october 25, 2012 | Vol. 113 no. 6 | middleburycampus.com Crime stats expose Email sparks controversy By Bronwyn Oatley faculty members, as well as a se- lection of local media outlets re- TIMELINE OF alcohol citation swell On Oct. 19 the College charged ceived an email from a Gmail ac- EVENTS count associated with the sender By Emilie Munson The Middlebury College Annu- College Handbook policies, re- FRIDAY, OCT. 12 - al Security and Crime Report does lated to their involvement in the On Oct. 1, Public Safety re- tions,” with the subject line “Mid- Original Press Release co-authorship of a mock press leased the Middlebury College dlebury College Divests from War on campus; however, statistics release that was sent to hundreds Annual Security and Crime Re- provided by Facilities Services of students, faculty and staff and a Welcoming Committee” port. This report, emailed to all The mock release stated that suggest that student vandalism number of local media outlets on students in compliance with the “Tim Schornak” of the “Dalai FRIDAY, OCT. 12 Oct. 12. is on the rise. In the 2006-2007 MiddBlog post reports Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Cam- The students, Molly Stuart was to be contacted for further de- pus Security Policy and Campus ’15.5, Jay Saper ’13, Jenny Marks press release of “dubious worth of student damage was ac- - Crime Statistics Act, was a com- origins” crued whereas in the 2010-2011 pilation of statistics about crime and Amitai Ben-Abba ’15.5, have school year, students caused committee. A telephone number at the College in the year 2011 indicated that they will choose was also provided where the of- as compared to the two previous to defend themselves against the SATURDAY, OCT. 13 representing the highest gross- years. charges at an open Judicial Board ing student vandalism year in the When called, the number led to an Middlebury Director of According to the report, in range provided. Furthermore, the Public Affairs Sarah Ray - in recent memory. indicating a non-working number. statistics indicated that last year, The hearing is slated to occur calls email “fraudulent” crease in the number of referrals Throughout the evening, com- Atwater perpetrated the most at 3 p.m. on Nov. 1 at a yet to be for disciplinary action for liquor munity members reacted to the on MiddBlog determined location, and will be law violations in comparison to news — many erroneously believ- and seniors in Atwater were overseen by the Community Ju- SUNDAY, OCT. 14 2010 and 2009. Furthermore, in ing that the communiqué was an found responsible for damage in dicial Board (CJB), comprised 2011, incidents of burglary and re- - Tim Spears calls Press most instances. of trained students, faculty and ferrals for disciplinary action for bury’s actual “College Communi- staff, as is outlined by the College Release a “hoax” liquor law violations occurred on statistics may not accurately re- Handbook policies. TUESDAY, OCT. 16 If the students are convicted, - - Finally, no hate crimes were re- the CJB will decide upon individ- Students “come clean” ism because they are based on the dent for Academic Affairs Timo- ported in 2011 unlike in previous ual sanctions for the group mem- in distributed letter money spent on student vandal- thy Spears sent an email to all stu- years. These statistics, however, bers. Possible repercussions for ism in a given year. dents, staff and faculty explaining only represent reported incidents. nonacademic violations to College WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 - that the “message was a hoax, Handbook policy, as are alleged “Welcoming Committee” and that neither the email nor the Burchard attributes some of the in this case, range from verbal or as many incidents of vandalism or press release it contained came meets with Deans of changes in the crime statistics to written reprimands to expulsion damage, but it might just be that from Middlebury College or its College and Students new policy and institutions. from the College. there were one or two huge ticket “The increase in alcohol ci- The charges issued to the stu- THURSDAY, OCT. 18 items that created a bloom in the dents relate to alleged violations tations along with other issues posted a “coming clean” letter at - of Middlebury’s Community Stan- resulted in the Task Force on Al- various locations across the cam- on hoax email dards policy and alleged breaches pus and online at go/compassion, related to needless vandalism are to the Responsible Use of Com- THURSDAY, OCT. 18 said Burchard. “It’s very possible identifying themselves by name of great concern to the commons puting and Network Services and Seven Days and that the decrease from one to and class year as the co-authors of deans and the administration. Facilities policy. zero [of hate crimes] is a result of the press release. Assistant Director of Facilities Over the past week, local me- the information and mandatory They co-signed the letter as the reports on the email - dia outlets including Seven Days, training involved with the Anti- - dalism is a concern on campus. Vermont Digger and Vermont SUNDAY, OCT. 21 Harassment Policy.” tee,” a self-described “group of “I do think vandalism is an is- Public Radio have all covered the Burchard also pointed out that students who are concerned that “My Middlebury” action sue when it takes time away from press release incident. crime occurring on public proper- the College embraces practices in front of Proctor the departments that already have ty could be located on the various inconsistent with its own pro- FRIDAY, OCT. 26 a concern about the … care of rou- SEQUENCE OF EVENTS public roads that cross campus. claimed values.” In the letter, the “Welcoming Committee” tine maintenance and operations - Wonnacott Commons Dean - by adding an extra burden to the dowment transparency and urged to host general assembly dents stem from their co-author- work load,” said Ross. the College to divest from arms THURSDAY, NOV. 1 number of students, particularly ship of a self-described “satirical” To reduce crime, Public Safety manufacturers, military contrac- seniors, live off-campus and that press release. Committee to face takes many steps at the begin- tors and fossil fuel companies. this may be a factor in the statis- Over the span of a few hours, Judical Board in tics. hundreds of students, staff and SEE STUDENT, PAGE 4 SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 2 public hearing CHEERS TO ALUMNI WEEKEND FUN. delays concert By Katie Theiss 2]. The FUN. concert that was “Despite our efforts to cir- originally scheduled for Fri- cumvent this scheduling con- day, Nov. 2, has been resched- flict, we were forced to cancel uled until Thursday, Jan. 17. the