Faculty, Students Arrested in D.C. Pipeline Protest
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The Middlebury Campus Vol. 110, No. 1 Thursday, September 15, 2011 Since 1905 Atwater offers daily breakfast and lunch By Adam Schaffer potential for abuse of the new take- News Editor out containers and emphasizes that After a two-year hiatus, At- they should not be used to get extra water dining hall has reopened food. for daily continental breakfast and “The idea is that [the takeout lunch. The dining hall ceased to containers] should get you through serve regular meals in 2009 due to that meal period to the next meal,” budgetary constraints and newly Biette said. “It’s not for groceries, expanded facilities at Proctor and it’s not to take for a ‘fourth meal’ Ross, though continued to act as [later in the day] … it’s to help you a venue for special events and lan- through lunch.” guage tables. Because of a lack of utensils Mark Bouvier In the evenings, Atwater will that are both affordable and bio- urricane rene devastates entire towns roads across ermont H i , v continue to serve as a venue for degradeable, students are sug- The College escaped major damage from Irene, but much of central and southern Vermont was inundated special events for campus organi- gested to only take “dry food,” such with rain. Above, a tractor-trailer in Hancock was overturned, spilling its contents across the road. as sandwiches or burgers, Biette See the article on the ongoing recovery process on page 8 and on Midd’s volunteer efforts on page 15. zations, including regular Dolci, Middlebury College Activities added. Board and Commons-based din- The dining halls will not, how- College sees summer facelift ners. ever, continue to supply disposable New this year will be biode- cups because of their negative en- walk towards Wright Memorial vironmental and financial impact. By Jess Berry and Adam Schaffer tion projects, it seems the project gradeable takeout containers for Theater will be postponed until will be completed at or near the students without time to sit and eat Students are encouraged to bring News Editors next summer, as well as some grass budget of $150-175 thousand. between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Origi- their own thermoses. After nearly a year of plan- planting, depending on progress While construction on the At- nally, Dining Services had planned Language Tables will move ning by students, faculty and staff, and weather. water landscaping was postponed to sell reusable “go” containers, but again this year to Redfield Proctor. construction crews have broken The various postponements throughout the summer, renova- the idea was overruled by the Ver- Though there will continue ground on the landscaping project have affected some Atwater resi- tions to Forest Hall remained on mont Department of Health due to to be waiter service and specially- between Atwater Halls A and B. But dents such as Ana Villarreal ’12, schedule and were completed be- the potential cross-contamination made food, the seating will be lim- numerous delays have pushed the who was awoken to the sound of fore students moved in the second of foods. ited to 104, nearly 70 seats below project behind schedule. construction on the first day of week of September. The project Director of Dining Services College Horticulturalist Timo- classes. Matthew Biette acknowledges the See Language Tables, page 3 thy Parsons, who has been directing Parsons believes that any work See Archaic, page 3 much of the project, assures that from here on out will be quiet as the development is well on its way. majority of the paving and heavy “It’s closer than it looks,” he landscaping has been completed. Faculty, students arrested said. “Have faith.” “We actually don’t have a lot The plan was originally slated of noise left … now we’re basically to begin over the summer, but fol- just looking at a mess,” Parsons lowing discussions last spring it was said. It should start to look more in D.C. pipeline protest postponed by concerns over the im- aesthetically appealing in the com- By Kyle Finck 1,253 people were arrested for detained for nearly 60 hours. pact the noise of construction could ing weeks, he added, and the patio News Editor demonstrating in protest of the Demonstrators were trained have on Language School students and walkways are expected to open Co-founder of the 350.org Keystone XL Pipeline. The pro- in the basic techniques of non- and faculty living in the Atwater to foot traffic very soon. movement and Schumann Dis- posed $7 billion pipeline would violent resistance at a nearby area. Further delayed by Hurricane The landscaping has largely tinguished Scholar Bill McKib- transport 34.9 million gallons of church days before the sit-in. Irene and other construction pri- followed the plans published in