Students Fast in Solidarity

November 21, 2013 | Vol. 112 no. 10 | middleburycampus.com Internships for Credit Debated By Alex Edel are trying to answer here is what is the relationship be- Members of the Student Gov- tween an internship and the ernment Association’s (SGA) curriculum? Are they sepa- Educational Affairs Commit- rate?,” Lloyd asked. “Can they tee will meet with the faculty be connected? Should they be Educational Affairs Committee connected? What are the advan- (EAC) today, Nov. 21, to discuss tages of giving credit to these issues surrounding credit-bear- internships? What are the ad- ing internships. The talks oc- vantages of connecting intern- cur amidst extensive conversa- ships to the curriculum? What tion within the committee and are the disadvantages?” the administration regarding Dean of the College Shirley awarding credit for summer in- Collado believes that these internships. ternships are advantageous and Last spring, members of the should be tied to the College. EAC began discussing the pos- “I’m an advocate for credit sibility of credit bearing sum- for internships because I see mer internships. Through these the value in what’s happening discussions, members of the within the Center for Careers EAC wrote a working document and Internships (CCI) – I see that was sent out to members of the value in student led projects the faculty last summer. With and the work that students ac- faculty and student feedback, Rachel Frank complish during the summer,” the EAC hopes to expand the Adara Wicaksono ’17 (left) and Prestige Shongwe ’16 (right) stand in support of Gabbie Santos ’17 said Collado. “If they were able working document to an official (center) as she speaks about Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation and the inherent Filipine resiliency. to pursue a more structured way piece of legislation that would of tying it to their experiences put forward the policy necessary at Middlebury and having their for students to receive credit. work be acknowledged in a par- Students Fast in Solidarity When such a document is com- ticular way, credit for intern- By Emily Singer plete, a majority of the faculty This means I will voluntarily refrain Santos also spoke at the vigil on ships makes sense.” must vote in favor of the policy Students gathered outside Mead from eating food during this [confer- behalf of Oliver Wijayapala ’17, who Several reasons prompted ence] until a meaningful outcome is is from the affected area of Leyte in for it to be effected. Right now Chapel for a candlelight vigil on the EAC to begin seriously con- in sight,” he said. the Philippines. Leyte was among though, the EAC is still in what Thursday, Nov. 14 to mourn the sidering the issue last spring devastation and damage caused by Gabbie Santos ’17 is from Cavite, the areas hit hardest by Typhoon Dean of Faculty and chair of the including the fact that some in- Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines an hour north of Manila in the Phil- Haiyan, which left nearly 3,000 EAC, Andi Lloyd describes as an ternships are open only to those and Southeast Asia and to call atten- ippines and spoke at the vigil with dead and approximately 920,000 “information gathering stage.” sadness in regard to the current situ- displaced. students who will receive credit tion to climate change. Mourning at For the first two months ation and cautious optimism for the Reading Wijayapala’s words, from their institution. the vigil, which was hosted by Divest of school, the EAC focused on Midd, was furthered by a number of future. Santos said, “My family’s hometown Another reason comes with identifying College-wide learn- students electing to fast in solidarity “In the face of adversity, one after in southern Leyte was in the direct a discrepancy that has plagued ing goals, a topic not unrelated with Filipino climate delegate to the another, let it be known to the world many students, like SGA Presi- to the committee’s new top pri- U.N., Naderev “Yeb” Sano. that, as we Filipinos like to say … ‘the get in contact with my family mem- dent Rachel Liddell, in the fact ority – internship credit. At the start of the U.N.’s two- Filipino spirit is waterproof,’ the Fil- bers there, but I believe and hope that students may be awarded ipino people are a resilient people. they are all okay. There is a lot of “I think the question of in- week-long climate talks, Sano an- credit for internships taken But this does not mean that we are damage and debris, though … Please ternships is not unrelated to nounced his fast. over J-term as well as some in- willing to place more and more lives keep in your thoughts and prayers those questions about the point “In solidarity with my country- ternships completed abroad. In- on the line in the face of future, po- my family and all those affected by of a liberal arts education be- back home … I will now commence tentially more devastating disasters this disaster.” cause part of the question we SEE DEVIL, PAGE 4 a voluntary fasting for the climate. and calamities,” she said. SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 2 GROOVIN’ TO THE MUSIC homophobic incidents prompt offical response By Ellie Reinhardt very regarding Chance the Rap- Recent incidents of ho- per’s lyrics — have prompted mophobia on campus have the administration to announce prodded College administrators their goals and plans prior to to unveil a number of planned the official implementation of initiatives earlier than original- such programs. ly intended. The ongoing goals Assistant Director of Stu- and initiatives, spearheaded by dent Activities and Special As- the Office of the Dean of the sistant to the Dean of the Col- College, are aimed at enhanc- lege Jennifer Herrera is leading ing the existing programing in the initiatives in conjuction order to strengthen support with Dean of the College Shir- for the LBGTQA community on ley Collado, Associate Dean of campus this year. Students for Student Activities While plans for bolstered of- and Orientation JJ Boggs, Di- ficial College support for the rector of Health and Wellness LBGTQA community have been Barbara McCall and the board in the works sinc the summer, of the Queers and Allies (Q&A) recent incidents of homophobia student organization. on campus — including an inci- “We’ve had these two major dent in which a member of the incidents occur on campus that LBGTQA community received have gained more visibility than Paul Gerard an anonymous threatening let- us being able to share this news Electronic musician Com Truise performs at the WRMC’s Grooveyard on Friday, Nov. 15 in the ter taped to the student’s door about our LGBTQA resources McCullough Social Space. The WRMC-hosted concert also featured Twin Sister, a pop disco act from in addition to the recent contro- SEE LBGTQA, PAGE 3 New York. Eric Hass ’15 opened Grooveyard with a DJ set.

TOUR DE A NEW BRANCH DAVID MAMET’S FRACK RAISES OF BLACKBIRD BOSTON MARRIAGE: AWARENESS LITERARY MAGAZINE A REVIEW PAGE 4 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 inside 2NEWS | November 21, 2013 Spotlight on Engaged Learning BEYOND By Nate Sans connected experiential learning,” citing the the College Museum Richard Saunders de- On Wednesday, Nov. 14, the Educational Fall 2010 seminar as an example. scribed their experience teaching “Gold, Sex THE Affairs Committee (EAC) organized a panel Students in the seminar worked in collabo- and Death at the Museum,” a 200-level course on project-based and experiential learning at ration with the Vermont Geological Survey in the History of Art and Architecture Depart- the College. Faculty members from an array of and the Vermont Department of Health to ment, explaining that the course is meant to BUBBLE academic departments presented on hands- map and study arsenic contamination in pri- introduce students to a museum’s many work- on teaching and learning techniques they have vate wells in Vermont and worked with State ing parts by incorporating lectures by visiting BY DANNY ZHANG employed in their own classrooms. Senator Virginia Lyons to design legislation museum curators, conservators, and critics. Albert D. Mead Professor of Biology Jer- addressing the problem. The legislation that Hannah Ostrow ’14, a HARC major and a emy Ward, Professor of Mathematics Frank students worked on passed in the Vermont student in “Gold, Sex and Death at the Mu- The German newsmagazine Focus has Swenton and Associate Professor of Phys- legislature, but was ultimately vetoed by Ver- seum” has found the structure and material of reported that the art collection of Cornelius ics Noah Graham described their experience mont Governor Peter Shumlin. the course to be incredibly valuable. Gurlitt, an 80-year old German man whose overseeing the Science, Technology, Engineer- College Professor David Colander argued “I think we’d all be better off if Middlebury collection of 1406 artworks was seized by ing, Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Project that the College could implement an interdis- incorporated more pre-professional course- German authorities in his Munich apart- course during J-term, focusing on applied ciplinary “Liberal Arts Plus” plan to apply the work into the liberal arts model,” Ostrow sciences. STEM is a nationwide educational ment in Feb. 2012, was found to include principles of a liberal arts education to prac- wrote in an email. “I’m taking Gold, Sex, and movement that seeks to improve education several previously unknown works by fa- tical problems. Colander’s idea would involve Death in the Museum this semester alongside and experimentation in the sciences across the mous artists including Henri Matisse, Pablo an art history theory course, which is as ‘pure’ country. The J-term course project extended Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann, who completed a number of related Liberal liberal arts as it gets and I don’t feel that either into the spring and summer, allowing students Arts Plus classes and that participation by is diminished because of the other.” Edvard Munch, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and to further hone their ideas and designs and “Professors of the Practice” would be a crucial Discussions from the panel have the poten- Paul Gauguin. The collective value of the produce a thorough, engaging and hands-on component of his plan. These professionals - discovered works has been estimated to be would serve as guest mentors in classes from ing internships for credit and an increase in at least €1 billion. Professor of Geology Peter Ryan and Coor- and would “teach an applied portion of the experiential learning opportunities. Student The story of Cornelius Gurlitt’s hidden dinator for Community-Based Environmental course relating their experience to the stu- appetite, too, is likely to drive the College to collection began in pre-WWII Nazi Ger- Studies Diane Munroe described the Environ- dents.” facilitate professional development through many. Cornelius’ father Hildebrand Gurlitt mental Studies Senior Seminar as an opportu- Assistant Professor of History of Art and course offerings such as the ones discussed at was an art dealer and museum director on nity for students to participate in “community- Architecture Sarah Laursen and Director of the panel and the expansion of MiddCORE. friendly terms with many modern artists - rial position in Hamburg in 1933, the elder Gurlitt was one of four men asked by Nazi Students Hold Vigil, Call For Climate Change propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tice system and bring them to more people’s is twofold — to mourn the loss of life and de- help sell the thousands of artworks the Na- Members of Divest Midd recited Sano’s attention,” Leong wrote in a post on Facebook. struction and to recognize the gravity of the - speech from the Climate Summit at Thurs- Leong created a Facebook event for his ongoing climate crisis. beled “degenerate” to overseas buyers. The day’s vigil as both a call to action and a means fast, encouraging others to join him. Over 40 “Whether we accept it or not, Climate Nazis organized the Degenerate Art Exhibi- of mourning the destruction. In further soli- friends listed themselves as “going,” thereby Change does not lie in the distant future,” Le- implying participation. Leong said that word ong wrote in his Facebook event. “It is now, tion in 1937 to showcase the kind of art they darity, Adrian Leong ’16, Ellie Ng ’14, Greta of his fast spread rapidly to friends at other and it is right here. I have a few friends from claimed to have corrupting effects on the Neubauer ’14.5, Ashley Babcock ’17 and Vir- schools. the Philippines who also have family members German people. Among the elder Gurlitt’s ginia Wiltshire-Gordon ’16 fasted on Thurs- day. A number of other students participated “Many who fasted alongside with me told there, as I know that many [others] do, too. trading collection of nearly 1500 works are Even if this is not the case, you may well know also believed to be many that the Nazis con- in fasts over the weekend and into this week. “I am choosing to refrain from eating on their responsibilities to the world in this time other friends that do. Thus, it is utterly impos- Thursday because I treat his [Sano’s] coun- of great change,” Leong wrote in an email, call- sible to deny how closely our lives are linked to and during World War II. trymen as my countrymen, his brother as my ing the response to his actions “overwhelm- to the lost lives and survivors of the strongest Near the end of World War II, Gurlitt ingly positive.” typhoon to have ever hit land.” state of our climate, as well as [the] social jus- The purpose of Sano’s and students’ fast As Allied Forces marched across Germany and defeated the Third Reich, they detained and interrogated the elder Gurlitt. He told members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives unit of the American military that most of his collection had been destroyed in the bombing of Dresden and he did not illegally stolen artworks. that Gurlitt’s collection was rightfully owned personal property. The elder Gurlitt died in 1956 from a car crash. Meanwhile, his son, Cornelius, lived quietly in Salzburg, Aus- tria. After the deceased Gurlitt’s wife died in 1967, Cornelius moved into his mother’s Rachel Frank apartment in Munich — the same one where Students gather outside of Mead Chapel on Thursday Nov. 14 at dusk to mourn the thousands of victims lost to Typhoon Haiyan. the massive collection was uncovered early last year. What led authorities to the Munich apartment was almost sheer serendipity. Council Focuses on Travelling from Germany to Switzerland community council Communication by train in late 2010, Cornelius Gurlitt was found carrying €9000 in cash, all in crisp By David Yang tion between all facets of the community.” way, it doesn’t work.” new €500 bills. More than a year of inves- On Monday, Nov. 18 Community Council He proposed two ideas that would increase In this week’s meeting, the discussion con- tigations later, authorities raided Gurlitt’s met with Executive Director of Health and communications: a bi-weekly community cerning hard liquor and changing campus Munich apartment and found a massive col- Counseling Services Gus Jordan and Direc- lunch series and the creation of an award in culture was resumed. Jordan and McCall both lection of artworks hidden behind curtains tor of Health and Wellness Education Barbara the memory of Cameron to honor a student offered the Council new perspectives on the is- and canned food in the guest room. The au- McCall to continue the conversation on alco- who actively interacts with staff and faculty. sue. They described how the support system thorities carted the works away to a storage hol and changing the culture that surrounds it. Members of the Council proposed many for students concerning alcohol abuse at the facility in the city of Garching where they In last week’s short respite from the on- ideas that would encourage communica- Parton Center for Health and Wellness oper- sought to trace their provenance. going conversation around hard liquor, the tion. Elizabeth Lee ’17 suggested creating an ates and were happy to engage in the conver- In an interview with the German news- Council discussed ways to increase commu- organization which would regularly reach sation with Community Council. out to other members of the college commu- A great portion of the discussion centered magazine Der Spiegel, Gurlitt maintained nication between all members of the College on the culture of drinking here at Middlebury. that he had not broken any laws and that the community, including students, faculty and staff. Schools, called for an expansion of the Friends seized works are his rightful personal prop- of International Students (FIS) Host Program, hard play hard” mentality on campus. “A lot of erty. He expressed dismay at the media cir- Last week, Community Council Co-Chair Luke Carroll Brown ’14, introduced the topic a program which connects international stu- people here do realize that when they drink a cus that has intruded his reclusive lifestyle dents with hosts from the College commu- lot, it makes their lives harder, not easier,” she after Focus broke the story back in early No- with a story about Ian Cameron ’13.5, who passed away after a tragic car accident this nity, to encompass domestic students as well. said. McCall concurred, calling the mentality vember. past summer. Cameron had close friendships Rachel Liddell ’15, SGA president, suggested “problematic.” “There is nothing more I have loved more with several membes of Ross custodial and smaller informal gatherings of students with There was also a general consensus in the in my life than my pictures,” Gurlitt told Der dining staff. One woman from the Ross staff, staff who contribute tremendously to student Council on the dearth of social events on cam- Spiegel, adding that the loss of his collection Brown told the members of the Council, “said life, such as the staff from the Service Building. pus that encourage students to attend without has been more devastating than the loss of Ian was her best friend.” A broader examination of the power rela- having consumed alcohol beforehand. In the his mother and his sister. “Whereas so many other students see her tions on campus also took place. meeeting many members concluded that in- Gurlitt sold some of the works in his col- just as the individual who cleans their toi- “One of the challenges is that some staff creased institutional efforts and funds com- lection over the years to help pay for living let, Ian saw her as someone who helped him members don’t perceive themselves as people mitted were necessary to create a more dy- expenses and medical treatment. In the fall at this College and as a friend,” Brown said. who have power in our community,” observed namic social scene on campus. of 2011, he put Max Beckmann’s “Lion Tam- Sadly, Cameron’s story is not representative of Will Nash, professor of American Studies and “The fact that we are having a conversa- er” up for sale at an auction house in Co- the whole student body, and the interactions English & American Literatures. “They might tion here today is hugely helpful,” said McCall. often perceive students as people with a cer- logne. It sold for €725,000. Gurlitt and the between students and staff are often weak or tain kind of power. People with power must into the larger puzzle and what Community Jewish heirs with claim to the work settled nonexistent. The best community the College can have, Brown said, “involves communica- see the power to create a space of trust for for a 55-45 split on the sale. people without power. If you don’t do it that pieces [is hugely important]. ” November 21, 2013 | News 3 LBGTQA Programs to Expand Across Departments