Nov. 2 show.” The band cannot perform at the After news of the cancella- College in November due to a tion, MCAB worked with FUN.’s scheduling conflict with a Sat- tour management to find an al- ternate date. Middlebury College Activi- “The choices were limited ties Board (MCAB) Concert as FUN.’s tour schedule was Commitee Co-Chairs Molly booked for the remainder of Sprague ’13 and Nick Mallchok the fall, in addition to a Euro- ’15 explained that representa- pean tour in the spring,” wrote tives for FUN. contacted MCAB Sprague and Mallchok. “FUN. just recently to notify them of had only two dates to offer, and the conflict. one of them conflicted with an “MCAB was contacted by the athletic event, leaving Jan. 17 as band the week before fall break our only option.” notifying us that FUN. had been Scheduling concerts re- offered a spot on Saturday Night quires the approval from vari- ous departments across cam- and Mollchok in an email. “Un- pus, which limits the dates the fortunately, the Middlebury MCAB concert committee can Courtesy of luke elder show conflicted with a manda- choose from. Students played corn hole, drank, ate and enjoyed homecoming festivities at the tailgate outside of Ke- “After a lot of work and co- nyon Arena on Saturday, Oct. 20. Plenty of alumni came back for the weekend, and the football team on the Friday before [on Nov. SEE CONCERT, PAGE 3 VERMONT COLLEGE GOES TO PSYCH DEPT. FARMERS FIGHT GREAT LENGTHS FOR BLENDS SOCIAL GENETICALLY THE DALAI LAMA AND NATURAL MODIFIED CORN PAGE 14 SCIENCES PAGE 6 PAGE 17 inside 2NEWS | october 25, 2012 The Campus was granted exclusive interview access to Dalai Lama calls on young His Holiness the Dalai Lama BEYOND on Saturday, Oct. 13th follow- ing his talk. The full transcript THE generation to enact change and audio of the interview gery elicited laughter from the audience, as can be found on the Campus By Bronwyn Oatley and Kathryn website. Here are some of the DeSutter did his decision to wear a Middlebury visor BUBBLE throughout the lecture. highlights: On Friday Oct. 12 and Saturday Oct. On Saturday Oct. 13, the Dalai Lama BY DANNY ZHANG On mindfulness in the College com- 13, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ad- spoke to the College community on the munity: dressed the College and members of the topic of global ethics. After his opening Middlebury community in two lectures “If one person creates some trouble remarks the Tibetan leader spoke of “one- then the whole community eventu- - in which he discussed themes of morality ness” and the similarities between all peo- ally creates some uneasiness. So there- tween President Bashar al-Assad and rebel in education and the importance of faith, ple before expressing his belief that the lev- fore regarding unity, or harmony or a forces seeking to topple his government peace and cooperation on a global scale. el of violence of the 21st century was “on a peaceful community, the thing is each The two-day event was the third time continued to deepen this past week, with different scale,” than the century prior. He individual has a responsibility. The in- violence seeping into Damascus and ten- that the Dalai Lama has visited the College; called for a reduction of military forces and dividual, you see, develops that kind of sions spilling into neighboring Lebanon as his previous visits were in 1984 and 1990. for a greater emphasis on dialogue. strong conviction and compassion … Friday’s lecture, titled “Educating the After his lecture on Saturday, the Cam- then one hundred percent together.” Beirut bombing on Friday. pus was granted an exclusive interview Many blamed the Beirut explosion, leader’s two-day visit to the College. The with the Dalai Lama, during which the On science: which caused at least eight other deaths Dalai Lama spoke again on Saturday morn- spiritual leader shared his views on culti- “In true investigation, we are trying and dozens of injuries, on the Assad gov- ing in a lecture titled “Finding Common vating mindfulness in a college community ernment taking revenge for the recent ar- Ground: Ethics for a Whole World.” and spirituality in education. He called on rest of a Lebanese ally who helped Syria In Friday’s lecture, the religious leader college students as the next generation of plot terrorist bombings. Assad’s Shiite re- tailored his spiritual wisdom to his col- that — not to accept on the basis of ap- global citizens to embody qualities of open- pearances, but to penetrate reality. gime is closely allied with Hezbollah, the legiate audience, criticizing the modern mindedness and open-heartedness. extremist Shiite group that dominates the education system for its increasingly ma- “I think college students — perhaps I On teaching compassion: Lebanese government. terialistic nature, and called on the largely think, when they enter the area, perhaps “Compassion, sense of caring about The attack on Friday immediately trig- they may feel, this is my home, this is safe,” others, sense of concern for other hu- violence and suffering of the 21st century. gered protests by the Sunni opposition in said the Dalai Lama. “I think that kind of man beings, this must come voluntarily. Lebanon. Opposition forces took to the “You are the people who will shape the spirit you can extend. I think we can do it. You cannot do that by force.” streets to burn tires and blockade roads. new world,” he said, addressing the young- I may not see, in my lifetime, in the next On Sunday, a memorial service was held er members of the audience. “This century 20 years, perhaps, 30 years, but you, this On secularism: for those killed in the attack. Protestors should be the century of the peace.” young student, you have the responsibility “I think that is individual business. used this opportunity to publicly voice While the Dalai Lama’s lecture imparted and you have the opportunity to see this their anger and frustration against the ethical and spiritual wisdom to his audi- happy world. So think this way. So make ef- the people who believe a certain faith, Lebanese regime as well as the Assad re- ence, he maintained a lighthearted sense of fort, tirelessly.” I think we ourselves should make good gime. humor throughout. Jokes about his old age examples to others.” Compiled by Kelsey Collins - and an anecdote about his gall bladder sur- testors and soldiers after the memorial On different faiths: service as the crowd tried to climb a fence “It is useful to know more about similarities or different philosophical surrounding a government compound. views of other traditions — that helps Fortunately, no casualties occurred. None- to enrich your own practice and then theless, ethnic tensions have heightened secondly, that way you can [have] some