MAY 9, 2013 | Vol. 111 no. 25 | middleburycampus.com MOQA disbands, STUDENTS PROTEST VERMONT GAS PIPELINE citing disinterest By Bronwyn Oatley Ashby, explaining that the leadership decided to finally Facing a diminished disband in the face of “very membership, low community sparing” participation and participation and the absence attendance at the organization’s of members willing to serve Gaypril events. as co­chairs for next year’s “We brought an amazing organization, the leadership speaker, Lesléa Newman, who of the Middlebury Open Queer has been a part of LGBTQ Alliance (MOQA) has announced history — and which cost the its intention to pursue the formal school $1,500 — and only six disbandment of the College’s people attended.” Ashby also only student­run lesbian, gay, pointed to low participation bisexual, transgender and queer at the organization’s “Queer (LGBTQ) group. European” panel, a presentation On Monday May 6, Emma on “downlow culture,” a Ashby ’13, Petr Knor ’15 and Ada workshop on HIV/AIDS as well Santiago ’14, the three MOQA as one of the group’s social co­chairs, sent an email to events, an afternoon “BBQueer”. members of the LGBTQ student “In addition,” she continued, organization informing all that “no one has stepped up to the group would be disbanded. serve as the co­president of The decision came following a Kelsey Collins the organization for next fall. vote during the organization’s Students marched from Proctor terrace to Old Chapel with painted banners on Tuesday, May 7 to We just haven’t gotten enough weekly Sunday meeting, which protest the College’s written support of the prposed Vermont Gas pipeline, which would extend from support … Things have gotten drew a crowd of only five Colchester, Vt. to Addison County. In an email sent to the entire college community the day before, really ridiculous.” students — the organization’s President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz elaborated on the College’s support of the project. “Ulti­ While sympathetic to student three co­chairs and two group mately, we believe the pipeline will contribute to the economic welfare of the region and that it would frustration, Dean of the College members. Shirley Collado expressed be unacceptable for us to stand in the way of real and measurable progress toward goals broadly shared “We have been talking about in our community,” he wrote. He also addressed one major concern of those who oppose the pipeline, this on and off all year,” said SEE MOQA, PAGE 2 which is that some of the gas it will transport will be fracked gas. Liebowitz admitted this was true, but countered that “the steep increase in the amount of fracked natural gas in the North American distri­ Commencement 2013 bution system means that it is virtually impossible to ensure delivery of only unfracked natural gas.” On May 26, Bronwyn Oatley College awards student leaders ’13 will deliver the commence­ By Anna Chamby leadership awards program. The nominated — it’s incredible. It has ment speech for the class of 2013. Public Service Leadership awards grown immensely and we are so /0$12%34#5$%6%0(0)7$!"%$/8-9%$ “I’m truly honored to have the had been honored individually proud.” of the Dean of the College held its opportunity to represent our class since 1994, while the Dean of the Students and student third annual Student Leadership at commencement,” said Oatley. College, Student Government organizations were nominated Awards Ceremony in Atwater “In my four years at Middle­ Association (SGA) and athletic through online submissions open Dining Hall to recognize students, bury, I’ve had the opportunity to awards were all also separately to the entire college community. groups and organizations for their work with so many amazing stu­ presented in much smaller Separate selection committees, public service, leadership and dents, faculty and staff — at the venues. respective to the type of award, talent. Campus, on the alpine ski team “We decided to merge all of then chose from those nominees 1"&%%$ 5%#&3$ #),7$ !"%$ /8-9%$ ,8$ them and this is what we have,” to be presented and individually and with the Middlebury Open the Dean of the College and the said Special Assistant to the Dean honored at the ceremony. Queer Alliance — and I hope to /8-9%$8,&$:(6(9$;0)#)%<%0!$#!$!"%$ of the College Jennifer Herrera, President of the College Ronald Courtesy give a voice to a variety of student Education in Action Center (EIA) who was a key member in directing D. Liebowitz opened the evening perspectives at graduation.” joined together to re­imagine and organizing the program. a larger, culminating student “The amount of people that are SEE AWARDS, PAGE 4 Liddell wins in a PRETTY IN PINK landslide election By Ilana Gratch proud.” On Thursday, May 2, an Current SGA Chief of Staff all­campus email announced Anna Esten ’13 noted the that Rachel Liddell ’15 was impressive voter turnout as well. elected President of the Student “The turnout was the highest we Government Association (SGA) have on record, and we think it for the 2013­2014 academic year. was a combination of the fact The election yielded a record !"#!$!"%&%$'%&%$!"&%%$"()"*+&,-.%$ turnout with a total of 1,484 votes. presidential candidates running, Liddell received 772 votes, which as well as increased interest in the amounted to 52.02 percent of SGA in general this year.” votes and a clear majority. Liddell A new provision of SGA defeated Killian Naylor ’14.5, who election guidelines, enacted this received 367 votes and Nathan fall, is thought to have contributed LaBarba ’14, who received 345 to the record voter turnout. The votes. Ranked ballot calculations new rule allowed candidates were not deemed necessary in the to campaign during the voting tally process. period, whereas campaigning in “The campaign was a huge previous years ended when ballots amount of effort and time, but went live online. the real work starts now,” said Liddell’s SGA experience stems Liddell. “I’m just shocked by the from her role as Cook Commons Senator during the 2012­2013 Viviana Altamirano voter turnout, blown away by the Attendees applaud as Priscilla Odinmah ’15 struts her stuff during the annual African American Al­ distribution of the vote and very SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 3 liance fashion show on Saturday, May 4 in Coltrane Lounge, which was transformed into a runway. AIR FORCE FACULTY AND THE CAMPUS DELAYS DECISION STAFF SHOWCASE REVIEWS ‘CASTLE’ ON VT BASE KNOWLEDGE IN 2012 PAGE 16 PAGE 5 PUBLICATIONS PAGE 14 inside 2NEWS | MAY 9, 2013 community BEYOND council update Liebowitz hesitates on Delta decision THE By Claire Abbadi I.".7.+=#/J%(.'"/7#B:'&/?."#K&.>39-G'+# Williams College, no other New England Community Council had its last 8."7# 9:/"# 0:/<# 4'&-0# %&/-/"0/7# 3"# 0:/# Small College Athletic Conference BUBBLE meeting of the year on Monday, May project, it was established that most of (NESCAC) school has parking fines this 6 and has spent the last two weeks the wells in Alberta were using vertical high. BY DANNY ZHANG wrapping up agenda items from the year drilling techniques, but it has become Eight members voted in favor of this as well as making a preliminary agenda clear that more and more of the wells proposal, seven in opposition and one for next year, when Luke Carroll Brown they are drawing from in Canada are abstention. 6-'"1#4&.2G'"1A= Lastly, the Council met with Liebowitz The bloody civil war in Syria, which ’14 will serve as student co­chair of Some members of the Council felt that on April 2 to go over the decision to began more than two years ago at the Community Council. they did not have enough information to disband Delta house. height of the Arab Spring, continues to On Monday April 29, the Council met recommend the administration change 8,#0:'"G#:/#9.-#'"0/&/-0/7#'"#1/00'"1# escalate as more disturbing mass killings with Anna Shireman­Grabowski ’15.5 its position. more background on how we came and evidence of chemical weapons­use and Sam Koplinka­Loher ’13 to discuss have surfaced in the last few weeks. the Vermont Gas Pipeline Project, a 8,#0:'"G#'0#936(7#>/#%&/?.06&/#43-# 03# 36&# 7/2'-'3"+=# /J%(.'"/7# S/."# 34# !"#$%&'(#)*+#,-&./('#'"0/(('1/"2/#3452'.(-# project the College endorsed in 2009. 03#.20#3"#0:'-#>/43&/#9/#:/.&3?#EL'2/# B067/"0#S361#$7.?-A#8EV/#'-F#-/&'36-(<# claimed that they had found evidence The pipeline, which would feed gas President for Finance and Treasurer’s considering what ramifications the that Syrian President Bashar al­Assad’s from Alberta, Ontario to Chittenden !44'2/F#M.0&'2G#N3&03"#3&#O";'&3"?/"0.(# 7/2'-'3"#936(7#:.;/#43�:/#I3((/1/A= forces used chemical weapons in an attack and Addison Counties in Vt., would use Council on why the College endorsed Since the Council has recommended in March. The claims came a week after natural gas which is both cheaper and 0:'-# %&3P/20# '"# 0:/# 4'&-0# %(.2/+=# -.'7# the disbandment of Delta, Liebowitz Britain and France raised suspicions about more carbon efficient. However, some Professor of Film and Media Culture has met with members of the house, the use of chemical weapons and in a letter of the gas being fed into the pipeline Leger Grindon. administrators and most recently urged the United Nations to conduct a would be fracked gas, which is banned Eventually the Council proposed a with Community Council to discuss thorough investigation. in the state of Vermont, because of &/-3(60'3"# &/.7'"1+# 8Q/+# I3??6"'0<# this issue. It seems that two options The United States was initially hesitant the particularly disruptive techniques I36"2'(+# .-G# 0:.0# M&/-'7/"0# E34# 0:/# are seriously being considered at this to echo Israel’s claims, calling for more fracking uses. Two students spoke at a I3((/1/#R3".(7#SAF#T'/>39'0U#0.G/-#'"03# point: suspension and disbandment. careful investigation that might reveal Student Government Association (SGA) account new information that has come Suspension of the house would result more conclusive evidence. However, two meeting, which subsequently passed a to light since signing the endorsement in a loss of residential status, but Delta days later, the White House wrote to resolution asking the administration 34# 0:/# L/&?3"0# N.06&.(# K.-# M&3P/20A=# would still be considered a student leaders in Congress saying that American to reconsider its endorsement of the The resolution passed with 13 members organization, while disbandment would '"0/(('1/"2/# 3452'.(-# 23"2(67/7# 89'0:# project. The pair came to the Council voting in favor, two members voting in result in the loss of residential status and ;.&<'"1# 7/1&//-# 34# 23"57/"2/=# 0:/# asking that it produce a similar statement opposition and three abstentions. recognition of the organization. use of sarin on a small scale by Syrian to encourage the administration to Likewise, the Council framed a 8M&/-'7/"0#T'/>39'0U#:.-#-.'7#0:.0#0:/# government forces. Senator Dianne reconsider its endorsement of the project proposal that the parking fine for final decision should be reached very Feinstein of California said that those 8$((#34#0:/#1.-#23?/-#0:&361:#$(>/&0.+# vehicles on campus be moved from $50 -33"+=# /J%(.'"/7# S/."# 34# 0:/# I3((/1/# intelligence claims had been based on soil to $25, noting that with the exception of Shirley Collado. samples in the ground and blood samples from victims. The evidence of chemical warfare is MOQA leaders call for staff involvement -'1"'52."0# >/2.6-/# 34# 093# -0.0/?/"0-# made by President Obama over the last CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Divest for Our Future. house for queer exploration, and the Ashby also suggested that MOQA latter, the Women and Gender Studies year. Last summer, Obama warned that apprehension about the organization’s faces a unique challenge in developing Resource Center, is independent from any use of chemical weapons by Assad decision. community around a sexual identity. queer identification. 936(7#>/#.#8&/7#('"/=#43&#/-2.(.0'3"#34#@ABA# 8,# 23?%(/0/(<# &/-%/20# 0:/# 7/2'-'3"# 8D."<# %/3%(/# P6-0# 3&1."'U/# 0:/'&# 39"# Ashby contended that students seeking involvement. While visiting Israel in March that these students feel that they have things because their friends are queer, non­academic LGBTQ support have only of this year, he reiterated his statement, to make, but I am concerned that we and they don’t use MOQA as a conduit. two options: MOQA or the Center for 2.(('"1# 0:/# 6-/# 34# 2:/?'2.(# 9/.%3"-# 8.# would not have a student organization to 8H60# D!X$# :.-# 0:/# &/-36&2/-# 03# Counseling. 1.?/#2:."1/&=#'"#0:/#B<&'."#23"C'20A -6%%3&0#'"23?'"1#-067/"0-+=#-:/#-.'7A provide funding for parties, lectures and 8B3# <36# 2."# /'0:/&# 1/0# %-<2:3(31'2.(# So far, the White House has not Collado also wondered whether speakers. It would be nice if MOQA could :/(%+#3&#<36#236(7#13#03#D!X$A= said what action it might take if more students had pursued all available 46""/(#.#(30#34#7'44/&/"0#7'&/20';/-A= Yet, Collado pushed back against this conclusive evidence of chemical weapon channels before making the decision to Though sensitive to such explanations, assessment, explaining that students use is presented. Many experts say that the disband. Tony Huynh ’13, MOQA co­president seeking LGBTQ support can turn to a President is caught in the bind of sticking 8,4# 0:/<# 9/&/# 3%/"# from 2010­2011 offered an variety of staff and faculty, including Dean to his word while being reluctant to mire to engaging in a critical “I don’t think alternate diagnosis. of Students J.J. Boggs, Special Assistant 0:/#@ABA#9'0:#."30:/"C'20#'"#0:/#D'77(/# conversation with members MOQA should 8,# 0:'"G# 0:.0# /;/&<3"/# to the Dean of the College and Senior East. Last Friday, President Obama said of the queer community to is at fault, but I don’t Advisor for Diversity Jennifer Herrera, :/#8E73/-F#"30#43&/-//#.#-2/".&'3#'"#9:'2:# get at how to alleviate some disband, but think that meetings have all five of the Commons Deans, the staff … American boots on the ground in Syria of the issues or answer the if this gets been very well run this of Chellis House and the faculty of the would be good for America or be good for questions, then that might <# .&/.# 34# -%/2'.('U.0'3"+=# -:/# -.'7A# 8,# reluctant to discuss military action in As the College’s only participation in part as welcome the opportunity to engage in student LGBTQ organization, question of how Syria, the country’s neighbor, Israel, has a result of the group’s this conversation, but I want to make MOQA is a group that seeks been proactive in preparing to defend it can be better in leadership. sure that we’re being very intentional to fulfill the social, academic itself against any threats to its security. the future, I’m all Huynh suggested that about the way that we define the roles of and political desires of Last Thursday, Israeli planes struck a this year’s group planned 36&#-0.44A= students across all four years. for it.” shipment of missiles en route from Iran to fewer social events than Kevin Moss, the Jean Thompson For many underclassmen, the Hezbollah. The shipment was being stored KEVIN MOSS in past years, organized Fulton professor of modern languages group serves as a safe space in a warehouse at Damascus’ airport. This JEAN THOMPSON FULTON PROFESSOR OF a reduced number of and literature, presently serves as one for conversation of identity follows an Israeli airstrike in January that MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE discussions during the of MOQA’s two faculty liaisons. When and sexuality. Yet for others, hit a convoy similarly delivering arms to group’s Sunday night informed of the news of the decision to a wholly different sort of Hezbollah. The United States believes meetings and also failed to adequately disband the organization, he suggested space, one that is more social, academic Israel used Lebanese airspace to launch advertise programming. that he did not think that such a move or political is desired. the air­to­ground missiles. In response to such critiques, was an appropriate one, but hoped that it In March, the organization’s co­chairs On Saturday, another series of airstrikes Santiago, the one current co­chair might spur conversation. asked their membership to complete a engulfed the Syrian government’s military who had committed to serve in the 8,#73"W0#0:'"G#D!X$#-:36(7#7'->."7+# survey ranking in order of preference &/-/.&2:# ."7# 7/4/"-/# 4.2'('0'/-# '"# C.?/-A# same position next fall, instead cited but if this gets people seriously engaging the types of events that they would like The compound lying on the outskirts of an institutional failure, describing the the question of how it can be better in to see facilitated by the co­chairs. Of the Damascus was struck in the pre­dawn challenge that co­chairs face in seeking 0:/#4606&/+#,W?#.((#43&#'0+=#:/#9&30/#'"#."# survey’s 24 respondents, members were hours. So far, Israel has not claimed to provide programming for the diverse email. nearly evenly split across all activities — responsibility for the strikes. Syrian membership of the LGBTQ community 8,# .(-3# 0:'"G# '0# -:39-# 0:.0# 9/# &/.((<# parties, performances, academic talks, Foreign Minister has already called the without staff support. need an LGBTQ coordinator to take panels and activism. .00.2G#8.#7/2(.&.0'3"#34#9.&=#><#,-&./(A# 8$-# 23Y2:.'&-+# 9/W&/# 43&2/7# 03# responsibility for organizing things. Though uncertain as to the cause of the In recent days, sectarian violence focus on ourselves as students while B0.44+#4.26(0<#3&#-067/"0-#9'((#>6&"#360A=# low turnout for events and diminished between government Alawite forces and simultaneously fostering safe spaces for Though official steps have not yet member participation, Ashby offered a Sunni Syrians has left hundreds dead. an entire community of students, creating been taken to disband MOQA formally, number of hypotheses. Late last week, many Sunni families LGBTQ­related programming and events Monday’s email explained that henceforth 8,0W-#-3&0#34#:.&7#03#1/0#%/3%(/#03#3&1."'U/# C/7# H."'.-# ."7# H.'7.+# 093# 039"-# 9:/&/# and addressing all the needs (social, D!X$# 9'((# 8"3# (3"1/&# 46"20'3"=# .-# .# unless they are either very strongly for especially cruel massacres had taken place. political and academic) of students. Some student organization. Co­chairs hope or very strongly against something. Of Government troops torched houses and of this should be provided for by a staff that this step will cause the community course, there is homophobia in pockets stabbed and shot civilians in the streets. ?/?>/&+=#-:/#9&30/#'"#."#/?.'(A## to think more deeply about the role of an on the community, but for the most part Thus far, the Syrian civil war has Santiago noted that Middlebury LGBTQ student group on campus. people are very liberal. It’s hard because claimed over 70,000 lives. It has also '-# 83"/# 34# 0:/# 3"(<=# NOBI$I# -2:33(-# 8$-# .