January 21, 2016 | Vol. 114 no. 12 | middleburycampus.com
Faculty  Votes  on  AAL,  Pass/D/Fail John Doe
Drops Lawsuit Against College
By  Philip  Bohlman News  Editor At the Jan. 15 Plenary Meeting the faculty passed resolutions that reinstated the Pass/D/Fail option, set to expire this year, and changed the cultures and civilizations set of distribution requirements. The last iteration of Pass/D/ Fail (P/D/F) expired on Dec. 31 after a six semester trial period. In new legislation authored by WKH (GXFDWLRQ $̆DLUV &RPPLWWHH (EAC) and amended by faculty at the meeting, students will retain two uses of the option, but will now be able to choose whether or not to invoke it in the fourth week of a semester (rather than the second week). None of restrictions on P/D/F will change, and students ZLOO GUDZ RQ WKHLU ÂżYH DOORFDWHG “non-standard grades,â€? which include high school credits and forcredit internships. The resolution initially presented at the meeting gave students only one use of P/D/F. The EAC viewed this as a compromise for those faculty opposed to the P/D/F option. Professor of Psychology Jason Arndt, a member of the EAC, and Vice President of Student $̆DLUV DQG 'HDQ RI WKH &ROOHJH Katy Smith Abbott said that the reduction from two to one courses would be interpreted by students as discordant with the College’s focus on stress. The amendment passed overwhelmingly in support of two uses of P/D/F. The new set of cultures and civilizations requirements expands the previous three regional categories to six. For almost 15 years the categories were comparative (CMP), North America (NOR), Europe (EUR) and Africa, Asia and Latin America (AAL) which also included together Middle East, and the Caribbean. The six new designations are South and Southeast Asia, including WKH 3DFLÂżF 62$ 1RUWK $VLD including China, Korea, Japan and the Asian steppes (NOA); Middle East and North Africa (MDE); Sub-Saharan Africa (SAF); Europe (EUR); The Americas (AMR). Some faculty at the meeting expressed hesitation over not
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President of the College Laurie L. Patton cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Anderson Freeman Center. dividing North, Central and South America. Others felt that the previous NOR designation had problematically privileged North American culture. Others were vocal that any system with such DUELWUDU\ UHJLRQV ZRXOG FRQĂ€DWH incongruous cultures (i.e. Japan and China in NOA) and that it would be the instructor’s responsibility to distinguish the studied culture within the course’s designation. Chair of the Student Educational $̆DLUV &RPPLWWHH -L\D 3DQG\D Âś was an original member of Midd Included, the student organization committed to reforming the cultures and civilizations requirement. In the last two years she and other students designed and advocated for new regional requirements. “Our proposal was by no means perfect, and nor are these categories, yet to me they symbolize not only a change in our College and its growing understanding of the value and respect of all cultures but also a clear sign that student YRLFHV WUXO\ PDNH D GL̆HUHQFH LQ curricular change,â€? Pandya wrote in a Facebook post on Jan. 15.
AFC Grand Opening Invites Discussion By  Viviana  Altamirano  Senior  Writer
KimberlĂŠ Crenshaw, a professor of law at Columbia 8QLYHUVLW\ DQG 8&/$ ÂżOOHG Mead Chapel last Friday night as the keynote speaker for the grand opening of the Anderson Freeman Resource Center (AFC). Crenshaw’s speech was one of many events held over the weekend to celebrate the opening of the new intercultural center on Saturday, Jan. 16. The opening of the AFC is the culmination of more than a year’s ZRUWK RI H̆RUW E\ VWXGHQWV DQG IRUPHU 9LFH 3UHVLGHQW RI $̆DLUV and Dean of the College Shirley Collado. The grand opening coincided with the College’s second Alumni of Color weekend. Crenshaw is known for coining the term “intersectionality.â€? Her
MLK TODAY CALLS FOR JUSTICE
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On Monday, Jan. 8, the Department of Music and Oratory Now presented MLK Today in Mead Chapel. The event featured speakers and performances by the MLK Today Choir and Assistant Professor of Dance Christal Brown (pictured above).
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talk, titled “Intersectionality Matters: Why We Can’t Wait for a Racial Justice Agenda That Centers Us Allâ€? highlighted the multiple avenues through which racial and gender oppressions are experienced. Crenshaw spoke to changes happening on college campuses nationwide. She said: “We are at a moment to transform our society. In some ways, racial discourse has reached a new low with the presidential candidates. But at the same time, we have new forms of social justice agitation that have sprung the conversation back to life.â€? She also talked about the defenders of Justice Scalia’s recent comments on black students’ incompetency at elite institutions. “If it is not institutional factors, structural factors, historical factors, that explain inequality, then we are talking about racial GL̆HUHQFHV ZLWKRXW WDONLQJ about racial power, creating a formula for individual and cultural responsibility,â€? she said. “Individuals in their social groups are responsible for their lack of participation in higher education, for the lack of access.â€? Crenshaw then turned her focus to injustice for women and girls in society. She discussed how critical it is to reverse the cycle of invisibility for women and girls with initiatives such as President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeperâ€? which excludes girls and young women of color. She asked the audience to identify the names of victims of police brutality, revealing that females were mostly unknown. “We don’t know who these girls are, because the media doesn’t tell you; our leaders don’t tell you,â€? she said. Crenshaw concluded her speech with a plea for racial justice and inclusion. “I can’t think of SEE FREEMAN, PAGE 2
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By  Christian  Jambora News  Editor Legal action in the John  Doe  v.  Middlebury  College case formally ended on Dec. 21. Doe, the student expelled over a charge of alleged sexual assault, dropped his lawsuit against the College after the two parties reached a settlement. “The lawsuit has been resolved by the parties and they have agreed WKDW WKH 3ODLQWL̆ ZLOO FRPSOHWH KLV education elsewhere,â€? Vice President for Communications and Marketing Bill Burger said this week. The case against Doe involved an alleged sexual assault that took place while he was studying abroad during the fall 2014 semester at a program run by the School for International Training (SIT). SIT investigated the complaint by a non-Middlebury student and found Doe not responsible in December of that year. In early January 2015, the alleged victim, anonymously idenWLÂżHG DV -DQH 'RH FRQWDFWHG $VVRFLDWH 'HDQ IRU -XGLFLDO $̆DLUV and Student Life Karen Guttentag, which ultimately led Middlebury to begin its own investigation. The College said last September that it had concerns about the SIT investigation and adjudication. “Under its policies, a Middlebury VWXGHQWÂśV R̆ FDPSXV FRQGXFW PD\ be subject to Middlebury’s disciplinary processes when, among other things, such conduct may represent a threat to the safety of the Middlebury community or any of its members,â€? the College said in a statement at the time. “Middlebury initiated an investigation and adjudication of the student’s conduct on that basis and we believe we properly applied our policies in this case.â€? The College, after conducting its internal investigation through Ellen Coogan, an independent contractor who has investigated sexual misconduct cases on behalf of the College, ultimately found Doe responsible for the assault and, in late August, expelled him. Coogan concluded that John Doe’s conduct towards Jane Doe constituted sexual misFRQGXFW EDVHG R̆ D SUHSRQGHUDQFH of evidence, a decision that was reached by an evaluation of all evidence and her own assessments of credibility in which she was “struck by the consistency of Jane Doe’s account.â€? 'RH WKHQ ÂżOHG VXLW DJDLQVW WKH College in federal court, claiming his expulsion was “unjust and unlawful,â€? noting that the SIT investigaWLRQ GLG QRW ÂżQG KLP UHVSRQVLEOH IRU the charge. According to Doe’s complaint, the College relied “on SIT’s determination to permit [Doe] to return to Middlebury for the spring semesterâ€? and did not conduct its own investigation until the alleged victim of the assault had contacted the College. Doe’s counsel consisted SEE DOE, PAGE 2
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local Devalued Canadian Dollar Threatens Vermont Tourism There’s no question about it,” said Ron Redmond, executive director of the Church Street Marketplace. The value of the Canadian dollar Burlington International Airport has (CAD), has plummeted to its lowest level been pushing to increase Canadian visi- in 13 years. Worth only $.69 U.S., the tors by providing a daily bus to Québec devaluing of the currency poses a threat and French signage. Yet fewer and fewer to Vermont businesses that depend on Canadian license plates have been spot- Canadian customers, particularly those in ted in the airport parking lots. the northern part of the state. Shop-keepers in these areas have The weakening currency resulted reported receiving fewer Canadian cus- from dropping oil prices caused by a tomers since the Canadian dollar slipped global supply glut. The last time the CAD below that of the U.S. was this low was between 1998 and 2003, “We’re not seeing as many tourists when crude oil was similarly cheap. from Canada,” said Lynne Bertrand, The duration of the loonie’s decline is executive director of Vermont’s North uncertain. Douglas Porter, chief econo- Country Chamber of Commerce. mist at BMO Financial Group, projects Canadian citizens themselves have that the currency will continue to decline. admitted to making fewer trips across “The currency is likely to remain un- the border to run errands. Courtesy Canadian broadcasting corporation der downward pressure “A lot of the grocer- This Canadian coin - known as a loonie - has devalued to the lowest level in 13 years. until oil prices bottom “We’re not seeing as ies I would normally out, which we don’t see buy, I don’t,” admit- ever, many no longer accept the declining have even implemented special promo- happening until [the many tourists from ted one resident of tions – such as allowing customers to pay CAD, as it is hurting their businesses. second quarter].” Stanstead Québec, who Canada.” “We were losing money at it,” said for a portion of the bill with the CAD, or This trend has left lived only 15 minutes accepting the currency Amrita Parry, manager Vermont business- LYNNE BERTRAND away from Newport. of the Newport Natural owners small and large “Buying U.S. mon- for a limited period of According to the resi- time. Market and Café. Jay EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VERMONT’S NORTH alike worried about the dent, her neighbors are Peak Resorts begrudg- Canadians have ey with Canadian COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE toll it will take on their adopting similar shop- ingly stopped accepting historically chosen to profits from Canadian ping habits. loonies recently after 40 money is simply cross the border for customers. “Buying U.S. money years of doing so. starting to cost too reasons that vary from Jay Peak Resorts, positioned in with Canadian money is simply starting to lower sales’ taxes to “We’ve really prided Vermont along the international border, cost too much,” Canadian blogger James availability of certain ourselves in taking the much.” draws approximately half of its guests Morgan wrote. Canadian dollar at par from Canada. Local businesses in New- James Morgan goods that are hard to Yet another concern is that the rela- to the American dollar – find at home. Some Ca- port, a small community less than 10 tive strength of the U.S. dollar will inspire resort wide,” said Guest nadian residents insist Canadian Blogger miles from the border, fly Canadian flags U.S. customers to do more business on that this incentive will Services Manager Jorge and post French signs to welcome Cana- the Canadian side of the border. not disappear. Garcia. dian clients, as they are an important part Businesses in northern regions of the “There are still some things I’ll buy Earlier in 2015, CEO of the resorts of the economy in this region. state have resisted changing their policy Bill Stenger expressed steadfastness in the U.S. regardless of of how much it Even as far south as Burlington, on the CAD, but the practice has become in parity, suggesting that changing lift costs,” Morgan concluded in one blog shop-owners are concerned about losing unfeasible. Historically, business owners tickets for Canadians would prompt them post. “We’re all still going to cross the Canadian tourists. An estimated 15% of have accepted the CAD because exchang- to ski in their own country. In an attempt border … no matter how lame our loonie Church Street shoppers hail from Canada. ing it for the U.S. dollar was expensive and to retain Canadian customers, businesses is.” “Being close to the border is great. inconvenient for visiting Canadians. How- By Sarah Koenigsberg Local Editor
Chief del Pozo Confronts Opiate Crisis records,” del Pozo said. In order to achieve these goals, del Pozo plans to hire a full force of one Burlington Police Chief Brandon hundred officers. He advocated increas- del Pozo recently outlined his strategy ing foot patrols and bike controls, as well to combat the rising opiate crisis that as stopping as many street drug deals as has gained attention both within Ver- possible. Additionally, del Pozo supports mont and nationally. Various gangs have an approach that involves differentiating formed active drug networks in Burling- between those who are selling drugs for ton, causing concern for public health profit and those who are selling drugs to and safety. The mayor of Burlington, further endorse their addictions. He has Miro Weinberger, has decided to give the also stated that he is interested in offer- city police the power necessary to fight ing amnesty to opiate addicts who are drug trafficking and crimes linked to the willing and able to approach the police rising tide of opiate addiction. for help with their situation. “Through sustained commitment to In conjunction with police efforts, on-the-ground community policing and doctors in Vermont will be advised to better coordination among all law en- prescribe with caution, as the opiate forcement and public addiction problem is health agencies en- “Through sustained partially attributed to gaged in addressing doctors who over- opiate abuse, we will commitment to on- prescribe painkill- turn back this trend,” the-ground commu- ers. Vermont Health Weinberger told the Commissioner Harry the Burlington Free nity policing and Chen and UVM Medi- Press. better coordination cal Center CEO John Del Pozo expressed Brumstead will work commitment to these among all law en- alongside del Pozo to ideals. In an effort to increase the resources rid Vermont of opiate forcement and public available for those with problems, he hopes health agencies en- opiate addictions. to devote resources to The heavy focus street-level community gaged in addressing of resources, time, policing and encourage opiate abuse, we will and effort to combat treatment for addicts opiate abuse is rooted rather than jail time. turn back this trend” in a human toll: drug In addition, del Pozo MIRO WEINBERGER overdose calls in Bur- believes it would be lington rose from 34 beneficial to direct the MAYOR OF BURLINGTON in the past three years majority of attention to 69 in 2015. Two towards the mid and drug-related shootings high-level drug dealers and traffickers in- in Burlington resulted in fatalities within stead of focusing on lower level users and the past year. dealers. Opiate addiction has also increased “We’re not trying to arrest our way the number of crimes and thefts to occur out of this problem. We’re not trying to around Burlington. When compared to saddle small-time users with criminal rates from 2012 to 2014, robberies have By Rebecca Walker Staff Writer
Courtesy burlington free press
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo discusses combatting opiate addiction .
risen 31 percent, assaults 22 percent, and taken. Drug dealers from out of state of- retail theft 14 percent. Opiate addiction ten prefer to sell them in Vermont, as op- posed to major cities, because their wares has proven especially prominent in the are significantly more Old North End of “We’re n ot t rying t o a r- profitable when they Burlington. a signifi- Contributing even rest our way out of this constitute cant portion of the further to the prob- lem, the prominence problem. We’re not market. However, del of the drug market has pushed more women trying to saddle small- Pozo remains confi- towards prostitution time users with crimi- dent that the situ- ation in Burlington and fueled the market can be solved, and for firearms in Ver- nal records,” mont. Del Pozo noted BRANDON DEL POZO it is not yet outside the realm of police that he is especially disturbed and con- BURLINGTON POLICE CHIEF and governmental control. cerned about the ele- “It’s not an over- ment of sex trafficking all tidal wave problem. It’s growing and it that accompanies the drug trade. Unfortunately, Vermont will continue brings violence, but it’s manageable for a to be a hot spot for drugs if action is not city this size,” del Pozo said.