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to rate a campus on their LGBT-inclusive addition to the establishment of a peer- to work with the RU12? Community and support initiatives,” Herrera said. policy, programs and practices. These mentoring program to welcome and as- Center, a Burlington-based organization “So what needs to be understood is that factors include LGBT policy inclusion, sist LGBTQ students in transitioning to that celebrates, educates, and advocates our effort to strengthen existing support support, institutional commitment, aca- academic and campus life. for the LGBTQA population in Vermont. and implement additional programs is demic life, student life, housing, campus Yedid expressed concern that al- This September, Parton staff partici- not in reaction to those instances … As safety, counseling and health, and re- though these goals are “sold and fair”, pated in a workshop run by RU12? and we made more progress in our work, it cruitment and retention efforts. Rated there is currently no staff or faculty posi- plan to hold another later in the year. was our intention to introduce some on a scale of zero to five, the College tion whose job is to specifically act as a “Our hope is that through a variety of of these initiatives later this academic scored three and a half points. contact for the College’s LGBTQA com- trainings and discussions over the next year.” Herrera, Boggs and Collado used the munity. few years, Parton staff in health and Herrera made sure to note that due to results and suggestions of the Campus “These goals are positive, but I think counseling will continue to gain greater the recent nature of the implementation Pride assessment, along with recom- there needs to be a larger changing of insight and understanding of the particu- of these support programs, she has not mendations from students involved with culture and that needs to happen with lar experiences of any students who may yet been able to gather feedback from as Q&A and earlier LGBTQ groups on cam- the knowledge that that’s someone’s have felt stigmatized, misunderstood many students as previously intended. pus to create a list of four goals. job,” he said. or dismissed by health care providers Q&A, however, has been involved in pre- “Obviously [the goals are] not totally Along with the efforts to achieve these (at home or elsewhere) in the past, and liminary discussions. comprehensive, there’s still a lot to do,” four goals, the College is looking at ini- through these trainings to increase our “I’m glad that the administration is Herrera said. “We can’t just check off tiatives in other areas as well: both the ability to provide excellent care,” wrote moving forward with tangible goals,” these goals. We’re working on develop- Athletics Department and Parton Center Executive Director of Health and Coun- said Q&A co-chair David Yedid ’15. “I ing sustainable programs and strength- for Health and Wellness are working on seling Services Gus Jordan in an email. think the College is very behind in the ening the current support and resources their own LGBTQA projects. The implementation of such programs way that they support minority stu- we have on campus now for students.” This fall, the Athletics Department and the achievement of the College’s LG- dent groups and there needs to be a big According to Herrera, the first of joined the You Can Play (YCP) project. BTQA community goals is expected to be change.” these goals is the implementation of a Through You Can Play, colleges and a slow and fluid process, seeking feed- An increased focus on addressing the sustainable training program on LG- universities create videos, posted to the back from students, faculty and staff, needs of the LGBTQA community at the BTQA/diversity issues for Residential YCP website, stating their commitment alike, along the way. College began this summer, after the Life staff and campus constituencies, to “ensuring equality, respect and safety “We know that there are some holes College completed its first assessment including Safe Zone training. Secondly, for all athletes, without regard to sexual and there is a lot that we can strength- through the online organization Campus the Campus Pride assessment has led orientation,” according to youcanplay- en and improve but in order to not be- Pride. to the development of an accessible, project.org. come overwhelmed by all of the potential Campus Pride is a national nonprofit simple process for students to identify a “I certainly liked the message a lot, work, we’ve narrowed it down to some run for and by students with the goal of preferred name and preferred pronoun but I also liked the idea that there is a concrete things to get off the ground and helping campuses “develop, support and on College records and documents via sustainable element to a video which is to develop in a real sustainable way this give ‘voice and action’ in building future an electronic Bannerweb request form. more permanent than a speaker or an- academic year so they can continue to LGBT and ally student leaders,” accord- Increased programming will also focus other one-time event,” wrote Director move forward and be successful,” Her- ing the company’s website. on developing LGBTQ-friendly resource of Athletics Erin Quinn in an email, ex- rera said. “We realize that new initiatives According to Herrera, the assessment materials and the Gender and Sexuality plaining why he and his staff chose to will surface and develop and we will be provides an LGBT Friendly Campus Cli- Resources website as part of a broader work on the project. thinking about what the next things to mate Index, touching upon eight factors Diversity and Community website in Parton faculty and staff have started tackle are.” Old Stone Mill Final Verbal Onslaught Tenant Showcase THURSDAY 9:00-11:00pm Russian-language FRIDAY 4:00-6:00pm Verbal Onslaught is Middlebury’s Come out and see the exciting proj- own spoken word and open mic. students to test ects that Middlebury students have Shy and outspoken poets, good been working on at the Old Stone listeners, loud hand-clappers and Mill this semester. - online language ists are all more than welcome. 1/2 Spanish Karaoke priced appetizers w/ Midd ID. learning tool. 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Mediterranean-style. 4NEWS | November 21, 2013 Devil is in the Details for Internship Credit CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 we aren’t setting up for a conflict in the because tomorrow a new startup may policy that would exacerbate that divide, legislation where students have a reason- start in some new area,” Graham said. “I even though knowing that for some stu- ternship credit awarded over J-term may able expectation to be able to do a new think we need to be wary about micro- dents in a more privileged position, it be used only as a credit for that term and program and get credit for internships, managing too much, so we want to cre- would be really helpful to get credit for may not be counted towards fall or spring but faculty say, ‘well why is this getting ate an environment where that can kind the internships that they are able to do,” credits, while internship credit assigned added to my responsibilities when my of happen but where the unexpected can Stanger said. “There is a broader issue at abroad is taken only in lieu of a class tak- summer is already planned to be work- come in. An opportunity may arise and stake.” en while abroad. However, the question ing on research or traveling or some- we hope to give a student that nimble- Liddell spoke similarly about the still looms in the minds of many – what thing else,’” said Associate Professor of ness to grab that opportunity.” grave need for more funding within the is different about an internship during Physics and EAC Member Noah Graham. However, Spears stressed the fact that CCI in order to make this a fair process. the summer than an internship during Vice President for Academic Affairs a strong connection between academics “I’m really committed to ensuring that the winter? Tim Spears also saw and the work experience must be made internships for credit don’t become one “If you do an intern- “The why winter not the importance in a in order for the internship to be counted more way that a lack of financial means ship over J-term you discussion that re- as a credit, which could effectively re- disadvantages students,” said Liddell. can receive a credit and summer question has a solved many of the place a class. Lloyd also sees the issue of equity as if you do it during the less clear answer and complications of “I don’t think we are going to move an important topic to discuss when writ- summer, you don’t” that’s one of the things the issue, pointing into a situation where students are going legislation. said Liddell. “That kind towards the major ing to get credit simply for completing an “I think that equity and access issues of low-hanging fruit is the EAC is talking advantages students internship. There will have to be some- are huge, and EAC has certainly dis- an inconsistency, and about – is there any would gain from thing associated with the internship that cussed them. As this discussion moves there are many other legislation on this we can identify as being academic in na- forward, I hope that we can provide examples like that.” rationale for saying yes topic. ture for a student to get credit,” Spears some clarity to the broader faculty on In attempts to de- to something in winter “We want to have said. what those equity and access issues are. scribe why this incon- a good conversation Beyond issues of connecting intern- The reality that there are internships sistency exists, Lloyd and no to the same about this proposal ships to the academic world, there looms that our students can’t participate in cited the fact that J- thing in summer.” and we want the con- the question of finding a way to make without earning credit is an important term was originally a versation to reflect internships equal to all students, an is- element of this discussion that we need time for more experi- Andi Lloyd all the complica- sue echoed by many faculty, staff and to grapple with.” Dean of Faculty mental learning. tions that come with students. With all these considerations in mind, “Why in J-term and the topic, but I hope For Russell J. Leng ‘60 Professor of the EAC hopes to get legislation out to not the summer is one we can have the con- International Politics and Economics members of the faculty within the next essential question. Historically Winter versation in a positive spirit, keeping our Allison Stanger, this matter holds the few months. Then, depending on the term was conceived of as a more experi- eye on the advantages that can be gained utmost importance when deciding if the amount of feedback from faculty, it will mental place in our curriculum — a time from expanding educational opportuni- College should give credit for intern- hold open meetings in which faculty when things happen that didn’t happen ties for students,” Spears said. ships. As the number of unpaid intern- members could introduce amendments during the fall and spring,” said Lloyd. One of these issues has to do with as- ships throughout the U.S. climbs, the and air issues they may have with the “Although maybe an unsatisfying an- sessing the quality of an internship and question of forced labor and widening policy. With approval of a majority of swer, that history explains why students the academic relevance that such an in- inequality has come to light. Stanger the faculty, the legislation will go into ef- can take internships for credit during ternship might hold. and many others feel the fect, although the J-term but not during the fall or spring “Internships vary widely in the type College must address in- logistics of such a semesters.” “I think that it is and depth of learning opportunities they equality when looking at complicated issue However, she echoed Liddell’s feel- provide. I’m open to the idea that some internships. problematic to expand may take longer ings towards the seeming inconsisten- might be worthy of credit, but I think the “There is a major ineq- to actually be en- cies with this type of policy and ex- the possibilities to get challenges are how to identify the worthy uity in the current system acted. plained that this is something the EAC subset reliably, and how to demonstrate that we need to address credit for internships While Liddell will take into consideration when draft- their substance, rigor, and congruence at Middlebury College,” until that inequality feels that this ing the legislation. with our goals. If we can find a way to she said. “I think that it may be her most “The why winter not summer ques- do those things, we can provide students has been addressed, is problematic to expand “optimistic cam- tion has a less clear answer and that’s with exciting, novel opportunities to ap- the possibilities to get and everybody who paign promise,” one of the things the EAC is talking ply their liberal arts education outside credit for internships un- she feels that the about – is there any rationale for saying the classroom, while still preserving the wants an internship can til that inequity has been implementation yes to something in winter and no to the quality and integrity of a Middlebury addressed, and everybody actually afford to have period may go far same thing in the summer?” Lloyd said. education,” wrote Associate Professor of who wants an internship beyond this aca- These are just a few of the wide sweep- Psychology and fellow EAC Member Su- that experience.” can actually afford to demic year. ing questions that the EAC has been ask- zanne Gurland in an email. have that experience.” Allison Stanger “If the policy ing while considering the possibility of To award credit for internships many If the EAC were to Professor of international politics and Economics is implemented, I awarding credit. Professors from a wide professors feel the need for students grant credit to intern- would say it will range of disciplines have argued on both to make a connection to the academic ships, many consider probably be three sides of the issue, discussing various realm. This may come in the form of a their support contingent on whether all to four years before it’s really accessible complicated issues such as faculty com- paper, journal, or even a class. Graham students at the College will have equal to students,” she said. “We all have this pensation for summer work. The EAC acknowledged that pigeonholing intern- opportunities to access these intern- four-year concept within our brains, seeks to foster these debates while find- ships into certain academic fields might ships. and it will be hard for me to just walk ing a middle ground with a policy that be problematic. “It puts some students at a profound away and never reap the benefits of this would meet both student and faculty “We wouldn’t want to get too narrowly disadvantage compared to their wealthi- change, but I think it’s still powerful to needs. constrained to say that a certain course er peers. I wouldn’t want to support any leave a legacy.” “We want to be confident though that corresponds with a certain internship WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HERE? local Students Participate in Tour de Fracked Bike Ride; Raise Awareness about Looming Pipeline

By Allie Cohen On Saturday, Nov. 16, students took part in “Tour de Fracked,” a bike ride organized to peacefully protest the Vermont fracked gas pipeline that is proposed to run through Middlebury. The College has expressed its support for the pipeline, maintaining that it will provide an inexpensive, local form of energy for the school and residents of the town. Many students, however, are fighting the College’s stance because they believe the environmental and social side effects of fracking are too high of a price to pay. Hydraulic fracturing is a process of obtain- ing natural gas by pressurizing liquids, including harmful chemical substances, to fracture rock below the earth. These chemicals have the potential to leak into groundwater near wells and thus “It’s a fallacy that contaminate drinking water. Middlebury prides Rosalie Wright- itself on its progres- Lapin ’15, one of the organizers of the sive nature. Divset- bike ride, is fear- ful of the social is- ment and local food Students of the College took part in the Tour de Fracked bike ride in protesting the pipeine. sues associated with are longer term is- fracking. “[The] pipe- sues but the pipeline poses a major line could be built ethical paradox,” Wright-Lapin said. in February.” “Many argue that fracked gas will provide affordable zANE ANthony “clean” heat for Vermonters. The importance of making heat affordable for Ver- monters is undoubtedly a social justice issue — all humans (especially living in a climate like Vermont’s) should have access to affordable heat. However, the mere process of fracking disrupts towns and threatens the health and environment of those communities.” People in the residential communities near a fracking site are often put in compromising situations in which they do not usually have the power to change. This brings into question the ethics of using fracked gas. Zane Anthony ’16.5 is another passionate orchestrator of the Tour de Frack who wants to make the possible implementation of the pipeline, and the controversy over fracking in general, more of a focus on campus. At Pow- ershift, an environmental convention for students across the country that occurred over Fall courtesy Break, Anthony and others became motivated Students made posters, like the one above, advertising the event on the College campus. to do more related to the climate crisis and en-

vironmental justice movements. absence of strong activism for any other area. Anthony has been working with an organi- “[It’s] a fallacy [that] Middlebury prides it- zation called the Vermont Public Interest Re- self on its progressive nature — divestment and search Group (VPIRG), which aims to bring the [local] food are longer term [issues] but the voice of Vermont citizens to public policy de- pipeline could be built in February,” said An- bates. Anthony’s work with VPIRG helped him thony. “Now is the time, before it is built, for gain momentum for spearheading the Tour de people to see that they are opposed to it.” Fracked. According to Wright-Lapin, there are many The bike ride was meant to be a symbolic reasons to be opposed to the construction of the showing of “Middlebury activists riding togeth- pipeline. er in solidarity in opposition to the Vermont “Any organic farms through which the pipeline.” The Tour de Fracked group had ad- pipeline passes can no longer be organic, thus vertised for their cause. Other advertisements ruining the living that many hardworking Ver- were more creative, such as a caution-tape monters have built for themselves and their patch that served as a statement of solidarity, families,” said Wright-Lapin. because caution tape symbolizes the precau- “Providing affordable heat for some is only tionary principle; a huge element in the sus- a step towards social justice if it is not ruining tainability movement. Advertisements have in- the homes of others. Bettering people’s lives is Carol’s Hungry Mind Cafe has j u s t cluded flyers, notification of the local media, a only meaningful when it is not harming people planned conference and over 75 photo petitions on the other end,” she said. of students holding up their statements of dis- These students held Tour de Frack to bring approval of the pipeline. the broad spectrum of environmental issues, Despite their efforts, Anthony feels that en- and the effects that could result from the piple- vironmental activist groups are somewhat lack- ine for both the College and the Middlebury ing on campus. He noted the major focus on community to the attention of the college com- Courtesy of Hannah Bristol the issues of divestment and local food, and the munity at large. “Fund Solutions Not Pollution,” reads a sign. 6Local | november 21, 2013 Local USDA Invests in Addison 21 County Rural Development lowdown By Cassidy R. Campbell Mueller per county in Vermont in 2012 was about loan targets populations in rural areas of Each year, the United States Depart- $9,000,000, with investments in Addi- 10,000 people or less and has a 30-year ment of Agriculture spends billions of son County above the median investment fixed rate. “West Side Story” on Stage in Brandon dollars on agriculture, nutrition, regu- per county. Ted Brady, the state director The remaining 4 percent of the lation, conservation and rural devel- of the USDA Vermont and New Hamp- 2012 funding went to businesses in Ad- If you need an excuse to cry, watching “West Side Story” live is a pretty good opment. The shire Rural Develop- dison County in the form of grants. In one. Otter Valley Union High School will USDA’s Rural ment program, told Middlebury, $11,824 went to an eco- be hosting Walking Stick Theatre’s pro- D e v e l o p m e n t “It’s a smart invest- the Addison Indepen- nomic gardening program for four busi- duction of “West Side Story.” Advanced division in- dent that the program nesses in the form of a Rural Business ment on the behalf invests anywhere Enterprise Grant. The goal of the grant tickets are $8 at Carr’s Florist in Brandon vests some of and at the Otter Valley Union High School this money on of the taxpayer - from $5 to $10 mil- was to provide local entrepreneurs with lion in Addison Coun- competitive intelligence on markets, cus- Library. Tickets are $8 at the door for housing, com- they may see quite students and seniors, $10 for adults. munity facility every year. The tomers and competitors as well as virtual the return on in- loans and grants go to business counseling and other online ties, businesses NOV. 21, 7 – 9 PM and utilities in vestment.” farms, businesses and tools. rural Vermont. communities. Another business grant went to The goal of Last year in Ad- Green Mountain Organic Creamery, LLC the 40 or more Bill Suhr, Champlain orchards dison County, 96 per- in North Ferrisburgh to be used as work- programs of- cent of the funding ing capital to help make ice cream and Lecture on Bali in Bristol fered by the from the USDA Rural chocolate milk. In Starksboro, a $14,592 Rural Development Division is to pro- Development program went to housing Rural Energy for America Grant went to Join the community in hearing a lec- vide funding for land, equipment, work- programs. These programs included di- a farm to help with the purchase and in- ture by Dr. Carla Osgood and Dr. David ing capital, infrastructure and training or rect and guaranteed loans to families and stallation of a solar roof that will replace Osgood entitled “Bali: Consciousness, technical assistance, according to a sum- housing repair grants and loans. Guaran- 39% of the on-farm energy usage. Culture and Community” at the Lawrence mary of programs on the Vermont USDA teed housing loans constituted about 94 Just as the financial support for Memorial Library in Bristol. They have Rural Development website. percent of the total funding form Addi- projects at Champlain Orchards has spent 20 years teaching in Bali, and are sure to provide an invaluable perspective. The owners of Champlain Orchards, son County from the USDA program in also helped businesses connected to the Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott, have used 2012. farm, the loans and grants provided by NOV. 21, 7 PM – 8:30 PM some of these programs to grow and im- According to the programs summary the USDA are directly helping businesses prove their farm. Suhr told the Addison on the USDA Rural Development web- and families in Addison County while in- Indpendent that his farm has used loans site, the “Single Family Home Ownership directly improving the community and and grants from the USDA to install an Guaranteed Loans” are meant to assist local economy as a whole. Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale in irrigation system and provide housing moderate income families or individu- “It’s a smart investment on the be- Monkton for employees. The farm will soon build als in buying their homes by guarantee- half of the taxpayer — they may see quite greenhouses to extend the growing sea- ing loans made by private lenders. The the return on investment,” Suhr said. son and is working on converting a ware- not be missed! Head over to the Friends house into a refrigeration unit. All of Methodist Church, 78 Monkton Ridge these improvements in Suhr’s business anytime Saturday morning to shop for were funded in part by grants or loans some crafts and jewelry that were made from different divisions of the USDA, in- locally. Also enjoy homemade chocolate, cluding the Rural Development program. donuts, and other snacks! For more infor- According to the Addison indepen- mation, call 802-453-2870. dent, Suhr described the relationship NOV. 23, 9 AM – 2 PM between the programs and his farm as a win-win in which his business gets support and in turn other local businesses Ten Thousand Villages Craft Sale in benefit as well. Middlebury The Rural Development division of the USDA invested $8,261,382 in Addi- A two-day sale at the Memorial Baptist son County during the fiscal year 2012 Church will start this Friday. This could according to its report on projects by county in Vermont. Of the 14 counties up — your winter holiday gift shopping! in Vermont, the USDA program invested The event will feature interesting crafts the most in Chittenden County and the hand-made and by fairly paid artisans least in Essex County during 2012. and crafters from all over the world. The program’s average investment Courtesy Handicap accessible but, remember, cash or check only! For more information call (802) 453-5583.