# &/-6(0# 34# 9:3(/Y23??6"'0<# there aren’t really tangible things to displaced millions of people in the country, without an LGBTQ resource center or discussion, it is our hope that a conclusion 3&1."'U/# .1.'"-0+=# -:/# -.'7+# .((67'"1# with over one million refugees spilling staff coordinator. Though the College can be reached as to the way forward for to the difference between generating across borders into Jordan, Lebanon and has a Queer Studies House and Chellis D!X$# 3&# .# -'?'(.&# 3&1."'U.0'3"+=# 0:/<# enthusiasm for MOQA and a group like Turkey. House, the former is an academic interest wrote. MAY 9, 2013 | News 3 Students seek reformed keg policy By Jeremy Kallan controlled party.” facilitate the hosting of more lively and Students were invited to participate R#.1#+" 3#S#'9#" 46HG" #" $&$9&'" *=" 2#5." collective gatherings. in an open forum on Tuesday, April 30 to year’s Alcohol Task Force, agreed with “We understand that students want address the question “What is the future Potter. greater autonomy,” said Smith Abbot. “But From The *=":*)/#2"3/=&"#.">/--2&9?'(@A"":B*+5*'&-" “The keg fosters a very interesting how we make that a balancing act is an by the Community Council, SGA and the communal environment at parties, it slows open question.” President’s C&#+"*=".1&"D*22&E&"F=,)&G"*%&'"HI"5.?-&+.5" down the rate of consumption of alcohol One possibility under consideration and faculty members attended the forum [and] it provides a space where the hosts is the presence of a paid student party to continue the ongoing conversation of the event can make sure that they have monitor program, modeled after similar Desk regarding issues surrounding on­campus control over who is consuming the beer programs successfully implemented at BY CHARLIE ARNOWITZ social life, such as what many perceive to .1#.".1&("#'&"5&'%/+EGA"5#/-"3#S#'9#Q" Haverford College and Dartmouth College. College policy prohibits the possession A number of students mentioned the be a problematic drinking culture and the Middlebury, it has been four wonderful or consumption of any full­sized keg, except lack of incentives to host a party. Zach desire among many students for a more years, and while I’m ready to go, graduation in the instance of a registered party or U/.)1)*)K"46MQ7G"=*'$&'"B'&5/-&+."*="VC0G" vibrant party options on campus. is also bittersweet. I will miss my friends, catered event. In order to register a party, -&5)'/9&-" .1&" 2*E/5./)#2" -/=,)?2./&5" *=" J1&"J#5K"L*')&"*+"<2)*1*2"#+-":*)/#2"3/=&" classes, professors and activities, and I presented their recommendations (which hosts must participate in a Party Host planning and registering a party, citing the Workshop, register any alcohol including high cost of hosting that house members will miss being surrounded by mountains, are available online) to the administration books and seemingly limitless resources. for consideration last spring. Since kegs by 3 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the frequently incur. Including alcohol and party, and provide and monitor a guest list non­alcoholic beverages, as well as the I will also miss being involved in the then, a Task Force implementation team Student Government Association (SGA). has taken steps to enact many of the for the event. Additionally, a social house required provision of food by college That is a different takeaway from many recommendations, according to Dean of hosting a party may only serve alcohol over policy, Hitchcock estimated the cost of past presidents, so I’ll explain myself. Students Katy Smith Abbot. In addition a four­hour time limit; after the four hours, 1*2-/+E" #" 2#'E&" B#'.(" .*" 9&" W7IIG" *+2(" #" Middlebury is an extraordinary place to the recent hiring of a director of health Public Safety monitors the closing of the small percentage of which can be acquired and wellness, progress has been made in a keg and locks it in a closet. from outside funding sources such as the — to be here is a privilege. But it is also an number of other areas. Vermont law places no such restrictions Middlebury College Activities Boards or imperfect place, and we all want it to be Although some items are still pending on registering a keg in advance or using it Commons funds. better. I challenge students, both inside budget approval, students can expect to see 8/.1/+"#"5B&)/,&-"./$&"2/$/.Q""" “[Associate Dean of Students] Doug and outside of student government, to the following changes: improved alcohol The College’s policy has been criticized Adams has already convened a group of more actively engage with this campus. We training programs for new students, for being excessively demanding. Associate SGA senators and IHC representatives to should not have empty lecture halls when opportunities to interact with Public Director of Public Safety Dan Gaiotti discuss changes to party registration,” said speakers come to campus, empty rooms Safety and custodial staff, accessible sound provided a number of reasons for its Smith. “We should see an overhaul of IHC when student organizations meet, empty systems in public areas, more diverse and current existence including concerns about guidelines next academic year and will inboxes that should be full of committee publicized programming and, ultimately, the large quantity, storage, damage and 1*B&=?22(" 5&&" 5/E+/,)#+." '&=*'$" .*" B#'.(" applications, empty seats at community reforms to the party registration and theft of kegs in addition to the “belief that it registration as well.” forums and other opportunities to engage must be emptied within a short time frame <-'/#+"V&'&5.&'"467"5#/-".1#.".1&")?''&+." hosting policies. with this institution. We’re all busy, it’s or alcohol will go to waste.” alcohol policy on campus has served to The forum was planned independently true, but there is a conspiracy of silence At the forum, Smith Abbot voiced the displace social life to off­campus locations. of the Task Force’s work, but served to and a culture of apathy at Middlebury that create a similar dialogue. importance of “making sure that we are “One of the reasons I came to this school clear about why our keg policy is what it was because I liked the fact that the social we don’t talk about. All of the privileges “While the forum cannot directly and resources we have here — all of the create policy, I think it was an important is. I think revisiting [the rationale for keg scene was all on­campus,” said Kerester. “I regulations] is worth it.” really hope that it can remain on campus professors and peers that we have here reiteration of student voice on social — are worth nothing unless we take concerns at Middlebury,” said Barrett 3#S#'9#" +*.&-" .1#." .1&" D*22&E&45" =*?'T #+-")#+"X*?'/51"$*'&"*+")#$B?5G"9&)#?5&" advantage of them. :$/.1"46MG student co­chair of Community hour limit for a keg to be legally registered I think there are a lot of dangers associated I therefore ask Middlebury students to Council, which co­hosted the event. may cause overconsumption, suggesting a with off campus parties, including drunk become more engaged with this institution. At the event, Smith posed a series of reform allowing students to register a keg driving.” We have a student government, and it is N?&5./*+5".*".1&"#?-/&+)&".*"-/5)?55G",'5." for an entire weekend. “I’m most interested to see how the in several small groups followed by an “[The administration] will be carefully future of social houses will play out,” said an excellent opportunity to get involved. open conversation that lasted more than considering whether we might extend the :$/.1Q"Y<=.&'"#"'*?E1"=&8"(&#'5G"VC0G".1&" But it is not the only opportunity. Indeed, an hour­and­a­half as many students hours that a keg is available,” said Smith Mill and Tavern are primed to grow and while at many large schools student stayed to share their thoughts long after Abbot, noting that this is one of many thrive.” government serves as the primary administrators had left. possibilities up for debate. “If we are going Following students’ constructive conduit for student interaction with their F=" .1&" $#+(" /55?&5" '#/5&-G" 5/E+/,)#+." to shore up the policies that we have, we criticism of campus social life and the administrative superiors, at Middlebury attention was devoted to the topic of kegs, need to have a very strong rationale for it.” College’s alcohol policy at the forum, that sort of a relationship doesn’t exist: with many students touting the keg as Many in attendance at the forum 5B&)/,)" 5.&B5" .*" '&$&-(" .1&" #BB#'&+." students go directly to administrators a viable option for safely and effectively described successful parties in which the lack of vibrant social life may be taken with grievances. As a result of this lucky hosting events with alcohol. student relationship with Public Safety was by the administration in the future, but predicament, common complaints about $?.?#22("9&+&,)/#2Q""U*8&%&'G".1&"*%&'#22" the forum’s only clear consensus was that “Kegs have a negative connotation,” the SGA not being “visible” don’t bother sentiment was that looser restrictions communication about potential solutions 5#/-"O/22"P*..&'"46HQ7G"=*'$&'"5*)/#2")1#/'"*=" me as long it is functioning adequately regarding party registration and kegs should continue among students, faculty Tavern. “But the reality is they can be some and doing the things it needs to be doing. in particular could help encourage and and staff. *=" .1&" $*5." &=,)/&+." 8#(5" .*" '?+" #" 8&22" Beyond the SGA, however, this college is full of opportunities for students to take ownership of institutional policy. But they don’t. Only if students show that they care Students elect representatives about this place — all aspects of this place — will we be given a voice on any aspect of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to work with administrators to grant its governance. students academic credit for summer academic year, as well as serving alongside I am very proud of the work of my internships, arguing that the winter term students, faculty and staff as a member administration this year. We have internship policy, which grants general of the College’s budgetary advisory worked hard to engage with the College, academic credit, should extend to summer committee. and our reward has been engagement “Sometimes it’s hard for average opportunities as well. “Many summer internships are unpaid, back and positive change. I owe a huge students to have their voice heard, and debt of gratitude to the members of my I’m excited to be someone who can make #+-" .1#.45" -/5.?'9/+EGA" 5#/-" 3/--&22Q" YF+" the one hand, it’s negative to buy into that, cabinet, who have prioritized the pretty my voice heard, and also someone who is unglamorous work of student government. willing to lend my voice to others,” said and on the other hand, buying into it is inevitable, and we need to have those kinds You, my friends, are awesome, and I can’t 3/--&22Q thank you enough for taking this plunge 3/--&22" $#-&" 1&'" -&)/5/*+" .*" '?+" =*'" of experiential learning moments in order with me. SGA President in March after repeated .*"9&"N?#2/,&-"/+".1&"[*9"$#'K&."81&+"8&" I am also grateful to the many conversations with incoming Chief of Staff graduate.” administrators, at all levels, with whom I C#++("Z1#+E"467Q 3/--&2245" B2#.=*'$" #25*" /+)2?-&5" have worked this year. Many folks in Old “Finding Danny [marked the shift from] reforming distribution requirements, Chapel have been excellent, but I’d like me having an ambition that I wanted to addressing the role of social houses on to give a special shout­out to Associate enact by myself into me having a team, and campus, revamping course evaluations Deans of Students Doug Adams and JJ me having somebody who was willing to #+-"'&)*+5/-&'/+E".1&"&=,)#)("*=".1&"U*+*'" 5?BB*'."$&"/+"#"%&'("'"8#(GA"5#/-"3/--&22Q"" Code. Boggs. I’ve never met two people more Zhang feels that the biggest factor in “I obviously am interested in making courtesy dedicated to making Middlebury work. 3/--&2245"5?))&55"8#5".1&/'")#$B#/E+"&==*'.5" a difference here at Middlebury,” said 0#)1&2"3/--&22"467"8#5"&2&).&-".*"9&":;<" !"#$"%&'(")*+,-&+."/+"0#)1&2"3/--&2245" early on in the election process. 3/--&22Q" Y!" #$" /+.&'&5.&-" /+" /$B#)./+E" .1&" President next year with 772 votes. ability to lead the student government “I think we had a really strong ground issues that I am passionate about, and I next year. She’s going to do a great job. think that a lot of students are passionate 0#+#" <9-&21#$/-" 467" 8/22" 5&'%&" -?'/+E" But she can’t do it alone, and even the game going for us,” said Zhang. “It was .1&" =#22" 5&$&5.&'Q" U#51&'" R/5#'" 46]" #+-" overall a really dynamic campaign with a lot about these same issues.” best SGA team in the world won’t be In addition to the SGA presidential D*+*'":/$*+5"46]"8/22"5&'%&"#5":*B1*$*'&" able to help her if she wants to make the of moving pieces, including social media, :&+#.*'5Q" ^%#+" <22/5" 467Q7" #+-" \*5&B1" elections, elections took place for Student sorts of changes that a record number of chalking, posters and just talking to people. 3&#%&+8*'.1"S#K#2/"467Q7"8&'&"&2&).&-"L&9" Co­Chair of the Community Council and student voters seem to want. She needs an YL'*$" 81#." !4%&" 5&&+G" 0#)1&2" 1#5" #+" Senators. SGA senators. actively engaged student body. She needs extremely driven personality,” Zhang said. Commons Senators were elected as well. 3?K&" D#''*22" S'*8+" 46MQ7" 8/22" 5&'%&" #5" you. “She’s very dedicated to what she does, and <2&_" P*..&'" 46]Q7" 8/22" '&B'&5&+." <.8#.&'" Community Council Co­Chair. Caroline Middlebury, thank you for these four if she wants something, she’ll do what it D*$$*+5G"\*51"S&&'2*8/.`"46]"8/22"5&'%&"#5" Z/./+"46H"8#5"&2&).&-"?+*BB*5&-"#5":&+/*'" years and for the opportunity to serve as takes to get it done.” S'#/+&'-":&+#.*'G"J#(2*'"D?5.&'"467"8/22"9&" As advertised during her campaign, :&+#.*'G" R#2/#" \#1#+" 467" 8/22" 5&'%&" #5" your student government president this Junior Senator for the full year while 0*55"D*$$*+54":&+#.*'"#+-"3/5#"U#+"a6]" 3/--&2245" B'/$#'(" B2#.=*'$" /55?&" /5" will serve as Wonnacott Senator. year. It has been an honor and a privilege. 4NEWS | MAy 9, 2013 Awards honor public service CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 MCAB’s WHAT’S by congratulating all student nominees. “Public service and leadership are what the College has valued and celebrated for a HAPPENING AT very long time, [especially] for the last 20 years,” he said. “The College is proud of the leaders it has produced in its graduates, MIDDLEBURY? dealing with community service, activism and innovation across a whole boast of Free Friday Film professions and societal interests.” Movie 43 Dean of the College Shirley Collado FRIDAY AT 7 & 10 P.M. added, “This celebration is meant to DANA AUDITORIUM shine the spotlight on all of you for your innovative programs and initiatives, Zumba your volunteerism, your commitment to Come dance the calories diversity and inclusion, your advocacy, away at McCullough passion, enthusiasm and academic Social Space. excellence.” SUNDAY AT 4 P.M. Dean of the College Student Leadership !"#$%&' "($(' )$(&(*+(%' ,$&+-' !"#$%&' included the Angels Award, presented Trivia Night to Rana Abdelhamid ’15; the Barbara J. 21+ and two forms of ID THURSDAY AT 9 P.M. Buchanan ’62 Memorial Prize, given to Paul Gerard THE GRILLE Hillary Chutter­Ames ’13; the Carri A. Smith ’98 Award for Outstanding Commons Attendees enjoy refreshments at the student leadership awards ceremony in Atwater. Member which went to Harry Zieve Cohen organization from among the dozens of campus,” Collado expressed. “But this is a ’15; the First­Year Achievement Prize, nominees. snapshot of some good work. )$(&(*+(%' +.' /#**#0' 1..+' 234-45' +0(' ,$&+' Luke Carroll Brown ’14 was the recipient “This is an opportunity for students to annual Peter Kohn Service award, given to of the Dana Morosini Reeve ’84 Memorial see the best version of themselves and their John Duvnjak ’13 and Ellen Halle ’13; and Public Service Award for his determination capacity. To be agents of what they want three different Charles P. Scott Center for and focus on eradicating sexual violence the culture of this campus to be. And it’s Spiritual and Religious Life awards. on campus through the co­founding of It very powerful,” she concluded. The Public Service Leadership Awards, Happens Here. “I didn’t really know what to expect going which celebrated its 20th anniversary this “Real credit for It Happens Here into [the ceremony],” student nominee year, were next presented by Director of goes to the many brave women and men Zach Weiss ’15 said. “But just being there Civic Engagement Tiffany Sargent and who submitted stories,” Carroll Brown and being in the presence of all of that special guest Patrick J. Durkin ’79, who commented. positive energy and all of those wonderful established and underwrote the public He hopes to continue the work, as people and leaders that are going so many service recognition program. Since honored at the ceremony. places made me want to be even more of a then, the awards have honored over 700 “We’re already gearing up for next year leader.” students and have donated over $41,000 and hopefully will move to other schools In addition to the Student Leadership +.' *.*)$.,+' .$6#*78#+7.*&' .*' +0(' 9(0#:;' around the country.” Awards on Tuesday evening, staff and of each student recipient who themselves <0(',*#:'#"#$%&='+".'>.7*+'?(#*'.;'+0(' faculty have been honored in two separate designate the cause. @.::(6(' #*%' AB!' !"#$%&' #*%' ,C(' AB!' receptions at Crossroads Café this week. “Education is all about living a

awards, were presented by Chair of the The winner of the Rodney and Beverly out. purposeful, meaningful life,” Durkin SGA Constitution Committee Dan Tenner DeGray Staff Appreciation award, College remarked. “You take the skills of all of ’13 and SGA Deputy Chief of Staff Brian Horticulturalist Tim Parsons was honored your academics and extracurricular work Clow ’13. Organizations honored included on Tuesday afternoon. The winner of the and you bring that all together to do JusTalks for the Extraordinary Initiative Marjorie Lamberti Faculty Appreciation something of purpose and value to make !"#$%=' A+.)' <$#;,DE' ;.$' +0(' FG+&+#*%7*6' award, Associate Professor of Economics your community a little bit better everyday. New Organization Award and Community Jessica Holmes, was honored at a reception “That’s what you do here … to make this Friends for the Outstanding Overall on Wednesday. a school of character,” he concluded. Achievement Award. For more information on Durkin, along with Sargent, honored “We couldn’t even being to capture in individual award recipients, visit go/ eleven students and one student these awards all the talent that exists on studentleadershipawards. campus The Middlebury Campus seeks staff writers for all editorial departments.