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Shumlin Delivers Final State of State Address Shumlin  warned,  however,  that  with- out  effective  education  reform,  this  eco- On  January  7,  Governor  of  Vermont  nomic  recovery  could  be  hindered.  The  biggest  problem  for  most  employ- 3HWHU 6KXPOLQ GHOLYHUHG KLV VL[WK DQG Âż- ers,  claimed  Shumlin,  was  their  inability  to  nal  State  of  the  State  address,  in  which  he  UHĂ€HFWHG RQ KLV VXFFHVVHV LQ RIÂżFH ² DQG ÂżQG ÂłWUDLQHG DQG HGXFDWHG ZRUNHUV WR KHOS the  challenges  that  lie  ahead  for  Vermont.  them  grow.  They  know  that  our  success  in  Shumlin  has  elected  not  to  run  in  the  up- moving  more  low-Âincome  Vermont  kids  be- coming  gubernatorial  election,  ending  his  yond  high  school  will  determine  their  suc- cess.â€?  ¿YH \HDU VWUHWFK DV JRYHUQRU Accordingly,  Shumlin’s  new  budget  In  the  hourlong  address,  Shumlin  will  include  a  grant  of  250  dollars  to  every  PDLQWDLQHG D SURXG DQG GHÂżDQW WRQH “We  started  at  the  trough  of  the  Great  college-Âbound  Vermonter,  and  500  dollars  Recession,  unsure  whether  we’d  be  able  for  every  low-Âincome  college-Âbound  stu- to  build  back,â€?  he  said.  “Soon  after,  Irene  dent. The  governor  also  announced  a  new  struck.  We  were  down  and  we  got  knocked  education  program,  called  Step  Up,  which  down  again.  But  we  stood  back  up.â€?   will  fund  a  semester  of  free  courses  and  In  the  beginning  of  his  speech,  Shum- VXSSRUW VHUYLFHV IRU ÂżUVW JHQHUDWLRQ DQG lin  outlined  what  he  saw  as  the  most  im- low  income  students. portant  goals  for  the  state:  a  dynamic  Shumlin  also  warned  that  failing  to  economy,  an  improved  education  system,  address  climate  change  could  threaten  to  a  renewable  energy  derail  this  economic  policy,  a  reformed  “Vermont  should  not  recovery.  criminal  justice  sys- wait  to  rid  ourselves  “The  most  tem,  and  affordable  tropical  Christmas  in  and  effective  health  of  ExxonMobil  stock.  It  memory,â€?  he  warned,  care  statewide. has  been  clearly  docu- “reminds  us  that  cli- Of  these  issues,  mate  change  threatens  mented  that  since  the  6KXPOLQ ÂżUVW DG- the  Vermont  we  love,  dressed  the  econ- 1980’s,  ExxonMobil’s  from  our  ski  season  omy.  “We  added  own  scientists  have  long  to  our  lakes.  That’s  17,600  new  jobs  in  WKH ODVW ÂżYH \HDUV ´ known  abut  the  dangers  why  we  are  working  so  hard  to  move  to  he  began,  “and  have  of  global  warming,  and  green,  clean                  grown  per  capita  in- renewable  energy  comes  at  or  above  chose  to  conceal  that  that  is   creating  jobs,  the  national  rate  ev- from  the  public.â€?   reducing  power  rates  ery  year  I  have  been  and  putting  money  in  Peter SHUMLIN Governor.  That  has  Vermonters  pockets  never  happened  in  governor of vt while  we  do  it.â€? Vermont’s  history.â€?  That  Vermont  has  Shumlin  also  de- more  clean  energy  jobs  scribed  an  “agricultural  renaissanceâ€?  that  per  capita  than  any  other  state,  and  solar  has  accounted  for  4,400  new  jobs  in  Ver- power  has  replaced  nuclear  as  the  primary  mont.  “In  the  past  two  years,â€?  he  said,  “I’ve  energy  provider  during  peak  energy  hours,  had  the  privilege  of  moving  the  Best  Cheese  are  two  facts  that  Shumlin  pointed  to  as  in- in  America  award  from  one  Vermont  farm  dicators  of  progress. Yet  Shumlin  pushed  the  envelope  fur- to  another  Vermont  farm.  Take  that  Wis- ther,  urging  legislators  to  follow  Califor- consin.â€? nia’s  lead  and  send  him  a  divestiture  bill.   By  Harry  Cramer Local  Editor
“[Pollution]  sickens  our  children,  cre- cal  marijuana,  Shumlin  advocated  to  end  ates  acid  rain,  dumps  mercury  on  our  for- the  “era  of  prohibition  that  is  currently  fail- ests  and  in  our  lakes  and  increases  green- ing  us  so  miserably.â€? Shumlin  explained  that  he  would  in- house  gas  emissions,â€?  Shumlin  said.  In  what  he  described  as  “a  page  right  VLVW WKDW ÂżYH WKLQJV PXVW RFFXU LI KH ZHUH out  of  big  tobacco,â€?  Shumlin  slammed  to  sign  a  bill  legalizing  marijuana.  They  in- ExxonMobil  for  their  complicity  in  climate  FOXGH ÂżQGLQJ D ZD\ WR NHHS WKH GUXJV RXW RI the  hands  of  underage  kids,  change  and  their  efforts  to  obscure  the  truth. “The  $11  billion  a  tax  low  enough  to  still  wipe  out  illicit  drug  networks,  us- “Vermont  should  not  d o l l a r - a - y e a r  ing  the  revenue  from  legal- wait  to  rid  ourselves  of  Exx- onMobil  stock,â€?  he  said.  “It  opiate  indstry  in  ization  to  expand  treatment  has  been  clearly  document- America  knows  programs,  increasing  law- enforcement  capabilities  vis- ed  that  since  the  1980’s,  a-Âvis  impaired  drivers,  and  a  ExxonMobil’s  own  scientists  no  shame.â€? have  long  known  about  the  Peter shumlin temporary  ban  on  edibles.  “I  will  work  with  you,â€?  dangers  of  global  warming,  governor of vt Shumlin  declared,  “to  craft  and  chose  to  conceal  that  the  right  bill  that  thoughtful- from  the  public.â€? ly  and  carefully  eliminates  Shumlin  then  addressed  opiate  addiction  in  Vermont,  a  topic  to  the  era  of  prohibition  that  is  currently  fail- which  he  dedicated  his  entire  2014  State  of  ing  us  so  miserably.â€? Shumlin  used  his  concluding  remarks  the  State  address.  At  the  time,  he  said  that  opiate  addiction  was  a  threat  to  Vermont- to  address  a  moral  issue  facing  the  state:  the  acceptance  of  Syrian  refugees. ers’  very  way  of  life. “I  believe  Vermont  must  not  abandon  Shumlin  launched  a  closing  salvo  at  the  FDA,  which  he  described  as  the  very  root  its  long  heritage  of  being  a  welcoming  state  of  the  problem:  “In  2010,  we  prescribed  to  those  who  are  escaping  unimaginable  horror  to  seek  a  bet- enough  OxyContin  to  keep  every  adult  in  America  high  “I  believe  Vermont  ter  life,â€?  he  said.  “We  are  blessed  for  an  entire  month;Íž  by  2012  we  issued  enough  prescrip- must  not  abandon  to  live  in  a  state  tions  to  give  every  American  its  long  heritage  of  where  so  many  reject  fear  and  hatred  and  I  adult  their  own  personal  bottle  of  pills  ...  The  $11  being  a  welcoming  pledge  to  continue  to  billion-Âdollar  a  year  opiate  state  to  those  who  work  together  with  Obama,  industry  in  America  knows  are  escaping  un- President  our  refugee  resettle- no  shame.â€? community,  In  response  to  this  imaginable  horror  to  ment  clergy,  volunteers,  overprescription,  Shumlin  see  better  life.â€? and  our  mayors  to  sought  to  set  a  limit  at  the  Peter shumlin make  our  state  a  bea- number  of  pills  patients  could  bring  home  after  a  governor of vt con  of  hope  and  hos- pitality  to  Muslims,  procedure,  to  expand  ‘take  to  our  Syrian  broth- back  programs’  to  reobtain  painkillers,  and  to  prevent  addicts  from  ac- ers  and  sisters,  and  to  all  who  seek  to  build  a  better  life  right  here  in  Vermont.â€? quiring  drugs  outside  state  lines. He  then  thanked  the  Vermont  people  Next,  Shumlin  widened  his  attack  to  include  not  only  the  FDA  and  painkillers,  for  the  opportunity  to  serve  as  governor,  but  the  illegality  of  marijuana.  Citing  the  and  stepped  back  from  the  podium. state’s  relative  success  in  regulating  medi-Â
Humans of Vermont: Coming Out and Listening In By  Wendy  Walcoff Contributing  Writer
When  we  stopped  Ansel  to  talk  in  Sandy’s  Bakery  in  Rochester,  a  look  of  recognition  came  across  his  face.  He  knew  us  –  or  knew  of  Humans  of  Ver- mont,  that  is.  “Wow,  I  love  you  guys,â€?  he  gushed.  Somewhat  taken  aback  by  our  first  fan,  we  thanked  him  as  we  sat  down  in  the  adjacent  red  arm  chairs.  “We  ap- preciate  the  support,â€?  I  said.  “You  know,  I  do  too,â€?  Ansel  replied.  He  expanded  on  how  the  HoVT  project  has  been  mean- ingful  to  him  by  providing  a  more  open  outlook  on  the  place  that  he  lives.   He  bubbled  over  with  enthusiasm,  gripping  his  coffee  cup  and  smoothing  out  his  skirt.  Ansel  is  driven  by  social  justice.  “Queer  and  trans  activism,â€?  he  said,  “but  I’ll  talk  to  anybody  and  every- body  about  whatever  their  struggle  is.â€?  He  said  that  there  isn’t  as  much  activism  in  Vermont  as  he  would  like,  but  that  there  are  pockets  of  people  he  has  found Â
that  feel  passionately  about  various  lo- cal  causes.   He  speaks  to  farmworkers,  finds  peers  at  church,  talks  to  friends  of  friends  of  those  who  are  queer  and  of  various  backgrounds.  “I  know  every- body,  goddamnit,â€?  he  said.  “I  know  ev- erybody.â€?  As  we  both  lean  into  the  conversa- tion,  Ansel  unfolds  bits  and  pieces  of  his  identity  to  us  through  the  story  of  his  coming  out.  “You  have  to  come  out  as  queer,  you  can’t  just  be  queer  one  day.  I  was  like,  ‘Parents,  I  want  to  tell  y’all  something.’  And  then  I  came  downstairs  in  a  skirt  and  said,  ‘I  feel  like  a  girl!’  And  they  said,  “You’re  bi‌.sexual?â€?  And  I  said  ‘No,  thank  you!’â€?  He  laughed  con- fidently,  encouraging  us  to  see  humor  in  a  difficult  situation.  Ansel  provided  vari- ous  reading  material  for  his  parents.  He  explained  that  though  he  doesn’t  mind  which  pronoun  people  use  to  describe  him,  it  is  necessary  to  talk  these  ideas  through,  given  a  gap  of  understanding. “We  were  talking  for  a  good  year  or  Wendy Walcoff so  about  my  transition,  and  then  we  got  down  to  it,  and  it  was  like,  I’m  queer,  in  Ansel  provided  his  parents  with  reading  material  on  his  sexuality  to  help  them  understand. all  forms.  Masculinity  and  femininity  are  begun  to  learn  what  he  needs.  “Self- ness  to  share,  and  saw  the  space  fill  with  interesting,  but  they  are  not  the  anchors  care,â€?  he  said.  He’s  currently  at  a  men- openness  and  compassion.  Thinking  of  that  my  parents  were  holding  to.  My  par- tal  health  retreat,  finding  space,  figuring  how  we  had  both  thanked  each  other  for  ents  and  my  relationship  got  strained,  a  few  things  out.  “I  don’t  know,â€?  Ansel  the  support,  I  realized  that  when  you  ask  and  so  I  moved  out.  It’s  an  ongoing  thing  paused,  “I  need  pizza.  That’s  what  I  and  share,  you  give  to  both  yourself  and  ‌  it’s  awkward.  Coming  out  is  interest- the  person  cross-Âlegged  next  to  you;Íž  that  need.â€?  ing.â€?  “I  think  everyone  needs  pizza!â€?  We  when  you’re  willing  to  listen  and  learn,  The  buzz  of  the  coffee  maker  and  laughed,  reclining  in  our  chairs.  Ansel  no  matter  the  topic,  there  develops  a  tea-Âtable  small  talk  filled  a  moment  of  sipped  the  last  bit  of  warmth  from  his  space  of  receptivity  that  is  sometimes  silence.  Through  the  process,  Ansel  has  cup.  We  thanked  him  for  his  willing- difficult  to  find. Â
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A Call for Empathy
I am ashamed. Part of me got swept away with the media portrayal of refugees coming into Europe. It all scared me. The hundreds of thousands crossing the Mediterranean at night, sleeping Sophie  Hudson  ’17  is  rough on the from  London,  England streets, trying to get into Britain by sneaking onto the back of trucks or walking the channel tunnel. I was glad to be getting away from it. Immigration into and around Europe is UHODWLYHO\ FRPPRQ UHÀHFWHG LQ WKH GLYHUVLW\ seen in London, which I call home. Yet, in Britain, the media constantly seems to tell us that immigration is bad and that immigrants are taking our jobs, our houses and are the root cause of all the bad in society. The refugee crisis — and the subsequent LQÀX[ RI LPPLJUDQWV ² LV D XQSUHFHGHQWHG FULVLV LQ (XURSH PLOOLRQ 6\ULDQV KDYH ÀHG their homes; men, women and children were
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forced to leave, not out of choice, but desSHUDWLRQ 7KH\ DUH Ă€HHLQJ IRU WKHLU OLYHV LQ extraordinary numbers. They have nowhere to go, but with increased drone strikes from the United States, Russia, United Kingdom and other European countries — as well as the rise of ISIS and President Assad’s brutal regime — Syria is no longer a place they can stay if they want to survive. Most end up in camps across the Middle East and Europe, such as the “Calais Jungle.â€? That is the one I hear most about. There are over 6,000 migrants living in one place, with little water, no electricity and limited medical help. The jungle continues to expand with WKH LQĂ€X[ IURP 6\ULD $IJKDQLVWDQ DQG RWKHU Middle Eastern countries, all in the hope of entering the United Kingdom. What the mass media portrayal has failed to notice is that these refugees are individuals. How bad must it be — to spend all the PRQH\ \RX KDYH DQG PRUH ² WR Ă€HH \RXU home in the dead of night, knowing that over 3,700 people have died doing the same
journey? Yet 920,000 did that exact thing between January and November of last year. You have nowhere to go once you reach mainland Europe; you have no status in Europe. You may have been a doctor or a teacher in Syria, but in Europe — as a refugee — that means nothing. I cannot even imagine studying for so long to be told that my education was worthless, or that I couldn’t continue studying or working. I no longer understand people’s hesitation to accept Syrian refugees. We need to help and support them in any way we can. People fear those they don’t know. So we need to get to know these refugees. These people. Understand their motivations and their desperation. Many are just like us. They are trying to study, trying to learn, trying to create a life for themselves. We must help foster that or a country’s generation of ideas and talent will be wasted. I urge you to look up ‘Humans  of  New  York.’ Photojournalist Brandon Stanton follows the story of 12 families who have been given asylum in the United States. You will understand the stories, the people behind the
¿JXUHV DQG VWDWLVWLFV DQG ZK\ WKH\ KDG WR ÀHH Reading it was one of the most humbling experiences. I am embarrassed because I feel like the world should be doing more. We are bombing Syria, so we need to help those who have had to run from the bombs. On Dec. 16, the British Prime Minister proudly stated that WKH ¿UVW 6\ULDQ UHIXJHHV KDYH QRZ DUrived in the United Kingdom. I am sorry but that is shameful. One thousand people. 12 PLOOLRQ KDYH ÀHG 6\ULD %XW ZHOO GRQH %ULWDLQ we allowed 1000 people into Britain. , VLJQHG WKH SHWLWLRQ DW *R 5HIXJH EHcause I want to do more to help these people. And I think we should do whatever we can. We are privileged. We get to enjoy a brilliant education. I have the opportunity to study at Middlebury for a year. My education is one of the most important things to me, as it is for so many Syrian refugees. But that has been put on hold. I truly believe if we can help them to continue their education, we will make a GL̆HUHQFH
Standing  with  Syrians Terrorists are attacking America and they are winning. There’s a certain image people think of when they read “terrorist.� However, I was not thinking of Osama Bin Laden or ISIS, although they are certainly terrorists. I was thinking of people like Mr. Donald Rebecca  Duras  ’19  is  Trump. Obvifrom  Little  Neck,  NY ously, Donald Trump is not quite as evil as ISIS. He has not personally murdered anyone (that I know of). However, the hateful, prejudiced rhetoric he and others like him spew is calculated to inspire xenophobia. Those that vehemently oppose migration (and let’s call them what they really are: racists) may not personally pick up guns and kill people, but they incite others to
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do so. It has been less than a year since the Chapel Hill shooting, but anti-Muslim and anti-refugee sentiment has only grown since then and no attempts have been made to curb this domestic terrorism. Although the two kinds of terrorists I mentioned claim to oppose each other, they have a common goal: to incite terror and hatred into the global population until we are all afraid of our neighbors EHFDXVH WKH\ DUH D GL̆HUHQW FRORU WKDQ XV RU IROORZ D GL̆HUHQW UHOLJLRQ WKDQ ZH GR *LYHQ recent anti-refugee sentiment that is sweeping America, it is clear that the terrorists are winning. By refusing to admit helpless children and other people that have been brutalized by a civil war into our country, we are showing that the terrorists have won. Despite our bluster and our military might, we are
scared. We have been frightened into abandoning the lofty principles of equality and opportunity America claims to have been built on. By virtue of its status as a liberal arts school, Middlebury is a natural enemy of terrorists. Here, we prefer the pursuit of knowledge to ignorance, acceptance to fear and a global outlook to close mindedness. Accepting Syrian refugees into our community would not only provide students whose opportunity to learn has been brutally taken away with a place to continue their studies. It would send a strong message to terrorists of all kinds: you are wrong. You are weak. We refuse to be cowed by your clumsy demonstrations of violence into abandoning our principles. If we have the power to send that message, we should. There is also a more
VHO¿VK UHDVRQ WR EULQJ 6\ULDQ UHIXJHHV WR Middlebury. In order to promote the diverse learning community promised by the mission statement, the voices of Syrian refugees would provide a welcome addition to our discussions. It is easy to feel stuck in the college bubble and disconnected from current events because we are privileged in that they do not GLUHFWO\ D̆HFW RXU OLYHV 2XU GLVFXVVLRQV FRPH from privilege, and the inclusion of refugee students would provide a welcome new perspective. Here at Middlebury, we truly believe that education with an international perspective is vital to survive in the 21st century and that we can learn from each other, especially ZKHQ ZH FRPH IURP GL̆HUHQW EDFNJURXQGV Now we just have to act on it.
Community Dinner on Sexual & Relationship Respect Dear Editors, We’re writing today to discuss the role WKDW WKH 6WXGHQW *RYHUQPHQW $VVRFLDWLRQ 6*$ SOD\V LQ DGGUHVVLQJ VH[XDO DQG UHODtionship respect. Last year, after a series of conversations with other institutions in the 1RUWKHDVW WKH 6*$ GHFLGHG WR LQFUHDVH LWV commitment to promoting sexual & relationship respect here at MiddleMaddie  Orcutt  ‘16  bury. This is  from  Casper,  WY Thursday, and  Kyra  Gray  ‘17  is  from  Jan. 28, the Hillsborough,  CA 6*$ ZLOO co-host an Atwater dinner on these issues alongside It Happens Here and JusTalks. Over the past VHYHUDO PRQWKV 3UHVLGHQW *UDWFK DQG RWKers have met with a number of stakeholders on these topics, and have developed three
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guiding questions for students to explore H[SHULHQFHV ZH DOO EULQJ GL̆HUHQW SHUVSHFalongside one another as we move forward: tives and lenses to the table on these issues. (1) What is our current culture surrounding We are, however, interested in learning sex and relationships at Middlebury, (2) from one another, in deepening our sense of commitment What is the culture that we want “We  are  not  looking  to  tell  one  to this comand (3) How do synchronized  story  about  sex  munity and in beginning the we get there? We want to and  relationships  at  Midd;Íž  as  process of estabsexual emphasize that VWXGHQWV ZLWK GL̆HUHQW LGHQWLWLHV lishing and relationship these three questions are merely and  life  experiences,  we  all  bring  norms on this starting points GL̆HUHQW SHUVSHFWLYHV DQG OHQVHV campus. Following in for this dialogue, to  the  table  on  these  issues.â€?  the footsteps of and that asking President Patthese questions will demand sustained follow up from ad- ton’s recent comments, including her PLQLVWUDWRUV WKH 6*$ DQG VWXGHQWV DOLNH thoughts on restorative justice as well as We are not looking to tell one synchronized WKH YDOXH RI KDYLQJ GL̇FXOW FRQYHUVDWLRQV story about sex and relationships at Midd; WKH 6*$ ZDQWV WR FRQWLQXH WR KRVW FDPSXV DV VWXGHQWV ZLWK GL̆HUHQW LGHQWLWLHV DQG OLIH dialogues on sexual & relationship respect
beyond the Atwater dinner. We are of the belief that envisioning a healthier, safer Middlebury requires not only looking forward, but also having frank discussions about where we are at today. Whether you were able to RSVP for the upcoming Atwater dinner or not, we want \RX WR NQRZ WKDW WKH 6*$ LV FRPPLWWHG to continuing these conversations. Please feel free to reach out to either of us, your 6HQDWRUV RU 3UHVLGHQW *UDWFK LQ WKH FRPLQJ months with any input or initiatives that you may have. Respectfully submitted, Maddie Orcutt, Class of 2016 .\UD *UD\ &ODVV RI 6*$ &R 'LUHFWRUV RI 6H[XDO 5HODWLRQ ship Respect
Letter to the Middlebury community My dear people of Middlebury, I saw an 18-year-old white woman crying in front of 800 people in Mead Chapel; she’d been publicly berated for wearing a hat. Not out of spite. Not out of hate. She had been attending Middlebury Eli  Susman  ’18.5  is  for a matter from  Northbrook,  IL of weeks and did not yet learn that wearing a sombrero was cultural appropriation. Putting aside for the moment concerns about white IUDJLOLW\ KHU UHDO R̆HQVH ZDV QRW DOUHDG\ being perfect. I see day after day white people who are or would be curious about the movement, critically analyzing their privilege and trying to become woke, get shut down the moment they make a mistake. Some call
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it racism; I call it ignorance. Silencing our potential allies as they try to unlearn that ignorance only broadens the divide in our community already struggling with anxiety and loneliness. I don’t want to be one of those guys saying all lives matter, but I don’t want the social justice movement to lose the fundamental principle of what a safe space is: being able to be ourselves without fear of judgment. To create spaces safe for marginalized students and therefore all students, we have to open the doors of learning to everyone. I was told from an early age that college is a place to become better citizens of the world, to learn by trial and error. But this is not my experience with social justice on campus. How can we learn and grow when we can’t fail? How can we demand “perfection� when we demand it immediately and prevent people from the learning process to
get there? One problem with this environment is that words like “privilegeâ€? and “cultural appropriationâ€? become their own rigid truths. I rarely see students challenge one anothHUÂśV EHOLHIV²UHÂżQLQJ GHÂżQLWLRQV SUHPLVHV and all—to develop more nuanced positions. We wind up with a limited conversation and few solutions. I see potential allies alienated, when some of my peers, passionate and knowledgeable about their beliefs, have trouble articulating them to people who don’t share their same vocabulary. But I can’t blame activists for speaking the language of justice, whose sound bites are designed to be shared, liked, and retweeted. We are rewarded online and in school for cleverness, zingers, jargon, and one-liners. But as Purdue’s Frederik Deboer, a linguistics professor, describes: “They say terms like ‘privilege’‌and expect
the conversation to somehow just stop, that if you say the magic words, you have won that round and the world is supposed to roll over to what you want.â€? Socrates had a similar experience in his time and started to question religion, but was put to death for “impiety.â€? With our ostensibly dogmatic social justice movement it often seems like we are doing the VDPH WKLQJ WR RWKHU 7R D̆HFW FKDQJH ZH KDYH WR EH ZLOOLQJ WR UHÂżQH DQG EH UHÂżQHG Socrates advocated continuously investigating our beliefs for a more sophisticated understanding. Solidarity, being an activist or an ally, is not silent agreement. Nor is it a parroting “agreement on all matters.â€? Despite Campus op-eds, town hall meetings, and diversity-themed email chains, there are many people on campus who do not SEE UNLEARNING, PAGE 7
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january 21, 2016
Sophomore Conference Showcases Perspectives on Liberal Arts Careers, Holds Alumna Keynote By  Ethan  Brady Features  Editor
panels organized by subject, including literature, the humanities, the social sciences and STEM. Each panel consisted of On Friday, Jan. 15, the Center for one faculty monitor and several returning Careers & Internships (CCI) hosted its alumni, who spoke about their careers second annual sophomore conference. At thus far and what they feel their years WKH HYHQW IDFXOW\ VWD̆ DOXPQL DQG VWX- at the College did for them. Students redents discussed the value of a Middlebury ceived a copy of the new “Preparation education, the many paths that College and Possibilitiesâ€? series for their newly DOXPQL WDNH DQG WKH SUHSDUDWLRQ DQG Ă€H[- declared major, a document created for ibility gained from pursuing a liberal arts each of Middlebury’s 40 majors, includdegree. Almost 320 students signed up to ing information about the skills acquired, attend the events. and the internships and jobs held by stuThe conference, titled “Preparation dents and alumni of that major. and Possibilities: On Leading a Liberal More than 35 alumni from a wide ar$UWV /LIH ´ ZDV D FRRUGLQDWHG H̆RUW EH- ray of industries, and in varying stages WZHHQ VHYHUDO &ROOHJH ṘFHV LQFOXGLQJ of their careers, returned to campus for WKH &&, WKH ÂżYH &RPPRQV DQG WKH 2̇FH the weekend. Alumni spoke of their own RI $FDGHPLF $̆DLUV professional paths, which ranged from atOrganizers focused the conference on tending law school and defending undocsophomores in order to complement their umented immigrant children in federal newly declared majors, study abroad, court to running a start-up mead brewery summer internships and career planning in Winooski, Vt. that accompany sophomore year. NĂnive Calegari ’93 delivered the “Research in higher education con- headlining keynote address in Charles WLQXHV WR VKRZ H̆HFWV RI WKH VRSKRPRUH A. Dana Auditorium on Friday evening. slump — a time when students have set- Calegari is the cofounder and former CEO tled into their new lives in college and the RI 1DWLRQDO D QRQSURÂżW RUJDQL]DWLRQ HPSKDVLV SODFHG RQ WKH ÂżUVW \HDU WUDQVL- focused on helping young students imtion has largely disappeared,â€? said Peggy SURYH WKHLU H[SRVLWRU\ DQG FUHDWLYH ZULWBurns, director of the CCI. ing skills. “Sophomore In her address, \HDU LV DQ H[FLW“We  want  to  encourage  titled “Wondering ing, but uniquely How to Make the challenging year,â€? independence,  exploration,  World a Better Place? she continued. and  aspiration,  and  we’re  Your Liberal Arts Ed“Students declare ucation Will Come in a major, they con- working  to  engage  students  Supremely Handy,â€? sider their study Calegari spoke of her abroad options earlier.  The  sophomore  con- time at Middlebury, and they dig into ference  is  a  great  step  in  that  recalling several fond WKHLU H[WUDFXUULFX— some humorous — lar interests. They direction.â€? memories in front of do all of this while Peggy burns her audience, which also balancing their ÂżOOHG WKH DXGLWRULdirector of cci um to capacity. She studies. We hope to provide some guidthanked her adviser, ance and address some of these issues Allison Stanger, professor of internathrough panel discussions and one-on- tional politics and economics, who introone conversations.â€? duced Calegari on stage, for inspiring her Students could attend one of nine
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NĂnive Calegari ’93 gave a keynote address about problems facing public school teachers, including working conditions and starting salaries as compared to other professions.
