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november 14, 2013 | Vol. 112 no. 9 | middleburycampus.com Racial Casting Reading and Ranking: Call Criticized Shaping the Class of 2018 By Kelsey Collins Campus, refer By Claire Abbadi encing the role description in Me On Oct. 28, Associate Profes sor of Theatre Claudio Medeiros only 50% of applications make it to committee theater department only think to American and Latino Women” to Dean of Admission Greg Buckles AVERAGE ACADEMIC SCORE female students of color for the (out of 7) admissions is hoping to reduce is truly valued.” 5.06 5.79 5.45 As more and more students 4 committees review Each application is applied ADMITTED ENROLLED 100 applications guaranteed 2 Reads daily the conversation Applicants are ranked (scale of 1-7) in 4 categories... “Being a student making an already competitive the invitation to process even more competitive. of color at audition for this “The goal is to reduce the through an email + Middlebury is A addressed to the housing overall,” Buckles said. Alianza and Afri Academics Extracurricular Personal Overall tion regarding race can American Alli olivia allen class.” relations at the plicants, high school seniors all ance email list and College, Assistant over the country apply to col tions. This system is a necessary demic strength, extracurricu to some individual Debanjan Roychoudhury ’16 Professor of Dance lege and admission counselors evil, a formula, to make informed students of color in addition to Dean of College Shir “Criticizing the efforts of the through the extremely high num overall score, the forth category, ley Collado and Assistant Dean of campus. the College Jennifer Herrara. ing a class, speaking to [Medeiros] Within 24 hours, students and directly, or reading the play for tions each year — last year that Buckles said. “We are constantly sifting through a pool of appli ommendation. ing a string of emails expressing “[The overall category] is a four seasonal readers and four rise through the process, so to recommendation or a general speak.” tion around the acute frustration directed.” ommending for a decision,” “While I understand that at Buckles said. campus. Therefore, each admission times the frustration and respon read. Every application that According to the admissions “I am declining your invitation to audition, as I am not interested category is the academic rating making those decisions in an ef you to address the issues that of an applicant. This category present themselves as incongru this challenge is not unique to sentative; each counselor covers ous directly so that the response the College, the system it uses is not counterproductive.” Students continued the con high school. The second reader is and curriculum. Supporting ma versation over email and over choosing the incoming class and usually chosen at random. terials such as the school report, letters of recommendation, test in one of a series of email replies SEE CASTING, PAGE 2 dents in four categories: aca SEE ADMISSIONS, PAGE 3 HUMANS: NOT FOR SALE MCSE Announces 2013 Fellowships By Kelsey Collins from Alan Hassenfeld and the lected as the second annual cohort ter for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE). erations at the MCSE, said. “So I to training and mentorship that their major yet to make that kind pressive to see these sophomores apply, given the standards and expectations of the program. So MCSE. ects on Creativity and Innovation late in Social Entrepreneurship on campus that oversees entre preneurial programs such as Mid stop traffick E. Benjamin Skinner, investigative journalist and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, gives TEDx, among others. The funding SEE MCSE, PAGE 2 GUN CONTROL BANNERWEB SNL’S DON KING IN VERMONT REGISTRATION: A TALKS ABOUT PAGE 4 CRASH COURSE SHOWBUSINESS PAGES 12 PAGE 14 inside 2NEWS | November 14, 2013 Casting Call Creates Controversy BEYOND CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 means to be a human being working to- the College does not provide public data wards something that is not yet realized,” on major preferences by race, Medeiros attention of Collado. A forum moderated said Brown in an interview. “Change is not maintains that the number of women of by Collado was held on Thursday, Nov. 7 something that happens quickly, and in color who audition for productions has THE to discuss student concerns around the the midst of change people get their feel- been historically low, which prompted his email, and the conversation that unfolded ings hurt. If we continue to tell people to invitation to audition for what he termed a stemmed from Medeiros’ email but quickly BUBBLE just get over it and keep going before we get “feminist and empowering role.” began to speak to the experience of minor- through it, then