‘Tis the Season — Volunteer in the NOV. 22-23, 3 – 6 PM Community! Volunteer for the United Way Be a Train Engineer for Turkey Trot and Gobble Wobble in Sheldon Museum’s Electric Middlebury Train Display work? Perhaps you feel passionately Craving more moth-like events? Love lis- tening to stories? Attend the StoryMatters It’s that time of year again. Sheldon meeting on Tuesday at Ilsley Library! The stability? Maybe you display profession- Museum in Middlebury is preparing local group will share stories all on the alism and enthusiasm? United Way of their annual electric train display. This topic of food. There will also be a teach- Addison County is looking for volunteers, wonderful tradition engages community ing session after the stories during which or “ambassadors,” available to help from members of many ages and backgrounds. trainers will help others with the process Jan. 13 through the end of March. The Sheldon Museum is seeking volunteers of storytelling. For more information, job consists of reading grant applications Lead Christmas Caroling at who are willing to be train engineers until email [email protected] mid-January. They are also searching for stability and participating in the process Porter Hospital volunteers to welcome guests and assist NOV. 24, 10 AM– 2 PM that follows. All those interested should in general management of the layout. contact Kate McGowan, the Executive Di- Looking for a way to get involved in the greater community in a meaningful way? Contact Ed Mcguire at edmcguire1964@ rector of United Way of Addison County gmail.com for more information or to Alpaca Open House in Brandon at [email protected] by Dec. 4. Join residents of Helen Porter, local girl scouts and local residents in Christmas pursue this position. caroling at Helen Porter during this an- Alpacas are exciting and now you’ll have nual event on Dec. 7 from 2:00 – 4:00 the chance to learn all about them. Maple p.m. Porter is searching for groups of View Farm Alpacas will be hosting the students as well as individuals who would 12th annual holiday open house where be interested in singing some carols at the you’ll have just the opportunity! Visitors event. Enjoy a hot chocolate bar, Christ- mas trees and general holiday spirit while into yarn at the Vermont Fiber Mill & Stu- engaging with the community during the dio. The event continues on Sunday. For holiday season! If you’re interested, con- more information call (802) 247-5412 or tact Laurie Borden at LBorden@porter- visit www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com. medical.org. Courtesy NOV. 30, 11 AM – 4 PM November 21, 2013| Advertisements 7 At Least We Get More Done !an !ese Guys

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Credit- represents the attempting to find a taken, providing the sort of tangible living or transportation costs, but no bearing internships should involve paid job. While the experience absent during the rest of more. To transpose such a policy to the demonstrated responsibility, a The Middlebury prevalence of unpaid the year. By offering credit for summer summer would be inherently regressive, supervisor who can impart meaningful Campus as work opportunities internships in addition to the J-term unfairly privileging those students who experiences, and a minimum number decided by the creates a number of internships that it already credits, can draw on other resources and forgo of a previous position. They shouldn’t editorial board. problems for those Middlebury would grant students more funding over the summer months while be a seasonal position or a continuation who don’t have the freedom for that exploration. still starting the year with money for of previous work. Students should resources and support to forgo a paid This is not just a case of adding books, food and the occasional day at have to complete an assignment – a more paths for students to get the 36 the ski slopes. journal or paper – that connects their credits necessary to Acknowledging experience to their broader education. graduate. Under the “The purpose of the credit-worthiness But beyond that, Middlebury should status quo, many changing the College’s of internships as allow flexibility to prevent the type unpaid internships an integral part of of career funneling that would strip editorial board are not available for policy is to increase the undergraduate away that which makes this community EDITOR-IN-CHIEF students who do not options for students education means diverse in experience. Kyle Finck receive college credit that their funding In an economy that has failed to MANAGING EDITOR for their efforts. The and to acknowledge should fall under significantly expand since the supposed Alex Edel purpose of changing the same umbrella end of the great recession, many BUSINESS MANAGER the important role of the College’s policy as financial aid. students fear that their liberal arts Sydney Larkin internship experience NEWS EDITORS is to increase options The typical summer education – valuable as it is – does not Emily Singer, Kelsey Collins, Claire Abbadi, for students and in an education.” stipend rarely covers provide them with all of the tools and Nate Sans to acknowledge full living expenses, expertise that employers now demand. OPINIONS EDITORS the important role of internship either in the summer or beyond. Middlebury already provides credit for Hannah Bristol, Zach Drennen, experience in an education. The option Needing more money than that should winter term internships. Expanding Jack Dolan to earn a maximum of two credits, in never disqualify a hard-working student this policy to the summer would not SPORTS EDITORS addition to the two already available in from seeking out the opportunities devalue the liberal arts experience but Damon Hatheway, J-term, would not replace the learning to learn pre-professional skills. Just would help to expand it year-round, Owen Teach, Alex Morris, Joe MacDonald LOCAL EDITORS opportunities gained through a broad as students who receive financial aid while conceding that students here Molly Talbert, Ilana Gratch array of courses. 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PHOTOS EDITORS Anthea Viragh, Paul Gerard DESIGN EDITOR Olivia Allen ONLINE EDITORS Fasting for the Philippines Greg Woolston, Maggie Cochrane COPY EDITOR 8,446 miles. That is how far it is time in a row where he has addressed climate change becomes an increasingly Dan Bateyko from Middlebury to Tacloban City, Phil- the international community at the an- THE CAMPUS VOICE HOSTS ippines. nual climate talk after a disastrous storm more frequent storms become the new Ian Stewart, Greta Neubauer When the Earth suffers, we suffer had struck his country. At present, youth climate norm, more and more people will The Opinions pages of The Middlebury Campus with it, but not everyone suffers equal- groups attending the conference in War- not have that food security. What should provide a forum for constructive and respectful ly. Today, the saw, as well as many people around the we do in order to be able to relate to them dialogue on substantive issues. With this in mind, Philippines is world and other Middlebury students, on a deeper, more personal level? Fasting The Campus reserves the right to deny publication Reader oped bearing much are also fasting. of all or part of a submission for any reason. This Ash Babcock ’17 is from of the bur- If this storm had happened in a attention to what they are going through includes, but is not limited to: the making of assertions based on hearsay; the relation of private den. Since our wealthier area, the damages done to hu- and keeps them in our thoughts. It helps conversations; the libelous mention of unverifi- Adrian Leong ’16 is c o m m u n i t y man lives may not have been so great. to bring us closer to the reality of the able events; the use of vulgar language or per- from Hong Kong often tends to An IPCC report from 2011 shows that 95 words and images that we hear and see sonal attacks. 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Our idea of fasting for climate jus- mate disasters.” Publication is every Thursday of the academic tice came from the Filipino delegate to At the end of year, except during official college vacation pe- riods and final examinations. Editorial and busi- the UN climate talk, Mr. Yeb Saño. He the day, we still ness offices are located in Hepburn Hall Annex, is fasting for the whole length of the know that we will Middlebury College. The Middlebury Campus is current conference “until meaningful have food available Tamir Williams produced on Apple Macintosh computers using outcome is in sight”. This is the second for us to eat. But as Adobe InDesign CS5 and is printed by the Press Republican in New York. The advertising deadline for all display and classified advertising is 5 p.m. Friday for the following week’s issue. Mailing ad- Because of an editorial error, the article, “Crossroads Swimming in Sushi Profits” published on Nov. dress: The Middlebury Campus, Drawer 30, Mid- 14 in the News section contained incorrect information. In both the article and the graphic, the num- dlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 05753. Business Correcton phone: (802) 443-5737. Please address distribu- bers cited as profits were for sales, not profits. The numbers for beverage sales in 2012 and 2013 were tion concerns to the Business Director. First class flipped. They sold 1,100 beverages in 2012 and 5,006 in 2013. The article, “Winter Sports Preview” postage paid at Middlebury, Vt., 05753. published on Nov. 14 in the Sports section reported that Erzsebet Nagy ’17 was NESCAC Cross Country champion. She came in second place at the NESCAC Cross Country Championships. The Campus regrets these errors. Graphic Assistance by Ben Hawthorne and Evan Gallagher |November 21, 2013 opinions9 Why Drones Can’t Win Wars Double-tap. Explosion. Dust. Blood. Celebra- sequences could prove to be severe. Many fear All that they ensure is further delaying the peace tions. It reads like a resume of a more traditional that act of aggression will compromise the efforts process and disillusioning allied states. military confrontation but in these modern in- in Pakistani politics to enter into dialogue with How would the U.S. feel if one of their allies stances no one has to touch the Taliban as they attempt to establish some de- were to kill a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil because a gun or even look their en- gree of stability in the tribal north of the country. they posed a possible threat to that allied state? eyes on the emy in the face. Welcome Revenge attacks that will inevitably affect civil- This is a U.S. regime with plummeting prestige to the world of Unmanned ians (supposedly our side) have been threatened. on the international scene and one of the few outside Aerial Vehicles. Furthermore, the newly nominated leader of the things it should be glad to have on its side in its Jack George ’16 is from Many governments, pri- Taliban, Mullah Fazrullah, “war on terror” is a gov- London, U.K. vate firms and individuals is infamous for being be- “How would the U.S. feel if ernment committed to operate these every day. They are not necessarily hind the group that shot the one of their allies were to fighting the same cause — armed — but they can be, and often are, when in brave Malala Yousafzai in it is of course in Pakistan’s the hands of regimes such as that of the United the head for trying to get an kill a U.S. citizen on U.S. interest to disable violent States. They have been quite rightly subject to education. There are hopes soil because they posed militant groups within its much controversy — especially surrounding the that, due to his less explicit borders. But to overstep issue of whether or not it would be legal for them links to the majority of the a possible threat to that national sovereignty in to shoot down U.S. citizens living and operating Taliban associated tribes, allied state?” such a regular and foolish in militant groups abroad, etc. Fazrullah will have less di- manner can have very lit- A few weeks back, Hakimullah Mehsud, the rect control over the Tali- tle benefit in the long run. leader of the Taliban, was killed by a drone attack ban’s total operations. Does this mean that they Furthermore, the precision of drone strikes in the north of Pakistan. One of the West’s ideo- will wither away and disappear? Of course not. is also questionable, in large part through the logical nemeses was taken out without any loss of Drone attacks on specific individuals, especially regular use of the double-tap, which ensures a life on “our side.” A success by the standards of if they are being targeted for their political posi- second bombing of the same location only a few short-term reale politique perhaps but the con- tions, can only ever replace one evil with another. moments after the initial blast, inevitably harming those who first respond to the scene of the attack. The ethical use of drones in “normal” warfare is an altogether different question, and one can, with some optimism, imagine a future in which drones fight themselves with no human lives are lost or at stake. But in the world that we live in, the careless abuse of an allied sovereignty for attacks that have highly questionable outcomes, should not be supported. The U.S. would not allow it on its own territory and if it cannot uphold that most basic of reciprocities then how can it expect to be taken as a serious mediator of international affairs, let alone “the world’s police- Samantha Wood man.” Cheaters Never Win, and Neither Should Enablers Cheating at a competitive place Middlebury student body or even and that students would be deterred ration, critical thinking, account- like Middlebury will never go away, those in the same classes in which from cheating if it directly affected ability and empathy — the qualities but it is possible to change the in- the cheating occurs, because the their (honest) friend’s grades. In that define great leaders — could be centives that currently allow its vast majority of people we are in addition, a curve would prevent a step towards a better Middlebury. tolerance. Beyond being lazy and competition with for jobs are at departments, professors and indi- The job environment we are en- counter-productive to education, other colleges and universities. vidual courses from having widely tering is extremely competitive, but cheating is a collective action prob- That some under-qualified, over- different GPAs that are totally un- collaboration — even when there is lem. The best stressed Middlebury students get related to the no obvious way to prevent better GPAs by cheating seems mor- difficulty of “You and I may have self-interest Warm Glow cheating — in ally ambiguous: at least it is a fellow the course (cue never cheated, but the involved — is Hudson Cavanagh ’14 addition to in- MiddKid and, hey, nobody wants to Chinese, Phys- how prob- is from New York, N.Y. vesting in steps be a tattletale. Our imagined comics and Murray burden of responsibility lems are like plagiarism munion with “Billy” personalizes Dry’s students to proactively prevent solved, in- detection software and proctoring his actions, making them relatively nodding their cheating falls on all of us.” dustries are all tests at Middlebury — is to make more palatable. The truth is cheat- heads vigor- a d v a n c e d sure we each have skin in the game. ing undermines our education no ously). and disrup- The story of cheating at Mid- matter what — it creates a perverse Mean grades for all courses tive technologies are invented. How dlebury is not only about “Billy,” incentive structure that devalues should be set at the average grade we train the next generation of lead- the anonymous Middlebury stu- hard work, and rewards willingness for the entire student body, roughly ers should reflect this reality. dent in Jessica Cheung’s exposé of to break community values. just worse than a B+. Exceptions Learning to behave morally Middlebury’s academic dishonesty; Regularly running student work could be made for seminars and within a competitive atmosphere is it is also about how Middlebury’s through plagiarism detection soft- small courses, while the rules could one of the most important lessons policies enable cheating. Roughly ware is a no-brainer so long as the be flexible enough to allow profes- Middlebury should aspire to im- one in three students anonymously burden on professors is not egre- sors discretion in evaluating stu- part to its students. The liberal arts self-report cheating, while the true gious. Regularly proctoring exams, dents. On the whole, however, we are not about a prohibition of pre- number is likely higher. The unde- even if not by professors, is simi- would have a more meritocratic sys- professional course offerings, but niable truth is cheating is rampant larly necessary, because trust-based tem, an incentive to crack down on rather a holistic education in lieu at Middlebury. proctoring has been a failure. Any cheating, and more consistent grad- of skill-based training. Ethical self- You and “The truth is cheating peace of mind ing between majors and professors, awareness is central to what “learn- I may have gained by not all without changing the average ing how to think” really means. never cheat- undermines our education having a pro- grade. Reform is not only necessary; ed, but the no matter what — it creates fessor in the Would such a change create it is possible. The willingness of burden of room is over- more competition, and fuel more our administration and our student responsibil- a perverse incentive shadowed by cheating? Would it lead to a less col- body to constantly and critically ity to proac- structure that devalues the cheating it laborative atmosphere in and out reevaluate our values and policies tively prevent enables. of the classroom? Perhaps, but that is one of Middlebury’s greatest in- cheating falls hard work, and rewards But making is exactly where there is need for a stitutional strengths, and it is time on all of us, willingness to break lasting changes new honor code, based on fostering that we took advantage of it. i n c l u d i n g community values.” require a more solidarity and collaboration within a Here is how we do it: public, the student radical step: competitive space. transparent discourse. Looking to body, student final grades for Academic life is, by its very the the exceptional journalism con- governance, staff (including Old courses should be determined by a nature, competitive — creating a ducted at middbeat and The Cam- Chapel) and faculty. Our academic normal distribution curve within grade-based curve would only ex- pus this year, student-run media system is failing, in the language of each course, especially in larger, plicitly acknowledge that fact. As at Middlebury is of a higher caliber the honor code, to provide the “ethi- lecture courses with less variability currently constructed, our academic now that it ever has been during my cal, and social qualities essential for in the “average student”. This idea honor code is redundant, cheating is tenure at Middlebury. A curve may leadership.” is based on the belief that Middle- equally prohibited with or without not be the way to go, but we need When students cheat in intro- bury students would not acquiesce it. In contrast, an honor code based to construct an alternative academ- ductory Econ courses, it does not to rampant cheating in their class on actively encouraging positive ic model, because the status quo is significantly affect the rest of the if it directly hurt their own grades, community values, such as collabo- failing us. 10 opinions November 21, 2013 | Drops in the Bucket Akrasia is the ancient Greek word for “weak- formance of its 1997 Kyoto Protocol blunder. As they are being hidden behind congressional back- ness of will,” or, in other words, acting against world players gather in Warsaw, Poland for UN doors, I cannot say. To open up fuel markets for one’s better judgment. This past week makes me climate talks, the tone coming from Congress is more petroleum consumption while simultane- think that the U.S. might have itself a bad case of less than enthusiastic. While some elected officials ously resisting active contribution to mitigating the stuff when it comes to climate questions. like Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass) and Ben Cardin problems caused by that consumption sets us up As Greenwire and The (D-Md.) favor U.S. involvement in an international for nothing but failure. A few billion gallons of al- New York Times report, the climate agreement, the two acknowledge that the ternative fuels might only be a small portion of our Green Piece EPA lowered federal renew- present makeup of the Senate will make it extraor- total energy mix, but when we actively undermine Julian Macrone ’14 is able fuel targets for the first dinarily difficult to win U.S. support for any such progress, we drill holes in the water buckets that from Clifton, N.J. time since 2007. Up until last measure. are supposed to help us put out a climate fire that Friday, the agency had hoped The President’s administration and others is only growing. to have roughly 18.15 billion worldwide have pledged to develop an interna- gallons of renewable fuels blended into the rest of tional arrangement to address the climate crisis the petroleum-based gasoline and diesel fuels on by 2015, which would likely go into effect by 2020. the market — 3.75 billion gallons of which was to However, sentiments from Senator John Barraso include advanced biofuels not (R-Wyo.) that effectively damned derived from corn inputs. On the “Investing in more EPA regulations for power plants revision, the nation’s fuel mix resilient pathways for their economic effects as must contain 15.21 billion gallons well as those of Senator Warren of renewable fuels, 13.01 billion makes more sense than Hatch (R-Utah) who appealed to being conventional ethanol and leaving our future up to the “legitimate question of sci- 2.2 billion gallons of advanced ence” regarding the legitimacy biofuels. The question concern- chance.” of claims about climate change ing the viability of ethanol as an indicate that conservatives dog- alternative fuel notwithstanding, the EPA’s move matic denials of the facts might undermine yet an- appears to me to be little more than a concession other opportunity for the U.S. to take a leadership to industry pressures. role in the global climate battle. That the rollback was called “a step in the right When the best evidence repeatedly points us direction” by Jack Gerard, CEO of the American towards taking action, we have seemed to develop a Petroleum Institute, disturbs me almost as much as nasty habit of turning the other cheek and neglect- his follow-up comment that “more must be done.” ing where our best deliberations might take us. The EPA justifies its decision by appeal to the lack There is no denying that economic concerns of market support for alternative fuels both at should be an important consideration, but as my the pump and on the assembly line. However, the fellow columnist and editor, Zach Drennan, point- agency fails in any real way to provide an offsetting ed out last week, fossil fuels — especially new, measure for the corresponding boom in domestic riskier extraction methods — are hardly a safe petroleum production in recent years. With less long-term investment. Investing in more resilient support for renewables and increased production pathways makes more sense than leaving our fu- of conventional fuels, reductions in emissions from ture up to chance. nationwide automobile traffic take a huge hit. Policymakers, unfortunately, still see some In another equally depressing news bit, the reason to gamble on carbon — whether they are Amr Thameen U.S. seems to be preparing itself for a repeat per- reasons to which we average citizens are blind or if only likes could help