to attend Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and to pursue her current line of work: improving the American education system. Calegari spoke about her work studying teacher salaries, which she argued are dangerously low. She gave case studies of teachers whom she interviewed who work second and third jobs “just to make ends meet.â€? She revealed a startling statistic: the average starting teacher’s salary in New York is almost half of what an Uber driver makes in that state. Calegari tied in her work with the 7HDFKHU 6DODU\ 3URMHFW D QRQSURÂżW ZKLFK she founded and of which she is currently president, aimed at improving the working conditions and increasing the salaries of public school teachers. As part of the SURMHFW &DOHJDUL SURGXFHG WKH ÂżOP “American Teacher,â€? adapted from her novel “Teachers Have It Easyâ€? and narrated by actor Matt Damon. Much like the novel and documentary, her address made a passionate argument for raising average salaries of teachers. “Teachers are truly the heart and soul
of our country, and they should be paid accordingly.â€? Calegari said. “It is a shame that teacher salaries have not increased proportionately with the spending that schools have devoted per pupil.â€? The conference ended on Sunday morning with breakfast roundtable discussions in Atwater Dining Hall. Alumni, VRUWHG E\ ÂżHOG DQG LQGXVWULHV WDONHG WR students about mission-driven leaderVKLS DFURVV WKH QRQSURÂżW VHFWRU DQG ZKDW LW WDNHV WR EXLOG WKULYLQJ DQG H̆HFWLYH VRcial enterprises. $FFRUGLQJ WR %XUQV 0LGGOHEXU\ ÂżUVW year students named career planning as RQH RI WKH WRS ÂżYH FDXVHV RI WKHLU VWUHVV when surveyed after being on campus for only a month. “Our strategy is to continue creating D FDUHHU HGXFDWLRQ SODQQLQJ H[SHULHQFH that is interwoven throughout all four years,â€? she said. “We want to encourage LQGHSHQGHQFH H[SORUDWLRQ DQG DVSLUDtion, and we’re working to engage students earlier. The sophomore conference is a great step in that direction.â€?
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yet understand cultural appropriation. Demanding change hasn’t made it happen. It won’t happen until we allow people to ask important, nuanced, possibly poorlyworded questions. Otherwise, we’ll become WUDSSHG E\ YDJXH XQVSRNHQ GH¿QLWLRQV censoring everything that might be cultural appropriation until we lose our sense of LGHQWLW\ DQG H[SUHVVLRQ Deboer calls it critique drifting when a particular critical political lens that correctO\ LGHQWL¿HV D SUREOHP JHWV JHQHUDOL]HG DQG XVHG OHVV DQG OHVV VSHFL¿FDOO\ RYHU WLPH This in turn blunts the force of the critique and ultimately fuels a backlash against it. Critique drift is a way that good political arguments go bad. Let’s keep in mind our goal: a safe, healthy, diverse and supportive community, at risk from political correctness that, instead of educating us out of harming each other, undergoes critique drift and broadens into censorship. Particularly harmful is a censorship not only of ideas but also of voices. While judging the value of a voice by its privilege alone doesn’t carry the historical weight of racism, it only inverts the dynamic. It is dangerous. It doesn’t end censorship or un-safety; it just changes who has to deal with it and further divides community. I see many of my fellow students hoping to protect themselves from further suffering by sticking to people who share their LGHRORJLFDO ER[HV $W WKH FRUH RI SV\FKROogy, helping people avoid the things they fear is misguided. Here are some things we all have in FRPPRQ ZH DUH DOO VX̆HULQJ DQG ZH DOO live on the same campus. I understand many of us are tired. White feelings are not more important than the feelings of a per-
son of color and vice-versa. Perhaps instead of calling people out, we can call them in. Instead of taking people’s words for face value, we can try to look into what they are actually trying to say, while we are learning to say what we actually mean. This is not something we can do alone. Middlebury can help. One problem: In a social justice class, we can read thousands of pages learning about privilege, but spend little to no time learning how to confront it in our interactions with others. The classroom is one of the few spaces at Middlebury where people interact with others outside their circles, and we often go through an entire semester without learning each other’s names. My fellow students and I may have to study hard and write long papers, but we often hide within objective information without having to venture out of our comfort zones. The result is that pain becomes LQWHOOHFWXDOL]HG )RU H[DPSOH , KHDU SHRSOH saying that white people just have to accept that they are all racist, should start unlearning their racism, and the world will EH D EHWWHU SODFH ,Q P\ H[SHULHQFH FDOOLQJ each other racist doesn’t make people want to unlearn; it makes them afraid to unlearn. This is not white fragility. This is not some hippie tree-hugger doctrine. This is just how people work. Perhaps we can investigate how our classmates and our own lived H[SHULHQFHV SOD\ LQWR ZKDW ZH DUH OHDUQLQJ According to Thich Nhat Hanh, who was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. IRU WKH 1REHO 3HDFH 3UL]H VKDULQJ H[SHULence transforms ignorance into understanding and fear into love. Putting words WR H[SHULHQFH FDQ EH KDUG DQG GUDLQLQJ HVSHFLDOO\ ZKHQ WKH SHUVRQ GRLQJ WKH H[plaining feels like they are representing an entire group of people. These feelings
DUH YDOLG DQG VKDULQJ H[SHULHQFH LV QRW the same as representing an entire group. If you do not understand why, try listening WR SHRSOH VKDUH WKHLU H[SHULHQFH 7ZR 1DWLYH $PHULFDQV KDYH GL̆HUHQW H[SHULHQFHV being Native American, and two people ZKR DUH -HZLVK KDYH GL̆HUHQW H[SHULHQFHV EHLQJ -HZLVK ,Q P\ H[SHULHQFH ZKHQ ZH understand the people who disagree with us, we recognize what will help them value our perspective. We can understand each other by listening, and the more present we are with people who we are trying to understand, the better listeners we can be. My question is: how are we supposed to be present for each other when school is moving a million miles an hour? How are we supposed to understand and learn about RWKHU FXOWXUHV DQG WKH OLYHG H[SHULHQFHV RI people if we are assigned thousands of pages of reading each week? Middlebury needs to slow down. I am an EMT, and when we have a life-or-death emergency, we don’t rush. :KDWœV JRLQJ WR VDYH D OLIH LV QRW WKRVH H[tra few minutes or seconds of tripping over ourselves, it’s the critical interventions that PXVW EH GRQH VORZO\ \HW ḢFLHQWO\ WR make sure what we’re doing is being done properly and that we are not missing anything. For some reason, at Middlebury, it IHHOV OLNH WKRVH H[WUD IHZ VHFRQGV DUH OLIH RU death, and it almost never feels like we’re doing it right. I see students walking to class faster than a medic walking to a motor vehicle crash. When we live as human doings instead of human beings, ignorance is the result. I’m afraid we are moving way too quickly — too quickly to learn well, too quickly to listen to each other, too quickly to change. We move so quickly we cannot prioritize the hard work of healing togeth-
er. In the same way reading a book about H[HUFLVH ZRXOGQÂśW PDNH RQH VWURQJHU KHDOing is not something we can just study to accomplish. Understanding takes practice, practice needs a space, and I cannot create that alone. We can be there for each other if we are able to prioritize ourselves. And often, we don’t. Our frenetic pace, our workload, and our go-it-alone success narrative do not allow us to be introspective, and so we struggle to turn that self-love outwards and begin the process of community change and healing. While we are unlearning ignorance, we FDQ UHOHDUQ WKH DUW RI UHOD[LQJ ,Q WKH ZRUGV of Thich Nhat Hanh, “not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, DQG ÂżQG FUHDWLYH VROXWLRQV WR SUREOHPV ´ There is going to come a time when ZH UHDOL]H WKDW LQ DQ H̆RUW WR GR JRRG IRU the world we need the Muslim, the Jew, the Buddhist, the Hindu, the transgender woman, the person of color, and the heteronormative wealthy, white, straight, DEOH ERGLHG $QJOR 6D[RQ 3URWHVWDQW FLV male. One perspective is inherently lacking. When looking at a sculpture, one person cannot appreciate its full beauty. Some parts cannot be seen from their angle. The blind person can walk up to the sculpture and feel it, and if they can’t walk we can build a ramp, because when we combine our perspectives we can gain an even greater understanding. Let’s work together to build a better community. Warm regards, Eli Susman
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Spiritual  and  Religious  Students  Make  Meatloaf,  Cook  Up  Community By  Henry  Burnett Features  Editor
tions, Middlebury College groups and we have some individuals like book clubs or groups of friends who get together and do Sixty pounds of ground turkey. Sev- it,â€? Neuberger said. “If you give, you get enty pounds of yellow potatoes. Eleven- back a lot, and we like to give people the pounds of salted butter. Fifteen boxes of gift of giving.â€? spice cake mix. These are just a few of the “It’s also a concrete gift,â€? she added. “I ingredients it took a corps of about 20 stu- ZRUN LQ WKH PHQWDO KHDOWK ÂżHOG DQG WKDWÂśV dents plus the Scott Center for Spiritual very abstract. So when you do something DQG 5HOLJLRXV /LIH IDFXOW\ DQG VWD̆ WR FRRN FRQFUHWH >IRU VRPHRQH@ LWÂśV D GL̆HUHQW up 210 plates of food for hungry members feeling.â€? of the town of Middlebury on Friday, Jan. Neuberger said National Honor So15. Ellen McKay, head chef and Scott Cen- ciety members from Middlebury Union ter Administrative Program Coordinator, High School as well as students from the described the annual service project held College who volunteer at the suppers ofat Middlebury Congregational Church as ten come back again and again. a success. Some students, such as Matei Epure “We went through absolutely every- Âś ZHUH DW WKH FKDULW\ PHDO IRU WKH ÂżUVW thing that we had: evtime on Friday. ery piece of meatloaf, “All  of  our  needs  are  pro- Epure played pievery piece of cake,â€? ano for guests on McKay said. “We vided  for  on  campus:  our  Friday and said served fewer people volunteering at tonight than we typi- heat,  our  meals.  So  some- the meals could cally do, but every times,  it  might  be  easy  to  help other College one of them had a students to refresh real meal and every WDNH VWX̆ IRU JUDQWHG ´ their perspective one of them walked Ellen McKay of campus life. out of here feeling a “Coming into little more cared for Scott center, Administrative program coordinator America, I saw a than they did when sort of America. they walked in.â€? This is not someThe Charter House Coalition com- thing I thought Addison Country would munity supper has run every Friday in the look like in any place,â€? he said. “Middlebasement of 2 Main Street since March bury is a bubble that showed last year that 2005. The weekly meal has grown in at- we can get very stressed and concentrate WHQGDQFH IURP JXHVWV WKH ÂżUVW QLJKW WR a lot on the problems happening on camover 250 plates served in recent months, pus. You come here, and you realize that said Dottie Neuberger, community sup- the campus is not the world.â€? SHU FRRUGLQDWRU 6KH VDLG GL̆HUHQW ORFDO McKay also said that when students organizations take turns cooking the free JHW R̆ FDPSXV DQG SDUWQHU ZLWK YROXQWHHU meal. organizations such as Charter House, they “We have faith groups, we have remember that many people around the businesses, we have service organiza-
world struggle for resources the College provides to students with ease each day. “All of our needs are provided for on campus: our heat, our meals. So someWLPHV LW PLJKW EH HDV\ WR WDNH VWX̆ IRU granted,â€? she said. “This gives the students the sense that they might be feeling a little grateful for having their creature FRPIRUWV PHW VR H̆RUWOHVVO\ ´ When students do become involved in the local community, McKay said they often make connections to the town that last throughout their undergraduate years. “Sometimes people just help out for one night, but sometimes it turns into a four-year relationship. That’s happened a lot, actually. And that feeds their souls in a way, to come downtown and do some good,â€? she said. For Spencer Egan ’15.5, the past two years spent serving guests almost every Friday night have helped him to connect to a Middlebury beyond than the College. “I came from a smaller town where I knew a lot of the community members, and in terms of feeling at home in a place, it’s been really crucial,â€? he said. “Even when I was a little, I’ve always enjoyed talking and hanging out with people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and older. It’s MXVW D GL̆HUHQW SHUVSHFWLYH ´ Like Epure, Egan said college students often feel isolated from the rest of town, and that volunteering with townspeople fosters mutual respect. “I think every person has their own mental blocks as to how they view the rest of the community,â€? he said. “It’s about seeing them as people and thinking about their lives, where they’re coming from.â€? No matter how long students volunteer, whether for four years or just one night, volunteer Jane Steele said students
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can expand their education if they choose WR GR VRPHWKLQJ GL̆HUHQW RQ D )ULGD\ night. “[Students] shouldn’t be afraid to come join us,â€? she said. “We can use help on any Friday – you don’t have to be a lifer. Even to just sit with a group of people at a table. There’s so much that they could do to just be part of the community, a ZKROH GL̆HUHQW OHDUQLQJ H[SHULHQFH ´ More  information  about  the  Charter  House  Community  Suppers  can  be  found  online  at  http://www.charterhouseco- alition.org/.
0RUH 6WD̆ DQG 1HZ +RXUV DW 3DUWRQ By  Laura  Dillon Contributing  Writer Just before winter break, Parton Health Center announced new changes to scheduling and staff that would take effect in 2016. Parton reduced the number of hours they are open on Fridays – the health center now closes at 6 p.m. rather than 9 p.m — and also added a full-time and a half-time position, filled by nurse practitioners who can prescribe medications. As Dr. Gus Jordan, executive director of Parton explained, Parton changed its Friday closing time not to reduce staff hours, but rather as an attempt to redistribute their resources to accommodate students in busier times during the week, such as lunchtime. Parton decided to make this change after a careful analysis of visits and saw that Friday evenings were the least busy hours. Jordan said Parton will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of their hours and try to accommodate students’ needs in the best way possible. Parton decided to add more staff who can prescribe medication in response to student demands. While most of the illnesses students have do not usually require prescriptions, many students wanted more access to professionals capable of prescribing medicine. With these new positions, fewer students will have to go to Porter Hospital for assessment and diagnosis. Jordan said the new nurse practitioners also bring “a fresh perspective and new expertise, as well as commitment to the student population, to complement our current excellent staff.â€? Parton made these changes after close collaboration with many student organizations, such as SGA and Community Council. Emma Erwin, a SGA director of health and wellness, said the SGA is very excited about the changes.
the world, any time of day. The idea is “Gus [Jordan] has actively pursued conversations with relevant student an online counseling approach, which students complete autonomously and leaders to gain insight and input during can virtually link in a counselor for help the process of formulating these new if they choose to do so. Parton will be changes, and dedicated time and energy conducting tests with the software cominto presenting the proposed changes to pany soon. both SGA and community council before Additionally, Parton is considimplementing them,� Erwin explained. ering is a 24-hour call-in service, which Jordan is also optimistic that allows a student to call in and talk to the conversations between Parton and a masters level counselor based somestudents will continue. Considering where in the US who is familiar with the fact that 40 to 45 percent of every the College. They would be able to talk graduating class at Middlebury has used about student concerns, give suggestions the counseling services at some point, about what to do, Parton is eager and evaluate if the to expand their “Parton  wants  to  be  in  student is in danger services and sync  [with  discussions  on  and alert the college accommodate students’ needs. mental  health]  in  a  way  we  if necessary. This service would be avail“With increased stress perhaps  haven’t  been  in  the  able internationally, meaning students on campus, more SDVW ´ studying abroad conversations Dr. gus jordan would have access to about mental health, and executive director of parton health center the calls as well. Neither option so many new is cheap, but Parton programs and will be in communication with students student-run activities, Parton wants to be in sync with that, in a way we perhaps regarding both options and try to decide which one might be a better place haven’t been in the past,� Jordan said. for Middlebury to start. So far, many In the counseling department, Parton recently turned a part-time coun- students have expressed approval with Parton’s recent dedication to address selor position into a full-time position, mental health and student stress. and approved two graduate fellowship “I think mental health is really positions. Jordan said the goal for these important, especially at Middlebury, so positions is to “increase the level of diI’m happy Parton is considering expandversity, background, and expertise on a ing their counseling services because I two-to-three year rotating basis.� Parton think that will help a lot of students,� is currently advertising and recruiting Maeghan Glidden ’19 said. for these positions nationwide. “I used to be hesitant to go to More changes and improveParton because of stories I had heard ments might be coming to Parton in the from upperclassmen but knowing that future, fueled by students’ concerns and they’re making changes and working criticisms regarding mental health care with student organizations makes me at Middlebury. Jordan explained two trust them a lot more,� Anna Baird ’19 options Parton is exploring and hopes added. to discuss with students soon. One is an online cognitive behavior program students could access from anywhere in
Wellness Tip of the Week By  Wellness  Leaders Contributing  Columnists The  Ideal  Nap Eat a nourishing meal! As delicious and wonderful as chocolate, cookies, candy, chips and other quick snacks are, they will only give you a quick burst of energy before the sugars run through your system. Our bodies naturally produce carbohydrates and fats, but not protein, which is essential for brain functioning! Whole grains like quinoa, legumes like beans, chickpeas and lentils, and of course, animal products like feta cheese, eggs, chicken, and other meat all are great sources. It is important to eat well for your brain to function right. Fruit DQG JUDQROD EDUV PDNH ¿QH VQDFNV EXW be sure to get some solid substance at your meals. Mental  Health  News: The second annual Resilience story telling event will be next week on Thursday, January 21st at 8 p.m. in Wilson Hall. Submitted stories will be read openly by the author or anonymously by a volunteer. There will be Midd Cakes and an opportunity the next day to have a follow-up discussion. We hope to see you there!