The ben was arrested in late August oil a day from Alberta, Canada, At 11 a.m. on Aug. 20th, 75 orities on campus — the contrac- Campus in May with only minor along with and other Middlebury to Texas. demonstrators marched in two tor working on the Atwater project changes in plantings, as well as the students and staff after staging a McKibben and Visiting Lec- lines across historic Lafayette is also working on other projects at “recycling” of stone stairs left un- sit-in at the gates of the White turer in English and American Square in clear view of the White Middlebury — most of the land- used from a past College building House. Literatures and Associate Direc- House. scaping is expected to be completed project. In what some called the tor of the Program in Environ- “We marched across to the in the next few weeks. Despite the delays from rain largest American civil disobedi- mental Journalism Christopher But construction of the side- and the demands of other construc- ence action in the past 30 years, Shaw were arrested Aug. 20 and See Protestors, page 4 Solar decathlon completes building By Lea Calderon-Guthe week to reassemble the house for the Senior Staff Writer media preview on Sept. 21. After a summer of long con- “It’ll be really interesting to see struction hours, multiple meet- how assembly goes — if we can stick ings a day and gargantuan effort to to the schedule we’ve outlined, or if meet an ever-looming deadline, the there are going to be any hurdles or Middlebury Solar Decathlon team things we couldn’t have anticipated,” completed Self-Reliance, their entry said Team Manager Melissa Segil to the U.S. Department of Energy ’11.5. “At this point we’re definitely Solar Decathlon 2011, on Aug. 8. as well-prepared as we could have Two weeks later, the team began the been, but the Mall is going to be a counterintuitive task of dismantling test of our problem-solving skills.” the solar-powered home into two The team has already had to floor modules and six roof mod- handle some permit issues that ules to fit onto five trucks for ship- have prevented all of the modules ment down to the National Mall in from arriving on the Mall at the Washington, D.C. A portion of the scheduled time, but Segil thinks Andew Podrygula, Senior Photos Editor Middlebury team left for Washing- the assembly will proceed on-time, Faculty lead First-years into convocation, college careers ton by train on Sept. 12, and after weather permitting. The whole team The 608 fall admits to the Class of 2015 arrived on campus last week, and 100 more will join them in the trucks arrive students will have a See Sustainable, page 2 in February. They come from 43 states and 33 countries, and twenty-two percent are students of color. Cluck free or die Scoring for Vermont Art meets science The inside scoop on the town’s Read about preseason athletes helping Check out the debut of our new free range chickens with hurricane relief section, Arts&Science page 5. pages 15-16. page 16. this week 2 15 September 2011 campusnews Keyes named Sustainable house travels to the Mall Continued from page 1 VP for College is especially motivated by the prospect of the public exhibit, which will run Sept. 23-Oct. 2 at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park. Advancement Until then, team members will work in shifts 24/7 to put Self-Reliance back together. “I can’t wait to give tours, to get people in amid 90K theft the house and show them around,” said Segil. By Elizabeth Fouhey “People’s faces just really light up once they get into our house, and that makes us feel like, Staff Writer ‘Okay, we did this right.’” Over the summer, Old Chapel named Public response to the project has been James R. Keyes ’71 as Vice President for Col- overwhelmingly positive since its inception, lege Advancement. allowing the Middlebury team to raise the Keyes is a former board member of the capital necessary to compete as the only small Middlebury College Alumni Association college standing alone among 19 other inter- and a member of the Board of Trustees. He national collegiate teams. Fundraising Lead replaces Michael D. Schoenfeld ’73, who has Kris Williams ’11.5 put cash donations at just been named senior vice president and chief under $500,000, and $94,000 came in by way philanthropic adviser. of discounts and material gifts. He was quick As Vice President for College Advance- to note, however, that one of the biggest dona- ment, Keyes will be in charge of managing tions has been time. both fundraising and alumni operations for “It’s so affirming when somebody comes the undergraduate college, the Language up to you and says, ‘I’m willing to give you Melissa Segil Schools, the Schools Abroad, the Bread Loaf money, but I’m also giving you my time be- Flooring for Self-Reliance is loaded onto a truck for the move to Washington, D.C.