Amr Thameen HAVE AN OPINION? WEIGH IN TODAY |November 21, 2013 opinions11 The Case for Alumni Interviews ePanther To the Editors of the Middlebury current matriculated students of the Campus, College received an interview from an 2 ATMs on campus No minimum balance We would like to offer some com- alumni or alumnae. (Student Center and the No monthly fee ments and clarification on the article As alumni interviewers, we realize Library) plus 4 free ATMs entitled “Reading and Ranking: Shap- that our conversations only represent ing the Class one aspect of an applicant’s overall near campus (Middlebury eStatement of 2018” in the profile, which also include high school Market & Cafe, 30 Main St., Free online banking Letter to November 14, transcripts, test scores, recommenda- 15 Seymour St. and Rte 7 So.) 2013 issue of tions and other application materials, Free bill pay the Editor the Middlebury both objective and subjective. Our ef- Over 100 additional On behalf of the Campus. forts, however, do make a difference free ATMs (Falcon Network) Free mobile banking undersigned First, thank as our conversations with applicants you for spend- provide direct insight into the most members of the ing time with subjective and very important “per- Alumni Admissions the Admissions sonal category” of an application, as Program Office to shed referenced by Dean of Admissions, some light on a Greg Buckles, in your article. process that is often perceived at best As leaders of AAP, we are all proud as “opaque,” and at worst downright of our work. Looking at alumni admis- frustrating. All of us, undergrads and sions programs at peer institutions, graduates alike, have gone through Middlebury’s AAP is often recognized the college admissions process, and as a model of the college admissions all of us at one point have wondered process in terms of the number of in- what goes on behind the scenes to se- terviews completed and the quality of N R A ! P lect the next new class of Middlebury the reports.

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With that said, we wanted to higher education is changing rapidly support and make some clarifying and in ways that many of us do not comments on your article about the fully comprehend. The college appli- Admissions process and how applicant of today is smarter, global, so- AN cants are considered. While the arti- cially-networked and more technolog- cle quotes Manuel Carballo, Director ically advanced than we ever thought ePanther of Admissions, as saying, “we aren’t possible. In order to make sure that ACC interviewing students or having con- Middlebury continues its tradition of NO minimum balance versations with them”, the reality is attracting the best and the brightest, or monthly fee that many applicants are still being programs like AAP are critical to the interviewed. Last year, Middlebury’s overall process, and we are proud to Alumni Admissions Program (AAP) know that all of the work done by the interviewed over 6,000 of the more alumni/ae volunteers of the College is than 9,000 undergraduate applica- valuable and appreciated by the Ad- tions received by the College. missions Office. The AAP is the College’s largest Best regards, alumni volunteer program with al- Ed Soh – ’94, AAP National Chair most 2,500 active participants and and MCAA Board Member over 3,800 members. The program Wendy Russell Tracy – ’95, AAP #"! $877-508-8455 has members across the world, in National Chair and MCAA Board nearly every country and every state. Member $ $B $ B $ In fact, the Admissions Office esti- Skip D’Aliso – ’87, AAP National mates that at least 50 percent of the Chair and MCAA Board Member

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The Landlord’s Perspective rom the landlord’s perspective, off-cam- ing their rent,” he said. pus living is “really not that exciting,” Though Jette noted that students always come Weybridge Street according to Peter Jette, who owns the through on payments, he mentioned other hitches in eight-apartment building above Taste of the system, such as students who have become ac- Out on 5 IndiaF and the free-standing Weybridge House. customed to dorm living. “Middlebury kids are pretty responsible overall,” “They’ve clearly never had the responsibility of Jette said of his experience. renting an apartment before,” he said. “They may Hannah Macgoun, who has owned 59 Shannon call me if they have a clogged toilet, which is really not my department. Living in a dorm, you can call on “Most of the students are pretty responsible and somebody for virtually anything, but when you’re a 1 will keep it in good shape and let you know if some- tenant it’s a different set of circumstances.” the town Though apartment life doesn’t come with the An in-depth look at off-campus housing Macgoun added that she often prefers to rent to perks of a dorm, demand for off-campus living spac- 3 students instead of certain members of the town or es has remained high throughout both Macgoun and By Isabelle Stillman, Jessica Cheung, & Joe Flaherty surrounding area. Jettes’ experiences. Jette is already receiving calls design by Olivia Allen Court Street “I’ve rented to some people who are in Section from students looking to rent the apartments in the 4 Taste of India building next fall. some problems with some of them where they don’t 2 report things until it’s drastic.” all of them,” Jette said, who turns away two or three Jette and Macgoun both cite noise and partying as apartments’ worth of students each year. He believes ith about 96 percent of the student more variety in terms of housing options – apartments, some of the biggest issues with their tenants, but both body living on-campus for all four houses – as well as the option to live off the College have had to interfere only a handful times. housing. years, off-campus housing is not the meal plan. Students will often say that they are looking - norm at the College. With all the for a ‘homey’ experience.” goun has her tenants under control. to rent the same apartment,” Macgoun said. amenitiesW a student could want offered on-campus, Stevens said the attractions of the residential col- “I live right next door, so I can kind of keep an eye many students do not see the rationale for striking out lege experience fade slightly by senior year. on some of the parties and,” she said with a pause, “Living in dormitories and social houses was fun “nighttime activities.” group if another seems more “responsible.” In both landlords’ experience, students have been Associate Dean of Students for Residential and Stu- be people around and things going on,” she said. “But, receptive to complaints. trailing off. Sometimes all-female groups can be “all dent Life Doug Adams wrote in an email that enroll- as we got older, my friends and I no longer wanted to College Street “They’re all responsible and will go along with right,” but Macgoun prefers mixed gender groups. ment does not factor into the number of students who live with people we did not know and we wanted to be turning down the music or moving inside,” said Mac- Overall, Jette and Macgoun have both had posi- choose to pursue off-campus housing. able to have parties and gatherings without factoring in goun. tive experiences, saying their tenants are consistently “The numbers of students living off-campus have the other residents, Public Safety, etc.” Jette also cites students’ busy lives as a small reliable and responsible. been fairly consistent over the last decade – ranging However, moving off-campus can come at a cost. glitch in the landlord-tenant process. from 90-110,” wrote Adams. “Student enrollment has Obviously, expenses such as rent, utilities and trans- “The top of their priority list isn’t necessarily pay- little impact on these numbers.” portation come into play, as well as a new set of rules South Main Street Only seniors are able to apply for off-campus hous- regarding living next to non-student neighbors. artwork by Charlotte Fairless ing. The 104 students currently living off-campus cite Faculty as Landlords different reasons for wanting to have some distance with its headaches that students living on-campus do from the College. not have to worry about. 3 eniors Jeff Hetzel ’14 and Damon Ha- Whereas the rest of us are packed right in the edge “I decided to live off-campus because I wanted to “I think each housing challenge that has arisen for 1 2 theway ’13.5 are kicking up their feet, have the opportunity to assume responsibility for how me since living off-campus has less to do with Middle- sinking deep into the couch, making I lived,” wrote Anna Stevens ’13.5 in an email. “This bury’s housing system or protocol than miscommuni- themselves perfectly at home — in a family of four and two dogs. ChairS of the English Department Brett Millier’s “The best part of living in a house is choosing includes both the tedious things – paying bills, con- cations with my landlords,” said Stevens. tacting landlords when things break, being respectful Last year, she and her housemates were not allowed home, that is. the pace at which I live,” Hatheway said. “I think of neighbors – and the positive things: being able to access to the basement where the boiler was located Currently on leave for the academic year, Mil- when you live on campus, with everyone else, you paint my apartment, have candles, and have large gath- and as a result were unable to keep track of their oil lier and Assistant Professor of American Studies tend to get caught up at the pace at which everyone erings.” levels. Karl Lindholm have together rented out their fam- else lives their lives, which can often feel very dif- Other students, like Molly Shane ’13.5, said they “Multiple times over the winter we had to pay for ily home off Cider Mill Road to the two students ferent from how you live. Having our own space liked living outside the “Middlebury bubble.” emergency oil to be delivered to us,” she said. “This who would have otherwise lived in Forest Hall, means that I’m far more intentional about when “It is so easy to feel isolated and detached from the was extremely frustrating, as we had to pay for mis- having been ticketed one of the dreaded numbers I’m at home, when I’m on campus and what I do town of Middlebury when you live up on the hill, sleep takes that had been out of our control.” in the housing lottery. Hetzel and Hatheway were with my time.” in dorms, and eat in dining halls,” wrote Shane in an At many other colleges and universities, the deci- lucky, but it was only because Millier’s luck had Whether thrilled by or scared by this aspect of email. “Living off-campus has allowed me to feel far sion to live off-campus is not much of a decision at all. run out a little bit. living in a professor’s house, Hetzel cryptically more connected to this community than ever before.” The vast majority of upperclassmen at the University “The advice one hears is generally pretty clear: said in an email: “There are books everywhere.” Laura Lowry ’14 explained that some friends chose of Wisconsin – Madison choose to live in apartments don’t rent to students and if you do, get a huge The matchmaking between prospective renters, to live off-campus because of a combination of factors. or houses that are considered to be off-campus hous- security deposit,” Millier wrote in an email. “So and Millier and Lindholm were also complicated “They decided to live off-campus to save money renting to students was, frankly, our last op- by the fact that taking care of her two dogs was and to get away from campus and the social scene,” “Apartments and houses are typically cheaper than tion. Fortunately, my husband knew Damon and part and parcel of moving in. But Hetzel and Ha- - residence halls,” wrote University of Wisconsin junior 4 5 Jeff, trusted them implicitly. Our next door neigh- theway were upright and excited about it. pus every night really lowers her stress level.” Jared Peroutky in an email. “The average cost of a dorm bors also know Damon well, so there was quite a Feeding, walking and taking care of the dogs Adams said that a highly active social and academic at UW-Madison is around $7,500 for nine months. You bit of reassurance available to us.” are just a few among many real world routines Ha- scene on-campus is central to the College’s identity. At the head of the running for Millier and Lind- theway and Hetzel wouldn’t have otherwise got “Middlebury is a residential college. As such, stu- $7,000 or cheaper.” holm’s house were incoming faculty members — into if they stayed on-campus. dent life happens on the campus – classes, dining, ex- The typical rental options in Middlebury include members whom the College usually hires on one- “Paying rent, for example, is relatively straight- tracurricular organizations, athletics, events, etc.,” he locations on Court Street, apartments above the restau- year terms. According to Millier, these incoming forward, but everyone should learn,” Hatheway added. “This immersive, residential experience is a rant Taste of India, a rental below the champagne bar hires generally make up the demand for faculty- said. “When your landlords are people you know, core element to the College’s mission where learning on College Street and property above Leatherworks. owned houses in the rent market. So the College, you develop a different relationship: tenant-land- happens both inside and outside the classroom.” Millier wrote, is “the major player among landlord. You have to have that relationship indepen- Nevertheless, the residential experience may be housing is a kind of education in its own right. The lords in town — at least in the faculty maker and dent from your personal one. Making terms agree- both a blessing and a curse, especially to students who process of house-hunting was described by Rita Croce much depends on how much the college housing is able for both sides should happen in a vacuum.” feel overwhelmed. ’14.5 as “The Game.” available in the year one is on leave.” Negotiating with a professor on rent prices “Students who live off-campus are sometimes “There’s no one source of information for off-cam- And there is a supply, too. When College facul- “went similarly to how it would making plans with seeking distance from the hubbub of campus living; pus housing,” she said. “You have to do your research, ty members go on their full-year leave, they tend to anyone. The student-professor relationship is close something more independent and subdued than their talk to as many sources as you can, and visit a wide put their property on the rental market. In Millier’s in this case — they care about us and know us per- residence hall,” wrote Adams. “Other reasons cited variety of options. You have to know how to negotiate case, she “talked with perhaps half a dozen incom- sonally — but we don’t take the fact that we are by students include a desire to live closer to the local with the landlord on rent, learn about various kinds of ing faculty members — every one of them ended living in their family’s home lightly.” community; a change from living on-campus; want- utilities, and ask the right questions ... or at least know up living in a College-owned house or apartment.” And as for the house rule? Millier says, “We ing to live on their own. Off-campus living can offer how to bull**** them.” You could call this idea of a student living in have not felt ‘boundary issues’ with our student photos by Joe Flaherty a professor’s house while they are away bizarre, renters. I am sure they know enough to blackmail 1 Leatherworks apartments 2 The Blossom Basket on Bakery Lane 3 Taste of India Apartments 4 The Apartments at Sama’s 5 High Street Apartments but Hetzel and Hatheway say it is pretty awesome. us if they want to. But let’s hope not!” 14features | november 21, 2013 ¡AMurica! Blackbird Presents The Orchard, a New Online Journal for Student Art By Charlotte Boghossian graphic design of the site in collabora- verge with this a bit because we felt that tion with other Blackbird staff. “Making anyone who makes art deserves more at- Blackbird, a literary arts magazine, the website was not hard to do, it just tention than a brief glance and a quick will present its new online branch, The hadn’t been done. I think some of the judgment.” Orchard, on Friday, Nov. 22, in tandem reluctance comes from the attachment Walcoff agreed, pointing out that the with the release of Blackbird’s biannual to the print edition, which is great and majority of student work gets overlooked publication. The magazine’s Editing important to continue, but there are so by the subjective eyes of a literary maga- Board, which includes editors of both many more forms of art that it was just zine reading and art board. publications, will host a launch party at crazy there was no place for that.” The mission to expand the body of The Mill on Friday night, featuring live The magazine’s team sees the new work that can be published and appre- music and readings, to celebrate the first online component as a natural extension ciated on campus embodies the online website dedicated to all forms of art on of Blackbird. publication’s vision to expand what it By Joy Zhu campus. The Orchard aims to uncover “The key difference is that the on- means to be an artist at the College. art created with little or no recognition – At home in Hong Kong, I used to be line section will be updated regularly,” “A large portion of this campus is from intro classes to thesis work to free- able to just stand up and go anywhere. George said. “We’re looking to do the creating great work that hasn’t been time experimentation – which Blackbird Right now, any means of travel requires same thing online that the literary maga- tapped into, and these people aren’t re- cannot accomplish with a page limit. meticulous premeditation. zines does here, which is to source and ally seen as artists,” Itin said. “We’re re- “We think that a large portion of this Sometimes I feel like I am stuck on promote the best creative content on ally hoping to expand both the audience campus is creating great work that hasn’t an island, in every sense of the word (be- campus.” and the people who identify themselves been tapped into, and these people and lieve it or not, Middlebury is built on a The Orchard will function much as as artists.” their art get little recognition,” said Elli slope so as to avoid a flood if there ever Blackbird does: as a As of now, Itin ’16, one of The Orchard’s online edi- were one). student run organi- “A large portion of this the editors have tors. “We’re really hoping to expand both Next time when you say you are in zation with a reading rounded up the audience and the people who identify campus is creating great the middle of nowhere, think twice and board that reviews enough creative themselves as artists.” look again. While I was taking a study submissions. The work that hasn’t been content to go live Such is the aim of the online forum, break outside Battell, I noticed that the content deemed the on Friday, and which represents a collaborative ef- tapped into. We’re really rocks that make up the walls of the first- best will be printed hope the site will fort by Blackbird Editor-in-Chief Jack year dorm are ingrained with bark-like in one of Blackbird’s hoping to expand both the develop overtime George ’16, and new Online Editors patterns. I’m no expert on plant biology biannual publica- audience and the people with the help of Wendy Walcoff ’16, Elli Itin ’16 and Isa- but I believe they must have been fossil- tions, and the rest the student body. belle Stillman ’16. who identify themselves ized plantlife. Look closer: blots spread will be handed over “We think “It’s a partnership that came from in radial networks ingrained in walls, to The Orchard for as artists.” once it’s up and a convergence of ideas,” Stillman said. clinging on like some kind of viral dis- review. running, it will be “Wendy, Elli and I had this idea in the ease. Berries break out from the walls The Orchard is Elli itin ’16 more or less self- spring and Blackbird was having it at the like pimples on a teenager’s face. outlined to function THE ORCHARD ONLINE EDITOR propelled,” Wal- same time. When we realized we were Middlebury is actually ripe with as a blog of a myriad coff said. trying to do the same thing, we thought insidious plantlife. Yesterday, while I of creative work, rather than a selective Everyone involved in the project we might as well partner.” was walking back to my dorm, I was handful of pieces. shares an overarching goal of broaden- Though Blackbird provides an exem- frightened by the sight of a leaf that “It should be more accessible, cel- ing the reach and scope of creative con- plary literary outlet, the team is taking moved across the ground in the wind — I ebratory and inclusive rather than elite,” tent at the College. on this new endeavor in order to broad- thought it was a frog. Itin said. “We think there’s tons of won- “We are united in this process been the stage for student art beyond the You never really notice that trees are derful work being produced and we want cause there is a lot of creative content on pages of a literary magazine, by includ- of a certain breed until your foot gets there to be a more inclusive forum for it this campus,” George said. “There are a ing more mediums and welcoming more bruised from stepping on a chestnut, and to be published.” lot of incredible people here; they just submissions. the ground is strewn with the carnage of The Orchard and Blackbird editors need a uniform platform on which they All content featured in Blackbird mashed fruit. The sight is decadent, es- erased the boundary between the two can express themselves. The Orchard will appear on The Orchard, but because pecially since they are delectable. groups as their ideas merged, and the will be more accessible, more open to of the space that the online format pro- Moreover, Middlebury’s trees are two Boards have worked in tandem to everyone.” vides, the website will feature additional excessively fruitful, especially since, bring this new branch of the arts publi- “Blackbird’s goal of highlighting content, branching out into a wider va- compared to gymnosperms, the repro- cation to life. great art is something that we share,” riety of mediums including music, film duction of angiosperms is much more Both Walcoff and Stillman served on Stillman added. “The Orchard will be a and dance. energetically expensive, given that it re- the Blackbird reading board last spring, platform for the student body, not for a For Walcoff, Itin and Stillman the quires both male and female structures and from their experience, hoped to cre- select group of people. Even though we idea was born out of the notable lack of as well as the factor of chance — pollina- ate a publication that served a different will filter and organize things so that it such an online publication on campus. tion by bees or whatever means. Favor- role on campus than the print magazine. is conducive to having it on a website, it “It was shocking to us that there able genes may also be lost in the pro- “I felt the board was quick to judge is a site for students to see each other’s was no online forum for art at Midd,” cess of recombination. in a way that disrespected the artists’ work, share their work and be inspired said Walcoff, who has spearheaded the The reason that canopies burgeon work,” Stillman said. “We decided to di- by each other.” to such thicknesses and trunks grow to such great heights must have something to do with the stability of our environment, and possibly the length of time “Just last week they in which it is stuck in this unchanging environment had a paint dance – I This must have been the logic of our walked through that a step towards social education. When we are here, time stops and came out looking dead, the universe stops orbitting for us - to mature intellectually. like a rainbow. Luckily, - Lung Ying-tai, a Taiwanese essayist, it was all washable ... ers. Bettering people’s once said that Hong Kong lacks culture because there is no place for people to The second year that I congregate and linger; everything must was a night watchman when it is not harm- be rapidly progressing on a certain tra- ing people on the other jectory. The reason there is a differnt culture in Europe is that people stop — end.” in cafés plazas — to ruminate about life, in one night. They had – Tour de Fracked books and philosophy. Space is created in the absence of excessive stress. to call in custodial and participant Rosalie The greatest works of art are borne OVER- everybody.” Wright-Lapin ’15 out of social unrest and human suffer- – Night Watchman Tom ing. Ernest Hemingway once said that an unhappy childhood is the best training HEARD Raymond for a writer. Censorship in Russia and China led to the production of many a “This is like Rocky. The boys have to believe great works of literature and film. Where would “1984” be without totalitarian re- IN THE gimes? We cannot create poignant mean- – Head Rugby Coach John Phillips ing out of nothing; and yet among ev- CAMPUS erything that flew out of Pandora’s box everything but one — ‘hope’ — is the alternative to perching on the edge of the abyss. november 21, 2013 features15 Raymond Runs the Nightly Watch By Joe Flaherty campus is illuminated by a full moon, and the Tom Raymond is on the clock, checking in for Dining, Dating, BEHIND & Dashing THE VEST By Ryan Kim for SGA President, and escaped the burden Joe Flaherty Night Watchman Tom Raymond checks a sprinkler system in the basement of the CFA. Raymond climbs into the cab of the pick lesson not lost on Raymond. At one point, a checking buildings. Burlington Airport. But none of this really matters because, assistance to them if they need us for some you catch it rather than it leaking all night, and either shut her hand. it off or get s o m e o n e in here to it starts friends. Boarding school gradually eroded r u n n i n g t h r o u g h in social house basements also played their the ceiling, part. it makes a big dif ference in damage is Bicentennial Hall, Raymond described one of a mild regret. checking the roof of Bicentennial Hall and Raymond said he sees a discouraging to parties (because he has tinnitus, a legacy ment. of the middle school rock band) has a little near the railing. ter madhouse than do the shapely, athletic all kinds of mechanical rooms, making sure could be attributed to the fact that, for a lot of Checking the air compression of sprin are almost as dissatisfying as holding out relies on a certain amount of air compression many of t h e Number of hours on Tom Raymond’s build night shift on Saturday. Raymond little risks. ings on behind the 5 also works to deliver the Addison campus, Independent. a n d Number of staff on the night watch Ray team. Raymond, Bushey, and College. m o n d DeLorenzo walk and drive different 3 has to routes around campus. r e c o r d t h e and sprayed in one night where pres 13 additional custodial staff had to be called in to clean up the mess. s u r e nightly Most people Raymond has ever seen in to en the Mill at one time. 400 sure the system Number of stairs on the night though memorable nonetheless. is not watchman walk route, by 1,750 Raymond’s count. Numb3rs ed by a faulty amount of pressure. going to take a different date to a different Sure enough, as Raymond entered social Raymond checks the pressure of sprinkler route. a good laugh. During an early stop on his route, Ray Alumni Center. Walking to a corner of the Salisbury, Vermont after the staff member, kitchen, he deftly pulled out a grey rectan true romance. arts sciences Boston Marriage Farcically Explores Love