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LET US KNOW! [email protected] local Air Force delays Burlington F-35 decision until fall By Conor Grant E"#% F-.!#)% G!+!#$% 6.&% C(&9#% #-!02% states for the base of the new squadron of announced a postponement of plans to cre­ F­35s. +!#%+%1+$#%8(&%+%-<:1#&%(8%C5HI%*/"!#&%=#!$% J-% )#9.).-/% 1#!'##-% !"#$#% *?#% $!+!#$7% in Vermont. This announcement comes af­ 6.&% C(&9#% (8*9.+0$% "+)% !(% '#./"% +.&,(&!% ter months of debate about the suitability of capacity, cost and other environmental Vermont as a home base for these planes. factors. In order to minimize costs, they Some Vermonters consider the selec­ !+,,#)% .-!(% ,#N.$!.-/% 6.&% K+!.(-+0% tion of their state as the future home of Guard units. This requirement further nar­ these planes to be a tremendous honor, &('#)%!"#%*#0)%(8%,(!#-!.+0%1+$#%0(9+!.(-$% while others are worried that the planes to Jacksonville, Fla., Columbia, S.C. and will have a damaging impact on local com­ Burlington, which houses the Burlington munities. 6.&%O<+&)%G!+!.(-@ E"#% 6.&% C(&9#>$% )#9.$.(-% !(% ,($!,(-#% The military chose to proceed with pre­ the opening of their base at the Burling­ liminary plans to situate the F­35 base in !(-% J-!#&-+!.(-+0% 6.&,(&!% '+$% <-)#&!+4#-% P#&:(-!%)#$,.!#%+%$./-.*9+-!%0(9+0%(,,($.­ partially to enable the organization of an tion to the project for a number of reasons. The military cites the existence of an Courtesy of VPR additional public written comment period Burlington International airport may host a future squadron of F­35 fighter jets. over the course of this upcoming summer F­16 program at Burlington International to enable the public to voice their opinions 6.&,(&!% +-)% !"#% +1.0.!2% !(% 9((&).-+!#% +-)% :.0.!+&2%.-%$,.!#%(8%1<)/#!%9$%!(%!"#%F-.!#)% program will create 266 new military jobs in the works for many years, and is chang­ affected by the clamor of the jets. States military, discussion of an ultimate that will generate $3.4 million in salaries. .-/%!"#%6.&%C(&9#%.-%:+-2%'+2$%!"&($% 8$%8<­ !.&#)%6.&%C(&9#%9(0(-#0%+-)%:#:1#&%(8%!"#% ture.” South Burlington City Council. Not all people, however, are excited to 6!!.!<)#$% +1(!%#?#-%/#!%+% ‘eat more kale’ is spend some money at your troversial. cease and desist from his attempts to trade­ chance to blossom,” said Muller­More. local farmer’s market, know where your co­ The brainchild of a local Kale grower, mark this design. AE"#%!&+)#:+&4%(8*9#%-('%,&(!#9!$%!"#% op is, know where the organic sections of !"#$#%!"&##%'(&)$%*&$!%+,,#+&#)%(-%+%$.-/0#% Muller­Moore, however, is not backing marketing departments of billionaires,” said your big box store is, go to potlucks that fea­ t­shirt. This design grew increasingly popular down — and neither are his supporters. Muller­More. “It does not protect consumers ture better dishes than just jello salads and and quickly became a local trend. Now, the Ben and Jerry’s offered Muller­Moore an and it sure as hell does not protect the start­ tuna casseroles.” slogan has become focus of a patent lawsuit hour­long televised meeting to discuss his T­ ups and the mom and pops.” To Muller­Moore, “Eat More Kale” is 12%3".45*0567%+%8+$!%8(()%/.+-!%!"+!%90+.:$%!"#% shirts and the integrity of his design. Yet Muller­More sees a distinct social more than a reminder to eat leafy greens. phrase’s similarity to their motto “Eat Mor Governor Peter Shulin organized a press consciousness in his customers. To him, Ver­ Both he and his supporters see the slogan as Chikin” dilutes their marketing campaign. conference on his behalf. mont is an oasis of innovative entrepreneur­ a rallying cry in the local­food movement’s ;<00#&5;((&#% &#=#9!$% 3".945*056>$% +00#­ Team Kale, a group of his more ardent ialism in a nation increasingly consumed by struggle against large­scale agri­business and gations. He claims that in all of his conversa­ fans, has already raised $20,000 for his legal big business. a motto to live by. tions about his T­shirts, overlap with Chick­ fees. “My customers have come from those “If you know what kale is or if you are *056%"+$%-#?#&%9(:#%<,%1#8(&#@% D.$% +)?(9+!#$% */"!% 8(&% :(&#% !"+-% +% !5 areas in which people [care] where their keeping company with people that grow and “I have attended hundreds of festivals shirt. Weeks after the story gained national money goes,” said Muller­Moore. eat kale you are probably making some good and farmers markets and craftshows and I’ve attention, an elderly Bennington veteran Muller­Moore describes himself as an decisions in life,” said Muller­Moore. had hundreds of thousands of conversations 6 Local | May 9, 2013 Weybridge to host spring feast Local lowdown 24 Senior Luncheon & Bingo in Middlebury

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A9"(8#3/'*/(A*;/(F355(;%55(9*1$($9"( !*55"0"G1(-*<<2/%$>(-9*#21H(%/-52'%/0( 1%/0"#1(+#*<($9"(+3-25$>H(1$2'"/$(7*'>( 3/'($9"(53#0"#(-*<<2/%$>@(A9"1"(1%/0"#1( ;%55(7"(3--*(A%<(I2%5"1(3/'(3( Weybridge House -93<7"#(*#-9"1$#3($93$(;%55(%/-52'"(3#"3( Local food enthusiasts gather in front of Weybridge House for a weekly meal, forming a large circle and exchanging names. %/1$#2<"/$35%1$1@(J*/3$%*/1(+#*<($9"( "4"/%/0G1("4"/$(;%55(7"/"&$($9"($*;/(9355G1( By Isaac Baker Gildrien Farm. In this way, Weybridge One of the main dishes of the #"1$*#3$%*/(B#*K"-$@( members are able to help distribute more On Sunday, May 12, Weybridge meal will be a savory flat bread prepared )*#(<*#"(%/+*#<3$%*/H(-355(LLMNOLMM(*#( of the college’s food dollars to local grow­ 4%1%$(0*@<%''5"72#>@"'2E3#$1@( House will host its spring feast on the by Weybridge enthusiast Clare Donohue­ ers, particularly to those that typically lawn at 28 Weybridge Street starting at Meyer ’16 and Weybridge resident Bekah don’t produce the volumes that Dining MAY 10, 7:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. 5 p.m. Having chosen a Mad Hatter Gar­ Wilson ’14. Services would be able to purchase. den Party theme, organizers of the feast “I am so excited to try out a flatbread “It’s going to be an incredible local promise a bounty of local fare and what recipe based on a famous recipe of some meal this year,” said Cain. “Due to budget Food for Life Preview Class in they hope will be an impressive array baker friends at home,” said Donohue­ conservation i nthe fall, we’re actually go­ headwear. Meyer. “The recipe will incorporate thin Middlebury ing to be able to incorporate some meat “I don’t know where to find a hat,” potato slices and goat cheese into a deli­ into the entrees, unlike in past years.” !"#$%&"'()**'(+*#(,%+"(-**.%/0(%/1$#2-$*#( admitted Weybridge House resident cious cheese experience.” As animal products like meat and 3/'(,"4"5(6('%37"$"1("'2-3$*#(8"$9(:"#"#3( Jeannie Bartlett ’14. “Regardless of what The meal will also include bread, sal­ cheeses are often among the most expen­ ;%55(-*<"($*(=%''5"72#>($9%1(-*<%/0( I find, my expertise on the Mad Hatter ad and other entrees along with a number sive items to buy locally, they are rarely ?3$2#'3>($*(*++"#(3(+#""(-**.%/0(-5311@(A9"( Garden Party theme stems from when I of desserts like frozen yogurt with fruit. found in the Weybridge kitchen during -5311(;%55(1"#4"(31(3(B#"4%";(*+($9"(43#%­ played the ‘Head Flower’ in my second­ “As God is my witness, we’ll have lo­ the year; special events like the feast offer *21(;"55/"11(-5311"1(19"($"3-9"1(B#*+"1­ grade play of Alice in Wonderland.” cal coffee,” added Cain, “even if I have to the house an opportunity to celebrate the 1%*/355>@( Yet the feast is not only about Lewis coax it out of the ground with my bare carnivorous side of local eating that many C"0%1$"#(*/5%/"(3$(9$$BDEE+**'+*#5%+"B#"­ Carroll’s wild gar­ hands.” wish was more accessible. 4%";<%''5"72#>@"4"/$7#%$"@-*<@ den vision; it will Despite Cain’s determination, his “We’re very excited “I always look forward comment illustrates the challenges of also provide an MAY 11, 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. to these special events with opportunity for providing an all­local meal: some staples to have music this meat,” said Weybridge resi­ relaxation and simply cannot be sourced in a 100­mile­ dent Conor Wakayama ’14. further enjoyment year. Local tunes, radius. Whether it is coffee, bananas or Monthly Wildlife Walk In Middlebury “I mean, I like the food we of local food for oranges, there are a number of familiar local fare — that’s have at the house, but it many in the com­ food items that won’t be found at feast A9%1(;35.(%1($9"(<*1$(#"-"/$(<*/$95>( sure is better with a little munity. the kind of vibe due to Vermont’s cold climate. %/1$355<"/$(*#03/%U"'(7>(T!Q?N=Q,A@( bacon.” “Feast is a “What we do want to do is celebrate T#03/%U"#1(*+($9"(;35.(%/4%$"(-*<<2/%$>( Another new feature great opportunity we’re going for. I the incredible bounty we have available <"<7"#1($*(9"5B(12#4">(7%#'1(3/'(*$9"#( of this Mad Hatter Garden for people to relax in the area,” said Michels. “While farm­ ;%5'5%+"(31($9">(<"3'"#@(A9"(0#*2B(;%55( can’t wait to bust Party is music. Playing in <""$(3$(T$$"#(P%";(:3#.(B3#.%/0(3#"3(3$( towards the end ers haven’t begun to harvest most of their their traditional bluegrass $9"(-*#/"#(*+(]">7#%'0"(?$#""$(3/'(:25B( of the semester,” out a few moves on produce for the season, there are still a style, Nest ‘O Rebels will =%55(8#%'0"(C*3'@(8"0%//"#(7%#'"#1(3#"( said Christian number of spring greens available; and as perform on the lawn while ;"5-*<"@ Cain ’13.5, the se­ the lawn.” always, we have Vermont meat and dairy feast­goers move through ()*#(<*#"(%/+*#<3$%*/H(-355(MWWN6XX^(*#( nior Community Christian Cain ’13.5 to enjoy!” the buffet line and fine their MWWNOWY[@ Advisor for Wey­ “When it comes down to it, my fa­ SEnior CA for Weybridge House place to sit. This will be the vorite part of feast is that there’s sun and bridge House. MAY 11, 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. band’s second performance “Though we’re a food and music and we all lounge happily after playing at Brooker, little late with feast this year, we’re hope­ on the lawn with so many smiling faces,” Meeker and Porter’s Rowdy Roast in ful that people will push off finals prep said Bartlett. “I just hope the cooks get to Silent Screening of “Peter Pan” April. just a little bit longer, throw on a hat and eat first.” “We’re very excited to have music in Brandon get down to Weybridge for a giant din­ this year,” said Cain. “Local tunes, local ner.” A9"(8#3/'*/(A*;/(F355(A9"3$"#(;%55( fare — that’s the kind of vibe we’re going According to Cain, there are typically 1-#""/($9"(6[YLH(1%5"/$(4"#1%*/(*+(:"$"#( for. I can’t wait to bust out a few moves between 200 and 300 feast­goers each :3/H(3--*(5%4"(<21%-(7>(R"++( on the lawn. I don’t just like to dance, I semester, representing the largest cele­ C3B1%1@(Q'<%11%*/(%1(+#""H(72$('*/3$%*/1( love it.” brations of local food on campus to date. $*($9"($*;/(9355(#"1$*#3$%*/(+2/'(3#"(3B­ In preparation for feast, the 18 Wey­ The only requirement for the event is that B#"-%3$"'@( bridge House members will set aside a participants bring all of their own uten­ )*#(<*#"(%/+*#<3$%*/H(4%1%$(;;;@7#3/­ great deal of time to prepare the quanti­ sils and preferably don’t take them from '*/$*;/9355@*#0@ ties of food needed to feed such a gath­ the dining hall. While Dining Services ering. Reaching out to Dining Services MAY 11, 8 A.M. - 10 A.M. goes to great lengths to provide local food and other interest houses in the area, on regular basis, they are faced with the Weybridge residents, commonly known challenge of serving over 7,000 meals a Mother’s Day Breakfast in Vergennes as “Weybeans,” plan to fan out to various day on a fixed budget. With funding from kitchens across campus to prepare all of the SGA, Weybridge is able to offer these ?$@(:"$"#G1(B3#%19(;%55(9*1$(3(=*$9"#G1(J3>( the food. feasts once a semester to celebrate eating 7#"3.+31$(72++"$($9%1(-*<%/0(?2/'3>@(Q'­ “Cooking for 300 people in just a food that is locally grown (in a 100­mile­ <%11%*/(+*#(3'25$1(%1(SWH(1"/%*#1(S^H(.%'1( family­sized kitchen like ours is not that radius), in season, and highly nutritious. ON6Y(SOH(.%'1(2/'"#(O(+#""(3/'(+3<%5%"1(*+( feasible,” said Weybridge resident Ka­ The “farm liason” for Weybridge &4"(*#(<*#"(SY^@(8#%/0('"B*1%$(7*$$5"1($*( tie Michels ’14.5. “Cooking for 30 to 40 House, Melissa Shapiro ’13, has worked 12BB*#$($9"(-92#-9G1(_*2$9(=%/%1$#>@ people during the week is alright, but for a great deal in the past weeks to source feast we really rely on support from other Weybridge House MAY 12, 8 A.M. - 10 A.M. food from long­time Weybridge providers places on campus with kitchens.” in the area, including Elmer Farm and Feast­goers enjoy the 2009 local fare. opinions From divestment to dorm damage, a year in review Each academic year at Middlebury is slightly differ­ rounding divestment have become much more informed that negatively affect campus life. For example, recent ent from the previous one. While the College could not over the course of the year. In the past eight months, we weeks have seen a renewed attention to a form of de­ run without the hard work of faculty, staff and adminis­ have seen divestment transform from a small movement struction that has plagued our campus for years — tree trators, it is the student body that ul­ pushed forward by self­proclaimed activists in a manner vandalism. And it is not just trees that are being van­ editorial timately sets the agenda and tone for that has, at times, detracted from the message to an is­ dalized. Although students are given four years of high­ The editorial each year. In other words, students sue that has been discussed widely and constructively quality housing, dorm damage remains a large problem represents the define Middlebury. and, according to the SGA survey, is now supported by on campus. Community Council recommended Delta’s !"#$%&'(!)%*%!*(!"( At liberal arts institutions like the majority of the student body. Whether you are in disbandment due to the thousands of dollars worth of The Middlebury ours, students have the unique op­ support of divestment or not, it is clear that the issue damage Prescott House incurred. The damage was com­ Campus as portunity to influence the content has remained in the forefront of dialogue throughout pounded by Delta’s stubborn refusal to work within the decided by the and style of their learning experience the year, due in large part to overwhelming student ini­ system to repair damage and train their members. At editorial board. by expressing their interests both tiative. Middlebury, we are also lucky to have a flexible din­ inside and outside of the classroom. Another issue that students have pushed to the fore­ ing plan that allows students much freedom. Students Over the course of this year, we have seen student ini­ front of the agenda this year is local food. Programs like are even allowed to take dishes out of the dining halls. tiative shape the discourse on campus to a meaningful Eat Real have worked hard to ensure that this remains However, students often take this privilege for granted. degree. on the minds of both students and administrators. Dishes are left in dorm rooms and classrooms. They can When used responsibly, the power of students can Other students have used their agenda­setting pow­ even be found in the trash. be a strong er to highlight some harsh realities that are important Actions such as these demonstrate that we still have and benefi­ to address on campus. The organizers of this year’s It work to do in terms of respecting our surroundings and cial force for Happens Here event, for example, worked tirelessly to holding ourselves accountable. We have the power to editorial board the commu­ ensure that addressing sexual assault remains a prior­ define the school and to influence what students learn EDITOR-IN-CHIEF nity, as was ity for the college community. In a similar vein, Student here, but we must ensure that we are doing so in a posi­ Kathryn DeSutter often the case Wellness Leaders worked tirelessly to ensure students’ tive way. MANAGING EDITOR this year. For wellbeing was not forgotten in the absence of an admin­ As the school year comes to a close, we must look to Michelle Smoler example, it istrative health and wellness director. the future. How will Middlebury students characterize BUSINESS MANAGER is thanks to It is clear that many students have set a positive the 2013­2014 academic year? Will we continue working Quinn Proffer NEWS EDITORS the hard and tone for this year by exercising their power responsibly. to engage the student body on issues that matter to us, Jess Berry, Bronwyn Oatley, p e r s i s t e n t However, we have also seen instances when such power as so many students have done this year? Or will next Kelsey Collins work of many has been used in the wrong way — when it is taken for year be defined by exorbitant amounts of dorm damage, OPINIONS EDITORS students that granted as a privilege. dining halls without dishes and an increasing number of Joanna Lyons, Carina Guiterman, c o n v e r s a ­ Some of these cases can be considered as forms of honor code violations? Ultimately, the answer lies with Zach Drennen tions sur­ “negative activism,” in which students make choices us — it is up to the students to decide. SPORTS EDITORS Alex Edel, Damon Hatheway, Owen Teach, Fritz Parker INVESTIGATIVE EDITOR A signed professor evaluation Kyle Finck LOCAL EDITORS Professors have a unique and important place in a stu­ a hell of a time to decide to lose faith in myself. In my final Conor Grant, Isaac Baker dent’s life. We should never underestimate the deep and at letter to him, I explained that I am very capable of producing FEATURES EDITORS times life­long impact of the student­teacher relationship. Yet high­caliber work, that I deserve to work with someone who Lauren Davidson, Molly Talbert, Isabelle although the role of professors exists both in the classroom and will support me in my endeavors and that I believed given his Stillman in an advisory capacity, it seems that many are unaware of the pessimism toward me that it was in both our best interests to ARTS AND SCIENCE EDITORS Ben Anderson, importance of the latter role. discontinue working together. What I received in return was a Santiago Azpurua­Borras, Jessica Cheung I am a senior at a highly ranked liberal arts institution, and snide remark: This is fine with me. I hope you’re correct. PHOTOS EDITORS one of the wonderful opportunities it affords is undergradu­ At the end of the year we are asked to evaluate the qual­ Jessica Munyon, Paul Gerard ate research. There are no graduate ity of our professors. With this experience looming over me, I DESIGN EDITORS students pursuing masters or PhDs, take the opportunity to further question how we evaluate our Olivia Allen, Marea Hatheway Notes from so we mere bachelors candidates are professors. ONLINE EDITORS able to work directly with professors This past year, a professor of mine — passionate, engaged Leah Pickett, Emily Singer, Charlotte the desk on interesting and innovative proj­ and beloved by students, who inspired me to conduct my cur­ Gardiner Michelle Smoler ’13 is ects. 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What Leslea Newman for $1500 and advertised it. Four people as one of my exchange friends used to call me in her strong then does membership mean? Being on an email list? showed up. We had a talk about HIV/AIDS. Three people Russian accent. It was a very random decision of mine and I saw the problem, so I created a survey for MOQA showed up. No one showed up for our screenings. Nobody is I accepted the role with a lot members. I mostly asked what they want to improve, what running for our next elections. of excitement; over the sum­ they dislike and what they like. We got 22 answers; some of After that, I just completely gave up. It is a waste of time reader !"#$ %$ &"'()*"&$ +,"$ -"./"+'$ .*&$ them were creative, while some asked us to do more activ­ to organize events for the less than 10 people who come to planned some events for the up­ the meetings. Throughout the year a lot of my friends com­ op-ed coming year. In the fall, I man­ “At our last meeting, the active plained that we don’t organize any parties anymore or that Petr Knor ’16 is from aged to bring a drag performer members discussed the future of we need more hang­outs. I told them to come to meetings Prague, Czech Republic from Germany and organized and propose it, but nobody did. They claimed they felt too some parties. While the parties MOQA and unanimously voted in uncomfortable there. Man, I do too sometimes. You think were certainly not the best, the we are overly academic? Me too. I feel unwanted, useless stripping woman in Crossroads gained a lot of attention. I favor of disbanding it. I believe that and upset, and I also got a shining rainbow sticker for being was pumped about the semester, but I should have seen the it will be am erciful death to this a MOQA co­chair. decay. Thus I would like to announce a disbandment of MOQA I am talking about the inherent problems of many stu­ organization that no longer seems as a student organization. At our last meeting, the active dent organizations on this campus: free­riding. MOQA has to be wanted on campus.” members discussed the future of MOQA and unanimously been facing decreasing membership activity for a long time. voted in favor of disbanding it. I believe that it will be a mer­ It was almost always about three student leaders organizing ciful death to this organization that no longer seems to be all the activities. Attendance at the meetings was the most ism without explaining how to accomplish that. I guess that wanted on campus. We submit to market forces; no demand obvious problem. We went from seniors checking out “fresh we should make everyone wear pink T­shirts to show their shuts us down. meat” in the beginning of the semester to maybe 10 active support for our poor group since this campus is so oppres­ 0.(-$+1$+,"$2#'+$+13$-(4"#.-$.#+'$'5,11-$6(+,17+$.*8$9:­ members and then to three co­chairs meeting with two or sive. I expected people to come to discuss what they wanted ;<=>$)#173$1*$5.!37'?$8"+$6"$,.@"$.A2#!.