February 25, 2016 | Vol. 114 no. 15 | middleburycampus.com Patton’s Midyear Review: College to Laurie Talks First Months, Goals Stop Sale By Claire Abbadi Editor-in-Chief of Energy SPECIAL feature Drinks The Middlebury Campus sat By Elizabeth Sawyer down with Laurie L. Patton to Contributing Writer discuss her frst few months at Middlebury as the College’s 17th In a fyer released this week, president. In this profle, Patton Dining Services announced its discusses what has surprised her decision to stop the sale of ener- about Middlebury, what her frst gy drinks on campus. The policy days were like after her appoint- will take efect on March 7, 2016. ment and what she hopes to focus Beverages such as Red Bull and on in the coming months. 5-Hour Energy will no longer be available for purchase at any of the Middlebury Campus (MC): College’s retail locations. These lo- What have you accomplished dur- cations include Midd Express, Wil- ing your frst few months as Presi- son Café and The Grille. Guayaki dent that you are proud of and what Brand Yerba Mate, regarded as a do you hope to accomplish or focus healthier alternative to the previ- on during the coming months? ously identifed energy drinks, will remain available for purchase. Laurie Patton (LP): So I’m not The decision marked the cul- sure whether “accomplishment” is mination of a debate that began quite the right word, since I’m still College Commmunications on Jan. 19, when Dining Software just getting to know the commu- President Laurie L. Patton Speaks with alumni at the Alumni of Color Weekend on Jan. 15-17. Intern Myles Kamisher-Koch in- nity and presidencies usually make troduced the topic in a Community their mark over the long haul, after requirement which was started that has surprised you? this issue across the Middlebury Council meeting. In this meeting, a period much longer than seven by students; the creation of Alli- landscape. Kamisher-Koch asserted that sev- months. And I prefer to think of ance for an Inclusive Middlebury; LP: The pleasant surprise has eral Dining Services staf members what we have accomplished togeth- the Disability Advisory Group; the been how collaborative and con- MC: The national conversation approved of his proposal. er, since presidents don’t actually Task force on Stress; all the great structive people are. I knew this surrounding racial issues has By presenting scientifc re- have much unilateral power! Those work that has come from faculty about the Middlebury community, touched upon the role of institu- search to demonstrate the sev- two caveats aside, I am proud of so and students and staf on mindful- but the depth and extent of it has tions in protecting students from eral detrimental health efects of many things we have already done ness practices and developing resil- been truly a joy to encounter. On being ofended. To what extent do energy drinks, Kamisher-Koch as a community: the frst year of our ience. These are all about commu- the down side, I also worry that we you think Colleges should protect ultimately argued that the sale new faculty governance system at nity practices that change culture have too many bureaucratic layers. their students from potentially of- of energy drinks violates Dining Middlebury College; the great work over time, where we communicate Even though we are a newly com- fensive situations? Is this possible? Services’ mission, stated on the faculty at Monterey have done on better with each other and enhance plex organization, I think we need Benefcial? What is the distinction their new governance system; the quality of Middlebury life. to ask whether we are already too between protecting and censoring? College’s website, to “nourish and second year of our new Board of complex sometimes. I am greatly At what point is freedom of speech nurture today and tomorrow by Trustees governance system; the MC: Is there one thing that hasn’t looking forward to the strategic in danger? sustaining mind, body and earth.” faculty vote this fall on a new AAL lived up to your expectations or planning process to think about SEE PATTON, PAGE 3 SEE RETAIL SPACES, PAGE 2 SGA Senate Adopts New RIDGELINE HOUSING BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE inclusivity Resolution By Emma Dunlap the MLK Today event, which was Staf Writer perceived as a “macroagression” towards the black community. On Feb. 4, the Student Gov- Rainey said that a statement from ernment Association (SGA) sent a President Patton would be a start statement addressing the College’s in addressing the “distress deeply MLK Today event, Supreme Court felt within Middlebury’s black com- Justice Scalia’s comments on Dec. munity” and to begin to address 9 regarding black students on col- the “poor relationship” that exists lege campuses and the SGA’s com- between the SGA and students of mitment to being “supportive and color on campus. proactive” in fghting racism on Rainey commended Patton for campus. her promotion of inclusivity and The Senate voted in favor of diversity on campus, but found her sending out the all-student email silence immediately after the MLK after a group of senators, includ- Today event “problematic and dis- ing SGA President Ilana Gratch appointing.” ’16 drafted the statement. In ad- “[Patton’s] silence and that of dition to the email, the SGA voted the SGA on these specifc issues has michael o’hara in favor of a resolution condemn- spoken volumes to black Middle- The new Ridgeline Residence Complex is currently on track to open for the Fall 2016 semester. ing the MLK event for its “highly bury students … The SGA has failed ofensive and post-racial actions” to recognize and communicate the According to the President of nities,” Alberto Picon Jr. said. The [the SGA’s] place to speak for, as and acknowledging the problem- wide range of discontent that exists Distinguished Men of Color (DMC) resolution was discussed with other opposed to highlight the opinions atic nature of Scalia’s comments. within the African-American com- Mario Alberto Picon Jr. ’17, the cultural organizations on campus, of, various groups on campus,” This prompted the SGA to ofcially munity stemming from not only the organization was approached by including Alianza, which expressed Senator Reshma Gogineni ’16 said. recommend that President Patton aforementioned missteps but also Senator Rainey and voted to sup- solidarity with the statements. “I think that the SGA should work “send an all-school email address- years and years of institution ne- port the statement released to the The Senate discussed the email harder to represent traditionally ing the MLK Day event and Justice glect,” Rainey said. student body. statement and resolution in detail underrepresented groups on cam- Scalia’s comments as soon as pos- Rainey hoped that the email “Distinguished Men of Color during the last two SGA meetings pus, but this should come through a sible.” would serve as an apology to black continues to support the statement of J-term. conversation and legislative change Freshman Senator and sponsor students on campus on behalf of sent by SGA to all students as it Not all members of the SGA co-sponsored with those groups as of the bill, Charles Rainey ’19, ex- the SGA and as its recognition of aligns with the mission of DMC to Senate agreed that this resolution opposed to releasing statements on pressed deep dissatisfaction with the issues that black students con- continually support underrepre- was the best course of action. the administration’s response to tinue to face on campus. sented and marginalized commu- “I don’t necessarily think it is SEE SGA, PAGE 3 SUPERDELEGATES SGA DEBUTS WOMEN OF WILL COMPLICATE NEW TEXTBOOK CELEBRATES BERNIE’S EXCHANGE WOMEN IN PRESIDENTIAL BID PAGE 12 SHAKESPEARE PAGES 4 & 5 PAGE 14 inside 2NEWS | february 25, 2016 Retail Spaces to Stop Selling Energy Drinks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 drinks from campus shelves would violate misher-Koch’s recommendation on Tued- sga a student’s right to choose what beverages say, Feb. 2. The proposal was approved 11 to Kamisher-Koch’s data included a study fnd- they consume. Charles Rainey ’19 voiced 1, and Dining Services decided to adopt the ing that “up to 25 percent of current drink- his concern that this measure would lead resolution. update ers combine alcoholic beverages with energy to Dining Services “controlling what people Dining Services’ fyer, signed by Execu- drinks.” He also included reports that en- consume,” and argued that he and others tive Director of Food Service Dan Detora, By Will DiGravio ergy drinks promote poor academic tenden- drink energy drinks responsibly, adding echoes the Community Council’s sentiment. SGA Correspondent & cies and foster a “culture of stress.” that the removal of the drinks from campus The fyer mentions scientifc literature re- Staf Writer These concerns that Kamisher-Koch stores was too extreme a means of promot- vealing a connection between energy drinks raised in his initial presentation appear to ing student well-being. and unsafe behavior in young people, in- coincide with the opinions of several stu- However, those in support of the policy cluding “increased alcohol consumption, President Ilana Gratch ’16 began the Jan. dents on campus. “I learned in my psycholo- contended that Rainey’s concern was not a increased likelihood to drive while intoxi- 24 meeting of the Student Government As- gy class that energy drinks are linked to high grave one. Fiona Mohamed ’18 stressed that cated, increased probability of use of other sociation (SGA) with the announcement of a risk sex and drug use,” Jenna McNicholas the school would not be banning the con- intoxicating substance and increased partic- new working group to examine dynamics of ’19 said. Meg Knox ’19 agreed. sumption of energy drinks, but would be ipation in high-risk sexual activity.” The fy- power and inclusivity on campus. The hope “The school has a responsibility to direct merely stopping their sale in retail locations er also restates Kamisher-Koch’s argument is to implement courses on these topics into students to healthy choices through what on campus. Participants reminded those that the sale of energy drinks violates Dining the College’s curriculum. they provide,” Knox said. concerned with the change that they could Services mission, since, as the fyer reads, Gratch also announced that the Feb elec- Opposition to this proposal in Commu- buy the drinks at multiple retail locations “consuming these products may result in tion will take place on Feb. 25 and that, de- nity Council debate came mainly from stu- situated close to campus. serious health related issues such as; cardio- spite a special election held earlier this fall, dents who believed the removal of energy Community Council held a vote on Ka- vascular events, seizures and liver damage.” both seats will be up for election. Speaker of the Senate Reshma Gogineni ’16 shared that she is currently working to update MiddCourses with faulty biogra- Election Season Brings Campaigns to Campus phies and information on teaching styles. By Grant Olcott democrats, specifc organizations plan events people to engage with democratic politics,” Wonnacott Senator Lisa Han ’16 re- Contributing Writer for Senator Bernie Sanders and Former Sec- Millard said. “Instead of operating as one ported that funds have been secured to pur- retary of State Hillary Clinton, while College club, those who want to discuss the politics chase rental skates for Kenyon Arena. Once Campaign trips, debate watching parties Democrats serves as the hub for information go to College Democrats, and those looking storage space for the skates is obtained, the and a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton in and discussion on both. to get involved in the campaigns join the Stu- skates will be ordered and made available Atwater Dining Hall: all signs that the na- Republican campaigns tend to reach out dents for Hillary or Bernie group.” for students. tion’s political energy has struck campus. In to the College Republicans leadership to co- As a college in Sanders’s home state, Mid- SGA Treasurer Aaron de Toledo updated preparation for November, membership and ordinate events. Hayden Dublois ’17, co-pres- dlebury is home to some of his most passion- the group that the fnance committee will involvement in a variety of clubs, lectures and ident of College Republicans, explained the ate young supporters. Elizabeth Lee ’17 and be taking new money requests until Apr. 1. classes has increased as students fnd ways to typical process. Nate Rifkin ’15 founded the national organi- Most organizations have already made their participate in the election season. “What we’re seeing is that a lot of republi- zation, Students for Bernie, which now has new money requests and the committee College Republicans and Democrats serve can campaigns and PACs are reaching out to chapters at over 200 universities across the is currently transitioning to look at spring as the campus nexus of political activity and us on a frequent basis from numerous candi- country. budgeting. He also shared that the yearbook campaign coordination. In response to the dates,” Dublois said. “We like to invite them “It started out with me having this idea for came in $22,000 under budget and that elections, both clubs experienced an uptick in to come and make a presentation for our club Middlebury for Bernie,” Lee said. “After talk- money will be returned to the SGA. interest and participation. and talk about the candidate they’re support- ing about it with other students, we thought Senators discussed a proposal to pur- “When you approach an election year on ing and oftentimes there are internship op- it would be better to start a national organi- chase an app and website called Laun- campus, people are much more inclined to portunities and ways to get involved.” zation, so we contacted our friends and stu- dryView that would allow students to view come to meetings,” said Hazel Millard ’18, co- Republican students have been attending dents at progressive universities. Eventually when their laundry is fnished and when president of College Democrats. “It’s great to talks from campaigns, phone banking and it got on the front page of the Daily Kos and it machines are available for use. Last year, the take advantage of the fact that people are pay- campaigning on a regular basis this year. The grew quickly from that.” SGA passed a bill to fund half ($3,500) of ing attention to us. The general population best event so far, according to Dublois, was Commenting on the energy she sees on the project, but the College is not able to pay gets more interested when things are at stake, the trip to Burlington for a reception with campus, Lee said Middlebury, “is the perfect the other half of the cost. President Gratch so it’s been great to harness that interest.” Governor John Kasich. place for Students for Bernie to start.” shared that one potential way to fund the The two groups meet several times a “The event where the Vermont Republi- Like College Republicans does for their project would be to increase the cost of laun- month for discussions and volunteering can Party co-sponsored the dinner with John members, Students for Bernie helps facilitate dry by $0.25 for every wash and dry cycle. events. Despite the competition in both par- Kasich was great,” Dublois said. “Not only did events to raise awareness and participation in Senators discussed the merits of the addi- ties for the nomination, neither group spon- John Kasich speak, but the Vermont Lieuten- the campaign as much as possible. tional cost and came to the consensus that sors a candidate. “We support all the candi- ant Governor spoke and the Chairman of the Middlebury Students For Hillary serves doing so would not be benefcial to students. dates. It’s a three way split between Bernie, Vermont Republican party. At the end Gov- as Clinton’s student resource. “We started it The meeting concluded with a discussion Hillary and undecided which makes it inter- ernor Kasich shook the hand of everyone frst by looking for whatever we could do to of creating an SGA-run Facebook group/ esting at our meetings,” Millard said. there.” help,” said Will Schwartz ’16, the group’s co- page to share information and resources The participation process difers for re- College Democrats meetings are generally president. about diversity and racism. Senators were publicans and democrats on campus. At reserved for students to inform themselves The group has done much of the grunt skeptical of the efectiveness of such a group. College Republicans, students discuss and on the issues and advocate for the candidate Many agreed that, if it were implemented, it get involved with a range of candidates. For they prefer. “We want it to be a resource for CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 would have to be a small part of an overall efort by the SGA. At the Jan. 31 meeting, Associate Dean of Students for Residential and Student Life Doug Adams asked the SGA for feedback on Karen Miller Hired for Two Admin Roles how rooms should be assigned in the new By Lucy Grindon “Managing a large and increasingly com- ademic dean of John Marshall Law School. Ridgeline Housing Complex. According to Contributing Writer plex institution efectively and efciently Miller holds a BA from Emory Univer- Adams, students have expressed frustration means bringing best practices to the table, sity and a JD from Harvard University. with the room draw system, and asked that Karen L. Miller will join the College in and Karen’s broad experience will be invalu- She is also a candidate at the University of a new method be implemented for the proj- April 2016 as the new Vice President for Hu- able to us,” President Patton said. Georgia’s Institute of Higher Education, re- ect. Senators agreed that since one of the man Resources and Risk. In her new posi- Currently, Miller is a special advisor to searching the process of improving organi- goals of the new housing is to keep students tion, Miller will act as a strategic leader for on campus, seniority should play a role in the president of Morehouse College in At- zational capacity and leadership capacity at the Ofce of Human Resources and the Of- the process. President Gratch agreed that lanta, Georgia, where she has previously higher education institutions. seniority should be considered, but pointed fce of Risk and Compliance, both of which served as vice president and general counsel, “At a time when many institutions talk out that Febs may be disadvantaged should serve all of Middlebury’s schools and pro- vice president of administrative services, se- about being global or entrepreneurial or they choose to live with an individual one grams. nior vice president of administration, chief sustainable, Middlebury actually lives up semester below them, versus one semester Miller will be the frst person to hold of staf and chief operating ofcer. Before to those aspirations and many more. That’s above. both the vice presidency of the Ofce of Hu- beginning her time at Morehouse College, a credit to the faculty, staf and students at First-Year Senator Charles Rainey ’19 man Resources and the vice presidency of Miller worked in several other higher educa- Middlebury, and I look forward to working introduced a bill recommending that Mid- the Ofce of Risk and Compliance. As Vice tion administration positions, including ac- with all of them,” Miller said. dlebury College President Laurie L. Patton President for Human Resources, Miller will send an all-school email addressing the con- strategize about staf structure, hiring and troversial comments on afrmative action compensation policies for Middlebury fac- that the now late Supreme Court Justice ulty, staf and student employees. In her role Antonin Scalia made in December. The bill as chief risk ofcer, Miller will succeed Dr. also called for President Patton to address the MLK Today event held in Mead Chapel Michael Geisler, who will leave Middlebury on Jan. 18 that, as worded in the bill, “fea- to become the new president of Manhattan- tured numerous highly ofensive and post- ville College in Purchase, New York. racial actions (to name a few of a long list: According to Geisler, the main function a majority white oratory choir reading black of the Ofce of Risk and Compliance is “to experiences in the frst-person, white stu- enable and support the hundreds of initia- dents delivering quotes in a context that po- tives and individual activities and programs lice POC’s reactions to racism and songs re- that Middlebury faculty and students em- peated by the entire chapel suggesting POCs bark upon each year.” The ofce identifes smile and many more).” After much debate, and tries to contain the risks associated with the resolution passed six to four, with two those programs “without stifing the aca- abstentions. demic creativity and entrepreneurial spirit Senator Rainey introduced another bill that so distinguish the Middlebury commu- that called for the SGA to release its own statement to the student body addressing nity,” Geisler said. both the MLK Today event and Justice Sca- Miller will join the College’s senior ad- lia’s comments. The resolution passed seven ministration, working closely with President to fve, with one abstention. Laurie L. Patton and other administrators. february 25, 2016 | News 3 Patton Refects On Eight Months at Midd Don Kjelleren CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 forward, and focusing less on the resume and having become the person I’ve become? As the “credentializing culture” and more on the I walked up the hill with Marna Whitting- transformative experiences of the individual ton, our head of the Board of Trustees, and leaves CCI LP: As you know this question of inclusivity is a major priority for me. We can and should and that individual’s capacity to transform Dave Donahue, my assistant, I watched ev- By Caroline Jaschke discuss in constructive ways how we handle the college community they enter. We also eryone stream into the building to hear the Staf Writer situations of ofense. We are just now put- need to do better work with families, particu- announcement. And all of them were sur- On Feb. 5, Don Kjelleren resigned ting in place the bias incident protocol, which larly those from low-income households, who rounded by the unique beauty of the campus. as Director of Professional and Career means that there are procedures for when may not think more actively about the pos- That moment was deeply moving. I felt like Development for the Center for Careers and these incidents occur. And we need to uphold sibilities of a Middlebury education. The situ- I was being greeted and welcomed home by Internships (CCI). He ended his 17 years our community standards of conduct and ation all colleges fnd themselves in is this: family I hadn’t met yet. Someone said, as I at the College to become the Director of the speech that are already in place, which spe- we both embrace and left the building, “The Williams College Career Center. cifcally emphasize that we should work to re- revile by the rank- strength of the hills is “I would love to see Kjelleren will be replaced by Ursula port and change unwelcome behavior before ings system and the hers also!” and tears Olender, Associate Dean of Students and the environment becomes difcult or hostile system of building students and faculty and came to my eyes. After Director of the Career Center at Amherst for those afected. I also think that the oppo- credentials. I think the announcement we College, who will start on March 21. She sition between free speech and inclusivity is a we need to focus as staf become less afraid of very quickly began the has further experience as the Director of false one. We become a more inclusive com- much on the life- hard work of getting to engaging constructively Career Services at Colgate University and munity through the exercise of free speech. script as we do on the know the community. the Associate Director of Career Services at That also means that we try to create resilient transcript, and that’s with each other on Dartmouth College. In the interim, students spaces, where all members of our community going to mean both MC: What advice did looking for advising in fnance, consulting have the skills to deal with an ofense when it outreach to difer- difcult topics. That alone our former president, and business can schedule appointments occurs. Because ofenses occur in both small ent communities as Ron Liebowitz, share with Susan Walker, associate director at the and large scales, and we are also dealing with well as a more holis- is going to take a lot of with you that has stood CCI. structural bias that involves the slower pro- tic evaluation system out to you? time.” While at Middlebury, Kjelleren specialized cess of systemic change, multiple solutions of our applicants. I in guiding students interested in fnance, are needed: protocols for bias incident re- think our admissions LP: Ron and I have consulting and business. Sarah Sicular ’16, a porting; resilience training; constant review ofce does a great job very similar energy lev- Laurie Patton peer career advisor in the CCI, said, “So many of bias in our systems and constant encour- with that, but I have els and perspectives on President of the College students come in for fnance and he had a agement toward constructive engagement. been impressed by how forward-looking huge personal network and always had all of how they are always higher education needs the interests of his students at heart. I think MC: In light of recent events involving ra- looking to do better. to be. We talked about many topics and had a a lot of students are really missing out that cial injustice issues across college campuses, really smooth transition, and I think his per- they don’t get to have Don as their advisor. what does a more inclusive Middlebury look MC: You carry a wealth of experiences, il- spective on keeping this creative energy alive He helped build up the Middlebury pipeline like to you? lustrated through your extensive curriculum at Middlebury was most helpful. The conti- to careers in fnance.” vitae and long list of honors, awards and ac- nuity of vision was a great blessing. During his career at the College, Kjelleren LP: I would love to see students and faculty complishments. Is there a particular feat that built up a large web of connections by and staf become less afraid of engaging con- has stood out to you and marked a defning MC: What are lessons you have learned from networking with alumni, parents and structively with each other on difcult top- moment in your career? the students of the College so far? companies visiting campus. Peggy Burns, ics. That alone is going to take a lot of time. Director of the CCI, reassures students that I would also love to see better interaction in LP: Yes. I think it was the moment I decided LP: Middlebury students are extraordinary Ursula will be coming with that exact same classrooms and on athletic felds, so that we not to go into the corporate world to become and I have been spending a lot of time with network from her previous work, particularly can talk more comfortably across diferences. a confict mediator, but instead stayed in the them. They want to be creative and they want at Colgate and Amherst. “We could not have I don’t think any campus has it right yet, but academy and use my confict mediation skills the College to get out of the way and help asked for a more seamless transition,” she I think we need to be more invitational and there. I realized then that higher education is them do that. I have learned about next steps said. develop a spirit of hospitality in spaces where one of the oldest and most fascinating forms on sustainability; I have learned how they Besides spending time advising students, we have been less welcoming and less mind- of collective activity we have in civilization, want to push us on more inclusive practices Kjelleren trains as a triathlete with world ful of historically underrepresented points of beginning with the systems I study in ancient and I frequently feel that if I ask students to ranking. He also has enjoyed biking to work view. India. And that committing my life to that, help I am going to get extraordinary respons- on warm summer days and swimming in the and using confict mediation skills in that es. I am always cheered up when I spend time freezing cold of Lake Champlain. MC: A recent New York Times op-ed titled context, was the most important work I could with students. About her colleague Burns said, “It was “Rethinking College Admissions” raised con- do as a scholar, teacher and leader. fun having someone in the ofce with this cerns about the admissions processes at the MC: Favorite memory or activity from your incredible athletic prowess and experience most selective colleges. In your opinion, are MC: Considering the presidential search frst J-term? with extreme sports. He has a good sense of current admissions standards fawed and, if process had been long and private, the an- humor and he cared very much about the so, what can Middlebury and its peer institu- nouncement of your appointment came LP: One scavenger hunt team crafted a won- staf and the students.” tions do to mitigate the issue? very suddenly. What were the moments like derful response to the presidential challenge, Although Kjelleren says he will miss those before, during and after the huge announce- where they found a new community or artis- bike rides, his colleagues and the students, he LP: Middlebury is a proud member of the ment? tic use for several of the scientifc instruments very much looks forward to in his new job. He Coalition for Afordability and Access that in our special collections. It was fabulous! is excited for the challenge of a tremendous was referred to in the report. I think turning LP: The last 10 days before the announce- And then the next day I got all the sweaters growth opportunity. He said, “The culture the tide on the ways in which we engage ap- ment were harrowing. I was trying to keep a that diferent teams had knit for Padma and and feel of the Williams Career Center is very plicants is essential, and we will be working lid on the gossip, so that both wonderful in- Suka, my great Pyrenees dogs. Science, arts, diferent than Middlebury’s, in part because closely with other members to see how we stitutions of Duke and Middlebury could be community and sweaters – as they say in Yid- the Center is housed in College Advancement can work collectively on this issue. That in- protected. My most powerful memory was on dish: what’s not to like? and so there are about 90 professional staf cludes serious consideration of many of the the day of the announcement. My question running around at high speed doing great recommendations that have now been put was: can I come back home to New England things.” While Kjelleren’s colleagues are certainly sad to lose him to Williams, they are excited Students Organize on Campus about the great opportunity ahead of him. SGA Talks Furthermore, he leaves an excellent fnance and consulting program behind him, which for Primary Candidates according to Burns is a strong foundation that the CCI expects to build upon in the future. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Campaigning in Vermont — where 25 per- Inclusivity, Burns believes this foundation will only cent of the population is registered as volun- beneft from the new perspective Olender work to get Clinton on the ballot in Vermont teers for Sanders — is a unique experience for brings. as well as several hour and a half trips to cam- both his supporters and opponents. “Ursula is coming from a campus that paign in New Hampshire. “It certainly is tough, we’re playing on his MLK Event has a strong commitment to diversity and it home turf and it’s very natural that he’ll have “At frst we were just a small group of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 is something she is particularly passionate volunteers going over to New Hampshire to a lot of support,” Schwartz said. “What we about,” Burns said. “Her feet are frmly knock on some doors,” Schwartz said. “Even- found is that explaining to people that their their behalf. Cultural organizations exist for planted in the idea that these four years are tually, Hillary got close to 3,000 signatures signature was just to put Secretary Clinton on a reason and we should not try to take over a developmental process and she really wants in Vermont. We as a group collected about the ballot was helpful. It’s just saying that we their roles.” to meet students where they are. She’s very 700 of 800 of those. We’ve been in touch want as many candidates for voters as pos- According to Gratch, the Senate has been committed to making the career exploration with higher up people as that hard work has sible. It’s a bit of an uphill challenge, but we discussing how the SGA can “better serve process a little less scary for students.” been recognized. That’s been very cool. We’re like it. It’s tough work. We didn’t get into it students of color and other marginalized Kjelleren leaves some parting words of working hard for her.” to be easy. She has to compete everywhere.” students on campus” since the fall. This has advice, “Students, shift your focus from ‘What A range of opinions and allegiances exist “There’s defnitely an outside sense that included SGA members participating in town do you want to do?’ to ‘Who do you want to within College Democrats and Republicans, this is Bernie country and there’s huge sup- hall meetings to discuss what “real allyship be?’ Be confdent, dream big and don’t settle but no one will dispute that the republicans port for Bernie on this campus. The people looks like,” and discussing various relevant for less.” are in the minority. who do support Hillary are very active in initiatives. As well, the SGA is considering “It’s a challenge in that the state is liberal, what they do,” Millard said. continuing the town hall meetings that Chief the College is liberal and college students in Debate parties have also had huge turn- Diversity Ofcer and Professor of Spanish general are more likely to be liberal,” Dublois outs, refecting the political energy on cam- Miguel Fernández led in the fall. said. “Our approach is this; we try to make pus. “I think one overriding consensus we our group to be as widespread and accommo- “There is a certain type of political cama- reached is that the Senate can and should do dating as possible. We encourage alternative raderie to viewing debates with people who more to be actively reaching out to students and varying viewpoints under the republican share a like mind,” Travis Wayne Sanderson whose voices aren’t necessarily the loudest, label. We get people who aren’t really sure. ’19 said. particularly students of color and students of We’ve never had any issues come up, but it “The attendance at debate screenings is other marginalized identities, to ensure that defnitely is a minority opinion and that’s al- just extraordinary,” Lee said. “I don’t see we are doing our job as representatives and ways in the back of our minds whenever we Middlebury being a particularly politically members of the Middlebury community,” do something. But we’ve had great success. active campus; It’s very academic, but even Gratch said. This year our email list went from 10 to 60 on school nights, during prime homework College Commmunications which was a good improvement. We’re gain- time, there are tons of people in McCullough Kjelleren spent 17 years working at the ing traction, so we’ll see what happens.” watching the debates together.” College. local Senator Leahy Pledges Superdelegate Vote to Clinton