Paul Gerard Meghan Leathers ’13.5 dismisses her maid, played by Charlotte Michaelcheck ’15, as she banters with Christina Fox ’13.5 about the rules and obstacles in their relationship.

By Leah Lavigne ly recognizable, Anna sporting her lovers’ as, I suspect, Michaelcheck’s extremely ex- In response to criticism that he could family heirloom emerald necklace, touching pressive eyebrows and facial expressions). lot of effort to appear at ease, and Leathers, only write for men, playwright David Mamet its garish size to reinforce its representation Though the Irish – no, Scottish – maid Michaelcheck and Fox performed gracefully penned the farcical “Boston Marriage” in has intimate access to Anna and Claire’s and naturally under Schwartwald’s direc- 1999, following two Victorian era women as to be the key to the development of the plot, lives, in many respects she holds, like the au- tion. they explore their relationships with each Claire’s lover stealing away to Anna’s resi- dience, the role of an objective viewer, sepa- The audience responded so well to “Bos- other and the people who surround them. - rated by class, nationality, and her love for ton Marriage” because it made them laugh, The play enjoyed a Nov. 14-16 run in the ting on a strange woman’s neck. Both women men. Seemingly oblivious and occasionally - Hepburn Zoo, delighting audiences with its - rendered incompetent by nervousness, Cath- ized that Anna, Claire and Catherine were careful presentation and razor sharp wit. ly, and they turn to each other for comfort erine surprises the audience and the women Members of the audience may have and complaining. she serves with an unassuming, profound have allowed. been expecting a scene out of a Jane Aus- Anna and Claire are in a Boston mar- “Though this play is so different from ten novel when they walked into the Zoo, riage, a term used to refer to two single wom- Anna and Claire do not possess. These bits of Mamet’s other works, it’s very much the greeted by Victorian furniture and harpsi- en living together in Victorian times with wisdom interrupt a role that, if possible, pro- same in dealing with wealth, appearances, chord music playing overhead. Many were possible sexual implications. They curse each vided even more comic relief to the play than personal gain and the emptiness that can happily surprised by the vibrancy with which other’s faults, often likening one another to the two characters already displayed. create,” Fox said. “There is timelessness to they were greeted over the next 90 minutes. some sort of farm animal, only to be driven Indeed, some in the audience were sim- romantic relationships and the competitive- The senior acting work of Christina Fox ’13.5 together by moments of affection and desire. ply giddy in anticipation of the next laugh, ness within them.” and Meghan Leathers ’13.5, turned the play The two women are delightful to watch, gasping between breaths and nervously wait- “Anna and Claire are competing for and “Boston Marriage” into a comic piece, exam- with members of the audience jealously ing for one of the three characters to contin- with each other,” Schwartzwald succinctly ining relationships between gender and class wishing that they too could join the action. ue the comedic rhythm. noted. through a fresh, playful lens, engaging the The deliciously wicked gleam in Fox’s eye as Costume designer Elisabeth Harmor “Boston Marriage” speaks to lives left she counters Leathers’ practically perfect co- ’16 provided Leathers and Fox with beauti- - After much deliberation, Fox and Leath- medic timing, along with Leathers’ revelling ful wardrobes, supplying them each with two ter days, whether one is leaving a homeland ers departed from typical theater department in the depth of her character, delivering line to serve wealthy women or rejecting passion after line of complex, nuanced dialogue, is accessories for a game of psychic dress up their time at the College to chose a play rec- truly a treat for the audience. that did not disappoint. - ommended to them by Assistant Professor of Mamet does not give Claire as many Overall, the show had a vitality of spirit necting with each of the characters through Theatre Alex Draper. bracingly funny lines, and in the wrong that radiated into the audience. their humor and pain, relating to women hands she could appear to be a weaker, Director Jake Schwartzwald ’14 has seemingly worlds away. female protagonists that aren’t full of angst more subservient version of Anna, but Fox been following Fox’s and Leather’s thesis Some of the plays put on by the theatre or misery,” Leathers noted. “The leads in this breathed vibrant life into Claire with a grace- department are thought-provoking, disturb- play are fantastic – they’re exciting and great ful, realistic subtlety that revealed her char- agreeing to direct another play that the pair ing, subversive and puzzling, and those plays and strong and absurd, and it’s been really acter’s power over the duration of the show. had selected before transitioning to “Boston need to be shown to an audience of college challenging and fun to play with.” The only other character who appears in Marriage” this semester. students that may not usually be exposed to “Boston Marriage” is built around “We sought Jake out because we knew that certain brand of theatre. It is important the protagonists’ dynamic dialogue. Anna, we wanted to do a comedy and Jake is a co- to also remember that sometimes people go played by Leathers, is the narcissistic, im- must grapple with the possibility of pregnan- median and we knew he could work with us to plays to at once forget their troubles and possibly witty mistress of a wealthy man and cy and the power that men hold over women and guide us in that comic spirit,” Leathers be reminded that they are not alone, and that a friend of Claire’s, acted by Fox, a woman in Victorian society. Charlotte Michaelcheck said. - visiting to tell the news of the new love of her Indeed, Leathers, Fox and Schwartz- riage” showed. As Anna sagely notes, “We life – a young woman. The emotional and charming with her character’s accent and wald enjoyed an ease in each other’s com- must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the physical tension between the leads is instant- tendencies for emotional outbursts (as well pany over casual lunch that transferred into presence of a pie.”

Pentecost Fall Dance Concert: Press/Release The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble don’t This play about the freeing and redemptive pow- This evening of new dance works showcases the cho- Middlebury’s Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble cel- er of art “is the meatiest new drama I have seen reography of emerging student dance artists at the in- ebrates the wisdom that “it don’t mean a thing if it since Stoppard’s Arcadia” said Jonathan Kalb, at termediate and advanced levels, and the annual New- ain’t got that swing” with a program of contemporary miss the Village Voice. The title is a New Testament comer’s Piece, choreographed this year by Catherine jazz compositions and some of the best music of the big reference to the multiplicity of languages. Cabeen. band era. this 11/21-11/23, 7:30 P.M., WRIGHT MEMORIAL THEATRE 11/22-23, 8 P.M., MCA DANCE THEATRE 10/22, 8 P.M., MCA CONCERT HALL november 21, 2013 | arts SCIENCES 17 for the rec rd one life left BY CHAD CLEMENS To anyone who has felt the slight- sakes the clean tunings of the last 15 years pression. And why not? Such naturalness BY CHAPIN BOYER est angst throughout his or her formative of mass-produced consumer-pandering is what fostered the massive appeal to pop Here in the last third of the semester, we years — and I know this applies to all of you pop punk. The use of gritty distortion gives much as I would like to play a bunch of long — great news: pop punk lives on! But I’m rise to an extra dimension to their music bridge the gap between the isolating abra- not talking Vans Warped Tour here; I’m that the precision of more recent overpro- siveness of 70s punk and the broad, collec- talking the hard stuff. The good stuff. The duction eliminates; no longer do they need tively tame youth experience. In all, they weeks ago, Pokémon. This kind of environ- ol’ fashioned, ass-kicking tempos venting to lay down an additional layer in order to nail it on this record. ment is where smaller indie games become those oh-so-important frustrations of the As sweet as it is mesmerizing, Allison’s my bread and butter. So here are a few of the suburban teenage experience packed into songs are highly textured despite the sim- voice humanizes the dark overtones of her bite sized computer games that I have played neat little singles and half-hour LPs. And plicity of arrangements. palpable melodies. They stand in gloomy lately that can be played between bouts of - In comparison to the band’s self-titled studying madness. tie of Waxahatchee and Allison of Swearin’ debut, the album’s cuts are a tad slower whine, which is a nice change of pace from and more drawn out, which isn’t exactly the Allison show in their debut. The band Space Engineers summer festival circuit on the backbone incorporates a stringent “you write it, you of her excellent spring release “Cerulean sing it” policy and it pays out nicely in the Available on Steam for $15, Space Engi- Salt” while Allison’s band recently put out “Surfing Strange” four tracks he leads. neers is a game in Early Access Alpha. Early Access games are still being developed, but The album kicks off with “Dust in the Swearin’ does falter at a couple points. “Glare of the you can buy them right now if you want to Gold Sack”, which is quite possibly the Sun” is a bit of a misstep, and, save a brief have some input on the development pro- best pop punk song in the past 10 years, reprieve with “Unwanted Place”, the latter cess. While the Early Access program often hard to do when its longest track barely half of the album falls into a lull. Consider- produces some questionable titles, Space En- Ripe with heavy licks and thick riffs, Swea- reached 2:38. The transition mirrors the ing the form of a pop punk album, it’s a bit gineers holds up its end of the bargain. new mood of the record; the irritation The concept of the game is evident in - the title. You are an engineer in space and LP gives way to a darker, more despondent ing Strange” passes. Yet it never devolves you can build ships and space stations. In this the Breeders, the Pixies and countless oth- - into cacophony, and even the more boring Early Access version, players are all set in cre- ers on the opener and scattered through- tracks on the record are pleasant on their ative mode, giving them unlimited resources out the eleven tracks as well. “Mermaid” is best encapsulated by her falling for the own regard. to build their creations. Normally, I don’t get merely a darkened “Only in Dreams” from sticky skin of a Southern boy in the song With this solid thrill of a release, into these kinds of games. Minecraft is a lot the Weezer’s “Blue Album”, while “Echo “Just”, is replaced with anxiety and frus- Swearin’ excites me for the future of rock. - Locate” is a cross between Nirvana’s “In tration, sometimes to a daunting degree. Not that I was ever really worried; the al- vival, when I have some kind of opposition. Bloom” and “Insomniac”-era Green Day Lyrically, her rhymes carry slightly bum, at its very core, is still but a re-imag- This mode does not yet exist in Space Engi- (which was damn good — don’t let anyone ination of past formulas still as fresh as neers, but I still found myself wiling away a tell you otherwise). outlet. But such an earnest and straight- ever. But any world in which I can admit few hours building ships entirely from thrust- Despite the negatives attached to the forward delivery is refreshing in itself. to liking pop punk again — better yet, any ers or crafting obstacle courses out of gravity genre’s name, on top of the risks of sound- Her words need not be drenched in hazy world in which pop-punk is good again — generators. Space Engineers is shaping up to be a ing anything remotely like those last two metaphor; rather, she evokes a visceral is better than the last. Thanks to Swearin’, great game, and if you have any love for other bands mentioned, Swearin’ effortlessly for- response from a more pure, stripped ex- crafting videogames, this is an easy sell. The range of tools available already, and the cool guns and gadgets that should be coming out soon, make it both robust and ridiculous, al- Alpenglow performs alongside installation lowing for both impressive and impressively stupid creations. By Eliza Wallace Everyone expects this atmosphere at lights. A large pink tree hanging from the every Alpenglow concert, whether it be their ceiling was a remnant of Silberkleit’s piece, I’ve been following Alpenglow since I sixth or seventeenth. which originally included hanging pink bal- Risk of Rain - “Last year it seemed like [an Alpen- - glow show] was every other weekend,” Josh the naked artist chopping down the tree play- The term “Roguelike” gets thrown ly decorated M Gallery of the Old Stone Mill. Swartz ’14.5 said. ing behind it. around a lot in gaming culture these days. A It is not an Alpenglow show without some But despite the number of times they “The piece had to do with the death roguelike is a game that features a high de- have played, a huge crowd still shows up, be- gree of challenge, randomization and per- through the roof beams. I suppose I cannot cause despite their familiarity, as Alex Jack- masculine roll in my life in a dumb and girly manent character death. Risk of Rain has claim that anymore, though, since they have man ’14 said, “their shows are always differ- way,” Silberkleit said. added co-operative play to the formula. Up been playing in real concert venues with pre- ent in terms of their set up, and they manage Graeme Daubert ’12.5, often lead vocals to four players are dropped into a gorgeous sumably pretty advanced lighting systems to keep it interesting.” for Alpenglow, pointed out the weird split alien world where they must shoot their way for a couple years now. Their most recent During this set, for example, we were formation of the audience between songs. through various mystical and bizarre en- appearance in Middlebury followed less than treated with “Fields,” a song from their re- “I feel like we have the partiers over here emies, claiming a host of power-ups on the two weeks after the end of an international cent EP that they do not usually perform live. and the listeners over here,” he said, gestur- way. fall tour with the band Lucius. Another distinctive element of this par- ing to the standers and the sitters respec- ticular concert was the installation art from tively. Roguelike formula is its use of time. As you Review Sanford Mirling’s Studio Art Independent Despite their indecision, the audience Study (ART 700). Nick Smaller ’14 created was attentive, including the Dissipated Eight right side of the screen steadily increases. Opened by Burlington band Quiet Line, a video-audio installation that involved the a capella crew who showed up to support Each time it goes up another notch, the num- Alpenglow played last Saturday night, Nov. band. their former member, Daubert. When asked ber and strength of the enemies increase. 17, to a crowd of student fans and old friends why she had attended, Anna Jacobsen ’16 This means that players must collect power- in the Johnson Gallery. The band often making an oscilloscopic representation of the looked at me with an expression both solemn ups and levels at a blinding pace in order to chooses underutilized or unusual spaces on sound they’re playing,” Smaller said. campus for their concerts. Singer, multi-in- hate hockey.” - strumentalist and songwriter Peter Coccoma like a video game, and pulsated in aquama- Their opening act, Quiet Line, was a very ing to be powerful enough to take on the boss ’12 of Alpenglow spoke of their return to Mid- rine and pink behind their heads. Smaller sweet, if sleepy kind of Weybridge kitchen at the end of each level. Finding this balance dlebury and their use of the gallery’s space. explained that the band had approached the is what makes Risk of Rain so hectic and fun “I always look forward to these shows,” artists and were interested in collaborating, as ever, with Daubert’s voice ringing like a with friends. he said. “I like that we can control the num- so he created a piece for the class and the seraphim beating on a hollowed-out log of a This game is very much designed around ber of people who come to them.” show. giant sequoia tree. As audience member So- co-op, and I had substantially less fun with I think Alpenglow requires this intimacy Sally Caruso ’15.5 and Ali Silberkleit phie Quay-de la Vallee ’16.5 said, “It’s all in the game on my own. Luckily, you can play for the best experience, along with the white ’13.5, who have an exhibition opening at the that voice.” the game locally with friends by attaching string lights and the groups of friends all lean- M Gallery today, had pieces of work up as “This is the peak of Alpenglow,” Paul more than one controller to your PC. At $10 ing on each other’s shoulders as they watch, well. Caruso made soap paintings of danc- on Steam, Risk of Rain will provide a solid passing around Citizen Cider and singing the ing, melting people, made visible with black game.” amount of frustrated, yet gleeful fun. One Finger Death Punch