+(@"$.5+(1*B$>*&$ three other people. I talked to other student leaders; sup­ since we showed a will to change. But no, just the few loyal we can only blame ourselves and our allies for this. Myself posedly this problem is not MOQA­only. Do we then par­ members showed up. Despite the disinterest, we organized included. Guns out: the serious business of syrian bloodshed Let direct democracy I’ve been writing this column for the ing, if Syria is attacked, but a recent air­ replace the SGA whole of this school year. During that strike suggests Israel may already have Student government at Middlebury and ineffective? Of course not. Then why entire time there has been one conflict started. Iran, it is presumed, will hover is currently based on the principle of do we shut them out with our repre­ of major international importance which with possibly semi­developed nuclear representative government; we elect a sentative system? Even if every student somehow has never been quite topical weapons defending their only true ally’s handful of senators with whom we en­ who wanted could show up and be a enough for me to interest. Russia, although it has pretty ad­ trust our decision­making power. Be­ member of the SGA, would it slow past eyes on the discuss in depth. amantly defended Syria’s sovereignty up yond voting every spring, the average the point of effectiveness? Probably not. I refer, of course, to this point, would most probably stand Middlebury student does not participate So, what do we gain in shutting people to the civil conflict aside in the event of any real conflict. Al­ at all in the process of student govern­ out? Rather than truly representing the outside in the Syrian Arab though the standard moral assumption Jack George ’16 is ment. This idea of democratic represen­ interests of the Republic. Since the that the “little people” are being slaugh­ tation is one of the most common forms student body, from London, U.K. height of the Arab tered by the crazy, all­powerful despot reader op-ed of government in the world, so much so all our current Carter Merenstein ’16 Spring (or awaken­ paints a pretty clear picture of right or that when people today talk about “de­ system does is is from Ambler, Pa. ing if you must) in wrong, it is unclear as to who exactly the mocracy” they are almost always refer­ pick a few win­ 2011, President Bashar al­Assad – who West would be helping. It is widely known ring to this representative system. For ners whose used to work as an optician in London not that al­Qaeda has allied to the cause of the modern nation­states, this is essential; views will be represented and ignores too far from where I live – has been resist­ rebels. Another strange phenomenon has they are so large that traditional town the rest. Why? Rather than having to ing a popular uprising that seeks to over­ been the flight of many Europeans to join hall or Greek city­state democracy compromise on one candidate’s basket turn his regime and replace it with a more the cause and fight for the rebels. This would be impractical and impossible. of ideas, some of which we share some of democratic alternative. His resistance has supra­national cause has echoes of the But for the Middlebury student body, which we don’t, couldn’t we just repre­ been brutal: air strikes and mass bom­ Spanish Civil War, although the underly­ is this really the case? Are we really so sent ourselves? I believe that a participa­ bardments are often used against his own ing tension here seems to be religious not large a community that participatory tory system would allow our government citizens. Scary recent accounts even men­ political. We would be supporting Sunnis, democracy would not work? Replacing to consider all viewpoints and, through tion his deployment of some radical, versus the Student Government Association open discussion and direct democracy, chemical weapons. The “If the United States Shi’ites. (SGA) with a government body made implement the best ideas that most ac­ dynamic behind the and its allies don’t want If the United up of whoever wants to show up, debate curately represent the interests of the power struggle is far States and its allies and vote, overseen perhaps by an elected student body. more complex than in to risk another failed don’t want to risk steering committee to provide structure, It is important to consider, how­ many of the other coun­ intervention and avoid another failed inter­ would not only be entirely possible at ever, several drawbacks of direct democ­ tries in that region. The vention and avoid C(&&-"47#8?$47+$617-&$4"$4"*"25(.-D racy and how a new student government majority of Syria’s pop­ another potential radical another potential In fact, after setting aside my biases system could address these concerns. ulation is Sunni whereas Islamic state, then they radical Islamic state, of what modern “democracy” looks like, First, for the most controversial issues it is quite surprising to me that our stu­ on campus, there is a risk of debate dete­ the leading family and must support a tyrant.” then they must sup­ the rest of the elite are port a tyrant. If as a dent body does not have a directly partic­ riorating into useless arguing if enough Shi’ite. The Shi’ite are democracy the U.S. ipatory government. In general, Middle­ passionate people show up. This is the backed by Iran. The Sunni are backed want to be moral and righteous, then bury touts the degree to which students most compelling argument for represen­ by the Saudis and, by proxy, the United should support the rebels at great military form an active and involved community, tative government, even though such is­ States. cost as well as potentially supporting even the administration makes an effort to get sues will most likely only come up once Calls for intervention are not new, but greater enemies. It’s the definition of a student input on an impressive range of or twice a year. The rest of the time di­ the haunting rumor of chemical warfare lose­lose situation. To justify the first they issues and campus­wide movements like rect democracy faces the opposite issue: – the usage of a certain Sarin element – need only recall the disastrous venture the divestment campaign demonstrate apathy. If our government is made up make them extremely audible right now. into Iraq although the pressure for this a genuine interest that many students of whoever wants to show up, what do Going to war in other lands and fight­ one is far greater. And as a reminder to have in affecting change at the College. we do if no one wants to show up? Or, ing for the causes of others has been the the dangers of supporting militants who What’s more, the community in which what about the issues that have only a bane of U.S. and other western forces in share a common enemy but no common we live, the town of Middlebury, has a few passionate supporters? These make recent military history (Think Vietnam goals, cue Afghanistan circa 1985 when thriving form of participatory democ­ direct democracy a vehicle for pet proj­ racy. Like towns all across New England, ects that are really not the business of and Iraq). Therefore, it is understand­ the U.S. funded Al­Qaeda predecessors in Middlebury has regular town hall meet­ the whole student body, and puts us at able why the Obama administration has war against the Soviets. ings where anybody can debate and vote risk of having no one to handle the bor­ been reluctant to engage thus far. They As a solution to this gruesome dilem­ on important local issues. If the town can ing legislation that the SGA still needs to keep hinting at ultimatums but each and ma I suggest the West risk it. We know do this, despite being more than three handle. However, both the issues of too every time Assad & Co. go too far — for ex­ for sure that Assad massacres and will times our size, why can’t we? much involvement and too much apathy ample by using weapons of mass destruc­ continue to massacre his citizens. We do But even if we can all agree it is have a simple solution: an elected steer­ tion against his own people, innocent hu­ not know how costly intervention will be, possible, why do we need to change the ing committee and president to facilitate man beings — the U.S. announces that it either in terms of short­term cost or long­ E:>F$%*$!8$13(*(1*?$+,"$!.G1#$/.6$6(+,$ productive debate and ensure that at needs to reconsider further. The embar­ term outcome. Let us focus on what we our current system became obvious over least a few people are accountable at all rassing double standards that have been do know, not on hypotheticals; let us do our brief election season; there are peo­ times. I believe that this solution offers displayed by NATO by defeating Gaddafi what we know to be right and save lives. ple who want to participate in govern­ the stability and consistency of our cur­ but perversely standing idly by Assad’s At least 70,000 have died thus far, and ment, and who have unique and valuable rent system while still allowing everyone massacres demonstrate not only moral many, many more have been displaced. ideas, who are needlessly turned away. to participate in improving Middlebury. hypocrisy but genuine cowardice. Why lie This won’t be another Afghanistan or Lib­ What do we gain from this? If all the in­ I hope that the new SGA takes this prop­ to ourselves that we intervene on humani­ ya; Syria is a capable military power. And terested candidates were just all allowed osition seriously and takes time to con­ tarian grounds? We intervene only when in the long­run this would only be a first to participate in government, without sider why we have a representative sys­ power can be displayed, military muscles step towards the inevitable showdown any election, would our student govern­ tem rather than letting students directly flexed; “guns out” in all respects. with Iran that has been brewing ever since ment all of a sudden become large, slow represent themselves. It will be very curious, but unsurpris­ the revolution of 1979. |MAY 9, 2013 opinions9 Laying Pipe in Addison County Weighing in on the weight This week, President of the College Ron­ cheaper. At current prices, a homeowner ald D. Liebowitz released a statement reiter­ who switches from fuel oil or propane would of neutrality ating the College’s support for the Vermont save between $1,300 and $1,400 per year. News of the new Vermont Gas pipe­ are. Considering our own knowledge of Gas pipeline. This comes in the face of mo­ In a county where the median household in­ line and the College’s announced endorse­ the alternatives to a new pipeline, the Col­ tivated and organized student and commu­ come is $57,000 per year, this represents a ment of the project has created quite the lege’s continued support of the pipeline nity opposition that has made its presence two percent total savings — a difference that stir among the community – and rightfully would represent nothing short of a public well known over the last few weeks. This de­ only gets greater when considered for those so. For a quick summary of the debate, see disservice to the people of Vermont. cision repudiates the state’s ban on hydrau­ with lower income. At its heart, this is not an the dialogue that has taken shape between The issue becomes slightly more lic fracturing by supporting a pipeline that environmental issue, but an issue of poverty Zach Drennen‘13.5 and Cailey Cron‘13.5 complicated, though, when we consider will carry natu­ and economic opportunity. Eleven percent and Anna Shireman­Grabowski‘15.5 with­ whether or not opposing a pipeline means ral gas pro­ of Addison County residents live below the Apply duced by the poverty line. For these residents, a differ­ in the columns of this section over the past opposing biomethane. From my own in­ process across ence of more than $1,000 is a huge quality few weeks. Both sides bring valid points volvement with and knowledge of the Practically Vermont. It is of life improvement. It means car repairs, and sound arguments to the table, and this College’s carbon neutrality progress, the Zach Drennen ’13.5 is also the right more food on the table or summer camp week, I’ll do my best to show why the dis­ biomethane project would not, on its own, an opinions editor from thing to do; it is for their kids. It means more money in the course represents exactly what the deci­ make us carbon neutral. Would it provide Canandaigua, N.Y. the right thing pockets of local businesses and lower costs sion­making processes concerning issues a viable means of replacing the 1,000,000 for Middlebury for local schools. Even if the price of natural like carbon neutrality needs: emphatic, gallons of fuel College, the town of Middlebury and the gas were to suddenly jump, it’s likely that concerned, critical judgements. oil we still state of Vermont. fuels like propane and fuel oil would follow To begin, I agree with Cron and Shire­ burn every Green Piece I could spend pages debating the mer­ and price savings would remain substantial. man­Grabowski. In no way do I think prop­ year? Yes, but Julian Macrone ’14 is its of fracking. It has become a dirty word The pipeline is also an issue of eco­ agation of natural gas – much less fracked there’s more from Clifton, N.J. within the environ­ nomic development. gas – puts us on a track toward sustainable to our carbon mental movement, “At its heart, this is not Those savings for an development or energy independence. In a footprint than that. While it would only and it is an undeni­ average household an environmental issue – life before Middlebury, I went to school for be one piece of the solution, it would be able fact that frack­ will scale up many a year in New York’s Southern Tier, right a pretty important one. It’s a shame that ing has an environ­ times for businesses although it represents an on top of the Marcellus Shale – fracking there may not be another feasible way of mental impact. Yet like Cabot, Porter ground zero. If there’s anywhere that can utilizing a new, truly clean technology like the severity of that improvement – but an issue Hospital or Otter provide a look at the way in which political biomethane. Unless some benefactor­to­ impact has been of poverty and economic Creek Brewery in overstated. Natural Middlebury. Lower vitriol permeates the present discourse on the­rescue willing to fund the construction gas has replaced coal opportunity.” heating costs for natural gas extraction – like, well, the way of a Middlebury­to­Salisbury pipeline (to as the go­to method them mean higher fracking chemicals permeate shale rock – be used exclusively for the transport of of electrical generation in the United States. wages for their employees or can mean more it’s there. For every environmentalist ada­ biomethane) or an on­campus storage fa­ This is a step forward; natural gas contains room in the budget for new hires. When we mantly against the development of natural cility comes on to the scene, I don’t know half the carbon dioxide and none of the oppose projects like this, we effectively draw gas resources, there’s a lower­middle­to­ if I could rightfully support biomethane as particulate emissions of coal. Natural gas a fence around the area for businesses look­ lower­class “Average Joe” who believes a viable step towards carbon neutrality. If extraction, through hydraulic fracturing or ing to move in. with every fragment of their being that gas we’re going to do carbon neutrality, let’s any other means, has less of an impact on I’m sympathetic to the plight of prop­ 6%),*5&)(>&),,&#*$&3%(%0*$&#$&*5%#"&B)$*&,)(%& make sure to do it right. the landscape than the strip mining and erty owners who do not want to see the to the American Dream. That’s not to say If anything, this whole debate illumi­ mountaintop removal used to produce coal. pipeline run by their houses. It is important that the average American’s opinion isn’t nates a point I spoke on in a column con­ In this case, the gas delivered by the that Vermont Gas take steps to reduce the misinformed or painfully unaware of the cerning this same topic earlier this year. In pipeline would mainly replace the fuel oil risk and disturbance they will face in its con­ other economically viable alternatives to order for carbon neutrality at Middlebury and propane that Vermont residents use to struction and operation. The town of Corn­ fossil fuel development, because that may to work, we, the students, the community, heat their homes. The process of producing wall, for example, is considering an ordi­ very well be the case. I do think, however, need to take ownership of it and respon­ either of these is no less fraught with pollu­ nance that requires the pipeline to pass 300 that Drennen tries to make the point that sibility for it. And that’s what’s happening tion and environmental degradation than feet from any structure of high consequence fracking. Propane is a byproduct of — sur­ to avoid the extremely minimal but pres­ we can’t immediately vilify the average here. This discourse is the practical ap­ !"#$%& '& ()*+"),& -)$& ."& !%*".,%+/& "%0(#(-1& ent risk of an explosion. Any other negative American because of concern for those plication of everything we’re supposed to Fuel oil is a similar, dirty leftover of this pro­ impact from the project will be temporary; things closest to them, but rather that we be learning about in the classroom – criti­ cess. As conventional sources of oil disap­ .(2%&3+#,*4&*5%&!#!%,#(%&6#,,&"+(&*5"%%&*.&07%& should approach problems like this with cal thinking and all that jazz. However, I pear, oil companies increasingly turn to oil feet underground, and farmers will be able open ears and open minds. This is espe­ don’t know if value judgments – like de­ sand and oil shale. I don’t need to sell any­ to grow crops on top of it. cially true if we have vested interests in the ciding what it means to be carbon neutral body at Middlebury on the harms of oil sand The pipeline will bring biomethane to matter, as is the case with carbon neutral­ I&2)(&3%&/)>%&*5".+-5&2.$*E3%(%0*&)(),9­ extraction, and oil from shale is produced by the College to satisfy its carbon neutrality ity. sis. If carbon neutrality at Middlebury is a mechanism similar to fracking for natural pledge and cheaper, cleaner fuel to custom­ With that said, Cron and Shireman­ supposed to set some kind of precedent, gas. Whether or not Addison County allows ers throughout Addison County. Vermont Grabowski are right in pointing out that which I assume it is, then we better make the pipeline, then, its residents will rely on State Government’s vote to ban hydraulic there are far better ways to provide energy sure that however we go about doing it the byproducts of the technological achieve­ fracturing was nothing more than a sym­ savings than building a pipeline. Simple projects the values and virtues we want it ment that is fuel extraction through hydrau­ bolic measure; there are no natural gas re­ home improvement projects can often to. I’ll assume environmental degradation lic fracturing. serves in the state and no danger of fracking "%$+,*&#(&$#-(#02)(*&"%>+2*#.($&#(&.!%")*­ isn’t what we hope to accomplish through The construction of the pipeline will nearby. We should not turn down the pos­ #(-&2.$*$&)(>&%(%"-9&%B02#%(291&H.6%7%"4& becoming carbon neutral. We become like give more than 3,000 area homeowners sibilities the pipeline brings over a symbolic I think we sometimes take for granted how our virtues through our actions, and our and a number of local businesses the op­ quibble over the origin of the product it will well Vermonters know this, as well as how actions alone. There’s no room in there for tion to select a fuel that is both cleaner and carry. politically active and well­informed they asymmetry. A dry wit Our chosen school is pretty big on tradition. Every year, graduating Febs ski down He yells, screams, laughs uproariously and makes you think. But most importantly, the Snow Bowl in their gowns. Every year, when springtime hits full bloom the Adiron­ Dry somehow makes you care. It’s not about his formidable resume or his professorial dack chairs come out. Every year, the homecoming football game tailgate blows up, DKE looks (the chalk­stained tweed jacket is exactly how I pictured my college professors look­ throws a righteous party and everybody wins. ing) – it’s the man’s passion for the material he teaches. He cares so incredibly much But one of the best traditions of all takes place in the classroom: every year, Charles about this stuff that it’s plain impossible not to get wrapped up in it yourself. He cares A. Dana Professor of Political Science Murray Dry teaches classrooms full of jaw­dropped more about Montesquieu than I cared when the Denver Nuggets students, aweing them with his erudition and the sheer vastness of his intellect. Murray got knocked out of the playoffs recently and more than a tearful Dry is one of the things that makes Middlebury so special, and it’s worthwhile to think Terrell Owens cared when the press went after Tony Romo, his red’s rant about why his presence is so valuable. quarterback. Caleb Cunningham 8&)/&2+""%(*,9&*):#(-&/9&0"$*&;"9&2.+"$%<&=.>%"(&?.,#*#2),&?5#,.$.!591&@%&"%)>&=)­ We have an elderly auditor in our class, Jack Goodman. He ’14 is from Boulder, chiavelli, Montesquieu, Locke, Marx – all the goodies. Many of these books I had consid­ has audited Dry classes for 12 years now, and the other day he told Colo. ered reading in my free time or even attempted to delve into, mostly without success. But me a story that captures the essence of what I’m getting at: last year, he went to Dry’s of­ "%)>#(-&*5%/&#(&)&2,)$$&6#*5&=+"")9&;"9&*5%"%&*.&>#7%&5%)>0"$*&#(*.&),,&*5%&#(*"#2)2#%$4& 02%&)&,#**,%&.7%"&)(&5.+"&3%B."%&)&2,)$$&)(>&B.+(>&)(&+(:%/!*&;"9&>%%!&#(&*5%&>)9C$&"%)>­ to untangle all the intellectual knots in their thought and explore ing, his desk piled with books underlined in and scribbled the deeper questions they bring to bear is a completely invaluable “You better do every page on so many times in so many different colors of ink it looked experience. of reading for a Dry class, be­ more like a handwritten manuscript than a canon of litera­ The man is a teacher par excellence. He’s been teaching at Mid­ ture. He was met with a terse reply when he asked how Dry dlebury since 1968, and the Charles A. Dana Professor of Political cause if he catches you with was “can’t talk, I need to prepare for this class.” Science since 1994. His curriculum vitae is 15 pages long, for Pete’s your pants down and the read­ After more than 40 years of teaching, reading the same sake. Let me put it this way: when my mother came to Middlebury book for the umpteenth time, Murray Dry didn’t have a min­ in 1974, Dry was already an institution. She took his class on Con­ ing undone, your shame will ute to spare because his priority was preparing for class. Not stitutional Law and he was the reason she went to law school. be very public and your justice researching, not private studies, but teaching. A(&*5%&0"$*&>)9&.B&2,)$$4&8&5)>&(.&#>%)&65)*&8&6)$&-%**#(-&/9$%,B& I have had more fun reading Montesquieu with Murray into. I had been told by a number of grizzled Dry veterans that I swiftly dealt.” Dry than I have hiking, than I have partying, than I have needed to be on my toes: Murray Dry teaches using the Socratic eating hard­earned Grille food at 1:57 a.m. on a Saturday Method. He doesn’t wait for hands – he picks students out of the crowd to call on. Not night. Somehow your pride gets wrapped up in the work, and when Dry asks some absurd “what year did Columbus sail the ocean blue” but “Mr. Cunningham, how does Montes­ question you want to know the answer, you need to, because on some level you know that quieu’s notion of virtue contrast with that of Machiavelli?” you’re never going to get as much intellectual stimulation from anything as you’re getting You better do every page of reading for a Dry class, because if he catches you with from the Doctor Dry. your pants down and the reading undone, your shame will be very public and your justice @%&),,&-.