By Nick Garber sults of his or her home state. And while Contributing Writer Sanders is widely expected to win easily in Vermont’s March 1 primary election, Despite Sanders’ 20-point margin Leahy says that he cannot go back on his of victory in Vermont’s neighboring pledge to support Clinton. state of New Hampshire, Senator Patrick “One of the touchstones of our fami- Leahy reiterated last week that he will ly – I learned it from my grandparents, I continue to support Clinton’s candidacy, learned it from my parents and I’ve tried and plans to cast his superdelegate vote to teach my children – is you keep your in her favor. word,” he said. “Long before Senator Leahy and Sanders have served Sanders ever said he was going to run, I alongside each other in the Senate for urged then-Secretary Clinton to run and almost a decade. Combined, the two told her I’d support her. I think anybody men have over fifty years of experience who knows me, anybody who knows my in Washington. years as state’s attorney or my years in Leahy has represented Vermont in the Senate, knows that I’d never break the Senate since 1975, while Sanders was my word. And certainly Senator Sanders first elected to the House of Represen- would never ask me to break my word, tatives in 1991, where he remained until nor has he.” his 2006 ascendance to the Senate. Both Middlebury College Professor of progressives, Sanders and Leahy have no Courtesy famm.org Political Science Bert Johnson says that drastic ideological disagreements. Nev- Senator Leahy pledged his support for Hillary Clinton early in her presidential bid. Leahy’s consistency hardly comes as a ertheless, Leahy repre- surprise. underdog as Super Tuesday looms on leader among elected delegates, Barack sents the Democratic “It’s not all that March 1. In other words, aside from his Obama, even after Hillary Clinton had Party establishment unusual for a super- self-professed determination to keep his a substantial lead in superdelegate en- in a way that Sanders, “One of the touch- delegate to support word, it also makes dorsements early who only recently reg- stones of our family someone other than the political sense for in the campaign.” istered as a Democrat most popular candidate Leahy to align with Indeed, how- after decades as an In- – I learned it from “I would be very surprised in the state,” Johnson the candidate who ever things shake dependent, does not. if the superdelegates were my parents, and said in an interview. remains most likely out, Leahy made Leahy is a member of Indeed, as a forty- to capture the nom- decisive in this election. one thing clear: the Clinton campaign’s I’ve tried to teach year incumbent who ination by August. he is a Democrat “Vermont Leadership my children – is you In 2008, when they had remains popular in his Yet if Clinton above anything Council,” a 25-person keep your word.” home state, Leahy re- does come out on to potential to be decisive, else. committee that in- cently scored a 71 per- top, Johnson says “If Senator cludes state elites such they fell in line with the cent approval rating that superdelegate Sanders is the as former Governor leader among elected del- Patrick Leahy (D) among his constitu- votes like Leahy’s nominee, I’ll hap- Howard Dean and in- Vermont state Senator ents. Sanders is first will probably not be egates, Barack Obama.” pily campaign all cumbent Governor Pe- among all Senators the deciding factor over the coun- ter Shumlin. with 83 percent sup- after all. try for him,” said As a sitting Demo- port. “I would be Bert Johnson Leahy. “We’ve cratic Member of Con- Leahy has little to lose even by en- very surprised if the Professor of political science worked together, gress, Leahy is automatically conferred dorsing the eventual loser of his state’s superdelegates were he’s a good friend the title of superdelegate – a delegate primary. Clinton remains the Democrat- decisive in this elec- of mine, our wives to the Democratic National Convention ic front-runner by virtually any metric, tion,” Johnson said. are friends and I’m who is free to support any candidate for and while Sanders’ resilience has proved “In 2008, when they had the potential proud of a lot of the issues he’s raised.” the party’s nomination, unlike a typical surprising, he remains the undeniable to be decisive, they fell in line with the delegate who is bound by the primary re- Democratic Superdelegates Key to Sanders Campaign Harry Cramer delegate system, which The Guardian candidate...best suited to defeat the Re- lar momentum to victory, and began at Local Editor has described as a ‘ticking time-bomb’ publican nominee, I think they will start a comparable superdelegate deficit to for the Democratic Primary, were first coming over to us,” Sanders said on the Sanders. Bernie Sanders enjoys more popular established in 1984 by Democratic party program. On Reddit and other news forums, a support in Vermont than any other state leaders. They were designed in order to Indeed, this is the cornerstone of grassroots effort is underway to change in the nation. Yet even here, Sanders to prevent the most ideologically polar- the entire Sanders campaign: win early, the superdelegate system entirely. One faces an uphill climb for the Democratic izing members of the party, who could and win big. Unlike normal delegates, petition on MoveOn.org, stating “The nomination. The reason: superdelegates. not win in a general election, from get- superdelegates are unbound to the most race for the Democratic Party nomina- As Ben Kamisar explains in the Hill, ting nominated. They popular candidates in their state, which tion should be decided by who gets the superdelegates are were a response to the could allow Sanders to take a larger piece most votes, and not who has the most “state party insiders “If we continue to Presidential Election of of the pie even in states he does not win. support from party insiders,” has already given the freedom to 1972, when George Mc- The 2008 Obama campaign rode simi- gathered 175,000 signatures. support any candidate do well around the Govern was trounced by they choose.” country...I think Richard Nixon. McGov- Nationally, they ern was beaten in every are choosing Clinton [superdelegates] state in the nation except over Sanders in large will start coming for Massachusetts, and margins. Current- over to us.” won only 37 percent of ly, Sanders has won the popular vote. the support of only Bernie Sanders (D) In the 2016 race, su- 19 party-loyalists, to Democratic Presidential Candidate perdelegates are choos- Clinton’s 451. Even in ing Clinton over Sand- Vermont, of the nine ers for the same reason. “I told her if superdelegates voting on Super Tuesday she decided to run I would support her (March 1), four have pledged to support and would be willing to do whatever she Hillary Clinton and three are undecided. likes,” said Senator Leahy (D) of Ver- Only two have pledged to support Sand- mont. “I’ve made no secret of that ever ers – including himself. since then.” Superdelegates hurt Sanders bad- Sanders has been fighting to keep the ly in New Hampshire. Although he momentum moving forward. In an inter- trounced Clinton in the state primary, view on Face the Nation last week, Sand- winning 15 delegates to her nine, Clin- ers explained that he hoped to woo fel- ton had already secured the votes of six low superdelegates in the coming week. party-loyalists, which put her at a virtual “If we continue to do well around the tie with Sanders. country and if superdelegates—whose On Super Tuesday, the Clinton cam- main interest in life is to make sure that paign hopes to use superdelegate sup- we do not have a Republican in the White courtesty Google port to pull away entirely. The super- House—if they understand that I am the Clinton has captured 502 delegates to Sanders’ 70, most of whom were party superdelegates. February 25, 2016 | local 5 Shumlin to Sign Bill Requiring Paid Sick Leave in Vermont By Rebecca Walker “[The bill] disproportionately impacts Of course, this does not mean that there environment. Local Editor the smallest businesses in the state,” Harri- would be no cost to the businesses. In an an- Eventually, after a dramatic vote-turn- son said in an interview with Vermont Public nouncement from the Legislature’s Joint Fis- over, no exemptions were included for the Vermont is revolutionizing the work- Radio. cal Ofce, it is estimated that this healthcare small businesses. place, as the state has recently passed a bill However, others see the benefts of this mandate would cost businesses around 11 Kris Jolin, a Capitol Connections lobby- requiring employers to provide paid sick mandate as outweighing the risks it poses million dollars in additional labor costs when ist representing the National Federation of leave for their workers. Currently, it is esti- to small Vermont businesses. One of those implemented in its most extreme form. Independent Business noted his disapproval mated that there are about 60,000 Vermont- people is Rutland Senator Kevin Mullin (R), The Senate version of this bill would with the bill in an interview with Valley News. ers who do not receive who ensures that the have some exceptions in “This will no doubt paid sick leave, many of “[The Bill will have benefts of this bill en- its application. Federal come at a high cost to whom are women who tail “reduced employee employees, employees “This will no doubt small businesses,” Jolin hold low-wage jobs. benefts like] em- turnover, the cost of under 18, and those work- come at a high cost said, “and will certainly The bill, H. 187, ployee turnover, the productivity losses as a ing less than 18 hours a have a serious efect on has been met with much result of payment to ill week or 21 weeks a year to small businesses jobs and the economy in debate, and the implica- cost of producivity workers who underper- would not qualify for this and will certainly our state. We implore tions of the bill for the form while on the job, mandate. members of the House small businesses of Ver- losses...the spread of reduced spread of conta- During the debate, have a serious ef- to take into account the mont have been hotly contagious diseases, gious diseases, reduced some proponents favored fect on jobs and detrimental impact that contested in the Ver- emergency room use an exemption to the bill imposing such a man- mont House and Senate. reduced emergency and other health-related for businesses with fve the economy in our date will have on job cre- The bill, which was room use and other benefts.” employees or fewer. If ation and the difculty given preliminary ap- This bill also ben- this bill did not apply to state.” that the small business proval by the full Sen- health-related ben- efts those who consume businesses with fve em- sector will have in ab- ate, would dictate that efts.” Vermont food products. ployees or fewer, then 60 sorbing the price of this employers provide their Nationwide, 90 percent percent of Vermont busi- Kris Jolin legislation.” workers with three sick of food workers report nesses would not ft un- Capitol connections lobbyist The House did ulti- days a year in 2017 and Rutland Senator Kevin mullin (R) that they go to work sick, der the qualifcations of mately approve the Sen- 2018, and then fve sick and about 65 percent of the mandate. 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You, the student ONLINE EDITORS the use of vulgar language or personal at- frst say what we believe out loud. body, are the curators of our content. We Maggie Cochrane, Pyone Aye tacks.” Many opinions submited to The Cam- encourage you to write — and respond COPY EDITOR If a submission follows these rules and pus are infammatory and make members — with a sense of duty, compassion and Sarah Sicular is able to articulate an opinion — no mat- of our community feel unsafe. It has been integrity. THE CAMPUS VOICE HOST Nathaniel Wiener SOCIAL MEDIA EDITORS Nathaniel Wiener, Pyone Aye The Opinions pages of The Middlebury Campus If We Vote Bernie, We Have to Own It provide a forum for constructive and respectful dialogue on substantive issues. With this in mind, I came very close to passing up Ber- Voting for Bernie, the democratic so- Noam Chompsky admitted in a recent The Campus reserves the right to deny publication of all or part of a submission for any reason. This nie’s big dreams for the sake of rational- cialist from Vermont, essentially means interview with TruthDig that Hillary includes, but is not limited to: the making of as- ity last week. But in the end, I sent in my that you think the current political sys- would likely have an easier time defeat- sertions based on hearsay; the relation of private ballot for the Vermont primary with a tem (largely controlled by wealthy in- ing a Republican nominee. conversations; the libelous mention of unverifiable dividuals and corporate interests) isn’t A lot of my concern stems from the events; the use of vulgar language or personal at- working. You reject the consumerist, fact that Bernie has yet to be tested. If tacks. Any segment of a submitted article that con- Reader op-ed tains any of the aforementioned will be removed Day Robins ’17 is from me-first way of life of our parents’ gen- Bernie’s the Democratic nominee, big before publication. Contributors will be allowed to eration and envision a more sustainable, money will throw an insane amount Humboldt, CA reference prior articles published in the Opinions more caring and more economically just of negative advertising at uninformed section or announcements for the public record. If a reference is made to prior articles, the submission America. You rec- Americans — ad- will be considered a letter to the editor. The opin- vote for Bernie, thanks to my naive faith ognize, given the vertising that will ions expressed by contributors to the Opinions sec- in America’s most unreliable electorate degree to which the “Fortunately, millenials likely associate tion, as well as reviews, columns, editorial comics (I’m not kidding). American political Bernie with the and other commentary, are views of the individual now make up about 37 per- contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opin- Like many millennials, I initially spectrum has shift- apocalypse, a false ions of the newspaper. The Campus welcomes let- jumped at the opportunity to support a ed rightward, that cent of voters. If we were description of the ters to the editor at 250 words or less, or opinions candidate whose vision and views on is- Bernie’s progres- to vote at our capacity, New Deal social- submissions at 800 words or less. Submit works sues are almost exactly aligned with my sive proposals — ism that he actually directly to the Opinions Editors, Drawer 30, cam- we’d be the country’s larg- [email protected] or via the paper’s web site own beliefs about what America should such as free college stands for, and who at www.middleburycampus.com. To be considered look like. I’ve also been a long-time sup- tuition and univer- est voting bloc. So, essen- knows what else. for publications, submissions must be received by 5 porter of Bernie and am especially in- sal health care — That’s what we p.m. Sunday. The Campus reserves the right to edit spired by his enthusiasm to reform the really aren’t that tially, the choice is ours.” Bernie supporters all submissions. The Middlebury Campus (USPS 556-060), the way our campaigns are financed. But radical and should could be up against student newspaper of Middlebury College, is pub- something about seeing Hillary’s name therefore be taken in the general elec- lished by The Middlebury Campus Publications. on my absentee ballot last week made me seriously. tion. Publication is every Thursday of the academic year, stop and think: by passing up an oppor- Voting for Hillary, at least for me, Fortunately, millennials now make except during official college vacation periods and final examinations. Editorial and business offices tunity to support an icon of the Demo- would have meant that I was content up about 36 percent of eligible voters. If are located in Hepburn Hall Annex, Middlebury cratic establishment, am I jeopardizing with the pragmatic, incremental changes we were to vote at our capacity, we’d be College. The Middlebury Campus is produced on the Democratic Party’s chance of win- that she’s proposed, and that I was skep- the country’s largest voting bloc. So, es- Apple Macintosh computers using Adobe InDesign ning the general election? tical of Bernie’s ability to beat a Republi- sentially, the choice is ours. CS5 and is printed by the Press Republican in New York. The advertising deadline for all display and I realize that Bernie’s campaign is, or can nominee — and maybe even his abil- But, if like me, you do vote for Ber- classified advertising is 5 p.m. Friday for the follow- at least was, largely symbolic and that ity to run the country. nie, you have to own it. If Bernie wins ing week’s issue. Mailing address: The Middlebury his chances of winning the nomination In the final moments before cast- because of idealistic people like us, then Campus, Drawer 30, Middlebury College, Middle- are slim at best. (For more on Bernie’s ing my vote, holding my pen over the we must translate our faith into action. bury, Vt., 05753. Business phone: (802) 443-5737. Please address distribution concerns to the Busi- slim chance, just ask any Political Sci- bubbles on my ballot, it was Bernie’s That means we not only have to turnout ness Director. First class postage paid at Middle- ence professor here). But I think we dubious electability in a general election in a general election, but we must also bury, Vt., 05753. should at least consider what happens if that almost gave Hillary my vote. Even inspire our friends to do the same. Bernie becomes the nominee. former MIT Professor and social activist february 25, 2016 | opinions 7 Talk About It, Would Ya? I wrote an article last semester on men- college-age population. Depression and tion. There are many social, economic and secretly very unhappy people, I have come tal health on campus. Here is why this anxiety are not the only mental health is- academic pressures at this age and in this to the conclusion that everyone has their problem is still relevant. sues at hand. Eating disorders, trauma, type of community. own demons. The reality is that these de- I am a human being attending college. OCD and more are endemic on college There are two primary reasons for my mons go completely unacknowledged or If you are campuses. interest in ignored because they are not considered reading this, Some factors the extreme “societally acceptable” to discuss. Reader op-ed chances are exacerbate these prevalence Therefore, I have decided to spend Maddie Hoar ’17.5 is you are also problems for our “The National Institute of of mental my semester examining all aspects of the from Wellesley, MA a human be- generation; UCLA Health found the nearly one in health is- college-age experience that contribute to ing attending found that people ten people between the age of 18 sues in col- the prevalence of mental health issues. I college. The are spending an av- lege. The am doing an independent study that will current population of students in college erage of six hours a and 25 will experience a major frst is that, involve looking each week at a diferent is experiencing an incredibly high rate of week on social me- depressive episode.” after work- contributing factor to this concern, rang- mental health issues. The National Insti- dia. Multiple stud- ing in a ing from the scientifc to the subjective. I tute of Health found that nearly one in ies — such as one neurosci- do so with the hope of fnding some way to ten people between the age of 18 and 25 by Johan Bollan at ence lab ameliorate the problem, as well as reduce will experience a major depressive epi- Indiana University — have found that that studies depression, I became more the stigma that often comes with conver- sode. One in three young adults will have time on social media is inversely corre- aware of the detrimental efect that men- sations about mental health. If you have an anxiety disorder. Although women are lated with happiness. Technology is not tal health struggles have on daily life, a story that you feel is untold — or any twice as likely to experience a depressive the only problematic factor. According to and that the biological origins of these opinion on the matter — feel free to reach episode and 60 percent more likely to a 2014 report by the Council of Economic struggles have yet to be fully explained. out and help me paint a more informed have an anxiety disorder, these are issues Advisers, more students than ever are re- The second reason is that, after countless picture of these issues (mhoar@middle- that are extensively afecting the entire lying on loans to pay for secondary educa- conversations with seemingly happy but bury.edu). The Inclusion of Our Humanity Dear Katrina, erally, the term refers to the idea that Maybe, that thin skin is actually my own vestigation and what does not, and, and, As always, the willingness to put pen the unique cultural identity of the USA is as I realize that I do not want to blend/ and. Like the melting pot, these restric- to paper, with a signature, and publish made through the assimilation or ‘melt- listen/change. tive norms come out of one particular it in a public forum is important and ad- ing’ of previously distinct ethnic groups The realization that the melting pot is cultural tradition that is now being chal- mirable. Thank you for taking the time or cultures into one. Sounds nice and not a neutral space is akin to the tran- lenged to realize the fact that it is one to write and for offering your thoughts. inclusive. But, an interesting question sition from ‘diversity’ to ‘inclusion’ on among many cultures not some neutral As I understood your op-ed, you are to ask is, “Who is in charge of stirring college campuses. Diversity is the effort standard. the pot?” In my experience, when most to ensure that historically under-repre- Thus, inclusion is the next, much “White” people are asked to reflect on sented groups are given fair and equal more difficult evolution. Inclusion re- this question they realize that they had opportunities to enjoy a college educa- quires the institution — which means Reader op-ed assumed that tion. Under each and every one of us — to examine Jonathan Miller-Lane is the Director a “White” the ‘diversity’ long-standing patterns and norms that of the Education Studies Program person was “Inclusion requires the institu- mindset, the those who are from the dominant group always in tion — which means each and ev- institution is thought were neutral, but that actually deeply frustrated with what you perceive control of assumed to create hostile environments. It is really to be hyper-sensitivity among many the stirring. ery one of us — to examine long- be a neutral important that each of us, in our mul- students. You wrote, “We have devel- If you are standing patterns and norms that place where tiple identities and multiple campus oped such a thin skin, taking everything “White,” and everyone can roles, recognize that the challenge of in- personally and getting offended at the someone of a those who are from the dominant succeed if clusion has nothing to do with ‘feelings’ tiniest things. We’re lucky that we live different gen- group thought were neutral, but they just work in the manner in which we normally in a country where we have the kind of der, or eth- hard. The in- think. Again, in our forums and in vari- luxury to whine about people hurting nicity, race, that actually create hostile envi- stitution does ous writings I have not heard any stu- our feelings.” I would actually argue sexuality was not need to dent complain about their feelings being that feelings matter and the fact that you stirring the ronments.” change be- hurt. What I heard, repeatedly, was a shared your feelings so passionately is pot would cause, you call to examine hostile and exclusionary affirmation of that claim. But, what re- you jump in? know, it is patterns that are based on centuries of ally confused me about your statement (And it is worth remembering that, his- fine and exists in some mythically neu- both intentionally exclusionary and just was that in all three public forums that torically, few have had much of a choice). tral space of higher education. If you are plain, thoughtless behavior. As a com- I attended, and in conversations, I have In other words, are you willing to adapt having problems, it must be you. You munity, we must commit to staying curi- never heard anyone talk about ‘hurt feel- and change to others in a way that they just need better mentoring. But, after de- ous and compassionate with one another ings’ nor did I hear anyone asking for have been required to adapt? Suddenly, cades of ‘diversity’ initiatives, more and as we continue to evolve. We are so new any kind of censorship. Rather, what I what was presumed to be a warm, friend- more students challenged this assump- to this that there is already a sense of ex- heard, repeatedly, was a call for all of ly, non-ideological space where everyone tion as they experienced an intense and haustion. Well, get some rest everyone. us to imagine and be curious about how assimilates becomes not so warm and deep cost to ‘success.’ Turns out places We are just getting started. patterns of behavior, both personal and friendly when I/“White” person has to of higher education like Middlebury institutional, that are often taken at face relinquish control. Turns out the melt- are not neutral spaces at all — they are Jonathan Miller-Lane THE LO-DOWN value as neutral are, in fact, hostile and ing pot does not refer to the melding of filled with all sorts of restrictive norms Associate Professor & Director, exclusionary. everyone into some new, hybrid expres- regarding ‘appropriate’ behavior, what Education Studies Program Lauren Alper ’16 One way to think about this is to call sion of unity, but an effort to demand a ‘normal’ student looks like, literally, Faculty Head, Wonnacott Commons is from Mill Valley, CA to mind the ‘melting pot’ metaphor. Gen- that everyone adapt to “White” norms. what counts as worthy of academic in- When the Micro Becomes Macro We are writing directly in response to pus is very real. Syria or Boko Haram, which the author we are all human beings, not as “black, the op-ed from the last issue, “I’m Only Middlebury College, despite the won- cited as “more important things to worry white, gay or straight.” Some may think, Human.” The op-ed has upset a lot of derful education it provides, can be a about.” But the accumulation of micro- “We all are human, and ought not worry people and has hurt a lot more. As dem- painful and isolating place for many aggressions is a macroaggression. They about differences like gender, sexual- onstrated by the polarized comment sec- black students. shape how minorities are treated in the ity or race. Progress is sloppy, and we tion online, it unfortunately represents “You’re kinda an Oreo. Black on the real world. Seeing black people as “ag- shouldn’t be monitoring our own speech outside and gressive” can or behavior. Make mistakes, think big white on the in- trigger police and don’t take anything personally!” side!” “When we leave Middlebury we brutality, and This is callous. Like it or not, we do Reader op-ed “I don’t re- seeing them as not live in a post-racial society. Even Harry Cramer ’16.5 is a Local Editor will become law-enforcement, ally see you as a “stupid” could children, from a very early age, begin dis- from Wellesley, MA and black person.” teachers and parents. At that inhibit their tinguishing between different races. We Kahari Blue ’19 is from These com- time, the argument over ‘mi- ability to get should acknowledge the reality we live New Haven, CT ments can shape hired. This prej- in, instead of inventing another, even if how students of cro’ or ‘macro’ issues parodies udice is just the it does make life more complicated. color perceive itself: Inequality is inequality, top layer of a And one final point: As students, we the views of a sizable portion of the stu- themselves at worldview that are not as removed from the real world dent body. And while censoring their Middlebury. We and prejudice is prejudice.” systematically as we would like to think. When we views would not be productive, we must might feel weak exploits people leave Middlebury we will become law- explain why they are misguided. or inferior when of color, and a enforcement, teachers and parents. At Cultural appropriation and microag- people use the n word; as “ghetto” when litany of others, so it is crucial that we that time, the argument over ‘micro’ or gressions may appear trivial compared people appropriate the ghetto; or as un- challenge it here at Middlebury. ‘macro’ issues parodies itself: Inequality to the experiences of people like Tray- intelligent when people joke about the In an effort to ignore this reality, some is inequality, and prejudice is prejudice. von Martin, Michael Brown and Sandra way we speak. advocate a form of perverted humanism And respecting the dignity of all people Bland. At Middlebury, people of color are True, a white student saying the n- – the idea that we can all get along with should not be a chore. not getting shot. But racism on this cam- word is not an international crisis like each other on the understanding that 8opinions | february 25, 2016 Use Tact Next Time I face lingering disappointment after bates on diversity, privilege and power, someone and being branded as a racist...” more uncomplicated claims or insensitive re-reading Katrina Drury’s piece “I’m though I am skeptical, therein, of her ef- Drury’s display of hatred is worrying. language. And what’s unsettling here is Only Human,” published on Feb. 18. On forts to reach for a “spirit of understand- She disregards and demonizes the every- Drury’s tone in casting her assertions: it the other side of the fold, a column over, ing.” Core to her day troubles of is divisive and untactful. Laurie Patton ofers timely, levelheaded piece is her belief minority students, As Drury’s peer, I am irked. As a Mid- comments on the much-discussed Texas that school-wide “In my eight years of mo- which, since my dlebury student, I am discouraged by my Supreme Court case, which questions the expectations sur- bilizing around a cause, I frst weeks at the college. As an organizer for the environ- role of race in college admission proce- rounding political College, have been ment, I feel a duty to emphasize the im- dures. In concluding remarks, President correctness and have learned that respect aired widely to me portance of empathy. In my eight years of “microaggres- and understanding is criti- and in this paper. mobilizing around a cause, I have learned sion” are a kind Her central ar- that respect and understanding is critical. of white censor- cal. There’s tact — an art guments — “we There’s tact — an art form — in making a Reader op-ed ship and thus hold form — in making a point, have developed point, even to contenders; subversiveness Zane Anthony ’17 no social merit. “I thin skin,” “we is not part of that dance. is from Annapolis, MD don’t care about even to contenders; subver- have the luxury If all else, Drury, your words have being politically siveness is not part of that to whine about sounded an alarm in this community; I correct,” Drury people hurting give you that. They bear testimony that a Patton calls for compassion and more writes, on these dance.” our feelings” and fully-realized diversity, equity and inclu- “worthwhile” discourse on issues of race expectations, “and “why can’t we all siveness at today’s Middlebury College and identity: “Let us recommit ourselves if people don’t like just be human and remains a pipe dream. All things consid- to the spirit of understanding,” she says. my opinion, so be it... I hate having to love each other” — are homespun at best. ered as a school in this milieu we are still I commend Drury for adding her censor every word I utter and monitor ev- In my six semesters collaborating with in a stage of diagnosis, much less care or thoughts to the years-long campus de- ery action I make just to avoid ofending Middlebury students, I have never read prevention. We Are All Humans Dear Katrina, and navigate every day of our life. They more important than the act of donning are really trying to love and understand I want to thank you for letting us hear have been there before I was born. Life a sombrero, namely the implications be- each other, we must not let the consum- your story. Thank you for saying what is indeed complicated enough. I used to hind it: systematic discrimination, prej- erist culture infiltrate into our concept you really mean to say. It is only through wish I could forget about all these com- udice and indifference, just to list a few. of love. This journey will not be easy, such difficult dialogue that understand- plexities as well. I wish everyone could These things are around us, in this coun- simple or convenient. There are so many ing may ever begin. So thank you again forget about them so that I didn’t have try. Just because they are less visible obstacles, including historical legacies, to white-wash myself, to tweak my ac- does not make them less serious, urgent class, race, prejudice, stereotype, igno- cent and ignore everything that reminds or important. Let’s talk about our differ- rance, misconception, hate, fear and Reader Op-ED people of what I wish they could forget. ences and what indifference. Shan Zeng ’19 is from Chengdu, China. Only recently did I realize maybe these caused them, If we know are things I don’t want to forget. These and then try that taking a are things that are part of me and define to understand “These things are around us, class or play- for being yourself. who I am. To forget would mean to lose them. in this country. Just because ing a sport I totally agree with you. Political cor- myself. Some differences are not just There is they are less visible does not requires time rectness means nothing. Back home, skin-deep. They run in my blood. a Confuciust and effort, we I was never a good player in that rope We are all different. But our differ- saying, “Xiu make them less serious, ur- should not ex- tightening game — straighten your back, ences will not stop us. Today, it is less Shen, Qi Jia, gent or important. Let’s talk pect that love, hold on to your balancing beam and keep difficult to see the shared humanness Zhi Guo, Ping one of the yourself on the thin black line. Watch in us. Darwin and genetic studies have Tian Xia.” Je- about our differences and what most amaz- your mouth because Big Brother is made that point for us quite strongly. sus also said, caused them and then try to ing human watching. I hated that and I still do now. The greatest challenge for our world to- “Love thy understand them.” achievements, My home country has taught me not to day — and for our generation in particu- neighbor.” So should always put my faith in political correctness. It is lar — is not to un-see the differences, but I want to talk be smooth- a world where the meanings of words are rather, to embrace each other neverthe- about love. I sailing. lost. People can say anything. But in the less. Love is about seeing, knowing and believe love is The path end, what matters most is often what is accepting completely, including our dif- about empathy. Love is an art, a craft to a truly inclusive campus is long and not said, right? ferences. How can we love people if we and an effort. I think one of the most tough. We will make mistakes and get I cannot agree with you when you do not even start to see and understand common misconceptions in our contem- tired, for we are all only human. Yet say “just to avoid offending someone.” the differences? porary society is that love is supposed whenever I feel depressed about this It is not “just.” “It” is not just. To refer- There must have been wounds deep to be easy. We are taught to believe that world, I too look to the encouraging ence my favorite quote from Oscar Wil- enough to make these hearts so sensitive, if love goes through ups and downs — if words of Morrie: “To love.” Simple. de, “The truth is rarely pure and never that what seems like a light touch can it is tiring, upsetting or painful — you Concise. A verb. And that’s what all it’s simple.” For people like me, this over- trigger painful experiences. And if the should just throw away that love. That about. complication is not a matter of choice. same system and institution that inflict- is simply not the case, and I recommend Love, Shan This complexity, this barrier, these ed these pains is still running, we shall Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving for shackles and mantles are what we bear not forget. I agree that there are things an excellent elaboration on this. If we Conservatism Today Politics today seems to be more about political discourse. To us it seems that the word really means. When defining find a job. Conservatives care about the shouting insults than offering solutions. the solution to our current problem lies conservatism, it is important to remem- little girl who grew up in a poor neigh- Fox, MSNBC, Donald Trump, all seem in better understanding the values and ber what is being conserved. Fundamen- borhood who was forced to go to a failing to be more interested in ratings than principles that guide us. In this spirit, tal to conservatism is the preservation of school when there was a successful one the issues faced by every day Ameri- we would like to introduce our values our founding principles, the right to life, a district over. Conservatives care about and principles. liberty, property the skilled immigrant who wants to start We believe and the federal an auto shop, but does not have the mon- that every per- structure of our ey nor the English skills to comply with Reader op-ed son has the right “We believe that every nation. These the licensing requirements. Conserva- Phil Hoxie ’17.5 is from to work towards principles guide tives care about the single mother who Orinda, CA and American is a unique individ- achieving his or our understand- has to work multiple part-time jobs be- Alexander Khan ’17 her dreams. ual and not simply a member ing of policy, the cause she cannot find full time employ- is from Phoenix, AZ We believe of a group. We believe that role of govern- ment. Conservatives care about the aver- that every each individual knows how ment and how age American. cans. At this point, we are all numb to American is a we solve the We need to change the way that we it. For years we have looked at politics unique indi- best to achieve his or her own many issues fac- go about our political discourse, and we in terms of red and blue and have failed vidual and not happiness. We are Conserva- ing our nation want this article to start the discussion. to consider the motivations of our coun- simply a mem- today. It is clear We hope that we can focus our conversa- terparts. We have refused to listen to ber of a group. tives.” from this that tion on policy solutions rather than po- any opposing ideas, and arguments now We believe that Donald Trump litical attacks, and we hope that we can occur more frequently than discussions. each individual and Ted Cruz go beyond the talking points and delve As students at Middlebury College, we knows how best to achieve his or her are more concerned with promoting deeper into the substance of the issues. see this occurring on a daily basis. This own happiness. We are conservatives. populism and the values of the religious Only through thoughtful debate and dis- has led us to a point where progress no With Donald Trump and Ted Cruz right than in conserving these principles. cussion can we truly achieve a more per- longer seems possible. We believe that both throwing around the word conser- Conservatives care about the first fect union. progress can be made with thoughtful vative so much, it is often forgotten what generation college student who could not FEBRUARY 25, 2016 | opinions 9 My Case for Afrmative Action To the generally privileged, poverty is with homophobic and racist slurs. Most of ing the oppressed, or not. families, pretty much all of them wanted incomprehensible. People of privilege, my friends were trapped, unable to imag- I escaped merely because my family had to succeed academically. The privilege with pale skin and/or free vacations and/ ine a reality outside of this de facto op- the privilege of mobility, and of conform- of that community allowed my escape. I or “intellectual conversation” — which is pression that perpetuated itself with each ing to the ruling class’s standards. We were learned that people were nice, what SATs almost always defned by conformity to successive generation. My friends’ parents white, natively spoke English and could were, that “college” actually existed. I am the standard of the privileged class — can- couldn’t speak English — or at least the devote our time and resources to moving at Middlebury today because of the oppor- not understand how central poverty, or so- version of English that is deemed “cor- instead of surviving. We moved to Las Ve- tunities made available to me through that cial disad- rect” — and their livelihoods depended on gas, where I attended a public high school program. vantage, the whims of the government’s “immigra- in a neighborhood known as one of the These experiences inform my reaction Poverty Prose can be to tion policy.” most danger- to Rachel Frank’s “Conversation in Con- Travis Sanderson ’19 a person’s Others were ous spots in fnes,” which was published last week. is from Las Vegas, NV life. Dis- the products “To drop affirmative action is the county (a It’s frankly ridiculous that people of such advantage of the United privilege com- disadvantage are oftentimes compared shapes ev- States’ his- to confirm the immoral notion pared to the equally to students who face no obstacles ery opportunity, thought and desire. While tory of black that the privileged have more of many who re- but themselves, who have studied for the privileged students can aford SAT prep oppression, main trapped SATs since middle school, who come from books, poorer ones may not even know of redlining a right to attend colleges — to in the Mo- backgrounds where college was “real.” I what those three letters stand for. While and segrega- attend programs like my high jave). There sufered disadvantage, but not nearly as privileged students can debate what col- tion never school’s, which was the only are more than much as many others face. Afrmative lege to go to, poorer ones are oftentimes corrected. three thou- action is a means of making up for all of unsure about going to college — or simply In the words reason I escaped — than those sand students those obstacles; it is a basic step to actual unable to do so. of Ta-Nehisi who face obstacles incompre- at that high equality of opportunity. To drop afrma- I am acquainted with certain types of Coates, they school. Every tive action is to confrm the immoral no- disadvantages. My middle school was a tiny were “respon- hensible to the privileged.” class crams tion that the privileged have more of a spot in the middle of the Mojave wasteland, sible for the ffty students, right to attend colleges — to attend pro- a place where — two years after my family worst actions and there are grams like my high school’s, which was the moved out — a war between Bloods and of other black bodies, which, somehow, never enough seats. I happened to be ac- only reason I escaped — than those who Crips erupted. Thinking about “college,” a will always be assigned to [them].” Their cepted on luck — literally, via a lottery — face obstacles incomprehensible to the term so distant and irrelevant that it bore livelihoods also depended on the whims of to a selected community within that public privileged. absolutely no meaning, was unheard of. government and the ruling class — name- high school with more courses and in- Afrmative action is a moral require- All conversations were combative, a show ly, the government’s constant debate on creased availability. Although almost all of ment for more reasons than just the facili- of masculinity or cruelty, often interlaced whether to be “tough on crime,” oppress- those students came from disadvantaged tation of “institutional diversity.” GREEN PEPPERS 3FTUBVSBOU Official pizza of the Middlebury Campus