between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon, a mutual respect to other religion. If you country with a history of bloody civil war. remain isolated, without much contact, Prime Minister Mikati, a Sunni Mus- then the reality [is] you can’t remain lim, offered his resignation after the at- that way.” tack, although President Michel Suleiman On future generations Mikati for failing to oppose the Hezbollah I always emphasize the younger gen- government for its support of the Assad eration — college students — you are the regime. In the aftermath of this bombing, generation of the 21st century. So my many fear the outbreak of sectarian vio- generation, our hope [is] on you. Now - our generation, the generation of the try. Opposition groups, such as the March 20th century, as a matter of fact, I think we have a lot of problems, which [we] 14 bloc, have already called for the govern- should solve by coming generation. So ment’s resignation. we create these problems, and then let Within Syria’s borders, signs of the them solve that situation! [laughs] So - now you — you have to solve that, you ous daily in the capital city of Damascus. have to take [this] big mission — not an The city has been, to a large extent, spared Emily White individualistic way. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama sported a Middlebury visor at his talk on Friday. few months. However, an increase in the number of soldiers and checkpoints have Students feel safe despite Furthermore, many gas stations have run empty and prices of everyday items have MCAB’s skyrocketed. heightened crime statistics WHAT’S - ing in frequency and intensity. The sense CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 are similar to peer institutions. HAPPENING AT of danger has made many residents of the “Every NESCAC school has similar con- ning of each year, like testing all emergency city wary of what may unfold in the com- cerns as we do,” said Longman. phones on campus, posting important con- ing weeks. “Soon we will be in the middle tact phone numbers in visible locations and MIDDLEBURY? in a small town in the state of Vermont,” encouraging students to lock their doors. neighborhood controlled by rebels. added Burchard. “But crime can still oc- Trivia Night Throughout the year, they provide foot and Less than a month ago, the daughter of cur here, and whenever crime occurs, it’s a Join friends for trivia at Crossroads Café! cruiser patrol of campus, respond to emer- problem.” FRIDAY 8 - 10 P.M. a wealthy businessman in Damascus was gencies and offer MiddRides 24 hours a Still, Burchard described the College as kidnapped. She was eventually returned day, seven days a week. “a relatively safe environment.” Commons Creep home, but only after a $395,000 ransom In addition to Public Safety, the College Sam Hage ’16 said he feels safe on cam- A Halloween classic! was paid and the girl was abused and tor- maintains a strong relationship with the pus. go/creepy for more details. tured. Middlebury police. “I don’t really hear about anything bad FRIDAY 8:30 P.M. - 2 A.M. Assad has attempted to shield the city To ameliorate campus security, the key- happening to students,” said Hage. “Not card system was implemented within the that things don’t happen. And also, I think The image of a stable, normal capital city Grooveyard Pub Safe does a good job looking out for was supposed to aid his cling to legiti- Also important in minimizing crime WRMC presents its fall concert: YAWN us.” macy. However, with all signs pointing to and vandalism at the College has been the and Vacationer Longman pointed to students not lock- an approaching showdown between gov- implementation of the commons system. SATURDAY, MCCULLOUGH SOCIAL SPACE ing their doors as an example of students’ ernment and rebel forces in Damascus, Longman described the reduction of crime DOORS OPEN AT 8 P.M. and the increased attention to community Assad’s façade of calm is quickly falling has met a number of students who have concerns as “one of the quieter successes of Zumba apart. said to him that “even if there is theft here, the commons system.” Come dance the calories away at Nightclubs no longer thump until dawn I’m not going to lock my door because I The Middlebury College Annual Secu- McCullough Social Space. hours. Few Western diplomats and report- would rather assert that I view this as a safe rity and Crime Report was emailed to all SUNDAY AT 4 P.M. ers remain. The vibe of the whole town has space.” students. Burchard said the purpose of this Monday Night Football fear — fear for an impending battle that was “to remind everyone crime can and Watch your favorite team and enjoy some promises little certainty for the future. does occur even at [the] College.” A graphic with stats from the crime report The College’s reported crime statistics can be found at middleburycampus.com. free Grille snacks. MONDAY 8:30 P.M. october 25, 2012 | News 3 Rohatyn celebrates 10-year anniversary By Jess Berry really beautifully with what we do in the Of the 11 New England Small College - Athletic Conference [NESCAC] schools, On Thursday, Oct. 18, the Rohatyn Cen- signed name, IGS.” only six offer a major that falls into the ter for International Affairs celebrated its Mayer explained that when she stepped realm of international or global studies. ten year anniversary. In time with this cel- overseas into her position as the director of interna- ebration, the international studies major tional studies, she brought up the sugges- studies major are Amherst, Bates, Bow- was changed to the international and global tion of changing the name to include global doin, Hamilton and Williams. No school briefing studies major (IGS). studies. According to Mayer, this is some- offers an “international and global studies” BY NATHAN LABARBA ’14 Students and professors commemorat- thing she has been thinking about for a long major. ed the anniversary with two panels, one led time. Mayer said that she has received only Buenos Aires, Argentina by professors and one by students, to dis- The new name, she argued, better re- positive feedback on the name change. cuss the role of America as a global power While Mayer feels that the new name I am addressing you from Buenos Ai- really do and how the academic program was necessary, some students are apathetic res, the Paris of South America, a gor- held in Rohatyn and the second in Atwater needs to educate and orient students. to the change. geous city where wine is cheaper than wa- Dining Hall. “IGS faculty ask questions in the courses “I have to say I’m pretty indifferent over ter, the dead get the best real estate and Professor of Geography Tamar Mayer, the addition of ‘global’,” wrote Hudson