&*.&=#>>,%3+"91&D#/!,9&39&-%**#(-&)22%!*%>&#(*.&*5#$&$*+!#>,9&>#B02+,*&$25..,4& swiftly dealt. we have established that we are go­getters. We solve problems. We accept challenges and There are classes where kids don’t care about the reading, where not having done the we defeat them. homework is a badge of honor, a designator of too­cool­for­school­ness. None of those D.&8&$)9&(.6&*.&%7%"9&0"$*E9%)"4&F+$*&)$&/9&/.*5%"&$)#>&*.&/%&.(&;)9&G<&*):%&)&=+"")9& classes are taught by Murray Dry. Dry course. We came here to learn, so learn from the best. 10 opinions may 9, 2013 | Time to lead on divestment This weekend, the Middlebury College board of trustees may decide whether or not over land rights with indigenous peoples is not going to end this systematic silencing and to divest our endowment of holdings in fossil fuels and arms manufacturing. disenfranchisement. This community has engaged in conversations about divestment since Septem­ I am sharing these stories because I believe what the board of trustees does here, !"#$%%&'"()*+,(%-./"%!"",%#.*("0%.!+')%)-"%1+)",)*.2%3,.,4*.2%*51.4)%+6%0*/"()5",)%.,0% now, at this week’s board meeting, will demonstrate whether or not Middlebury College whether it will be effective in addressing the challenges we face. These concerns are valid is a leader. We are setting our priorities with the use of our resources. And we can choose and these conversations have led to productive debate. to manage our endowment in a way that creates real change. While I don’t like to make a habit of trying to scare others into action, we cannot con­ We do not know for sure that the divestment tactic will tinue having these conversations as though the issues we are discussing can be addressed work as it did during South Africa’s apartheid regime, if it will reader op-ed Greta Neubauer ‘14.5 is on a “reasonable” timeline. If we continue working on our timeline we will end up with a diminish exploitative forces’ ability to harm people and the planet that is incompatible with human life. planet. However, from all of our conversations, we do know from Racine, Wisconsin I have been away from Middlebury this semester. I spent a short amount of my time that on our end, the risk is limited. in Appalachia, where people’s struggle against the destruction of their land and commu­ And we know that leaders, those on the right side of history, act decisively in the nities due to mountain top removal, coal mining and hydraulic fracturing feels like a war. name of justice, of what is right. This community has decided that the exploitation of 7-"%8"()%9*#:*,*.,(%;%5")%<"#"%3:-)*,:%6+#%)-"%#*:-)%)+%2*/"%)-"*#%2*/"($%%7-*(%(+',0(%2*="% peoples and the destruction of our planet are wrong. We believe a statement from the an exaggeration; it is not. board that aligns our practices with our beliefs is right. I also met individuals from First Nations communities and indigenous peoples Middlebury College has stated its commitment to being a community and environ­ whose rights continue to be disregarded in the interest of extracting and transporting fos­ mental leader. Board of trustees: it’s time to lead. sil fuels. If studying history at Middlebury has taught me anything, it’s that the treatment Join the Middlebury community for a board of trustees tailgate at 3 p.m. on Friday, of indigenous peoples in this country has been shameful. And if my time off has taught with speakers and photos at 4:30 p.m. Visit http://divestforourfuture.tumblr.com for me anything, it’s that continuing to allow the fossil fuel industry free reign to “negotiate” details. Faculty, staff, and alumni in favor of fossil fuel divestment As Middlebury faculty and staff, we hope our trustees will commit to fossil­fuel nia Losano, Ashar Nelson, Avery McNiff, Beth Thompson, Bill McKibben, Bob Cole, divestment and a new kind of investment, investment that yields high returns and Brenda Ellis, Brett Millier, Carolyn Craven, Carrie Macfarlane, Catherine Ashcraft, embodies the promise of this challenging age. Catherine Combelles, Chris McGrory Klyza, Christopher Shaw, Dan Brayton, David Health technologies designed to perform miracles; clean­energy electricity for Haward Bain, David Stoll, Deborah Young, Diane Munroe, Elizabeth Karnes Keefe, the world’s poorest; new financial instruments for striv­ Ellen Oxfeld, Erick Gong, Erin Sassin, Eva Gudbergsdottir, Francisca Drexel, Glenn ing small businesses: let’s invest Middlebury’s money this Andres, Grace Spatafora, Hector Vila, Helen Young, Hilary Cunningham, Jack By­ reader op-ed way, not in the clutter and peril of fossil fuels. rne, Jane Kimble, Jason Scorse, Jay Parini, Jeff Munroe, John Elder (emeritus), Middlebury faculty, We respect the trustees’ stewardship of our institu­ John Emerson, John Huddleston, John Maluccio, Jon Cormier, Jon Isham, Judy staff, and alumni in tion, an institution for which we have the highest aspi­ Olinick, Kacy McKinney, Karin Hanta, Kemi Fuentes­George, Kent Glenzer, Kevin support of fossil fuel rations. We suspect that most board members support a Moss, Kim Ammons, Kirsten Hoving, Kristina Simmons, Linus Owens, Marc Lapin, divestment new approach to college investing, with one hesitation: Michelle McCauley, Miguel Fernandez, Mike Sheridan, Molly Costanza­Robinson, it’s complicated. It might even mean changing Middle­ Pamela Berenbaum, Peter Hans Matthews, Peter Nelson, Rebecca Kneale Gould, bury’s relationship with Investure. Rebekah Irwin, Richard Wolfson, Sallie Sheldon, Scott Barnicle, Shawna Shapiro, To that we say: “Bring it on!” After all, the transition to a better global economy Sophie Esser Calvi, Stefano Mula, Supriti Jaya Ghosh, Susan DeSimone, Susan Ka­ will be easy for no one. Let’s show the investment community, the academic com­ vanagh, Tracy Himmel Isham, Tsuneo Akaha, Yumna Siddiqi, Yuwei Shi munity and the global community that it can be done. In so doing, we’ll be on the right side of history, embracing the best economics and displaying the values of our Alumni signatories: mission: “leadership in a rapidly changing global community.” Divestment can mean a new kind of investment. Wouldn’t that be a celebration Aliki Barnstone, Anika James, Bennett Konesni, Blair Bowie, Bonnie Carton, of the liberal arts in action? 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GOATS. 30 ROCK ENDS :( 2 AM IN BIHALL SCANDALS MEDIA VIRAL CAMPUS NEWS MUSIC SPORTS FADS 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 14 features | may 9, 2013 Reception honors published Faculty and staff By Katie Schott had four works published in the last year, and 40 in his lifetime. He writes narrative litera­ Last Friday afternoon the Davis Library ture for children, young readers and adults. hosted a reception to honor all 22 members In 2012, he received the “Premio Iberoameri­ taste cheese of the faculty and staff who have published cano” for his short story Julio Cortázar, along works in the last year. The works were dis­ with numerous other awards. His book El Li­ chopsticks played in the Special Collections room, and bro que Se Muere was selected this year by after each author gave a brief overview of the “Banco del libre de Venezuela” as one of their book, the staff mingled and had a chance the 10 best books published in the Hispanic to take a closer look at each other’s work. world and in Spanish. “It is always great to see what your col­ “Writing and teaching is like a blood leagues are up to,” said Paul Monod, A. Bar­ transfusion,” said Ricardo, “students con­ ton Hepburn professor of history and acting stantly give me a fresh look at all the things dean of international programs, who recently around us, and they renew my curiosity about authored Solomon’s Secret Arts: The Occult life and the world. With that renewed curios­ in the Age of Enlightenment. ity, perplexity and fresh perspective, those BY JIAYI ZHU According to Monod, Solomon’s Secret of us that dedicate ourselves to teaching are The weather is so nice these days. Arts “is a study of occult thought in England stimulated to explore many new ideas.” and Scotland, including alchemy, astrology After a long lasting winter, no one on Another book published by a member of !"#$%&'(!)$*!+&,-.$/0&1$&1$0&1$23'0$45567$4('$ campus can wait to put on spring ap­ Middlebury’s languages department was As­ not the last — a sixth, a short book on British parel! Battell Beach takes over the role sistant Professor of Spanish Luis Castaneda’s politics in the period of the American Revolu­ of the gym, and tables outside of Proctor Viaje al Norte de Verano, a coming­of­age tion is in its early stages. become the new place to sit, replacing novel for young readers, set in the northern Christina Cartwright, German School coast of Perú, dealing with father­son con­ Courtesy of barnes and noble Proctor lounge. coordinator, and translator of Zoo Station, 8&,'17$ %5*!"'&,$ %9)!'&5"10&:1$ !"#$ :9%15"!)$ Assistant Professor of Sociology Rebecca Ti­ It is interesting to see how people agreed with Monod and commented on how ethics. love to expose themselves under the sun ger published a study of drugs and justice. “nice it is to feel recognized” by other mem­ Two works by Middlebury professors around the campus. Frisbee suddenly bers of the staff faculty. Zoo Station was origi­ were published in the Latin language in the becomes the most popular sport on cam­ Writers Conference, Michael Collier, most nally published as Christiane F. – Wir Kinder past year. Professor of Classics Randall Gani­ recently published his sixth collection of po­ pus, and Battell Beach is packed with vom Bahnhof Zoo in Germany in 1979. It is ban collaborated on Vergil: Aeneid, Books ems, titled An Individual History. He was the students running around, a scene dis­ an autobiographical piece by a former drug 1­6,$,5"'!&"&"+$'09$2%1'$0!)3$53$;9%+&)<1$Aeneid Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2001­2004, tinctly different from the snow­covered addict on her troubled teenage years. The with line­by­line commentary and other ma­ and teaches in the creative writing program isolated atmosphere in the winter. book is very famous in Germany and is re­ terial to aid college­level students in translat­ at the University of Maryland. Retired profes­ In the late afternoon, it is quite a quired reading for most high school age stu­ ing and appreciating the classic poem. sor Gary Margolis published A Poets Journey scene for me to see people dressed in dents. “I’m lucky to be able to write on authors to the Shamans in Ecuador, and his previous shorts and bikini, with their sunglasses “Teens of Addison County and I teach in my courses,” said Ganiban. “I have work, Fire in the Orchard, was nominated on, lying in the sun, face down in the Middlebury students [should] read it as well,” my own students in mind when I draft the for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Charles lawn or the picnic cloth they brought. said Cartwright. “It may be based in a differ­ commentaries. The opportunity to ‘test’ these A. Dana Professor of Philosophy Emeritus I wrote a tweet in Chinese say­ ent culture, but the issues the book confronts commentaries in class has been invaluable.” Victor Nuovo edited and introduced John ing that “spring is coming and the sun carry over. It is a tough story, but a good one.” Associate Professor of Classics Christo­ Locke: Vindications of the Reasonableness of is shining. People surrounding me are Another Middlebury author also has pher Star published The Empire of the Self: Christianity, which looks at several writings obsessed with [it]: slackline in the sun, published a work confronting the same is­ Self­Command and Political Speech in Sen­ by John Locke on religion. He also is a senior get tanned; play Frisbee in the sun, get sue, but from another direction. Rebecca Ti­ eca and Petronious, a book on Latin literature research fellow at Oxford University. tanned; chat on the lawn in the sun, ger, assistant professor of sociology, recently and philosophy. Star has received a grant Director of Arts and Associate Curator get tanned; read books in the sun, get published Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, at the College Museum Pieter Broucke, editor tanned; wear as [little] as possible, get Coercion in the Justice System. Tiger was not and agreed with Ganiban that his “classes at of Edward Burtynsky’s Vermont Quarry Pho­ able to attend the lecture, as she is on leave tanned.” I got a fair amount of retweets =&##)94(%>$0!?9$!))$499"$09):3()$&"$%92"&"+$ tographs in Context, made a point nearly all this year, mainly researching from New York and my Chinese friends who are studying ideas.” Star has nearly completed his next writers agreed on. “I just love it when I learn City and working on another book about ad­ abroad seem to resonate with this. book, an introduction to the life and works of from my students,” he said. All authors also dictions. Rock Bottom: Celebrity and the I don’t understand why tanning Seneca. repeatedly thanked their colleagues for the Visual Culture of Addiction focuses on the one’s self is the social norm here. I enjoy Many of the works written will be helpful continued advice and editing. representation and construction of drug use to the Professors in their classrooms as well the sun, and I don’t mind gaining some This is just a selection of the 22 works and addictions in popular press and reality as aid the teachings of their colleagues. For vitamin D by walking between the build­ published by Middlebury faculty and staff television shows. example, Larry Hamberlin, associate profes­ ings on campus. But when I was having in the last year. The full collection of works Juggling teaching and writing on cam­ sor of music, co­authored a college textbook some tea with friends outside for 15 min­ is housed in the Davis Family Library, to the pus this semester is Visiting Lecturer in on American music. Director of the Breadloaf left of the Circulation Desk. utes, the sun got too shiny and hot for Spanish Ricardo Chavez­Castaneda, who has me to stay longer. It must be the same awkwardness for American students to see how most of MCAB SPEAKER, kipp charter schools the Chinese girls escape from the sun in the summer. Instead of getting tanned, most of us are obsessed with getting as founder speaks on education reform pale as possible. The most recent instance I realized By Isabelle Stillman sued their goal of closing the achievement gap in elementary, middle and high school this difference was when comparing the Mark Feinberg, co­founder of the education. Today, 125 KIPP schools are skin care lines of the same brand in the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) in session across the U.S., about half of charter schools and superintendent of U.S. and in China. Whitening line, as which are middle schools. KIPP Houston, opened his address to the most popular line which appears on “There are two basic ingredients in Mead Chapel last Tuesday, May 7, with a the home page of the Chinese website the KIPP formula: great teaching and description of a traditional Masai warrior of that brand, does not exist in the U.S. more of it,” Feinberg said on Tuesday. greeting. The most equivalent line I can find on its Though Feinberg and Levin funda­ @A5B$!%9$'09$,0&)#%9"C.$1!>1$'09$2%1'$ mentally believe that education reform U.S. website is the uneven skin tone line. Masai warrior, according to Feinberg. comes from having a strong presence in Not surprisingly, it is also hard to find “The children are well,” responds the the classroom, their model is also based tanning lotion in China. other. 5"$ 2?9$ 5'09%$ *!K5%$ :%&",&:)91L$ *5%9$ You may ask then what do most Feinburg embraces the meaning be­ time (in the school day and throughout Chinese girls do in this nice and warm hind this interaction in his extensive work the year), choice and commitment (giv­ in education reform — he focuses on the weather. I cannot represent all of them, ing families an opportunity to determine children. but I can tell you what I am planning to their own education), power to lead, high KIPP is the largest network of char­ do this summer. I will try to stay in the expectations and focus on results. ter schools in the U.S. The schools, locat­ shade – if not the air conditioned rooms Feinberg closed with a call for a com­ ed mostly in under­resourced areas, are – as long as possible. I will get myself a plete “mindshift” in American society; to funded publically, privately run, free and combat the issues of education and reform cute sun­protective umbrella and stock open to anyone. Paul Gerard '09$1>1'9*$35%$'09$49''9%7$B9$2%1'$*(1'$("­ up on sunscreen. It is not the sunlight D&",9$EFFG7$B09"$'09$2%1'$HIJJ$1,055)$ derstand the system as it is and tackle it that I don’t enjoy, but more of the heat KIPP schools co­founder Mark Feinberg was founded in Houston, Texas, Feinberg with a brighter future in mind. and humidity the sun brings with it in spoke in Mead Chapel, Tuesday May 7. and his co­founder Dave Levin have pur­ the summer. Thus my favorite activities in the summer include hanging out with my friends in air­conditioned shopping CRUSH LISTS LAKE DUNMORE MAPLE HALF MARATHON malls, karaoke, restaurants and cafes. Nothing to lose and every­ Hannafords is all sold out The few, the mighty. There is a joke in Hong Kong that the WINNERS thing to gain! of Twisted Tea after this only time of year when girls wear sweat­ weekend. ers is in the summer due to the low pre­ set temperature of the air conditioners. losers& CRUSH LISTS TREES FINALS I am ready for my adventure of meet­ For those of us who haven’t Keep ‘em in the ground Whether you like it or not, ing the sun as little as possible this sum­ found our names yet... people. They’re the Earth’s they’re coming... mer, and wish you all the best hanging lungs! out in the sun even without my company! may 9, 2013 features15 CCSRE changes leadership, continues dialogue By Jack Dolan into the fabric of the College. ing an Ethnic Studies minor as well as concerning race and ethnic constructs On November 4, 2008, members of This past Friday, the CCSRE held an growing the organization by increasing and their relationship to citizenship and the American democratic process took open house to celebrate Burch’s work funds, sponsoring more events and add­ immigration. one giant step towards racial equality by and to introduce fellow Professor of ing more members. Not all of the events are brought in electing the first black President of the American Studies Roberto Lint Sagarena “But, really, I’m just going to do from the outside — many associates of United States, Barack Obama. Just one to the pre­existing community and po­ my best to fit into the shoes of Susan,” the Center lead discussions, give presen­ day earlier, on November 3, members tential incoming members as Sagarena added. tations and hold forums displaying their of the Middlebury community checked the new leadership for next “That’s what it’s all “She has done own work. year. so much for this “Of all the incredible presentations their emails and found plans for a new about: getting peo­ Center for the Comparative Study of The Center, whose mis­ place—my most and talks and events I’ve seen since I Race and Ethnicity in Carr Hall. sion is to foster “interdisci­ ple to talk about important goal first got involved with the Center, the The decision to provide a venue to plinary and comparative ap­ these issues.” for the years to most memorable would probably be the college community to encourage dis­ proaches for understanding come is to pick Susan explaining her own work,” said cussion about race and ethnicity at such formations of race and eth­ Gabby arca ’13 up where she left Carllee James ’13, an affiliated member a pivotal point in American history was nicity and their effects on hu­ affiliated member of ccsre off.” of the Center. no coincidence. Founder of the Center man relations,” employs the “When I first In addition to her managerial duties, and now Dean of Students Shirley Col­ help of faculty, staff and stu­ got here, the Cen­ Burch has authored and co­authored lado cited the 2008 election and the ac­ dents alike to convey its message. ter didn’t have a director or any real, ef­ a number of books on the role of deaf companying discourse as an impetus for There are two different types of of­ fective leadership,” said Gabby Arca ’13, individuals in the context of American the Center’s founding. ficial associations with the Center: par­ an affiliated member of the CCSRE, who society over the past decade. Her latest In an interview with the Campus giv­ ticipating faculty members and affili­ attended the torch­passing ceremony work, Unspeakable: The Story of Junius en at the time of the organization’s an­ ated members. The former fulfill their on Friday. “Now, because of Susan, we Wilson, interprets the life of the book’s nouncement, Collado said that students commitment to the organization and its have this incredible space for events, for namesake, a deaf black man who spent and faculty participating in the Center’s mission by teaching classes in which the meetings, for even just casual conversa­ 76 years of his life in a North Carolina programs would not only “do an intellec­ examination of race and ethnicity play a tion, which might be the most impres­ state mental hospital during the Jim tual analysis of what’s taking place with central role (there were 11 offered this sive part about [the Center], because Crow epoch and examines the complicat­ race and politics in America, but how semester). The latter are persons who that’s what it’s all about: getting people ed intersections of race and disability. that is affecting us as a community.” simply have a vested interest in the work to talk about these issues.” Burch’s works are available in the Five years later, Obama remains of the Center, demonstrating their dedi­ Through Burch’s leadership, the College Bookstore as well as on Amazon. in the White House, but the leadership caiton by taking classes offered by par­ Center has come to constitute a consor­ com. To get involved with the organiza­ in the CCSRE is changing. Professor of ticipating faculty members and attend­ tium of 38 faculty associates and nearly tion, send an email to CCSRE@middle­ American Studies and the Center’s in­ ing activities sponsored by the Center. 100 affiliated members. Previous events bury.edu with a few sentences that de­ cipient director Susan Burch is stepping Next year, Sagarena will step into have included a lecture from Peabody scribe your professional and research down after five years of fostering the or­ Burch’s place as director. When asked Award winner Majora Carter, brown bag interests, and how they might intersect ganization from a collective dream into about his plans for the organization, lunch discussions with professors from with the goals of the organization. To a full­fledged institution that is woven Sagarena mentioned the idea of add­ other colleges and an entire symposium learn more, stop by Carr Hall for details. LIKE US ON news. local news. out. PAPER? Like us on opinions. features.