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During Winter Term, the dining halls welcomed a new brew at the Eat Real Weighs In beverage station: cofee by local roaster Vermont Cofee Company. Eat Real, the student group which encouraged the College to sign Based in Middlebury Vermont, cofee from the Vermont Cofee Com- the Real Food agreement in 2014, published an op-ed entitled “Wake pany is fair-trade and certifed organic. The move to serve it in the din- Up and Smell the (Fair-Trade, Organic) Cofee!” in The Campus in Jan- ing halls has allowed the College to meet its promise to serve 30 percent uary, applauding the switch to the Vermont Cofee Company. Real Food in the dining halls by 2016. “We are excited by Dining Service’s commitment to supporting real The switch from New England Cofee, served in dining halls previ- food and the values real food represents,” said Eat Real Co-Presidents When asked why they liked the ously, to Vermont Cofee Company, is receiving hearty approval from Sarah Koenigsberg ’17 and Elaine Forbush ’17 in their op-ed. new dining hall cofee, the student body. Eat Real has been collaborating with the College for the past three In an online survey conducted by The Campus, 81 percent of the 105 years by helping them identify foods served in the dining hall that could students surveyed said they noticed a change in the dining hall cofee. be switched to Real Foods without too much extra cost. In the past, Eat Seventy percent of students said they “like” or “love” the new cofee, Real assisted Dining Services in their switch to local beef for hamburg- whereas only four percent of students reported liking the New England ers and local, organic tofu. 70.41% Cofee and 64 percent said they “disliked” or “detested” it. None of the While Eat Real celebrates the improvements that the dining halls 67.7% of respondents said that the new cofee students surveyed said they “loved” the old cofee. have embraced thus far, the group is far from satisfed. Eat Real re- of survey respondents The majority of students said that they like the new cofee because search interns are currently examining other food options that could be answered that they tasted better they think it has a better taste than a cup of the New England Cofee. switched to Real Foods like buying whole chickens as opposed to chick- “like” or “love” the new The Decision to Switch en breasts. Moreover, the interns are also working on collecting data to cofee in the dining Executive Director of Food Service Operations Dan Detora was the help encourage the College to bump up their Real Food agreement to 50 halls, in comparison driving force behind the move to Vermont Cofee Company. Detora ex- percent Real Food. with plained to The Campus that refreshing the College’s cofee inventory Eat Real urges the College and students to become cognizant of the 23.66% has been on his radar since at least fall 2014 after Dining Services re- changes they can provoke with their food choices. of respondents said they liked the new ceived multiple complaints. “We encourage the Middlebury community to recognize the pur- 4.04% cofee because it is fair trade or local “I don’t think it was anything specifc, just the fact that we received chasing power we have as a residential college that feeds thousands who answered that a lot of [comments like], ‘The cofee is terrible,’” Detora said. “It just of people multiple meals a day,” Koenigsberg and Forbush wrote. “It’s they “liked” the wasn’t a high-quality cofee.” easy to forget the faws inherent in our modern food system when we previous dining hall Detora considered a switch to Vermont Cofee Company’s locally- only see the food that magically appears in our bufets every day.” cofee roasted, fair-trade organic cofee after the business moved to its new Cofee Sales Around Campus headquarters on Exchange Street. Last summer, VCC helped the Col- According tosurvey, 39 percent of students report that they buy less lege to secure specially sourced brews for the Language Schools’ 100 cofee now than they did when New England Cofee was served in the Year Celebration. dining halls. “We were trying to do desserts and cofees from diferent countries, How is this change afecting cofee sales at vendors around campus? and they helped us with that,” Detora explained. Detora said it’s too early to know. Vermont Cofee Company was Since then, Detora said the College has a “great relationship” with available at Crossroads and Wilson Cafés before the upgrade inside the the Vermont Cofee Company. When Dining Services, in partnership dining halls. with the SGA, decided to upgrade cofee in the dining halls, they chose Birgitta Cheng ’17, one of four student managers of Crossroads Café, Vermont Cofee Company to increase the College’s use of Real Food. reports that cofee sales at Crossroads have remained consistent despite Real Food is food that meets certain criteria such as ‘local- and commu- the new cofee in the dining halls. of respondents31.52% said they drink more nity-based,’ ‘fair,’ ‘ecologically sound’ and ‘humane.’ “We cater to students on specialty drinks more [than drip cofee],” cofee now, afer the dining hall cofee “When President Leibowitz committed to 30 percent Real Food, said Cheng. “Our drip cofee sales usually come from faculty and staf we were at roughly 23-27 percent when he signed that agreement last who come to get a drink between work shifts so they are not going to the switch year,” Detora said. “[Vermont Cofee Company] came in, and we did dining hall anyways.” some tasting, but the big thing was that they met our Real Food criteria. Cheng estimates that Crossroads sells approximately 200 cups of That was about $125,000 [of the dining budget] switched over to Real cofee per day. Food, which got us over that 30 percent to meet our goal. So we got a Still, even if sales at some College vendors do decline slightly, buy- better product and better Real Food, and it was basically awash in terms ing more cofee from the same vendor will lower costs for the College. 39.18% 81% of funding.” Previously, College vendors bought cofee from 14 diferent cofee com- The increased expense, however, encouraged Dining Services to panies; Crossroads alone served three diferent companies’ cofee. of respondents said they now buy less of survey respondents economize. SGA President Ilana Gratch ’16 was collaborating with De- Now Vermont Cofee Company is the only cofee served anywhere cofee from other vendors answered yes, they did tora to establish 10 O’clock Ross when Dining Services considered the at the College. notice a change in the cofee change. They decided to open Ross Dining Hall later on week- “Because we went to Vermont [Cofee Company], we increased our cofee in the dining ends, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. This minimized food waste and re- purchasing power with them,” Detora said. “They decreased the price of halls duced labor costs, and helped shrink the expense of high-quality cofee. the product pretty considerably so we feel that any sales loss would be picked up by the price savings we have overall.” Text by Emilie Munson and Henry Burnett Design by Julia Hatheway 12features | February 25, 2016 SGA Debuts Textbook Exchange Website to Lower Prices

