The Middlebury Campus Vol. 110, No. 3 Thursday, September 29, 2011 Since 1905 Students walk, bike for planet By Jeremy Kallan every continent!” Staff Writer The event served to both raise On Saturday, Sept. 24, more awareness about the environmen- than 50 Middlebury students tal movement internationally and traveled to Montpelier to partici- to make specific demands of local pate in Moving Planet, a day of politicians. Phil Aroneanu ’06 is international action for the envi- currently the U.S. campaign di- ronmental movement. The event rector for 350.org and an orga- was organized by members of nizer for Moving Planet events in 350.org, an organization found- New York City. ed by Schumann Distinguished “The basic idea is that we Scholar Bill McKibben. want to show the population here Courtesy of Solar Decathlon The event had activists all in the United States and abroad around the world walk, cycle and that there is a massive climate OLAR ECATHLON BEGINS IN ASHINGTON S D W , D.C. use other climate-friendly meth- movement that is ready to take With 185 points, the Middlebury College team moved up to seventh place on Tuesday in the Solar ods of transportation to travel action, that is not waiting for pol- Decathlon competition, 15 points behind first. The decathlon continues through Sunday, Oct. 2. and converge in about 2,000 inde- iticians to take action but is push- pendent, community-organized ing the envelope,” said Aroneanu. events. Aroneanu helped to plan the Employment rebounds for grads “This day accomplishes two events in New York City, where things: it reminds all of us that groups from all five boroughs By Hannah Bristol by email to participate, 474 — 69 meeting, and I heard one student transportation is one of the key marched and converged at a plaza Online Editor percent — completed the survey. sitting to the left of me say, ‘This is opportunities to fight climate across the street from the U.N. He According to an annual senior “We can’t control the econo- terrifying,’ and then I heard another change, and it keeps building the explained that the international survey conducted by the Center for my, yet we are quite optimistic that one in front of me saying, ‘I so don’t big global movement that we need demand of the movement is to Education in Action (EIA), the Class those who work at it will be success- want to be thinking about this,’” to take on the fossil fuel industry,” move beyond fossil fuels, but that of 2011 had the highest rate of post- ful,” said Director of Career Services said Peggy Burns, associate direc- wrote McKibben in an email a few more specific demands are being graduation employment of any class Donald Kjelleren. “I don’t think tor of civic engagement and intern- days prior to the event. “A bicycle made within smaller communi- in the last four years. With record easy opportunities are going to fall ships. “What we want to convey is may seem small compared to an ties across the country and the numbers of recruiters visiting this out of trees anytime soon given the that this isn’t something to dread. oil tanker, but we will have an aw- fall, it appears the job market could current employment numbers, but I ful lot of bikes out in the streets of be looking up for recent Middlebury think for those Middlebury students See Outlook, page 2 See Activists, page 3 graduates. who engage early and really get go- Since the Class of 2009, which ing with this process, we are seeing graduated during the lowest point quite a bit of opportunity out there.” The EIA will send out anoth- Bookstore remains profitable of the recession, the percentage of er survey to the same students in Middlebury students employed at By Kyle Finck in prices on book publishers, who for Finance and Treasurer Patrick November to see how plans have graduation has jumped from 25 News Editor have unrelentingly raised prices. Norton. changed in the six months following percent to 36 percent. Only 25 per- With the start of the fall se- “Every year we see a major After the store balances its graduation. cent of students are continuing the mester, students face rising — in increase on our end from publish- budget, all profits go into the Col- For members of the Class of job search, while in 2009, 43 percent many cases, crippling — prices for ers,” she said. “A book we bought lege’s General Fund, which pays 2012, the process of planning for of students were job hunting. There books. However, amid an evolving in the fall we’ll find is $10 more in for all college expenditures. after graduation has already begun. is also an increased percentage of publishing industry, the College the spring.” Best said that the bookstore 612 seniors attended the senior Middlebury students with intern- Bookstore remains in the black. Best said that the bookstore had never considered using prof- meeting last week, followed by Re- ships and fellowships, from eight Book prices are set according markup is in line with the “na- its to sell books at cost — with no sumania on Wednesday, Thursday percent in 2009 to 11 percent in to an established formula. Books tional average,” adding that the mark-up — but that it was plau- and Friday, where seniors could 2011. under $100 are marked up 25 per- store did not make a significant sible. bring in resumes for EIA staff to The report, conducted late last cent while books over $100 are profit selling books. “Sure, it’s possible, but even if look over. On Friday alone, over 70 spring, assessed the post-graduate marked up 20 percent, said Book- Nevertheless, Best said, the a student were to pay at cost for a seniors attended. plans of students in the class of store Manager Georgia Best. bookstore has always been prof- textbook, many would still be over “I was sitting in the senior 2011. Of the 688 students contacted Best has worked at the book- itable. The bookstore showed a $100 and we would also most like- store for 28 years — the last two $100,000 surplus in the 2011 fiscal Symposium discusses as manager — and places the rise year, according to Vice President See Rising, page 4 Middle East identities By Kelsey Collins U.N., at exactly the time of the sym- Staff Writer posium, we probably could not have The dramatic changes in the po- asked for a more perfect timing for litical landscape of the Middle East, a conference on (re)presentations of collectively know as the Arab Awaken- national and cultural identities in the ing or Arab Spring, are arguably the Middle East.” biggest news story of 2011. Keynote speaker Shibley Telhami, This year’s timely Clifford Sym- the Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace posium, entitled “(Re)Presenting Na- and Development at the University tional and Cultural Identities in the of Maryland, kicked off the three-day Middle East,” explored the cultural symposium with his address, “Identity and political roots of the on-going up- and the Arab Awakening”. He present- risings and revolutions as well as the ed an overview of the political and cul- complexities of Middle Eastern iden- tural circumstances that he believes are tities. It took place this past weekend, defining this Arab Awakening. While Sept. 22-24. each country has had its unique revo- Geography Professor Tamar lutionary trajectory, Telhami pointed Mayer, one of the co-organizers of to some commonalities among up- Andrew Podrygula, Senior Photos Editor the symposium, stated that “the tim- risings, noting that throughout the PULITZER PRIZE WINNER READS IN MEAD CHAPEL ing could not be any better. With the region the “information revolution” MIT professor Junot Díaz read from his lauded novel !e Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and took ques- Palestinian bid for membership in the See A Look, page 14 tions on Sept. 27 at an event attended by College and community members alike. See the review on page 19.

Fall festival Middlebury by roof Comedians take the stage Vergennes Assembly of God Explore the College from the top Read about the dueling events of celebrates fall, down, Otters and Middlebrow, page 5. pages 12-13. page 16. this week this 2 29 September 2011 campusnews Outlook remains positive for seniors Continued from page 1 full swing, seniors have begun the application skill set,” said Shannon. “Middlebury defi- process. nitely prepared me by bringing Green Corps It’s certainly part of that journey and part of Virginia Shannon ’11, who is now work- to recruit on campus and hosting an info ses- life after Middlebury, but it can be a really ex- ing at Green Corps, a one-year paid program sion, because otherwise I never would’ve ex- citing process, and we’re just for environmental organizers, had a positive plored the option.” encouraging students to do The EIA is also focusing on working beyond what they love.” We’re just encouraging with underclassmen so they have more “You don’t have to do students to do what they love. experience by the time they become se- the bubble [this process] off by yourself,” niors. said Kjelleren. “There are a lot — Peggy Burns, EIA “Really think about what are you by Melanie Haas, of people willing to support learning from these experiences about Staff Writer your interests if you are will- yourself,” said EIA Director Lisa Gates. ing to reach out and ask. There is an eager and experience with the EIA’s job recruitment “About your likes, your dislikes, things that Jennifer Anguko’s husband watched experienced staff here available to help stu- process. excite you, things that bore you to tears. Pay- her die over a 12-hour span as they waited dents get started.” “As an environmental studies and biol- ing attention to that … throughout your un- to see a doctor in a hospital in Northern The EIA has been working to attract re- ogy double major, I felt a strong pull toward dergraduate career, I think, will help you feel Uganda. He related that his wife called the cruiters to campus and to gather job opportu- research and masters programs to secure a much more confident about the decisions that nurses who passed her by “sisters” as she nities for seniors from the alumni and parent career and job, but in the end I had to think you will be making throughout the course of pled for help and as he changed his wife’s networks. With the fall recruiting season in about what best fit my personality and my your senior year.” sheets himself. She died from childbirth complications, which experts say would not have been fatal had a doctor seen her in AFTER MIDD time. Every year the EIA conducts a survey of Middlebury According to Uganda’s 2010 Millen- grads’ employment status. Here are the results. nium Development Goals report, 6,000 women die while giving birth in the country each year. Jennifer Anguko became one of those 6,000 last October when she and her unborn child passed away after waiting 13 43 hours for a caesarean section. ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 The Ugandan government will now EMPLOYED36 34 36 have to evaluate the quality of its obstetric CONTINUING care as the country faces a monumental law- 31 suit this month on behalf of Anguko’s fami- JOB SEARCH ly, another family and the Centre for Health, 29 Human and Development Rights who ar- 25 25 gue that the lack of supplies and staff avail- VOLUNTEER/ able to women in hospital maternity wards TRAVEL/OTHER violates basic human rights. Lead Counsel 14 15 for the Centre for Health, Human and De- GRADUATE 13 14 14 velopment Rights David Kabanda believes that the Ugandan government violates the SCHOOL 13 constitution by allowing preventable mater- INTERNSHIPS/ 11 nal deaths to occur, TrustLaw reports. 6 8 7 While hospital visits in Uganda are FELLOWSHIPS seemingly free of charge, pregnant women seeking medical attention in hospitals must often bribe hospital officials for attention. Dr. Emmanuel Odar, the only obstetrician working in this hospital, reported to The Popular Grille items see price increase New York Times that patients must find and vamped the menu with late-night options, buy supplies at local pharmacies while those By Paul Warnke Some students see the higher prices as new sandwiches and attractive deals. without enough money must beg. legtimate, but only if quality increases as Staff Writer “The customers wanted to see bet- Jocelyn Edwards of TrustLaw writes well. The Dr. Feelgood, a staple of student’s ter products,” said Cannistra. “This pur- that the Ugandan government’s defense rests “Price increases can only be justi- late-night diet, rose in price from $4.75 to suit of excellence in taste understandably in pleading poverty. The defense insists that fied by the effort to increase the quality $5.75 when the Grille tweaked its menu at brings with it an increase in cost.” poor economic conditions and inadequate of overall Grille enjoyment,” said Phillip the end of Summer Language Schools. In order to enhance food quality, the funding limits the extent to which the coun- Hughes ’14. After receiving criticism regarding Grille has switched to buying McKenzie try is medically responsible for its people. the quality of food at the Grille through Meats, a Vermont purveyor of specialty In response to the cases that are at the heart word of mouth and comment cards at the meats. But with higher quality food comes of the lawsuit, attorney Patricia Mutesi said, end of last year, General Manager of Re- higher prices. “We think the deaths are actually (the result tail Food Operations David Cannistra re- Many items, such as quesadillas, na- of) individual misbehavior which cannot be chos and the Love Me Tender, have also blamed on the government.” seen significant price increases. Despite the country’s economic tur- The Grille has felt the brunt not only moil, Uganda confirmed rumors this spring of a change in meat supplier, but also that it spent at least half of a billion dollars the mounting cost in food commodities on military acquisitions, which included across the nation. The drought that crip- Russian-made fighter jets. This sum of pled Southern agriculture this summer, money was triple the amount that the coun- the recent flooding that submerged much try spent on its public health system last of the eastern seaboard and the spike in year, the Times reports. Government offi- transportation costs have all translated cials emphasize the importance of protect- into higher Grille prices. ing the nation, which has a past filled with “Prices are going up and we just have conflict. to be proactive about the pricing,” said The Times’ Celia W. Dugger emphasiz- Cannistra, who emphasized that because es that this case brings to light the effect that the Grille has historically operated at a other countries have in providing relief in loss, special attention must be given to the MCAB PRESENTS Africa. A 2010 study published by the Uni- bottom line. versity of Washington’s Institute for Health WHAT’S Not every item, however, has seen Metrics found that developing nations re- a surge in price. In order to balance the duce their own health spending by 43 cents HAPPENING menu and assuage customer dissatisfac- for every $1.14 provided by a foreign nation. AT MIDD? tion, the Grille implemented special deals Anguko was one of four women who like two slices of pizza and a soda for five died in the maternity ward that night. She dollars and lower prices on sides such as and her husband had come prepared, even potato fries. bringing a blade to cut the umbilical cord. Meg Anderson ’14 said that most stu- FFF: HORRIBLE BOSSES But their preparation, and even Anguko’s dents don’t mind paying a little extra for Friday// 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. // Dana position as an elected official could not save their Grille meal. her as she bled to death in a hospital bed. Auditorium “Most kids won’t even notice the Anguko’s husband told the Times, “The price increase on a late Saturday night,” government is advocating that women go to DANCE PARTY she said. deliver in the hospitals and health centers. The Grille’s draw on a Friday or Sat- Saturday night // Time TBA // The facilities are there but when we go to Courtesy of Middlebury College urday night may be even stronger with Bunker the facilities there, the services are not pro- Students returned to campus this fall to the advent of late-night items, such as the vided.” find dramatic price increases at the Grille. Dr. Dow, the Triple Bypass Burger and the Clogger. campusnews 29 September 2011 3 Activists join worldwide movement Continued from page 1 to go to and a good way for Middlebury nessed during his nine months as governor. students to get involved in local Vermont Besides the many speeches, the gather- world. politics,” said Bristol. ing included a tent with information about “For example, in Seattle we have a Bristol said there was an estimated various local environmental endeavors, couple of really specific things that they 2,000 people at the event, representing a including a man with a bicycle-operated are asking the state to do,” said Aroneanu. wide age range and all areas of the state of apple cider press. There was a truck from “One is to block any new coal ports. They Vermont. “It was nice to see the extent of Ben and Jerry’s that was giving out free ice are trying to build a bunch of ports to ship the Vermont community that is interested cream to anyone who wrote a letter to their overseas coal from the middle of the country out to in the environmental movement,” said Governor. China through Washington. Also, they are Bristol. “Coming from Virginia, where there is making sure to put pressure on their politi- The gathering featured speeches by a strong backlash against the environmen- briefing cians to develop more public transport and members of 350.org, as well as Vermont tal movement, it was cool to see that you by Olivia Blahut ’13 bike infrastructure.” Governor Peter Shumlin and junior U.S. could have a peaceful gathering,” said Bris- Of the approximately 2,000 events Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders. Gov- tol. “It wasn’t aggressive in any way, it was QUITO — Although I am a proponent that occurred on Saturday, about 700 took ernor Shumlin spoke about how Vermont just people standing up and sharing their of sensitivity toward cultural differences and place in the U.S. Aroneanu said the rest is a leader in the environmental movement passion. I feel like if that were to happen consideration toward the feelings of others, took place across 177 different countries, and discussed the startling number of cli- at home, people would be violently against I do find myself frustrated at the sometimes including a group of people cycling 350 mate-related natural disasters he has wit- it or you would definitely get some back- excessive amount of political correctness miles from Bali to Jakarta lash. I thought it said that is floating around our country and spe- in Indonesia. a lot about Vermont cifically around the College. In an atmosphere Among all of these that you could have of “first-years” and ¨Little People,” “Native events, Aroneanu said that an event like this and Americans/Indigenous persons/Indians” and the gathering in Montpe- people wouldn’t be “womyn,” I sometimes fear that in the effort lier was one of the larg- opposed to it.” to avoid offending someone, we miss out the est community-planned Overall, Bristol opportunity to hear a critical argument, genu- events in the country. saw the event as a ine question or worst of all, a really funny joke. A large group of valuable experience So, when I got to Ecuador, I was relieved Middlebury students for Middlebury stu- to discover that the rules of language were a took part in the demon- dents to get involved little more lax here. One Ecuadorian student strations in Montpelier. in local politics and who had studied abroad in Missouri told me Hannah Bristol ’14.5, see environmental ac- that the one thing he simply did not under- Gretchen Neubauer ’14 tivism firsthand. All stand about American culture was the concept and Lucas Braun ’13 or- over the world, thou- of “political correctness.” As he said, “Here, ganized the trip through sands of people par- we sort of just say what we want to, and if it´s the Sunday Night Group. ticipated in this day something bad, people generally just think “We were thinking of action for the envi- we’re joking.” I did a little celebratory dance about trying to do some- ronment. Reports and inside my head. Finally! I was in a place where thing in Middlebury, but pictures of different people could talk freely! Gone was the need we thought it would be events can be found to censure ourselves! Distasteful jokes could a really important thing Courtesy of 350.org online at 350.org. be made without several Proctor tables full of for Middlebury students Thousands gathered in Montpelier, above, to rally against climate change and fossil fuels. politically aware Middlebury students turning to give me their nastiest looks! Or so I thought, until I saw what a lack of political correctness by Ben Anderson, Staff Writer is like in practice. SGAupdate This weekend, I found myself in the Ori- ental region of Ecuador riding a trolley up the SGA elects speaker, chooses Elections Council side of a volcano at night. Beautiful views, cool people, a cup of traditional hot wine and The Sept. 25 meeting of the Student SGA does. Council. In the coming days, Regan will life was good. Then, when things could not Government Association (SGA) was en- Thompson echoed her opponent’s choose two students outside of the SGA get any better, we turned around to see the rest gaged primarily in acquainting new sena- fear that SGA was poorly advertised. She to replace two of the above-mentioned of our tour group (all Ecuadorians) gather- tors with the SGA process, including re- also highlighted what she believed was a SGA member on the council. ing around a bonfire. Being gringos — thus viewing the constitution, the by-laws and “jargon problem,” that a lot of what was The constitution, bylaws and rules of generally clueless — we naturally all assumed the procedure and template for writing done at meetings got too caught up in the procedure were outlined by the Associ- that we were going to be treated to some sort bills. method of saying it rather than the actual ate Dean of Students for Residential and of show put on by people from the indigenous The first order of business at the content. After a vote, Joanie Thompson Student Life Policy Doug Adams, who tribes of Ecuador. We eagerly ran up to the meeting, however, was to vote on a new was chosen as the new speaker for the also serves as the advisor to the SGA. fire, ready to have our minds blown by the Speaker of the Senate. The speaker is 2011-2012 school year. Before adjourning, the Senate ancient traditions of these people who have responsible for conducting the flow of The Elections Council was discussed turned to the issue of the ratification of resisted modernization for so long. Turns out, each meeting. Michael Polebaum ’12 and next. Caroline Regan ’12, director of the Presidential Cabinet. The cabinet is we were not watching a traditional fire dance. Joanie Thompson ’14 ran for the posi- membership, was brought in to the meet- composed of officers appointed by the No, just a magic show featuring two magicians tion. ing. The Elections Council, led by the President of the SGA. After the recent who could not actually perform magic tricks. Polebaum, the senator for Cook director of membership, is charged with resignation of Riley O’Rourke ’12 as So really, we were watching more of a comedy Commons currently serving his second managing the election process through president, Acting President Janet Ro- put on by two brothers frolicking around a year in the SGA, outlined his leadership in things such as collecting candidates’ drigues ’12 gave all members the option roaring bonfire. Disappointed, but still ready the largely popular but eventually unsuc- completed lists of signatures. Regan had to retain their positions. for a few laughs, we settled into the show. cessful movement for enacting a Pass-Fail not yet chosen the four members of the The cabinet will be restored after Over the next 30 minutes, these two men system at the College as his major past council who will assist her throughout the Oct. 10 special elections when a new managed to insult nearly every group of people achievement. He also promised to help the process. Four sitting members of the president will be elected. Any Cabinet you could ever think of. Black people, white improve students’ perception of the SGA, SGA — Steve Marino ’12, Kathryn Ben- members who may be necessary in the people, indigenous people, gay people, wom- expressing concern that the large major- son ’13, Polebaum and Brittany Gendron interim will be appointed by the Senate en, Chinese people, people from the entirety ity of the campus is unaware of what the ’12 — volunteered to sit on the Elections on a case-by-case basis. of Asia, orphans … the list goes on. These men took the most offensive stereotypes about each group and mocked them incessantly: pony- tails, pinched eyes, stilted speech and a sort of waddle turned one into a Chinese man, while public safety log September 20­26, 2011 the other killed the crowd by flicking his wrists and speaking in high-pitched, lisping Spanish DATE TIME INCIDENT CATEGORY LOCATION DISPOSITION in his imitation of a gay man. With each joke, we got more and more irritated and shocked 9/21/11 10:17 p.m. Fire Alarm Violation Coffrin Referred to Commons DOC that these performers (and the audience) actu- 9/21/11 7:16 p.m. Conduct Disorderly CFA Referred to Commons Dean ally thought these crude generalizations were funny. We ended up leaving the show in favor 9/22/11 11:59 p.m. Drug violation Paraphernalia Hepburn Road Referred to Commons Dean of exploring the mountainside and appreciat- 9/23/11 9:34 p.m. Missing Person Off campus Case Closed ing the amazing views. 9/23/11 11:37 p.m. Drug Violation Use Wright Theatre Referred to Commons Dean So, for all of you who read my first para- graph and were appalled that I, a student of 9/23/11 10:28 p.m. Party Illegal underage Gifford Referred to Commons Dean Middlebury College, cannot understand the 9/24/11 1:10 a.m. Fire Alarm Smoking Coffrin Referred to Commons Dean need for accurate and sensitive language, con- 9/24/11 10:50 p.m. Disturbance Noise 51 Franklin Referred to Commons Dean sider my lesson learned. Although I still main- tain that sometimes the PC-ness of our coun- 9/25/11 12:10 a.m. Vandalism Vegetation Adirondack View Rd. Referred to Commons Dean try and campus goes too far, I have come to 9/25/11 9:08 p.m. Property Recovered College St. Referred to DOC appreciate that a balance is, indeed necessary. 9/25/11 11:54 p.m. Disturbance Noise Palmer Referred to DOC If I am trying to be an empathetic and under- standing person, then the language I choose to The Department of Public Safety reported giving 34 alcohol citations between Sept. 20, 20011 and Sept. 26, 2011. use needs to reflect this goal. 4 29 September 2011 campusnews college Rising costs hit student pockets Continued from page 1 come from parent and alumni mail orders mester is pretty ridiculous,” she said. “With shorts online and on-campus events.” these prices, it’s … clear to me why so many ly be operating in the red,” she said. Best said that while the Apple computer students opt to buy books through Ama- by Danny Zhang, Staff Writer The bookstore has implemented nu- store does not turn a profit, the bookstore zon.” merous initiatives aimed at lowering the will collect 10 percent of all sales in a new Best said the bookstore’s profits have cost of books in recent years. Along with the venture with Bed, Bath & Beyond located taken a hit from online textbook retailers. Panther Point reward program that gives next to the store. “It’s definitely affected the sale of text- Large schools mean students a five percent discount on their “In the big picture, [Bed Bath & Be- books and it will continue to do so,” she less diverse interaction purchases in the form of gift cards, Best said yond] isn’t a huge revenue source, but it said. “It’s just the way business is.” that the bookstore has tripled its textbook allows us to offer a greater selection to stu- Having experienced high book prices Studies show that students on larger rental program in the last year. dents,” said Best. putting her own children through college, and more diverse campuses develop In addition, Best said the bookstore High textbook prices have lead some Best said she empathizes with students. friendships with a more homogeneous buys as many used books as possible, which students to find creative solutions. Math- “The cost is definitely going up and I group than those attending smaller and are sold at 25 percent of the retail price. ematics and Economics double-major Dirk don’t think there is any easy solution for less diverse schools. Students like Evan Pagano ’12 have ex- van Duym ’12 split the cost of a textbook students,” she said. “From our prospective, The research was carried out at five pressed frustration with the high prices. She with his suitemate and bought two other we are providing a service and trying to schools in the state of Kansas, with the said her organic chemistry book alone cost books he needed for this semester online. price the books competitively.” University of Kansas as the larger and $500. “If [lowering the cost more diverse sample. “I would say one of the worst parts of books] could be done Opinions from various profes- about the bookstore is the hefty price of without causing the book- sionals, including a college roommate books,” she said. “I understand that the store to fail, that would be matchmaker and a professor of psychol- bookstore needs to make a profit, but I don’t great,” he said. “They defi- ogy, explain that students at smaller think that jacking up book prices is the best nitely need to lower prices schools have a smaller friend pool and way to do this.” at least a little bit.” thus develop relationships with those Lindsay Boles ’14, who is on the pre- Norton said that not exactly like them. med track, paid over $700 for her books this while the bookstore may The studies also cite the more in- fall — much more than last year, she says. have a surplus, the auxil- timate and interactive nature of small “For those students who are on finan- iary units, which include campuses as one of the reasons why cial aid or cannot afford to pay the extreme- the Grille, Midd Xpress, closer relationships form despite fewer ly high costs for books, the school should Snow Bowl, Golf Course commonalities between students. help them figure out a way to get the ma- and bookstore are expect- terials that they need for their classes,” she ed to lose approximately — Chronicle for Higher Education wrote in an email. The bookstore should $600,000 collectively for help defray the rising costs, she added, and the 2011 fiscal year. not force students to bear the cost entirely. Pagano said that one Boles acknowledged that while selling reason for student frustra- Fewer graduate students books at cost may be extreme, the bookstore tion over book prices is should meet students halfway. that it comes directly out enrolled in U.S. schools “I think it would be fine to sell [books] of their pockets. at a price with less of a mark up than they “Many students pay The number of matriculated gradu- are now,” she said. for their own books while ate students in the fall of 2010 decreased Best said that the bookstore has diversi- their parents cover tuition in comparison to fall of 2009, the first fied its revenue sources in recent years, re- costs, and because most year-to-year decrease since 2003. How- sulting in the high surplus. students are on a tight ever, the number of applicants actually “Our greatest source of revenue is from budget, paying upwards of Anna Clements, Photos Editor With its diversified revenue stream of books, apparel and went up. The statistics were compiled by the clothing,” she said. “The biggest profits $400 for books in one se- the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) school supplies, the bookstore has remained profitable. and the Graduate Record Examinations Board (GRE). This year’s survey sample was gathered from 655 institutions of higher education, which collectively ac- cepted about 750,000 students for a 42 percent admission rate. The ratio of new female to male graduate students has risen to almost 60-40. In her statement on the new stats, com CGS president Debra Stewart said that . America’s competitiveness will depend on a growth in the number of students with advanced degrees.