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middleburycampus.com www.middleburycampus.com Dance ensemble demonstrates study of improvisation arts !"sciences Page 17 Provoking play on love leaves audience unsettled By Jiayi Zhu formed the theatrical polarities of humor sharing his experience in an email after Jack DesBois ’15 said that it was and sadness, a beautifully structured the performance on Saturday night. “For helpful for him to understand “The Cas­ This past Thursday through Satur­ story. what it is be worth, my own sense is that tle” better with the experience of learn­ day, May 2 through 4, the College’d the­ Telling Barker’s story, conventional “The Castle” reveals the nature and scale ing about Howard Barker in class. He atre program presented the play “The exchanges between characters were in­ of Barker’s dramatic ambition, which is said the abstract concepts of conflicts, Castle: A Triumph” by contemporary terrupted by direct addresses to the au­ Shakespearean, and that the changeable, domination and power might be hard to British playwright Howard Barker in the dience, inviting the audience to partici­ conflicted texture of the play reflects get out of the play if the audience came Seeler Studio at Mahaney Center for the pate in the dramatic dynamic. The direct Barker’s uneasiness with such an ambi­ without knowing what to expect. Arts. The college website says the play connection between the audience and the tion, which he cannot help but find sus­ Precise construction of the castle, is “blasting with humor, bawdiness, vio­ performer was not only engaging, but pect, because it may be associated with demolition of nature, betrayal in love, lence, and the limits of desire, pain and also challenged the imaginative bound­ pretentiousness and a will to power and doubts in religious belief and conflicts sexuality.” aries of the audience. domination.” in power; there are so many themes dis­ In “The Castle,” a group of 12th­cen­ Limited by the space and the budget, “As Romagnoli’s production makes cussed and explored in “The Castle” that tury English Crusaders return to their set designer Jon Crain and the director clear,” he continued, “the playwright’s the general audience had a hard time homeland after a long period of time, but decided to have curtains dyed and paint­ handling of this bleak assessment in­ grasping them all. find that the civic, agricultural and reli­ ed shades of green, furnishing the land­ volves a lot of humor — subtly ironic hu­ From a techniqual perspective, Sum­ gious practices they were familiar with scape at the beginning of the play. The mor and humor of the broad, loud, vulgar ire Doi ’13, who did her senior acting the­ have been turned upside down while they castle was revealed through the abrupt, music hall variety. So, in the end, ‘The sis “17 ½,” one month ago, thought “The were away. The women who were left be­ violent tearing down of the curtains. The Castle’ seems to me unstoppably explor­ Castle” was a brilliant project. hind in the village had radically changed walls of the Seeler Studio became a part atory and genuinely unsettling.” “The wall of the Seeler Studio was the government and religion into an egal­ of the castle as the plot unfolded. In ad­ Unsettling seems to be a frequently always standing there,” Doi said. “It’s itarian culture. With the return of these dition to that, the set provided the literal mentioned adjective after the perfor­ nice to see the crew use it as a part of the reigning crusaders, they brought back embodiment of a forbidding and dehu­ mance. Some of the students refused to castle, so the studio itself represents the an engineer who plan the largest castle manizing structure in the space where leave any comment on “The Castle” be­ castle. Besides, I really appreciated the in the region in order to regain control the show finally took place with concrete cause they do not know how to respond poetic dialogues in the play.” over the women. As the construction of columns and cinder block walls. to this dramatic theatre work and were This summer, “The Castle” will be a the castle went on, they not only trans­ Instead of using traditional music not sure if they got the underlying mean­ part of summer shows in Season 27 of the formed the landscape of the village, but scores as a melodramatic device to inten­ ings of the work right. PTP/NYC project off­Broadway. also the power dynamics manifesting in sify the emotional scenes, the sound de­ gender, sexuality, race and age. The play signer Cormac Bluestone used construc­ is serious, mature but yet comical in its tion sounds to underscore some of the exploration of gender and love. emotional moments. Director Richard Romagnoli, the Isa­ “The Castle” starred Christina Fox bel Riexinger Mettler professor of the­ ’13.5 as Skinner, a witch, Meghan Leath­ atre at the College, is an authority on the ers ’13.5 as Ann, a changed woman, and work of Howard Barker. He has directed Noah Berman ’13 as her husband Stucley, six of Barker’s plays and a few poems for a knight, embattled lord of the land. the theatre department, PTP and compa­ Tickets sold out for all three perfor­ nies in Boston and New York City since mances. Students, professors, parents his first year at the College. of the cast and friends of the production In Director’s Notes, Romagnoli crew came and watched the two­and­a­ viewed “The Castle” as “a story about half hour play. love – love rejected – love betrayed – “This play is not likely to leave the love pursued – the inability to love.” audience unaffected and indifferent and With inciting action, a series of com­ that makes for a potentially productive pelling conflicts and a resolution fol­ evening in the theater,” said Stephen lowed by an ironic denouement, the play Donadio, Fulton professor of humanities,

courtesy of stanford barouh courtesy of stanford barouh Christina Fox ’13.5 starred in the theater department’s production of “The Castle.” Haunting scenes asking serious questions caught the attention of the audience.

Francois Clemmons Farewell Concert Scenes and Songs Shipwrecked on RIDDIM Island don’t Alexander Twilight Artist­in­Residence Francois Music department student vocalists come to­ The spring RIDDIM concert explores being ship­ Clemmons, who founded the Harlem Spiritual gether to present their work in a night of lively wrecked through a wide range of dance styles, from !"#$%&'$()"*(+'),$*(-./0$1(2'$%%3"#(3"(45$( musical theatre, ranging from opera to Broad­ contemporary to hip­hop. If you missed out on getting miss children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, way. The night features solo and group pieces, a ticket, there will be an open dress rehearsal at 8 P.M. 678$#(57#(')#4(3./07)'(#3'3(03"0$14()4(97**'$&:1,( ranging from opera to Broadway. on May 10. before retiring at the end of the school year. 5/11, 8 P.M., MAHENEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 5/11, 7:30 AND 10 P.M., MCCULLOUGH SOCIAL SPACE this 5/10, 8 P.M., MAHENEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS may 9, 2013 | arts !"SCIENCES17 Dancers excite with improvised style By Leah Lavigne into whatever the performer’s wanted it to As the performance progressed, the au­ real life connections in the work, saying, be. Certain dancers or musicians emerged dience viewed the sunset through the west­ “This spirit of exploration, experimenta­ On May 3 and 4 an ensemble of danc­ as soloists, and performers deftly communi­ ward windows of the dance theater, adding "+1*=(>4$!"+1*+*-(@(6&+%&(A(/#!"()..9+$'("1( ers and musicians presented “Music, Dance, cated with each other, silently reading body a dimension of natural light progression to my interpretation of the music, then later to Light: Performance Improvisation” at the cues and listening for musical patterns. the presentation. In the end, the three main my relationship to the other individuals in Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts “As a member of this ensemble,” danc­ components blended beautifully, offering the ensemble, the space and my movement Dance Theater. The performance was the er Do said, “it is my responsibility to open surprising and thought­provoking, on­ !";9$()*'(/*)99;("1("&$(!1%+)9(*1#0!()*'()$!­ capstone experience for a group of students up my awareness, process the information the­spot interpretations. Each performer thetic standards of being a body dancing on enrolled in Senior Lecturer in Dance Penny and make decisions that will contribute to calmly made split­second decisions without a stage — is something that I recognize as Campbell’s improvisational dance course the ensemble’s works.” showing a sign of thought, making the im­ valuable and vital, not only to the pursuit of and also served as an exploration — as the Original ideas expanded into bolder provisational style seem effortless. art, but to the pursuit of life.” title suggests — of the interplay between movements and relationships, bringing Students spoke enthusiastically about The passionate, unique expression of dance, music and light. dancers together to collaborate with high the comparisons between improvisational creativity impressed the audience, who talk­ The student dance ensemble included levels of trust. If a dancer started on a par­ dance and life. ed excitedly about the performance as they Adeline Cleveland ’13.5, Hai Do ’14, Amy ticular idea, one of the musicians may have “In our practice of this form,” Sarae left the theater. The evening presented an Donahue ’13.5, Douglas LeCours ’15, Jes­ chosen to provide that performer with a Snyder ’15 said, “we must face the unexpect­ excellent change for students and commu­ sica Lee ’13, Julianna Mauriello ’13, Cam­ complimentary beat, but only for a period of ed, think physically and compositionally in nity members who do not usually have the eron McKinney ’14, Rachel Nunez ’14, Sarae time. The work focused on the idea of evo­ a single instant and learn to let it go. It is opportunity to experience improvisational Snyder ’15 and Meredith White ’15, most of lution, asking performers to challenge their research and it can never be complete or dance and music and gave students a chal­ whom study dance as a major or minor. own boundaries and create new artistic re­ fully mastered. The process is the product.” lenging opportunity to take their study of Audience members were greeted by the lationships as an ensemble. Rachel Nunez ’14 also found valuable dance to a new level. sights and sounds of the performers warm­ ing up, exploring their ideas for the night and getting their bodies moving. Dancers !"#$"%&$'( )*'( +*,$!"+-)"$'( !.$%+/%( 01,$­ ments, speeds and energies, while musicians played with varying intervals and colors of sound. The six musicians, Arthur Brooks, Michael Chorney, Deborah Felmeth, Ron Rost, Anthony Santor and Heimo Wallner, played a total of 10 instruments, adding a jazzy, yet elegant live edge to the group. The location of the musicians on stage, per­ 21#0$#3!(14"/"!()*'("&$(+*"$#)%"+1*(5$"6$$*( sunset and stage lighting were the only pre­ meditated parts of the evening. The nature of the performance allowed any length and combination of pieces, as well as interesting juxtapositions of music and movement. Audience members wait­ ed in curious anticipation of the structure of time and space and each performer’s unique decisions. Campbell said of the improvisational style employed by the ensemble, “One of our fundamental understandings is that impro­ ,+!)"+1*(+!(%10.1!+"+1*7((8#10("&$(/#!"(01­ ment that someone begins to create sound, movement or light, form begins to emerge and all artists and members of the ensemble %199)51#)"$("1(0+':6+2$("&1!$(/#!"(&+*"!(12( 9+2$(+*"1()(2499;:<$'-$'=(4*+>4$(.+$%$7?( At the Saturday performance, the en­ semble presented a variety of short pieces, each distinct in its ideas, movements and sounds. Each piece began with a loosely anthea viragh pre­conceived notion and quickly evolved On May 3 and 4, student dance ensemble demonstrates improvisations, positioning bodies and manipulating shapes. ‘Syrup’ spills over screen with Q&A still managing to be interesting with a sense of depth. the book and we were able to buy the rights from him By Ben Anderson My only real issue with the film was the pacing. and completely readapt it,” Becker said at the Q&A. Last Sunday, the Middlebury Film Society hosted After only the first half­hour or so of the film, two or According to the three involved, they aren’t using a screening of “Syrup,” an edgy comedy set in the three conflicts had been established and resolved. At the term ‘readapted’ conservatively, as the film really cut­throat world of advertising, based off of the best­ one point, the story seemed to rush by at break­neck only takes the name and basic idea from the novel. It selling novel of the same name by Max Barry. The film speed, only to slow down for another 20 minutes with­ becomes a new work in and of itself. was produced in part by Middlebury alumni Aaron out plot development. “It was great to have the author so heavily in­ Becker ’10, Shane Mandes ’10 and Baird Kellogg ’10. While there were a lot of interesting and plot­ volved,” Mandes said. “He took the characters, ideas Current student Hunter Nolan ’13 also worked on the moving scenes, the transitions sometimes felt rushed and themes from the book and made a whole new film as an associate producer and assistant editor. Af­ and fragmented. That being said, the story as a whole story.” ter the screening, Kellogg, Mandes, Becker and Nolan The enthusiasm on the part of all four involved all sat down for a Q&A with the audience. was incredibly evident during the Q&A. The effort that With loud music blaring over the speakers of Dana went into this film was clear both from their stories Auditorium and with a veritable entourage of the col­ “You get really anxious the and in the final product. And their effort certainly did lege alumni who worked on the film and their friends, day it’s released because not go to waste; the film was released on iTunes last the premiere was quite the event. Arriving 10 minutes Friday and by the end of the week it was already the before the show started, I was stuck sitting in some you don’t know how people second most downloaded independent film on the site. of the front row seats as excited students had already will receive it, so seeing “You get really anxious the day it is released packed the auditorium for the film. because you don’t know how people will receive it,” The film stars Shiloh Fernandez as Scat, a busi­ people get so excited about Becker said, “so seeing people get so excited about the ness school graduate who thinks he has the next great the movie was my favorite movie was my favorite part of the whole process.” marketing idea. After being betrayed by his friend The final question of the Q&A, asked by Nolan ‘Sneaky Pete’ at the beginning of the film, Scat teams part of the whole process.” himself, directed to the other more experienced film­ up with ‘6’, his new boss at the Addy drink company to Aaron becker ’10 makers touched upon the goals that many students at work his way to the top through an industry he soon the College have; to take something they are truly pas­ finds to be riddled with deception. At first, I thought sionate about, create a product they are proud of and the running gag of the characters giving themselves did manage to hold my attention throughout and go somewhere with. “What are some stepping stones,” unique names was a bit gimmicky, but as the film even kept me guessing at points. And, as well as being he asked, “in getting to where you are?” progressed, it tied in well with a running theme of compelling, the story presented a less­than­cliché love “The first and most basic thing,” Mandes said, “is self­reinvention and our attempts at hiding behind a story. In fact, love story is a bit of a misnomer in this just doing it … if you get thrown into the fire, you’ll false image we create for the world. case and I enjoyed seeing the romantic tension culmi­ figure it out. If someone has an idea and there’s an op­ “It’s a dramedy — a dramatic comedy,” Becker nate in a way I didn’t predict. portunity, just go for it and make something.” said. “[It’s] a society piece and a bit of a satire.” The filming process began three summers ago. Looking ahead to the future, the three Middle­ The acting was solid throughout the film. Fitting Kellogg, Mandes and Becker spent many weeks travel­ bury alumni hope to keep up their momentum from with the off­and­on lack of seriousness in the film, ling the country, trying to juggle commitments from “Syrup.” This summer they will be in Chicago shooting each actor was able to pin down a different trope for actors and producers in a difficult balance that proves a political thriller about a cyber­terrorist attack on the his or her character. The sexy and mysterious busi­ that there’s a lot more involved in a movie than film­ United States. ness woman, the ‘always thinks his idea is the next big ing. “Syrup” is currently On Demand and available for thing’ idealist, the silent but deadly archenemy — all “A script had been circulating in Los Angeles as an download on iTunes and is set for a theatrical release of the characters seemed to want to be a cliché, while earlier adaptation of the story written by the author of on June 7. for the rec rd