By Henry Burnett the textbooks they want to see.” The site Features Editor allows users to search for specifc text- books and compare prices with other In response to a Feb. 15 email in sellers, including Amazon and Abe- which the SGA announced a new online Books. Texts.com charges no fees for textbook exchange, The Campus de- students to join or schools to use, and it cided to investigate how less expensive functions like a marketplace where col- textbooks came to top the student gov- lege students can buy and sell used text- ernment agenda. Last fall Neha Sharma books. ’18.5 and Maya Woser ’18, co-directors The Texts.com website references for the SGA Educational Afairs Com- a study stating textbook prices have in- mittee, conducted an all-student poll creased much faster than other consum- that found a high demand for cheaper er goods. According to a 2012 study by textbooks. the American Enterprise Institute, the “Last year average price of a col- when we came “The problem was so uni- lege textbook has gone together as a versal that we immediately up 812 percent since committee, we 1978, and has doubled brainstormed knew it was something we in the past decade ideas that we wanted to focus on.” alone. had ourselves Much of that in- of what could Maya Woser ’18 crease, the website be improved in says, is ironically the community and when what we had linked to used textbook exchanges such american enterprise institute According to an American Enterprise Institute study, the average price of a college been hearing from other people,” Woser as Amazon and Chegg. Publishers earn textbook has gone up by 812 percent since 1978, and doubled in the past decade. said. “The cost of textbooks was a major revenue only from the initial sale of new one that a lot of us in the committee had books, and as new book sales have de- personally faced. The problem was so clined as used books become more avail- the Library Michael Roy, and the chairs As SGA EAC co-directors, Sharma universal that we immediately knew that able, publishers have increased prices of several academic departments. They and Woser chose Texts.com after look- was something we wanted to focus on. and released new editions with minimal have encouraged departments across ing at what steps peer schools have taken We kind of just went from there.” changes from year to year. campus to agree to use one edition of to reduce student textbook costs. In the email, the student EAC intro- To combat the cost of new editions, a textbook for fve years at a time. That Sharma said that Texts.com is cur- duced Texts.com as “an online campus- the SGA Educational Afairs Committee way, students would be able to resell rently being used at Bates, Bowdoin and wide student textbook exchange website met with Dean of the Faculty and VP for their books to other students rather than Yale. She and Woser contacted their stu- where students can post details about Academic Afairs Andrea Lloyd, Dean of purchasing new books from the campus dent governments to gauge their satis- bookstore each year. The student EAC is faction with the site, which was positive. also encouraging the library to buy more They then contacted a company repre- copies of textbooks for students to use sentative for Texts.com, who provided while on reserve. information about “One of the “One of the main reasons which schools were main reasons the the library doesn’t buy text- using it and what library doesn’t their feedback had buy textbooks books right now is because been. right now is be- the textbook editions keep So far, about cause the text- 200 books are on book editions changing so often.” sale at the College keep changing so neha sharma ’18.5 website, middle- often,” Sharma bury.texts.com. said. “Especially Sharma and Woser language textbooks, were you don’t real- hope to launch a campaign near the end ly need the latest edition because it’s the of the semester to let students know they same thing you’re teaching every year.” can resell their books online. “They would be able to invest in a In the meantime, the student EAC is larger number of copies so more stu- considering several other funding plans dents would be able to access it,” Woser to make textbooks cheaper at Middle- added. “Also, if they agree on a certain bury. Sharma said these possibilities are edition for a number of years, then stu- all “very preliminary,” but they will all be dents’ resale values are also easier. Oth- independent of fnancial aid. People paticipating in this year’s “Sleep-Out” will camp at Marbleworks, near the foot of the Otter Creek Falls in Middlebury. erwise you might by a book, then nobody needs it next year because everyone For more information, please visit needs the latest edition so you can’t re- middlebury.texts.com. The SGA can be wikimedia commons ally sell it back.” reached at [email protected]. Middlebury.texts.com is one of three SGA intiatives, including an alumni fund and department agreements, to reduce the amount that students spend on textbooks. Students Organize for Hillary in Bernie Territory By Ethan Brady Features Editor Months before Hillary Clinton de- clared her presidential candidacy on- line in April, leaders in the Democrat- ic Party saw her as the destined choice to be the party’s standard bearer in the 2016 election. But no political pundit foresaw the rise of Vermont Senator Bernie Sand- ers in recent months, mostly shrug- ging when he declared his candidacy in Wellness Tip May on the shores of Lake Champlain. In the New Hampshire primaries, Mr. Sanders swept the first-in-the-nation vote by a 22-point margin. Ms. Clin- of the Week ton managed a comfortable five-point By Wellness Leaders victory in the Nevada caucuses. wptz news Contributing Columnists And as the race tightens up in Mitch Perry ’16 was interviewed earlier this month by WPTZ, a Channel 5 news The Power of Touch South Carolina and Super Tuesday station in New Hampshire, about his volunteering for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. states, where nearly 900 of the 4,192 will always be number one. The group with a Hillary Clinton cutout, Middle- Remember to communicate through available delegates will be allocated, is not officially registered as a student bury Students For Hillary has extend- touch. The nurture and comfort that can the question becomes whether Sen. organization, but they still hold events ed their membership and presence. be felt through a simple pat on the back Sanders’ message of political revolu- like phone banking and canvassing in “We continue to see our sup- or a hug can serve as powerful ways of tion can eventually — after a long slog Vermont and New Hampshire. They porter list grow every time we reach healing. These small actions are in many to the Democratic National Conven- were present at the Democratic De- out to students on campus,” said Will ways profound, creating and spreading tion which most pundits are predict- bate watch party earlier in the fall Schwartz ’16, the group’s organizing compassion among you and your peers. ing — secure him a first place finish. In this race, though, second place and at the Iowa caucus watch party on lead. does not cut it. Feb. 1. President of the Middlebury Col- For members of Middlebury Stu- Between these events, the Feb lege Democrats Hazel Millard ’18 no- dents for Hillary, the former first lady activities fair and tabling in Atwater Continued on Page 13. February 25, 2016 features13 Death of Harper Lee at 89 Spurs Talk of Legacy