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7KH *RRG 2OH &DPSXV $ /RRN %DFN DW WKH V By  Grace  Levin 6WD̆ &ROXPQLVW
As  campaign  season  rolls  around,  this  column  decided  to  look  back  at  the  talk  on  campus  during  the  famous  1960  election  between  Kennedy  and  Nixon.  Such  issues  of  concern  were  Kennedy’s  Catholicism,  his  plans  for  a  welfare  state  and  the  new- found  presidential  television  debate.  The  March  31,  1960  article  reported  on  polling  results  showing  the  faculty’s  strong  support  for  Kennedy  but  a  divide  between  student  independents.  “Kennedy Beats Nixon Among Independents As Faculty Strongly Opposes Republicanâ€? By Edward S. Rothchild Overall results of the presidential preference poll conducted last month by the Middlebury Political Council showed that ‌ WKH ÂżUVW FKRLFH RI 'HPRFUDWV LV 6HQDWRU John Kennedy, while the 330 Republicans pick Vice President Richard Nixon. Kennedy beats Nixon as the favorite ‌ among LQGHSHQGHQWV 7KLV ODVW ÂżJXUH LV ODUJHO\ GXH to the violently anti-Nixon sentiments expressed by the faculty and administration personnel who replied. Limiting the results to students, Nixon beats Kennedy by a very slim margin among Independents. On  April  28,  1960,  a  columnist  ad- dressed  the  impact  of  Kennedy’s  religion  RQ KLV DELOLW\ WR EH DQ H̆HFWLYH SUHVLGHQW By Guest Columnist, assistant to the FKDSODLQ ) 'DOH %UDQXP A storm of controversy has recently arisen as to whether a Roman Catholic (John F. Kennedy) can or should be elected president. In spite of the fact that all canGLGDWHV KDYH VWDWHG WKDW UHOLJLRXV ḊOLDtion should not be considered at all by the voter, it is a question that should be given careful thought by every citizen. It cannot be simply ignored ... I see no reason why Kennedy’s Catholicism should be counted for or against him. Indeed, if elected, it is likely that Kennedy will be more resistant
to Catholic pressure than a non-Catholic. But now we come to the question: Can a Catholic be elected? There is no intrinsic reason why he could not, but the prospect LV GRXEWIXO ÂŤ +LV UHOLJLRXV ḊOLDWLRQ VKRXOG QRW D̆HFW WKH YRWHV Âą EXW LW ZLOO The  November  3,  1960  issue  reported  on  a  mock  presidential  debate  on  campus,  the  national  television  debate  and  plans  for  the  actual  election  night.  “Nixon Victorious in Mock Electionâ€? A mock presidential election, conducted by the Middlebury Political Council last Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. showed Nixon to be victorious by a 216-118 margin. 'RQDOG 5XELQ Âś SUHVLGHQW RI WKH Young Republicans commented on the outcome of the poll: “This victory indicates the independent thinking and optimistic outlook of college youth who will not tolerate the welfarism inherent in Kennedy’s program.â€? Âł1L[RQ .HQQHG\ 'HEDWHV /HDYH 7KUHH Questions Unansweredâ€? By Gordon Henderson The future of a TV debate must remain very much in doubt. Much will depend on ZKR LV HOHFWHG QH[W 7XHVGD\ RQ ZKDW H̆HFW the ‘political analyists’ decide the debates KDG RQ WKH HOHFWLRQÂśV RXWFRPH DQG ÂżQDOO\ RQ how much public demand there is for this W\SH RI WKLQJ LQ Also, Nixon’s performance on the IRXUWK GHEDWH XQGRXEWHGO\ VROLGLÂżHG KDtred of the Vice President always latent in WKH KHDUWV RI PDQ\ 'HPRFUDWV 7KH 9LFH President’s statements may have been welcomed by Republicans, but may they not have done him great harm in the end by GULYLQJ 'HPRFUDWV LQWR WKH .HQQHG\ 'HPocrats’ arms? “Election Nightâ€? Proctor Hall’s lounge will remain open until 2 a.m. Tuesday night, according to Lyn +LQPDQ VRFLDO GLUHFWRU &R̆HH DQG GRQXWV will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 for late HOHFWLRQ Âą UHWXUQ ZDWFKHUV
7KH *ODXULH 5LGH $ 7ULS WR 0F'RQDOGV ZLWK 3DWWRQ By  Charlie  Ascher Senior  Columnist Loyal fans, I write to you from Jersey Mike’s sub shop in the beautiful Newark International Airport to report that something ‘glaurieous’ emerged from the pit of despair that was exam week. Like a phoenix, the car column rises out of the darkness of exams and into the glaurie of the light. If you haven’t picked up on the hints as subtle as an Atwater pickup line, the non-award-winning car column, Broke College Students in Cars *HWWLQJ 0F'RQDOGV LV PDNLQJ LWV RQH DUWLFOH return featuring one of Middlebury’s newest faculty members, President Laurie Patton. The Glaurie Ride happened, and it was glaurieous (ok, I promise I’ll stop now). I grew bold after successfully taking President Liebowitz to the greasy temple of 0F'RQDOGV ODVW \HDU WR FRPSOHWH KLV IDUHZHOO tour. After spending the entire summer calculating the conversion of the Liebowitzo-Meter car rating system to the Patton-oMeter, I wasn’t about to just not test out the new metric. In case you were wondering, the conversion is precisely two Pattons to every Liebowitz, so that the Patton meter is a rating out of ten.
I did. Interior: Comfortable. Spacious. Practical. These are all words that describe the interior of the Subaru Outback. The Bosnian Back Seat Tester (BBST) had to be replaced for this drive as he had failed his duty and gone abroad to Uruguay. Luckily, after much searching, I found a replacement. Laura Harris, arguably Laurie Patton’s biggest fan, ÂżOOHG LQ DV WKH 9HUPRQW %DFN 6HDW 7HVWHU (VBST). The VBST enjoyed vast amounts of space while having a spiritual moment in the back seat. I’m pretty sure Laura was speaking in tongues for a couple hours after the drive. Patton-Âo-ÂMeter: 8/10 Lauries.
In terms of our order, we went for two cups of water (because we’re healthy and sustainable Middlebury students), a small and medium fry and an iced tea. President Patton pulled a wildcard and ordered a brocFROL VRXS EHFRPLQJ WKH ¿UVW SHUVRQ WR RUGHU VRXS IURP WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ 0F'RQDOGV HYHU
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Handling  and  Performance: I did not have the clearance to drive President Patton, so she drove us. Patton has already gotten the hang of whipping around Middlebury like a pro. One thing: she didn’t fully stop at the stop sign by the biomass plant. Better watch out for pub safe, Patton; they gave me a $50 ticket for doing that! Patton-Âo-ÂMeter: 7/10 Lauries.
The  Car: 'DUN %OXH 6XEDUX 2XWEDFN Car  Name:  RenÊe The  Owner: Middlebury College (RenÊe’s actually a college car)
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J-TERMING from coast to coast Annie Taylor ’16 and Casey Harlow ’16 Santa Cruz Island, California
Christopher Diak ’18.5 Cambridge, Massachusettes
Annie Taylor ’16 and Casey Harlow ’16 are spending their Winter term hiking all over Santa Cruz Island off the coast of California, religiously searching the remote island for one species in particular: the Bishop pine tree. Taylor, a Biology major and a California native, is spending her year long thesis investigating the spatial pattern of Bishop pine mortality on Santa Cruz Island; in other words, she aims to understand where and why the pine is dying and to map its future distribution, especially in the light of California’s recent devastating droughts. Harlow, an International Politics and Economics major, accompanied Taylor to Santa Cruz Island, after the Nature Conservancy, which owns the majority of the un-‐ populated island, suggested it would be unsafe for Taylor to conduct her research alone. While on the island, Harlow is personally investigating how the Bishop pine tree is surviv-‐ ing depending on fence lines. Together, both women spend their days driving the skinny, dirt island roads, hiking to reach secluded stands of pine trees, marking trees with their GPS units and collecting data. They are staying on a small ranch, leftover from the days when the island was covered in sheep and managed by cowboys. In the evenings, they help Jay, the ranch man-‐ ager and the only other person currently on the island, with small chores around the ranch. “I feel very lucky to be able to spend time in this beautiful place, especially because I am not a scientist or a big donor for the Nature Conservancy,” Harlow said. “This project has really allowed me to study something new and take advantage of a liberal arts education.”
Amidst the lab benches of the Rapoport Laboratory at Harvard Medical School, neuroscience major Christopher Diak ’18.5 is hard at work purifying an “endoplasmic reticulum associ-‐ ated” protein that has been linked to multiple neurodegenera-‐ tive diseases. The end goal of the Rapoport Team’s research is to discern the precise chemical structure of the protein and to make hypotheses to “see how its pathway works.” As most of his work takes place at the microscopic level, Diak still marvels at the way in which the smallest of molecules can have such great physiological effects. “I love this work be-‐ cause I am learning to see neurodegenerative disease in terms of the tiniest movements of molecules. It is amazing to think that if we can just make some proteins better at the jobs, we could prevent immense suffering.” ϐ ϐ ǡ day in the lab is anything but predictable. Interestingly enough, a ϐ ϐ mechanism functions. “A typical day involves lots of optimizations – experi-‐ ϐ ȋ [even] eighth) time, so we look at the data from the last experi-‐ ment and use what we know to tweak our approach.” Diak, however, is not disappointed when experiments fail. “Even on days when the proteins crash I leave the lab having learned or accomplished something important. The value of an experience like that can’t be overestimated.”
Joanna Balla ’18 Columbia Heights, D.C. An aspiring teacher, literary studies major Joanna Balla ’18 has been spending her days surrounded by three and four-‐year-‐olds at the AppleTree Institute, a Public Charter Pre-‐ school located in Columbia Heights, D.C. Even though the classroom can quickly become hectic ϐ ǡ Ǥ Dz ǯ had a passion for education from an early age and it has been so rewarding to start putting these dreams into action by actu-‐ ally spending time working in the classroom. I’m learning so much about classroom control and behavior management from the awesome team of teachers they have.” Apart from leading activities for the children, Balla ϐ Ȃ ϐ Ȃ internship has been working alongside kids with learning dis-‐ abilities. For Balla, the greatest joy comes from seeing the small glimmers of progress in her students. “Some of the students that I work with are struggling especially with basic skills such as letter recognition and [simple] tasks such as counting to 10. It is really rewarding to get that rare one-‐on-‐one time with the kids and start to see progress even in the short whole that I have been here.”
Interviews by Emilie Munson and Renee Chang Design by Julia Hatheway
Jiya Pandya ’17 Washington, D.C. Along with a cohort of three other Middlebury College students, Jiya Pandya ’17 is in midst of completing a four-‐week long internship in Washington, D.C. A history major at the Col-‐ lege, Pandya notes that the internship is a perfect complement to her age-‐long love for “working with old artifacts and documents.” “The Smithsonian itself is a incredible institution, and being a part of it, even for a month, seemed not only like a great way to connect with history, but also to see how public history organizations work in the real world.” Besides being able to access the brimming archives of a world-‐class institution, Pandya says that her experience at the museum also sheds light upon the incredibly powerful social impact that the organizations such as the Smithsonian have on the public. By “thinking critically [issues of] public history, power, control, privilege, and identity,” Pandya says that her internship ϐ the behind-‐the-‐scenes conversations that collectively determine which particular artifacts museum-‐goers see when they make a trip to the Smithsonian. “Our supervisor at the museum – who works with disability his-‐ tory – really pushes us to question and think about the reasons why certain histories are displayed, while others are not. She has been encouraging and teaches me how to be a better activist in ϐ ȏϐ to engage] with an audience to educate them about alternative ϐ Ǥdz
Kate Bauman ’16 Prince Edward Island, Canada Ever wonder how new medicines and antibiotics ǫ ϐ drugs by analyzing microbes from remote corners of the planet, like secluded caves and the bottom of the ocean. For Winter Term, Kate Bauman ’16 is joining this hunt for novel antibiotics by analyzing microbic samples from Antarctica in a laboratory at the University of Prince Edward Island in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She will be accompanied by Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry Lesley-‐Ann
Ǥ ǯ ϐ ǡ subject of which is “Exploiting cryptic gene clusters for the discovery of bioactive secondary metabolites.” Bauman is traveling to Prince Edward Island so that she can collaborate with Dr. Russell Kerr. Kerr has the Arctic counterparts to Bauman’s Antarctic samples so collaboration between them will allow a comprehensive look at extremophilic microorganisms—tiny organisms that live in the most extreme environments on earth—from both poles. 50 percent of drugs approved by the FDA in the last thirty years have been from natural products like extremophilic microorganisms. Bauman, who will be in PEI for two weeks, hopes to hike in the Prince Edward Island National Park when she is not working on her research.
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Winter  term  musicals  require  an  im- 7KH FDVW IRU WKH - WHUP PXVLFDO WHQGV this  seedy  musical.â€?  The  original  show  set  2Q 7KXUVGD\ -DQ WKH FXUWDLQ WKH VWDJH IRU WKH - WHUP PXVLFDOV RI WR- WR EH FRPSULVHG PDLQO\ RI ÂżUVW \HDUV DQG mense  amount  of  work  and  effort  in  a  very  ZLOO ULVH RQ WKLV \HDUÂśV - WHUP PXVLFDO day,  “send[ing]  a  strong  message  that  this  sophomores,  as  most  juniors  study  abroad  short  amount  of  time,  and  Chicago  is  no  Chicago.  A  sizeable  group  of  dedicated  building  could  be- and  seniors  are  often  busy  working  on  a  exception.  Though  the  cast  learns  the  mu- and  talented  Middle- “The  only  way  we  get  it  come  a  vibrant  force  WKHVLV GXULQJ WKHLU ÂżQDO - WHUP $QGHUVRQ sic  ahead  of  time  during  the  fall  semester,  bury  students  have  in  the  cultural  life  of  noted  that  a  younger  cast  is  “a  big  part  of  they  only  have  two  and  a  half  weeks  to  put  done  is  to  approach  the  worked  tirelessly  on  together  all  of  the  stage  directions,  chore- the  show’s  charm.â€? the  community.â€? the  project,  prepar- work  with  complete  profes- This  year,  most  of  the  tech  crew  and  ography  and  technical  elements. Paige  Guarino  ing  the  production  “The  only  way  we  get  it  done  is  to  œ D PHPEHU RI designers  are  composed  of  adults  from  the  in  a  mere  four  weeks.  sionalism.  The  challenge  the  ensemble,  de- area  and  college  alumni.  The  band  is  part  approach  the  work  with  complete  pro- The  show  is  directed  for  the  students  is  to  basi- scribed  the  audition  student,  part  hired  professionals,  whilst  fessionalism,â€?  Anderson  explained.  “The  by  the  Middlebury  process  for  the  show  the  crew  includes  students  from  both  the  challenge  for  the  students  is  to  basically  cally  convert  themseles  into  Town  Hall  Theater’s  as  fairly  standard.  College  and  the  local  high  school.  The  cast  convert  themselves  into  a  professional  executive  director,  a  professional  company. Students  audition- is  made  up  entirely  of  Middlebury  stu- company,  with  two-Âa-Âday  rehearsals  and  a  Doug  Anderson.  Col- complete  commitment  to  the  work.â€? ing  for  any  role  had  dents. 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DOUHDG\ VROG RXW VKRZV RQ -DQ Guarino  reiterated  the  importance  that  we  have  a  second  level  of  scaffolding  does  a  great  job  of  balancing  spectacle  and  DQG )HE WKH VKRZÂśV ÂżQDO GUHVV UHKHDUVDO of  dance  for  this  particular  show,  call- that  will  be  utilized  in  many  parts  of  the  meaning.â€? will  be  open  to  the  public  on  Wednesday,  -DQ DW S P IRU D GRQDWLRQ Chicago  is  an  iconic  and  memorable  work  in  the  world  of  musical  theater.  Holding  the  record  as  the  longest-Ârunning  American  musical  in  Broadway  history,  it  tells  the  story  of  two  rival  vaudevillian  murderesses,  Velma  and  Roxie.  The  two  women,  imprisoned  for  their  crimes,  com- pete  for  the  limelight  of  the  sensational- izing  press  of  the  time.  As  New  Line  The- ater’s  Scott  Miller  outlines  in  his  essay  Inside  Chicago,  this  musical  is  a  “scathing  satire  of  how  show  business  and  the  media  make  celebrities  out  of  criminals.â€?  Over- ÀRZLQJ ZLWK UDZ VH[XDOLW\ Chicago  is  re- nowned  for  its  impressive  dance  numbers  and  biting  social  commentary. Director  Doug  Anderson  emphasized  the  importance  of  the  Town  Hall  Theater  performance  space  for  Middlebury’s  pro- duction  of  Chicago. “The  College  joined  with  the  Middle- bury  community  to  purchase  [a]  dilapi- GDWHG EXLOGLQJ LQ DQG ZDV LQVWUX- PHQWDO LQ KHOSLQJ WR UDLVH WKH PLOOLRQ needed  for  the  restoration,â€?  Anderson  VDLG - 7HUP PXVLFDOV OLNH Chicago,  he  added,  “[exemplify]  the  thought  that  the  new  venue  would  be  a  home  for  college  events,  a  kind  of  cross-Âover  space  in  which  students  and  the  larger  community  would  interact.â€? 7KH ÂżUVW SHUIRUPDQFH RI Chicago  was  Max Kraus put  on  when  the  space  was  still  a  con- Choreographer  Alicia  Evancho  works  with  the  Chicago FDVW DW WKH 7RZQ +DOO 7KHDWHU 7KH VKRZ ZLOO GHEXW RQ 7KXUVGD\ -DQ By  Will  Simpson Contributing  Writer
b0oking it By  Abigail  Walton Contributing  Columnist Before  you  all  freak  out  about  the  14-Âyear-Âold  protagonist  in  Andrew  Smith’s  novel  Winger,  as  I  did,  I  should  point  out  that  this  book  is  a  breath  of  fresh  air  in  the  Young  Adult  section.  Now,  I  normally  stay  far  away  from  WKLV JHQUH DV , ÂżQG the  protagonists  to  be  whiny  and  immature  –  but  it  is  Ryan  Dean  West’s  awareness  of  his  own  whininess  and  immaturity  that  makes  this  book  so  hilarious.  Winger  is  a  great  piece  of  writing,  and  I  particularly  recommend  it  for  people  who  have  gotten  out  of  the  habit  of  recreational  reading  in  college,  but  want  something  light  to  read  before  bed.  The  chapters  are  short,  al- lowing  you  to  pick  up  the  story  and  put  it Â
down  whenever  you  have  free  time.  Protagonist  Ryan  attends  Pine  Moun- tain  Boarding  School,  where  he  earned  his  nickname  “Wingerâ€?  by  playing  wing  for  the  rugby  team.  Having  skipped  two  grades,  he  is  a  14-Âyear-Âold  genius  in  his  junior  year  of  secondary  education.  Ryan  is  no  teacher’s  pet,  however:  his  attempt  to  hack  into  a  faculty  member’s  phone  landed  him  in  the  O-Âhall,  the  dorm  for  rule  breakers  on  campus. We  are  introduced  to  Ryan  as  he  struggles  against  the  bullies  from  the  rival  football  team,  partakes  in  late-Ânight  drunk  escapades  and  attempts  to  win  the  love  of  his  best  friend,  Annie.  The  problem,  how- ever,  is  that  Annie  is  16  –  and,  as  Ryan  tells  us  repeatedly  in  his  candid  narra- tion  (29  times,  by  my  count),  he  is  a  loser. Â
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Smith  expertly  portrays  the  torture  and  for-Âour-Âhero  kind  of  way.â€?  I  had  tears  of  laughter  in  my  eyes  at  one  H[FLWHPHQW RI D ÂżUVW FUXVK point  (hint:  check  out  page  building  up  the  tension  so  316). well  that  I  could  not  resist  This  is  Smith’s  The  comedic  tone  that  skipping  ahead  in  the  book  to  see  if  they  ended  up  to- sixth  Young  Adult  dominates  Winger  makes  gether.  Smith  makes  Ryan  novel,  and  his  fun- for  an  easy  and  enjoyable  read.  I  must  warn  you,  utterly  appealing  –  we  want  Annie  to  adore  Ryan  Dean  niest  book  by  far.  however,  that  the  humour  as  much  as  he  adores  her. Ryan  has  a  weak- eventually  descends  into  an  extremely  dark  plot  twist.  This  is  Smith’s  sixth  Young  Adult  novel,  and  ness  for  rambling  Though  I  wish  Smith  had  his  funniest  book  by  far.  and  absurdly  long  explored  this  tragedy  more  –  it  only  receives  a  couple  of  Like  most  adolescent  boys,  Ryan  has  a  weakness  for  hyphenated  modi- pages  of  attention  –  the  im- pact  is  strong  nevertheless.  rambling  and  absurdly  long  ¿HUV The  ending  deepens  the  K\SKHQDWHG PRGLÂżHUV IRU narrative,  transforming  the  instance,  he  describes  the  rival  football  players’  way  of  speaking  as  mood  of  the  entire  book.  If  you  are  looking  “a  very  creepy  Greek-Âchorus-Âin-Âa-Âtragedy- for  a  story  that  will  make  you  laugh  and  that-Âyou-Âknow-Âis-Ânot-Âgoing-Âto-Âend-Âwell- cry,  Winger  is  perfect  for  you.