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On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Vergennes Town Green came alive for the 11th annual Vergennes Family Fes- tival. !e event, hosted each year by the Assembly of God Christian Center on Route 7, showcased a live band, two bouncy castles, face painting and even a “circus hair” stand, where volunteers wound colorful yarn into braids cra"ing a festive, unique look. Attendees milled about, chatting and munching on popcorn and hot dogs, while children ran from game to game with faces painted with butter#ies and puppy dogs. !is fall festival is free, so the food, activities and prizes were free for local kids. !ere was even a free tag sale complete with myriad donated items. The College’s Administrative Coordinator of Fac­ ulty Affairs Donna McDurfee, who was also a volunteer at the festival thinks the event is important for the com- munity. “Someone got the idea to do something for the community and to expose the church,” said McDurfee. “It’s a great way to have fun.” !e festival brings facets of Vergennes and Addison County together. In addition to the members of the town of Vergennes, as well as other surrounding communities, local busi- nesses join the festivities too. !ey $nd prize donations, help make food and organize the games. One Vergennes resident even carves a bear out of wood each year to ra%e o& at the end of the day. !is year, the children’s ra%e gave away a digital camera as its grand prize. Pastor Art Adams is the muscle behind the yearly event. Although the main goal of the festival is simply to have fun, Adams also feels the day sends a positive message to the county. In past years, the festival o&ered screenings for blood pressure, and gave away household items, including detergent, clothing and non-perishable foods. Adams works with the Ver- mont food bank, as well as other organizations across Addison County, so the event touches the lives of those in need. “!e festival is always changing and we do what we can,” said Adams. “We have some- thing here for everyone — kids and adults. We try to be a family-oriented church.” Last year 400 people attended the festival. Adams said the only gage to measure how many people stopped by was to estimate how many hot dogs were eaten throughout the day. !e Vergennes Family Festival is gaining leverage because of its ever-growing number of activities, as well as the overall feeling of the event — that everyone is a big family. Claire Jensen ’13.5 attended the event. Although she felt it was the drive to Vergennes was far, she did enjoy the sense of the community. “I loved not feeling like a stranger,” she said. “It was really fun and I’m glad I went.” !e Assembly of God Christian Center is constantly working for the betterment of the community, and its fall festival is one way the church can bring the town together. !ere are Photos courtesy of Art Adams hopes to expand the festival next year to include more activities. !e people of Vergennes gathered on the town green to enjoy live music, a free "ea market, “It’s our gi" to the community,” said McDurfee. face painting and a variety of games as part of the annual Vergennes Family Fall Festival.

A man of many trades Runners race across TAM Brian Carpenter, the co-owner of Champlain Valley Equip- !e eighth annual TAM Team Trek was a success and all ment, also works closely with the Vermont National Guard, who attended especially appreciated the scenic route, page 6. page 7. 6 29 September 2011 localnews Farm Fresh one in 8,700 where the personalities of middlebury proper are celebrated By Charlotte Gardiner Guard and Reserve in Orange County, California. L!"#$ N%&' E()*!+ “I have commanded quite a bit in the state [of Vermont] too,” said Having played football in college, Brian Carpenter is looking for- Carpenter, who has also held the positions of Battalion Commander ward to the College’s football home opener on Saturday, Sept. 29. Car- and Senior State O$cer. He also commanded a Vermont specialty unit penter graduated from St. Lawrence University as an economics major. troop brigade. He played lacrosse, in addition to football, there and was a member of Serving at six di%erent armories across the state, he ended his ser- the 1982 football team that made it to the NCAA semi"nals — the best vice a#er the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was around the same time by Rachel Porter football record in St. Lawrence history. he met his wife, Nanette. “She [Nanette] was the baby sister of my friends in service,” said Welcome to Farm Fresh! !is bi- Although Carpenter moved to Middlebury in fourth grade and attended Middlebury Union High School — just as his two children, Carpenter. “She came to stay with my friends and a#er a week I knew weekly column seeks to highlight the avid athletes too, do — he has traveled the world. He co-owns and I wanted to marry her.” vast number of local foods used by operates Champlain Valley Equipment with his father, and is also the However, the two did not tie the knot for another two years. Middlebury College Dining Services. head of the Vermont Army National Guard. Nanette, who worked at the College’s Parton Health Center, is now Perhaps you have noticed the small cards Looking for a way to pay his college tuition, Carpenter said his back at school getting her master’s as a nurse practitioner. Carpenter decorating the dining halls that sport the coach suggested he look into service academies. He agreed, and while is proud of her, and especially supportive, as she helped him when he banner “Vermont Local Foods” and the these academies granted individuals full scholarships to the college was studying for his master’s years ago. illustration of an idyllic landscape with of his/her choice, each then owed four years of service a#er gradua- !rough the Vermont National Guard, Carpenter also works with freshly plowed soil. !e symbol is every- tion. Nonetheless, Carpenter accepted the deal. He moved to Germany another state program, Partnerships for Peace. !is organization has where, clearly demonstrating Middle- soon a#er his four years at St. Lawrence, before later returning to the partnered with the countries of Macedonia and Senegal, and aims to bury’s commitment to sustainable living. United States for an advanced schooling program in Indianapolis. aid these less stable, emerging nations. He said the president of Sen- According to the Northeast Begin- “I really enjoyed what I was doing,” said Carpenter, who served egal visited Chittenden last year and he got to know the area, as well as ning Farmer’s Project webpage, Vermont during the Regan era and said that the perceived threat of the Cold the people of the state. is home to over 7,000 farms. Every year, War seemed very real. “I felt what I was doing was a worthy cause.” “Part of the program is to e%ect more western movement,” he said. agriculture contributes 2.6 billion dollars His new position in the Vermont National Guard as the Brigadier “Macedonia is already a stronger country due to the partnership, and we have hopes that Senegal will be too. We are helping these countries to the economy in Vermont. Dairy prod- General entails several responsibilities. He is in charge of “manning, equipping and training.” He must make sure all troops are prepared for become more democratized.” ucts are by far the biggest contributor, missions. !e most recent project for the guard has been helping in the As if this were not enough, Carpenter is also the co-owner of however, cattle, maple products, green- wake of Hurricane Irene. Champlain Valley Equipment. He sells farm equipment, outdoor pow- house/nursery plants and apples are “I basically help oversee missions and make sure we do all tasks er equipment, lawn and garden equipment and light industrial equip- also top sellers. I am far from a morn- properly,” he said. ment, such as small excavators. ing person, but weekend mornings have Vermont’s Major General Michael Dubie is a two-star general and “Our main clientele is anybody with property, and especially those de"nitely been made easier this semester is in charge of the entire Vermont National Guard. Carpenter works people working land or woodlot, as we sell everything from chainsaws by dousing my pancakes in real Vermont underneath him and manages the army, while Brigadier General to mowers and harvesters,” he said. maple syrup. Vermont has perfected the Gregory Fick works alongside him, though he is responsible for the air In the middle of 1992, Carpenter’s father extended an invitation delicious art of syrup-making as the force, comprised of roughly 800 men and women. to his son, hoping he would end his active service duty to help him run leading producer in the United States. Carpenter said an individual needs to do all the “right jobs” and his Vermont business. In 2005, Vermont produced 410,000 U.S. must get recognized for doing them well in order to become a one- “I felt it was a good career move, particularly because I was re- gallons of syrup resulting in 37 percent star general. He took classes at the U.S. Army War College to get his cently married,” said Carpenter. of the total U.S. production for the year! Masters, so he was eligible for the position he now holds. Dubie then He was also recently selected to represent over 600 dealers, locat- On mornings when I’m running a bit selected from a half dozen quali"ed individuals and chose Carpenter ed across the northeast in states, such as New York, New Jersey, Mas- late, a splash of milk, from Monument to serve as the Brigadier General, a three-year commitment. While sachusetts, Vermont and Pennsylvania. Carpenter is the spokesperson for this area, as a member of the North American Equipment Dealer Farms Dairy in Weybridge, on my cereal he began his stint in August of last year, he said the Senate did not recognize him federally until May 25 of this year, so his contract will Association. !is group meets several times a year in person, as well as and a swab of butter, from Middlebury’s o$cially end in May 2014. through phone conferences. own Cabot Creamery, on my toast, also Army headquarters are at Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vt., so “We talk about ways to provide a good business environment gets the job done. Carpenter o#en "nds himself on the road to visit the site. He said for manufacturers and dealers,” he said. “We seek to protect dealers While we all enjoyed our favorite there are a “signi"cant number” of armories around the state and he from larger corporations by lobbying and representing dealer a%airs. dishes jazzed up with some local pro- frequents each throughout the year to check on the troops, a total of We also produce a magazine that is dealer-service oriented, and keeps duce, few of us take the opportunity to 2,800 soldiers. Fi#een hundred of these soldiers recently returned everyone informed about "nding tools to help all become better busi- visit the places where the journey begins. from Afghanistan with another 76 arriving back in Vermont a#er ness people.” While we appreciate the health bene"ts serving in Iraq. While Carpenter says the position is a “signi"cant undertaking,” of eating less-processed food and ad- “We utilize a lot of technology,” he said. “Video conferencing al- thanks to a large budget, he believes the association runs e%ective pro- vocate for its environmental implica- lows us to command and control throughout the state without having grams that help dealers, like himself. tions, most of what we know about this to drive to one central place.” Now an active member of the community, Carpenter enjoys movement is information we have either Carpenter’s job also places him in charge of the state’s family sup- coaching football and lacrosse in the local youth program. He said he heard of or read second-hand. I’m here port groups. He said it is important to make sure families are coping as is grateful to the College for allowing the kids to use its "elds. to change that. their loved ones serve overseas. However, before accepting this posi- “It is amazing to see what the College does for the youth programs !is column will take you to point tion, he worked hard to garner the respect of those above him. with its clinics,” he said, and while an avid fan of college sports, he is anticipating basketball season, especially a#er the success of last year’s A. Before the milk is in your glass or A#er his time in Germany and Indianapolis, he proceeded to serve at Fort Ord in the Monterey Bay area of California, and later season. the apple in your backpack, I’ll investi- served in Panama. Upon his return, he became an advisor to the “It was incredibly exciting,” he said. gate the origins of the local foods served here on campus by going to the farms themselves. I’ll talk to the farmers and learn about their growing techniques; I’ll sample their crop and explore their farms, I will even learn about the busi- ness aspects of modern day farming and how farms make ends meet. While I am sure most of my mud raking will be more literal than revolu- tionary, as I prepare to roll up my sleeves and experience farm life "rst hand, I think it will be worth it. !is column is an adventure and experiment combined. I’m not sure what we’ll discover, but I hope you will stay with me until next time to "nd out.