Ca- the national dance is sexy as hell. I could who was appointed to the directorship of questions that are transnational, that are vanagh ’14 in an email. “Although for what be speaking from anywhere, though. It both the Rohatyn Center and the depart- global, in nature” said Mayer. “It really was is already the wordiest major in existence, does not matter where I am so much as ment of international and global studies it makes writing my actual major on an ap- that I am there. this past summer, gave opening remarks exactly what we do in the program.” plication essentially impossible.” A few weeks ago, some friends and I at the panels, which applauded the work of decided to go skydiving. Some of you may the Rohatyn Center since its establishment have that classic motherly reaction, that in 2002. “oh-you-are-crazy-I-would-never!” gri- “Over the last decade, the Rohatyn Cen- mace of envious appreciation. Others may ter has established itself as the place to go nod and give a “right on;” perhaps you at Middlebury for an in-depth international have experienced the rush of the dive or or global perspective on social, political, similarly seek adrenaline highs. cultural and economic issues,” said Mayer For those of you who have not skydived, in her remarks on Thursday. let me tell you a little about it. First, you In the past 10 years, the Rohatyn Center sit there and decide whether or not it is has hosted over 1,000 speakers, adminis- worth it to you to jump out of an airplane tered over a quarter of a million dollars in with a stranger strapped to your back who Mellon grants in support of undergraduate is solely responsible for making sure that student international research and has em- you do not die. That is the hardest part. ployed over 100 student interns. Resolved, though, you forge onward, and Mayer expressed enthusiasm for her new position as the director of the Rohatyn the great wide world. You strap on a goofy - suit, it squeezes you in weird places, you sition as the head of the international and global studies department. leaving everything behind, contemplating “[Director of the Rohatyn Center] is a a lot of what-ifs, but mostly enjoying an great job and it’s great center,” said Mayer. courtesy of campusexplorer.com unparalleled freedom, the freedom to live, “There’s a lot of great energy here, and I The Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, located in the Robert A. Jones the freedom to die. think that the mission of the center works ’59 house, celebrated its 10-year anniversary last Thursday, Oct. 18. And then, with the world below re- duced to a mere mosaic of farms and lakes and lives, you jump. Absolute sensory Concert date College establishes overload, louder than a thousand freight trains, 35 seconds during which nothing matters, or has ever mattered, other than elicits varied med school alliances your own enjoyment of and appreciation for life. The cold air refreshes your soul, By Nate Sans take the MCAT prior to their commence- and before you have time to process the ment of their senior year. responses On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Director of Stu- fact that the plane you were just in is a Middlebury students and alums ex- tiny speck thousands of feet above your dent Fellowships and Health Professions pressed support for the early admission head, the parachute opens and the world CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Advising Arlinda Wickland sent an email programs. “Applying early … gives students - becomes silently still, purely peaceful, and ordination, the Concerts Committee was the advantage of avoiding some of the dents announcing that the College has es- stress experienced by upperclassmen pur- able to confirm this date with the approv- tablished an Early Assurance Program with suing admission. I can see how it would be and your understanding rush back into al of Facilities, the Athletic Department Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth your body like a deluge, and you are hap- and members of the college administra- College. Pollick ’14 in an email. py, truly happy. The person who comes tion,” wrote Sprague and Mallchok. “This new partnership avails the oppor- Alumnus and current medical school down is never the same as the person who Students are reacting to the resched- tunity for outstanding students at Middle- applicant Samuel Miller ’12 agrees. goes up. uling in a variety of ways. For some, the bury who are clearly commit- “Application to medical If you have never been skydiving, may- rescheduling has no effect. However, oth- ted to a career in medicine “The early school is a very competitive be this description has inspired you to ers who cannot attend the January show to seek acceptance to Geisel process, and pre-med stu- start scrambling together a way to pitch are disappointed. Dartmouth in the sophomore assurance dents are often very concerned “I was really looking forward to seeing year,” wrote Wickland in an program about their GPA,” said Miller. this idea to Mom and Dad. Maybe you email. the band live, but I am going abroad so I “This can sometimes discour- have a sick feeling in the pit of your stom- According to Wickland, should ... allow will not be able to attend the show now,” age students from taking ach and vertigo at the mere thought of it. the aim of the program is to said Hana Kahn ’14. [students] to classes outside of their com- Either way, think about it. No, not about allow students “to take full fort zone, for fear that it will skydiving. I am not here to persuade. Re- On the other hand, some students who advantage of their under- take greater could not attend the November concert negatively impact their GPA. ally think about it. graduate education without The early assurance program are excited about the new date. advantage of Hopefully you will discover what I dis- the pressures of applying should lessen this concern for “When I heard that FUN. was playing covered when my two feet touched the to multiple medical schools the liberal arts some students and allow them ground that sunny afternoon in La Tier- this fall, I was so upset that I couldn’t go. - to take greater advantage of Now, with the rescheduling, I have the lege.” experience that the liberal arts experience that chance to see a great live band play,” said In order to participate in Middlebury Middlebury values so strong- Danielle Hirshberg ’14. the partnership, interested ly.” hurled myself out of a plane into the great Overall, MCAB feels optimistic about students must apply by Feb- values so The Geisel Early Assurance unknown. That is what all this is; college, the rescheduling of the show. ruary of their sophomore Program is one of six similar growing up, studying