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| January 21, 2016
STEM  Innovation  Program  Inspires dents  to  be  the  whole  process  –  to  make  the  assignment  and  then  do  the  assignment.â€? 7KH Ă€H[LELOLW\ RI WKHLU GD\ WR GD\ VFKHG- What  happens  when  you  get  a  group  of  ule  lends  itself  a  high  degree  of  self-Âdirected  Middlebury  students  together  and  tell  them  research,  collaboration  and  experimentation.  to  solve  an  important  real-Âworld  problem  us- This  summer,  the  group  will  reconvene  for  a  ing  science?  For  some,  this  might  seem  like  ten-Âweek  research  stint  on  campus  to  bring  an  overly  daunting,  if  not  impossible,  task.  the  prototype  to  life.  The  intensive  planning  But  for  the  seven  students  taking  part  in  the  that  occurs  during  J-Âterm  will  allow  them  to  STEM  Innovation  Program  this  J-Âterm,  the  hit  the  ground  running  in  June. opportunity  for  hands-Âon  experience  ad- Each  year’s  STEM  Innovation  Project  dressing  relevant,  everyday  issues  is  an  excit- is  shaped  by  the  unique  interests  and  skill  ing  prospect.  Now  entering  its  fourth  year,  sets  of  the  students  involved.  In  2013,  the  the  STEM  Innovation  Program  was  founded  ¿QDO SURGXFW ZDV DQ DXWRPDWHG %7(; ELR- by  Professor  of  Mathematics  Frank  Swenton,  sensor  that  detects  aromatic  hydrocarbons  Professor  of  Biology  Jeremy  Ward  and  Pro- –  benzene,  toluene,  ethylbenzene  and  xy- fessor  of  Physics  Noah  Graham.  This  year,  OHQH %7(; Âą LQ ZDWHU ,Q WDUJHWLQJ WKHVH the  team  of  students  includes  Shougat  Barua  hazardous  organic  molecules,  students  used  ’19,  Annie  Cowan  ’18,  Bennet  Doherty  ’18,  their  biology  and  physics  backgrounds  to  in- Jen  Johnson  ’18,  Aayam  Poudel  ’18,  Robert  GXFH H[SUHVVLRQ RI JUHHQ Ă€XRUHVFHQW SURWHLQ Pritchard  ’19  and  Jonah  Simon  ’18. *)3 LQ WKH SUHVHQFH RI %7(; FRPSRXQGV The  purpose  of  the  STEM  Innovation  The  following  year,  students  created  an  Program  is  to  complement  the  traditional  aquatic  surface  drone  boat  and  cyanobacte- curriculum.  As  students  draw  knowledge  ria  detection  system.  The  research  vessel  was  from  their  classes  to  implement  a  solution  put  to  use  in  nearby  Lake  Champlain,  where  WR D VFLHQWLÂżF RU WHFKQRORJLFDO SUREOHP WKH harmful  cyanobacteria  bloom  in  the  summer.  expectation  is  that  this  hands-Âon  experience  Using  remote  sensing  and  robotics,  the  stu- will  enrich  the  relevance  of  the  information  dents  programmed  presented  in  classes. the  boat  with  a  GPS  The  seven  stu- to  retrieve  samples  dents  meet  from  from  certain  parts  “The  way  we  go  about  9:30  a.m.  to  5:30  of  the  lake.  It  was  an  p.m.,  Monday  science  in  the  traditional  interdisciplinary  ap- through  Friday  dur- that  allowed  classroom  is  a  necessary  proach  ing  J-Âterm.  Over  for  the  construction  these  intensive  four  HIÂżFLHQF\ > @ 3K\VLFV KDV of  this  device:  a  bi- weeks,  their  task  is  ology  major  coded  to  identify  a  prob- taken  four  hundred  years  much  of  the  software  lem  and  design  a  to  get  to  where  it  is  today;Íž  for  the  boat,  demon- prototype  that  ad- strating  the  potential  dresses  it.  Graham,  college  students  only  have  of  the  STEM  Inno- Swenton  and  Ward  vation  Program  to  IRXU ´ show  up  at  10  a.m.  foster  the  secondary  each  morning  for  -Noah Graham interests  of  its  par- a  30-Âminute  meet- Professor of Physics ticipants.  ing  with  the  group,  Finally,  last  during  which  they  summer’s  team  sought  to  design  an  early  answer  questions  and  offer  feedback  on  their  warning  system  of  hoof  disease  in  cattle.  Tra- work.  Near  the  end  of  J-Âterm,  as  students  ditionally,  hoof  trimmers  use  pickup  trucks  transform  their  collaborative  research  into  to  lift  the  cow  so  that  the  hoof  is  easily  vis- a  prototype,  professors  are  often  called  on  to  ible;Íž  from  this  point,  a  physical  examination  facilitate  improvisational  lab  sessions.  Pro- for  potential  digital  dermatitis  is  simple.  fessor  Graham  describes  his  role  as  an  “ad- However,  the  students  wanted  to  create  a  visor  in  the  morning  and  lab  assistant  in  the  means  of  detecting  the  disease  earlier.  Their  afternoon.â€? efforts  culminated  in  an  infrared  thermogra- For  the  most  part,  the  students  have  a  phy  camera  that  alerts  a  farmer  of  increased  great  deal  of  autonomy,  as  they  set  their  own  EORRG Ă€RZ DQG WKXV HOHYDWHG WHPSHUDWXUH LQ deadlines  and  decide  which  tasks  are  neces- the  cow’s  hoof  –  a  marker  of  a  foot  ailment.  sary  to  complete.  Graham  noted  that  this  is  Students  visited  farms  in  the  area  and  experi- no  easy  feat,  as  it  is  often  “demanding  on  stu- By  Elizabeth  Zhou Arts  &  Sciences  Editor
Trent Campbell
Students  in  the  STEM  Innovation  Program  identify  and  address  a  real-Âworld  issue. mented  with  various  forms  of  basic  software  to  build  the  hand-Âheld  sensor. In  designing  the  STEM  Innovation  Pro- gram,  Graham,  Swenton  and  Ward  sought  to  grant  students  a  breadth  and  depth  of  explo- ration  that  the  standard  science  curriculum  does  not.  “The  way  we  go  about  science  in  the  tra- GLWLRQDO FODVVURRP LV D QHFHVVDU\ HIÂżFLHQF\ Graham  stated.  “We  present  a  much  more  linear  progression;Íž  everything  is  in  a  logical  structure.  Fits  and  starts  are  more  represen- tative  of  how  science  actually  proceeds,  but  LW GRHVQÂśW ÂżW LQWR D UHJXODU VHPHVWHU 3K\VLFV has  taken  four  hundred  years  to  get  to  where  it  is  today;Íž  college  students  only  have  four.  It  would  be  great  to  follow  that  meandering  path  all  the  time,  but  it’s  not  possible.â€? When  the  faculty  began  assembling  their  STEM  team  back  in  October,  they  worked  to  recruit  a  group  with  a  diverse  range  of  talents,  so  as  to  allow  for  maximum  interdisciplinary  collaboration.  Annie  Cowan  ’18,  a  pre-Âmed  sophomore  majoring  in  molecular  biology  and  biochem- LVWU\ UHĂ€HFWHG RQ KHU UROH LQ WKH JURXS DV WKH\ ZRUN WR ÂżJXUH RXW WKHLU JRDOV DQG LQWHUVHFWLQJ interests.  ³7KH ÂżUVW ZHHN KDV EHHQ DOPRVW FRP- pletely  straight  talking,â€?  she  said.  We’re  still  trying  to  come  up  with  our  big  idea.  It’s  been  a  lot  of  sitting  around  and  debating.  I  try  my Â
best  to  bring  people  together  and  make  com- promises.â€?  Funding  for  the  program  comes  from  a  donor  who  expressed  interest  in  support- ing  STEM  at  the  College.  This  money  has  helped  the  team  accumulate  a  basic  toolkit  of  electronics  to  work  with.  The  copious  re- sources  available  in  McCardell  Bicentennial  Hall  have  proved  to  be  a  valuable  asset  as  well.  Once,  students  discovered  a  bacteria- freezing  machine  that  had  clearly  gone  un- used  for  years  while  hidden  away  in  a  closet.  In  a  show  of  innovation,  they  pieced  it  back  together,  bought  replacement  parts  and  put  it  to  great  use.  It  is  this  type  of  spontaneous,  creative  experimentation  that  brings  such  value  to  the  STEM  Innovation  Program.  By  ventur- ing  boldly  into  the  unknown,  students  gain  experience  with  problem-Âsolving  that  can  be  applied  in  traditional  research  labs  later  on. “It’s  made  me  think  more  about  real  life  issues  and  how  I  can  solve  them  using  sci- ence,â€?  computer  science  major  Poudel  ’18  said.  Ultimately,  the  aim  of  the  project  is  not  publication  in  a  journal,  but  rather  the  pro- duction  of  something  “deliverable.â€?  Guided  by  a  spirit  of  continuous  discovery  and  in- terdisciplinary  collaboration,  the  lucky  seven  students  inducted  to  the  STEM  Innovation  Project  are  sure  to  impress  this  year.
Speaker  on  Public  Distrust  of  Science  By  Toby  Aicher Arts  &  Sciences  Editor 'LVWUXVW RI VFLHQWLÂżF H[SHUWV LV ZLGH- spread  in  the  United  States.  It  fuels  the  anti-Âvaccine,  climate  change  denial  and  creationist  movements,  to  name  only  a  few  of  its  most  noticeable  consequences.  Why  is  there  pervasive  distrust,   when  is  it  jus- WLÂżHG DQG ZKDW FDQ VFLHQWLVWV GR WR FRP- bat  it?  The  George  Nye  and  Anne  Walker  Boardman  Professor  of  Mental  and  Moral  Science  Heidi  Grasswick  explored  these  questions  on  Wednesday,  Jan.  13  in  a  lec- ture  titled  “In  Science  We  Trust!  –  Or  Not?  Developing  a  situated  account  of  respon- VLEOH WUXVW LQ VFLHQWLÂżF H[SHUWV ´ Grasswick  began  by  exploring  a  num- EHU RI FDVHV RI VFLHQWLÂżF GLVWUXVW $ JURZ- ing  number  of  parents  in  the  United  States  have  stopped  vaccinating  their  children  after  a  now  discredited  report  linked  the  MMR  vaccine  to  autism,  despite  the  reas- VXUDQFHV RI WKH PHGLFDO DQG VFLHQWLÂżF FRP- munities.  Close  to  25  percent  of  Americans  do  not  believe  that  global  warming  is  real.  “Scientists  are  often  surprised  or  dismayed  when  their  work  is  met  with  distrust  or  rejection  by  members  of  the  general  public,â€?  Grasswick  said.  “As  far  as  they  are  concerned,  they  are  engaged  in  the  most  robust  form  of  knowledge  gen- eration  available.  They  are  the  experts  on  their  topics,  and  it  seems  to  follow  that  non-Âexperts  should  follow  what  they  have  to  say.  Furthermore,  since  sound  policy  making  needs  to  based  on  sound  science,  it’s  deeply  worrisome  that  trust  in  science  is  not  widespread.â€? +RZHYHU EHFDXVH WKH VFLHQWLÂżF FRP- munity  sometimes  makes  mistakes  or  acts  irresponsibly,  distrust  can  be  warranted. Â
For  instance,  during  the  Tuskegee  syphilis  experiment  from  1932  to  1972,  scientists  studied  the  effects  of  untreated  syphilis  on  hundreds  of  black  men  even  after  penicil- lin  was  discovered  as  a  viable  treatment.  Thalidomide,  a  morning  sickness  drug,  was  given  to  tens  of  thousands  of  women  during  the  1950s,  causing  thousands  of  infants  to  be  born  with  malformed  limbs.  Even  the  people  most  trusting  of  the  sci- HQWLÂżF FRPPXQLW\ RIWHQ UROO WKHLU H\HV DW trending  diets  and  seemingly  arbitrary  nu- trition  suggestions. “While  widespread  distrust  in  science  is  worrisome,  what’s  perhaps  more  wor- risome  is  that  epistemologically  distrust  in  science  can  be  understood  to  be  well  grounded,â€?  Grasswick  said.  “Although  scientists  are  rightly  concerned  about  sci- HQWLÂżF GLVWUXVW WKH\ VKRXOG EH HYHQ PRUH concerned  that  despite  their  best  inten- tions,  scientists  are  not  always  as  trust- worthy  as  they  suppose.  There  may  be  times  when  people  are  too  trusting.  This  is  where  my  interest  lies  as  an  epistemolo- gist.â€? Grasswick  then  made  a  case  for  de- veloping  a  better  understanding  of  re- sponsible  trust  and  when  and  why  the  SXEOLF VKRXOG WUXVW VFLHQWLÂżF H[SHUWV 6KH explained  that  ideally,  trust  should  match  the  trustworthiness  of  the  provider,  and  that  it  is  important  to  focus  on  what  makes  a  provider  trustworthy. Some  scientists  and  philosophers  be- lieve  that  the  solution  is  the  information  GHÂżFLHQW PRGHO ZKLFK FODLPV WKDW GLVWUXVW ZLOO GHFUHDVH ZKHQ ZH LQFUHDVH VFLHQWLÂżF literacy,  either  by  teaching  people  about  VSHFLÂżF VFLHQWLÂżF LVVXHV RU DERXW WKH VFL- HQWLÂżF PHWKRG 7KLV ZD\ WKH WKHRU\ JRHV people  have  enough  knowledge  to  judge Â
The  idea  of  trustworthiness  being  in- data  and  evidence  and  determine  the  trustworthiness  of  a  source  for  themselves. terpersonal  opens  up  the  possibility  that  While  Grasswick  agreed  that  increas- different  populations  could  have  varying  LQJ VFLHQWLÂżF OLWHUDF\ LV LPSRUWDQW VKH levels  of  distrust  based  on  their  historical  interactions  with  the  noted  that  other  forc- VFLHQWLÂżF FRPPX- es  are  at  play.  Psy- nity.  The  experience  chologists  have  long  known  about  moti- “More  attention  needs  to  of  being  marginal- ized  or  subordinated  vated  reasoning,  the  be  paid  to  differences  in  could  contribute  to  idea  that,  given  the  same  information,  VLWXDWLRQ ZH QHHG WR the  warranted  dis- trust  of  a  commu- people  with  opposing  ideologies  will  inter- think  about  the  legacy  of  nity.  Therefore,  it  the  character   of  pret  data  differently,  the  injustices  in  the  his- is  institutions,  and  not  searching  for  evi- GHQFH WKDW UHDIÂżUPV WRU\ RI VFLHQFH $QG ZH necessarily  the  qual- of  the  knowledge  their  preexisting  be- GHÂżQLWHO\ QHHG WR PDNH ity  they  generate,  that  liefs.  Grasswick  also  pointed  out  that  lack  sure  there  are  no  more  inspires  trust  from  people. of  knowledge  does  IDLOXUHV RI WUXVW ´ E m p h a s i z i n g  not  necessarily  cause  that  the  purpose  of  distrust;Íž  rather,  dis- her  presentation  was  trust  can  occur  when  -Heidi Grasswick to  raise  important  WKH VFLHQWLÂżF FRP- Professor of Philosophy questions,  Grasswick  munity  does  not  un- stressed  that  every  derstand  a  group’s  issue  differed  from  one  another. concerns. Âł,WÂśV REYLRXV WR PH WKDW VFLHQWLÂżF OLW- Grasswick  placed  more  importance  on  understanding  the  idea  of  a  trustworthy  eracy  is  not  the  simple  solution,  because  WHVWLPRQ\ DQG GHÂżQHG D IHZ FRPSRQHQWV trust  in  the  information  is  not  all  that  is  re- quired,â€?  Grasswick  said.  “More  attention  of  trustworthiness.   “Someone  listening  to  a  testimony  will  needs  to  be  paid  to  differences  in  situa- judge  whether  or  not  the  expert  is  compe- tion,  and  whom  we  are  trustworthy  to.  We  tent  and  sincere,â€?  she  said.  “The  sincerity  need  to  think  about  the  legacy  of  the  injus- requirement  indicates  a  relationship  be- WLFHV LQ WKH KLVWRU\ RI VFLHQFH $QG ZH GHÂż- tween  the  speaker  and  the  hearer,  and  an  nitely  need  to  make  sure  there  are  no  more  attitude  toward  the  person  with  informa- failures  of  trust,  or  keep  their  numbers  tion.  When  the  knowledge  in  question  is  down  because  they  can  do  huge  damage.  It  VLJQLÂżFDQW WR WKH KHDUHU WKH UHODWLRQVKLS gives  us  one  more  reason  why  racism  and  must  be  more  robust  to  support  the  depth  sexism  and  other  forms  of  prejudice  need  and  breadth  of  the  person  making  them- to  be  eliminated  from  the  practice  of  sci- ence.â€? selves  vulnerable.â€?