Courtesy of Brian Carpenter Rachel Porter ’13 is from Albany, NY Carpenter, a one-star general, and his wife, Nanette, live in Middlebury, with their two children, Olivia and Spencer. localnews 29 September 2011 7 TAM Trek encourages local participation local By Amy Scanes-Wolfe lowdown S"#$$ W%&"'% Many gathered on the Marbleworks Green on Sunday, Sept. 25 up at the route’s end line on Morgan Horse Farm Road. !e course, Brandon fundraiser for the eighth annual Team TAM Trek. which began on an open, gravel path then circumscribed the organic Sept. 30 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Fi%een-odd teenagers conglomerated into a circle, chanting in garden and dipped into the woods. unison — “one-two-three-SNOW!” !e group made up of members !is year was the #rst in which a course was set. In years past, Come to a night of hilarity at the Brandon of the Frost Mountain Nordic Ski Team prepared to run the TAM participants ran as much or as little as they wished. !e race organiz- Town Hall! Featuring local comedian (Trail Around Middlebury). !e annual race draws people from ers though decided it was safest and most convenient to drop and pick Tony Bates, in addition to others, all mon- Middlebury and other surrounding towns to enjoy a hike, stroll, bike up participants at designated areas. ey raised will go to local businesses and or run. Amy and Steve Zeoli from Huberton joined in the trek festivities those individuals who su$ered damage Mike Hussey, who works at the Rikert Ski Touring Center, for the #rst time. !e two have made frequent trips to Middlebury to from Hurricane Irene. For more informa- watched as the skiers raced along the route. !e older members of the visit family, and both enjoy the TAM trails. tion please visit http://brandon.org/brand- club ran the entire course, while the younger ones split the trail into “My brother in-law recruited us,” said Steve. aid-fund-donate-now/ or http://www. sections and instead ran as relay teams. Race organizers said between 130 and 140 individuals participat- addisonindependent.com/calendar. Ripton resident Lynn Coby had high hopes of meeting others ed in Sunday’s event, which is roughly the same number of attendees who too enjoyed walking and hiking. She was excited to explore a as in previous years. “Of Mice and Men” new area of Vermont that she had not previously hiked. !e TAM Team Trek is an important fundraiser. Money helps pay “It’s di"cult to do pieces of the TAM alone,” she said. “You have for the TAM’s maintenance, which is done largely on a volunteer basis. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 to leave a car somewhere and get a ride back to it.” Currently MALT is working to extend the gravel surface of the p.m. Coby has a point. !e TAM is a 16-mile long network of trails College’s organic garden path into the wooded, root-bound areas be- !e Middlebury Actors Workshop will that wind through the woods, #elds and bridges near and around yond. !e MALT coordinators seek to do so because this is the most perform John Steinbeck’s tragic, tear- Middlebury. Now and then, the trail dips into the town itself. Key ac- heavily used segment of the trail. jerking novella centered on the universal cess points along the route include Wright Park and the College’s ath- Certainly, the TAM Trek draws many students from the College. conditions of loneliness, strength and letic complex, in addition to Battell and Means Woods. !is year, Wonnacott Commons even sponsored a team of hikers. friendship this coming weekend at the MALT (Middlebury Area Land Trust) chooses one segment of As souvenirs for racing, participants were o$ered t-shirts, a smear Town Hall !eatre. Buy tickets for $20 the TAM to highlight for each year’s event. !is year, buses dropped of authentic Middlebury mud and a lingering appreciation for MALT at the THT box o"ce or online at http:// participants o$ near the College’s organic garden and picked them and the Middlebury community. www.townhalltheater.org. Call 802- 382- 9222 for more details. Localbrief Town prepares for annual Woofstock 2011 Oct. 1, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm By Annie Pruitt, Staff Writer Crop Walk Come support the Addison Humane Soci- On Sunday, Oct. 2, young and old will gather on the cluding the young and elderly, would not shy from participating. ety! Meet at the Middlebury Recreational Middlebury Town Green to #ght hunger at the Addison County “Its more in solidarity with people,” said Hallam. Park for this annual “animal walk.” Bring CROP Walk. In its 34th year, the event is one of more than 1,600 In the United States, more than 36 million people su$er your pet. Dog demonstrations, pet con- held annually across the United States and aims to address issues from food instability, so the CROP walks are in&uential, as the tests, vendors, food, a dog play area and of local and global hunger. events yield roughly $4 million annually. !is money supports more will be available. For more informa- !e CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Pov- local hunger-#ghting e$orts. Twenty-#ve percent of the money tion call 802-388-1100 or visit http://www. erty) Hunger Walk has grown exponentially since the event be- raised on Sunday will stay in the local area, split evenly between addisonhumane.org. gan in 1969. !ousands of people now walk and raise money, seven charities, including Middlebury Community Lunches and and the Addison County event alone typically attracts 110 par- Suppers, HOPE (Helping to Overcome Poverty’s E$ects) and the Community campfire ticipants, and last year, the walk raised $23,200. Aside from the Vergennes Community Food Shelf. positives of raising money, the CROP walk is also a community However, as important as it is to combat hunger in the lo- Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. tradition that brings the greater Middlebury area together. cal community, Hallam constantly reminds participants of the Gather at Grace Church on Route 73 in A member of the Addison County Walk committee, Patty global nature of the issue. Forest Dale for a #nal “summer” cookout. Hallam, recalls pulling her young children in a cart in one of the “[!e CROP Walk] takes care of the people in our commu- !e St. !omas & Grace Episcopal Church walks over 30 years ago. nity, but also in the outside world,” said Hallam, “We live in such invite all to the camp#re. Co$ee, hot “One wonderful thing about [the Crop Walk] is that it pulls a bubble here, and our services are so strong. It is very important chocolate and marshmallows for roasting the community together,” said Hallam. “It is ecumenical — par- to become involved in helping the outside world. will be served. For further information, ticipants aren’t just from churches.” For anyone interested in participating in the walk, dona- call 802-247-6759. All are encouraged to When Hallam #rst began walking, the route was 10 miles tion” envelopes can be picked up at the Scott Center for Reli- bring chairs, as well as a home-cooked long, equating to the distance many people travel for food and gious Life at the College. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. on dish to add to the potluck.. water daily. Recently, the Addison Country Walk committee the Town Green and the walk will follow, beginning promptly elected to shorten the course to 2.2 miles, so more people, in- at 1:00 p.m. Yoga session

Oct. 2, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Join others at Otter Creek Yoga in the Marble Works for some yoga and medita- tion complemented by passages from the Five Mindfulness Trainings of !ich Nhat Hanh. A suggested donation of $20 would be greatly appreciated. All money raised will bene#t the &ood relief e$orts. Additional questions can be directed to 802-388-18961. Erik Bleich book talk

Oct. 4, 5:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Head down to 51 Main next Tuesday for a book talk by Erik Bleich, author of !e Freedom to Be Racist? !is book ponti#- cates on liberal democracies’ attempts to preserve a people’s rights to freedom while combating racism. !e Vermont Book Shop will co-sponsor the talk. For more information, visit http://www.go51main. com. Silent art auction

Oct. 5, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Visit American Flatbread for an art auc- tion to bene#t the Quarry Hill School. Live music, as well as a full dinner, are Photos courtesy of Ellen McKay included in the $30 evening. Call 802-388- !e 2010 Addison County Crop Walk a crowd of just over 100 people. Coordinators are preparing for this year’s event. 7297 with questions. 8 29 September 2011 localnews Localbrief Green Mountain Shoe & Apparel moves across town By Kaylen Baker, Local News Editor

Green Mountain Shoe and Apparel changed locations this summer, moving out of the ACTR’s Middlebury Shuttle Bus, which runs right past the store. downtown Middlebury up and over to the shopping center on Court Street. !e turnover “!e local bus goes by here all the time; every 10 minutes it seems like I see it passing,” happened quickly, with the old shop closing its doors August 1, 2010 and the new one she said. opening the very next day. You can look up the bus schedule online, as well as Green Mountain Shoe and Appar- “!ere were a couple of reasons for moving,” said owner Angela Wade. “First of all, my el’s Facebook page. !ey’ve extended their hours until 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. lease was up where I was. And I knew that with the railroad, the one that runs next to the “Come check us out,” said Wade, “we’ve got a lot!” old building where I was located, the overpass would eventually have to get repaired. If I Visit Green Mountain Shoe and Apparel at 260 Court St. Suite 4, Monday through stayed there, it would have shut my business down.” Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or call (802) 388-4399. Her second reason had to do with increasing business pro"ts and clientele, and has proven strategically successful in the two months that the new location has been open. “My other reason was parking,” Wade said. “!ere just isn’t adequate parking down- town.” By moving to Court Street, near Hannaford and MacDonald’s, Wade now has custom- ers coming into Green Mountain Shoe and Apparel who are on their way to buy groceries, and other customers who simply didn’t want to risk the hassle of parking downtown. “I’ve gotten new customers now who I’d never had before,” said Wade. “Business is de"nitely up. Parking was such a huge issue downtown, but the parking here is easy. You park, and come in!” How this change will a#ect the college student shoppers remains unclear. “I just started gaining students as customers in the past couple of years,” said Wade. “A lot of times it’s ["rst-years] whose parents bring them in, getting them suited for winter.” Wade mainly sells winter boots to the college students, but she also supplies rain boots, work boots, socks, and plenty of $eece and jackets. !is season there are new styles of la- Courtesy of Andrew Podrygula dies’ dress boots and ladies’ fashion boots. !is season’s stock of winter boots have yet to arrive, but when they do she’ll have plenty for sale. Wade serves a customer at the new location of Green Mountain Shoes & Apparel on Court Street, an ideal spot as many shoppers frequent this area. For any students looking to go winter supplies shopping, Wade recommends taking

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the best home page ever. do it. 29 September 2011 opinions 9 The Middlebury Campus 8x 7+ KevKev The Middlebury CampusThe Middlebury Campus Managing Editor Editor­in­Chief Business Manager Dana Walters Kara Shurmantine Ethan Schmertzler 6+ By Kevin Carpenter, News Editors Online Manager Opinions Editors Opinions Editor Jess Berry Lea Calderon-Guthe Kevin Carpenter Kyle Finck Online Editors Isabel Shaw Adam Schaffer Hannah Bristol Ian Trombulak Kaireth Kim Design Editor Sarah Pfander Sports Editors Fill the grid with digits (1-4) so Ian Stewart Ian Thomas Alex Edel 1– 12x that no row or column has any re- Features Editors Photo Editors Dillon Hupp peats and the digits in the highlight- Cedar Attanasio Anna Clements Katie Siegner ed box will yield the target number Shannon Fiedler Paul Gerard Damon Hatheway shown given the appropriate opera- Allison Forrest Andrew Podrygula Local News Editors tion (+, -, x, ÷). For answers to the Jiayi Shu Arts Editors Kaylen Baker 1 2÷ puzzle check www.middleburycam- Santiago Azpurua-Boras pus.com. Social Media Editor Charlotte Gardiner Deirdre Sackett Devin McDonald Emily Scarisbrick Emily Pinto Editorial The staff editorial represents the official opinion of Notes from the desk: Shannon Fiedler The Middlebury Campus as decided by the editorial board. Fight for the right to party I think we’ve all noticed the change in weekend life niture gets destroyed. But man is a social animal. Ask This past weekend, Sept. 22-24, students got the chance to hear since the school year began. If you weren’t mingling Darwin. We need to get together and be young and about perspectives on the Middle East from a variety of speakers at the with first-years in 80s garb that first Friday night, you loud and silly. And we need to trudge home late at night 2011 Clifford Symposium: (Re)Presenting National and Cultural Identi- probably had a hard time finding somewhere to go. through the snow laughing with that person from our ties in the Middle East: Analysis, Journalism, and the Arts. From Shibley That Saturday night came and went without a single psychology class to whom we might never have spoken Telhami’s keynote address on Thursday to the Saturday morning session major party. Parties are getting harder and harder to if we hadn’t wound up waiting in line for the bathroom about articulating identity in dance, word and film, interested students find. together. were presented with a veritable buffet of discussion and dialogue about This leads me to wonder: has the college imple- One of the best things about Middlebury, I believe, the Middle East. mented a policy change with regard to on-campus par- is how close our community is and how far it reaches It heartens us to see this type of dialogue take place at Middlebury, ties? I don’t recall hearing any formal announcement to out. It seems that everyone is always welcome; never where we so often fall victim to the stress of the semester and pristine that effect, but there’s no denying that things seem to be have I experienced an exclusive party on campus. But beauty of our campus and fail to engage with issues outside our immedi- very different than they were last year. with the new regulations put on social houses, there’s ate community. There are some world events that are too important to As a sophomore, my historical perspective is some- a limited capacity. And so, suddenly people are getting ignore, and it was wonderful to see some of these events take front stage what limited, but compared to what I experienced last turned away at doors and told they can’t enter. Sudden- at the symposium this weekend. fall, the Middlebury nightlife has taken a turn for the ly, there’s a break in the open community we’ve tried so At the U.N., President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas delivered an worse, or more accurately a turn for the non-existent. I hard to foster, which will surely permeate its way into impassioned bid for statehood, putting America in between a rock and do understand that the rules enforced by Public Safety daily life. a hard place. President Obama, it seems, will not escape this situation are designed to promote exactly that: the safety of the The excitement that used to come with Saturday — without being accused of stabbing one side or the other in the back. public. But the frustrating thing is that so far this year everyone in the dining halls looking forward to dancing In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah has given women the right to vote. it seems we’ve hardly been allowed the opportunity to the night away with friends — has changed to a gloomy On the surface, this seems like a giant step forward for women’s rights party at all. resignation that we probably won’t all be together danc- in the historically oppressive Saudi Arabia. However, it is important to Example: my first night back on campus, I was vis- ing. consider what “voting” entails in Saudi Arabia — in fact, little more than iting friends in their suite. There were about 15 people And even if we can’t all congregate in the ADP or a handful of local officials are subject to popular voting elections, and at this impromptu get-together, and I will cop to the Palmer basements, students are still going to try and those who are hold very little sway in matters of national concern. fact that it was a little loud in there, since we hadn’t go out come Saturday night. That will leave us milling Meanwhile, violence continues in Libya and Syria, famine in Soma- seen each other in four months. It was only roughly 7 about in Millie suites or any other dorm room, which lia, and civil war looms over Yemen even as President Saleh has returned p.m., there was no music and most notably, there was we now know is a fire hazard. And there’s truth to that: and addressed his people. no alcohol in the room. When a Public Safety officer these dorm rooms aren’t meant to accommodate 30 The relevance of all of this, of course, occurs as the United States knocked on the door, we willingly let him in. After he people. This is when the worst of the destruction oc- maintains its presence in a region that many of us know embarrassingly noticed that there was no beer and this was definitely curs, which is exactly what the college is trying to pre- little about — a presence that began and has persisted since the oldest not a party he said, “Well … there are too many people vent. among us were in sixth grade. If a war lasting half our lifetime is not a here. It’s a fire hazard. You all have to leave.” I recognize that there’s a chain of command, which good reason to educate ourselves on a distant part of the world, what is? I don’t know how many people are legally allowed is why I am definitely not Pub Safe bashing here. In fact, The point is, bringing the culture and identity of the Middle East to in a dorm suite before the Middlebury Fire Department I think Public Safety has been very realistic. But, Pub- the fore is something that can, and should, occur not just at the behest needs to be notified, but I am more than willing to con- lic Safety serves at the pleasure of Middlebury College, of symposium organizers and speakers gracious enough to come to our cede that if Public Safety says you’re a fire hazard, then which means there is most likely an “I’m just following remote campus to actively engage us. If the events of this past weekend you probably are. I trust Public Safety. I respect Public orders” component to this new and perhaps not-so- stirred something in you, perhaps an interest you didn’t know you had, Safety. In my experience, they’ve been fair, patient and improved version of keeping the peace. Okay … so who we urge you not to let the enthusiasm of the weekend fade as textbook reliable. gave the order? Was there even an order given? And if chapters and discussion papers once again seize your attention. Organi- But the fact remains that there’s been a discernible there was, what exactly was it? Are we or are we not go- zations such as Arabesque, Islamic Society, J Street U, Midd East Action change in the approach. Last year the theme was “Dam- ing to be allowed to have social gatherings on campus? and the Peace and Justice Coalition, among others, are available to stu- age Control,” (i.e. let the kids party, wait until things And was anyone ever going to mention it to the student dents who want to learn more about the region of the world with which get close to boiling over, then step in and shut it down body? America is most intimately embroiled. before anything dire occurs). This year the governing Remember back in 2001 when pop star Pink While the importance of Middle East education often fades to the principle seems to be more along the lines of “Nip it stepped into the music scene? Even she knew the im- background during the stressful height of the semester, the Clifford Sym- in the Bud.” There can be no party fouls if there are no portance of socialization among young adults, sagely posium brought it to the foreground and served to remind us all just how parties to begin with. The social houses are subject to a urging, “Let’s Get This Party Started.” Well, I couldn’t important a topic this is. As we head into the heart of the semester, we new set of rules, and it seems the administration really agree more. Let’s get it started, and once its started, let’s hope that the interest and enthusiasm we saw this weekend will not fade. wants to prevent any party from ever starting. keep it going and get it finished, preferably sometime But come on! This is college! Parties are as neces- well after midnight. Because I’m getting bored. sary as highlighters! Bonds are formed, friendships are forged, memories are made. And, yes, beers are con- Shannon Fielder ’14 is a Features Editor sumed, hickeys are received and a fair amount of fur- from Granby, Conn.