18 arts !"SCIENCES MAy 9, 2013 | SOLAR D UPDATE one life left BY SANTIAGO AZPURUA-BORRAS Summer Construction Preview It always warms my heart when I stum­ ble upon an indie gem as these games tend to offer vastly different experiences than your weekly source for updates on Middlebury’s Solar Decathlon Team from your typical AAA release. They will be cheaper, usually offer a unique visual style By Owen Teach tain students become “experts” in par­ as being one of the largest challenges for and feel more like a video game due to their ticular areas. Rita Croce ’14.5, one of the the team moving forward. lack of cut scenes, dynamic cameras or oth­ As the spring semester winds down, er things that games with a bigger budget the 2013 Middlebury Solar Decathlon students here for the summer working “I think that windows will be a big on construction, has spent her semester challenge because the installation will use to create a more “cinematic” experience. team’s work is just beginning. Twenty­ Guacamelee! is such a game, developed becoming the team’s lead on window de­ be detailed and logistics can be a bit of one team members, comprised of stu­ by newcomer DrinkBox Studios, and if this sign and installation. a nightmare,” she said. “This includes dents and recent graduates, are set to !"#$%&!'#('"$#)$$&*+$#!,$-#$%&#.)*&/0'&)$!,.# “Before this semester I worked out shipping and packing the windows in begin work the day after Memorial Day world, let’s say that I am holding my breath the outreach team and was not involved boxes to be shipped to Irvine.” (May 28) to complete the design and for what they release next as Guacamelee! Is construction of the InSite house before at all in construction and design,” said More than just the house itself, team an impressive debut. an “East Coast” showing set for the first Croce. “I got some drawings that a kid logistical coordinators also have to pre­ Guacamelee! tells the story of Juan, a weekend in August. The house will then had worked on before me, and had to pare for the dozens of Middlebury stu­ simple agave farmer and tequila maker who, be dismantled into shippable panels be­ work to understand them by talking to dents that will travel out to the competi­ )1$&'#)#('&#)$#$%'&"!3&,$"#%-4"&5#'4"%&"# fore it travels by rail for reassembly dur­ people and watching YouTube videos. tion. This fall, students can participate off to rescue his childhood friend, the presi­ ing the competition in Irvine, Calif. in When I started to draw them, I started in one of four one­week shifts to con­ dents daughter. Calaca, an undead skeleton early October. to learn what all that gibberish meant. struct, display and then de­construct the who wishes to use her for a ritual that will Constructing the house is only one Then, after starting to build them you house during its stay in California. merge the worlds of the living and the dead of the goals for the summer, however, learn ‘oh that line means this’ and it all As time counts down to the competi­ so that he may rule all, has kidnapped her. as the team also faces a mountain of starts to make sense.” tion in Irvine, the team has its work cut Juan challenges him to a battle, only to be killed nigh instantly. It’s in the world logistical tasks to prepare the house to Croce also sees window installation out. of the dead where he discovers a magic compete in the competition. These range luchador mask which grants him life as well from developing informational materials as newfound strength and speed, exactly for tours during the two­week public ex­ what he needed to stop Calaca. hibition phase of the contest to deciding 6%&#('"$#$%!,.#7-4#8!99#,-$!0&#!"#$%&#:!­ whether or not to drill microscopic holes sual style, a comic book feel with a Mexican into the house’s windows so that they luchador motif. Lots of vibrant colors, som­ don’t crack because of pressure change breros and dia­de­los­muertos skeletons all while traveling over the Rocky Moun­ inhabit the lush, but small world of Guaca­ tains en route to Irvine. melee!. Despite the seemingly endless list Guacamelee! is a love letter to the Me­ of tasks, however, Cordy Newbury ’13 troidvanias, as it uses this classic formula, is satisfied with the work that has been but in new and exciting ways. The game is done thus far. a 2­D side scroller which only progresses “We have done remarkable work in when the +9)7&'"# (,3# beginning the construction and water­ new spe­ cial moves, proofing the house; we have also raised which allow gUACAMELEE! access to three fourths of our project budget and areas were p r e v i o u s we have set up strong outreach outlets,” not accessi­ ble. True to said Newbury. “This summer we will the genre, there are have much more time to dedicate each also plenty of special nooks and crannies to (,3#),3#&;+9-'&5#4"4)997#0-,$)!,!,.#+!&0&"# week, meaning we will be more efficient of sugar skulls, which increase your stam­ in our work and be able to expand our ina, or heart pieces, which increases the outreach efforts. Keeping up with the length of your health bar. construction schedule will be our big­ The combat is also incredibly simple gest challenge as well as preparing for anthea viragh but still statisfying. Juan has his basic our upcoming deliverable on public ex­ The College is hosting 21 students this summer to continue work on the 2013 Mid­ three hit combo, but once a character is hibition materials.” 39&>4'7#E-9)'#F&0)$%9-,#"4>*!""!-,#G,E!$&<#6%&#%-4"!99#%):&#!$"#('"$#"%-8!,.#!,# weak enough, Juan can grapple them. Once One of the ways the team has dealt August and then be dismantled and shipped to California for October’s competition. grappled you can throw an enemy in any with complicated logistics is to have cer­ particular direction, suplex him, drop kick him, or just throw him into the air to begin an air combo. This creates a thrilling combo based combat system that feels true to the luchador motif the game is portraying. science sp tlight: Summer research The most interesting mechanic in the game however is the necessity to switch By Will Henriques Alzheimer’s,” explained Stillman in an involves actually doing chemistry as op­ from the world of the living to the world of email. posed to simply learning about its vari­ $%&)35#),3#:!0&/:&'")<#=$#('"$#$%!"#8!99#>&# Soon the campus will empty. Dorm Choi and Stillman will be study­ ous aspects [in the classroom]. The re­ 3-,&# $%'-4.%# 9!$$9&# "8!$0%&"# ?-)$!,.5# >4$# rooms will be stripped down and cleared ing the interactions that occur between search involves [a process of] discovery. later in the game Juan gains the ability to out, cars will be packed, Commence­ several metal ions and Amyloid­ß to In the lab, we’re experimenting to learn switch between the two at will. ment caps will fly in the air and the aca­ elucidate the processes behind the de­ about aspects of chemistry that are not By switching worlds, the environment demic year will be done. The custodial velopment of Alzheimer’s disease. “We currently understood. We’ll actually be immediately changes around him, walls staff will busy themselves scrubbing the are currently investigating the effects of contributing to the body of scientific may disappear, enemies that were not there campus from top to bottom, and then Cu(II) and Zn(II) on the kinetics of gly­ knowledge, which is an incredible thing may suddenly appear and the actual visual Language Schools will open their doors. cation of Aß with ribose­5­phosphate. [to be able to do as an undergraduate].” look changes as well, it is this mechanic Along with the Language School stu­ This summer, we hope to continue to As rewarding as it can be, research that separates Guacamelee from its pre­ dents, more than 100 Middlebury stu­ learn more about the relationship be­ during the academic year can be chal­ decessors, and it works very well as it cre­ dents will remain on campus to do sum­ tween Aß and its possible co­factors lenging. It’s difficult to balance the host ates well­designed platforming sequences mer research. and rates of glycation and aggregation, of other commitments that come with where a combination of aerial moves and In McCardell Bicentennial Hall, re­ while also characterizing the Aß metal­ being at Middlebury. The summer is a quick world­switching are needed to suc­ search students will be working on proj­ binding active site,” wrote Stillman. time to engage with the research full ceed. However the game is not without its ects that extend across the disciplines. Stillman and Caminiti will be work­ time, without trying to juggle class­ faults, for one, it is far too short. The game Nicholas Caminiti ’15 will be working in ing full time for a significant portion es and extracurricular activities too. -,97#%)"#$%'&&#'&)9#>-""#(.%$"5#),3#8%!9&# $% )>#-1#B4''#2'-1&""-'#-1#A%&*!"$'7# of the summer on their respective re­ There’s a different mindset on campus they are enjoyable and fun, its still only and Biochemistry Rick Bunt’s lab, con­ search projects. They will work side­by­ during the summer. “The chemistry de­ $%'&&#>-""#(.%$"< tinuing the thesis work of Eric Roberts side with faculty mentors, but over the partment fosters a really close, support­ The game is also littered with inter­ ’13. Roberts “was able to prove that [a] course of the summer the project will ive community and a relaxed, creative net memes and game references. Some catalysis [reaction] proceeds through a begin to feel very much like their own. atmosphere. And Middlebury [has the] are contextual and enjoyable, such as the reversible mechanism. [This summer] I The Office of Undergraduate Re­ resources, equipment and mentors to fact that Juan obtains his new moves from will be testing the reaction under a va­ search notes on its website that “re­ allow undergraduates to truly contrib­ breaking Chozo statues, a throwback to the riety of different conditions — different search has been identified as one of the ute something meaningful to our knowl­ Metroid games. Others are just obnoxious solvents and different temperatures — top successful practices students can edge of the world,” said Stillman memes that add nothing to the feel of the in order to further understand this re­ participate in during higher education. But summer research has an added game and just feel desperate. versibility,” wrote Caminiti in an email. The in­depth study and implementation bonus: Middlebury in the summer. Still­ Guacamelee! is currently only avail­ David Stillman ’14 will also be on of a research project develops advanced man is an enthusiastic proponent of the able on the Vita via download, but there campus this summer in the lab of John skills that will translate beyond college.” experience: “It’s gorgeous every day – it )'&# $)9@"# -1# +-'$!,.# !$# $-# 2A# :!)# "$&)*5# C<# D0A499-4.%# 2'-1&""-'# -1# A%&*!"$'7# Research is such a valuable experi­ literally rained twice last summer – and which I certainly hope they do, as this is a Sunhee Choi, studying the biochemistry ence because it forces students to take the English­speakers on campus are re­ fantastic game with a lot of great ideas, an of Amyloid­ß, “a small peptide that ag­ the initiative and develop ideas inde­ ally tight­knit. You get to experience affordable price tag of $15 and a cool visual gregates into neurotoxic oligomers and pendently. They take ownership over the all Middlebury has to offer without the motif. senile plaques, which are diagnostic of project. 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game­high four the game’s final goal with 46 seconds goals. Middlebury retook the lead later in remaining, lulling Panther defenders to the quarter as Billy Chapman ’13 scored sleep before rocketing a shot into the top the team’s only second half goal on a corner. perfectly­executed fast break. Chapman, Middlebury then scrambled off of a first­team All­NESCAC selection, a lost face­off to re­gain possession of collected a pass from Panther goaltender the ball for the game’s final sequence. Nate Gaudio ’14, raced the length of the Campbell called a timeout with 13 field and exchanged a give­and­go pass seconds remaining to draw up the team’s with Mike Giordano ’13 before releasing final play. Middlebury waited too long a close­range shot that left almost no to set up Broome’s final shot, however, reaction time for Cardinals’ goaltender killing valuable seconds that cost the JD Dieterich. team an opportunity to tie the game This time, however, the lead was short­ and, ultimately, return to the NCAA lived for the hosts as Wesleyan found tournament. another equalizer shortly after to send Despite the truncated postseason, the the game into the fourth quarter tied at team made great strides from a season eight. Both teams were denied multiple ago when it finished 4­9 and failed to goal­scoring opportunities early in the qualify for the NESCAC tournament. quarter by the woodwork, including a And while a number of talented seniors sequence of three straight Wesleyan depart, Broome and Joel Blockowicz Paul gerard !"##$%&'()*(+%,-.%/(0'10%2)%3'1%41#/%"+%5"//#1627$,0%89:%/1;1(3<%&'(*)*(+%71=>7/1/% shots in a single offensive possession ’15 — two of the team’s six double­digit a goal in the last­second loss for a total of four goals and three assists on the season. that ricocheted off of different sections goal scorers return, along with a talented of the goal. crop of juniors and underclassmen. did this year, and not to get complacent team has a bright future. This first­year The game remained tied at eight until “I would urge the underclassmen to because of the success we had this class is one of the most talented classes the final minute when Macnab scored work even harder next offseason than we season,” said Redmond. “I think this I’ve seen in my four years.” Men’s tennis earns NCAA bid, will host regional tournament CONTINUED FROM 24 trouble. Despite falling to a 0­3 setback win the remaining two matches in order Courtney came through at six where we work in preparation for the NESCAC in the second set, Mountifield remained to win overall. were beat in straight sets [in the last championships proved to be the key of calm and crawled back to pronounce a Senior tri­captain Lunghino did not match].” this big jump. two­set 6­2 6­3 victory. disappoint. By coming into the net and After the loss to Williams, the In singles play, Campbell went down “I dealt with the pressure by taking putting away volleys, he battled back Panthers have now lost three of their last rather quickly in the score of 2­6, 0­6 in it one point at a time and telling myself from a tough tiebreaker loss in the first six matches to end the regular season, a faceoff against Williams junior Felix that my teammates will support me no set to seize the remaining two sets 6­3 including a loss to third­ranked Amherst Sun. matter what the outcome of the match 6­2. and a pair of losses to the sixth­ranked The 2012 NESCAC Player of the is,” said Mountifield. “My “I dealt with the With the contest Ephs. Year. Sun’s crafty play and accurate teammates are my biggest frozen at 4­4, the task With less than two weeks left for the passing shots proved to be effective source of motivation. I pressure by taking fell onto the shoulders 2013 squad, Hansen decided to make against Campbell’s aggressive game, as would play for 10 hours it one point at a time of number­one player one final change to his team’s starting Campbell had severe difficulties in trying if it meant getting them a Johnston. Even though lineup. to consistently finish points against the point on the board. It felt and telling myself he was topped 2­6 early “We will continue to work on our relentless Sun. great to clinch the Tufts that my teammates on, he displayed great doubles this week in particular at Playing next to Campbell at the match, but it felt even will support me no fight in the second set to [second doubles] where we will have a number­two spot was Jones. Similar better knowing I took out win in a tiebreaker 7­6 new team with Teddy Fitzgibbons [’14] to his teammate, Jones encountered a [Williams] Eph.” matter what.” (7­4). However, as the joining Brantner.” much resilience from Williams senior Set at three all, courts match came down to the The Middlebury men will host a Matt Micheli. Micheli handled Jones’s one, four and five all wire, Eph senior Trey regional for the NCAA tournament, penetrating groundstrokes with his went into third sets. At Courtney Mountifield ’16 Meyer broke Johnston’s where they will open up tournament play counter­punching style by hitting shots the fourth spot, first­ Number-six Singles service game to take on Saturday, May 11. The Panthers will with great depth. Jones tried staying year Jackson Frons ’16 the set 6­3 and earn the take on the winner of a match between on the court for as long as possible managed to find his necessary fifth point for Drew and Farmingdale, who play in the but eventually succumbed to a 3­6 2­6 groove late in the game. He came back the Purple Cows. opening match of the regional on Friday, decision. to snatch the second set 6­4 after a 1­6 Coach Hansen saw a lot of positives May 10. With the Panthers trailing 2­3, all deficit in the opening set. Both Frons from the play of his team against “I am getting more and more clear eyes turned to court six. Mountifield and his opponent gave everything they Williams. about what each individual needs to gave one of his best performances. had on the court. The lengthy exchanges “No question we are getting closer work on so practices are getting more Perhaps more impressively, this was from both sides of the net propelled the and closer to our best lineup,” he focused and productive,” said Hansen. Mountifield’s very first dual match final set to progress into a tiebreaker. said. “Spencer had a great win at four The Panthers enter the tournament as against an opponent from a top­15 team. Unfortunately, Frons was downed by where we got crushed a few weeks back, the nation’s 11th­ranked team. Neither His steady groundstrokes and quick Chow in the score of 6­7 (2­7). Jackson lost breaker in the third where of their possible regional opponents is movement gave senior Eph Dylan Page At this point, the Panthers needed to we were beat 3,1 a few weeks back and ranked in the top 30 nationally.