we’re going to have a lot BY DANNY ZHANG ity students on campus. “In casting a show, the question might more anger.” “Classrooms at Middlebury are very ex- be, does it matter what race the character “That’s what the email was about. Peo- clusive…. Across any department, in any is? And in this case, the answer was abso- ple have been told to ‘get over’ things — lutely yes. It would change the role dramat- Last Friday, Super Typhoon Haiyan, and this was only one of all those things. It ’14 at the forum. “Often it feels like there ically to have a white woman play that part, was a powder keg. It didn’t have anything the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make is an extra burden if you are of color within and the key is trying to honor the intent of to do with theater.” landfall, cut a path of destruction through the classroom, because you are asked to be the playwright,” Medeiros added. Medeiros denies that he was typecast- the archipelagic nation of the Philippines. an expert, play a role that other students “I think there are students on this cam- ing because the email was an invitation With sustained winds of 195 miles per aren’t.” pus who want to see more of their experi- to audition and did not guarantee a part hour, Haiyan, known in the Philippines as “Being a student of color at Middlebury ences in the curriculum, in their classrooms in the show, and added he was caught off and among the faculty. The reaction to this of 50,000 in the province of Eastern Sa- Roychoudhury ’16. email and production in the Theatre De- he received. mar, located in the central eastern part of Medeiros’ email has since been referred partment is signaling to us that we have “I was totally, totally shocked. But not the country. Haiyan broke the windspeed to as “the straw that broke the camel’s back” more work to do,” Collado said. “I think surprised, in retrospect,” Medeiros said. record that previously belonged to Hurri- and “the drop that made the glass spill” in “My intention was so clear in my mind, and students also heard the need for them to cane Camille, which hit Mississippi in 1969 terms of what Assistant Professor of Dance then the reaction — I didn’t even imagine keep pushing the boundaries of what is with winds of up to 190 miles per hour. By Christal Brown called a “powder keg issue” it. I did not know there was all this tension expected of them even if it puts pressure comparison, Hurricane Katrina had sus- on campus. around campus, about race, about Chance on the institution to change. I see these tained winds of 125 miles an hour when it “We’ve seen all of these issues relating the Rapper or anything. I didn’t know any tensions as good for the future of the Col- slammed into Louisiana and Superstorm to race that keep bubbling to the surface, of that was going on when I sent the mes- lege. It is the only way we will address the Sandy brought winds of 90 miles per hour but we’re not addressing the deeper is- sage.” natural tension that comes with becoming a when it made landfall in New Jersey. sues: individual responsibility, communal While exactly how many students of more diverse campus.” Throughout the day on Friday, Typhoon investment and a holistic view on what it Haiyan made landfall half a dozen times on color are Theatre majors is unknown and different islands in the country. It exited the archipelago into the South China Sea late Friday and continued on a northwest- erly path toward Vietnam. By late Sunday, after skirting the Chinese island of Hainan, By Nitya Mankad result, sales of other Crossroads Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam, With the addition of Sushi with goods, including smoothies, bak- bringing winds of only 90 miles per hour. ery items and Aqua Vitea kom- Initial estimates put the death toll in an increase in both revenue and bucha have also increased. Cross- the Philippines as high as 10,000. Many customers. The formerly entirely roads’ extended hours and regular seaside towns such as Tacloban, a city of student-run retail operation was Pub Nights have contributed to both increased activity and greater 220,000 in Leyte province, lay almost brought under the jurisdiction of student employees. completely in ruin. Dead bodies were the College this fall and is led by Between September 2012 strewn over local streets, ships were tossed Operations David Cannistra. and November 2012, Crossroads ashore and vehicles were overturned while brought in $6,071. During the THE a massive storm surge inundated the city. Crossroads does not have a ventilation system to allow for same time period this year, Cross- Tacloban Airport, which lies on a strip of CROSSROADS on-site cooking, limiting the op- roads made over $43,000 — more - erations’ offerings to cold prepara- - CHRONICLE tirety of the 2012-2013 academic A SUSHI STORY tions.