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The Campus reserves the right to edit all submissions. 10 29 September 2011 campusopinions 9 Elephant in the Room: Katie Earle heardoncampus Candidate­in­Chief Due to his plummeting poll numbers, debt crisis, even though taxing 100 percent especially those judging his handling of the of the top 10 percent of filers wouldn’t come economy, and the persistently gloomy unem- close to filling the budget gap. “Most kids won’t even ployment numbers, President Obama needs Similarly, Obama refuses to seriously a serious facelift before he can appeal to the tackle entitlement reforms because of the notice the [Grille] American people to keep his job for another political consequences, especially within his “ four years. Obama, however, who vehe- party. Obama’s former Press Secretary Robert mently criticized politics as usual during his Gibbs alleged that the president was willing to price increase[s] on a first presidential bid, repeatedly makes deci- make the tough decisions necessary to halt the sions apropos of his reelection chances rather country’s growing debt, even if this precluded than out of concern a second term. The Saturday night.” for the country. The president, however, ever-growing jobless Even if this has invalidated this claims and ballooning selfless love of country — Meg Anderson ’14 American deficit il- political by means of his aver- lustrate that the Can- sion to any politically didate-in-Chief has maneuver hazardous, although proven himself more necessary, entitle- adept at pocketing helps him win ment reforms. In his campaign donations jobs plan, Obama did than balancing the reelection, it nothing to address the U.S. budget. eventual bankruptcy Apply Liberally: Zach Dallmeyer­Drennen Not surprisingly, does nothing for of our country’s en- the timetable of troop titlement programs. The real freedom party withdrawals that America or the Instead, he added 15 Obama announced at next generation. more bureaucrats to As I read fellow columnist Katie Earle’s warrant-less wiretapping used by the Bush the beginning of this our swelling govern- debut article last week, I was reminded of Administration to listen to ”the private phone summer is more con- ment to oversee the how effective the Republican Party has been calls of thousands of Americans. If Republi- sistent with the tim- rationing of Medicare in seizing the mantle of freedom. Vote for us, cans are really the “freedom party,” why do ing of the upcoming election than the advice prices. Furthermore, the president has stood they say, and we’ll protect your liberty. A vote they support the right of the government to from his generals. Those on the ground sug- aside and criticized Republican rookie Paul for the Democratic Party, on the other hand, spy on its own citizens without just cause? gested a more reserved withdrawal at the end Ryan for unveiling his party’s serious attempt is a vote for the so-called “nanny state.” And Ask them why, in a nation with the of 2012 so as not to interrupt the main fight- at tackling the debt. Obama did so in order to no one wants a nanny state. world’s most advanced medical care, they ing season, which takes place in the spring and shift the blame for any unpopular budget cuts It is true that Republicans support cer- don’t support the right of the working poor summer. Embracing the expertise of politicos, onto the opposing party. Even if this political tain freedoms: the freedom to carry a ma- to access this treatment without the fear of such as the president’s favored political advis- maneuver helps him win reelection, it does chine pistol with medical bankruptcy. er David Axelrod, however, Obama, without nothing for America or the next generation — body-armor piercing Does “liberty” really any strategic military logic, insisted that the a.k.a you and me, who without any reforms, bullets, for example, The Democratic require allowing the withdrawal of 33,000 troops be completed in will be forced to pay for the last years of these or the right of mil- sick to go bankrupt September 2012 — only two months before entitlement programs only to receive nothing lionaires to buy big- Party supports because they can’t af- voters would decide his fate. How convenient! in return. ger yachts and faster ford insurance? Additionally, predictions on the fiscal in- Finally, although the president is on the private jets without the freedom of Earle used, as her solvency of our government entitlement pro- record promising to never raise taxes during having to sacrifice primary example of grams conclude that Social Security will go a recession, he has proposed a $1.5 trillion some of their wealth every citizen, government intru- belly-up in less than three decades, and that tax hike, primarily on the wealthy, in order to that same hor- sion, the prohibition Medicare will be penniless in less than two. to pay for his job plan. The so-called “Buffet rid government that policies of the early Obama exposes his political cowardice by Rule,” which is predicted to raise the capital builds their roads fortunate or twentieth century — avoiding the necessary reassessment of these gains tax, will stifle the investment necessary and protects them which, interestingly bloated programs, which are the leading con- to stimulate small business growth and hiring. from invasion. not, while the but not surprisingly, tributors to our nation’s growing deficit. His Obama has begun to stir up the principles of As with most po- were heavily support- single cut to Medicare, — a 21 percent cut to class warfare as a campaign strategy to ap- litical issues, the real- Republicans ed by the same “free- doctors — was a concession made only in an pease his base. It seems the principle of “fair- ity is far from black dom-loving” evan- A Week in attempt to pay for ObamaCare. As unemploy- ness” trumps any economic sense — perhaps and white. The vast support the gelical Protestants ment rages on, increasing costs in Medicaid because it makes for a better stump speech. majority of Repub- who make up a large Tweets will also far outweigh this small cut. Instead, licans are not hard- freedoms of chunk of the Repub- the president continues to insist on raising Katie Earle ’12 is from core libertarians; they lican Party’s base, and taxes on the rich as the grand solution to our Bedminster, N.J. support restrictions millionaires and were later repealed on many freedoms. with the support of So when you hear freedom-loving Dem- someone say that he militias. ocrat Franklin Delano or she is a Republican Roosevelt. No doubt, because they believe then, as an opponent in “freedom” and “liberty” — incidentally, of government intrusion, Earle also favors 122 the names of Rick Perry’s cowboy boots — the legalization or decriminalization of mari- #lastday2picnic By middtwitt (twitter.com/middtwitt) ask them why they don’t support the freedom juana and other drugs — suggestions that #bugsupmybutt of gays and lesbians to marry the partner of most Republican candidates wouldn’t even their choice. Conservative organizations have consider. #go/bonerweb update spent millions upon millions of dollars trying So which party, then, is really the party #proctorpestodrought to block such a freedom. What about the right of freedom? Is it the party that supports the s my solar d of gay men and women to serve in our armed freedom of Americans to live free of poverty, forces? A gay soldier who asked Republican hunger and despair? Or the party that would is making friends really worth the price of candidates about their stance on “Don’t Ask, like to shrink our government just small doing intramural soccer?! Don’t Tell” received nothing but boos from enough to fit inside your bedroom, main- the audience for his role in protecting our na- taining Puritan values and listening to your whispering audibly in the library to establish tion’s freedom. Do the freedoms of gay men phone conversations? The Democratic Party my dominance as a senior and women not matter to Republicans? supports the freedoms of every citizen, for- someone obvi aggressively quizzed me on Ask them why they don’t support a tunate or not, while the Republicans support capitals last night #geographymajorprobs woman’s right to choose an abortion or even the freedoms of millionaires and militias. It’s !"#$%&'(%)*%+,#$%-..-%/-,0(12$1345,0#&)'3- the timing of her pregnancy. Republicans the party of those who feel Big Business and in Oklahoma just passed a law that requires Big Brother must know best, and that those tweets women to receive an ultrasound probe and who have to ask for help must not deserve it. wait i thought resumania was a dance party to look at the image of their fetus before al- As a Democrat, I refuse to cede the man- in mccullough tonight??? lowing them to have an abortion. Shamefully, tle of liberty to the same conservatives who this provision contains no exception even for seek to preserve an antiquated system that why is seeing my friend doing a dumb circula- pregnancies that result from rape or incest, denies natural rights to large segments of the tion desk job soooo thrilling? forcing victims to relive traumatic experi- population — to the party that has drifted so .5+21'66*%300(%$.%6.70,%)*%08-02$'$1.3#%.5% ences that they deserve to forget. Conserva- far from common sense that it would dismiss tives have also eliminated, or supported the Ronald Reagan as a “big-government liberal.” meeting my future husband at proctor dinner elimination of, funding to clinics that provide The Democratic Party is the true party of birth control and family planning to poor freedom in the 21st century. 9:;:%1#%'6,0'(*%6..<134%'#%"35"6+66134%'#% women, both married and unmarried. Do okcupid #seniorprobs the freedoms of poor women and the victims of sexual assault somehow not count to the Republican Party? Zach Dallmeyer-Drennen ’13.5 is from Ask them why they support the type of Canandaigua, N.Y. campusopinions 29 September 2011 11 That Thing Down There: Joanna Rothkopf An Examined Life: Addi DiSesa A letter to Midd’s sassiest female champion A place to start Dear Mrs. Willard, College website as vehicles “through which On any given day, it’s difficult to tell if borhood. You also might want to send your Middlebury College introduces first-year stu- what you are doing, in the moment you are kids to Middlebury or some place similar, but I’m not sure if you know who I am, but I dents to the values of a residential liberal arts doing it, is exactly what you want to do. It’s why? know who you are. I know who you are most- education during their first semester on cam- not easy to look introspectively at yourself How many times have you thought to ly because of a muggy, gray September morn- pus. Seminars provide the opportunity for and to consider whether you are being true to yourself: I don’t want to do work tonight or ing back in 2007. I wore bellbottoms (a relic of students to become acquainted with the skills yourself; that’s the challenge I hope to some- I don’t want to go for a run right now or I the 1970s and a fashion disaster you should be which will eventually enable them to perform how confront in this column. How often do would rather go for a hike or play tennis or sit glad you missed) and a modest maroon car- high quality, independent work throughout we do what we want because we want to do it? on my ass and do nothing than do something digan with a large plastic button that fastened their college years and in the future as active For this column to have meaning to those I don’t want to do (whatever that is)? just below my Adam’s (sorry, Eve’s) apple. members of their communities.” Seemingly who read it, I’ll implore you to suspend your In some ways I am evoking the philoso- My father had dragged me on what seemed high stakes for a course about Andy Warhol’s individual knacks for taking any and all soci- phy of the protagonist Peter in the movie Of- a fool’s errand to visit some competitive col- genitalia. I conducted an amateur statistical ological (if that’s what fice Space. After see- lege in an isolated cow town. The college was, survey to help us better understand where the you would call this) ing a hypnotherapist you guessed it, Middlebury, and the town, also College still falls short of what I imagine your explorations to their It’s not he started to do as Middlebury. We walked dreams might have absurd extremes and he pleased, when he along Route 30, and the But, although you been. In said survey, to take seriously my easy to look pleased. He stopped sprawl of the campus I calculated that this requests for restraint going to a job he coquettishly revealed were probably semester approxi- as it relates to hyper- introspectively hated because he was itself to us: first a sign mately 41 seminar bolic statements. Try eager to get on with announcing the pres- fairly racist [and] choices were offered not to scoff at my sug- living the one life he ence of the college, next, (I qualify that state- gestions; open your at yourself and could. Peter’s chal- a finely groomed lawn. ment with “approxi- mind before your lenge resembles my We approached a quaint the slightest bit mately” as I have not mouth. to consider own. colonial house as my fa- fickle ... I still taken a mathemat- If this sounds Clearly, if no one ther noted, “Emma Wil- ics class since high confusing or uninter- whether you are did anything, our so- lard House, we’re here!” must salute you, school and am un- esting, my apologies, ciety might look a I was angry, aggravated, able to vouch for the read no further. If I’ve being true to little different. There anxious, agitated — all Emma Willard, trustworthiness of piqued your interest, are things that our the things a 17-year-old my counting skills). I hope this writing yourself. society has made that might be. Of those 41 options, leaves you sated on a have made lives better The understated for paving the 25 listed a selection bi-weekly basis. That — by saving and ex- New England taste that of writers, philoso- said, please be willing to push your own emo- tending them. Without some current medi- determined the small way for future phers and activists tional and psychological envelopes as you cal advances, my mother would not be alive building’s atmosphere to be studied during read this column, but remember, a lot of sub- and my father would not have a job. With- was misleading. It her- Middlebury the semester in their stantive personal questioning can stem from out governments, some of the most vulner- alded a repressed, Cau- catalog descriptions, rather mundane, day-to-day occurrences. able citizens in this country and others would casian elitism that I had ladies. and of those 25, only You will not need to scour the depths of what live without the amenities — that are conse- never before encountered 12 featured women. it means to be a human in our society to find quences of societal advancements themselves — the oriental carpets that lay parallel to each Of these 12 were selections like “Jane Austen in practice the topics you may encounter in — most of us take for granted. Without col- wall complimented golden memorabilia and & Film” and “The Brontë Sisters” — fascinat- this space. I’ll try to keep things obvious, if lege, my life might not be as easy, fun or in- tchotchkes indicative of a rich history of suc- ing and rewarding classes to be sure, but part not always novel. teresting. I could go on ad nauseum about cess in business, sport, investment and brood. of the very small body of work written by So, without further ado, let me begin how things might be different if people only Of course, this appealed to some Freudian, women that has entered into mainstream aca- with the most obvious question: what are did what they wanted to do. Such an exercise self-denying impulse within me, and, despite demia. The fact is that we still read a predomi- you doing here at Middlebury? Why have you would not be helpful. myself, I was sold by your beautiful set of of- nantly male canon, despite female success come here to this place? Personally, I struggle We face trade-offs and would probably fices. Fondly reminiscing over that afternoon, within it, and the College continues to teach to answer this question with anything beyond consider ourselves lucky to live in a soci- I did a bit of research on you. You are not the such a canon, despite our efforts at complete the ordinary: to equip myself with skills my ety like ours. Most of us are probably pretty shiksa goddess I thought you might be. Rath- equality. society deems important so that I can have happy with our decisions and our respective er, your hair is like mine — dark and slightly Last semester, my “Sexing the Canon” choices and options when it comes to find- abilities to attend Middlebury. crinkled; your bust is large. I might have taken class discussed the notion that “literature that ing a satisfying career. You may answer this For this column to work, you have to you for an immigrant had I not been better stands the test of time” is literature that was question differently, but you may answer it read it serially, starting now. Take the afore- learned. In this well-known famous stock touted by social hierarchy. Urgently, we need similarly as soon as you start being honest mentioned for granted and let it serve as a portrait, you port a most dramatic veil. I don’t a new academic tradition based on the spec- with yourself. jumping-off point for future discussions really get your style. tra that we comprise. But, although you were If the above “why are you here?” answer about answers to the questions of “why” that To the point: you are revered for chang- probably fairly racist, the slightest bit fickle satisfies you, ask yourself another question: we will entertain in this space. ing the face of higher learning, many thanks and not quite as progressive as your contem- do you want to have “choices” and a “satis- It seems like a lot to work on and think to your treatise, “A Plan for Improving Female porary politico, Elizabeth Stanton, I still must fying career?” You probably do. But what the about, but let me give it a try and then, only if Education,” if you can remember. And since salute you, Emma Willard, for paving the way f*ck does that really mean? Why do you need you want, do this exercise with yourself. women were first admitted to Middlebury in for future Middlebury ladies to make a sham to have a career? Money might play a part in 1883, we have continued to make progress. of etiquette, beating the boys at their own your justification. So too might your desire to Addi DiSesa ’12 is from In fact, at this moment in College history, game. In 150 years, when some bushy-tailed live in a comfortable house in a safe neigh- Wynnewood, Pa. some of the most popular, if not the largest prospective student walks into the Joanna and most influential, student organizations Rothkopf Admissions Center, I want the walls Campus Correction are lead by powerful women of equal convic- to be hung with slouchy boho tapestries and tion and sass like Kara Shurmantine of The abstract iron-wrought sculptures. I want my The Sept. 22 editorial implied that the Student Activities Office was inconsistent in its application Campus, Nadia Schreiber of MCAB, Janet Ro- portrait to feature me in a gender-neutral uni- of hazing education to student organizations. This, in fact, is not true; every student organization drigues of the Student Government Associa- form of slacks and a hemp top. No wait, I’m tion and Joanna Rothkopf of WRMC 91.1 FM just kidding, I’ll be wearing a couture Dior has or will receive training in College hazing policies this year. The Campus regrets this error. (I’m sorry. Don’t hate me. I had to). gown. I openly celebrate this progress, but I must qualify this celebration with the re- Love, minder that we have miles to go before we Jojo sleep. This lasting academic inequality is es- pecially apparent in our first-year seminar of- Joanna Rothkopf ’12 is from ferings — offerings that are described on the Washington, D.C. 2005 FORESTER – One Letter to the Editor: owner, automatic, gold, “Character” needs some work 129,000 miles. Diligently To the Editor, at Middlebury College is irresponsible to the standards of this publication. maintained (records We are disappointed in last week’s We ask that you please adequate- “Campus Character” on John Diebold ’11.5. ly research your subjects before cel- available). Includes 4 studded We feel that it is inappropriate to feature ebrating them in our college newspaper. a student that has repeatedly violated the snows. $8,500. 802­425­ values of Middlebury College and the With respect, Middlebury community as a whole. A committee of concerned We feel that the “Campus Character” 2011.5 students should honor a student that has demon- strated positive change to our student body. Therefore, promoting his reckless and dan- gerous behavior that has marked his career 1229 September 2011 features The Middlebury Campus

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with sleds in hand. James claims that of all the roofs she’s scaled at Middlebury, the — literally.” They heard a voice saying, “Hey you! CFA was the best. She cited the inspirational adventures of Lyra Belaqua, a charac- Come down here!” and were bewildered “Something about the postmodern architecture and all the little ter from a series of books by Phillip Pullman, as the original motive to be caught by a very angry Public Safety triangular windows just made it really fun,” she said. to explore the high, forbidden spaces on campus. In the books, ,9-<#%?& H0#(& 7#5<#*7#7& )*',& 5,A#& 3%#''(& She and her boyfriend, Murray, were able to scale the CFA around Lyra runs wild over the roofs of the college in Oxford, England, 5#%),.5&'%,.C4#&1*7&5,A#&I#%(&5'##3&-*#5?& the time the biomass plant was being built. During the wee hours 1*7&'0#&'/,&E)774#C.%(&%,,9F<4)AC#%5&-+.%#7&'0#%#&A.5'&C#&5)A)41%& “We felt bad that we ruined it for future of the morning, they borrowed an enormous orange ladder from possibilities in the heights of their own campus. Their time on many roof-climbers,” James said, since after they the construction site and carried it across the street to the CFA to different roofs showed them just how few people considered the were busted, Facilities made sure to seal off %#1<0&'0#&',3?&@&<4,5#&<144&/)'0&5,A#&5.53)<),.5&B.C4)<&D19#'(&,9-- sky and the spaces above their heads. their old access routes. “We had, in no way, cers almost terminated the whole covert operation, and when they anything against Public Safety; I am very eventually got to the top, they soon came back down. “No one ever looked up,” James said. “We used to joke about pro-Public Safety.” “It feels like a different world when you’re on a roof than when throwing acorns on the heads of people walking under us. It’s re- @5& 1& -*14& '0,.+0'8& J1A#5& 177#7K& !L& you’re on the ground,” James said. “Half the time we climbed ally amazing how oblivious people are to things they don’t expect wouldn’t recommend doing what we did roofs, it was to see the stars. You’re on top of the world up there to see.” … some of the scariest moments of my life /#%#&9%,A&'0#5#&')A#5?&H0#&,9-<#%5&1*7&'0#& rules are there for an extremely good rea- If you are a botany student, you might get the chance to legally doing well,” Merchant said. “Some tree seeds have dispersed up son — to keep everyone safe.” scale one of the most appealing roofs on campus — the green roof there unintentionally, so we also have to make sure no trees are of Atwater Dining Hall. growing on top of the dining hall.” The main library is notorious on one college The grassy roof is an example of sustainable architectural design When asked to describe the roof, Merchant said, “It’s a big slope ranking site (campusgrotto.com) for looking found in the more recent construction projects on campus, and /)'0&7)99#%#*'&:,*#5&,9&+%155#5&1*7&;,/#%)*+&341*'5&1*7&)5&1&4,'& 4)G#&1&531<#50)3&/)'0&)'5&<01%1<'#%)5')<&;()*+& according to the “sustainability” section on the College website, bigger than I expected it to be.” saucer-shaped roof. As far as she knows, the living carpet of native plants “increases storm water retention, If you are not approved to identify plants with Merchant and the student who serendipitously ended up improves insulation, and provides moderate replacement to lost Young, do not expect to get a chance to roll down Atwater’s grassy on top of the library was not beamed up by habitat.” Professor of Biology Helen Young’s Plant Biology class hill. any visiting alien crafts, and though she had requires a community service project, and Merchant, who is cur- “Only people who are supposed to be up there are given a code a great view of the mountains, there were rently in the class, opted to take a census of the plants on top of ',&'0#&#*'%1*<#&=&'0#&,*4(&'0)*+&'01'&5.%%,.*75&'0#+#&2,9&'0#& no comfortable, conveniently placed blue the Atwater roof. %,,96&)5&1&5',*(&31'08&5,&(,.&4)'#%144(&<,.47&',334#&,998&1*7&'0#&>,4- armchairs on the roof. !"#$%#&'%()*+&',&-+.%#&,.'&/01'&2341*'5&1%#6&7,)*+&/#448&/01'$5&*,'& lege really wouldn’t like that,” Merchant said. 14 29 September 2011 campusfeatures The L-Word A look into the Cli!ord Symposium I have a hard time reconciling my two opposing views on sex. Between six and 12, I was ob- sessed with love and I imagined an ap- Lea Calderon-Guthe, Senior Sta" Writer pealing culmination to all of the e%orts love requires. "at was sex. I surmised that you would make out a lot, and then basically a Disney movie would happen in between your naked bodies: mag- ic, a lot of epic music, a hint of danger, so many warm fuzzies and then happily ever a$er. Sex seemed to be a primary motivator for adults, and a corollary to my obsession with love. My stu%ed animals spent the ma- jority of their time impregnating each other (generating zoological marvels like bear- cats and horse-mice), and Barbie and Ken couldn’t keep their clothes on. If you had asked me why all of my toys were all over each other, I would have told you it was be- cause they “just wanted to be nice to each other.” Sex was the nicest thing. When I discovered the wild world of the Internet around 13 or 14, I started to develop a very di%erent idea about sex. My early un!ltered Lycos searches taught me a lot, but the real eye-openers were encounters with other human beings in the unrestricted chatrooms on AOL. In a chatroom about fast food, I struck up a conversation with a man about hamburgers. I don’t know how it came to this, but he invited me to a private AIM conversation and then started asking me all sorts of questions about how much I liked to eat hamburgers and other meat, eventu- Cedar Attanasio ally leading him to ask me if I ever thought From le!, presenters Maryam al-Khawaja, Mounira Soliman, Walid El Hamamsy and moderator Usama Soltan speak at a session about eating another human. I didn’t answer about grassroots activism as part of the Cli"ord Symposium, “(Re)Presenting National and Cultural Identities in the Middle East.” that one, but he went on anyway to describe C'()*(+,- ./'0 123, 4 University as well as Middlebury Assistant the Egyptian Spring.” "ey began by discuss- very vivid fantasies about being eaten alive Professor of Political Science Quinn Mecham. ing the Mubarak regime’s use of images and by a beautiful woman. “Uh, cool, dude, I is allowing people to shape their own nar- Ziadeh spoke about Syria, calling attention idyllic representations of the Egyptian presi- have to go.” My 14-year-old brain struggled ratives and identities, even under authoritar- to the human rights violations taking place dent before the uprisings, and then contrasted to process the situation; I knew this man was ian governments. He also cited the common there, and condemning the international these images with artistic representations of describing a very sexual experience, but for desire across nations for freedom and dignity, community for its lack of action and failure revolution. Hamamsy and Soliman pointed to obvious reasons it completely clashed with and drew parallels between the demands of to intervene. Ziadeh said in his concluding the use of cell phone cameras, gra#ti and im- my ideas about sex. What that man wanted the protestors across the Middle East and remarks, “Syrians know there is a price to be provisational comedy groups as evidence of a was taboo, dirty, dark. American values. Telhami concluded his paid. Freedom is not free. But silence from new form of organic, visual representation of "at online conversation, along with speech on a more ominous note, warning of the Security Council is not the right price. We popular culture. high school and growing up in general, let the possible implications of the instability and want the international community to be on On Saturday, the fourth and !nal session in the darkness around sex that I have since vulnerability of the region in the future. the right side of history.” of the three-day symposium, “Articulating strived to embrace, but not without qualms. Following the keynote address, journal- Quinn Mecham followed with a presen- Identity in Dance, Word, and Film,” focused It took me a long time to realize it, but what ists Wendell Steavenson and Amira Hass led tation entitled “Islamist Movements and the on the tenets of Middle Eastern identity. Sat- that man wanted was acceptance. He was the !rst session, entitled “"e Reporter’s Chal- Arab Uprisings,” in which he explored the role urday’s session featured !ve di%erent speak- si$ing through strangers, bu%ered by the lenge.” Steavenson spoke !rst, and shared a of Islamist groups in the various uprisings. ers, including Middlebury professor of Arabic safety of anonymity, in the hopes of !nd- personal account of Tahrir Square in Cairo He argued that the removal of authoritar- Huda Fakhreddine, who discussed topics such ing someone who could understand, and during the uprising, painting a picture of the ian power has created something of an iden- as Yemeni poetry and tribal dance, the mean- even satisfy, his desire. I value the courage events and emotions that transpired there in tity crisis in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, ing of “homeland” in Palestinian writings and in following a pressing desire well beyond the early days of the Egyptian Revolution. Libya and Yemen, and noted, “Islamist groups questions of Israeli identity in !lm. the boundaries of societal approval, and Alison Foster ’12, a political science ma- are uniquely well-poised to serve as vehicles Mayer, who teaches geography classes yet I have a lot of trouble giving myself that jor, also attended the keynote and dinner as for protest and political change when the op- on the Middle East, was enthusiastic about permission. Maybe it’s just all that subli- well as attending Wendell Steavenson’s talk portunity is right,” and warned that Islamist the success of the symposium. “"is sympo- mated Puritan culture, but when I day- “Tahriria.” groups are “inching their way closer to center sium delivered what we had hoped it would: It dream about public sex or ask to be handled “Even though you couldn’t see her, Wen- stage” in countries where the political land- helped us go beyond the headlines and better roughly, I almost immediately follow the dell’s narrative and gra!ti slideshow created scape is still evolving. understand the multiple ways through which thought with the rose-tinted vision of sex this beautiful narrative of both the di#culties Jordan Weiss ’12, an international studies cultures and nations in the Middle East have from my childhood. And then I feel guilty. and frustration as well as the energy of the rev- major with a Middle Eastern focus, attended expressed and articulated their newly shaped I want to want romantic, wholesome sex olution,” Foster said. “By the end of the story Telhami’s keynote address, as well as both Zia- and evolving identities,” she said. with a nice girl or boy who really loves me. all I could think was. ‘I wish I had been there’.” deh and Mecham’s talk. She also had the ben- Yarbrough, co-organizer of the sympo- But not only that. And that’s not really what Following Stevenson, Amira Hass, a e!t of having dinner with the speakers. sium, similarly expressed his satisfaction with pushes the “Super Hot” button for me. It’s writer for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and “It was a really impressive group of peo- the timeliness and caliber of the discussions the way I want to be a vegan and eat only a resident of the Palestinian occupied terri- ple that ... Mayer and [Pardon Tillinghast Pro- generated by the lectures, saying, “Many of organic: I like organic vegetables, and they tories, explained her struggles as a writer to fessor of Religion] Larry Yarbrough managed [the speakers] noted how many students are generally agreed to be “good.” But eating grapple with the problematic language sur- to congregate in one place at a speci!c time to showed and how engaged they were,” noting meat and dairy products is so viscerally ap- rounding the disputed territories. discuss one of the world’s most pressing politi- that the questions students asked were per- pealing to me, and sometimes I just want to Friday a$ernoon’s session, “Responding cal issues,” she said. ceptive and well formed. “Creating just such buy what’s cheaper, or the most local. I want to Revolutions,” featured Radwan Ziadeh, Walid El Hamamsy and Mounira Soli- an environment for discussion was one of the to want that magical Disney-style love-mak- Visiting Scholar from Elliot school of Inter- man gave a joint presentation entitled, “Trans- main goals ... Mayer and I had in organizing ing, but instead I’m trying to make my way national A%airs from George Washington lating Revolution: Artistic Representations of this year’s Cli%ord Symposium.” in the world as a conscientious carnivore. My forays into that darker side have been pretty tame—mostly limited to owning (and occasionally using) silk ties and blind- winners folds, and listening to a lot of She Wants Re- 80 degrees Panthers Bikes venge. Mostly. But my curiosity is insatiable Who knew Vermont could Men’s and Women’s soccer, vol- Far more e#cient than sprinting about the rest of that dark world, and maybe reach 80 in September? leyball and !eld hockey win! to Bi Hall at 9a.m. I’ll give myself permission one day to ex- plore it. Until then, I think I know that the The coming rain Purple Ephs Midterms nicest thing, really, is !guring out what you & Better build an arc. And get No matter what, Williams is ...Already!? want, and then !nding someone who’ll give out those knit sweaters. always losing. it to you. losers campusfeatures 29 September 2011 15 Students react to their abroad experiences By Shannon Fiedler Robert Fellciano ’12 enjoyed his time Coming back to “Club Midd” is like be- the Midd group mentality. Be an individual.” F&"!'$&( E)%!*$ spent abroad, an entire year in Paris. He ing a kid again, a"er Feliciano felt like he was But what about students who didn’t want Welcome to sophomore year, fall semes- loved France, but loathed the classes he took living a very adult life. to go abroad? RJ Adler ’11.5 spent his entire ter, when the pressure is on to answer these through the Middlebury program. But in- One challenge in France can be the anti- junior year at Middlebury, and he was very questions: Where are you studying abroad? stead of su$ering through a spring semester American sentiment. Rob recognized that his happy with his decision not go abroad. What semester are you studying abroad? Are of lectures with fellow Americans, Feliciano Puerto Rican heritage gave him a bit of an Adler cited the fact that he had traveled you studying abroad? decided to direct enroll in public university edge, because it made him seem less Ameri- during his Feb-mester to South Africa, France And the hardest part is — how can you and took only French-run classes. can. He has curly black hair and brown eyes. and Switzerland. make these decisions when you really know For Feliciano, study abroad was a liber- He speaks Spanish at home, and so his accent “I !gured there only had four years at very little about what it’s like to study abroad ating experience. In Paris, Feliciano had his in French doesn’t sound American. It is more Middlebury and I wanted to soak up as much anyway? Sure, you’ve gone to the fairs, listened own apartment and got an internship at a ambiguous. as I could,” he said. “I wouldn’t have had as to speakers, and done research on the ever- booking agency where he ran the budget. He “It worked out for me because people many opportunities with [Stuck In the Mid- confusing Middlebury website. But all that also worked two jobs — bartending in a club thought I was Brazilian,” he said. dle], I wouldn’t have been able to continue a information just skims the surface of study and tutoring. Public university is a dog-eat-dog world, relationship with my girlfriend, I never would abroad. You’ll get !nancial !gures and appli- A"er the independence, Fellciano really he agrees, and it forces you to make friends. have joined Xenia, I never would have learned cation deadlines, but you aren’t going to get an misses being abroad. And these friendships stuck. During the in- how to bake bread, I never would have been a idea of how it feels, what it’s really like to be a “Coming back to Middlebury, I feel like I terview, he actually received a BBM from one psychology major — I would have been stuck Middlebury student in a foreign country. had my freedom taken away,” he said. “I can’t of his French friends. being a theatre major.” Luckily, we’ve got some older and wiser work more than 20 hours per week. I can’t do Feliciano keeps in touch with his friends Adler believes that the time at Middlebury souls to share their experiences and thoughts an internship. [In France], I ran my own bud- from France both because of the bonds they should be valued for just that: time spent here. on the junior year study abroad program. get, cooked, bought groceries.” formed, but also because he is afraid of losing “I can go to this place and that a"er grad- his French. uation,” he said. “I talk and text to my friends in France Jordan Ashleigh Jones ’13, however, only more and more,” he said. “You have to work, agrees to some extent. Jones is a theatre major but it’s worth the e$ort [to make and main- with a concentration in costume design, and tain friendships]. Follow up and show that because of the major she has not had the op- you care for them. #ey took their time to portunity to study abroad. show me the ropes, when I was just this study “I have study abroad envy,” she said. “But abroad kid.” I love the theatre department so that’s why I’m When it comes to his social and per- not going abroad. I declared late and my adad-- sonal life, Feliciano reminds students that the viser told me that I’d get a lot more out of my Middlebury program is far from holistic, and major if I stayed.” that people have to be responsible for their O"entimes, majors in the science depart- own experience. ment also have trouble !tting in time to go For example, he strongly encourages abroad, and stay on campus in order to !nish students to date people in the host country. all their requirements. “People who date locals really are the most Sophomores: you have some time to successful at learning the language and gain- think, but by February when applications are ing social independence,” he said. due, the decisions need to be made. Where, Feliciano also advises sophomores and when and if. Study abroad is a major decision !rst-years to scout out their countries beyond in your academic career, and the more advice the Middlebury website, including hobbies, you can get, the better. Keep looking for ex- Paul Gerard, Photos Editor clubs and potential jobs. “Look for your inter- perienced travelers to share their experiences Sophomores listen at the informational Study abroad meeting about how to start the process. ests online before you go. Don’t try to be in with you, and good luck !guring it all out. Campus Character: Kemi Fuentes-George