By Ethan Brady the announcement that it would be Features Editor published, which was only weeks after Harper Lee’s beloved classic To the death of her sister, Alice Lee, who Kill a Mockingbird was published in had long been Harper’s confidante and 1960 and won her the Pulitzer Prize whom many considered to have been in 1961. The zeitgeist novel depicted her protector. Skeptics use reports of in bare terms racism in America and Lee’s deteriorating state at the time reaffirmed the values of equality and the manuscript was discovered as evi- unity. The book has sold more than dence that she could have easily been 40 million copies globally and has be- coerced into agreeing to something she come a staple of high school curricu- had not wanted for 56 years. “It would lums. But despite the book’s acclaim be very difficult to prove this one way and instant success, Lee repeatedly or another,” Bertolini said. vowed never to publish a novel again. In a New York Times column, Joe For the next 56 years, she lived a pri- Nocera called the book a “fraud” and vate life in small-town Alabama and an “one of the epic money grabs in the anonymous one in New York City, her modern history of American publish- career a single gem. ing.” Jonathan Sturgeon wrote in Fla- Not long before she went dark to vorwire that Watchman is not Mock- the public — just four years after the ingbird’s sequel or prequel, but rather publication of Mockingbird and two its prototype. Lee herself described years after the film version — Lee re- the book as her first book’s “parent.” Getty Images cast her literary objectives in a 1964 in- Sturgeon points to wholesale passages Harper Lee was was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her terview with Roy Newquist, the editor in Watchman that were later reworked contribution to literature. of a book titled Counterpoint. Perhaps for Mockingbird. of a book that I’ve seen. It was said reading Watchman this past summer, Pieces of literature have been pub- because of the rarity of such encoun- that it turns out Atticus is a racist af- I connected to both in very different lished against some authors’ wishes, ters with Lee, the Newquist interview ter all, and that’s not, I believe, the ways. Scout’s first attempts at under- noted John Bertolini, Ellis Professor has become one of the few sources of point Harper Lee was making in that standing the world, like my own, were of English and Liberal Arts. He noted material that illuminate her mystery. book. She was demonstrating that At- heavily influenced by those around Vergil and Franz Kafka as examples. In it, Ms. Lee clearly stated her literary ticus was continuing to educate Scout, her, whereas Jean Louise, and myself “Of course the same thing happened ambition: “to describe a disappearing and that he thought it was a flaw in her as a college student, must learn to look with Kafka: he ordered that all his way of small town, middle class South- that she idealized him so much. He did inward for her own value.” works be destroyed, but they weren’t. ern life. In other words, all I want is to that precisely to provoke her to think Borre continued: “The more adult Fortunately for all of us, Vergil’s or be the Jane Austen of south Alabama.” - about his having a flaw, about his not perception world presented is not as Less often quoted than this state- ders orders on his manuscript of the being a perfect man.” strictly good or evil as in Mocking- ment is her explanation of it. She Aeneid weren’t followed either.” The very fact that the manuscript bird, and Lee reveals a more nuanced wanted to “leave some record of the With all the debate over the ori- exists, he said, means a lot. “The book worldview that makes people reevalu- gins of Watchman, the biggest bomb- kind of life that existed in a very small makes an impor- ate their perception of the hero Atti- shell turned out world. She hoped to do this “in several tant statement cus. It is a shattering of the hero image to be an explosive “I would like to leave some novels, to chronicle something that that should be of Atticus.” plot twist that no seems to be very quickly going down record of the kind of life that read — about not Bertolini pointed to the strength of one saw coming. the drain.” blindly idealizing her first novel as a lasting part of her Atticus Finch, the existed in a very small world. Lee said she was always fascinated somebody, not ex- legacy. “To Kill a Mockingbird, both crusading lawyer with the “very definite, rich social pat- I would simply like to put pecting perfection the book and the film, had an influ- of To Kill a Mock- tern” that makes up the tiny towns of from all human be- ence in the Civil Rights Movement that ingbird, whose down all I know about this the South. “I would simply like to put ings under all cir- was analogous to the impact of Harriet principled fight down all I know about this because I because I believe that there cumstances. Atti- Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin in against racism and believe that there is something univer- cus may have done persuading people to be against slav- inequality inspired is something universal in sal in this little world, something de- that deliberately to ery. I first encountered it when I was generations of cent to be said for it, and something to this little world, something help to Scout grow in high school, first the book and then readers, is depict lament in its passing.” - up, to become a the film, which had a big influence on ed in Watchman as decent to be said for it, and Beyond Harper Lee’s crowning mature, under- me. I will never forget that.” an aging racist who achievement of Mockingbird and her something to lament in its standing, forgiving The general consensus among has attended a Ku lone interview with Newquist, the human being. This book critics is that Go Set a Watch- Klux Klan meet passing.” front-page obituary of Lee in Satur- - is, after all, what man is not as well written as the mas- day’s New York Times recalled the ing, holds nega- Harper Lee he spent his whole terpiece of Mockingbird is. “Isn’t that literary world’s biggest story of 2015: tive views about life doing.” true of all the secondary books by great the publishing of her second novel, African-Americans Claire Borre authors?” said Bertolini. “They’re usu- and denounces Go Set a Watchman. The book, in all ’18, an English ma- ally much better than the best of the desegregation efforts. “Do you want its controversy, is crucial to consider- jor, said that Watchman complicates ones being published today, because Negroes by the carload in our schools ing Lee’s legacy, which had been fix- the emphatic depiction of Atticus as a true artistic talent and genius is a rare and churches and theaters? Do you ated for more than half a century on hero and exposes his flaws to modern thing.” want them in our world?” Atticus asks one work. Watchman was met with a readers. “I read Go Set a Watchman For all the excitement, confusion, his daughter, Jean Louise — the adult considerable amount of backlash, with as a completion of Scout’s coming- surprise, drama and controversy, the Scout. some accusing Ms. Lee’s publisher of of-age that was started in To Kill a world nevertheless has another Harp- Bertolini said he was astonished by taking advantage of her in her old age. Mockingbird,” she said. “Having read er Lee work. the reaction to the book. “It involved They raised eyebrows at the tim- Mockingbird as a young girl and then ing of the manuscript’s discovery and one of the most colossal misreadings Middlebury Students for Hillary Canvas Around New England Continued from Page 12. interact with as many voters as pos- and Charlotte Boghossian ’16, trav- the tough foreign and domestic policy sible to talk about the candidates, to eled to New Hampshire for four days issues that the country faces. I joined ticed that student support for individ- find out what issues matter most to to volunteer with “get out the vote” ef- the Middlebury for Hillary group to do ual candidates has solidified over the voters and to discuss where Secretary forts. They made phone calls to N.H. my part in ensuring the most qualified course of the academic year. Clinton stands on those issues,” said voters, went door knocking and en- and experienced candidate is elected “Based on our weekly College Mitch Perry ’16, campaign liaison for gaged in other campaign activities. as the country’s next leader.” Democrats meetings, it seemed to me Middlebury Students for Hillary. They also had the opportunity to Middlebury Students for Hillary that many students entered the school He said getting enough signa- hear from political figures like Senator will continue to hold weekly phone year with a vague sense of who they tures to get Secretary Clinton on the Al Franken (D-MN) about why he and banks on Thursday nights as the elec- would support in the primaries,” Mil- ballot in Vermont was “tougher than so many others are supporting Secre- tion progresses. lard said. “Over the course of the se- it sounds.” Students from the group tary Clinton. mester, opinions grew stronger and walked along Church Street and the “Despite Bernie’s victory in the Middlebury Students for Hillary debate within the group got more Farmer’s Market in Burlington on N.H. primary, it was a great opportu- will be at the Super Tuesday viewing heated. There are students on campus multiple weekends to ask people to nity to be in the center of the excite- party in Crossroads Café, an event organizing for both candidates in the sign the ballot access petition. Many ment and to learn more about grass- sponsored by the College Democrats, Democratic Primary.” people resisted stopping to talk in the roots organizing and campaigning,” on March 1. To get involved with Middlebury Students for Hillary cold weather, said Perry, but the peo- Perry said. the group, contact Will Schwartz at also works on other projects, includ- ple who did stop were “very interested “For me, Secretary Clinton is the [email protected]. ing gathering enough signatures from in starting a dialogue and contributing most qualified and most experienced Vermonters to get Secretary Clinton to the political process.” candidate,” he said. “I trust that she on the ballot for the primary. 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VAASU TANEJA arts &sciences Women of Will Showcases Shakespeare By Will Simpson Packer took a break from the artistic director- scenes sampled from early Shakespeare plays placed between every scene, formed a key Staf Writer ship of Shakespeare & Company to focus on like Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopa- element of the show and allowed Packer to the Women of Will show and a book of the tra, interspersed with short analyses of the explain why she chose to include each scene. In the Wright Memorial Theater last same name, which was published in 2015. scenes presented directly to the audience The casual manner of Packer and Gore’s Saturday night, Feb. 20, a burgeoning audi- Joining her in this performance of “Force and by Packer and Gore. Saturday’s show began interactions contributed greatly to the at- ence waited impatiently for the beginning of Heat: The Early Plays” was Nigel Gore, a vet- with a passionate scene from Shakespeare’s mosphere of the analytical portions of the “Force and Heat: The Early Plays,” the frst eran Shakespeare & Company actor whose The Taming of the Shrew. This play, contro- performance. Speaking directly to the audi- part of Tina Packer’s show Women of Will. credits include the title roles in Richard III versial for its misogynistic elements, proved ence, Packer sounded completely at ease, Alongside co-star Nigel Gore, Packer deliv- and Macbeth. Both “Force and Heat” and a powerful introduction. The frst scene cul- explaining the most critical aspects of each ered an exhilarating analysis of the develop- their Sunday performance of “Chaos and Re- minated with Packer struggling onstage with scene like an English teacher picking apart a ment of female characters throughout Shake- demption: The Later Plays” were sponsored Gore’s character, who sought to strangle her passage. Gore occasionally chimed in as well, speare’s early plays. by the College’s Performing Arts Series, the into submission with his belt. With prac- commenting on aspects that Packer may Packer, a renowned actor and play- Theatre Program and the Town Hall Theater. ticed ease, Packer stepped out of the role and have overlooked. This of-the-cuf discussion wright, is the founder and director of the Women of Will was brought to Middlebury as walked to the front of the stage as the house between these two veteran actors and old Massachusetts-based Shakespeare & Com- part of the Shakespeare celebrations centered lights slowly turned on. Packer began intro- friends was immensely enjoyable. pany. Well versed in Shakespeare’s works, around the month-long Middlebury College ducing the performance and the material she The lighting in the show was superb, al- she has directed and taught all of his plays Museum of Art exhibition of “First Folio! The would be analyzing, laying out the develop- ternating seamlessly from the dark, violent at over 30 colleges in the U.S. Having begun Book that Gave Us Shakespeare.” ment of the female roles throughout Shake- battlefeld scenes to bright palace environ- her Women of Will project in the mid-1990s, The show consists of a series of short speare’s plays. These short analytical pauses, ments in plays like Henry VI. Working with a couple of costumes and a very simple set con- sisting of a merely a chair and a few chests, the actors and their movements were the focal point of the show. The lighting design took this into account, expertly highlighting the actors and their positions on the stage. Some scenes included audio clips that I found to be more hit-and-miss in their ef- fectiveness. For instance, although the sound of seagull cries added a realistic ambiance to a beach setting, the scene from Antony and Cleopatra seemed to rely excessively on short sound bites of Packer’s voice read- ing lines from the play. The recording that played through speakers as the actors sat in stony silence sounded clipped and robotic. Although an interesting use of media, I felt it would have been more impactful if the actors had simply spoken the lines. The highlight of the show was def- nitely Packer’s performance, which featured a strong, fuid delivery of lines and passion- ate monologues. Her familiarity with Shake- speare was apparent through her mastery of tone and pace. This powerful, emotional per- formance across a variety of roles was remi- niscent for me of Dame Judi Dench’s Lady Macbeth from the 1978 version of Macbeth with Ian McKellen. After seeing Women of Will, I would certainly be eager to see a full Matthew Murphy Shakespeare production with Packer as its Tina Packer performed a series of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays alongside Nigel Core as part of the First Folio celebrations. lead. booking it