This is probably the most raw fun I have had with a game all year. One Finger Death Punch is a simple game. Your character stands in the center of the screen as enemies approach from both sides. You click with the left and right buttons to punch the left and right enemies, respectively. This simple concept is used brilliantly to create one of the most visceral and exciting action games I have ever played. As new enemy types and skills are introduced the levels become more frantic and impressive. One miss timed click can lead to an early demise, while a perfect Death Punch is a fantastic game, and it is easy to open it up and play for a few minutes to take your mind off the humdrum, non-kung- fu-fueled world that we live in. One Finger Death Punch is available on Desura right now for two dollars, so there is basically no excuse not to buy it. Seriously. courtesy Google it right now, let it change your life as it did mine. 18 arts SCIENCES november 21, 2013 | science sp tlight: Bio Speaker on campus By Toby Aicher sistance against the Nazi regime and a win- riences that we can share that might gives evolution of form.” ner of the noble prize in Physiology. science a little better penetration into the He also gave a survey of the incredibly Renowned Biologist and Science edu- Monod was a French Jew and a gradu- hearts and minds of people.” cator Sean Carroll came to the College last ate student in biology when the Nazis in- which few people had predicted. Thursday, Nov. 14, and gave two talks, one vaded France. He halted his research, which over evolution in America and the fact that “The gene that is responsible for the on his recently published book “Brave Ge- would one day win him a Nobel Prize, and nearly 50 percent of Americans believe in - nius: A Scientist’s Journey from the French joined the most militant of French resistance creationism. In leading the science educa- bryo, is also active in the development in the Resistance to the Nobel Prize” and the other group. His escapades included barely escap- tion branch of the Howard Hughes Medical ing a deadly Gestapo raid, running arms institute, which he described as the “largest shrimp, and strangely enough the wings of biology and how different forms evolved in across the Swiss border, and arming French private supporter of science education in the a chicken,” he said. “So this gene is used in animal species. U.S”, he said that “one strategy I employ is the formation of all sorts of appendages in Associate Professor of Biology Cath- during D-day. He eventually became one of I decided I wasn’t going to argue with any- the animal kingdom. And this was very sur- erine Combelles introduced Carroll on both the leaders of the resistance movement and one over 22. I think there’s no return on that occasions, citing his award winning re- helped liberate Paris from the Nazis. - search as a Professor of Molecular Biology Carroll linked Monod’s efforts dur- ence of seeing glimmers of openness and recipes than bugs. No biologist on the plan- at Washington University, and his work in ing the French Resistance to his biological et predicted these homologs and that there science education as the Vice-President of research saying “chance played a huge role would be similar genetic ingredients in the the Howard Hughes Medical institute. She in his personal life, along with his thinking idea that lots and lots of large religious de- making of bodies in things as different as also mentioned his well-reviewed books on about biology” and because of this “it was nominations fully embrace evolutionary sci- popular science and his science column in ence.” the New York Times. In his two lectures role of chance in the course of life on earth in In Carroll’s more science heavy lecture was not caused by the development of new Carroll lived up to his laurels and combined his 1980 book called chance and necessity.” on Evolutionary Developmental biology he - his brilliant research with an ability to inter- During the Q&A session Sean Carroll described the importance of evolutionary isting developmental genes. Thus, although widened his topic to science and society. developmental biology to our understand- all animals in the animal kingdom have Carroll advocated for a greater role of sci- ing of evolution. similar genetic toolkits, they utilize them in ence in culture, saying “cultural impact can “Development is the process that makes different ways. history were taught in the form of stores, it happen through science – the Apollo pro- form,” he said, “and therefore changes in Carroll combined both erudition and would never be forgotten.” He then related gram had a huge impact, we watched that that process must underlie the evolution of drama unfold day by day. I think there are one of the most important concepts in biol- was both one of the leaders of the French re- - biology is so integral to understanding the ogy and science.