By Alexandra Strott tal harm. Fuentes-George also has experi- dents to take advantage of and for faculty to brings a lot to the table. S!"## W$%!&$ ence working on an Amnesty International take advantage of,” said Fuentes-George. But his smarts extend beyond the !eld research program that helped spark an But all this is only one side of him. realm of environmental studies and politi- “You can trace it back, I guess, to my !rst interest in public policy, law enforcement When he’s not “Professor,” he spends time cal science. Fuentes-George is an extremely serious crush in high school,” said Assistant and the negative impact they can have on participating in other hobbies, such as rel- knowledgeable and intelligent person in Professor of Political Science Kemi Fuentes- human rights. ishing in nature and !shing. other areas as well. He tries to keep every- George as we discussed exactly where and “When I saw the connection between “If I wasn’t an academic, I would be a thing in perspective, even when the going when his interest in environmental studies the environment and human rights … it just !sherman. I would just live on the beach all gets tough. and political science developed. As the story seemed like a natural !t for me,” he said. day, everyday, and I would !sh, and I would “You’re not on !re, and you’re not in a goes, Fuentes-George had a little thing for a Once Fuentes-George !nished up his swim,” said Fuentes-George. ditch,” Fuentes-George tells himself when girl in the environmental club, so he joined undergraduate study at Ohio Wesleyan, he And while we’re on the !sh theme, I he feels overwhelmed by stress. “Whatever the group in order to impress her. Tragically, went directly into graduate school at the !nd it appropriate to mention that his favor- your situation is, it could be signi!cantly she later le" the club, but Fuentes-George University of Massachusetts at Amherst, ite food is, shockingly, !sh. worse if you were on !re or in a ditch.” admits that is was a price to pay to discover where he designed his own courses for the “Fish. Fried !sh. But proper fried !sh. I I am sure that these are only a taste of his true passions. !rst time as a teaching assistant. During his don’t mean that battered rectangle,” as Fuen- the words of wisdom yet to be heard from But let’s pause for a second. Most of years at UMass, he conducted !eld research tes-George puts it. Professor Fuentes-George. Hopefully we you are probably wondering who this Pro- in Mexico and Egypt, studying biodiversity He is a very passionate and educated in- will all be lucky enough to hear more in the fessor Fuentes-George character is in the management. Finally, in the fall of 2009, dividual in his area of study, and he certainly future. !rst place, which is not surprising, consid- Fuentes-George was hired for a visiting po- ering this is only his !rst year teaching at sition at the College of William and Mary. Middlebury. He taught there until the start of this aca- Fuentes-George grew up in Kingston, demic year when he came to Middlebury. He Jamaica. At 19 years old, he le" to attend is currently teaching International Environ- Ohio Wesleyan University to study electrical mental Politics and Transnational Transfor- engineering, a decision that his family sup- mations and the Environment. ported. Coming from the third world, Fuen- “#ere is some degree of narcissism in tes-George said, there is a lot of pressure for [teaching],” said Fuentes-George. “#ere is young people to become one of three things: something really gratifying about doing re- a doctor, lawyer or an engineer. search in something you !nd attractive and It didn’t take long, however, for Fuentes- talking about issues with people who want George to realize that engineering was not to talk about it.” for him. Over his second semester, he took a And for him, teaching at Middlebury political science course that blew him away, is almost a “dream job.” For one thing, the and it was then that he began to understand interdisciplinary nature of the courses where his interests truly lay. at Middlebury piqued his interest in the “In retrospect, it seems so obvious,” said school. He also says that the smaller class Fuentes-George of his eventual decision to sizes are preferable for forming closer rela- study environmental science and political tionships with students, making it easier for science. Ever since that day when he joined the professors to notice when students are the environmental club, he has possessed a struggling. concern for the environment and has even “#e impression I get from Middlebury Paul Gerard, Photos Editor participated in protests against environmen- is that there are a lot of resources for stu- Professor Fuentes-George enjoys nature, and is interested in keeping the environement safe. 16 arts&science 29 September 2011 The Middlebury Campus Battle of the (Improv) Bands Middlebury’s comedy troops were out in full force last week, featuring improvisational humor, stories and even a dance party.

“French fries!” earn bonuses. !is single prompt from the audience launched the Otter Nonsense Players Later on, Dorris and Cec- O and their special mystery guest, mash-up artist E-603, into an hour of improvisa- ily Glouchevitch ’13 found themselves tional comedy in the McCullough Social Space on Saturday, Sept. 24. !e perfor- playing two parents chaperoning a mance marked the "rst time Otter Nonsense and MCAB have joined forces, and school dance. Under the in$uence of the result was a night of pure fun, full of fast-paced and unpredictable entertain- the spiked punch, they began a cau- t ment. tious $irtation which quickly turned !e show took the form of “Monologue Deconstruction,” in which E-603 awkward when Glouchevitch’s daugh- provided the monologues and the eight Otters provided the deconstruction ter reminded her mother that she through their improvised scenes. Inspired by the audience’s choice of food, E-603 was married. !e scene hilariously t recalled a favorite restaurant in New York City, which was the setting for a “dis- reversed the roles of chaperone and gusting experience” involving a friend for whom beer and French fries did not student, with the parents displaying all mix well. !e Otters then swept the audience into a series of scenes responding to the hopeless insecurity of the adoles- this theme, each actor clad in a di#erent solid-color T-shirt. Ben Orbison ’12.5 be- cents they were supervising. e came an unpleasant character on a train ride through Europe and bought a ticket A&er the second round of scenes, for a neighboring passenger in need, played by Asher Hussain ’14. Hussain then the Otters concluded their show to had to withstand the creepy advances of his benefactor, the comic tension ratchet- thunderous applause and turned the ing up a notch when the conductor announced that all stops in France had been stage over in full to E-603. !e Social r cancelled and the ride wouldn’t end until they reached Germany. Space quickly became a dance $oor In the following scene, Chris de la Cruz ’13 and Adam Benay ’13.5 cre- and an energetic mash-up concert ated a dramatic moment in which the challenge of jumping o# the swimming lasted well into the night. N pool high dive tested a long-standing friendship. Perched on the diving board Over the summer, the idea of a and peering down into the abyss, Benay recounted in desperation all the times collaboration between Otter Nonsense he had followed his best friend’s lead to disaster, such as when they sold all of and E-603 struck de la Cruz while he their belongings and moved to Portugal. De la Cruz countered that they were was working as an intern in the Stu- o both about to turn 30, the age when even the closest friendships die, and that dent Activities O%ce. the jump would re-solidify their bond. !e scene provided a "tting metaphor “When I brought it to the group,” for the challenges faced by Otter Nonsense in producing improvisational the- said de la Cruz, “they suggested that we Photos by Jiayi Zhu, Photos Editor ater. make E-603 a ‘Special Mystery Guest’ Veteran Otters Adam Benay ’13.5 and Chris de la n Benay said that the key to the group’s success was “the trust that you and to provide more hype for the show and Cruz ’13 improvised a dramatic moment concerning your partner are trying to go in the same direction. Or at least that you’d fol- also to give a gi& to all the people who a long-term friendship. low each other anywhere. Or at least most places.” would originally come out to see us re- “What we strive to do, which I think ultimately ends up being more hu- gardless of the fact that E-603 would perform a&er.” s morous then a joke, gag or punch line here or there, is to create honest ‘slice- Dan Crepps ’12, chair of the MCAB Concerts Committee, took the lead in organizing the of-life’ scenes on stage,” de la Cruz said. Many moments throughout the show event. !e creative advertising from MCAB and the Otters paid o#. By the time the show started, captured this honesty, and the trust shared by the players was evident as they just a&er 9:30 p.m., the $oor of the Social Space was packed with students. followed each other on outrageous twists and turns. Standing alone on stage hunched over his laptop, head bobbing up and down to the mu- e Alexandra Kennedy ’13 and Jenny Johnson concluded the "rst round sic, E-603 provided his own improvisational entertainment a&er the Otters. Although he has of deconstruction with a bizarre interrogation sequence. Kennedy, a school many musical personas, including re-mixer and band member, he made a name for himself in principal, held her helpless student, played by Johnson, trapped in cage and 2008 when his "rst mash-up album, Something for Everyone, became a hit on the blogosphere. was questioning her about a recent grenade blast that had injured another He released his latest album, SMOKESHOW, on Sept. 6. During E-603’s live shows, a computer n teacher. In a cleverly-constructed $ashback scene, the audience discovered program called Ableton allows him to cue up previously-manipulated samples of music — for that Johnson’s father had smuggled the explosive into school while packing his instance, the beat from a Lady Gaga hit, rap lyrics from Ludacris or an AC/DC guitar ri#. By daughter’s lunchbox. !e scene in the principal’s o%ce reminded E-603 of his combining up to seven samples at a time and constantly changing them on the $y, he creates a own school days, and in his second monologue he recounted the unfair pun- seamless stream of dance music with recognizable parts combining to form a unique whole. s ishment he su#ered a&er coming to school dressed in drag in order to earn SMOKESHOW is available for download for free at www.e-603.com. Learn more about Otter extra credit for his class. In a wacky reinterpretation of this story, two Otters, Nonsense at http://otternonsense.org. Greg Dorris ’13 and Hussain, managed to realistically portray the challenges e of coming to work dressed in "sh costumes to please their deranged boss and By Leo DesBois, Staff Writer