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The Opulence of Integrity Leviathan Selected Scenes from Will don’t Christal Brown’s dance work is inspired by Mu- A dispute over land in a remote Russian township In Jon Glascoe’s new play, Shakespeare stands chained hammad Ali’s life as a social activist, public mar- casts cataclysmic ripples through a family and a com- in the Tower of London, questioned by Robert Cecil and tyr and human being. The performance explores munity. This flm by Andrey Zvyagintsev is a thinly eventually the Queen herself, to determine his role in the miss the inner struggle for identity for men of color in veiled political parable drenched in bitter irony that treason. In the course of these examinations, Will’s whole the United States, with an intimate look at the takes aim at the controversial regime of Vladimir Pu- life is revealed, from his humble beginnings in Stratford, trappings that continually prohibit freedom. tin. In Russian with English subtitles. Free. to the glory of Hamlet. Free. this 2/26-2/27, 7 P.M., TOWN HALL THEATER 2/27, 3 & 8 P.M., DANA AUDITORIUM 2/28, 5 P.M., MCA DANCE THEATER

16 arts & SCIENCES | February 25, 2016 Performing Arts Sp TLight By Connor Forrest Senior Columnist “To be born branded by history, burdened by responsibility and inspired toward greatness requires a committed heart and an opulence of integrity.” —Christal Brown

As part Middlebury’s Black History Month celebration, our very own Assis- tant Professor of Dance Christal Brown will be producing her original dance- theatre work, The Opulence of Integri- ty, Feb. 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Theater. The performance prom- ises to act as a thought-provoking cata- lyst for dialogue in our current campus climate. The piece uses the career of Mu- hammad Ali, and his life as a social ac- tivist, public martyr and human being, to explore the struggle for identity faced by many men of color in the United States, with a special focus on the social, economic and spiritual trappings that continually prohibit freedom. According to Brown, the perfor- mance incorporates elements of box- ing, hip hop, martials arts and modern Robert Mayer dance to “deploy an eclectic movement Christal Brown, Assistant Professor of Dance, is producing a piece on the transformation of Muhammad Ali into a cultural icon. vernacular” that illustrates “the turmoil er kind of cultural icon in his own right.” Ali has become in the lives of people as bringing female choreographers together of a life infused by divinity, yet misinter- The second is “more along the lines a cultural icon, as a historical figure, as a to collaborate and show new work. The preted by humanity.” of legendary Ali, at the time where Ali boxer, as a man and as the legend that he Opulence of Integrity is Brown’s first Brown has designed the piece as was treated more like a superhero than lives as today.” foray into working with an all-male en- four movements that each reflect a dif- that of a real person.” Movement three, Throughout the performance, move- semble. ferent period in Ali’s life. The first sec- “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N*gger,” ment and text connect with both tradi- She dedicates the work “to her fa- tion is meant to depict, as she put it, “the invokes Ali’s refusal to participate in the tional and nontraditional dance audi- ther, brother, and uncle — who fought cultural shift between that of Malcolm X Vietnam War. The final section refer- ences. In addition to the live artists, a but did not win — and to her own son, to Muhammad Ali, how Ali came under ences “the transcendent nature of who projection plays in whose battle has not yet Malcolm’s tutelage and became this oth- the background, cre- “I think one thing that begun.” ating another level “I think one thing of engagement. And I really want people to that I really want people of course, the show’s take away after seeing to take away after seeing inspiration is a living the piece is for them to legend who will draw the piece is for them to find their own opulence viewers into seeing fnd their own opulence in life, to find out what the parallels of war, they can do to the full- resistance and per- in life, to fnd out what est, to think about how severance through a they can do to the full- integral that is to who historical lens. they are and never let go Christal Brown est, to think about how of that,” Brown stated. is a choreographer, integral that is to who “I think that’s one thing educator, performer, they are and never let we’ve gleaned from the writer and activ- legacy of Ali, that he held ist. She received her go of that.” onto what his truth was, BFA in dance and no matter what.” minor in business Two public perfor- from the University Christal Brown mances of The Opulence of North Carolina at Assistant Professor of Dance of Integrity will be pre- Greensboro. In ad- sented on Feb. 26 and 27 dition to teaching at the College, Brown at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Theater. Tick- Robert Mayer is the founder and executive director of ets are $15 for students. Visit go/boxof- INSPIRIT, a performance ensemble and The show is divided into four parts, each of which represents a period of Ali’s life. fice or stop by McCullough or the MCA to educational conglomerate dedicated to book yours now. Playwrights on their plays By Danny Dignan and The demographics of theatregoers plays are not adequately or accurately of color are not racially specifc. Nick Apodiacos are a result of the continuous increase of representing current U.S. demographics, This has important implications, as Contributing Columnists ticket prices, as well as the low incomes both racially and economically speaking. the theatre certainly provides a stimulus experienced by the younger generation. Keith Hamilton Cobb’s new play, Ameri- for public discourse concerning social and Good theatre, as is often said, is like In addition, there is can Moor, tells the tale political issues. Plays demonstrate the a “slice of life.” A play captures compel- pressure on produc- of a large, middle-aged opinions and lifestyles that members of ling and often uncomfortable elements ers to match the spe- Perhaps the most prob- black man auditioning the audience may not necessarily be privy of the human existence — and as more cial efects that have lematic aspect of con- for the role of Othello, as to, and provide a lens through which one and more traditionally (and still) mar- become dominant a young and white artis- can learn about human psychology and ginalized voices burst into the national in flm in the past temporary theatre, tic character tries to im- culture. They can also infuence the au- conversation and more formerly taboo couple of decades, however, is that plays pose his sense of race on diences’ values and behavior, prompting subjects become open to discussion, the- leading o greater ex- are not adequately or the character. The story them to analyze their environment and atre provides a powerful avenue for these penditures on state- is, as Cobb tells it, a rep- their interactions with it. voices to share their stories. of-the-art equipment accurately represent- resentation of the black The cost of seeing a play can limit the Unfortunately, contemporary the- to satisfy custom- ing current U.S. demo- experience in the the- impact it can have on dialogue surround- ater is often a luxury item for its patrons, ers. Finally, regional ater business. Relevant ing key matters, as well as deprive people as opposed to an easily accessible artis- theaters fnd that graphics, both racially statistics back up Cobb’s of the opportunity to experience some- tic medium. According to a report by The producing the latest and economically speak- story. As of the 2012-13 thing outside their realm of existence. Broadway League, the average age of Broadway hit or a fa- season, actors of color The impact on the younger generation is Broadway theatregoers from June 2013 mous American work ing. make up only 25 percent one of particular concern, as a study by through to June 2014 was 44. Moreover, is more proftable of the staf in popular Theatre Bay Area found that younger re- Caucasians purchased almost eighty per- than taking a chance on a new, discourse- of-Broadway theatre companies in NYC. spondents generally report higher levels cent of all tickets — or more specifcally, heavy play, something that would perhaps And, with respect to roles without racial of discussion following the conclusion of afuent Caucasians. An average Broad- attract a new and more diverse audience. specifcities, no theatre company studied the play, as well as greater personal re- way audience has a reported annual Hence, shows nowadays exist at the ex- has an inclusive (non-traditional) casting fection. As a result, those who could ben- household income of $201,500. Of the- clusion of the majority of the population. rate of over 20 percent. Regarding roles eft the most from contemporary theatre atregoers over the age of 25, 78 percent Perhaps the most problematic aspect pursued and performed by actors of color, productions are those who are least likely have completed college and 39 percent of contemporary theatre, however, is that only 10 percent of roles received by actors to be able to attend such an event. have earned a graduate degree. February 25, 2016| SPORTS17 Track Records Fall at New England Championship Meets ’17 and Jimmy Martinez ’19 finished up fifth in the high jump. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 ished tied for sixth, which they managed to accomplish without a single first-place fourth and fifth in the 400-meter dash, After the weekend, Beatty harped on “There are a lot of strong DII track finish. respectively. his team’s intangibles. teams in New England,” he pointed out, James Mulliken ’18 continued rewrit- For the team events, the distance “They’re a great bunch of people, not “and for us to be 3rd and 6th is terrific. ing the school record books on the men’s medley relay squad of Tyler Farrell ’18, just good athletes.” Beatty said. “ I love It was nice to see some of our women side. Mulliken continued his strong sea- Sam Cartwright ’16, Lucas Carpinello ’16 to see the relationships develop and break school records and set facility re- son by besting the 600-meter dash re- and Jonathan Perlman ’19 finished sec- grow strong.” cords. We had 26 men qualify, which is cord, clocking a time of 1:22.36, good for ond, while the 4x400 relay team of Bran- Next weekend, both teams will head the most ever, so in share numbers, they fifth overall. Kevin Serrao ’18 finished don Cushman ’16, Mulliken, Martinez to the Open New England Champion- proved to be a much formidable force fourth in the 1,000-meter race, Sebas- and Nichols finished third. Finally, John ships at Boston University to compete than in recent years.” tian Matt ’16 crossed the line eighth in Natalone ’19 placed third in the pole against a field comprising both DI and In Cambridge, the men’s squad fin- the 5,000-meter run, and Alex Nichols vault, while Deklan Robinson ’16 wound DIII athletes. Women’s Basketball Ends Season with Tough Loss