abroad. Life is a se- year to be considered for strongly.” “If anything, FUN.’s name and reputa- programs at the College, which ries of skydives. nomination by the Middle- tion will be even bigger when they come Samuel miller ’12 also maintains relationships Studying abroad is a risk, just like any. in January, and we are sure that it will bury College Health Profes- with Albany Medical College, sions Committee. The Com- The kid who goes to Buenos Aires and the be a fantastic show,” wrote Sprague and the University of Connecticut School Of kid who comes back are never the same. Mallchok. “While we are obviously upset Medicine, the University at Buffalo School it will provide letters of endorsement nomi- of Medicine, the State University of New You never know if your language is good about the date change, MCAB is plan- nating them for the program. enough, or if your independence is strong ning a live screening of the SNL perfor- York Upstate Medical University and the After receiving an endorsement, nomi- enough, but you try. You never know if mance on Nov. 3rd in Crossroads Café to University of Rochester Medical Center. nees must apply to the Geisel Early As- your parachute will open, either. But you get ready for January.” These relationships allow undergradu- surance Program itself. Students who are ates at Middlebury to apply to these institu- jump. Never be afraid to take the leap of All tickets for the November show will tions during their sophomore or junior year faith, to try something that scares you, to be honored at the January show, and re- the fall of their junior year after the Geisel depending on the institution. The criteria jump into the cold water. funds will be available for those who are School of Medicine at Dartmouth Admis- for applicants are stringent – most require unable to attend. sions Committee makes the decisions Maybe you should give skydiving a a grade point average above 3.5, however shot. You will discover that the only thing The refund period begins Wednes- themselves of whom to admit. some of the programs waive a requirement worse than making a splat is being hot, day, Oct. 17 and ends Wednesday, Nov. The Geisel program also offers accepted for the applicant to take the MCAT exam. 7. There will be a resale period beginning students the opportunity to work at Geisel There will be an information meeting for anxious, cooped up and hovering over on Wednesday, Dec. 5 for students and School of Medicine during the summer af- candidates interested in the Geisel program your future self from 10,000 feet. Wednesday, Dec. 13 for the public. ter their junior year. Participants must also in late October. 4NEWS | october 25, 2012 college shorts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Though many have interpreted the group’s two actions as separate acts — or have interpreted the “coming clean” letter as a response to the pressure exerted by the administration following the press release — the group explained that they crafted both letters simultaneously, and believe the COMPILED BY ANNA CHAMBY two communiqués to be two separate parts of one whole action. Amherst student publishes STATING THEIR BELIEFS account of on-campus rape In their open letter to the community, A former Amherst College student de- the students stated that they believed that tailed her experience of on-campus rape in the school’s investment structure was in- consistent with the College’s values and an op-ed in the Amherst Student on Oct. mission statement. 17. The 5,000-word piece, which was pub- “Our intent was to bring attention to lished with a “trigger-warning” due to its the unsettling reality that Middlebury has disturbing nature, was written by former millions of dollars invested in industries of member of the class of 2014 Angie Epi- violence, while we appear to stand for uni- fano describing her rape and the distress- versal compassion and peace,” they wrote. ing lack of support she received from the The group also cited the College’s lack- Courtesy of the Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee Amherst administration in dealing with luster grades on endowment transparency Students painted handprints outside of Proctor on a poster that read “Our the aftermath when she sought help on as reported by the College Sustainability Middlebury Divests from Violence” to demonstrate their solidarity with the campus. Report Card, published by the Sustainable Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 11:30 - 2 p.m. Endowments Institute, as another motivat- By Epifano’s account, the school dis- ing factor for their action. they’ve done,” he said. couraged her from reporting her rape to EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY In the six report cards since the incep- The SRI president explained that the ac- OF DIVESTMENT the police, preventing her from changing tion of the sustainability ranking system in dorms, and questioned her account of the who had seen a number of “big wins” in 2008, the College has received no better The student’s press release has led some their collaborative efforts with the adminis- events. than a C grade with respect to transparency. to question whether divestment is possi- The article subsequently went viral While some other institutions have similar- ble given the College’s current investment Chute described that just weeks before, within a few hours, causing the Amherst ly struggled in this category in recent years model. According to Vice President for Fi- Student website to shut down from the (including Bates College and Williams Col- nance and Treasurer Patrick Norton, forms school’s history, decided that they would - lege) other institutions, including Amherst of divestment have occurred in the past. allow a student liaison from the Advisory College and Brown University, have re- In April 2006, in response to violence in cussion of rape on college campuses and Committee on Socially Responsible Invest- ceived As and Bs for endowment transpar- Darfur, the President of the College Ronald the twitter trending topic #ithappenshere. ing (ACSRI) to act as a liaison for all Board ency. D. Liebowitz announced in a press release - of Trustee’s Investment Committee meet- that the Investment Committee, Board of tional accounts of unreported rape, both at ings “in the foreseeable future”. A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY Trustees and the College’s external invest- Amherst and other peer institutions. ment consultant had all reviewed the Col- ever ACSRI liaison to a Board Finance President of Amherst College Biddy Chair of the Board of Trustees Marna lege’s direct holdings to identify and cease Committee meeting. Chute was limited in Martin issued a statement regarding