In the jam-packed Pearson’s Lounge, Don- own in Powers’ mind, redirecting and grappling ald Trump is giving a speech. His model coun- for plot control. Donald Trump, now as a dino- M terpart whispers political nothings into his ear as saur-endangering elephant, started to maneuver an audience of students stare bemusedly at him. and mangle furniture in his desperate elephant- Donald Trump, as it turns out, is a hunger, while his mother, Limperis, brought the I Middlebury sophomore embroiled in the "rst scene to life with strangled cries to stop. scene of Middlebrow’s top-notch show on !urs- Following another audience prompt of day, Sept. 22. !ough the Trump send-up was “Walrus!” the performers reshu'ed themselves announced in posters plastering Proctor walls, again, their characters twisting and morph- D the surprise and excitement elsewhere in the ing into others. All these scenes $owed into show far surpassed the advertisements. each other well and the performers became !e Middlebrow Society for Improvisa- more comfortable with each passing joke. Each Otters Ben Orbison ’12.5, Adam Benay ’13.5 and Chris de la Cruz ’13 D tional !eatre, established in 2008, performed stilted moment was eased away by sheer absur- take a car ride to the realm of hilarity in one of the show’s many scenes. with gusto and originality as they eased into the dity, imagination and the occasional rhyme. !e !ursday evening show. !e members, Andrew group’s ability to create spontaneous comedy and L Powers ’11.5, Ele Woods ’11.5, Mark Carlough full $eshed out scenes at a moment’s notice was ’12, Alyssa Limperis ’12, Ryan Urquidi ’13, Tom wildly impressive, and they made it look natural Califra ’13, Cailey Cron ’13.5 and Matt Ball ’14 and easy. presented skits of di#erent lengths and far-$ung !e "nal scene of the night really showcased E topics to the delighted audience watching them, the troop’s ability to spin o# each other’s ideas. It trading on and o# between each other as the began with a job interview in a defunct Kinko’s, mood struck. where all the machines were out of order. Soon B Introduced and mediated throughout by the entire troop was manically scribbling out Limperis, the "rst skit spun o# of an audience copies of imaginary documents instead of "xing shout-out of the word “pizza.” Soon we were the machines, grabbing the initial concept and R plunged into the world of awkward "rst dates running full-speed away with it into new and ex- before the actors were redirected by another citing places. prompt to reenact a never-written book entitled Middlebrow got up on stage with just three O When the Elephant Ate the Dinosaur. rehearsals behind them last !ursday night, and !e skit was narrated by Powers seated at an the quality of their performance is, quite frankly, imaginary typewriter and writing a monologue. to be envied. As the scene in his head played out in the Pear- Members of Middlebrow relax as they prepare for their semester debut. W sons Lounge, characters interjected ideas of their By Emily Scarisbrick, Arts and Science Editor campusarts&science 29 September 2011 17 18 29 September 2011

multiple enemies. #e campaign is a good conclusion to the “M Gallery” opens story with plenty of water-cooler moments. ONE LIFE But Gears of War 3 falls into the same pitfalls the last games did: it tries to be something that LEFT it’s not. For some reason the developers try at Old Stone Mill to add emotional depth to characters whose By Anna Flinchbaugh forearms are bigger than their heads. #is may the opposite problem. While lining the route S!"## W$%!&$ seem like a silly complaint, but it just doesn’t Indistinct shapes "it around the periph- to the mailroom with photographs assures work when the most common utterances Mar- ery of my vision, now coalescing into shad- that art will be seen by a wide audience, it cus yells are things like “**** yea!” or “Scratch owy !gures, then returning to ether. I am leaves little room for contemplation. one grub!” Yet what the campaign lacks in standing in a dark, circular space at the end #e idea to house M Gallery at the Old depth, it makes up for with tight gameplay and of a passage. Stone Mill emerged last year a%er several fantastic cooperative play. #is is no dream. #is is the recently exhibits, most notably the Object/Experi- When the credits roll, its time to jump inaugurated M Gallery on the !rst "oor of ence VACA showcase curated by Khan, re- by Santiago Azpurua­Borras into the multiplayer, which is the most fun the Old Stone Mill. As I step back down the vealed the incredible potential of !rst-"oor Game | Gears of War 3 I’ve had online in a very long time. It still passage, the !gures reveal themselves to be space. In the past, the gallery was used for follows the Gears series’ classic !ve-on-!ve students, busy with !nal preparations for M the Old Stone Mill tenants showcase, as well Console | XBox 360, PC cover-based shooting. All the maps are very Gallery’s !rst exhibit, an installation piece by as for isolated concerts and exhibits by Old Rating | Mature well constructed, !lled with hidden paths and Ki Chan Lee ’12 titled Preempt. Stone Mill tenants. However, it remained opportunities for team-strategy. underutilized for most of the year. M Gal- Outside the exhibit, the students are set- Every generation of gaming consoles brings Taking a few notes from the book of lery represents the !rst attempt to carry out a ting up signs and response cards, pouring about new intellectual properties with its series. Modern Warfare, the online mode has a sustained project in the space. Remembering water into mason jars and checking the im- While some of these series never see the light of ranking system in which experience points the dynamism of Object/Experience VACA, maculately painted “M Gallery” sign. #eir the retail store, others !nd mild success and a are gained from doing certain things within Kramer recalls thinking, “It should be like black uniforms belie the fact that M Gallery very few become icons of a generation. Gears of matches. Downs, revives and even special this all the time.” did not start as a uni!ed idea. It was rather War is one of these. From the almost-adorable kills are rewarded with bonus experience Determined to stay relevant to an active a classic and fortuitous case of simultaneous brutish nature of the characters to the vicious which then increase your rank. Increasing the college campus, M Gallery has set the ambi- discovery or, as co-founder Cha Tori ’13 de- chainsaw-on-a-gun Lancer Ri"e, Gears de!ned rank means new weapons for your beginning tious goal of opening a new exhibit every two scribed it, “an awesome convergence.” cover-based shooting. Now the last chapter has loadout, new character skins and new weapon weeks. Fortunately, the College has plenty of Last spring, Tori and Lilah Leopold ’13 hit stores and it wraps things up with a bang. modi!cations. To keep players motivated, artists eager to display their work. M Gallery submitted a proposal to the Old Stone Mill Gears of War 3 is the complete package on a new rewards are given at every new rank, already has exhibits lined up to !ll the rest board to open a gallery for student artwork. single disc. #ere is a full plot-driven campaign which is an intelligent move since it keeps the of the fall semester, as well as students inter- At the same time, Nerissa Khan ’12 sub- that can be played with a friend locally or with experience somewhat dynamic and fresh for ested in displaying over Winter Term. mitted another almost identical proposal. three other friends online. Even better, you can the player. #e upcoming exhibits are impressive in Elori Kramer ’13, who was serving on the combine the two, playing with a friend locally #e horde mode makes a return and pits their diversity, material, subject and source. Old Stone Mill board at the time, received and two more online. up to four players against 50 waves of enemies, Following Lee’s installation piece, the gallery the two applications. Since board positions Gears of War 3 also has competitive online which increase in strength and intelligence. is scheduled to host an exhibit of pen and ink are only held for one year, Kramer was in a multiplayer with a plethora of di$erent game #is mode is great to play locally as players drawings by Sam Tolzmann ’14 and Maddie prime position to dive into a new project. modes. It has a four-player survival “horde” will !nd themselves laughing as they get over- Dai ’14. #e space will then showcase a col- Employing the knowledge that four heads mode and even a mode where one plays as the whelmed. Perhaps it will even create a sense of lection of pieces in various media, curated by are better than one, Leopold, Khan, Kramer Locust Horde, the series’ resident bad guys. camaraderie. It really is up to the people you Khan. A photography collection is also on and Tori combined their visions to create the #e game’s plot !nishes the story of Marcus are playing with. the docket. In the future, the gallery hopes M Gallery. #e four e-mailed frantically over Fenix, a soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Gears of War 3 is not only a good game to expand the de!nition of art even further, the summer in preparation for their !rst Governments (COG) as he tries to push back but it is a complete package of entertainment. perhaps playing host to concerts, fashion show, Preempt. the Locust and Lambent invasion once and for Sure, one could say Black Ops tried the same shows or poetry readings. As Tori notes, the Preempt consists of a series of black ban- all. But, in a not-so-shocking twist, Marcus’ thing, but in my humble opinion, Gears of gallery’s attitude is “the more interdisciplin- ners, their gaps echoing the striated pattern father is still alive, so he embarks on a journey War 3 blows Call of Duty out of the water. ary events, the better.” on the exhibit’s promotional materials, also to !nd him and !nally save humanity from its Gears of War 3 gets a perfect 10/10. drawn from Lee’s work. It is a tightly con- #is inclusive attitude applies to the art- !ned yet vaguely de!ned space in which ists featured as well. While most of the up- natural light loosely reveals shapes, shadows coming exhibits feature work by students and textures. Preempt invites personal inter- in the studio arts program, M Gallery also pretations and explorations into our rela- looks forward to strengthening its ties with tionships with space. Old Stone Mill tenants. M Gallery’s physi- It is a !tting !rst exhibit for the M Gal- cal location, which Tori described as being lery, which is itself a reinterpretation of in the “middle realm between the College space. #e M Gallery got its start through and the town,” also alludes to the possibility the Old Stone Mill, which typically provides of collaborations with artists in the greater space and support for students to pursue Middlebury community. creative endeavors. However, M Gallery did #e true extent of this middle realm not need a space to contain its project — the became clearer as the guests at the Sept. 24 ! space is the project. M Gallery hopes to !ll a opening mingled on the patio outside the "#$!"#$%&'$!(')*'%+!,-./&$0!122!3&45$-&06! void in the arts scene on campus: namely, a Old Stone Mill, nibbling on homemade lack of a real gallery for student artists. hummus and sushi as the large wire question Leopold conceded that while the John- mark sculpture loomed over them. #e ven- son Memorial Building does o%en display ture has amazing potential to connect dispa- the work of studio art students, the lack of rate elements of the Middlebury community time for which the pieces are exhibited as and create a dialogue about the importance "781"98! well as the nature of display in a building of art in the College environment. However, of working classrooms and studios make it like Lee’s art, M Gallery will require the par- unwelcoming and inaccessible to students ticipation of the audience to truly ful!ll its not in the studio art program. Tori explained purpose. 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By Emily Scarisbrick resolution of this system is such that we will With this new research vessel, Tom and A!"# $ S%&'(%' E)&"*! be able to detail bottom shapes down to the I have several new ideas for future research by Santiago Azpurua­Borras $1.7 million could buy you many things, 10s of centimeters. "e ADCP will provide us on Lake Champlain, such as looking at !sh with the directions and speeds of the currents spawning grounds (with Professor Ellen such as a Bugati Veyron car or about a thou- The Aquabats! sandth of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. But for we encounter as we transverse the lake. "is Marsden of UVM), improving our deep circu- Artist | Professor of Geology Pat Manley and Visiting equipment will be integrated into the new lation studies that are constrained by bottom Album | Hi­Five Soup! Assistant Professor of Geology Tom Manley, boat design. topography, characterizing the lake bottom this sum will be put toward state-of-the-art "e RV David Folger will be !nished in (sediments, #ora, and fauna), locating speci!c equipment to bene!t Middlebury undergrads March 2012. At that time it will undergo sea bottom types where we want to do detailed and faculty thanks to a recent National Sci- trials, and then it will be loaded onto a trans- bottom biological sampling (with Timothy Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? ence Foundation grant. "e Campus asked port ship and start making its journey to Ver- Mihuc of the Lake Champlain Research In- Is it a plane? No! It’s The Aquabats! them about their experiences with and plans mont. "e transport ship will go through the stitute at SUNY Plattsburgh) and creating a They’re back, with more synth than for the project so far. Panama Canal, and the RV David Folger will high-resolution bathymetry map that would ever with their fifth studio album, be o%oaded in Port Everglades, near Fort bene!t municipalities, !shermen, researchers, Hi-Five Soup! The costumed crusaders !e Middlebury Campus: We hear that Lauderdale, in mid-June. At that time, I’ll join and other users of Lake Champlain. have come a long way since their 1994 the National Science Foundation has re- Tom Manley, the College’s captain, Chris Go- debut as a wacky ska band to their slow cently awarded funds for a project of yours. odrich (electronics specialist), and Richard MC: Will this include Middlebury un- metamorphosis as a pop-punk sensa- Could you brie!y outline the goals of the Furbush (past captain of University of Ver- dergraduates at any stage? Do you antici- tion. But unlike the villains they face project from your point of view? What are mont’s research vessel) to begin sailing the pate the project will have any signi"cant on stage, Hi-Five Soup! is somewhat the long and short terms goals of an endeav- vessel up the East Coast. We speculate that it impact on the nature of research conducted powerless. or of this nature? will take us three to four weeks to bring the in Bi-hall in the future? The album opens with “The Shark Pat Manley: We have received two NSF RV David Folger to Lake Champlain through PM: Middlebury undergraduates will be Fighter!” (yes, they are a big fan of the grants over the past two years. "e !rst one the canal and lock system at the northern end using the new research vessel in several cours- exclamation mark), which is an exciting was for a new research vessel for the College. of the Hudson River. es starting in fall 2012. At this time we are song about a man who fights sharks. "is vessel will be a #oating laboratory that planning to use the vessel for Alumni College, Not exactly the “deepest” theme for a can be used by many disciplines at the Col- MC: Do you have any concerns about a !rst-year seminar, and two geology courses song, but it makes up for it in fun fac- lege. It has been named a$er David Folger, a the project at this point? — Oceanography and Marine Geology — and tor. One can’t help but feel solidarity Middlebury geology professor who started PM: Our only concern at this time is to it will also be used by the biology and chemis- with this nameless hero of the sea. But the Lake Studies program at the College back keep the building process on schedule. try departments for sections of some of their as soon as the track ends, it transitions in the 1970s. "e RV David Folger is currently courses. It will have a dedicated captain, so into “B.F.F!” which is easily the worst being built at All American Marine in Bell- MC: What processes were involved in there will be many opportunities for students song on the album. Its lazy vocals and ingham, Wash. "e boat is a twin-hull cata- developing this idea? Has it been the culmi- in a variety of courses to get out on the RV Fol- lyrics are only slowed down further maran with smart classroom capabilities and nation of your professional research so far? ger at some point in their Middlebury career. by even lazier guitar. The contrast of is equipped with hydrodynamic, sub-bottom PM: Replacing our current aging re- quality in the music is strange, and this pro!ling and water sampling equipment. It is search vessel (RV Baldwin) has been on the MC: What do you think the implica- seems to be a constant pattern within designed to enable the College’s Lake Studies agenda for over 10 years. "rough the work tions of this work might be for the broader the entire album. After “B.F.F!,” “The program to grow with an interdisciplinary ap- of many people (including undergraduates) at Vermont community? Legend is True!” comes on and places proach. the College, a plan for replacement has been PM: With the new vessel and equipment, the listener back in a dancing mood "e second grant was from NSF’s Ma- evolving. Fortuitously, stimulus funds under we will be able to do more far-reaching re- about various fictional characters with jor Research Instrumentation program. "is the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act search on Lake Champlain. Currently Tom some Victorian-esque dialogue in the grant will enable us to purchase a multi-beam (ARRA) were available at the time that we [Manley] and I are part of an EPSCoR-fund- center of the song. Yet the pattern sonar system for the new research vessel, completed our report on replacing the ves- ed program looking at the e&ects of climate continues; the following track is unin- along with a hull-mounted Acoustic Doppler sel and delivered it to the College’s admin- change in Vermont. Our role will be to use the teresting, and is followed by another Current Pro!ler (ADCP). A multi-beam sys- istration. With the approval of the College, vessel, with its bottom mapping capabilities feel-good track about riding bikes — tem will allow us to generate bottom bathym- we wrote a proposal to NSF and applied for and hydrodynamic equipment, to begin the something I’m sure a lot of Middlebury etry data as the boat navigates the lake. "e ARRA monies. baseline studies needed to assess phosphorous students could appreciate. The album ends on a trippy note with “Luck Dragon Lady,” which dis- cusses the pressing social issue of an THIS WEEK ON adventurer requiring a dragon for a 91.1 quest. Confusing, to say the least. Overall, the album’s strongest WRMCFM qualities are its lyrics, which often tell stories that one can’t help to be brought MUSE Pita Chips and Rosé Stratocumulus back to their childhood or adolescence, Sunday 2­4 p.m. Monday 2­3:30 p.m. Tuesday 6­8 p.m. even though some of the tracks are nonsense with just a hint of whimsy. Listen to the second episode of the weekly Pita Chips and Rosé is a satirical “ladies’ va- Stratocumulus will continue to broadcast the This is all accompanied by catchy key- alternative programming block on WRMC riety hour” with Andrea Whittle ’13 and Zoe fuzzy sounds of shoegaze, dream-pop and board strokes. produced by Michael Polebaum ’12 and Eliza Isaacs ’13 that includes music from many related sub-genres from the 80s to today, The MC Bat Commander (each Wallace ’14. "is week features a roundtable eras as well as talk about current events. including classics by artists such as Mazzy member has a superhero name — I’m on the Middle East and the Israel-Palestine Every week, the pair will focus on a di&er- Star, Chapterhouse and "is Mortal Coil, guessing it is to keep loved ones safe) con#ict featuring a diverse panel of faculty ent category of fabulous ladies in music and and new tunes from bvdub, Crystal Stilts has a voice that, at best, makes you and students. "en, hear personal re#ections discuss the following (and more!): “Who’s in and Lust for Youth. "e show is run by Sam want to rally with them against the lat- on the issues with three Middlebury com- the doghouse?,” Atwater Crush of the Week, Tolzmann ’14. est super villain, and at worst, makes munity members. Workout Plans, #whitegirlproblems, CRIME you bored. ALERT and their favorite new music. However, the biggest pitfall The Aquabats! continue to face is the lack- Be sure to listen in to these stellar shows on 91.1 FM ing of a horn section to which long- time fans have grown accustomed. or online at http://wrmc.middlebury.edu Even without it, no matter what track you’re listening to, you can’t help that there is always something missing. But you know what isn’t missing? An audio Big APE: Lotus Lives Potiche cameo of Strongbad and Homestar Disposable MCFA Dana Runner. That has to count for some- editors’ Concert Auditorium Goods MCFA 109 thing, doesn’t it? Hall 3 p.m. & 8 But while were all waiting for The 29 01 p.m. 02 5 p.m. picks 8 p.m. Aquabats!’s return to their ska roots, we can pass the time with some of their other projects such as Yo Gabba Gabba! An original chamber opera, Lotus A trophy wife leads the family busi- "is “experience” examines the cycle of or their new Power-Rangers-esque Lives incorporates elements of rap, ness and proves to be a great leader, waste in our culture and questions who show. Chinese folk music and techno mu- but complications arise when an ex- and what is deemed expendable. Come Evil-doers beware, because the sic. A repeat performance will be at 3 lover shows up. Sponsored by the De- hungry — refreshments and cookies are ‘Bats are back. p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2. Free. partment of French. Free. served throughout the performance. campusarts&science 29 September 2011 19 Painted Metaphors celebrates Guest lecturer explores Mayan culture at MCMoA Mars, searches for water By Jamie Lee to be shown at the Middlebury College Mu- By Amelia Furlong will be sent to bring back the rocks con- S"#$$ W%&"'% seum of Art until Dec. 11, allows us glimpses taining it. But, Grotzinger says, even if S"#$$ W%&"'% As a rather ignorant appreciator of art, of the ancient culture’s complex writing sys- carbon is found it is not necessarily the John Grotzinger, professor of geol- I instinctively judge works of art based on tem and calendar that extended until 2012. bioorganic carbon that would indicate ogy at the California Institute of Tech- their aesthetic beauty. I cannot even pretend With a rather didactic and historical atmo- signs of life in microbes. He is trying not to appreciate Impressionists, I hate modern sphere, the exhibition teaches us of this un- nology and chief scientist for the Mars to set high expectations but to take small art and one life goal of mine is to obtain — familiar world in an unfamiliar past. Science Laboratory, is going to be spend- steps with the new mission. Grotzinger by whatever means necessary — a Winslow Despite the initial disappointment, I ing the next two years in a dark room is looking forward to simply successfully visited the exhibit twice and enjoyed both Homer painting. I consider John William with blacked-out windows while living landing and then conducting a scientific of the visits. I pondered over the similarities Waterhouse’s idealized, pre-Raphaelite style on Mars time. The length of the Mar- mission to discover what Mars was like between the Mayans and the ancient Greeks, perfect for his subject of the classical mythol- tian day, which is 24 hours and 35 min- when it stopped developing four billion I saw that their polytheistic religion was an ogy. I !nd Munch’s !e Scream and Picasso utes, means that he will soon be out of years ago. integral part in their lives and I wanted to weird. I feel angry when staring at Pollock’s sync with the Earth day. It will take him “It’s like looking for a needle in the know more about the ancient culture. I now splatters and I !nd solace in Turner and a month to sync up again. He will have haystack the size of the earth,” Grotzing- understand that art is not only about the vi- Claude Lorraine. to miss, among other things, taking his er said. For water, while it sustains life, sual aesthetics but about what is captured At the Middlebury College Museum of daughter to her first day of college. But also destroys it after an organism has Art, Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Poli- by any work, ranging from the grandest of for Grotzinger it is worth every inconve- sculptures to even the most commonplace of died. The sediment degrades and oxidiz- tics of the Ancient Maya displays the crude, nience, as he will be monitoring the next es organic matter, transforming organic shameless works of the ancient Mayans — potteries. rover exploration of our closest neigh- It is in our nature to be concerned with carbon to carbon dioxide. Therefore, the fragments of their faces, the pieces of bor, the red planet Mars. even if these sediments are found, scien- their past and the shattered scenes of their just the present and the future, but by con- Grotzinger spoke at the College on templating the past, we can recognize the tists will not necessarily be able to learn society. Sept. 20. During his lecture, he outlined anything from them. But the span of 1300 years eventually put past’s profound e#ects on what is and what the mission that has many speculat- will be. Students should visit and experience The Mars rover mission will cost everything into perspective: the ancient Ma- ing that NASA is trying to find life on 2.5 billion dollars, Grotzinger says, al- yans created these various artworks without the immortalized culture of the ancient Maya Mars. Grotzinger, however, is very clear through the daily objects in the exhibition — though when this number is divided by !ne tools. "e painted vessels, the potter- that this is not the goal of the Mars Sci- the number of tax-paying Americans, it ies, the intricate incense burners, the jewel- a life of early death, a belief in benevolent ence Laboratory rover, set to launch comes out to about the price of a latte. ries made of jadeites and the obsidian ritual yet ruthless gods, an ancient creation myth over Thanksgiving weekend. The rover It will also cost Grotzinger much of his tools, as well as other various objects, were and a life of spiritual devotion. But these are was seven years in the developing stage, time and energy, as he will be on sabbati- not made with ease but with an apparent merely glimpses, and for the facets of their and is equipped with an online chemi- cal from teaching and spending most of sense of necessity. culture that we can never know, we can only cal laboratory that will measure rocks, his time in a darkened room. However, it Painted Metaphors, which will continue imagine. soils, and atmosphere for evidence of is something that Grotzinger does will- what conditions were like on Mars 3.5 ingly. He moved to Pasadena from Bos- PULITZER WINNER READS TO to four billion years ago. This includes ton, where he taught at MIT, so that he how much water was on the planet, the could work on this program and not have artsbrief MIDDLEBURY FANS temperature and what the environment to leave his family for months at a time. looked like. NASA’s website describes the The Mars Science Laboratory rover Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, mission as a chance to “determine the will land on Mars at 10 p.m. PST on Aug. By Emily Scarisbrick planet’s habitability.” A%"( ) S*&'+*' E,&"-% bringing to life his narrator Yunior 5, 2012. It will be on Mars for two years, and his protagonist Oscar as they Grotzinger does concede that the or one Martian year, although it could Pultizer Prize-winning author struggled through college intimacies. rover will be looking for organic carbon, potentially be functional and operation- and Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Following the reading, Diaz answered the essential ingredient for life, and that al for over a decade. It will launch from nology Rudge and Nancy Allen Pro- a range of questions from the audi- if such carbon is found another mission Cape Canaveral in November. fessor of Writing Junot Diaz read to ence, showing his intellectual clout an audience in Mead Chapel on Tues- and charm. He touched upon his cur- day, Sept. 27. The Dominican-born rent writing project — a story about a author has an impressive list of prizes world in which Superman has landed to his name, including a Eugene Mc- in the Dominican Republic — as well Dermott Award, a fellowship from the as the narrative function of his no- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial table footnotes, detailing their goal in Foundation, a Lila Acheson Wallace Oscar Wao as “to ask the reader which Readers Digest Award, the 2002 PEN/ narrative to empower.” Malamud Award, the 2003 US-Japan The most memorable moments Creative Artist Fellowship from the in the evening were his abstract an- National Endowment for the Arts, a swers to questions, in which he dis- fellowship from Harvard University cussed his role in society as an artist and the Rome Prize from the Ameri- and his own aversion to keeping silent can Academy of Arts and Letters. The on important topics no matter what talk followed a discussion with the the ramifications for polite society. author earlier in the afternoon that Throughout, Diaz’s personality and was geared toward first-years who humor made the evening a success, as had read his novel as a part of their he honestly and poignantly respond- College orientation. ed to musings of the Middlebury con- Diaz read vivaciously from The sciousness.