By Colby Morris Kaufman ’18 with 10 points and Eileen First-year Catherine Harrison ’19 had years, allowing them lots of time to work as Contributing Writer Daley ’18 with eight points and 11 rebounds, an outstanding opening year as she aver- a unit and develop. Some of their highlights both of whom fnished their sophomore aged a double-double with 11.3 points and on the year included a 76-59 win over Wes- The women’s basketball team made their campaigns strongly. 11 rebounds per game, garnering two NES- leyan and a close fve-point win on the road fnal road trip of the season on Saturday, With this loss, the Panthers fell to 12-13 CAC player of the week accolades and also against Bates that clinched the team’s spot Feb. 20. The Panthers travelled to Medford, on the season, including a 3-7 in-conference surely in the running for All-NESCAC hon- in the conference tournament. Looking to Mass. to take on top seeded Tufts in the NE- mark. This was the frst year since 2007- ors. Kaufman led the Panthers with 14.7 the future, Middlebury will have a long but SCAC Quarterfnal playof round. As the top 2008 that Middlebury made consecutive points-per-game, while adding 3.5 rebounds hopeful of-season as they work to qualify seed in the NESCAC tournament, the Jum- appearances in the NESCAC playof tourna- and 2.3 assists per game. Daley started all for NESCACs for the third year in a row. bos entered with a dominant 21-2 record, ment. 25 games for the Panthers, averaging 34 “Since we are such a young team we are highlighted by an undefeated 10-0 NESCAC The future looks bright for the Panthers. minutes-per-game. Colleen Caveney ’19 also all really excited for next year because no campaign. The score was 31-19 coming out The team’s lone junior, Elizabeth Knox ’17, came on strongly at the end of the season one is graduating,” Harrison said. “We are of the halftime break, and a dominant 26-6 is the most seasoned player currently on the and averaged 7.6 points and 3.9 rebounds returning with everyone extremely invested third quarter by Tufts ultimately did the roster, but she was lost for the season to an per game. and everyone already knowing their position Panthers in. injury. That left the team to rely on under- Middlebury will have the same core and role on the team.” The Panthers were paced by Sarah classmen for the duration of the year. group of players for the next two to three Men’s Swimming and Diving Finishes Seventh at NESCACs By Emily Bustard [during the meet], Middlebury swam beyond the 1,000 free placed him just 1.39 seconds free victory — his second gold-medal swim in Sports Editor every expectation this weekend, and just say- behind Tufts swimmer Brandon Jinn for the the meet. He touched the wall 3.72 seconds ing that we came in seventh place doesn’t event title on Saturday, Feb. 20. When the before the second-place fnisher from Con- capture that in the slightest.” evening’s competition rolled around, Mc- necticut College in this third-straight top- The Middlebury men’s Swimming and The 200 free relay team of Bryan Cheuk Gean bested his own school record by 0.51 four fnish of his NESCAC career. Diving team competed in the 2016 NESCAC ’16, Lagasse, Jack McLaughlin ’18 and seconds to win the event by a margin of 4.39 Koenigsberger also swam to ffth place in Championship meet last weekend, Feb. 19- Stephan Koenigsberger ’16 came in ffth with seconds (9:32.36). the 200 breast, stopping the clock in 2:06.24, 21, at Williams’ Samuelson-Muir pool, fnish- a time of 1:24.35, only 0.63 seconds behind Building on his teammate’s success, Koe- and on the deep end of the pool, Green placed ing seventh as a team for the third consecu- Tufts in the frst fnal on Friday, Feb. 19. nigsberger made the podium with his third ffth in the 3-meter diving competition with a tive year. The hosts racked up 1789.5 points Other highlights of the day included Koe- place fnish in the 100 breast (56.08). Koe- score of 416.20 in the fnals. to claim their ffteenth title to date against nigsberger’s seventh-place time of 26.12 in nigsberger’s times in both the prelims and “This weekend and this season was a huge the ten other NESCAC teams, followed by the 50 breast — a mere milliseconds behind the fnals of the 100 breast qualifed as NCAA success,” Fleisher refected. “We scored about Tufts (1410.5), Connecticut College (1407), his sixth and ffth-place competitors — and ‘B’ Cut times. 160 points more than last year as a team, Amherst (1315) and Bates (956) to round out Mike McGean ’17’s consistent performance in Middlebury’s swims in the 200 medley which shows great improvement. I ... think the top fve. both the prelims and the fnals of the 500 free relay (Smith, Koenigsberger, Cheuk and La- we showed our depth a lot more this sea- “Coming into [the] weekend, we knew we that earned him sixth in the event (4:39.18 in gasse, 1:34.77) and 800 free relay (Smith, son with over 20 of 24 guys scoring. Getting would be most competitive with Bowdoin the fnal and 4:37.56 in the prelim). McGean, Leech and Connor McCormick ’18, points from nearly everyone demonstrates and Bates [based on] the last few years,” co- McLaughlin nearly made the top ten in 7:09.49) proved good for eighth and ninth the strong foundation of the program and Captain Andrew Fleisher ’16 explained. the 50 free; his 21.50 time in the prelims place, respectively. that we are moving in the right direction.” “Because every team trains diferently at and 21.51 in the fnal clinched the 11th place Though the Panthers trailed just six points Lagasse echoed that “while we may have various points in the season ... we didn’t real- spot and the quartet of Brendan Leech ’19, behind Bowdoin at the start of day three, they come in 7th last year as well, we were so much ly know what to expect from either of them,” Koenigsberger, Alex Smith ’18 and Lagasse weren’t able to re-claim the sixth position. more successful as an entire program this he continued. ’16 placed eighth in the 400 medley relay Middlebury’s seventh place time of 3:07.23 in year, and I couldn’t be happier with that.” The Panthers fnished much closer to (3:29.23). the last event of the meet — the 400 free relay If McGean’s and Koenigsberger’s NCAA Bowdoin (834.5) and the sixth-place position Will Greene ’19 took ffth on the one-meter — by Lagasse, McLaughlin, Smith and Koe- ‘B’ cut times qualify them for nationals, the than they did last year, and the team recorded diving platform with a score of 411.10 to close nigsberger cemented the Panthers’ standing two swimmers will have a few weeks to train three individual podium titles in the process. out the day, helping to place Middlebury in in the meet. before travelling to Greensboro, North Caro- Paul Lagasse ’16, Fleisher’s co-Captain, sixth place by the end of day one. On that same night, McGean recorded the lina on March 16-20 for the NCAA Division emphasized that “almost every member of McGean’s previous times this season in NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 16:02.45 in his 1,650 III Championships. the ... team swam to their fullest potential Skiing Builds Momentum for Winter Carnival By Nicole Roos Despite the absence of Kelsey Phin- Ghassan Gedeon Achi ’16 earned a chance of having our best men’s showing Senior Writer ney ’16, one of the team’s top performers top-10 finish in seventh place, while in a few years, and if all of the women who will miss the next two carnivals to Christopher McKenna ’17 was the third can have a strong, consistent weekend, Wins by Nordic skier Annie Pokorny represent the United States at the U-23 Panther to finish in 25th place. Pac- then we have the potential to be one of ’16 and Alpine skier Colin Hayes ’17 in the World Championships in Romania, the ing the alpine women was Bartlett, who the top teams.” second day of racing led the Middlebury women’s Nordic team refused to slow placed 12th overall. Gilbert followed in The Panthers return to action this ski teams to a combined fourth place fin- down. Pokorny started off her two-podi- 23rd place and Katy Greene ’17 was 35th. coming weekend, playing host to the ish in the Williams Carnival on February um weekend effort with a third place in On the Nordic side, Pokorny’s win in EISA Championships, with Alpine events 19-20. The University of Vermont won Friday’s 10K freestyle race. Alia Johnson Saturday’s 5K classic race was her first taking place at the Middlebury College the competition with 992 points, fol- ’16 turned in her best effort of the sea- victory of the season, where she beat out Snow Bowl and Nordic races being held lowed by Dartmouth (919), UNH (720) son, finishing the race in 14th place, and the second place finisher by a massive at Rikert Nordic Center. and the Panthers with 638 points. Alpine Kaitlin Fink ’16 rounded out the scorers nine-second margin. Johnson turned races were contested at Jiminy Peak in for the Panthers, placing 17th overall. in another personal best, finishing in Hancock, Mass., while the Nordic races On the men’s side, Lewis Nottonson ’19 18th place, while Cate Brams ’18 fin- were held at the Ski Jump Venue at Lake earned his best finish of the year, pac- ished close behind in 22nd. For the Nor- by the Numb3rs Placid, NY. ing the squad in 13th-place. Jacob Volz dic men, Nottonson paced the Panthers The Panthers got off to a great start in ’18 tied his season-best 27th-place finish with an 18th place finish, while Volz and Number of ties for the men’s hockey team this the first day of racing, when alpine racer and Evan Weinman ’18 rounded out the Weinman finished in 26th and 29th, re- season, a program record. Rob Cone ’17 took home a second place scorers in 33rd place. spectively. 7 finish in the giant slalom, only one-tenth Saturday’s events were highlighted by Heading into the final carnival of Points scored by men’s basketball of a second behind the winning time. player Matt St. Amour ’17 in the team’s Hayes’s first career carnival win in the the season, both the Alpine and Nordic NESCAC quarterfnal win 23 Sophomore Riley Plant ’18 also helped slalom. Sitting in fourth place after the teams are looking to capitalize on their pace the Panthers, finishing 13th, while first run, he turned in a blazing second home hill advantage. Number of times the women’s hockey team Hayes turned in his ninth top-20 result has secured the top-seed in the NESCAC run to take the overall victory. “We have a number of seniors wrap- 11 Tournament for an 18th place finish. First-year racer “It was awesome to have such a big ping up their Carnival careers and I Caroline Bartlett ’19 continued to lead Goals scored by women’s water polo day personally and to see all my hard know they want to go out with a memo- captain Hannah Grotzinger ’16 in the the Panther women as she has done for work paying off,” Hayes said of his win. rable weekend,” Nordic Coach Andrew team’s opening weekend 12 most of the season, earning an 11th place “But, it was even better with Rob’s sec- Johnson said. “On the men’s side I’d like Freestyle events (1,650 and 1,000) won finish. Elle Gilbert ’16 was the only other ond place in the GS and Annie’s win in to see us have a full, healthy team rac- by swimmer Mike McGean ’17 at last member of the women’s team to finish, the 5K. It was just an unbelievable week- ing. If we can get all six guys back to rac- 2 weekend’s NESCAC Championship meet placing 21st. end for the team as a whole.” ing this weekend then we stand a good 18sports | february 25, 2016 Men’s Basketball Bests NESCAC Champs By Joe MacDonald ended with Middlebury up by a score of tempts from the Cardinals. Middlebury sists and four steals on the defensive end. Senior Writer 45-32. earned the victory as time expired, best- The Panthers are set to travel to Hart- The pace slowed to start the second ing Wesleyan by a fnal score of 86-74. ford, Conn., the site of the NESCAC semi- The fourth-seeded Middlebury Pan- half. The score stood at 51-41 with 16:09 “The biggest thing is that we trusted fnals and fnals. They are set to face top- thers defended their home court with an left to play and Wesleyan seemed to be each other, we knew if we left our man to seeded Trinity, and with a win will ad- 86-74 victory over the visiting Wesleyan chipping away at the Panther lead when help someone else would rotate and force vance to the fnals against either second- Cardinals in the NESCAC Quarterfnals Zach Baines ’19 ignited the Panther fans tough looks,” Brown said. ranked Amherst or third-ranked Tufts. on Saturday, Feb. 20. The Panthers were with a dunk of of a pass from Jake Brown St. Amour led all scorers with 23 “I think we need to have better tough- supported by one of the most energized ’17. points in addition to six boards and three ness [this Saturday against Trinity] than crowds in recent memory as Matt St. “The crowd was amazing,” Brown said. assists. Majors tallied 18 points on 7-10 we showed last time,” Brown said. “Our Amour ’17 and Adisa Majors ’18 carried “As an athlete you dream of playing in an shooting and had eight rebounds. Baines help defense needs to be there like it was the ofensive load with a combined 41 environment like that.” might have provided the most excitement last Saturday. If we bring both of those points. Later in the second half, Wesleyan was all day with four blocks to go along with things, I think we’ll be in great shape.” Middlebury kept the momentum of more successful in closing the scoring gap. seven points and four boards. Brown was Two wins would earn the program a play in their favor throughout the con- Over a stretch of three and a half minutes, efective throughout the game with his third NESCAC title and the opportunity test. Facing the Cardinals, who had the players from the Wesleyan bench added slick ball handling and court vision, fn- to return to the NCAA Tournament for third-best feld goal percentage defense 12 points, shrinking the lead to as little as ishing the day with 11 points, seven as- the frst time since the 2012-13 season. in all of Division-III fve with 5:08 to play. coming into the game, From that point on, the Middlebury tallied an “The crowd was amaz- Middlebury defense incredible 45 points made everything tough in the frst half. St. ing. As an athlete you for Wesleyan. Ofen- Amour was particu- dream of playing in an sively, Majors was the larly efective in the key for Middlebury game’s opening min- environment like that.” with 12 points of his utes. The Vermont own in the game’s fnal native opened the 7:44. scoring with a three- Jake Brown ’17 The game looked to pointer assisted by be over after Majors’ Connor Huf ’16, and layup with 2:38 re- outscored the entire Wesleyan team for maining gave the Panthers a 74-65 lead. the frst quarter of the game. St. Amour Shortly after, Wesleyan point guard BJ took seven minutes to record his frst 11 Davis, a NESCAC First Team candidate, points, while the Cardinals required over converted on a three-point opportunity. nine minutes to do the same. Moments later, senior guard Jack Mack- Led by backup junior guard Harry Raf- ey drilled a 35-foot three-pointer to put ferty, who would fnish with a team-high Middlebury ahead by a score of 77-71. 19 points on the afternoon, Wesleyan be- History repeated itself on the next pos- gan to close the gap late in the frst half, session when Davis netted a similarly but each run by the Cardinals was rebut- long-distance three-point shot, making ted by a big shot from one of the Panthers. it 79-74. With the Cardinals in need of a Wesleyan shrunk the lead to seven with bucket on their next possession, Majors 8:11 to play in the frst half, but the crowd stepped up once again, getting a hand soon erupted after a Liam Naughton on two consecutive Wesleyan attempts, ’17 three-pointer cut the defcit back to eventually corralling the rebound and double digits. Moments later it was Huf, making two free throws to set the score at Junior guard Matt St. Amour ’17 went of for 23 points against Wesleyan last who usually does his ofensive work from 81-74 with under a minute left. Down the Saturday Feb. 20 in the NESCAC Quarterfnal. St. Amour went 8-18 (44 per- 15 feet in, drilling a three-pointer to give stretch it was only a matter of making free cent) from the feld, including 4-10 (40 percent) from three-point range. He also the Panthers a 12 point lead. The frst half throws and contesting some wild shot at- grabbed six rebounds and added three assists in the Panthers 86-74 victory. the middlebury Men’s Hockey Fights to No. 5 NESCAC Seed great eight ByAndrew Rigas Over four minutes had elapsed in the cross-ice to Haggerty, who redirected it Sports Editor fnal period as action picked up. Lamberti for a goal, his team-leading eighth of the TEAM RANKING Alex’s Assertions The Middlebury men’s hockey team did set Kenny Matheson free on a long pass season. They added to the lead early in not lose this weekend at Kenyon Arena, down the middle of the ice. Matheson the second period with two goals in one Track & Field tying Hamilton 1-1 and defeating Amherst found himself alone with only Moorfeld- minute. At the 3:41 mark, Fishman scored I’m taking over G8 this 3-1 on Feb. 20-21. Despite the tie result, the Yee to beat, but Moorfeld-Yee denied his second goal in as many games from a 1 week to say that it was a team fnished one point below Hamilton Matheson’s shot and the rebound attempt. difcult angle of assists from Paul Falvey great day to be a Panther. and ffth in the NESCAC standings, one The Panthers counter-attacked and Zach ’16 and Stephens. Exactly one minute later, spot away from hosting a NESCAC playof Haggerty ’16 ripped a shot from the open Spencer Cage ’19 set up Jake Charles ’16 for Men’s Basketball game. The Panthers will travel to Clinton, left side, but it went just wide. In the last his sixth goal of the season. Look’s like these boys N.Y. to play fourth-seeded Hamilton in the minute of regulation, Hamilton had a two- Down by a score of 3-0, Amherst went 2 have their mojo back. An NESCAC quarterfnals on Saturday, Feb. on-one opportunity, but Scott Vasquez on the power play twice in the second impressive win that could 27. could not convert and the two teams period and converted on their second man- propel them forward. Entering the game against fourth- headed to overtime. advantage with a shot from the point. ranked Hamilton on Saturday, Feb. Midway through the overtime period, “Three out of the last four games we 20, Middlebury needed to defeat the Mark McLellan ’18 beat a Continental have given up two leads, so our focus is on Women’s Hockey Continentals to have a chance to secure defender to a puck in the neutral zone becoming a team that can close when we 3 Whatever these girls are the fourth seed and a home playof game. and skated in all alone. He went right have the lead,” Neugold said before this having, I’ll have it too. Hamilton opened the scoring fewer and shot, but Hamilton netminder Evan weekend. than fve minutes into the frst period Buitenhuis made a glove save to continue Middlebury accomplished that on skiing when Conor Lamberti shot from the left the game. In the dying seconds, Moorfeld- Saturday and secured a 3-1 win to fnish 4 I hope that there’s snow point and Brandon Willett defected the Yee gloved Robbie Murden’s, the NESCAC ffth in the NESCAC, two places higher next weekend for Winter puck past Middlebury netminder Liam overall scoring leader, shot from the left to than last year. Carnival... Moorfeld-Yee ’16. force one more face-of with one second “Playing a full 60 minutes is something Two minutes later, Ron Fishman ’16 remaining. The Hamilton player taking that we’ve been emphasizing all year long, men’s hockey tied the game on a wrist shot from the the faceof sent the puck in the direction and it was great to see it happen on Sunday 5 Not the home playof game right side. Travis Stephens ’18 passed to of Moorfeld-Yee, who made a kick save, against Amherst,” said Fishman, one of fve that they wanted but they Fishman who wristed the puck through his 38th of the day, to end the game in a seniors to contribute to the scoring efort. should be fne at Hamilton. trafc and into the back of the net to tie the 1-1 tie. The tie was Middlebury’s seventh of Moorfeld-Yee saved 21 shots in the game at one. the season, a team record, and their second contest and earned his second win of the Neither team scored in the second with Hamilton, who they tied 3-3 in the season. Men’s Swimming period, but Hamilton generated more season’s frst matchup. “Having three seniors score all three 6 These boys equaled their shots by a margin of 14-4 and had one shot The tie with Hamilton meant Middlebury goals and having Liam in net for the NESCAC finish from last denied by the post when Rory Gagnon hit could not move into fourth in the NESCAC, win is pretty special given that it was an year. iron three quarters of the way through the but the game against Amherst the next day emotional day,” Fishman said. period. still had meaning for the Panthers. With a Middlebury and Hamilton will meet women’s basketball Moorfeld-Yee made several game- win, they would move past the Lord Jefs for a third time on Saturday, Feb. 27 in 7 It was a learning year for saving stops in the third period as both into ffth in the conference, and it was Hamilton and the winner will move into the Lady Panthers. They’ll teams fought for the much-needed win and senior day for the team. the NESCAC semifnals the following come back stronger. things began to get chippy — the teams “[This weekend] is even more special weekend. combined for 12 penalties in the contest. considering it’s senior night for nine of us,” “To beat Hamilton on Saturday,” Water Polo “Right now, every game is a playof Neugold said. Fishman said, “it’s going to take a full 8 Cus I like Emily. game and we are fghting for a home playof This time, the Panthers scored frst 60-minute efort from everyone.” position,” Captain Evan Neugold ’16 said. when Max Greenwald ’16 passed the puck february 25, 2016| SPORTS19 Water Polo Successful on Opening Weekend