the Wittington explained that board members all investment in “any multinational com- his capacity to participate in the meeting, op-ed expressing her regret for the Col- were “disappointed” by the group’s actions. panies that may provide the many factions serving as a non-voting member with no lege’s failure to appropriately respond to “I think that one of our values is integ- that constitute the Sudanese Government the victim’s case. rity, and integrity in communication,” she presentation at the end of the meeting), yet said. “I think we have a lot of tolerance for - “Sexual misconduct and assault are seemed enthusiastic about the creation of disagreement, but I don’t think we have a vestment occurred as a result of the initia- among the toughest and most consequen- the position. lot of tolerance for misrepresenting your- tive, as the College was not invested in any tial problems on college campuses and “The Board seems open to hearing sug- self, and taking someone else’s identity and such companies in their direct holdings in the culture as a whole. Amherst is not gestions from the student body,” he said. using it as your own.” portfolio. alone in its struggles with it. But Amherst, The Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee At the time the College also took steps Lama Welcoming Committee believe that given its values, its commitment to com- members, however, reject the notion that to try to compel Investure to encourage its the recent steps taken by the administra- munity and its size should be a model of they are guilty of impersonation. managers to employ similar screens when - education, prevention and effective re- “We are the Dalai Lama Welcoming investing the pooled funds. tations in the scope of the measures. sponse when violations occur. No student Committee. We sent the letter as the Col- Norton explained in an email, “The Col- - should be discouraged from reporting of- lege sent a letter to Investure with a list of ent tactics, and doing autonomous actions,” fenses or seeking redress,” said President Lama Welcoming Committee … some stu- said Stuart, “as long as it’s not undermining Martin. dents accused us of identity theft, but that’s as prohibited investments.” preposterous. We didn’t violate anything the work of other groups, which we don’t Yet, the College Treasurer acknowledged according to United States law,” said Ben- believe that it was in this case.” — The Amherst Student Abba. over the direct management of the aggre- Koplinka-Loehr explained that the MANAGING THE ENDOWMENT gate funds. Online supplement to group did not use the College’s seal or let- “As an investor in comingled funds for As of June 2012, Middlebury’s endow- terhead. He also stated that the group re- which Investure has full management dis- - peatedly referenced the College Handbook, cretion, we recognized that we couldn’t lion. The vast majority of this sum is man- grades seeking to avoid any action that could be aged by Investure, a company that manages considered a violation of College policy. funds. However, we strongly encouraged the investments of 12 other organizations — - Dean of the College Shirley Collado Investure to divest securities of any type nia’s San Jose State University is testing a and Associate Dean of Judicial Affairs and in these companies that may be part of our new, video lecture-based class in order to Student Life Karen Guttentag spoke to the portfolio, and to avoid them in the future,” billion. ameliorate its student passing rate. Campus for this article, but could not com- he wrote. By using Investure, Middlebury is en- - Norton explained that the College has dowed with a team of professionals who room,” requires students of the Engineer- open investigation being pursued by the provide access to investment possibilities ing Electronics and Circuits class to watch College. to follow the institution’s Environmen- comparable to the opportunities available lecture videos produced by the Massa- tal and Social Responsibility Principles, to institutions with larger endowments. chusetts Institute of Technology on their SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE which were adopted last spring. Within this Yet, by using an outsourced invest- own time, allowing for a discussion-based INVESTMENT CLUB REACTS framework Investure seeks to maximize re- ment company, the College loses a level of classroom setting during the scheduled turns while managing risk, according to the transparency offered by the in-house man- class times instead. The Socially Responsible Investment Treasurer. agement process. While the Middlebury The class is a pre-requisite course for club (SRI) is recognized by the College com- Investment Committee and Board remain furthering studies in the electrical-engi- munity as another on-campus group seek- companies in which we are invested that actively involved with the decision making neering major, but 40 percent of the stu- ing greater endowment transparency. must remain a focus. It is our endowment process regarding asset allocation, guide- dents in previous semesters received a C Current SRI Co-President, Ben Chute that funds 20 percent of the operating costs lines and strategic changes to the College’s or lower, causing concern among profes- ’13.5, explained that while his group was of Middlebury College,” he said. sors and forcing them to re-think their broadly supportive of the Dalai Lama Wel- endowments, they are unable to instantly method of teaching. coming Committee’s message, some SRI access the records that indicate the compa- STUDENTS INVITE DISCUSSION The pilot program is being compared members were critical of the action taken nies in which the College invests. - to two traditionally taught classes through SRI will host a discussion in conjunction rately screen for investment in arms manu- examination scores and overall student “Initially, SRI was pretty shocked [by with the Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee facturers, military contractors or fossil fuel experience. Halfway through a semester of the email.] Many members were not happy and the Divestment Committee (another companies. about it. I think it is not consistent with student group working directly on the issue Koplinka-Loehr believes that it is nearly are already showing positive results: the the strategy that we have been pursuing, of endowment transparency) this evening certain that the College is invested in such median mid-term examination scores of which has been to educate people and have at 8 p.m. in Axinn 219. companies. the 85 students were ten to 11 points high- a thoughtful, reasonable, straight-forward The Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee “There is not only the possibility