Courtesy Junot Diaz read a passage from his Pulitzer Prize-awarded novel in Mead Chapel on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and then !elded questions from the audience. 20 29 September 2011 campussports Athletes Anonymous ? WHO AM I? WHO I AM. 1. If you could be any mythical creature, what would you be? I don’t know much about mythical creatures but I guess anything out of Harry Potter works. 2. What is your favorite Middlebury dining hall offering? Maple balsamic dressing is the best! My favorite dessert is de!nitely ice cream, chocolate sauce, In this new Sports widget, each week a mystery character from oreos, natural peanut butter, granola, and apples all mixed up. People do strange stu" with a sports team will answer questions about him or herself . #e peanut butter and granola here. people on their team will read these responses, and in an at- 3. Favorite article of clothing? tempt to see if they really know their teammates, will try and I’m a big fan of winter jackets. I have also been told that I dress like a grandma because I like sweaters, but I suppose that is better than being called a grandpa like Amy Schlueter. guess who it is. In the following week we will post a photo of 4. Best thing about being a Middlebury Panther... the mystery player along with the team’s guesses! #is week we Is the unlimited meal plan! Listening to strangers sing the Midd Kid song when they !nd out are featuring the varsity women’s soccer team. you go to Middlebury is up there too. 5. When you’re not playing soccer, you are... Good luck, girls! Free time? I don’t really have much. I guess the soccer team is in the library a lot, but I make it a point to go out maybe three or four nights a week ;) I spend a lot of quality time eating in Ross.* * number 5 is probably inaccurate. i actually get crunk probably 5 nights a week ;) Your Source of MIDDLEBURY Hoodies! Also Tees, Shorts, Hats + + + Tennis goes to Williams We’ve got you covered By Alex Edel from Tu$s again winning 8-3, before continuing on to the quarter#nals which they won in a hard in authorized S$%&'( E)*'%& fought 8-6 victory. !e Panthers then matched !is past weekend the men’s tennis team up against Williams falling 8-2 to the team that MIDDLEBURY apparel traveled to Williams for the ITA Regional Tour- would go on to win the tournament. nament while the women’s team took the week- !e other Middlebury doubles team of end o". !ree middlebury men advanced to the Parower and Derrick Angle ’12 also advanced to round of 16. Teddy Fitzgibbons ’14, Bratner Jones the semi#nals. On the road to the semi#nals they ’14 and Alec Parower ’13 all won two matches won 8-3, 8-6, and 8-3 before losing in the semi- each before losing in the competitive round of #nals 8-3 to the Williams team of Sun, Micheli. sixteen. “I think we were happy how this weekend !e team had even more success in doubles went in general but we’ve got a lot of work to do,” play with two teams advancing to the semi#nals. said Lebovitz. Jones again came out on top with partner An- !e men anticipate the upcoming Gail drew Lebovitz ’14 advancing to the semi#nals. In Smith Doubles Tournament, followed by the the #rst round they beat out Levin and McCon- NEWITT tournament. !e women will play in Downtown Middlebury nel of Trinity 8-3. !ey continued on to the next this same ITA regional tournament this coming www.middleburyshop.com 802-388-3444 round where they beat the Laber, Barad team weekend at Bates. 800-540-3447

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Subscribe at the new college rate available only at nytimes.com/CollegeDS campussports campussports 29 September 2011 21 Women’s, men’s cross-country stand out at Purple Valley Classic, !nish 1st, 3rd Patrick Hebble ’13, who !nished 12th, tighter.” in the top 20 but I don’t think any of our By Brandt Silver-Korn 16th, 18th and 23rd respectively, rounded "e women defended their spot as top !ve were in the top thirty of the race S!"## W$%!&$ out the pack, garnering a total score of the top ranked Division III school in the at the mile mark. Smart pack running Last weekend, the men’s and women’s 71 points for Middlebury. "e Panthers country, as they put their !rst !ve runners helped create our success.” cross-country teams travelled to Williams only failed to top !rst place Williams in the top 20. On the six kilometer course, Middlebury’s next race is the College to compete in the Purple Valley and runner-up Fordham University, Addie Tousley ’13 and co-captain Margo Vermont State Championships, which Classic, a race that typically gives who tallied 42 points and 58 points, Cramer ’12 led the Panthers, as they will be hosted by St. Michael’s College on Middlebury an early sense of where they respectively. Middlebury outran other placed second and third, respectively, October 1st. stand in the NESCAC. In a competitive NESCAC contenders Amherst and Colby !nishing only four seconds apart, with Schmidt described the race as “a more !eld of sixteen schools, both the men and handily. times of 22:26 and 22:30. Emily Attwood low-key meet that will give us a chance women proved that they are poised for “We had a good day at Williams but ’14, co-captain Chelsea Ward-Waller ’12, to work more on smart race tactics and success, as the men !nished in third place we de!nitely have some things to improve and Katie Carlson ’15, claimed the rest running together.” and the women took !rst. on,” said Schmidt. “Our strategy for this of the team’s scoring positions, placing "e Panthers will certainly want to With the course’s infamously brutal meet was not much di#erent from our seventth, 15th, and 18th, respectively. take advantage of one of their last tune- hills caked with mud and over 90 percent home meet: work in groups in the !rst With just 45 points, the Panthers ups as they hope to gain momentum with humidity, the Panthers were undoubtedly few miles and then move forward and comfortably beat Williams College, as the the NESCAC Championships now only a thankful for their weeks of pushing attack the last part of the race. We did that Ephs !nished with 56 points. Plattsburgh month away. through repeats on Chipman Hill. mostly well, but as it’s early in the season State University placed a distant third "e men’s team will look to capture On the men’s side, co-captain Michael we have room to improve on our pacing. with 116 points. their second consecutive NESCAC Schmidt ’12 led the team, as he placed We’re not disappointed with 3rd because “We showed that we are a strong team Championship while the women hope to second with a time of 26:27, a mere 5:19 it’s probably the best we’ve ever done at considering the hills and the mud that we further their long-standing, 11 year reign average per mile. Kevin Wood ’15, co- this meet. "e team is in a solid place. had to deal with,” said Cramer. “We also as champions. "is years NESCACs are to captain Sam Miller ’12, Nate Sans ’14 and "e key right now is just to get our pack ran strategically, as we had !ve [runners] be held at Amherst on Oct. 29.

Date Sport Vs. Results Comments

Zach Driscoll ’13 was named the Special 9/24 Football Wesleyan 16-15 L Teams Player of the Week a#er downing four Number of yards on a !eld goal kicked Sunday by former punts inside the Wesleyan 20 yard line. 52 Panthers kicker Steven Hauschka ’07, who now plays for the Seattle Seahawks. Scarlett Kirk ’14 was named NESCAC 9/22 Plattsburgh 2-0 W Women’s soccer Player of the Week a#er scoring three goals 9/24 Bowdoin 3-2 W Number of games the Tampa Rays have gained on the Boston over two games. 9 Red Sox in 22 days. In a rematch against the NESCAC 9/24 Bowdoin 2-2 T Men’s soccer champions and the NCAA semi!nalists, Number of balls punted by Panthers wide reciever Zach 9/25 Colby-Sawyer 5-0 W rivals were forced to settle for a tie. 8 Driscoll ’13 in their season opener. Driscoll !lled in for regular punter Matt Wassel ’12. Field hockey played their long-time rivals 9/24 Field Hockey Bowdoin 3-2 L at home and fell by just one point in Shot percentage of women’s soccer stud Scarlett Kirk ’14 .286 overtime. who’s already scored six goals in just !ve games on the season.

XC Men Purple Valley $ird $e women beat out 15 teams to take the 9/24 Number of saves made by tri-captain Becca Shaw ’12 in an XC Women Classic First victory at the Williams tournament. 14 e"ort to stave o" the Polar Bears on Saturday.

Editors’ Picks Questions Katie Siegner Damon Hatheway Dillon Hupp Alex Edel

How many goals will 6 8 men’s, women’s soccer, 6 7 But Scarlett Kirk ’14 will score 5 Just because I am trying to be more Enough for three wins! It seems like a good lucky number and !eld hockey score vs. of them. for our teams this weekend. positive than Dillon. Wesleyan?

Who (from the three SCARLETT KIRK ’14. SCARLETT KIRK ’14. SCARLET KIRK ’14 Trying to stop her from scoring is See above prediction. She scores LAUREN GREER ’13 NESCAC Player of the Week and above teams) will be the like trying to tell Midd Kids to stop goals faster than Brangelina Does she ever have a bad game? she scored 3 out of 5 goals in two leading Panther scorer? wearing %andex. adopts kids. games.

6 8 How many games will 6 7 Dillon’s going with the lucky 7s Sticking with consistency. $ese girls are ready for a big Liking the seven theme this week. volleyball win on the but can you really ever bet against Everybody’s got the same number weekend! One more for a jackpot. weekend? Brangelina? $ey have six kids. so I guess same for me.

ZACH DRISCOLL ’13 Who will lead football ZACH DRISCOLL ’13 WHAT DAMON SAYS I bet the kid catches footballs ZACH DRISCOLL ’13 Copying is the greatest form of in recieving yards in the He knows the football team like the in his sleep. He’s going to have a Maybe this week he’ll have more %attery home opener vs. Colby? back of his hand. monster game against the Mules. yards catching than punting.

ATLANTA SAN DIEGO Which NFL team will win BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA $ey play the Seahawks this Becuase that is the closest team to I’m on the Bills Bandwagon. And Playing at home against Alex by the largest margin on weekend right? Yup, the dirty my hometown out of those named their quarterback went to Harvard! Smith? Yes please. Sunday? birds will prey on the seagulls. by Damon.

Career Record 52­67 (.437) 5­4 (.556) 66­55 (.545) 29­29 (.500) 22 29 September 2011 campussports Volleyball goes 1-1 for the weekend Panthers keep