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Performing Arts Sp TLight The  Middlebury  College  Perform- ing  Arts  Series  is  proud  to  engage  the  DFFODLPHG +HDWK 4XDUWHW DV LWV ÂżUVW HYHU Quartet  in  Residence  to  kick  off  2016.  The  U.K.-Âbased  ensemble  will  spend  all  of  Middlebury’s  Winter  Term  on  campus.  7KHLU ÂżUVW IUHH FRQFHUW RQ -DQ LV EH- ing  proclaimed  as  one  of  the  best  perfor- mances  to  ever  grace  our  stage.  They  will  give  another  free  concert  on  Jan.  21  and  a  ticketed  concert  on  Feb.  4. The  dynamic  and  charismatic  Heath  Quartet  —  comprised  of  violinists  Oli- ver  Heath  and  Cerys  Jones,  violist  Gary  Pomeroy  and  cellist  Christopher  Murray  —  was  formed  in  2002  at  the  U.K.’s  Royal  Northern  College  of  Music.  The  quartet  has  earned  a  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  exciting  British  chamber  ensembles  today.  Among  their  many  honors  are  a  Borletti- Buitoni  Special  Ensemble  Scholarship  and  the  2012  Ensemble  Prize  at  the  Festspiele  Mecklenburg-ÂVorpommern.  In  May  2013,  WKH\ EHFDPH WKH ÂżUVW HQVHPEOH LQ \HDUV to  win  the  prestigious  Royal  Philharmonic  Society’s  Young  Artists  Award. Performing  Arts  Series  Director  Alli- son  Coyne  Carroll  knew  the  Heath  Quartet  were  rising  stars  when  she  heard  their  U.S.  debut  at  Middlebury  in  April  2014. “What  makes  them  special  is  their  de-Â
sire  to  express  each  composer’s  intention  with  great  integrity  —  and  they’re  able  to  do  so  with  incredible  skill  and  an  impeccable  sense  of  ensemble,â€?  Carroll  stated. The  Quartet  recently  released  their  lat- est  CD,  a  recording  of  the  complete  quartet  cycle  of  British  composer  Michael  Tippett.  Their  next  two  recordings,  due  out  this  year  on  the  Harmonia  Mundi  label,  will  feature  Tchaikovsky  quartets  (studio  recording)  and  BartĂłk  quartets  (recorded  live  at  the  Wigmore  Hall). The  Heath  Quartet’s  2015/16  season  focuses  heavily  on  the  string  quartets  of  Hungarian  composer  BĂŠla  BartĂłk.  Their  ¿UVW WZR FRQFHUWV DW 0LGGOHEXU\ ZLOO IHD- ture  the  complete  BartĂłk  cycle,  performing  quartets  1,  3  and  5  on  Jan.  14,  and  quartets  2,  4  and  6  a  week  later  on  Jan.  21. 9LROLQLVW &HU\V -RQHV UHĂ€HFWHG RQ WKH intensity  of  playing  BartĂłk. Âł)URP WKH PRPHQW WKH ERZ ÂżUVW WRXFK- es  the  string,  this  music  demands  100  per- cent  commitment  from  every  member  of  the  quartet,â€?  Jones  said.  “Every  moment  of  the  music  is  high  energy,  high  impact  —  from  the  depths  of  depression  to  the  heights  of  euphoria  —  so  it’s  not  a  challenge  so  much  as  a  thrilling  prospect.  I  think  these  quar- tets  suit  us  as  a  group  because  they’re  so  physically  dynamic.  We’re  often  told,  and Â
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The  Heath  Quartet  will  hold  workshops  and  visit  local  schools  throughout  January. I  think  it’s  true,  that  we’re  a  very  physical  quartet,  so  it  feels  natural  to  us  to  express  this  music  with  mind,  soul  and  body.â€? The  Jan.  14  and  21  concerts  are  offered Â
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Formed  in  2002  at  the  Royal  Northern  College  of  Music,  the  U.K.-Âbased  group  will  perform  the  string  quartets  of  BĂŠla  BartĂłk.
free  of  charge,  thanks  to  generous  support  from  the  Sunderman  Family  Concert  En- dowment  Fund,  in  memory  of  Dr.  F.  Wil- liam  Sunderman  Jr.  and  Dr.  Carolyn  Reyn- olds  Sunderman. 7KH +HDWK 4XDUWHWÂśV WKLUG DQG ÂżQDO concert,  on  Feb.  4,  will  feature  a  mixed  repertoire  program  including  Haydn’s  Op.  20  No.  5,  Beethoven’s  Op.  135  and  Tchai- kovsky’s  Quartet  No.  3. While  on  campus,  the  quartet  will  also  engage  in  master  classes  and  coaching  ses- sions  with  students  of  all  ages,  including  composition  and  electronic  music  students,  the  Middlebury  College  Orchestra  and  ele- mentary  school  audiences  from  Weybridge,  Aurora  and  Shoreham  schools.  They  may  even  work  with  student  members  of  the  Performing  Arts  Series  Society  to  stage  “pop-Âupâ€?  concerts  in  the  dining  halls. The  three  concerts  by  the  Heath  Quar- tet  will  take  place  on  Thursday,  Jan.  14  (free),  Thursday,  Jan.  21  (free)  and  Thurs- GD\ )HE WLFNHWHG DOO DW S P LQ WKH Concert  Hall  of  the  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Tickets  for  the  third  concert  are  $20  for  the  general  public;Íž  $15  for  Middlebury  College  faculty,  staff,  alumni,  emeriti  and  other  ID  card  holders;Íž  and  $6  for  students.  7R SXUFKDVH WLFNHWV RU ÂżQG PRUH LQIRUPD- WLRQ YLVLW JR ER[RIÂżFH RU VWRS E\ HLWKHU RI WKH ER[ RIÂżFHV LQ 0F&XOORXJK RU WKH 0&$
for the rec rd By  Devin  McGrath-ÂConwell Staff  Columnist Ziggy  Stardust,  The  Thin  White  Duke,  Aladdin  Sane,  Nikola  Tesla  and  a  Goblin  King.  These  are  a  mere  glimpse  of  the  faces  and  bodies  with  which  Da- vid  Bowie  entranced  the  world.  From  the  moment  he  fell  to  earth  until  he  rock- eted  beyond  all  of  us  last  week,  he  had  the  courage  to  be  anyone  he  imagined.  We  all  fantasize  of  dressing  ourselves  up  in  the  essence  of  our  dreams,  and  Bowie  cloaked  himself  in  his.  He  was  the  physi- cal  embodiment  of  that  stardust  that  fuels  dreamers  everywhere,  and  to  this  stardust  he  has  now  returned. The  man,  David  Robert  Jones,  was  born  on  Jan.  8,  1947  in  Brixton,  England.  He  learned  how  to  play  the  saxophone,  and  had  his  own  band  by  the  age  of  15.  As  he  began  his  ascension  to  fame,  he  found  that  he  needed  to  change  his  name  to  avoid  confusion  with  Davy  Jones,  the  lead  singer  of  the  Monkees.  He  chose  Tom  Jones,  but  this  turned  out  to  be  equally  entangling.  From  this,  David  Bowie  was  born,  a  name  inspired  by  Jim  Bowie,  the  $PHULFDQ IURQWLHUVPDQ ,W LV ÂżWWLQJ WKDW Bowie  found  inspiration  for  his  name  in  the  history  of  a  frontiersman,  for  a  pio- neer  he  became. His  eponymous  debut  album  was  released  in  1967.  An  amalgamation  of  genres  and  themes  that  refused  to  blend  in  with  the  folk  rock  of  the  day,  his  de- but  showed  all  the  signs  of  a  musical  in- novator.  However,  it  was  not  until  his Â
second  album,  1969’s  Space  Oddity,  that  Earth,  followed  by  1978’s  Just  A  Gigolo.  Bowie  went  interstellar.  The  title  track  The  man  of  so  many  faces  was  perfectly  was  released  just  days  before  the  Apollo  suited  for  movies,  and  so  his  enchanting  11  mission  launched.  It  was  no  mistake  aura  enterd  a  new  medium.  that  Space  Oddity  tapped  into  the  upward  In  1986,  a  perfect  synthesis  emerged  gaze  of  the  world,  embodying  what  may  be  in  the  form  of  Jim  Henson’s  musical,  WKH GHÂżQLQJ SULQFLSOH RI %RZLHÂśV PXVLF KH Labyrinth.  Bowie  plays  Jareth  the  Goblin  FRQVWDQWO\ FUHDWHG D IHHOLQJ WKDW UHĂ€HFWHG King,  who  lures  teenager  Sarah  (Jennifer  through  his  collection  of  kaleidoscopic  &RQQHOO\ LQWR KLV ODE\ULQWK E\ IXOÂżOOLQJ key  changes  and  harmonies,  the  transfor- her  wish  to  take  away  her  baby  brother,  mative  property  of  his  time  period.  a  wish  she  realizes  she  deeply  regrets.  In  A  series  of  astonishing  albums  el- Labyrinth,  Bowie  is  given  a  world  of  pup- evated  Bowie’s  popularity  throughout  the  pets  and  fantasy  to  dance  and  sing  in,  1970’s.  First  came  The  Man  Who  Sold  the  crafting  an  equally  seductive  and  disqui- World  in  1970,  and  then  1971’s  Hunky  eting  performance  that  stands  tall  in  his  Dory,  with  which  Bowie  scored  his  mega- career. hit  “Changes.â€?  However,  it  was  not  until  After  decades  of  such  creative  over- 1972  that  the  world  ÀRZ IURP WKH JODP truly  saw  what  he  rock  and  funk  of  was  capable  of.  That  the  70’s,  to  his  80’s  year,  he  released  new  wave  and  pop  by  David  Bowie The  Rise  and  Fall  of  forays  making  way  Ziggy  Stardust  and  for  electronic  or- the  Spiders  from  Mars.  Decked  out  in  glit- chestrations  in  the  90’s,  it  is  astounding  ter  and  the  occasional  eye  patch,  topped  to  imagine  that  Bowie  could  sustain  such  with  a  shocking  red  mullet,  the  character  output,  but  somehow  he  always  did.  Ziggy  Stardust  ushered  in  the  glam  rock  Then,  he  reached  2004.  It  seemed  image  that  would  secure  Bowie  a  spot  as  that  maybe  the  man  had  attained  a  well- D FHUWLÂżHG VXSHUVWDU 1RQHWKHOHVV %RZLH deserved  retirement  after  health  problems  ZDV QRW VDWLVÂżHG EHLQJ VWDJQDQW DQG ZLWK took  him  out  of  the  studio.  For  nearly  ten  his  next  album,  1973’s  Aladdin  Sane,  he  years,  Bowie  maintained  relative  radio  si- discarded  Ziggy  for  Aladdin  to  once  again  lence.  Without  warning,  he  released  The  ¿QG DQ LGHQWLW\ HDJHUO\ ZDLWLQJ IRU KLP Next  Day  in  2013.  The  album  revealed  a  This  practice  continued  through  every- virtuosity  still  capable  of  inspiring  crafts- thing  world  was  privileged  enough  to  hear. manship,  a  fact  supported  further  by  the  Alongside  this  musical  success,  Bow- release  of  his  27th  studio  album,  Black- ie  began  playing  characters  on  screen  in  star,  on  January  8th,  the  day  of  his  69th  earnest,  with  1976’s  The  Man  Who  Fell  to  birthday,  and  two  days  before  he  suc-Â
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cumbed  to  liver  cancer. Blackstar,  elevated  by  the  context  of  Bowie’s  newly-Ârevealed  battle  with  can- cer,  displays  a  level  of  experimentation  on  par  with  his  best.  Bowie  revisits  the  jazz  LQĂ€XHQFHV WKDW LQVSLUHG KLP WR ÂżUVW SLFN up  his  saxophone,  and  deepens  it  with  a  set  of  seven  songs  that  embody  a  tone  of  contemplation.  It  opens  with  the  nine- minute-Âlong  “Blackstar,â€?  a  musical  saga  of  discovery  tied  together  by  a  branching  saxophone  solo.  This  is  followed  by  “Tis’  a  Pity  She’s  a  Whoreâ€?  which  feeds  into  many  RI WKH VDPH MD]] LQĂ€XHQFHV LQ WHUPV RI LQ- strumentation,  but  the  song  feels  like  it  would  have  been  right  at  home  alongside  “Changesâ€?  on  Hunky  Dory.  With  the  news  of  his  death,  the  third  song  on  the  album,  “Lazarus,â€?  becomes  mesmerizing.  Bowie  sings  of  his  career,  his  life  and  his  musical  journey.  The  song  is  moody,  with  soft  horns  and  a  driving  drum  beat,  leaving  plenty  of  space  for  his  voice  to  take  center  stage.  Equal  parts  pained  and  hopeful,  the  lyrics  state,  “Oh  I’ll  be  free  /  Just  like  a  bluebird  /  Oh  I’ll  be  freeâ€?  after  reminding  us  that  he  has  “scars  that  can’t  be  seen.â€?  We  now  know  were  at  least  a  few  of  those  scars  came  from,  and  after  what  must  have  been  a  painful  battle,  he  has  become  as  free  as  his  bluebird.  When  we  play  his  music  and  watch  his  movies,  he  will  forever  rise  from  the  dead  as  Lazarus.  Wherever  you  may  be,  Ziggy,  give  the  best  to  Major  Tom  from  all  of  us  sitting  down  here  at  Ground  Control. Rest  in  peace,  David  Bowie. Â
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Squash  Stays  Busy  Over  Winter  Break CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 country’s  best.  Despite  losing  6-Â3,  the  women’s  team  played  Brown  closely.  They  were  also  without  Lucy  Bostwick  ’18,  who  has  emerged  as  one  of  the  most  dependable  players  on  the  team,  and  a  key  to  the  Panthers’  success  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder. Alexa  Comai  ’19  continued  her  tremendous  first-Âyear  campaign,  collecting  a  five  game  win  for  the  Panthers.  Down  10-Â6  i n  t he  s econd  g ame,  Comai  was  in  danger  of  falling  down  two  games  to  zero  for  the  first  time  all  season  after  losing  the  first  game  11-Â9.  Yet  Comai  did  not  give  in  and  registered  six  straight  points  to  the  second  game  12-Â10  to  the  tune  of  loud  cheers  from  the  crowd.  By  the  time  she  p ushed  t he  m atch  to  a  fifth  game,  Comai  knew  she  had  her Â
squad. opponent  where  she  wanted. Over  the  course  of  the  nine  day  grind,  “We  were  fairly  evenly  matched,  but  the  only  losses  the  men  she  was  more  tired  than  suffered  came  against  I  was  going  into  that  last  game,â€?  Comai  said.  Comai  “...If  I  can  [push  sixth-Âranked  St.  Lawrence  moved  her  opponent  them  in  the  right  (9-Â0)  and  tenth-Âranked  Franklin  and  Marshall  (6- around  the  court,  mixing  ways]  and  if  they  3).  Their  wins  over  Bates,  in  more  and  more  boasts  can  stay  men- the  higher  ranked  of  the  as  the  rubber-Âmatch  went  on. tally  focused,  two  when  the  Panthers  travelled  to  Lewiston,  and  “I  decided  that  it  was  we  still  have  their  win  over  Brown  put  best  to  attack  and  that’s  why  y ou  saw  me  boast  more  our  best  squash  them  in  a  good  position  to  try  and  clinch  a  berth  in  to  get  her  out  of  position,â€?  ahead  of  us.â€? the  second  division. Comai  said.  “I  tried  to  play  The  women’s  team,  with  more  tempo  hoping  however,  lost  Sunday,  Jan.  she  would  have  a  harder  Mark Lewis 17,  the  last  of  the  matches  time  keeping  up.â€? head coach for  the  nine  day  whirlwind,  Comai  won  the  decisive  to  a  lower  ranked  opponent  fifth  game  11-Â8,  tallying  the  first  win  of  the  day  for  the  women’s  for  the  first  time  all  s eason.  Ranked  15th, Â
one  spot  below  Middlebury,  Franklin  and  Marshall  was  able  to  knock  off  the  Panthers  last  Sunday  7-Â2.  Although  the  Panthers  remained  without  Bostwick  and  are  still  trying  to  deal  with  lingering  injuries,  they  will  likely  move  down  to  15th  when  the  next  set  of  rankings  comes  out. “Keeping  people  healthy  for  the  final  stretch  run  and  heading  into  national’s  remains  a  top  priority,â€?  said  Lewis  after  the  Brown  match.  “I  need  to  push  them  in  the  right  ways  so  that  they  improve  and  keep  up  our  fitness,  but  also  avoid  injuries.  If  I  can  do  that  and  if  they  can  stay  mentally  focused,  we  still  have  our  best  squash  ahead  of  us.â€? Both  teams  a re  i n  a ction  this  Saturday,  Jan.  23  in  Williamstown,  Mass.  where  they  will  take  on  Williams  at  2  p.m.