that we er than those of the other two sections. and honest conversation about the ethics and the “growing contingent” of support- are invested in military contractors, there is Despite some student resistance to its of our endowment and how we can make it ers on campus will also hold a general as- the certainty that we are invested in mili- fast-paced nature, the course will continue better,” Chute said. sembly at 4:00 p.m. on Friday in Warner tary contractors,” he said. “Without screens - “The principles that were expressed by Hemicycle. Both meetings are open to all - aminations. this group are things that many of us largely community members. panies on the market … it is without doubt identify with, and support and sympathize The Community Judicial Board hearing that we are invested in them,” he said. — The Chronicle of Higher Education with … While I would have done it another way, I can’t take anything away from what Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. october 25, 2012 | News 5 community council update Council aims to improve communication From The give them a chance to say this is who we people there.” By Claire Abbadi are and this is our mission, explained Com- In light of the recent editorial published President’s The Community Council met on Mon- munity Council Co-Chair Barret Smith ’13. in the Amherst Student on on-campus rape, day Oct. 22 to outline an ambitious list of “That way we are building an understand- sexual assault was a pertinent topic at Mon- tasks for the 2012-2013 academic year. day’s meeting. The council discussed invit- Desk Issues on the preliminary agenda for the time during the social house review pro- ing staff from Parton Health Center and BY CHARLIE ARNOWITZ council include: communication methods cess.” from the Sexual Assault Overview Commit- between faculty, students and staff; re- The council also discussed campus com- tee (SAOC) to give a presentation of this is- - - munication methods during the Oct. 22 sue to the committee and how to initiate an dent Government Association’s (SGA) cess to health services on campus; sexual meeting. Council members are seeking a ongoing conversation around this issue. bi-weekly column, From the President’s assault on campus; public spaces and dorm way to increase student participation and “The Amherst sexual assault case has Desk with SGA President Charlie Arnow- damage; social house membership; stress attendance of College-sponsored events gotten a lot of attention and so if we are itz ’13. In this column, we will be discuss- culture; student participation in MCAB and through more effective communication. going to work with the SAOC on sexual as- ing issues of importance to the SGA and other college sponsored events; and imple- “There is a stigma on campus to not go sault, we should do it sooner while people the student body. This week I am joined menting recommendations from the Alco- to MCAB events or go to college sponsored are talking about and concerned with the by SGA Treasurer and Finance Committee hol Task Force. events, and a lot of that can be changed issue,” said Isabelle Dietz ’13. Chair Peter Mattson ’14 to talk about the A large part of the meeting was spent just by the way we communicate,” member The council also raised the idea of add- - discussing the relative urgency of each of Zach Marlette ’13 explained. ing residents of Middlebury as members of ation and funding for student organiza- these issues, and their relevancy to the in- In an effort to increase on-campus the College’s Community Council. Opinions tions. terests of students, faculty and staff. communication, the Community Council were divided on this matter — some felt The SGA is responsible for allocating - is working with the Student Government that it was a way to bridge the gap between money to the nearly 175 organizations on ship in social houses. School policy on the Association and the Dean of the College’s the College and the town on certain issues, campus, from the African American Al- issue dictates that students may not join while others felt that the council focused on liance to the Youthful Alliance for Mer- social houses until the second semester of time used to discuss issues on campus. issues that were too unique to the College rymaking, in the form of annual budgets, sophomore year; however the council has “My hope is to create an open time for and would be of little interest to the town. new money requests and loans. Generally, proposed considering more lenient mem- anybody who wants to share something Lastly, the council discussed the forma- bership guidelines. This discussion could student organizations have enjoyed tre- with the student body that there would be tion of a Residential Life Committee whose affect the membership as early as this topics that are of enough interest to stu- mission is to act as an advisory group and In addition to funding student organiza- dents,” said Dean of the College and Coun- discussion forum on residential life, as well for review. tions, we also fund our own initiatives that cil Co-Chair Shirley Collado. “It is really to as review social houses and special interest The Community Council is hoping to serve the student body. Last year, the SGA promote face-to-face dialogue and to re- houses each year. The committee will be initiate an ongoing conversation with the passed a series of exciting initiatives that ally engage one another without relying comprised of one staff member, one faculty social houses on this issue. on email. We just don’t know how to get member and two student members. student life, including a dramatic expan- “I want to bring in the social houses and sion of the MiddView and the YouPower bike room. All of this good work is funded by the Trustees seek student involvement Student Activity Fee, the $380 that ev- ery student pays in addition to the Com- By Kathryn DeSutter cohol front,” added Arnowitz. “They were by the number of students that are apply- prehensive Fee. Collectively, the sum of also strongly opinionated and hearing the ing for small grants to do projects or are these fees makes up the SGA budget. The Trustees of the College met on campus range of reactions was interesting.” interested in internships.” SGA Finance Committee budgets all of this past weekend to discuss and vote on De la Cruz hopes that students will con- The board also voted to establish a new these funds to student organizations each various issues of governance, experiential tinue to be a part of these conversations. C.V. Starr-Middlebury School Abroad in spring. If student organizations do not learning and student life, among other “I think the trustees really see how India. spend the entirety of their budgets, those topics. much