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FIRST MEMPHIS PANTHERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Meanwhile, I am still in the lib. At least I’ll get one thing right. I live and breathe Div. III Spotted: a mysterious girl making crushin’ my politics paper. up Damon’s editor’s picks while he does homework. xoxo Gossip girl Damon Hatheway (114-95, .545) FIRST SAN ANTONIO CHICAGO FINAL FOUR Sitting at second place following The timeless wonders. After their record­setting start to At least ... the winter, a number strong spring the regular season, the Hawks look campaigns will get Midd to #1. sharp in the Playoffs. Owen Teach (71-77, .480) FINAL FOUR SECOND SAN ANTONIO PITTSBURGH Big potential matchup with Exam week is coming up and I’m I don’t see OKC cutting it with Can’t be jinxing the Capitals ... they Salisbury in the national semis. feeling cynical. Westbrook on the bench. need all the help they can get. Fritz Parker (23-26, .469)

FIRST SAN ANTONIO CHICAGO FINAL FOUR Spring teams will crush it. Duh. Copying Owen for this one. They rock! Thanks to everyone #crushed it In my last edz pics ever, I am clearly #besteditorsever who has put up with my picks for being very articulate. the last three years! Alex Edel (93-107, .465) 22sports | may 9, 2013 Women’s tennis falls to Amherst in final

!"#$%&'()*"#+%&)(,-*./ 8­3. At third doubles, sisters Dorrie and The Middlebury women’s tennis team P*,-$%4*/*)-$5%KHM%A$/$%'9%M=B8%,!$(%D=E8% took part in the NESCAC tournament this and held a match point against Caroline past weekend, May 3 and 4, at Amherst Richman and Safaa Aly in that game, but College. The team competed against were unable to convert it. They went on Tufts in the quarterfinals on Friday, to lose the next three games in a row to May 3, and came out on top by a score of 1"5$%Q=D>% 5­1. With the win over the Jumbos, they The Paradies duo showed tremendous advanced to the semifinals on Saturday, fight against an Amherst team that has May 4 to set up a rematch with national now won 11 dual matches in a row. The number­one Amherst, who defeated the Q=D%)$@$*,%-5%,!$%61"5$5,%*%,$*#%!*5%6"#$% Panthers 5­4 one week before. to beating this team in all 11 of their For the second time in two weeks, wins. Amherst defeated the Middlebury After a short break, the singles began women 5­4, although this time the match and Amherst had the momentum as was much closer, when the Panthers they were up 2­1 after doubles. The first came within a single point of winning the singles match to finish was number­four match. singles, where Dorrie Middlebury started “Though the loss was Paradies went down to off the Tufts match R*22+% N$.1-(% E=H8% E=B>% heartbreaking, there’s File Photo with a lead as the First­year Gerger came always NCAAs and I V'#2$/="($%5-(:1$5%91*+$/%F"7%&L$%F$'(:%KHM%A"(%-(%5,/*-:!,%5$,5%*:*-(5,%3'@,58%E=I% number­one and through once again *()%E=H8%".$/%,!$%A$$7$()>%F$'(:%*()%,!$%4*(,!$/5%("A%9/$9*/$%@"/%,!$%5,*/,%"@%VWXX5> doubles positions and know they’re going to giving Middlebury a second point by taking won by scores of 8­0 bring their best this O=O8%@-/5,=+$*/%G*/:",%G*/6!$5$%KHE%A*5% this weekend to compete in the NCAA and 8­1, respectively. out Jennifer Newman -(%!$/%,!-/)%5$,>%&!$%1"5,%,!$%@-/5,%5$,%E=C% tournament. If they pass through this The number­three weekend.” -(%5,/*-:!,%5$,58%E=C8%D=E% but was able to came back to win the weekend’s regional competition, they team for the Panthers (4). 5$6"()%5$,%E=O>%U(@"/,'(*,$1+8%G*/6!$5$% A-11%,!$(%,/*.$1%,"%P*1*#*L""8%G-6!>%1*,$/% fell 8­4. With four matches cramped during the third set and ended this month for the final rounds of the Ria Gerger Karen Wells left on the court, '9% 5'66'#2-(:% ,"% !$/% "99"($(,% E=C% -(% NCAA tournament, with the tournament KHE% ;'-671+% :*.$% Assistant Coach Middlebury won the third. final to be played on Wednesday, May Middlebury a singles first sets on three of In her 14th and final season at 22. point, as she did not the courts. Kepping Middlebury, women’s assistant coach Middlebury enters NCAA play as the lose a game, winning scrapped her way to a Karen Wells commented on the team’s sixth­ranked team in the nation. E=I8%E=I>%F"7%&L$%F$'(:%KHM%"(1+%:*.$%'9% E=O8%C=E8%E=H%A-(%*,%('#2$/=,!/$$%5-(:1$58% weekend. The Panthers open regional play on one more game than Gerger, claiming a the third time Kepping has defeated Sue “Though the loss was heartbreaking, Saturday, May 11, when they take on .-6,"/+%*,%,!$%('#2$/="($%9"5-,-"(%E=H8% Ghosh this year. there’s always NCAAs and I know they’re the winner of a match between MIT and E=I>%N"//-$%4*/*)-$5%KHO%A"(%!$/%@-/5,%5$,% Leung won by the same score in the going to bring their best this weekend,” Simmons to be player the day before. E=C8%2',%,!$(%A$(,%)"A(%O=H%-(%,!$%5$6"()% third when she took out Jordan Brewer she said. “They were all reminded how MIT currently sits in the 22nd spot in set. Dorrie Paradies showed resiliency E=C8% O=E8% E=H>% F$'(:% !*5% ,!$% *2-1-,+% much fun college tennis is. The team the national poll, while Simmons is not and won five straight games on her way to grind her opponents down both came out this time with even more belief in the top 30. ,"%*%E=C8%E=O%A-(8%61-(6!-(:%,!$%".$/*11% physically and mentally by swinging her and a stronger desire to beat them, if Should they win that match, contest and giving Middlebury a 5­1 win. opponent side­to­side, up and back using that’s possible. They rallied together and Middlebury will likely have a rematch With their win over Tufts, the her tricky lefty forehand. She is also able supported each other throughout the with NESCAC foe and national number­ Panthers gave themselves another to mix up the spins and pace of the ball, entire match.” five seed Bowdoin in the regional final. opportunity to take on Amherst. The keeping her opponent from getting into Middlebury has now lost two of their The Panthers lost a 5­4 heartbreaker to first and second doubles matches were a rhythm. last three matches to finish the regular the Polar Bears in the teams’ last meeting decided in straightforward fashion as S*2$/% -#9/".$)% '9"(% !$/% E=H8% E=B% season, with both setback coming back on April 13. Brittney Faber ’13 and Leah Kepping ’13 loss to Zoe Pangalos last week as she against the national number­one seeded The Panthers enter the tournament went down 8­2, while Leung and Gerger was taken out in three sets by a score Lord Jeffs. having played each of the top­five seeded convincingly defeated their opponents "@%B=E8%E=O8%E=C>%T-,!%,!$%#*,6!%,-$)%*,% The Panthers travel to Bowdoin teams already this season. Baseball ends season with series The MiddLEBURY splits, fails to quailfy for NESCAC great Eight RANKINGCHANGE TEAM By Chad Clemens ,!$% )-5,*(6$% -(% *% 0.$=!-,8% ,A"=/'(% "',-(:>% another RBI by Morris and a two RBI single Alex’s Assertions His offense couldn’t support what was an by Tom Rafferty ’13. They didn’t keep the lead Over the weekend, Middlebury split both otherwise solid performance as the Polar for long, however, as Tufts struck back with The sports section of its series against NESCAC East opponents Bears stranded nine runners total. four runs in the top half of the sixth. But the Couldn’t have asked for a Bowdoin and Tufts. On the road, the Panthers Game two was a different story as Panthers bats were hot, and a seventh inning 1 better 2.5 years. Going to miss took game one before dropping the afternoon Middlebury failed to plate a run in a 9­0 loss. rally put the Panthers over the top to take the edz pics next year. effort in Brunswick on Saturday, returning Bowdoin combined six different pitchers game. Alex Kelly ’14, Morris and Driscoll all !"#$% &'()*+% ,"% )-.-)$% ,!$-/% 0(*1% )"'21$% to limit the Panther lineup to four hits in a reached base to start off the inning before header of the season against the Jumbos. women’s lacrosse seven inning shutout. Rafferty stepped up to the plate. With the The opening game against divisional Best of luck to the ladies with Offensively, the Polar Bears scored two in game on the line, he roped a single to left to 2 leader Bowdoin saw a pitcher’s duel NCAA hopes! ,!$%2",,"#%"@%,!$%0/5,%"@@%"@%*%!-,=2+=9-,6!8% bring in the game­winning run. He led the highlighted by a brilliant performance by a walk, and a double to bring them both in. team with his 2­4, four­RBI performance. Eric Truss ’15 who shut out the Polar Bears Men’s Tennis They added pressure in the third by plating F":*(%G"21$+%,"55$)%,!$%0(*1%H>B%-((-(:5%,"% in his complete game, four­hit, four­strikeout Despite a loss to Williams in three more on two additional hit­by­pitches, earn a relief victory. 3 effort. His quick tempo and consistent the semis, they host NCAAs. a walk, a two­RBI single and an RBI double Game two saw the momentum reverse pitching kept the rhythm and momentum on before reliever Mark Dickerson ’15 got a $*/1+% *5% *% ,!/$$% !-,8% ,A"=$//"/% 0/5,% -((-(:% Middlebury’s side in a game lasting less than women’s Tennis double play and strikeout to end the inning. allowed the Tufts to jump out to a 5­0 lead. 90 minutes, ending with a score of 2­0. The They mirrored men’s tennis A one­run fourth and a big three­run sixth The game settled through the next two effort would earn Truss NESCAC Pitcher of with a 5­4 loss but a NCAA inning capped off Bowdoin’s strong offensive innings thanks to reliever Dylan Kane ’14, but 4 the Week honors. return. The Panthers struggled to make solid the Jumbos struck again in the fourth to put bid. 3!$% 4*(,!$/5% 5,/'67% $*/1+% -(% ,!$% 0/5,8% contact throughout the game which resulted ,!$%:*#$%*,%E=I> starting with a lead­off double by Dylan -(%*%!-:!%('#2$/%"@%<+="',5%*()%:/"'()"',5>% The Panthers chipped away with a run in Men’s Lacrosse Sinnickson ’15. Moved over by junior Alex A short evening of rest was all the Panthers the bottom of the fourth on an RBI double A dramatic 9­8 loss brings the Kelly’s groundout to second base, Sinnickson were afforded before returning to Forbes by Hunter Merryman ’15 and again with a 5 team’s impressive season to a came in on an RBI single from the bat of Field to take on the Tufts Jumbos. Game one 5,/"(:%@"'/=!-,8%,A"=/'(%0@,!%-((-(:>%J',%,!$% Thomas Driscoll ’13. Bowdoin couldn’t gave Middlebury a hard­fought victory with a top of the seventh saw Tufts tack on two more /$59"()8%!-,,-(:%-(,"%,!/$$%;'-67%<+="',5>% Softball 0(*1%56"/$%"@%D=E8%2',%:*#$%,A"%@$11%-(%@*."/%"@% runs off of Kane to put the game completely Middlebury scored its second and Great season despite the tough Tufts with an end result of 8­3. out of reach. The Panthers showed life in the 6 0(*1%/'(%-(%,!$%5-?,!8%*:*-(%7-67$)%"@@%2+%*% loss to Bowdoin. Tufts began the day with a couple of bottom of the last inning by putting three Sinnickson double before Michael Morris ’13 '($*/($)%/'(5%-(%,!$%0/5,%,!*(75%,"%*%1$*)"@@% men on base, but they were ultimately left )/".$%*%<+%2*11%)$$9%$("':!%,"%2/-(:%!-#%-(% walk and a throwing error by starter John stranded. Women’s Track & field "(% ,!$% 5*6/-06$% <+>% &-((-675"(% A$(,% B=C% -(% Popkowski ’13. Middlebury swiftly cut the Though the Panthers’ season ended with Congrats to Juliet Ryan­Davis the game. lead in half on Morris’ RBI single in the lesser results than anticipated, splitting two 7 ’13 for breaking a Div. 3 New Bowdoin starter Erik Jacobsen didn’t bottom half of the inning before Driscoll series against two of the strongest members roll over, however, as he shut down the England record. knocked in the tying run on a single in the of the NESCAC shows the talent this team Middlebury lineup with nine straight outs third. possessed throughout the year. The Panthers Baseball through the next three frames of play. He The Panthers busted the game open in look to continue the trend of strong pitching Two series splits brings their battled each inning against Truss, also going 8 ,!$%0@,!%"(%*%0.$=!-,8%,!/$$=/'(%-((-(:%A-,!% performances coming into next year’s season. season to an end. may 9, 2013| SPORTS23 Softball sees season ends after the last column

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Her goal NESCAC championship in a nail­ was followed by a goal from Laurel !"#"$%&'()*+#",*'#(-+$.,*$#'/$.0&' Pascal ’16, and a game­tying goal falling to Trinity this past Sunday with 4:30 left to play from Kramer in Hartford, by a score of 8­7. off of a feed from Herzog. After a come­from­behind win The game then went to against Colby on Saturday in the overtime and, after a missed 123454' 6*,"/$.06&' 7"$$"$%' !8' shot by Trinity’s Hadley Duncan a score of 11­10, the Panthers had and a save from Trinity’s Olivia to quickly recover and prepare Whitney, Bantam Caroline for their matchup against Trinity, Hayes was able to send one past who prior to the game was ranked goalkeeper Alyssa Palomba ’14 on /+6#'"$'#9*'$.#"($:' a free position shot, scoring the ;9*' <.$#9*+6' =.,*' (-#' >.#' winning goal with 1:37 left in the "$'#9*'!*%"$$"$%'(?'#9*'/+6#'9.0?&' overtime period. .00(7"$%' /)*' -$.$67*+*@' %(.06' C*+D(%&' 79(' /$"69*@' #9*' @.8' 7"#9"$' #9*' /+6#' AB' ,"$-#*6' (?' with four assists, led Middlebury’s game play. Middlebury’s effort effort along with Kramer who also was jump­started after back­to­ /$"69*@' 7"#9' ?(-+' E("$#6' (??' (?' File photo three goals and an assist. Halle back goals from Emma Kramer G(,*$H6'0.=+(66*'.@).$=*@'#('#9*'123454'/$.06'!-#'?*00'#(';+"$"#8'IFJ'"$'#9*'=9.,E"($69"E'%.,*:' added a goal and assist for the ’13, both of which were assisted by ;9*'#*.,'*.+$*@'.$'1455'!"@'.$@'9(6#*@'4.6#0*#($'3#.#*'G*@$*[email protected]&'K.8'I'"$'.'/+6#'+(-$@'%.,*: Liza Herzog ’14. These goals were Panthers, while Pfeiffer, Katie Ritter and Pascal each added a followed up with a goal from Katie “After a slow start, we learned upcoming NCAA tournament, as Given that Trinity is on the goal of their own for the Panthers. Ritter ’15 off of a feed from Ellen that we need to be able to put a 7*00' .6' 9(,*F/*0@' .@).$#.%*' "$' other side of the NCAA bracket, Palomba , who played the entire Halle ’13 to make the score 5­3 at full 60­minute game together.” the tournament’s regional round. Middlebury will have to make it %.,*' "$' $*#&' /$"69*@' 7"#9' 6*)*$' the end of the second half. With the loss, the Panthers fall Kramer spoke about the #('#9*'/$.06'"?'#9*'<.$#9*+6'7.$#' saves on 15 shots faced. After a scoreless 10 minutes to to 15­2 overall on the season, with team’s prospects in the national another shot at defeating the Kramer commented on the start the second half, Middlebury’s both losses coming by one goal on tournament. Bantams. team’s performance against Alice Pfeiffer ’13 found the net off the road at Trinity. “We are really excited to host The tournament begins Trinity. a feed from Kramer. Pfeiffer’s goal Despite falling to Trinity, #9*' /+6#' +(-$@' .$@' 9(E*?-008' Wednesday, May 8, when the “It was a really tough loss was answered by a pair of Trinity Middlebury’s strong play regionals next weekend,” she said. Panthers matchup against in­ because we played so hard and goals to make the score 7­4 with throughout the season earned “We also hope that we get another state foe Castleton State at 5 p.m. came so close but in the end it can 18 minutes to play. them an at­large bid for the shot at Trinity.” on Kohn Field. only make us stronger,” she said. Wesleyan sneaks by men’s Men’s tennis suffers !"#$%&&'()*(+,-./.(&'0)1nals 5­4 loss to Williams Amherst, the Panthers started By Mary Claire Ecclesine convinced that Broome’s shot all expected to play better than By Lok Sze Leung out well in doubles play. The top hadn’t broken the plane of the we did because of how well we With the clock showing After a convincing 5­1 pair of juniors Alex Johnston goal before time expired. The played a week before against double zeros and the final horn victory over fifth­seeded ’14 and Andrew Lebovitz surged moment of confusion ended up Amherst.” having sounded, members of Tufts on Friday, May 3, third­ to an early 3­0 lead by breaking being just that — a moment — as After scoring a NESCAC­ both the Middlebury men’s seeded Middlebury suffered a their opponents’ serve from the the referees converged, waving tournament­record 19 goals in lacrosse team and the visiting heartbreaking 4­5 loss against get­go. off the goal that might have the quarterfinals the week before Wesleyan Cardinals celebrated eventual champion Williams Meanwhile, on court three, saved the Panthers’ season. against Amherst, Middlebury on Middlebury’s Youngman in an epic five­hour battle on the hard­serving duo of senior Instead, Middlebury lost again started the game on the Field. Just seconds previously Saturday, May 4 in the NESCAC tri­captain Spencer Lunghino in heartbreaking fashion in offensive end, opening up an Jon Broome ’16 — the NESCAC semifinals. ’13 and first­year Palmer the NESCAC semifinals, 9­8 early lead against the NESCAC’s Rookie of the Year, and the The Panthers now sit at 18­4 Campbell ’16 had a 2­0 upper to fourth­seeded Wesleyan, top defensive team. Darric conference’s leading goal­ on the season and are ranked hand. denying the Panthers a spot in White ’14 and Stew Kerr ’13 scorer — had maneuvered his 11th in the country in the latest On the next court, the the NCAA tournament in the each notched first quarter goals way into the heart of Wesleyan’s poll. Despite the loss, the squad number­two doubles pair of process. while Broome tacked on two stingy zone defense and, as time received an at­large bid to the juniors Brantner Jones ’14 “I don’t think losing on more to give the team a 4­1 lead expired, unleashed a shot into NCAA championships. and James Burke ’14 fell into Saturday was a function of after the opening 15 minutes. the lower left­hand corner of In contrast to the regular an early 2­5 hole. That combo being too confident,” said Scott Dave Campbell’s team the goal. season match when the Panthers fought hard but was defeated by Redmond ’13. “Wesleyan was a extended its lead to four late in Pandemonium ensued — squeezed out a tight 5­4 win, the score of 4­8. Immediately really good team and they were the second quarter as Andrew Broome and his teammates the Middlebury men did not following that, both the top and able to control the tempo of the Metros ’13 and Eric Pfeffer under the impression that the give the Jumbos any breathers. the third Middlebury doubles game. They played us to within ’13 scored back­to­back long­ first­year phenom had tied the The first and third double pairs held their service games one goal in the regular season, range goals to give Middlebury game with no time left, sending pairs cruised to quick victories to notch the win in the identical and this game came down to a 7­3 lead with 3:44 remaining the NESCAC semifinals into while junior Brantner Jones score of 8­5. the wire as well. I do think we in the first half. That’s where overtime, Wesleyan players ’14, first­year Jackson Frons “One doubles keeps getting things began to fall apart for ’16 and sophomore Courtney better and better as Alex gains the NESCAC’s top seed, as the Mountifield ’15 carried the volley and overhead skills, is Cardinals drew back two goals momentum and stormed to serving smarter and [Lebovitz] before the halftime break. two­set wins. is more and more consistent Then, with seconds remaining The much­anticipated overall and is also competing in the half, Middlebury’s John contest on Saturday between better as he matures as a Duvnjak ’13 was called for an the two NESCAC powerhouses player,” said head coach Bob ill­timed slashing penalty, was arguably the best match Hansen. “Third doubles also giving Wesleyan an extra that the Middlebury men have looked great.” man opportunity to start the played thus far this season. The The Middlebury men second half and guaranteed the team showed themselves to be headed into singles play with a Cardinals possession of the ball, much improved from the 2­7 confidence­boosting 2­1 lead, as well. loss in the first meeting between and were looking to expand The Cardinals carried the the Panthers and the Ephs two upon that lead against their momentum into the second half, weeks before. conference rival. capitalizing on the advantage to With its upperclassmen­ Just two weeks before, start the half, scoring just 17 filled lineup, Williams has been the Panthers fell at all three seconds after the re­start. Then, tapped by many as one of the doubles spots against the 62 seconds later, Wesleyan tied paul gerard favorites in the NCAA field this Ephs. The reshuffling of the L+".$'M(6#*+'HNO'!.##0*6'.'G*60*8.$',"@F/*0@*+'?(+'#9*'?.=*'(??:';9*'<.$­ the game as Graham Macnab year. doubles lineup and the intense #9*+6'?*00'"$'#9"6'6*,"/$.0'%.,*'PFI&'@.69"$%'#9*"+'9(E*6'(?'1455'!"@:' SEE BROOME’S, PAGE 21 On Saturday morning at SEE MEN’S, PAGE 21

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