fall dance concert iso cultural show atwater dining hall 11/22 - 11/23 11/23 thanksgiving dinner mca dance theater $3 for students 11/28 $6 for studentsgo/obo$5 november 21, 2013| sports 19 Men’s Hockey Ices Colby, Draws Bowdoin By John Wyman earned the assist with a quick pass off the Middlebury rang in the 2013-2014 side boards. season with two impressive performances After killing off two Bowdoin power in front of a home crowd, tying Bowdoin plays in the second period, Middlebury by a score of 2-2 on Saturday, Nov. 16 earned an advantage of their own and and shaming Colby by a score of 7-1 on Sunday, Nov. 17. Derek Pimentel ’15 and Kenyon arena. Breaking to his left past a Connor Frick ’16 buried the key goals in defender at the blue line, Frick changed hands at the last moment and found space combined for points on Sunday. high on the right side of the net for the Assistant coach Jamie McKenna goal. praised the hustle the team demonstrated Midway through the third period, a right from the opening faceoff and rash of four penalties within two minutes credited the offensive success to the quick opened up the ice for a 3-on-3 situation learning curve of the younger players. that lasted 19 seconds. “I’ve never seen that in all my time were last year — we outskated both teams here,” McKenna said. “But we were told this weekend and moved the puck very to expect a lot more calls this year, so we well,” McKenna said. “We had a lot of need to be good on the power play and young guys last year and now they know killing off penalties.” our system better. I think that was really Middlebury survived the odd-man on display in both games.” situation but with only seven minutes left in the game, the Polar Bears stymied a 3-on-1 rush that formed suddenly on a a Panther breakout and Bowdoin’s John blocked Middlebury shot from the point. The Bowdoin winger rushed up the left wing and zipped a low shot off the pad of The Panthers urgently doubled the Middlebury goalie Mike Peters ’15 before Paul Gerard pressure and controlled the rest of a teammate capitalized on the rebound the game, but a determined Bowdoin opportunity. victory over Colby, Saturday. Pimentel leads the team with three goals in two games. goaltender repeatedly denied the golden chances coming from the sticks of last rebound on the right post and nimbly a second pass to Belisle for a bang-bang intermission, but with two minutes gone year’s top scorers Louis Belisle ’14 and lifting another into the net above a goal. in the second period Pimentel sounded Matt Silcoff ’16. sprawling goaltender. In the third period, Charles added the familiar goal horn for Middlebury’s “I felt good about the way we played,” Peters held tight at his end to keep another goal to his resume on a tipped said forward Ben Wiggins ’14. “Some of Colby at bay. During one sequence, Peters shot from the point, and Mike Longo ’14 us were disappointed because there were stretched out the right pad, then used the bore down toward the net on a three- by the Numb3rs really good opportunities to end that blocker athletically on a high rebound game, but that really just made us more shot to kill off a Colby power play near the snapper over the goalie’s glove. The number of rebounds Katie Pett ’14 recorded in the women’s basketball team’s hungry to get back out and win against Just like his coach, Wiggins expressed 23 opener against Fitchburg. Colby.” The Panthers found a rhythm on the contentment with the pace Middlebury The number of points scored by NFL- Middlebury came out sticks ready on man advantage, scoring three power brought. point leader Steven Hauschka ’07, who Sunday versus Colby, outshooting the play goals on the night. With a 5-on-3 “It was a great start,” he said. “Our pace for the 10-1 Seattle Seahawks. 104 Mules 41 shots to just 13. The offense advantage just expiring, Evan Neugold of play really impressed me, especially for cycled hard in the corners and worked the ’16 drifted backwards to the left faceoff The number of points scored by sophomore forward Matt Daley ’16 in Middlebury’s 81- puck out to the perimeter for dangerous circle and clapped a one-timer off a pass moved the puck and stayed focused well, 24 71 win over Alvernia on Friday. from Ronald Fishman ’16 into the top so that all points in positive direction for seemed like the Panthers held a power corner. Jake Charles ’16 then joined on the season.” The number of consecutive seasons McCallum a rush behind Pimentel and sang a hard The Panthers hit the road next Foote ’14 has been named NESCAC Offensive play advantage, positioning three shooters Player of the Year. 2 snapshot off the inside left post for his weekend, looking to carry on their fast- paced game and scoring success against The time in minutes of the 200- patiently creating quality chances. yard medley relay team anchored again, Robbie Donahoe ’14 slapped a hard Tufts on Saturday, Nov. 22 and Conn. 1:55.6 by managing editor Alex Edel ’14. pass down low to Wiggins, who one-timed College on Sunday, Nov. 23. Cross Country Teams Win Automatic NCAA Bids By Bryan Holtzman into the race), Katherine Tercek ’16 and mile and although we were making up and kicked past Matt and several other ground on them, we just ran out of real runners to close the book on the scoring. On Saturday, Nov. 16 the cross place finishes, respectively. The blob estate.” Both Craft and Matt — as well as their completed the scoring runners for the After the women’s strong showing, teammates who had finished ahead of running in the NCAA New England women, but Williams had placed a pack the men toed the line as reigning them — collected All-Region honors. Regional Championships. The results of their own slightly ahead, which proved regional champions. They finished the Sans talked about the team’s major of the regional meet would determine to be enough to seal the victory even day in second place with 78 points, just a unifying characteristic for the season. participants in the following week’s NCAA though their fifth runner had yet to cross single point behind NESCAC champions, “Competitive drive: not only does Division III National Championships. Williams, and, just as in the women’s everyone on the team want to run well Specifically, the top two finishing teams ’14 and Summer Spillane ’15 finished race, MIT was a distant third. personally but they also really want the in each gender would get automatic bids 22nd and 24th as the sixth and seventh The first mile of the race went out team to win,” he said. “Losing any time to the national meet, while every other runners on the team, which garnered faster than any other race the men had is tough, especially by one point, but I team would be entered into the at-large them All-Region honors. participated in this year, clocking in at think that will fuel our competitive drive pool from which 16 teams from around Both Tercek and coach Nicole 4:45. The men positioned themselves and next week we will be that much more the country would be selected. Both Wilkerson attributed Williams’ success determined.” teams, however, avoided the at-large over the Panthers to the way the first Wood ’15, Nate Sans ’14 and Wilder Both teams will travel to Hanover, process by securing second place finishes mile of the six-kilometer (3.7 mile) race Schaaf ’14.5 in the lead pack. Sam Ind., to run in the NCAA National meet and punching their tickets to Indiana. played out. Craft ’14, Sebastian Matt ’16 and Luke on Nov. 23. The NCAA pays for the teams In front of a crowd of teammates “Us girls, we usually run as a blob,” Carpinello ’16 were positioned near each to travel three days prior to the meet, whose seasons were finished and alumni Wilkerson said. other in the chase pack, forming two which Wilkerson says will allow the team making the trek to Maine, the women “It was difficult at regionals to do distinct prides of Panthers to work with to have the highest level of preparation. began the day by scoring 57 points for this because the field was so big and the one another. “We have a routine that we follow their second place finish. Williams, course was pretty curvy. We struggled As the race progressed, the groups and a somewhat dictated professional which the Panthers had soundly beaten getting to the head of the pack as a blob strung out, particularly after strong protocol the day before the race and two weeks previous at the NESCAC at the beginning of the race which put us moves by Tully Hannan of Bates and race day as well,” she said. “Being able Championships, finished first with 44 at a bit of a disadvantage to Williams,” Mike LeDuc — the eventual champion to rely on that will help. They know how points. The Ephs and Panthers showed Tercek said. — of Connecticut College. Krathwohl led to channel the physical, mental, and that they were the class of the field, with From the sideline, Wilkerson saw the the Panthers across the line with an 8th- emotional aspect of racing already and I Massachusetts Institute of Technology same thing. place finish in 24:53. Wood finished three feel like we have prepared really well for finishing third with 127 points. “I told the women to get off the line seconds and two spots back of Krathwohl the meet.” As was the case at NESCACs, the quickly but since the course was wide and was followed closely behind by Sans In terms of prospects for the meet, women were led by rookie Erzsie for the first mile, we did not have to and Schaaf. With four runners in, the Wilkerson also discussed the team’s Nagy ’17 and Alison Maxwell ’15. Nagy be too aggressive across the field,” she Panthers needed one more to cross the prospects for the meet. captured a fourth-place finish in her said. “What I did not take into account line. Matt, who ran with much passion, “The men had their best race of the first regional meet with a time of 21:27. was that there were three turns in that rounded the final corner into the home season and had to run hard from the Maxwell finished a second later to first mile and we just got bottle necked straightaway roughly 20 seconds gun … I think the one point loss makes capture fifth. Twenty seconds behind and could not move. I saw [Tercek] at behind Schaaf and was followed closely us more hungry, like ravenous for next Nagy and Maxwell came the patented about 1k into it and she just had no place behind by Craft. On the homestretch, week,” she said. “For the women, Johns Middlebury “blob” comprised of Emily to move. Williams popped a better first Craft unleashed his 800 meter speed Hopkins is going to be tough to beat.” Singer ’14 (who lost a shoe 200 meters 20sports | november 21, 2013 Men’s Basketball Wins Tip-Off Tournament By Joe MacDonald com Preseason All-American Joey Kizel but for now realizes that the senior must “He is a shooter,” Daley said. “He has a take control of an otherwise inexperienced bright future and he will hit clutch shots for The Middlebury men’s basketball team shooting), Kizel managed 14 points, including backcourt. us.” opened the season with a perfect weekend a perfect 4-4 from the free throw stripe and “Our backcourt is shaping up well,” Brown The story of Tuesday’s game against to win the Rotary Tip-Off Tournament 2-6 from deep, while also leading the team in said. “Joey is an elite player and we do hope Green Mountain College was the impressive hosted by Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, to allow him to play off the ball some [in the debut of Jake Brown ’16. In 12 minutes off the Pa. on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. Furthermore, Los Angeles native Hunter future].” bench, Brown scored four points and tallied 16. On Friday, the Panthers won their Merryman ’15 picked up where he left off last Merryman stepped into the starting lineup four assists, but most importantly played season-opener by defeating the 21st-ranked year, when he shot 43 percent from beyond for the championship game and provided 34 tenacious defense and showed off his ball- Alvernia Crusaders 81-71. Clutch free throw the arc off the bench. On Friday, Merryman handling ability and poise beyond his years. shooting down the stretch secured the victory played 25 minutes in relief and netted two of 6-11 shooting, including a pair of threes on Meanwhile, Daley was the game’s high for Middlebury in the championship over four three-point attempts. four attempts scorer with 14 points on 6-8 shooting and 2-2 Baruch on Saturday. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, The championship was played on Daley was again effective, despite limited from the line. Additionally, Luis Alvarez ’14 the Panthers stayed undefeated by blowing Saturday between Middlebury and Baruch. playing time due to foul trouble. In just 20 out Green Mountain State College 94-53 in The Panthers led by just three with under minutes, the forward scored 11 points on four last December due to injuries. Middlebury’s home opener. 30 seconds remaining, but near-perfect After only three games, it is obvious that Friday represented the coming-out free throw shooting late from the Panthers and grabbed seven rebounds. the Panthers’ depth will be a huge asset this party for sophomore forward Matt Daley resulted in a 96-89 victory. Vermont-native and two-time Vermont year. ’16. After struggling through a personally Like Daley on Friday, Dylan Sinnickson Gatorade Player of the Year Matt St. Amour “We have a very balanced team and disappointing season last year, Daley got his ’15 showcased his improved game after ’17 — he of 2,064 career points for Missisquoi I expect to use some different lineups missing all of last season due to injury. The Valley Union, third in Vermont state history throughout the season,” Brown said. “We are Brown look like a genius. Against a vertically ultra-athletic wingman scored 22 off the — started both games on the weekend, looking at several options and combinations. challenged Alvernia squad, the 6’ 8” forward bench on 8-14 shooting and 4-5 from beyond averaging 25 minutes. We can have different looks as a team. We are dropped a game-high 24 points and tacked the arc while leading the squad with eight “This weekend was a great learning looking to capitalize on our depth.” on 11 boards, an assist and a block in just 25 rebounds. Baruch failed to anticipate that experience for me,” St. Amour said. “It The Panthers return to action this minutes. Sinnickson could knock down jumpers at was great to start my career with two wins. weekend in Owings Mill, Md. at Stevenson Starting was a great honor and I tried to focus University for the Hoopsville National disappointed in my playing time,” Daley “It feels great to be back in game situations on the things that the coaching staff wanted Invitational Classic. The Hoopsville Classic admitted. “But the team was so successful to see, like playing defense, communicating will feature two other 2013 Elite Eight teams, that it was hard to argue [with my role]. So it and making the smart offensive plays.” Cabrini and St. Mary’s (Md.). Three teams in felt really good to get into the starting lineup improved since the last time I was on the and contribute to a win right away.” shooting 5-17 on the weekend, St. Amour did com preseason top 25, including number Starting opposite Daley, 6’ 8” center Jack time to rebuild myself after the injury.” net 3-8 shots from long range, and Coach 10 St. Mary’s, number 18 Middlebury and Roberts ’14 recorded a double-double of Kizel returned to form against Baruch, Brown expects good things to come. “I expect him to become more comfortable will come on Friday, Nov. 22 against the host shooting, while pulling down 13 boards and from the line and tacking on nine assists and Mustangs, and the Panthers will play again tallying three rejections. seven boards. Brown said. on Sunday, Nov. 24 against St. Mary’s, their The only Panther to play more minutes Head coach Jeff Brown hopes to allow His teammates, too, have been impressed than Daley was captain and D3Hoops. Kizel to work off the ball more in the future, by St. Amour’s play early on. 10 teams in the country. Women’s Hockey Bucks Mules in NESCAC Openers By Ben Buckles violation to start the game. Middlebury took saves on the day. advantage of the violation, and scored a “Everyone stayed pretty calm on the belt. On the third power play for Middlebury, The second-ranked women’s hockey power play goal to start off the season 1:58 bench during the third period, even though Katie Sullivan ’15 swept the puck in from the team got off to a hot start this weekend, into the game. Jane Freda ’17 notched the we knew Colby could get back into the game left side of the goal, making Colby pay for its winning both games at Colby on Friday, at any point,” Van Kula said. “We were all Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, as they try to in off a shot from Sara focused on doing the little period, Middlebury secured their lead with put last year’s NCAA Championship defeat Ugalde ’14, who received things right and working hard two goals. behind them. the pass from Carly “We were all fo- in our defensive zone so that At 4:53 Hannah Bielawski ’15 scored with The Panthers won their season opener Watson ’17. This also we could keep them off the help from Sullivan and Jesse Brownschidle cused on ... work- scoreboard.” ’17. Just three minutes later, Kate Moreau commanding 4-0 win on Saturday. For a collegiate assist. ing hard in our de- Coach Bill Mandigo ’15 put one in the back of the net with team with high hopes for the postseason, The second goal is excited to see his team assists from Allie Aiello ’17 and Sullivan. the winter could not have begun in a better came in the second fensive zone so that producing healthily in the early way. The Panthers showed toughness by period, when Katie we could keep them stages. in the third period off a passing play from Mandigo ’16 tipped the “I have been impressed with the sides into the middle. Aiello gave it up while asserting their defensive prowess in puck into the goal after off the scoreboard.” the practices so far,” coach to Bielawski, who fed it into the center for the second. it popped off of Mules Mandigo said. “It’s nice to see Moreau to earn her second of the game. Middlebury continued its history of goaltender Brianne Anna Van kula ’16 that transition into the games.” Yet again Jones was a wall in net, effective play against Colby, outscoring the Wheeler following a shot The next day Middlebury stopping 22 Mule attempts and earning her Mules 6-1, slightly less impressive than last from Anna Van Kula ’16 blew Colby away and left sixth career shutout. season’s aggregate score of 14-3 against with eight minutes gone in the period. Just Waterville with two wins after a 4-0 shutout The Panthers converted on two of eight them. a few seconds later, Colby scored a goal off victory in a game where they outshot their power play opportunities over the weekend. a face off win to let the Panthers know they opponent 42-22. With a successful starting weekend were not giving up. Luckily, the Panthers behind them, the women’s hockey program As the Panthers took to the ice to begin their the day with 22 saves, half of which came looks ahead to its home opener at Kenyon skating warm-ups, the Mules took their time defense and a nice performance in goal by in a clutch third period. Colby did its best to Arena with a double-header with Trinity on in the locker room, earning them a protocol trip themselves up out of the gate, leaving Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23. Swim Teams Fail to Make a Splash in First Meet By Kevin Yochim ’17 burst onto the scene by winning the were never able to catch up. 200-yard breaststroke and finishing Stephan Koenigsberger ’16 won The men and women’s swimming second in the 200-yard freestyle in her the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of and diving teams opened the season first collegiate meet. 1:00.20 seconds and later finished third on Saturday, Nov. 16 hosting Tufts and Colleen Harper ’14 won the one- in the 200-yard event. Connecticut College at the Natatorium. meter diving event for Middlebury with Ian Mackay ’14 came in second in the The women topped Tufts 190-108, a score of 221.50 points. Adrianna Baker 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.55 but narrowly lost to Connecticut 148- ’15 finished third in both the one and seconds. He will look to improve upon 140. The men were defeated in each three meter events. his school and NESCAC record time of matchup, falling to Tufts 216-84 and to It was an easy victory over Tufts, and 20.34 throughout the season. Mackay Connecticut 189-99. the Panthers almost edged Connecticut also finished second in the 100-yard The women got off to a fast start, as well. However, they could not catch freestyle. winning the 200-yard medley relay up to the Camels in the final relay. Skylar Dallmeyer-Drennen ’14 and with a time of 1:48.70. Andie Tibbetts “After two months of intensive Dylan Peters ’16 finished third and ’14 opened with a time of 28.07 seconds preseason training it was exciting to fourth, respectively, in both the one and in the backstroke leg and was followed finally be able to race,” Tibbetts said. “At three meter diving events. by Jamie Hillas ’15 (butterfly), Megan this point in the season our focus is on Even following the defeats, the team Griffin ’16 (breaststroke), and Courtney general performance and attitude and is still optimistic about its chances Haron ’15 (freestyle). The Panthers’ ‘B’ this meet allowed us to showcase that. It moving forward. relay also finished third in the race. was a great first meet and indicative of a “Team spirit was through the roof Tibbetts was arguably one of the promising rest of the season.” which makes the pool an awesome place team’s best performer on the day, After finishing third in the opening to be,” Koenigsberger said. “We all knew winning the 100-yard backstroke and relay against Tufts, the men made up to keep things in perspective and were finishing second in the 200-yard event. ground in the 1000-yard freestyle with thinking about the big picture, rather She is already the school record holder Michael McGean ’17 and Andy Rosenthal than just this one meet.” in both races. Hillas won the 100-yard ’16 capturing second and third place, The teams will travel to rival Amherst Paul Gerard breaststroke and finished second in respectively. After that, however, the on Saturday, Dec. 7 for their final meet Dylan Peters ’16 executes a dive en the 100-yard butterfly. Jennifer Koide Panthers dug themselves a hole and before winter break. november 21, 2013 | SPORTS21 By Owen Teach score line at Stony Brook was the Division III school. This game is bigger Brook and now that we have Penn State impressive play of MCRC’s forward pack, than the national championships that we coming to us, it puts us in the conversation Fresh off a two-weekend bye an area in which the club has enjoyed won in 2007 and 2009,” Phillips said. “I of the elite in the country,” he said. period following its East Coast Rugby dominance all year long. Team points am praying for snow. I think that’ll even Feury echoed Wells’ remarks. Conference (ECRC) regular season title, leader and inside center Jake Feury ’16 “The MCRC is extremely excited and the Middlebury College Rugby Club mentioned the addition of forwards’ coach Wells also struggled to put the game in (MCRC) roared to a 57-3 demolition Junior Tuiqere as a major reason for the perspective. game, especially against a team of Penn of Empire Conference champion Stony elevated level of front pack play this year. “It puts us in another echelon of college State’s caliber,” Feury said. “We have Brook on Saturday, Nov. 16 in the opening “The forward pack has been working rugby. It would be like Middlebury football never faced a team in 15s of this level round of the American Collegiate Rugby with Junior this year and he’s been hosting Penn State – it’s a reasonably before, and this will be a great test for us as Championship Division I playoffs. The win focusing mostly on scrummaging and comparable comparison and it’s totally a program. If we want to keep moving up, sets up MCRC to host perennial Division line-outs,” Feury said. “As a result, our absurd. It almost doesn’t even compute,” getting national exposure and promoting I powerhouse Penn State University in forwards have dominated every team we’ve he said. “If you had told me even three Middlebury as an elite program, we need played in the scrum and I think they stole years ago that we’d be hosting Penn State to keep going out there against the best 23 in what is undoubtedly a watershed about 90 percent of Stony Brook’s scrums. teams.” moment in the history of the Club. Every play they’d go out there and blow believed you.” In another of the contest’s intriguing MCRC’s victory over Stony Brook also the other team over. It’s a combination of Phillips pointed to mental preparation storylines, Fuery’s brother Blaze enjoyed a the techniques they’ve been learning from as the most important factor this week for stellar campaign for the visiting Penn State Middlebury has won at the Division I coach and their brute strength that made a his side. side, but tore his ACL three weeks ago and level since moving up from Division II huge impact on the game.” “If we get our mental preparation on thus will be relegated to the sidelines. three years ago, with the lopsided result The team also played on Saturday track we’ll be alright. Physically we are “He’ll be out there doing what he being a source of pride for head coach without standout Laird Silsby ’15 due to there, but mentally it’s like, ‘we’re playing can – he’s the captain of the team so his John Phillips. He believed that his team an elbow injury, a player whom Phillips Penn State.’ That’s a huge mental block,” leadership will still be shown,” Feury said. had been overlooked all season and that and Wells characterized as the MVP of the he said. “This is like Rocky. The boys have “He will be doing everything he can from Saturday sent shockwaves through the league. Silsby’s status for this weekend’s to believe they can do this. If they believe the sidelines and we hope him a speedy rugby world. game remains questionable, but the team recovery.” “I just knew by watching game tape is hoping he can suit up for Penn State Win or lose on Saturday, however, this The match kicks off at 1 p.m. on the of Stony Brook that they didn’t know from injury. MCRC season has helped catapult the club rugby pitch. On the other side of the who they were facing when they got us,” “We were really upset when we found into the national spotlight. With its move playoff bracket, Bowling Green coming Phillips said. “I thought that we could beat that Laird couldn’t play, as he’s been to Division I three years ago criticized off a bye faces Kutztown (83-17 winners them by 30 points, but I never imagined a a huge asset to our team all year and for being foolhardy, Wells asserts the over West Virginia.) Penn State downed 57-3 win. That is the most satisfying win he’s worked really hard to get this team trajectory of the club is in good shape. Clemson in a 27-26 thriller on the road that I have ever had. I have won a National where it’s at,” Feury said. “We are really “The way that we dismantled Stony last Saturday. Championship and we beat Northeastern excited at the fact that he might be able to last year, but I have never seen the boys so come back this weekend, but we are fully MCRC Dominates Opponents excited after a game. We sent a message. Experts wrote us off, but I just let the 93-6 I said to the boys before the game ‘go for Wells echoed Feury’s words, saying 78-22 the jugular.’ Afterwards I said, ‘I told you that the team will be ready either way. MCRC to go for the jugular, but you ripped their “One thing we always talk about as Opponents throats out!’” coaches is ‘squad,’” Wells said. “We are 57-3 Assistant coach Ben Wells also pointed a club of 45 kids coming out to practice to the fact that the win proved that the regularly throughout the fall and 20 more infant ECRC, a conference only in its third on campus supporting it. When you hold 37-12 37-7 year of existence, is on the rise. the other team out of the try zone and to 28-12 31-10 “Two years ago Northeastern was the – it takes the whole team to do that.” round to Stony Brook. Last year we won Turning the attention to this coming the league and were knocked out by St. Saturday’s match up with Penn State, a Bonaventure, also the Empire champions,” palpable excitement is evident amongst UMASS MCRC coaches and players with the AIC NortheasternUCONN U. Albany Boston CollegeStony Brook had not done that well collectively on Nittany Lions coming to town. the national stage, but we really felt like “I mean this is huge. It’s bigger than we were on a different level this year. We big. It’s Penn State coming to Middlebury wanted to travel down there and prove it.” College – a Division I program playing a A large reason behind the impressive Pett, Panthers Rebound in Opening Weekend Split By Damon Hatheway for the extra pass and at the end that got I know,” Lowry said. “As always, that on the defensive end. the best of us.” translated into a ton of rebounds, and “We worked hard to get good shots The Middlebury women’s basketball The loss also diminished an huge defensive presence. She brings an out of our offense and focused on having team earned a split on their season- outstanding individual performance by intensity to the floor that elevates all of baskets come from assists,” Marcus said. opening weekend in the Colby Sawyer senior Katie Pett ’14, who poured in 16 our play.” “We recognized that we needed to play Tournament, rebounding after a narrow, points and pulled down 23 rebounds, The next day, Middlebury found more composed to not turn the ball over hard-fought loss to Fitchburg to down the duplicating her career highs in both areas. space to operate offensively, shooting and that we need to focus on what each hosts in a decisive victory that Middlebury Pett’s pair of 23-rebound performances 45 percent from the floor — a significant of us can do individually to make our dominated from the opening tip. — separated by just over 10 months — improvement on Saturday’s 21-69 teammates better.” In Saturday’s loss to the Falcons, are the second-highest (30.4 percent) shooting While Middlebury still turned the ball Middlebury twice battled back from single-game tallies in performance. The Panthers over 24 times — giving them 52 through double-digit deficits, once in the first program history, trailing “As the game went were carried by its trio of two games — 14 of the team’s 22 made half and again in the second half to take only the 34-rebound starting guards as Marcus, field goals came off assists as Marcus led a one-point lead with under a minute on, it became obvi- performance of Caroline Lowry and first-year the way with five dimes and Lowry added remaining in regulation as guard Laura Leary ’92, Middlebury’s ous how critical it Siobhan O’Sullivan ’17 four more. Lowry ’14 freed herself from her defender all-time leader in combined to score 40 of the Another bright spot was the play of a late in the shot clock to drain a three- was to limit their career rebounds. Panthers’ 59 points, nearly pair of first-years. O’Sullivan, who started pointer that gave the team a fleeting lead. While Pett second chances ... I eclipsing Colby-Sawyer’s both games, contributed 11 points, five Fitchburg converted on a pair of free acknowledged that 43-point performance. rebounds and five steals, while turning throws on the ensuing possession and was locked in on do- first-game adrenaline “Colby-Sawyer is a the ball over just once in 27 minutes the Panthers coughed up the basketball aided her performance, ing whatever I could very good team, but plays against the Chargers. Elizabeth Knox ’17, on the next possession with less than the game situation — to give us the best a different style than meanwhile, stuffed the stat sheet with six 30 seconds remaining, forcing them to and the importance Fitchburg, which allowed points, five rebounds, three assists and a foul the Falcons. Consecutive sequences chance at winning,.” of controlling the us to run our offense,” said steal in just 17 minutes off the bench. of Fitchburgh free throws and empty basketball — drove her Anna Van kula ’16 head coach Noreen Pecsok. “Once we spend more time on the court Middlebury possessions sealed the to make plays. “We were able to get in a together playing Middlebury basketball Panthers’ fate. Foward “As the game went rhythm offensively that we the offensive issues and turnovers that “They pressed us the entire game, and on, it became obvious how critical it was never did against Fitchburg.” slowed us down this weekend will be that made it really difficult for us to get to limit their second chances and how On the other end, Middlebury limited dealt with,” Lowry said. “Our defense, into our offensive set,” said guard Sarah badly we needed second chance baskets,” the Chargers to just six first-half field and effort was there this weekend. What Marcus ’14. “They took away everything Pett said. “I was just locked in on doing goals on 22 percent shooting as the excites me the most was how relentlessly that we’re comfortable in and forced us whatever I could do to give us the best Panthers jumped out to a 14-2 lead, which my teammates played.” to make lots of turnovers. We played the chance at winning.” they extended to 14 by the break. Pett The Panthers play their home opener second half with a ton of effort, but little “Katie Pett is one of the most grabbed 12 more rebounds and recorded at Pepin Gymnasium on Saturday, Nov. efficiency. We were looking for quick competitive and hardworking people that four steals in another strong performance 23 against Emmanuel. fixes when we should have been looking 22sports | november 21, 2013 Field Hockey Ousted in NESCAC Regionals By John Wyman In the second half, young Panthers corners, Middlebury conceded one and out hearts dropped to the turf while the Down by a score of 3-1 with under a Bea Eppler ’17, Olivia Jurkowitz ’17 Skidmore scuffed a rebound past Knapp, Middlebury fans wilted with empathy. minute to play in the NCAA Regional and Lily Taub ’17 entered the action who was knocked over backward by a Captain Deidre Miller ’14 reflected on final against Skidmore on Sunday, Nov. with encouraging effectiveness. Fowler Skidmore player on the play. the wild finish. 17, Anna Kenyon ’16 jabbed in a goal and scored on a textbook give-and-go with The clock wound down but the ever- “Everyone pulled together and played hope sprung into the throats of every O’Brien, Instrum tallied her third goal of cheerful Middlebury bench urged with flawlessly for that final minute, given the Middlebury supporter in the three- the day, and Pam Schulman ’17 finished a all its might. situation. It was really cool to actually hundred person crowd. Thirty seconds loose ball to round out the 8-0 drubbing. “There was such a vibe, such a wave come back and have that last chance,” remained now and the Panthers charged Utica came close to scoring on a of energy pushing us forward,” DiMaio she said. forward as one, harassing for the ball penalty stroke, but Goalie Emily Knapp said. “The way we came from behind Every sport involving balls also and flinging it toward the ’15 extended her thin again just shows what amazing character involves their bounces, and in the end cage. The ball knocked into stick in catlike fashion this team has.” Middlebury wound up just one bounce to block the point blank Coach Katharine DeLorenzo subbed short of continuing its NCAA run on a retreating defender less “There was such a than five yards away before shot. out Knapp to add speedy attacker Sunday. The team will miss the talent time expired, awarding vibe, such a wave Another charming Lauren Berestecky ’17 with six minutes and leadership of seniors O’Brien, Middlebury one final corner of energy pushing national anthem sung still remaining on the clock, showing Rowe, Theiss, Hannah Deoul ’14, Miller play to send the elimination by players Mary Claire her faith in Meredith Rowe ’14 and the and Hanna Kahn ’14 next season. The game into overtime. us forward. The Ecclesine ’15 and Cassie Panther defense to deny any more shots. intangible quality that defined the 2013 Off the stick of Catherine way we came from Coash ’15 introduced The heroic final surge of the season, team was its ability lean on its bench and Sunday’s affair against with a clutch goal from Kenyon and the enjoy the game at its most demanding Fowler ’15, NESCAC Player of behind again just the Year and exactly the clutch Skidmore, and the team earning one last corner, whipped moments. Should the returning players shooter for the moment, the shows what amaz- Panthers brimmed the spectating crowd into a mix of elation preserve this unique competitive spirit, with a champion’s and unbearable nerves. When the shot their top-quality talent will make next ball threaded through traffic ing character this but missed outside the right confidence. that seemed destined for goal missed year’s team another one worth watching post by just a pair of inches. team has.” Red hot Instrum by so little, sticks, gloves and troweled- for every thrilling moment. So, Middlebury completed made the score 1-0 for Middlebury just two its tremendous season 16 Alyssia DiMaio ’15 NESCAC champions and minutes into the game, just one win away from Midfielder speeding a one-timer contending among the NCAA inside the near post Final Four. off a well-practiced “I am so proud of our team,” captain backhand pass from Fowler. Unlike Ellie O’Brien ’14 said. “From the first day Utica a day earlier, the Thoroughbreds we made it clear that everyone would splashed awake within three minutes contribute, and we had so more much and bounced in the equalizer off a waist- fun and more success because of that.” high stick in front. The final nail-gnawing minutes of the For 12 minutes the teams jostled Skidmore game bore zero resemblance back and forth underneath drizzly gray to the Panthers’ high-flying first half clouds. Fowler drilled the post on a long against Utica on Saturday, Nov. 16 in hit, and Kenyon lifted one from in close which the team scored five goals in the that nearly passed over the stacked pads first 11 minutes of play. of the Skidmore goalie. Middlebury Bridget Instrum ’16 powered by a then conceded a corner penalty and a defender on her backhand and cut across low turf-burning shot from Skidmore at the goalmouth for the first tally. Minutes the top of the arc skittered in for the go- later, Katie Theiss ’14 slid a behind the ahead goal. back pass to Fowler who slapped it right The Middlebury faithful perked up to the guiding stick of Kenyon. Instrum several times before halftime, seeing a then scored another unassisted beauty, chip from Instrum soar just wide and this time coming off a strong hit from later a strong wrister from Kenyon strike atop the offensive arc. Kenyon grabbed the foamy blocker of the Skidmore goalie her second goal too, lunging headfirst just before the break. into the net to chase down a wide shot. In the second half, pressure mounted Finally, Theiss attracted a cluster of on the Panthers who attacked persistently Anthea von viragh but failed to unknot Skidmore’s tight Alyssa DiMaio ‘15 adds to the 8-0 slaughter of the Utica Pioneers by burying this defenders before dishing down to Alyssa loose ball in the goal during Middlebury’s Sweet Sixteen victory on Saturday. DiMaio ’15 for goal number five. defense. After earning four consecutive Panthers Squashed in Facility Opening, the middlebury Recover with 9-0 Sweep of Stanford great eight RANKING TEAM By Stephen Etna out of the number nine slot. playing in the nine slot. Alex’s Assertions In the first match in the Middlebury Andrew Jung ’16 played Rochester’s However, despite the final score, Men’s rugby Squash Team’s new facility, the 17th- top man, but fell in straight sets. against such a high quality opponent, the Saturday, however, boded better for Panthers played admirably. All matches Be there on Saturday. It’s ranked Panthers played host to the 1 gonna be huge. fifth-ranked Rochester Yellowjackets. the Panthers, as the men’s side split a were close, with several that could have Unfortunately, the contingent from pair of matches in action at Williams’ gone either way. Against a team such as Women’s Soccer Upstate N.Y. put a damper on the facility. The first match of the day the University of Western Ontario, the saw Middlebury sweep Stanford 9-0. outcome, while far from preferred, was They’re really good this facility’s inaugural match, soundly 2 year. Like really good. defeating the shorthanded lineup Middlebury’s Parker Hurst ’14 won his encouraging, nonetheless. Middlebury sent out, 9-0. first match of the current campaign 11- While the mark of 1-2 over the Field Hockey Missing a number of upperclassmen, 5, 11-3 and 11-5 over Stanford’s Parker weekend may not be superficially A heartbreaking NCAA loss Middlebury was able to get a very talented Odrich in the top slot. Also of note was appealing, Robert Galluccio ’15 believes 3 but a great overall season. first-year class some exposure to high- Krant, continuing his solid play over the team had a productive weekend, level collegiate play. One such matchup the weekend, allowing his opponent despite the lopsided score due to the Cross Country was between Andrew Cadienhead ’17, onlythree points over the course of three caliber of the opposition. Big things are going to who drew Rochester’s All-American games. “Rochester and University of Western 4 happen at the NCAA sophomore Neil Cordell at the second Will Moore ’14 and Cadienhead Ontario are some of the best squads in championship this week. slot. While Cadienhead failed to take a rounded out the top three for Middlebury, the country, and for us to go out there Women’s Hockey game from Cordell, he demonstrated also sweeping their opponents. and compete, regardless of the outcome, In truly dominant fashion, the can only make us better,” Galluccio said, 5 Life goes on without Lauren an impressive array of creative shots in Greer ’13. addition to excellent court coverage. Panthers did not drop one single game while adding that he would have liked to Similarly, Ben Krant ’17 played a solid over the course of nine matches. see a more favorable outcome. Men’s Basketball match at the seventh position; while Later that day, however, the Panthers With competitive matches against 6 Solid openers for the young losing all three games he played against faced another steep challenge in playing teams such as Williams and St. Lawrence Panthers. Rochester’s Aria Fazil, Krant, a tall player University of Western Ontario, ranked on the horizon, the men’s squash team who used his length to great advantage, ninth nationally. Middlebury was not as looks to use this weekend as a building Men’s Hockey connecting with balls seemingly out of successful against its counterparts from block for the rest of the season. I could have used some more reach. While the end result left much London, Ontario, with the Panthers The women’s team, meanwhile, 7 goals from them for my to be desired, the first-years put on a dropping seven of nine matches. opens its season Saturday, Nov. 23 at editors’ pick last week. promising showing. The squad’s two victories came from Hamilton in a matchup of the 12th- sixth man Wyatt French ’17 (11-9, 11-8, and 20th-ranked teams in the country, Women’s Basketball The lone Panther to win a set on Room for improvement but Friday was Henry Pearson ’17, playing 11-5) and Krant (5-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7), respectively. 8 the season is young. november 21, 2013 | SPORTS23 High Flying Women’s Soccer Scores Seven By Alex Morris game, a stark contrast to last season, head The Middlebury women’s soccer team coach Peter Kim is happy with how his continued its dream season with a NCAA team is progressing. regional championship win, defeating “It’s much more indicative of our style Bridgewater State 5-0 on Saturday, Nov. that there are more goal scorers this year,” 16, and Endicott 2-1 on Sunday, Nov. 17. Kim said. “It also shows how good our team On Saturday, Middlebury established chemistry is that we have more players their dominance early, putting Bridgewater contributing in big ways.” on the back foot from the outset. Strong Panther pressure forced the Bears out advantage in the game, with Elizabeth of possession and to make mistakes. Foody ’14 making one save in 68 minutes, Bridgewater wasn’t able to replicate the while Kate Reinmuth ’17 made no saves in same kind of strong defense, mistiming 2 minutes of play. tackles and allowing Middlebury free Riding high, Middlebury entered the pockets of space. Regional Championship game against Middlebury would be left to rue missed controlled the tempo early with Endicott opportunities as the Panthers, despite not able to get a touch on the ball. The score didn’t remain goalless for the back of the net. In particular, Scarlett long, as 14 minutes into the game the Panthers earned a corner kick after Soroka defense, beating the back line with her played a ball down the left hand side and power and speed. In the 22nd minute, Ali Kirk pressured the defender into kicking Omsberg ’15 played a ball to open up space the ball out. Sloan stepped up to place an for Kirk, but Bridgewater keeper Kerry inch perfect corner into the box that Kirk Condon slid to challenge the Panthers nodded into the back of the net. striker before she could get a shot off. Just The Panthers seemed to come alive after minutes later, Julie Favorito ’14, recently their goal, with numerous chances going crowned NESCAC Player of the Year, found wanted. In the 20th minute, Kirk seemed Anthea von viragh herself with the ball in front of the net after trapped on the endline with pressure from Jamie Soroka ’16 nets the third goal of the game after a through ball from Moria a lofted pass into the box, but she could a defender, but with fancy footwork, she Sloan ’15. The Panthers blanked the Bears with a score of 5-0 on Saturday, Nov. 16. managed to swivel to loft a pass that Carter manage only a tame shot to the goalkeeper. losing her balance she could only manage a Favorito said. “But in the end the win was Talgo ’15 who couldn’t quite connect with Middlebury found its breakthrough tame shot at the onrushing goalie. all we needed to get to the sweet sixteen so it. Favorito came close just minutes later An Endicott consolation goal in the the team is very excited to have made it this after ripping a shot from outside the box free kick from Molly Parizeau ’15 into the far.” after a short free kick from Sloan. Robinson box. Kirk was able to head the ball from nervous last few minutes for the Panthers. Middlebury has won the right to had the last real chance in the game after After LeeAnn Card sent a pass along the host the NCAA sectional game against turning and drilling a powerful from the Gildner ’15, who tucked the ball into the end line, Foody was only partially able to corner with a cool volley. stop it before Selby McLenithan bounced falling to Misericordia in the NCAA of the Endicott keeper. on the loose ball to smash it into the net. Regional Championship game last year, Middlebury came out in the second half doubling their lead in the 42nd minute. Endicott almost looked like challenging Kim is looking for a different result. and continued to dominate the game, albeit After great play down the left hand side again with just two minutes left, but a shot “I expect a really strong team, at least at a slower pace. The Panthers continued by Katlyn Casey ’15, Gildner tempted the from Madison Missinne sailed over the as strong as last year,” Kim said. “I felt knocking on the door, but couldn’t quite keeper out of position before playing a pass crossbar. we outplayed them and especially outshot cash in on a second goal. Despite the win, tri-captain Favorito is them, but sometimes soccer is a tragic Kirk almost got on the board again in Woroch ’17. Woroch acted fast to pull off sure not to let the team get ahead of itself. game, and sometimes it beats you. We feel the 65th minute when Sarah Noble ’14 a shot that was almost cleared by a Bears strong going into this game and we know sent a bouncing ball towards the goal. Kirk consensus that we should have dominated it’s going to be a good one.” and Endicott keeper Katie Donnelly both the post into the goal. the Endicott game more than we did,” Despite a 2-0 lead, Middlebury came out challenged for the ball, but missed it as in the second half hungry for more goals. They didn’t have to wait long, as their lead away on the goal line. With 19 minutes left in the game, panther sc0reboard Moria Sloan ’15 played a great feed from Great performance in the Rotary W unmarked, with her shot slipping past the impressive jumping volley, but was denied Men’s Basketball vs. Baruch 96-89 Tip-Off at F&M. Two wins over two by offside. squads capable of being Top-25s. Middlebury continued to cut This championship-hopeful goes field hockey vs. Skidmore 3-2 l down in a shocker at home. But have Bridgewater open with ease, increasingly goal after impressive solo work from no fear, they’ll be back in 2014. Who’s ready for some rugby? Penn Woroch got her brace in the 66th minute, forward battled with a defender on the W men’s Rugby vs. Stony Brook 57-3 State will be in VT this Saturday. placing the ball between the keeper’s legs right hand side and with a quick burst of from Kirk’s endline cross. Amanda Hotvedt pace and step-over found herself with just The women’s soccer squad, too, ’17 rounded off the scoring for Middlebury enough time to let loose a curer that nestled W hosts a huge game this weekend. women’s soccer vs. Endicott 2-1 Misericordia will play the Panthers by converting a penalty kick in the 70th into the top left hand corner. on Saturday in the NCAA Sectionals. Gildner almost got a second in similar w Clean sweep of the Mules for goals. fashion just minutes later after speeding women’s hockey vs. Bowdoin 4-0 Middlebury. They beat Colby twice With four different goal scorers in the through the Endicott backline, but after to go 2-0.