By Will Case the Panthers after her stint as goalie in Sports Editor the second quarter, and added two goals in quick succession to put Middlebury on The Middlebury women’s club Water top 8-7. Polo team successfully opened their sea- Boston College would score with 13 son at the Natatorium last weekend, Feb. seconds remaining in the third, leaving 20-21, where they hosted the frst tourna- the fans on the edge of their seats with the ment of the season for the Collegiate Water game tied at eight as they awaited the fnal Polo Association (CWPA)’s Women’s New quarter. England Club Division. The Panthers, who The Panthers looked to continue put- ranked 11th out of the 16 teams compet- ting pressure on the Eagles. ing for the 2015 National Collegiate Club “Our goalie [Anna Lueck ’18.5] hasn’t Championship, emerged from the weekend been able to play recently, so some of our in a tie for frst place with their 3-1 record. starters were playing in goal for the entire- Middlebury went 2-0 with consecutive ty of the tournament,” Grotzinger said. wins over Boston College and Dartmouth “Because of [Lueck’s absence], our on day one of the tournament, followed strategy against Boston College (and all by their convincing 11-point victory over teams) was to put a lot of pressure on their Northeastern and hard-fought loss to Bos- ofense and guard them tightly to make ton University on Sunday, Feb. 21. passing difcult [and minimize their shots After just four days of ofcial team on goal].” practices, the Panthers opened the season Emily Bustard ’17.5 rises out of the water to make a pass. She was the second The game was in the balance until the with a one-point victory over Boston Col- highest scorer on the Middlebury Water Polo team over the weekend. very end, as Boston College went up 10-9 lege in a nail-biter on Saturday, Feb. 20. with 2:29 remaining on the power-play. of the second quarter, and one of our goals other teams who had been practicing since Middlebury got on the board in a hurry One minute later, Claman found the back for the season is to be able to keep that go- mid-January,” Grotzinger said. against the Eagles, as frst-year Kate Cla- of the net for the Middlebury equalizer. ing, even against a high-pressure defense A few hours later, the Panthers took to man ’19 scored the frst two goals of her Then, just as the game seemed destined like the one we faced from Dartmouth in the pool for the last time of the weekend career at Middlebury in the frst two min- for overtime, a fve-meter penalty shot was the second half,” said Bustard, who scored against conference newcomer Boston Uni- utes. Claman went on to sink three of the awarded to the Panthers with 10 seconds her second goal of the game in the second versity. The Panthers fell 7-4 but played Panthers’ six goals in the frst half, en route left; Grotzinger’s fve meter shot found the half. the Terriers closely. to a team-high of four goals. back of the net, allowing the Panthers to The Panthers held on in the second half The Terriers jumped out to a 1-0 lead Hannah Grotzinger ’16, one of the four pull of an 11-10 victory. for a 9-6 win. In addition to two-goal con- when they scored just under fve minutes senior team captains, explained why Cla- The Panthers took on the Big Green tributions from Bustard and Grotzinger, into the game. Grotzinger quickly an- man’s performance was integral to the of Dartmouth that same evening, coming Co-Captain Christina Denbow ’16 scored 3, swered with a backhand goal assisted by Panthers’ success. through with a 9-6 victory. while co-Captainn Sam Horn ’16 put away Horn. “I play the set position — in front of the “We were really excited before the one goal. Denbow began the Panthers’ second- center of the goal on ofense — and Boston game,” Grotzinger said. “Dartmouth has The Panthers hit the pool early on Sun- quarter scoring as she netted an assist from College decided to double or triple-team been our biggest rival for many, many day, Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. to commence a 13-2 Bustard of of the counter-attack. But every me, so the shots on goal had to come from years so we had a very strong desire to win rout of Northeastern. Middlebury jumped time the Panthers scored the Terriers had players at other positions,” Grotzinger said. before the game even started. This mental- out to a 7-0 lead, going into the half up 8-1 an answer, and then another when they Following Claman’s initial 2-0 lead, ity defnitely helped us during the game.” over the Huskies. scored just a minute later. Nevertheless, Grotzinger traded goals with Boston Col- It only took Grotzinger 20 seconds to “[The] Northeastern game was great be- Bustard rounded out the quarter by sailing lege (BC), who brought the score to 5-3 by get the Panthers on the board. cause our newer players got to see a lot of in a lob shot from the set position. the end of the frst quarter. “In all the games we won this weekend, game-time [where they could] practice the The third quarter began with another Co-Captain Alex Spencer-Wong ’16 then we scored the frst goal of the game,” Grotz- skills we’d been working on in practice,” Grotzinger backhand goal, but again Bos- broke the Eagles momentum with a coun- inger said. “The frst team to score a goal in said Grotzinger, who found the back of the ton responded with a quick goal to break a terattack goal to open the second quarter, a game gets a very positive surge of adrena- net fve times against the Huskies. 4-4 tie. The Terriers followed with another and Grotzinger tied the game at fve goals line, and a lot of the sport is based on men- Other goals against Northeastern came three goals in the fnal half of play. apiece three minutes later. BC proceeded tal strength, not only physical strength.” from Bustard (4), Spencer-Wong (2), Julie Despite ending the weekend with a loss, with a goal of their own before Claman shot The Dartmouth game was all but over at Ehrlich ’17.5 (1) and Amanda Geller ’16 (1), the Panthers had a successful frst weekend from the outside to knot up the game at six the half, which began with a score of 6-1. “I while Denbow won three of the four sprints and are in good position in the conference apiece. think the most decisive point in the Dart- to start each quarter. standings. It looked like the teams would head into mouth game came at the end of the second “Our team is naturally fast, so we were “I’m proud of the way we played this the halftime break tied at 6, but Boston quarter after four diferent players on the able to score on many counter-attacks weekend, especially with it being so early College managed to score its seventh goal Middlebury team had scored goals and we against Northeastern — despite the fact in the season,” Bustard said. “I can’t wait to in the waning seconds, taking a 7-6 lead had prevented Dartmouth from scoring.” that we’d only been training for four days see what we can do in our next home tour- into halftime. “We had great momentum coming out before the tournament, compared to the nament in April,” Grotzinger said. Emily Bustard ’17.5 led the charge for

Skiing: Will Midd fnish better than Premier League pick’em: Who Men’s B-ball: Will the Panthers CBB pick’em: Who wins, no. 7 its third-place fnish last year in the wins, Manchester United (11-8-7) knock off top-seeded Trinity North Carolina @ no. 3 Virginia editors’ picks Middlebury Winter Carnival races v. Arsenal (15-6-5) on Sunday, in the NESCAC semifnals on on Saturday, Feb. 27. on Feb. 26-27? Feb. 28. Saturday, Feb. 27 in Hartford?

NO ARSENAL YES NORTH CAROLINA They’ve fnished fourth in every race They whomped Man U 3-0 last time Midd looked awfully tough on I still frmly believe the Tar Heels this year, and the three teams ahead and will do it again this weekend. Saturday, no bias here at all. are the best team in the nation. of them will be here this weekend. Andrew Rigas (33-23, .589)

YES TIE YES NORTH CAROLINA They have the energy to get it done. Man United is going through a rough Upset city! The Panthers continue While it is tough winning on the stretch, but Arsenal will struggle to building momentum toward a road, the Heels will hold on in a come of the emotional high of its NESCAC crown. close fnish. UCL match with Barca. Will Case (7-5, .583)

YES MANCHESTER UNITED NO VIRGINIA The home slope advantage will be Sing me the Manchester United I think the top-seeded Bantams will I’ve heard UVA has some stellar huge, and the weather looks prime! theme song! be tough to beat. home crowd energy.

REMO PLUNKETT (48-41, .539) NO ARSENAL NO Dartmouth and UVM are just too VIRGINIA They’re the only team thats been They just came of a loss from dang good. My parents are Wahoos. consistent this season. Plus me and Trinity, but who knows. The odds Wegner hi-fved once. may be in their favor.

Alex Morris (89-82, .529)

YES ARSENAL NO VIRGINIA I really know nothing about ski Seems like a good bet. We’ve had a great season, but it’ll I mean, they’re obviously ranked races, but hopefully they’ll do well. be hard to beat Trinity on their higher. home court.

Emily Bustard (58-63, .479) sports 20

Panthers Playing On The Middlebury men’s basketball team knocked of defending conference champion Wesleyan last Saturday, Feb. 20 in the NESCAC quarterfnals before a raucous home crowd at Pepin Gymnasium. With the 86-74 victory, the Panthers hit the road to try and upset top-seeded Trinity this Saturday, Feb. 27 in the NESCAC semifnal round.

See page 18 for full coverage. Elaine Forbush Women’s Hockey Unstoppable; Track & Field Record Easily Puts Seven Past Williams Program Best finishes By Ethan Brady on Saturday, Feb. 20, in Kenyon score to 6-0. With 1:24 left in the By Rob Erickson by half a second. Adrian Walsh Features Editor Arena in a “Pink the Rink” game in third period, Shanna Hickman ’19 Senior Writer ’16 joined Morris in the win- support of fnding a cure for breast tipped in an insurance goal — not The women’s hockey team ner’s circle for individual events cancer. The fans, decked out in that it was needed for the victory. Bringing the competitive fire fnished the regular season with with her performance in the pink, also celebrated the graduating Middlebury held a 29-17 edge in they have brought to every meet 5,000-meter race. two shutout wins against Williams seniors for Senior Night: Captain shots on goal for the game. The this season, both the men’s and Relay victories came for the last weekend, skating to a 2-0 away Julia Wardwell ’16, Alternate Panthers went 3-5 on the power women’s indoor track and field win on Friday, Feb. 19, and a 7-0 Captain Katie Mandigo ’16, Marisa play, while Williams was scoreless Panthers in the 4x400, run by victory on Saturday, Feb. 20 in Dreher ’16, Micaela Thibault ’16 in its man-advantage. teams made a splash on the big Kearney, Paige Fernandez ’17, Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena. With the and Anna Van Kula ’16. “I think we have played well in stage of the Division III New Lucy Lang ’19 and Morris. The victories, the Panthers secured the The Panthers scored four the past few weeks,” Head Coach England Championship meets. team of Claire Gomba ’19, Isa- top seed for the NESCAC women’s goals in the frst period, and the Bill Mandigo said. “The players Middlebury hosted the women’s bella Alfaro ’18, Robin Vincent hockey tournament for the sixth- frst three came within a span of are working hard and many are championships at Virtue Field ’18 and Lauren Bougioukas ’16 straight and 11th time overall. less than two minutes. At the 7:48 making signifcant contributions. House, while the men’s team won the 4x800. The Panthers On Friday, the Panthers beat mark, Julia Wardwell ’16 drove the I am excited about this team and travelled to Cambridge, Mass Williams (12-10-1, 8-7-0) 2-0 in also won the distance medley puck into the back of the net from their prospects as we head into the where the men’s championships relay ran by Alexis Jabukowski Williamstown, Mass. Middlebury the left point for her frst collegiate playofs.” were taking place at M.I.T. ’19, Kate McCluskey ’18, Ni- took an early lead 6:29 into goal. Thirty seconds later, Rachael The Panthers will be looking The women’s squad raced to the game on the power play via St. Clair ’19 doubled the lead with for their eighth conference title cole Schachman ’16 and Abigail an impressive third place finish the sophomore squad: Jessica a wrap-around goal. Twenty-one when quarterfnal action starts on Nadler ’19. Additionally, Nadler Young ’18 scored her ninth goal seconds later, Haley LaFontaine ’18 Saturday, Feb. 27. If the Panthers out of 37 teams and toppled sev- etched her name in school re- of the season and was assisted by sent the puck from inside the blue win on Saturday, they will host eral school and facility records cords with her second-place Elizabeth Wulf ’18 and Maddie line through the legs of Williams both semifnals and the fnal on in the process. finish in the 3,000-meter race, Winslow ’18. goalie Mini. Eight minutes after, on March 5 and 6 as the highest seed Captain Jackie Kearney ’16, clocking a time of 10:08.38. In the second period, the the power play, LaFontaine passed remaining. This year’s NESCAC who ran the first leg of the win- Maddie Pronovost ’17 also set a Panthers extended their lead to 2-0 the puck to Kelly Sherman ’17, who champion will earn an automatic ning 4x400 meter relay for the at the 15:42 mark. Rachael St. Clair school record in the pentathlon, directed a shot on goal from along bid to the NCAA Tournament. Panthers, was quick to credit registering 2,974 points, good ’19 passed the puck to Katherine the goal line that Mini touched Middlebury (17-4-3, 13-0-3 Jackson ’19, who skated in one-on- the team’s chemistry after Sat- for sixth overall. but could not block. The Panthers NESCAC) has won 12 of its last urday’s strong finish. one against Eph goalie Julia Mini, dominated the frst period with a 13 games since Jan. 15. The team As Kearney pointed out, this “We’re an extremely close faked to the right, then lifted a 4-0 lead and a 13-3 edge in shots looks to win their frst NESCAC year’s squad isn’t just full of wrister to the short side above the on goal, including not allowing a title since 2012, which would be team this year,” Kearney noted. one-trick ponies. shoulder of Mini for her ffth goal of single shot in the frst 10 minutes of the eight in program history. Last “That chemistry really showed “We’re a really deep team,” the season. the period. year, Middlebury advanced to on Saturday with the continu- she said, “which showed in how The Ephs fought hard in the Middlebury made it a 5-0 game the championship game before ous support we gave each other capable we were of placing with third period to make up lost ground. 3:56 into the middle period, scoring falling to Trinity in overtime, in every event.” a relatively small team compet- They held a 10-4 advantage in shots again on the power play when 3-2. The Panthers, ranked The women’s team finished on goal that period, and pulled their ing yesterday. Most people who Wardwell cut into the slot and kept seventh nationally, will face with an impressive total of 82 scored points did so in more goalie with a minute left in favor the puck low into the back of the net No. 8 seed Colby (3-12-1) in the points, 30 points above the than one event.” of an extra attacker. The Williams for her second goal of the season on quarterfnal round. A Middlebury fourth-place finisher, Southern A top-eight finish both earns squad outpaced Middlebury in assist by Winslow. Williams had victory against Colby would bring Maine and just 11 points behind overall shots on goal (24-20) and two shots on a power play later in the Panthers’ unbeaten streak to the team points and garners the had fve power plays, but converted the period, but Middlebury goalie 30 games and give them home ice NESCAC foe Williams. The Pan- athlete All-New England DIII none of them into goals. Neuberger made a pair of stick for the semifnals and fnals. The thers scored in every running honors. Middlebury goalie Julia saves to keep the Ephs scoreless. Panthers hope to avenge last year’s event but four. Head Coach Martin Beatty Neuburger ’18 picked up her fourth Winslow picked up her team- fumble in the fnals at the hands of Highlights for the Panthers ’84 couldn’t help but be proud shutout of the season with 24 saves leading 13th goal of the season third-seed Trinity. included two individual New of both teams’ efforts. between the pipes. at the 13:50 mark to bring the England champions. Alex Mor- The two teams faced of again ris ’16 won the 400-meter dash CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 MEN’S HOCKEY APLINE AND NORDIC SETTLES FOR SKIING FINISHES ROAD NESCAC FOURTH AT UNH QUATERFINAL CARNIVAL PAGE 17 inside sports PAGE 18