can now rest easy, however, because McDonalds is up and running again. “It was ...
The Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) is a 16-mile foot and bike path that circles the town of Middlebury, linking several parks and protected areas. The trail is maintained by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), which has operated since 1987 with the “purpose of preserving key open and scenic lands ...