Over/Under: 3.5 tries for the MCRC Who will lead the women’s #4 Baylor at #10 Oklahoma on Saturay against Penn State hockey team in scoring in its two at this weekend’s Hoopsville State (-6) editors’ picks games against Trinity? Classic?

OVER HANNAH BIEAWSKI ’15 1-1 BAYLOR Look at all those pretty graphs! Much like Ms. Bielawski leads the Let’s move on. Baylor, who are 10 point favorites hockey team in points, I lead the are getting six points? Avoid sports section in correct editors’ Vegas for a while, O. picks. Damon Hatheway (131-112, .539)

OVER HANNAH BIELAWSKI ’15 1-1 BAYLOR Love to see Midd representing the I can feel Damon’s smugness a St. Mary’s is too big a test right A lot of outside consultation was game of my homeland (kind of...). mile away after going back on top. now. In other news, the name put into this choice. Don’t worry, my wit will carry me “Hoopsville” really makes me sad. Alex Morris (18-18, .500) through.

OVER HANNAH BIELAWSKI ’15 2-0 BAYLOR To say that I am excited for this I too am concerned about this Someone has to make a bold This team would be no match for game is an understatement. smugness raining down on me. prediction. MCRC, though. Owen Teach (83-85, .494)

OVER KATIE SULLIVAN ’15 1-1 BAYLOR I’ve got the MCRC Feury (get She netted one versus Colby, and I think St. Mary’s hands the it?). Also, Penn State’s Feury is there’s more where that came from. right? sidelined. Big hit for PSU. young team will only get better with Joe macdonald (17-19, .460) experience. sports November 21, 2013 | 24 DAVID vs. GOLIATH

With a spot in the national championship game on the line, MCRC will host Penn State, the largest university in the country, on Saturday.

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