The first few days of Orientation are filled with introductions and small talk, however ‘Uncensored,’ an event organized by the Commons, was created to enable first-years to push past superficial introductions and discover who their fellow students really are. The event began with a warm-up designed ...
“It was like a drunken night with mistaken steps and unnamed faces,” said Preston Peraota ’14. Many incoming Midd Kids agree with Peraota’s description of the first-year orientation square dance that took place September 1. Students donned plaid shirts, jeans and cowboy boots for the event, ...
On Friday afternoon, Sept. 3, the atmosphere at Kenyon Arena was tense as the Class of 2014 anxiously gathered for fall registration. In the days preceding, first-years poured over the course catalogue to create countless possible schedule options and met with their advisors to outline potential courses. ...
Well, it’s that time of year again. Several weeks of e-mails from professors and gradually cooling nights have served as warning, but nothing can ever quite prepare us for the start of a whole new school year. The papers, the tests and the stress are back, but so is our beautiful Vermont campus and ...
While most of campus packed up and left Middlebury in May, others packed their bags and moved all the way to… Battell? For some Middlebury students, the dawn of summer meant back to school (and, for most, living in a modest Battell double). About 300 Middlebury students live and work on campus every ...
Welcome back, Middlebury. After browsing through the photos you submitted to The Campus’ Summer Photo Contest, I know that many of you did some really spectacular things this summer. You traveled, you spent time with family, you made new friends. You soaked up beautiful vistas, you met exotic animals, ...
For most of the world’s people, climate change is inextricably linked to starvation, migration and extinction; the phenomena cannot be mentioned independently of declining crop yields, rising seas and vector-borne disease. For the overwhelming minority of us living in the developed world, however, ...
It was 8:30 a.m. in San Francisco, and while most of the city was just waking up, Charlie Koch ’13 had already put in a full day’s work. Less than an hour before, he’d already run about 20 miles with a pack led by a 3:10 pacer in the San Francisco marathon. But with only six miles to go, he decided ...
I have a love-hate relationship with the term “hook-up.” On the one hand, as someone who loves discretion, it’s a perfect phrase to describe a physical encounter without press-ganging your conversational partners into envisioning your sordid life. On the other hand, as someone who loves ...
BEST WEEK EVER. Such a statement, rendered in all caps and spoken with the naïve earnestness of the Double Rainbow guy, is often written off as hyperbole. However, it is my job to prove to you, loyal Campus reader, that such a statement can be spoken with confidence, without inspiring vitriol, EVERY ...
Between July 6 and August 1, Middlebury theater students took center stage in a venue far removed from the hills of rural Vermont, setting up house off-Broadway at New York City’s Potomac Theatre Project (PTP). Jim Patosa of Boston University, and the College’s own Cheryl Faraone and Richard Romagnoli ...
Taking part in orientation meetings as a senior has been: hilarious, exciting, redundant, but above all else, eye-opening. It is surreal to be back on campus as an FYC to watch the sweaty move-in-day-goodbyes, the excitement of new connections, the awkward lulls in conversation, the name games and the ...
Across 1. Flamenco music style 6. Ballpark authority 9. Despise 14. Ivan IV and Catherine II, e.g. 15. Sun, to Santiago 16. Only State with just one syllable 17. Muhammad’s God 18. Allergic reaction remedy ‘___Pen’ 19. Ire 20. Safety measure for a tot 23. URL application (Abrv.) 24. Slip up 25. ...
While students have spent their summer months traveling and tanning, Middlebury has been busy at work. The town, which has had little time to relax since construction began over a year ago, has transformed. New roads, roundabouts and bridges now dominate the 39.2- square mile landscape. Joe Colangelo, ...
The College’s colors may be navy and white, but most know that Middlebury, the town and the College, tries hard to stay green. At the forefront of the town’s efforts to reduce environmental impact is Laura Asermily, the Middlebury Energy Coordinator. Appointed by the Middlebury Select Board, Asermily ...
The Middlebury men’s tennis team capped a record-setting season with their second ever national championship last spring, defeating Amherst 5-1 at Oberlin College in Ohio. “This team had a lot of seniors, so it was their last chance to win a title. Despite that added pressure, everyone played fearlessly ...
Doubtless you believe yourself to have just returned from summer break. You have answered the questions posed time after time: “How was your summer? What did you do?” You are currently saddened by your lack of free time, the amount of homework you now have and, in all probability, the return of ...
By now I’m sure all of you –– even the incoming first-years –– are familiar with the stereotype (and I mean that in the truest form of the word) that Middlebury students are insanely athletic. Our dominant varsity sports line-up, which contributed to a solid #4 ranking in the Director’s ...
Since 1926, Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton has played host to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Every year in mid-August, several hundred poetry and prose artists of varying notoriety flock to Bread Loaf’s secluded collection of egg-yolk-yellow buildings to hone their craft ...