By Alex Edel digs in the match. “We are still ironing things out,” said cool to stave S!"#$% E&'$"# Jarcow and Studwell again powerd the co-captain Jane Handel ’12, “but our team !e women’s volleyball team took to the Panther attack, with 18 kills each: Jarcow looks promising and we are really look- o! comeback road twice last week to play in three match- converted .326 while Studwell converted ing forward to the weekend’s conference C&'()'*+, -.&/ 012+ 34 es, going 2-1 in the away stretch. None of .317. Amy Hart ’14 also stepped up in the matchup with Amherst.” the games that they played were NESCAC match with 10 kills. Although the match Volleyball takes on Keene State on this with a penalty kick. But you are seeing more of challenges, but the weekend tournament ended in a loss, the girls were happy with Saturday, Oct. 1, and NESCAC foe Con- our strengths emerge, and there are of course did take place in rival Amherst’s gym. !e their play. necticut College Oct. 7. some weaknesses to work on, but we are improv- Panthers traveled to Amherst, Mass. for “We played a lot better against them ing as a team week by week. !ere are great mo- the Amherst Classic, where they lost to the than we did last year,” said Jarcow. “Al- ments in our games where we possess, build and Coast Guard in a tough 3-2 match and then though its hard to come away from that "ve make combinations. And we do especially well went on to beat Brandeis 3-0. set game with a loss, it was a well played when we build out of the back from our defend- game on both sides. I had a lot of fun.” ers who have really worked on their precise, pen- VOLLEYBALL Co-captain Elissa Goeke ’12 added etrating passes.” Friday, September 23 some perspective on the tough loss. “We !e Bowdoin comeback, while commend- Middlebury 2 learned against Coast Guard that although able, was ultimately for naught, as Middlebury Coast Guard 3 we did some good things to "ght for the managed to swing the momentum back to their Wednesday, September 24 game, we need to improve our ability to side during the "rst overtime. !e Panthers Middlebury 3 come out with a win in these back-and- scored on Madding’s third corner kick "nish of Brandeis 0 forth games,” she said. the season, all o$ of balls delivered from "rst- Bouncing back well from the defeat, year standout Claire Nishioka ’15, shortly into Last Tuesday night, the Panthers trav- the team rallied to a 3-0 victory against the overtime. Jocelyn Remmert ’13 made four eled to Union, where they won in three Brandeis on Saturday. Studwell and Jarcow saves in the Panther victory, which was crucial in games, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-20. Megan led the team in kills with nine and eight re- the team’s pursuit of an eventual NESCAC title. Jarcow ’14 and Sarah Studwell ’13 lead the spectively. Barrett also led in digs with 20 Madding, rather than revel in the glory of team with seven and 11 kills, respectively. during the match. her game-winner, preferred to heap praise on Other top statistics for the game came from “We had amazing play from all of our the rest of her teammates. “Scarlet Kirk smoked Caitlin Barrett ’13, who had 16 digs, and Ju- new players and we were %uid and deter- their back line with her speed, while Julie Favori- lia Gibbs ’13, who had 25 assists. mined against Brandeis,” said Goeke of the A few days later, the team traveled to win. to played gorgeous through balls to her, one of Amherst, where they opened up the week- Tomorrow, the team will play Amherst which resulted in the "rst goal. Lucy Wagner, an end against a competitive Coast Guard at home in their third NESCAC game of the outside back, casually made several destroying team. !ey played "ve games, 16-25, 25-23, season, a game that will go a long way in Courtesy runs up the %ank,” said the junior. Middlebury takes on Wesleyan and Con- 24-26, 25-20 and 15-10, losing 3-2. Barrett establishing the Panthers’ prospects in the !e Panthers dominated Brandeis 3-0 on necticut College this weekend at home, hoping again stood out in this heartbreaker with 40 division. Saturday. to maintain a home-turf advantage that has thus far this season seen them undefeated. Men’s rugby dominates Foote ’14 throws for 228 Southern Connecticut yards and TD in debut By Dillon Hupp the Southern backline started to have more S!"#$% E&'$"# success moving the ball into their attack- C&'()'*+, -.&/ 012+ 34 tion. !e short "eld led to the Cardinals game- !e MCRC earned its "rst Division I ing end of the pitch. However, their late- down run. !e junior running backcarried the winning drive, which Coyne "nished with a win this past weekend, thrashing South- breaking attack would do little more than ball 33 times in the game for 101 yards to spear- draw play over the right side and into the end ern Connecticut 30-7 at home. Middlebury to help them avoid the shutout, as the out- head the Panthers rushing attack. zone from nine yards out. Leading 16-15, the worked over the opposing squad to the tune come of the game was no longer in doubt by the time the Southern ruggers "nally got !e Cardinals responded on their "rst pos- Cardinals went for two, but could not convert as of a "rst half shutout and 25 unanswered session of the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to Coyne fumbled the attempt. points to open the game. on the board. A#er this consolation try was scored by Southern Connecticut, MCRC "ve when Cardinals kicker Sebastian Aguirre !e Panthers had a shot at a last minute Tackling and rucking problems nailed a 34-yard "eld goal. score, but a#er four straight incompletions they plagued Middlebury during last week’s %anker Ross Berriman ’12 put the exclama- tion point on the match with the "nal try A#er Foote’s second interception ended a turned the ball over on downs and with it, the match against UMass and wet conditions promising Panthers drive and Wesleyan failed game. seemed to favor the larger visitors again of the day, rounding out the score at 30-7. “It was great to get our "rst Division I to score points on their ensuing possession, the “Our o$ense moved the ball well, but 15 this week, threatening to turn the game into Cardinals special teams downed a punt on the win,” said fullback Geo$ Kalan ’12.5. “We points isn’t enough to win games,” said Foote. a grind-it-out-in-the-trenches a$air. Panthers two-yard line. Two crippling false start have a historic rugby tradition and it took “We are going to work this week on "nishing All the kinks seem to have been ironed penalties forced the Panthers to punt the ball extreme mental toughness to bounce back drives and getting the ball in the end zone.” out for the MCRC, however, as the home from the shadow of their own end zone minutes !e Panther face Colby this Saturday, Oct. in the second week and get the job done.” team showed o$ some serious defensive later, giving the Cardinals excellent "eld posi- 1 in their home opener. improvement. !e Middlebury front line, Kalan was also con"dent in his predic- which included three sophomore front-row tion for Middlebury’s on-"eld success in players, negated Southern Connecticut’s the coming season. size advantage with great execution and “!is was the "rst of what will be many superior tackling. Meanwhile, the back line wins for the blue this year,” he said. Women’s, men’s golf place high was its usual dominant and cohesive unit. !e win was the "rst in the history By Kevin Yochim ley, Mass. to participate in the Mount Holyoke !e soggy "eld, which might have troubled of the MCRC as a Division I program. S$()) W#'$*# Invitational. Middlebury came away with sec- the Middlebury players, appeared to be a Middlebury travels to Northeastern this ond place, trailing Williams by 10 strokes and 10 non-issue, as they looked faster and shi#ier weekend to take on the perennial Eastern !e men’s varsity golf team traveled to strokes ahead of third-place Amherst. than their opponents. Some especially nice Conference powerhouse on their home Williamstown, Mass. last weekend to play in Flora Weeks ’12 continued her dominant runs came from inside center Jack Maher "eld. the Williams Invite, an 18-team tournament at stretch of golf, earning match medalist honors ’12, who showcased an impressive spin Taconic Golf Club. !e Panthers "nished fourth, for the second consecutive week with a score of move that le# the Southern defenders in the 11 strokes behind rival Williams and 24 strokes 148. Trailing by a stroke to Georgiana Salant of mud, and backs captain Brian Sirkia ’12.5, behind winner Salem State. Manhattanville and Williams a#er the "rst day, Weeks shot a three- who scored both a penalty kick and a try in Trinity rounded out the top "ve. over-par 75 to win by a single stroke over Alex- the opening moments to give the MCRC an Middlebury was led by Chris Atwood ’14 andra Battle of St. John Fisher College. 8-0 lead. !en, a#er a brief period of sloppy with a four-over-par 146. It was good for a share Jordan Glatt ’15 and Keely Levins ’13 play by the home side, wing Zach Withers of third place overall in the tournament, only be- turned in great rounds for Middlebury, tying for ’11.5 took the ball down the sideline to add hind a pair of Vikings from an extremely strong 20th place overall with scores of 165. Caroline Middlebury’s second try of the a#ernoon. Salem State program. Robert Donahoe ’14 and Kenter ’14 (168), Michelle Peng ’15 (170) and Sirkia slotted home the conversion to make Charlie Garcia ’15 had solid rounds and tied for Alison Andrews ’12 (198) rounded out the Pan- it 15-0, and the rout was on. 13th overall with scores of 153. William Prince thers squad. !e second half started just as the "rst ’13 and Max Alley ’14 each shot a pair of 82s “We had another good weekend,” said half had, with Southern giving up a pen- on the weekend to round out the Middlebury coach Bill Mandigo. “Flora and Alison had their alty early into the action and Sirkia "nding squad. personal bests as Middlebury players. !e team the posts with his penalty attempt to make “We didn’t perform that well this weekend, is playing very well.” it 18-0 Middlebury. !e MCRC back line as we all felt that we le# a few strokes out there,” !e men will head down to Wesleyan Uni- continued to put together some impressive said Atwood, though he was positive looking versity for a NESCAC Quali"er on Saturday phases, despite the less-than-favorable con- forward. “Our team has bonded really well this while the women will stay at home to host teams ditions, and eventually found wing Ken- season. Everyone is preparing to elevate their at the Ralph Myre Golf Course. With all their nedy Mugo ’12 for the third Middlebury game for the NESCAC Quali"er. It’s the biggest second-place "nishes in recent weeks, home- try of the game. At that point the immense weekend of the fall.” Sopheak Chheng course advantage could just give the Panthers o$ensive advantage that the MCRC had !e women’s varsity golf team made the trip !e MCRC scored 25 unanswered points. the li# they need to pull out a tournament win. enjoyed previously began to slacken, and down to the Orchards Golf Club in South Had- campussports 29 September 2011 23 PANTHER ATHLETES GET DOWN AND DIRTY FOR IRENE VICTIMS Holding for Middlebury athletes from several to assist in cleanup activities, while the ing; it’s crazy to think about what hap- sports teams have been focusing some of previous weekend men’s rugby could be pened just an hour down the road. It re- Hauschka their weekend time lately on o$-the !eld found in Stockbridge digging out "ooded ally makes you want to help however you By Damon Hatheway activities, namely, helping Vermonters garages and gutting damaged houses. can.” S'($!) E*%!($ who were a$ected by the "ooding caused “It was great to get out and do some Groups of students and athletes Minnesota, Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, by Tropical Storm Irene in early Sep- good work in the community,” said rugby continue to organize Irene relief e$orts now Seattle. %ere was even a stop in Las tember. %is last weekend, women’s soc- player Sebastian Damberg-Ott ’12.5. “%e through the College’s Education in Ac- Vegas to play for the Locomotives of the little- cer and baseball trekked down to Bethel damage in the a$ected areas was astound- tion Center. followed UFL for kicker Steve Hauschka ’07 a&er setting the Panthers record for career !eld goals during his illustrious career at Middlebury. From cow-tipping country to the bright lights and local WCAX-TV to ESPN and national television, Hauscka’s journey hasn’t always been smooth, but he’s sacri!ced what some might call a “normal” life to make a living kicking in the NFL. “It’s tough,” Hauschka said in a phone interview Tuesday referring to his transient lifestyle. “%at’s the job of a place kicker. If you look at the number of team’s I’ve been on it’s not that rare for a kicker. It’s a lot to deal with in your personal life moving a lot and not knowing where your stu$ is. You can’t take any of it too personally. It’s not easy to get to the NFL and it’s not easy to stay here so you have to be at the top of your game all the time.” A&er becoming the most accomplished kicker in Middlebury history, Hauschka used !e baseball team did work down in Bethel, Vt. Meanwhile, men’s rugby volunteered in the town of Stockbridge, Vt. a year of his remaining eligibility to play for Photos Courtesy Tyler Wark and Sebastian Damberg-Ott North Carolina State University. At that point he didn’t envision playing on Sundays so much as he wanted to prove that he could play Division I football. Field Hockey loses 3-2 to NCAA Champs “My goal a&er Middlebury was to kick at the Division I level,” he said. “And then I surprised myself at that level with the good shut them down on our defensive corners.” twelve teams in the country the Panthers By Vincent Mariano !elds and the snappers and the holders and I S!"## W$%!&$ %at execution would keep the Panthers in pulled of a mild upset, beating the previ- had a good season there. And then the teams the game for the majority of the contest. ously undefeated third ranked %ourough- Last Saturday, the !eld hockey squad started talking to me and I kind of fell into the headed for Maine to face the fourth-ranked %e Panthers responded with a Greer breads of Skidmore. %e team took the early NFL.” Bowdoin Polar Bears in a very close match goal through a penalty shot that hit the lead 23:44 a&er the opening faceo$, when %e former Panther has certainly found which featured Middlebury’s defensive back of the goal in the 53rd minute of the Hannah Clarke ’xx scored her !rst goal of his feet. He won the job in Seattle out of prowess. Tri-captain and goalkeeper Becca match. But the Polar Bears would pounce the season. training camp, beating out incumbent and Shaw ’12 !nished with 12 saves while Lau- right back as Cathleen Smith sniped a ball Charlotte Gardiner ’13 doubled the former Super Bowl winner Je$ Reed for the ren Greer ’13 tallied two goals for the Pan- from close range to get back on the board Panther’s lead in the 40th minute of the spot. And then Sunday he helped his team to thers. with 4:26 le& on the clock. Bowdoin and game for her third goal of the season. Skid- their !rst win of the season, hitting two !eld No team found any scoring opportuni- Middlebury could not produce any o$en- more responded in the 56th minute when goals from 30 and 52 yards respectively. He ties in the early going of the match. Sti"ing sive moves as both back!elds reverted to Caylyn Sullivan scored. %e team did not let also converted one extra point for a perfect defenses from both teams kept the ball from their !rst half defensive domination. A&er that stop their momentum as they clinched day kicking. But If Hauschka’s kicking didn’t the forwards, which turned the competition regulation, Bowdoin was able to take ad- the win with just under three minutes le& in impress his new team, then his touchdown- into a battle for possession. Both Bowdoin vantage of their penalty corners, eventually the game as Greer added a goal to go along saving tackle late in the second quarter must and Middlebury were unable to convert !nding the winning goal through the stick with her two assists. have. A&er kicking o$ to Arizona Cardinals their shots until Greer hammered a penalty of Ella Curren who !red a shot through “%e game was a great way to start o$ dangerous return man A.J. Je$erson, shot on the 22nd minute to put Middlebury Shaw nine minutes into overtime. Bowdoin the week and to christen our new !eld un- Hauschka faced the daunting task of being the up 1-0. But the comfort of that goal would would take the game 3-2. der the lights,” said Lucy Jackson ’12. “We last player between Je$erson and the end zone. only last for so long, as Bowdoin kept on “%e ball spent a lot of time in our played aggressively and it payed o$. All we While his former coach Bob Ritter probably !nding ways to push the ball up the !eld. defensive zone,” said Shaw. “%at hurt us need is another Panther named Tim Rig- won’t use the highlight as instructional video 34 seconds into the second half, Bowdoin at Bowdoin, and we can’t score when we gins and I’d say we were in Dillon, Texas for his own team, Hauschka hung on to make forward Katie Herter pierced through the spend half the game defending corners.” tongiht not Middlebury, VT.” the play. Middlebury defense and smacked the ball Despite the defensive stagnation by Middlebury will face NESCAC rival Hauschka, who says he would have gone right at Shaw, but another other Bowdoin Middlebury, Bowdoin also held an advan- Wesleyan this Saturday Oct. 1, and Con- to dental school if the NFL had never shown forward, Liz Clegg, was able to control the tage in the stat book; 18-4 in penalty cor- necticut College on Oct. 2, at home on interest, has learned valuable lessons from ricochet and ease the ball in for the equal- ners and 27-10 in shooting. Kohn Field. A&er this weekend, the team some tremendous teammates. “I’ve been izer. On Tuesday, the Panther’s played their will only have four more NESCAC games around some of the best at every position,” “We played well at Bowdoin,” said Shaw. !rst game under the new lights on Kohn before competing in NESCAC champion- he said. “Ray Lewis is the most intense player “We executed on our o$ensive corners and Field. In a matchup between two of the top ships. I’ve ever been around and is the most focused person I’ve ever seen on game day. And then there are those guys who are the most tough mentally like Ryan Longwell. And you pick The Middlebury Great Eight up something from all these players and you realize how good they are.” Indeed the kicker position remains one Rank 10/14 Team Damon’s Decisions of the most mentally-taxing in the league. Kickers will o&en face long stretches of time Cross Country "e men’s team !nished in third but the women came when they can do little but wait and prepare 1 1 to the rescue with another !rst-place !nish. to kick. Hauschka demonstrated the ability to do this before ever thinking about playing in Women’s Golf Can’t lose your number 2 spot with another the NFL when he kicked the game-winning 2 2 sparkling second place !nish. !eld goal for NC State in a hostile road game against perennial powerhouse Miami. Women’s Soccer Scarlett Kirk ‘14 continues to dominate NESCAC %e mental aspect of the game remains 3 4 opponents as they bounced back with two strong key to Hauschka’s success. “%at’s probably the wins this weekend. hardest part about kicking,” he said. “At every Men’s Rugby MCRC got their !rst win of the season by powering other position if you make a mistake you can 4 3 through Southern Connecticut, but it wasn’t enough to make it up on the next play. But if you’re a upstage women’s soccer. kicker you might only have one kick or one Men’s Soccer "ey showed their resolve in a gritty draw with chance at the end of the game and you have to 8 Bowdoin and potential with a 5-0 win over Colby capitalize on it. Whether it’s an extra point or a 5 Andrew Podrygula,Photos Editor Sawyer. 50-yard !eld goal you want to approach every Women’s soccer was the Field Hockey "ey lost a heartbreaker in overtime against Bow- kick equally because they’re all important. only team to emerge 6 5 doin but will bounce back this week. You have to stay steady.” from Brunswick with a Hauschka has been perfect so far this win on Saturday. Here we 6 Football Tough loss to Wesleyan, but the pieces are in place for season, connecting on three !eld goals in the 7 a promising season. go Midd! Seahawks !rst three games. And as his game- saving tackle on Sunday showed, Hauschka "e Panthers are coming o# a dominant shutout win Volleyball is ready to hold on, even to just the smallest –– against Brandeis which is good enough for the !nal patch of jersey, for the long run. 8 nod. 29 September 2011 sports 24 The Middlebury Campus Football is drawn into one-point loss in opening game By Damon Hatheway “Other than the "rst and last drive, I second and third reads. I thought he S'($!) E*%!($ thought we did a really good job. It played really well.” Leading 15-7 going into the was a really hot and muggy day and Foote, meanwhile, was more fourth quarter, the Panthers gave up our defense rose to the occasion.” critical of his own performance. “I nine consecutive points, including On the other side of the ball, did some good things, but there were a touchdown scramble to Wesleyan turnovers hurt the Panthers as quar- some throws near the end of the game quarterback Matt Coyne with 1:57 terback Mac Foote ’14 threw two that I should have made and probably le! in the game, to drop their sea- interceptions that ended productive would have helped us win,” he said. son opener 16-15 at Wesleyan on drives. “So that is disappointing.” Saturday. #e Panthers were ripped “Turnovers always hurt and #e player of the game for the by Wesleyan’s dominant run game, both were fairly deep in their territo- Panthers was junior wide receiver which gashed the young Panthers ry,” said Ritter. “On the "rst intercep- Zach Driscoll ’13. Driscoll, who in defense for 234 yards and two touch- tion their corner made a good play addition to catching "ve passes for 59 downs on the ground. Coyne led the on the ball and the other de%ected o$ yards and the team’s lone touchdown way for the Cardinals with 93 yards the receiver’s hands so they were both through the air, also handled punting rushing on just 12 carries, while tough.” duties for the Panthers. #e junior Vince Miller and LaDarius Drew In his "rst start in a Panthers from Concord, Mass. did an excep- both totaled more than 60 yards on uniform, Foote was 26-50 for 228 tional job, punting eight times and the ground. yards and a touchdown and two in- downing the Cardinals inside their 20 Despite struggling to stop the terceptions. Ritter was impressed yard line four times, including twice run, the Panthers largely kept the with the play of his signal-caller in his inside the "ve-yard line, en route to Cardinals out of the end zone. "rst-ever NESCAC game. being named the NESCAC Special “I thought our defense played “He had great command of the Teams Player of the Week. Courtesy of Je$ Patterson really well and came up with a lot of o$ense,” Ritter said. “He knew where Driscoll’s best play of the game Remi Ashkar ’13 runs o! right tackle for one of his 33 carries on Saturday. big stops,” said head coach Bob Ritter. everybody was and he was hitting came on a punt late in the second Jay Fabien in the end zone for a safety, just 28 seconds remaining in the half. quarter. Facing a fourth and seven cutting the Cardinals lead to 7-2 with #e Panthers momentum car- from mid"eld, Driscoll booted the 2:42 remaining in the "rst half. ried them into the second half when ball 49 yards and the Panthers spe- #e safety proved to be pivotal, they extended their lead on their sec- cial teams downed the ball inside the swinging momentum to the Panthers ond possession of the third quarter. one-yard line. Two plays later Mat- who took the lead on their next pos- Remi Ashkar ’13 capped o$ a 10-play thew Crimmins ’14 and Alex Englert session when Foote found Driscoll 52-yard drive with a two-yard touch- for a "ve-yard touchdown pass with ’12 brought down Wesleyan wide-out S&& F00)&, -'.& // Men’s soccer can’t !nd the win, ties Bowdoin a"er extra period By Mike Oster In overtime, Middlebury again Sawyer goalkeeper Will Berry was S!"## W$%!&$ outshot their opponents 3-1, but successfully returned to the goal by A!er a seemingly jinxed "rst neither team could break the draw. Brett Brazier ’13. Captains Pitney File Photo few weeks, the men’s soccer team #e Panthers le! Brunswick with and Macnee earned the next two Although a close game, the Panthers pulled an OT win at Bowdoin. went into this weekend looking for a a disappointing tie, but they had goals for Middlebury at the 59th little bit of luck. All season the Pan- a chance to take out their frustra- and 61st minutes, respectively. #e thers have outshot their opponents, tion the next day, as they delivered "nal goal of the game came from Women’s soccer wins but most attempts have ended in a pounding to a weak Colby-Sawyer Ethan Galiette ’13, who redirected near misses. #ese misfortunes have squad. a rebounded shot from Alvand Ha- resulted in multiple losses and ties “Saturday was a tie that felt like jizadeh ’13. 3-2 at Bowdoin in OT for the Panthers. a loss,” said Cahill, “so for us to come #e Panthers ultimately earned By Dillon Hupp on all cylinders to start the second #e road to redemption began back from Maine and then get up for their second shutout of year with S'($!) E*%!($ half. Just seven minutes into the sec- away at Bowdoin on Saturday, in a a game the next day was important.” the impressive team performance #e Middlebury men de"nitely Sunday a!ernoon, "nishing the day #e Middlebury women’s soc- ond frame, Amy Schlueter ’13 beat hotly anticipated rivalry match. #e showed up to play at home against with a score of 5-0 and ended the cer team withstood a furious Bow- the keeper and slotted one home in game was the "rst time the Panthers Colby-Sawyer on Sunday. #e Pan- weekend with a 2-2-2 overall record. doin comeback last Saturday, hold- the face of a porous Bowdoin defense. met the Polar Bears a!er the teams thers held nothing back, leading #e Middlebury men will play host ing on for the OT win a!er a Rachel It was at this point, however, that the split last year’s NESCAC Champion- the Chargers 29-1 in shots over the to fellow NESCAC teams Wesleyan Madding ’14 game-winner six and momentum of the game began to ship and NCAA regional "nal. course of the game. #e "rst goal and Connecticut College this week- a half minutes into the extra period shi!. #e game got o$ to a quick start, netted came nine minutes in when end. Two wins within the confer- in Maine. #e win was the Panthers’ Despite having a two-goal lead, with both teams scoring in the "rst captain Otis Pitney ’12 drilled the ence will certainly help kick-start third on the season, and improved Middlebury was unable to "nish the few minutes of the game. Macgill El- ball into the le! corner o$ a perfect the men’s season and set them up for their overall record to 3-1-1. game, and the Polar Bears seemingly dridge scored "rst for Bowdoin just pass from Lyvers. success come time for the NESCAC A!er a frustrating loss to steeled themselves against the over- two minutes in, but Middlebury was #e shots continued from the Championship; this team can never Amherst the previous weekend, whelming task at hand. Creeping quick to answer. Robbie Redmond Panthers, and 28 minutes later a de- be written o$ from playo$ conten- Middlebury started o$ slow against back into the game with an increased ’12 set up a perfect pass to Josh Ly- %ected shot batted away by Colby- tion. the Polar Bears, struggling on slip- attack, Bowdoin "nally got on the vers ’13, who drilled the ball into the pery "eld conditions and commit- board during the 76th minute on a far side of the net. ting several turnovers, which led header a!er a well-placed crossing “I got a great feed in from Rob- to some dangerous chances for the assist. #en, just 10 minutes later, the bie, turned and hit it low and hard,” hosts. However, the Panther defense Polar Bears were able to complete the said Lyvers of his "rst goal of the held, and as the half moved along, improbable and dramatic comeback season. Middlebury seemed more and more when the Panthers committed a foul #e score remained at 1-1 for con"dent on the o$ensive end, hold- inside the box, leading to a Bowdoin the remainder of the "rst half, and ing possession and taking the at- penalty kick. With ice-water running the Panthers knew they needed to tack to the Bowdoin side of the "eld. through her veins, Bowdoin player perform as they entered the second. Middlebury was awarded a penalty Ellery Gould converted the goal, and Senior captain Tyler Macnee ’12 kick early in the half, but failed to con- the Panther lead had been erased, the stepped up quickly and scored at the vert the high-percentage chance. #e teams found themselves heading to a 50-minute mark to take the lead, 2-1. Panthers "nally came through right sudden-death period. It was now up to the Middlebury de- before the half, with Scarlett Kirk ’14 “We owned the "rst half, and fense to hold on to the lead. Senior taking a beautiful pass from assists should have scored more to put away captain and goalkeeper Tim Cahill machine Julie Favorito ’14 and "nd- the game,” said Jocelyn Remmert ’13. ’12 made three saves, but Bowdoin’s ing the back of the net 39 minutes in. “#ey capitalized on a defensive error, Sam White snuck in a diving header Middlebury didn’t lose a step scored a nice goal, and then got lucky from Eldridge to tie it up with one Andrew Podrygula, Photo Editor minute to go. Josh Lyvers ’13 "res one of the Panthers’ 29 shots in Sunday’s home game. during hal!ime and came out "ring S&& P'()*&+,, -'.& // this week in sports

Men’s rugby games to watch Volleyball Panthers dominate Southern Football vs. Colby Middlebury goes 1­1 for the Connecticut in 2nd game since week, beating out Brandeis in a Saturday, Oct. 1, 1pm. their move to Div. 1, page 22. shutout Saturday, page 22.