Women’s  Basketball  Suffers  Conference  Losses By  Colby  Morris &RQWULEXWLQJ :ULWHU The  women’s  basketball  team  started  2016  by  racking  up  bus  mileage,  travelling  to  New  York  City,  Boston  and  Lewiston,  Maine.  The  team  left  for  break  with  a  3-Â1  record  and  have  gone  6-Â4  since  they  re- turned.  They  currently  stand  at  sixth  place  in  the  NESCAC  with  a  2-Â2  conference  re- cord. After  a  79-Â58  win  over  Salve  Regina  at  Pepin  Gym  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  30,  the  Panthers  opened  the  new  year  in  the  Big  Apple  for  the  Jan.  2-Â3  NYU  Holiday  Clas- sic.  The  Panthers  started  hot  with  a  72-Â59  victory  over  Bridgewater  State.  First-Âyear  Catherine  Harrison  ’19  led  the  Panthers  with  a  game-Âhigh  23  points,  while  Sarah  Kaufman  ‘18  added  19.  In  their  second  game  against  the  hosts  and  fourth-Âranked  NYU,  Middlebury  led  34-Â32  at  the  half  thanks  to  13  points  from  Sabrina  Weeks  ’18  off  of  the  bench.  Ultimately,  the  Violets  pulled  ahead  and  held  onto  a  narrow  70-Â62  loss.  The  Panthers  opened  NESCAC  play  against  Wesleyan  at  Pepin  Gym  on  Tues-Â
day,  Jan.  8.  Middlebury  dominated  the  Cardinals  from  the  tip,  jumping  out  to  a  23-Â8  lead  by  the  end  of  the  first  quarter.  Kaufman  once  again  led  the  charge  with  a  career-Âhigh  31  points  on  the  way  to  a  piv- otal  76-Â59  win.  Harrison  carried  the  de- fense  with  15  rebounds  to  go  along  with  her  12  points,  while  sophomore  guard  Eileen  Daley  ’18  followed  closely  behind  with  11  boards  of  her  own.  The  Panthers  faced  a  quick  turn  around  to  take  on  Connecticut  College  on  Jan.  9,  and  fatigue  ultimately  held  them  back  in  a  back  and  forth  66-Â53  loss.  After  falling  behind  early,  Colleen  Cavaney  ’19  spurred  a  12-Â0  Panthers  run  to  give  them  a  25-Â24  lead  at  the  half.  The  score  remained  tight  until  just  under  six  minutes  to  play  at  47-Â46,  but  the  Camels  pulled  away  down  the  stretch  to  even  the  Panthers’  NESCAC  record  at  1-Â1.  Kaufman  had  a  team  high  17  points,  while  Harrison  added  15  rebounds.  In  a  break  from  league  action,  Middlebury  capitalized  on  a  weak  oppo- nent  with  a  65-Â45  win  over  SUNY  Postdam,  holding  control  of  the  scoreboard  for  the  whole  game.  Alex  Huffman  ’19  had  a  ca-Â
reer-  and  game-Âhigh  16  points  for  the  Pan- thers  in  the  first  of  a  three  game  road  stint.  After  the  Jan.  12  victory  over  SUNY  Potsdam,  the  Panthers  took  on  defending  league  champion  and  12th-Âranked  Tufts  in  Medford,  Massachusetts.  The  Jumbos  dominated  the  Panthers  57-Â37.  In  a  game  when  the  Panthers  needed  one  of  their  best  performances  of  the  sea- son,  they  shot  a  dismal  21  percent  from  the  field,  11-Â51,  and  they  committed  19  turnovers,  more  than  twice  the  amount  the  Jumbos  committed.   Coach  KJ  Krasco  called  the  20  point  loss  “a  wake-Âup  call,â€?  as  the  the  team  will  most  likely  return  to  Medford  in  February  for  the  NESCAC  championship. The  next  day,  journeying  all  the  way  to  Maine,  the  Panthers  battled  Bates  43-Â43  going  into  the  fourth  quarter.  The  final  ten  minutes  could  be  a  defining  moment  of  Middlebury’s  season,  as  they  avoided  slip- ping  to  a  1-Â3  conference  start.  The  Panthers  proved  resilient,  recovering  nicely  from  their  loss  to  Tufts  with  a  61-Â56  victory  as  they  clawed  their  way  back  to  .500  in  the  NESCAC.  The  victory  against  Bates  was  a Â
true  team  win,  with  each  starter  scoring  at  least  nine  points.  Kaufman  led  the  way  with  11  points,  seven  rebounds,  five  assists  and  a  steal.  In  the  midst  of  Middlebury’s  early  January  games  with  Elizabeth  Knox  ’17,  the  team’s  only  junior,  injured,  the  under- classmen  continued  to  shine.  Highlights  included  Harrison,  who  continued  her  strong  freshman  campaign,  earning  NES- CAC  Player  of  the  Week  honors  the  week  of  Jan.  4  and  a  spot  on  the  NYU  Holiday  All-ÂClassic  Team.  She  is  averaging  a  dou- ble-Âdouble  on  the  season  with  13.5  points  and  11.9  rebounds  per  game,  and  is  shoot- ing  an  impressive  53.5%  from  the  field.  After  she  shot  just  16  percent,  2-Â12,  in  the  Tufts  loss,  it  became  clear  that  a  key  going  forward  will  be  consistency  from  Harrison  and  other  underclassmen.  Kaufman  an- chors  the  team,  averaging  almost  17  points- per-Âgame,  and  shooting  an  impressive  36.6  percent  from  beyond  the  arc. The  team  will  be  back  in  action  this  Sun- day,  Jan.  24  when  they  travel  to  William- stown,  Mass.  to  take  on  the  Ephs  to  try  and  climb  above  .5oo  in  league  play.
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Strong  starts  for  both  teams  with  a  pair  of  fourth- SODFH ÂżQLVKHV LQ :DWHUYLOOH Props  to  both  teams  for  christening  Virtue  Field  House  in  winning  fashion.  ,QMXULHV KDYH KXUW WKLV WHDP UHFHQWO\ EXW , KDYH IDLWK %LJ ZLQV RYHU 8QLRQ VKRXOG boost  morale.  Tons  of  ties  for  them  this  season.  But  they’re  not  losses. Â
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By  Andrew  Rigas Sports  Editor The  men’s  hockey  team  remained  in  the  top  four  of  the  NESCAC  after  going  2-Â4-Â2  since  leaving  for  Winter  break.  The  Panthers’  record  stayed  even  in  the  conference  with  a  1-Â1-Â2  record  over  that  time,  including  a  win  RYHU WKHQ ÂżIWK UDQNHG $PKHUVW DQG DQ RYHU- time  loss  to  No.  8  Trinity. “We  have  put  ourselves  in  a  perfect  posi- tion  to  secure  a  home  game  for  playoffs  or  even  host  NESCACs  if  we  play  the  way  we  are  capable  of  playing  for  our  remaining  confer- ence  games,â€?  Team  Captain  Evan  Neugold  ’16  said.  “It  is  in  our  hands,  which  is  what  you  always  want  as  a  team  coming  down  the  second  half  of  the  season.â€? Entering  their  game  at  Hamilton  on  Fri- day,  Dec.  11,  the  Panthers  still  stood  unde- feated  in  the  NESCAC  at  2-Â0-Â2.  Middlebury  MXPSHG RXW WR D OHDG LQ WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG on  goals  from  Ronald  Fishman  ’16  and  Max  Greenwald  ’16,  but  Hamilton  scored  three  unanswered  goals  in  seven  minutes  in  the  second.  Travis  Stephens  ’18  tied  the  game  LQ WKH ÂżQDO SHULRG DQG QHLWKHU WHDP FRXOG score  in  overtime  as  it  ended  in  a  3-Â3  tie.  /LDP 0RRUÂżHOG <HH Âś PDGH D FDUHHU KLJK 49  saves. The  following  night  Middlebury  travelled  to  face  no.  5  Amherst  for  a  battle  of  undefeat- eds  in  the  NESCAC.  Behind  Stephen  Klein’s  ’18  33  saves,  the  Panthers  shutout  the  Lord  Jeffs  2-Â0,  earning  some  redemption  after  losing  all  three  matchups  last  season.  Gre- enwald  put  the  Panthers  ahead  a  little  over  13  minutes  into  the  contest,  Mark  Lyman  ’19  added  one  more  in  the  second  period,  and  Klein  did  the  rest  as  he  recorded  his  second  shutout  of  the  season. ,Q WKHLU ÂżUVW DFWLRQ RI WKH QHZ \HDU WKH Panthers  hosted  the  Middlebury  Holiday  &ODVVLF RQ -DQ ,Q WKHLU ÂżUVW JDPH WKH
Panthers  handled  SUNY  Canton  6-Â3  as  0RRUÂżHOG <HH ZRQ KLV ÂżUVW JDPH RI WKH \HDU in  net  and  Vincent  Gisonti  ’18,  Spencer  Cage  ’19,   Neugold,  Jake  Charles  ’16,  Brendan  Mc- Govern  ’16,  and  Zach  Haggerty  ’16  all  scored  goals.  Middlebury  faced  Neumann  in  the  cham- pionship  the  next  day.  All  of  the  scoring  occurred  in  the  second  period,  and,  after  building  a  two  goal  lead,  the  Knights  held  off  the  Panthers  for  a  2-Â1  victory.  Down  2-Â0,  Stephens  put  the  Panthers  on  the  scoreboard  by  carrying  the  puck  the  length  of  the  ice  and  slinging  a  wrist  shot  below  the  crossbar.  Middlebury  outshot  Neumann  20-Â9  in  the  period  and  48-Â29  in  the  game,  but  could  not  beat  the  Knight  netminder  and  tournament  MVP  Tyler  LeFebvre  more  than  once. Âł:H QHHG WR EH DEOH WR ÂżQLVK DQG SXW WKH puck  in  the  back  of  the  net  when  it  counts,â€?  Neugold  said.  “Those  one  goal  games  were  all  great  games,  unfortunately  the  other  WHDPV ÂżQLVKHG WKHLU FKDQFHV DQG ZH GLGQÂśW ´ The  Panthers  returned  to  action  the  fol- lowing  weekend  when  they  travelled  to  Wes- leyan  on  Jan.  9.  Matt  Doherty  ’19  drove  home  a  shot  from  just  inside  the  blue  line  to  put  the  3DQWKHUV DKHDG LQ WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG 0LNH 1DM- jar  ’17  made  it  2-Â0  early  in  the  third  period  off  a  rebound.  After  Wesleyan  tied  it  up,  Neu- gold  swatted  a  rebound  out  of  midair  and  into  the  back  of  the  net  to  put  Middlebury  ahead  again.  Just  1:33  later,  Wesleyan  knot- ted  the  game  at  three,  and  the  game  ended  that  way,  3-Â3—even  as  the  Panthers  outshot  their  opponent  again  (33-Â24). The  next  day,  Middlebury  stayed  in  Connecticut  to  face  off  with  no.  8  Trinity.  7KH 3DQWKHUV GUHZ ÂżUVW EORRG LQWR WKH game  when  Najjar  slotted  one  beneath  the  FURVVEDU 7ULQLW\ UHVSRQGHG D OLWWOH RYHU ÂżYH minutes  later  to  tie  the  game,  but  Kamil  7NDF]XN Âś QRWFKHG KLV ÂżUVW FDUHHU JRDO DQG JDYH WKH 3DQWKHUV D OHDG DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW
period.  Trinity  tied  the  game  over  halfway  through  the  second  period,  and  that  score  held  through  the  rest  of  regulation.  How- ever,  with  twenty  seconds  left  in  regulation,  Stephens  earned  a  trip  to  the  box  for  charg- ing,  leaving  the  Panthers  a  man  down  for  1:40  in  overtime.  On  the  power  play,  the  Bantams  tallied  the  game-Âwinner  58  seconds  into  the  overtime  period,  giving  the  Panthers  WKHLU ÂżUVW 1(6&$& ORVV²WKH WKLUG JDPH LQ D row  they  outshot  their  opponent  (36-Â23)  but  failed  to  win. The  Panthers’  next  two  games  did  not  get  any  easier  as  they  faced  No.  11  Norwich  on  Tuesday,  Jan.  12  and  No.  4  Plattsburgh  St.  on  Friday,  Jan.  15.  Against  Norwich,  Hag- gerty  put  Middlebury  ahead  4:05  into  the  ¿UVW SHULRG EXW 1RUZLFK UHVSRQGHG ZLWK D power  play  goal  to  tie  the  game  later  in  the  ¿UVW 7KH &DGHWV WRRN WKH OHDG HDUO\ LQ WKH second  period  which  they  quickly  followed  with  a  shorthanded  goal,  but  Neugold  added  one  for  the  Panthers  to  make  it  3-Â2.  Norwich  extended  their  lead  to  three  with  two  power  play  goals,  one  in  the  second  period  and  one  in  the  third.  Charles  netted  an  unassisted  goal,  but  that  was  it  for  the  Panthers  as  they   lost  5-Â3. Neither  Middlebury  nor  Plattsburgh  St.  FRXOG ÂżQG WKH EDFN RI WKH QHW LQ WKH ÂżUVW third  of  action  on  Friday,  but  Plattsburgh’s  Michael  Radisa  scored  twice  in  the  second  period  to  cripple  the  Panthers.  The  Cardinals  added  an  insurance  goal  and  skated  away  with  a  3-Â0  win. “We  played  very  well  in  all  3  games.  Just  a  couple  of  mistakes  cost  us,â€?   Neugold  said.  “We  know  we  can  compete  with  the  best  teams.â€? Sitting  at  4-Â6-Â4  overall,  Middlebury  re- turns  to  the  ice  this  upcoming  weekend  when  they  travel  to  Maine  to  play  at  Colby  and  Bowdoin  Jan.  22-Â23,  as  they  look  to  snap  the  three  game  losing  streak.
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Men’s  Basketball  Successful  in  New  Year By  Joe  MacDonald  Sports  Editor The  men’s  basketball  team  has  played  its  best  basketball  of  the  season  since  the  calen- dar  turned  to  2016  and,  after  a  recent  week- end  sweep,  are  in  the  hunt  for  a  home  playoff  game  in  NESCACs  with  a  3-Â1  conference  re- cord  and  9-Â7  mark  overall.  Middlebury  ended  its  2015  schedule  with  a  blowout  over  usually  tough  Plattsburgh  State.  To  begin  the  new  year,  the  Panthers  fell  on  the  road  against  a  tough  Endicott  team  on  Jan.  2,  but  since  then  have  gone  4-Â1  and  established  themselves  as  contenders  in  the  NESCAC.  The  highlights  have  come  against  last  year’s  NESCAC  Champion  Wes- leyan,  No.  18  Tufts  and  a  Bates  squad  that  the  Panthers  had  not  beaten  in  three  years.  In  defeating  Tufts  and  Bates,  Matt  St.  Amour  ’17  was  named  NESCAC  Player  of  the  Week  by  averaging  17.0  points  and  5.0  rebounds  per  game.  Middlebury  also  took  down  in- state  opponent  Southern  Vermont  on  Jan.  4. The  Panthers  opened  NESCAC  play  with  an  86-Â76  road  win  over  Wesleyan  University.  The  Cardinals  entered  last  season’s  NESCAC  tournament  as  the  No.  6  seed,  but  went  on  an  incredible  run  and  won  the  tournament.  After  their  postseason  success,  Wesleyan  was  expected  to  compete  once  again  for  a  NES- CAC  title.  A  year  ago,  Middlebury’s  97-Â60  beatdown  of  the  Cardinals  in  Pepin  Gym- nasium  seemed  to  galvanize  Wesleyan  on  their  championship  run.  This  time  around,  the  Panthers  86-Â76  victory  over  Wesleyan  on  Friday,  Jan.  8  seems  to  have  initiated  the  Cardinals’  recent  struggles.  :HVOH\DQ WRRN D OHDG OHVV WKDQ ÂżYH minutes  into  the  game.  At  that  time,  Head  Coach  Jeff  Brown  brought  all  three  of  his  ¿UVW \HDUV LQWR WKH JDPH DQG VSDUNHG D 3DQ- ther  comeback.  Hilal  Dahleh  ’19,  Zach  Baines  ’19  and  Eric  McCord  ’19  combined  for  24  points  and  12  boards  off  of  the  bench. The  Panthers  began  the  second  half  down  37-Â30  but  quickly  tied  the  game  at  39  and  went  back  and  forth  with  the  Cardinals  for  most  of  the  second  half.  With  6:40  left  in  the  JDPH :HVOH\DQ VWUHWFKHG WKH OHDG WR ÂżYH but  that  was  as  large  as  the  lead  would  get  as  Middlebury  began  to  chip  away.  An  11-Â3 Â
Panthers  run  sparked  by  a  pair  of  Jack  Daly  œ IUHH WKURZV WKDW SXW WKH QDLO LQ WKH FRIÂżQ of  the  Cardinals.  A  22-Â25  performance  from  WKH FKDULW\ VWULSH KHOSHG ÂżQLVK RII :HVOH\DQ and  seal  the  10-Âpoint  victory,  an  anomalous  performance  for  the  team  with  the  worst  free  throw  percentage  in  the  NESCAC. “(Free  throw  shooting)  was  huge  in  our  Wesleyan  win,  at  Wesleyan,â€?  Coach  Brown  said.  “But  it  is  a  weakness  of  our  team  right  now,  just  getting  to  the  line  and  consistently  making  one-Âand-Âones.â€? After  taking  down  the  Cardinals,  the  Pan- thers  were  favored  to  best  the  Connecticut  College  Camels  the  following  afternoon,  but  the  upstart  Camels  surprised  Middlebury  with  an  82-Â81  win.  Despite  perennially  being  at  the  bottom  of  the  NESCAC,  Conn.  College  has  played  the  Panthers  tough  the  last  two  seasons,  losing  by  a  combined  seven  points.  7KLV WLPH DURXQG WKH &DPHOV ÂżQDOO\ JRW E\ the  Panthers.  Once  again,  Middlebury  started  slow,  fall- ing  behind  21-Â13  less  than  halfway  through  WKH ÂżUVW KDOI 7KH &DPHOV UDQ WKHLU OHDG DOO the  way  to  16  points  with  4:08  to  go  in  the  half  and  went  into  the  break  up  by  eight. St.  Amour  made  a  bevy  of  three-Âpointers  early  in  the  second  in  an  attempt  to  bring  the  Panthers  back  into  it  and,  with  59  seconds  re- maining,  led  81-Â80.  With  16  seconds  remain- ing,  Conn  College  Point  Guard  Tyler  Rowe  scored  the  deciding  bucket  on  a  runner,  and  the  Panthers  were  unable  to  respond  on  the  other  end,  sealing  their  fate. With  almost  an  entire  week  off  to  prepare  for  a  home  weekend,  Middlebury  was  ready  for  the  nationally-Âranked  Tufts  Jumbos  on  Friday,  Jan.  15  and  just  outlasted  the  visitors  85-Â82  in  a  thrilling  overtime  game.  With  top  big  man  Matt  Daley  ’16  out  with  a  foot  injury,  Middlebury  had  its  work  cut  out  for  it.  Tufts  boasts  arguably  the  best  post  player  and  second-Âbest  scorer  in  the  league  in  junior  center  Tom  Palleschi  and  sophomore  point  guard  Vinny  Pace.  The  Jumbos  were  bit  by  the  injury  bug,  as  well,  as  senior  guard  Ryan  Spadaford  -  averaging  11.9  points  per  game  -  had  to  sit  out  with  an  ankle  injury. Jack  Daly  ’18  did  a  great  job  slowing  down  WKH OHWKDO 3DFH LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI KROGLQJ WKH
sophomore  to  seven  points  on  2-Â5  shooting.  Without  Daley,  McCord,  Nick  Tarantino  ’18  DQG $GLVD 0DMRUV Âś ZHUH DVNHG WR ÂżOO WKH void  and  did  so  admirably.  Coach  Brown  rotated  the  trio  of  young  big  men  frequently  to  keep  them  fresh,  and  their  tenacity  paid  off  on  the  defensive  end.  Tarantino  snagged  nine  rebounds  in  as  many  minutes,  and  all  three  did  well  to  stymie  Palleschi.  “The  biggest  thing  (without  Matt  Daley),â€?  Coach  Brown  said,â€?  is  that  we  were  looking  to  double  team  Palleschi  inside  ...  and  just  not  allowing  him  to  work  one-Âon-Âone.â€? Also  on  the  defensive  end,  the  long  and  athletic  Baines  introduced  himself  to  the  Middlebury  faithful  with  a  pin  against  the  backboard  on  a  Vinny  Pace  layup  attempt  midway  through  the  second  half.  “(Zach  Baines)  is  an  elite  talent  athleti- cally,  and  a  piece  of  that  is  his  wingspan,â€?  Coach  Brown  said.  “He’s  got  the  wingspan  of  a  seven-Âfooter.â€? The  game  was  incredibly  balanced  throughout  as  neither  team  lead  by  more  than  eight  and  both  squads  performed  com- parably  in  nearly  every  statistic.  At  halftime  they  were  knotted  up  at  40  apiece,  and  a  block  by  McCord  prevented  a  three-Âpoint  attempt  from  Pace  at  the  end  of  regulation,  sending  the  game  into  OT. St.  Amour  put  the  team  on  his  back  in  the  extra  period,  scoring  nine  of  the  team’s  13  points.  The  Jumbos  would  not  go  quietly,  WKRXJK DQG UHOLHG RQ WKHLU VWDUV LQ WKH ÂżQDO SHULRG 3DFH VFRUHG ÂżYH SRLQWV DQG 3DOOHVFKL made  a  three-Âpointer,  and  Tufts  had  a  chance  WR WLH RQ WKH ÂżQDO SRVVHVVLRQ 3DFH KDG WKH ball  beyond  the  arc  but  passed  up  a  con- tested  shot  attempt  to  a  wide  open  Stephen  Haladyna  in  the  left  corner.  Haladyna’s  shot  looked  good  but  it  ended  up  slightly  right  of  the  mark,  clanged  off  the  rim,  and  bounced  away,  clinching  an  85-Â82  victory  for  the  Pan- thers. Riding  high  off  of  this  upset,  Middlebury  stormed  into  Pepin  the  next  day,  took  the  OHDG D OLWWOH RYHU KDOIZD\ WKURXJK WKH ÂżUVW half,  and  got  the  best  of  a  pesky  Bates  team.  Bates  has  frustrated  the  Panthers  recently.  A  year  ago,  a  gastrointestinal  infection  deci- mated  the  Panthers  roster  on  the  day  of  the Â
game  against  Bates,  and  still  Middlebury  battled  to  a  four-Âpoint  loss.  Two  years  ago,  since-Âgraduated  Graham  Safford  of  Bates  drilled  a  game-Âwinning  three  from  straight- DZD\ LQ 3HSLQ WR ÂżQLVK RII WKH 3DQWKHUV 7KH previous  year’s  game  was  a  three-Âpoint  win  for  Middlebury.  On  this  Saturday,  though,  the  Panthers  got  their  revenge  by  defeating  the  Bobcats  73-Â61.  Still  without  Daley,  Coach  Brown  leaned  on  a  similar  strategy  as  the  night  before,  re- lying  on  a  revolving  door  in  the  front  court  against  Bates’  Delpeche  twins  who  each  stand  over  6’6,â€?  and  on  Daly  to  shut  down  the  opponent’s  top  scorer,  senior  Mike  Boor- nazian.  “We  wanted  to  double  team  some  in  the  post  because  of  the  Delpeche  teams,â€?  Coach  Brown  said,  “who  really  have  a  lot  of  length  and  athleticism,  but  again  I  thought  Jack  'DO\ GLG D WHUULÂżF MRE RQ %RRUQD]LDQ +H UH- ally  made  (Boornazian’s)  offense  really  tough  to  come  by.â€? On  the  offensive  end,  St.  Amour  was  his  usual  self,  canning  three  three-Âpointers  en  route  to  17  points  while  Daly  and  Jake  Brown  ’17  combined  for  11  assists.  Majors  tallied  10  points  off  of  the  bench. The  Panthers  remain  at  home  this  week- end  and  will  welcome  the  currently  11-Â5  Wil- liams  College  Ephs,  who  pummelled  the  Pan- thers  last  season,  87-Â62.
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Age  of  Dixon  Hemphill  ’49,  who  competed  in  the  alumni  one-Âmile  run  before  Saturday’s  Middlebury  Winter  Classic. Â
Career  wins  at  Middlebury  for  men’s  basketball  head  coach  Jeff  Brown.
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Steals  recorded  this  season  by  men’s  basketball  player  Matt  St.  Amour  ’17,  who  leads  the  NESCAC  in  the  category. Â
Indoor  Track  Wins  Inaugural  Meet  in  Virtue   By  Rob  Erickson Staff  Writer The  indoor  competition  season  is  now  LQ IXOO VZLQJ IRU WKH 3DQWKHU WUDFN DQG ÂżHOG teams  after  the  school  hosted  the  inaugural  0LGGOHEXU\ :LQWHU &ODVVLF WKH ÂżUVW VXFK event  held  in  the  new  Virtue  Field  House  since  its  opening  in  January  2015.  Before  a  packed  house  that  included  numerous  alumni  of  the  program,  as  well  as  the  usual  crowd  of  parents  and  spectators,  the  meet  ran  very  smoothly  for  the  Panthers.  The  men  dusted  the  competition  with  a  total  of  260  points,  111  EHWWHU WKDQ VHFRQG SODFH 6SULQJÂżHOG ZKLOH the  women  scored  a  resounding  victory  of  their  own,  racking  up  257.5  points,  41  ahead  RI 6SULQJÂżHOG ZKR FDPH LQ VHFRQG RQFH again. The  weekend  before  that,  Middlebury  had  sent  a  small  contingent  of  runners  who  KDG EHHQ DEOH WR ÂżQG SUDFWLFH IDFLOLWLHV RYHU the  winter  break  to  the  Dartmouth  Relays  in  Hanover,  NH.  Head  Coach  Martin  Beatty  ’84  had  only  positive  things  to  say:  “The  group  did  very  well.  The  Dartmouth  meet  has  Division  I  athletes,  so  it  is  always  fun  to  go  against  that  level.  At  this  point  in  the  season,  the  performances  were  where  they  should  be,  or  even  a  little  bit  better.â€? For  the  Panthers,  the  instant  celebrities  of  the  event  were  the  four  members  of  the  winning  4x200  relay  team  —  Jeremy  Carter  ’17,  Brandon  Cushman  ’16,  Paul  Malloy  ’18,  DQG $OH[ 1LFKROV Âś ² ZKR FDPH LQ ÂżUVW overall  with  a  time  of  1:35.23  (1.58  seconds  ahead  of  the  second-Âplace  team).  “The  4x200  win  at  Dartmouth  was  totally  unexpected,â€?  said  Cushman,  also  a  captain  of  this  year’s  squad.  “A  lot  of  our  faster  200-Âmeter  guys  were  still  away  on  break  for  the  race,  so  the  quartet  was  made  up  of  mostly  400-Âmeter  runners  looking  to  get  some  speed  work  in. Â
We  were  surprised  to  be  placed  in  the  fast  heat  to  begin  with  ‌  So  you  can  imagine  our  VXUSULVH ZKHQ ZH FURVVHG WKH OLQH LQ ÂżUVW ´ When  the  dust  had  settled  after  all  the  events,  the  men  tied  for  8th  out  of  16  teams  while  the  women  snagged  eighth  out  of  19  competing  schools. Still,  the  elation  following  the  Dartmouth  Relays  was  overshadowed  by  the  buzz  generated  by  this  past  weekend’s  home  meet.  Before  the  main  events  got  underway,  Coach  Beatty  decided  to  let  some  of  the  alumni  get  WKH ÂżUVW FUDFN DW WKH QHZ VXUIDFH DV WKDQNV IRU their  continued  support.  “Supportive  alumni  made  this  indoor  track  event  happen,â€?  he  noted.  “In  that  spirit,  I  felt  that  it  would  be  ¿WWLQJ WR LQYLWH WKH DOXPQL WR UXQ LQ WKH YHU\ ÂżUVW UXQQLQJ UDFHV 7KH\ GLGQÂśW KDYH VXFK D facility,  so  I  wanted  them  to  feel  proud  of  it  —  it’s  theirs  as  well.â€? Current  members  of  the  team  were  equally  excited  by  the  inaugural  event  that,  according  to  Cushman,  had  been  a  long  time  coming.  “Saturday  was  an  incredible  experience,â€?  he  VDLG Âł+RVWLQJ WKH ÂżUVW KRPH PHHW RQ WKH track  meant  a  lot  to  everyone  on  the  team.  The  seniors  were  especially  excited  because  we  have  seen  this  project  through  from  the  beginning,  moving  from  the  old  bubble  into  1HOVRQ DQG ÂżQDOO\ LQWR WKH QHZ ÂżHOG KRXVH The  alumni  only  made  the  day  even  better.  It  made  you  feel  the  team  was  more  than  just  the  athletes  that  are  here.â€? The  Panthers  found  success  across  the  board  on  their  home  turf,  picking  up  victories  in  a  total  of  seventeen  events.  Of  those,  the  men  won  nine:  the  200-Âmeter  dash  (Nichols  at  23.15),  the  400-Âmeter  dash  (Jimmy  Martinez  ’19  at  50.60),  the  1,000-Âmeter  run  (Andrew  Michelson  ’19  at  2:40.7),  the  1-Âmile  run  (Kevin  Serrao  ’18  at  4:26.38),  the  3,000-Âmeter  run  (Brian  Rich  ’17  at  8:59.14), Â
the  60-Âmeter  hurdles  (Tyler  Farrell  ’18  at  8.76),  the  4x400  relay  (Farrell,  Nichols,  Cushman  and  Martinez  at  3:29.76),  the  pole  vault  (John  Natalone  ’19  at  14’5.25â€?)  and  the  shot  put  (Daniel  Plunkett  ’16  at  46’2.75â€?). The  women  came  away  with  eight  victories  of  their  own,  including  a  school  record  in  the  500-Âmeter  dash  set  by  Lucy  Lang  ’19  (1:17.55).  The  other  wins  were  as  follows:  the  400-Âmeter  dash  (Alexandra  Morris  ’16  at  58.00),  the  800-Âmeter  run  (Isabella  Alfaro  ’18  at  2:26,02),  the  1000-Âmeter  run  (Robin  Vincent  ’18  at  3:05.40),  the  1-Âmile  run  (Vincent  again  at  5:13.33),  the  3,000-Âmeter  run  (Adrian  Walsh  ’18  at  10:25.83),  the  4x400  relay  (Morris,  Lang,  Paige  Fernandez  ’17  and  Halle  Gustafson  ’16  at  4:04.97)  and Â
the  pole  vault  (Kreager  Taber  ’19  at  10’6â€?). At  the  end  of  the  day,  Cushman  felt  good  about  the  team  coming  out  of  the  meet.  “It’s  hard  to  get  a  good  impression  from  the  team  as  a  whole  this  early  in  the  season  because  6DWXUGD\ ZDV WKH ÂżUVW PHHW IRU D PDMRULW\ of  the  team,â€?  he  conceded.  “But  I’m  really  pleased  with  how  well  our  team  competed  during  the  meet.  To  my  knowledge,  there  weren’t  many  people  who  were  disappointed  in  their  performances,  which  starts  the  season  off  on  a  really  good  note.â€?  The  Panthers  will  look  to  continue  their  success  at  Saturday’s  Smith  Invitational  in  Northampton,  Mass.  before  they  come  back  for  another  home  meet,  the  Middlebury  Invitational,  on  Jan.  29  and  30.
Eliot VanValkenburg
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Women’s Hockey Hands Lake Forest First Loss By Ethan Brady Features Editor The Middlebury women’s hockey team skated to three wins, two ties and two losses over winter break, bringing their overall record to 7-3-3 and placing them at third in the NESCAC, behind first- ranked Amherst and second-ranked Wil- liams. Middlebury’s tense first matchup against Castleton on Saturday, Dec. 12, driven into overtime by a late Castleton goal with three and a half seconds left in the third period, marked the second loss of the season. Kelly Sherman ’17 placed her third goal of the year to give Middlebury the early lead 3:50 into the first period, and the Panthers went unan- swered for the rest of the period. In the second, Maddie Winslow ’18 made two quick attempts at goals but was denied by Spartan netminder Jess Cameron. Middlebury took a 2-0 lead on the power play at 9:51 with a rebound shot by Anna Van Kula ’16. But with just 28 seconds left in the second, Castleton struck back to make it a one-goal game. The Spartans dominated the third period, with goalie Cameron blocking a formida- ble shot by Janka Hlinka ’18 on a three- on-none break. With Cameron pulled in favor of an extra attacker, the Spartans tied the game with seconds remaining, forcing overtime. Only 1:53 into the ex- tra session, Castleton went on the power play, and with an innocent shot at 3:18 that slipped past Middlebury goalie Julia Neuburger ’18, took home the win. After a break from NCAA play, the women’s squad returned on Tuesday, Jan. 5 to host a formidable Lake Forest team in Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena, where the Panthers handed Lake Forest their first loss of the season in a spectacular showing of grit. Lake Forest entered the game with the nation’s top power play — at 41 percent — and was only one of four teams without a loss. Ten minutes into the first period, alternate captain Katie Mandigo ’16 placed a loose puck into the slot to give Middlebury an early lead. Netminder Neuberger blocked three attempts by the Foresters in the final five minutes of the period. But 2:34 into the second, the For- esters answered. The deciding goal of the game came 7:57 into the third, when Van Kula placed her third shot of the season off the re- bound. The Panthers tried to bolster their lead on three power plays in the final eight minutes — including a five-on-three — but Lake Forest netminder Allie Carter
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did not falter. The Foresters pulled Carter with 49 seconds left and sent two aggres- sive attempts to the slot, but a blocked shot by Winslow and a crucial save by Neuberger preserved a Panthers’ victory. “Beating Lake Forest was a good start for us coming back after break,” Van Kula said. “We played well for a full 60 min- utes and were able to hand them their first loss of the season.” The Panthers returned to NESCAC play on Jan. 8 for a two-game matchup in Amherst, Mass., against Amherst. A scoreless first period came and went, but early in the second Winslow redirected an attempt from Shanna Hickman ’19 to score her team-leading fourth of the sea- son. Winslow was named NESCAC player of the week earlier in the season. The Lord Jeffs were quick to answer just a minute later, as Katelyn Pantera led a power play drive to the Panther slot. And later, Sara Culhane finished a valiant drive from Amherst after a Panther turn- over turned into a three-on-one play, giv- ing Amherst a 2-1 lead. Early in the third, though, Allie Aiello ’17 scored her first goal of the season to force overtime and ultimately to secure a tie after a scoreless extra session. A day later, the two squads returned to the ice, hoping to secure a win in the series but tying again, this time with a 3-3 score. Late in the second period, Jessica Young ’18 placed the first point on the board after intercepting a pass from an Amherst defender in the offensive zone and firing a point-blank shot. Just a min- ute later, Jocelyn Hunyadi responded for the Lord Jeffs on the power play. The third period was high-scoring as Amherst scored two goals in the first nine minutes, one of which came when Erin Martin won a faceoff in her defensive end, skated the full length of the ice, and sent the puck past Neuberger. Trailing 1-3, Middlebury staged a comeback with shots by Victoria Laven ’17 and Elizabeth Wulf ’18. The Panthers put six shots on the Amherst frame in the overtime peri- od, including hitting the pipe in the final minute, but neither team scored leading to the 3-3 tie. In Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Jan. 12, Middlebury suffered a 3-0 loss against top-ranked Plattsburgh State (13-0). Me- lissa Sheeran converted on a rebound of an initial Erin Brand slapshot from the point to give Plattsburgh State a 1-0 advantage 1:07 into the second period. Brand would be on the receiving end of another primary assist to give Platts- burgh a 2-0 edge at 11:27 of the same period. Brand took a slapshot from the
Men’s Squash: Will the 16th-ranked Panthers defeat 14th-ranked Williams on Saturday?
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Middlebury women’s ice hockey forward Anna Van Kula ’16 handles the puck in the team’s 5-0 victory over Endicott on Saturday, Jan. 16 in Chip Kenyon Arena. point that bounced off Panther goalten- der Neuburger over her shoulder and into the crease where Kayla Meneghin knocked it in. Capitalizing on an empty Panther net, Kayla Meneghin scored her second of the game coming via the empty netter with 10 seconds left in regulation to seal a tough, but expected, loss for Middlebury. Coming off the loss, the Panthers hosted Utica on Jan. 15 in Kenyon Arena and posted a 2-1 win with a strong de- but by the freshman squad. Rachael St. Clair ’19 and Katarina Shuchuk ’19 each scored their first career goals and Kiana Verplancke ’19 made 25 saves for her ini- tial collegiate victory. The Panthers made two early scoring bids in the first period on two power plays, but Utica goalie Amanda Lupo blocked both shots. The Utica Pioneers took their turn on the power play midway through the pe- riod, with Elizabeth Dohner placing a re- bound into the top corner of the Panther net. But the Panthers pulled even late in the period, when St. Clair collected a re- bound on a shot by Katherine Jackson ’19 and tied the game at 1-1. Middlebury scored the game-winning goal at the 17:08 mark of second, when Jenna Marotta ’19 directed a shot on goal, which was tipped in by Shuchuk to give the Panthers an unanswered 2-1 lead. Utica twice pulled the goalie in the final 1:09 to get the equalizer, but the Panthers held strong to prevent the Pio- neers from setting anything up. “We have a very young team this year but have seen lots of improvement since
Women’s Hockey: Will they stay undefeated in-conference against Bowdoin tomorrow night at home?
we started in November,” Van Kula said. Bolstered by the victory, the women’s squad returned to Kenyon Arena to crush Endicott College 5-0. The Panthers were aggressive in the first period, and Win- slow made the first goal on the power play for her fifth of the season. Middlebury broke through for three goals in the middle period, one each by Jackson, St. Clair and Haley LaFontaine ’18. The goal was LaFontaine’s first as a Panther. A breakout pass created a two-on-one advantage for the Panthers as Winslow set up Jackson for her second of the game and a 4-0 lead (14:33). Young netted the final goal 5:00 into the third period, bringing the score to 5-0. “The team is working hard to improve on a daily basis,” Head Coach Bill Man- digo said. “We have had three good weeks of practice and have played some very good teams. We played well against Lake Forest and Plattsburgh, but only came away with the victory against Lake For- est. Different players are having an im- pact and I have been very impressed with our freshmen.” Van Kula is excited for NESCAC play, stating “we have had a good start to the new year and are looking to build on that in our upcoming NESCAC games.” The Panthers (3-0-3 in conference) will host a two-game homestand this weekend against the Bowdoin Polar Bears (3-3), beginning Friday at 7 p.m. and ending Saturday at 3 p.m., and then will face the Hamilton Continentals (2-2- 2) in Clinton, N.Y., on Jan. 29 and 30.
Men’s Hockey: Can the men’s hockey team steal a victory Saturday at Bowdoin?
NO In my research, I couldn’t even ¿QG WKH ODVW WHDP 0LGG KDV EHDWHQ Williams in men’s squash.
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YES Midd was winning 4-1 last time and ended up tying. They’ll do better this time around.
YES The fellas on the squash team are looking sharp recently.
YES Coming off a 5-0 win should provide the Panthers with solid momentum.
YES I love a good upset.
YES These ladies are up for it.
NO I envision a tie for this one.
YES Going with the gut on this one.
YES Joe, why did you leave?? Now I’m in danger of being in last place.
YES Don’t try too hard on these, Will.
YES Williams is tough. We are tougher.
YES Home ice? I’m taking Midd.
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Pats (-3)-Broncos: Who wins Sunday in the last BradyManning Championship game? BRONCOS Although who says it will be the last?
Andrew Rigas (24-15, .615) YES They’ll steal it, give it back, then steal it again.
PATRIOTS
REMO PLUNKETT (42-35, .545) PATRIOTS I’ll stick to my non-ball sport.
Alex Morris (81-78, .509) PATRIOTS Because I always pick the Patriots.
Emily Bustard (51-58, .468)
Will Case (0-0, .000)
PATRIOTS Looks like Kyle Orton has been under center for the Broncos recently...
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