they need student input in order to “It is great that we will be able to pro- funds come back to the SGA as reserves. The board heard from several students make any kind of informed decision on vide opportunities for our students to If the SGA chooses, these reserves can be during their time at the College. student affairs,” wrote de la Cruz in an study in and learn about India,” wrote spent on projects like the ones mentioned Student Government Association email. “Fortunately, they have plans to President of the College Ronald D. Li- above. (SGA) President Charlie Arnowitz ’13, create more dialogue with students out- ebowitz in an email. “Students have been As a result of the SGA’s allocation of Lauren Greer ’13 and Chris de la Cruz ’13 side of the meetings so they may all come requesting this for more than a decade.” generous budgets to student organiza- sat in on the meeting of the Student Af- The Buildings and Grounds Committee tions and legislative agendas over the fairs Committee. think student involvement really is some- also received an update on fundraising for past two years, the Student Government Arnowitz gave a brief presentation to thing they lack yet something they are the Field House. The board approved con- Reserve Fund fell from $413,000 in the the trustees to outline the duties and goals pushing to work on.” struction of the Field House last fall. fall of 2011 to $121,000 today. Demand of the SGA. After Arnowitz’s presentation, De la Cruz described how the trustees “The Field House is a much-needed for funding is booming like never before the committee was present- directly addressed the project,” wrote Liebowitz. “The tempo- and this year will likely bring a further ed with the results of the students. rary ‘Bubble’ has given us more years that drop in the reserves. alcohol survey conducted “I think student “Right at the end, the it was intended to give us. The new facility These reserve levels are problemati- among nine of the 11 New involvement really meeting was directed will be used by the entire community.” England Small College Ath- is something at the three students as Before the weekend’s meetings, the that we keep a small amount of liquid capi- letic Conference (NESCAC) they asked, ‘What kind trustees met on Thursday, Oct. 18 for a re- tal on hand for emergencies, and in such schools in March. they lack yet are of issues should we be treat that took place at the Jackson Prop- cases the SGA is committed to ensuring Dean of the College pushing to work talking about?’” added erty, 377 acres of land along Route 125 and we can adequately serve student organiza- Shirley Collado serves as a de la Cruz. Cider Mill Road that the College received tions. liaison to the Student Af- on.” Student involvement from Trustee Emeritus Will Jackson ’51 in fairs Committee. Collado Chris de la Cruz ’13 was not limited to the December 2011. The board spent the day therefore ask for your patience. Student explained that the trustees Student Affairs Commit- discussing issues of governance, and took organizations should keep a few guiding were encouraged by the ac- a mid-day break to enjoy the fall weather. - tions of the Alcohol Task Force, a group member of the Socially Responsible In- Whittington spoke positively of the re- nancial planning for the coming year. Plan that engaged in a year-long investigation vestment club (SRI), Ben Chute ’13.5, sat treat. ahead — programs planned far in advance of alcohol use on campus and its effects in on the Investment Committee proceed- “We’re stepping back and looking at that attract students will likely receive on the community and concluded their ings to offer an additional perspective on our own governance — making sure it’s more funding. Spend responsibly, and research with a list of recommendations, the investment of the endowment. tight and we have the policies and the keep your spending focused on the mis- Board Chair Marna Whittington ex- processes we need to have, both to sup- sion of your organization. Collaborate with President for consideration last May. pressed enthusiasm for increased student port the Middlebury of today [and] the other clubs to take advantage of shared “[The trustees] feel very good and very involvement. Middlebury we think is coming in the fu- resources. If the College Democrats and “If the students are interested in a par- ture,” said Whittington. Republicans can plan a successful election happy to see that some of the recommen- ticular form of interaction, I think they “The reason we can have these con- night at the Grille together, then we know dations — like some of the positions and just need to request it,” said Whittington. versations is we’re coming from a posi- valuable collaboration between other some of the [issues] around residential During a meeting of an ad-hoc commit- tion of strength,” she added. “I would say groups on this campus is also possible. life — had been tackled,” said Collado. tee on education in action, board mem- if we could keep this level of collegiality, Planning well, spending responsibly Greer explained that the trustees and bers discussed the importance of students cooperation, hard work and commitment and collaborating are key ways to help students reached the conclusion that the connecting their education with opportu- going between and among the Board of program effectively for the year, but it’s community needs to address the issue col- nities outside of the classroom. According Trustees and the administration into the also important to realize that funding will lectively. to Whittington, the board members are foreseeable future, it would clearly be a be tight. Nonetheless, we are fully dedi- “It came down to the agreement that committed to fundraising for an endowed strategic advantage for us.” cated to ensuring that student organiza- we can use those statistics as a reminder fund in order to increase the opportuni- Liebowitz echoed Whittington’s enthu- tions have adequate resources to fund that we need to improve behavior with ties available to students. siasm for the progress made. creative and effective student ideas, ini- regard to alcohol on campus, and take “It’s part of our vision for Middlebury; “The trustee retreat was excellent,” tiatives and programming. more ownership as a student body,” wrote it’s part of our belief about the undergrad- wrote Liebowitz. “It allowed the board to If learning more about the SGA inter- Greer in an email. “They were very sup- uate education,” said Whittington. “One work together to consider major issues ests you, come to our open Senate meet- portive in helping this effort.” of the things that’s been very interesting on how to be responsible stewards of the ings at 7 p.m. on Sundays in the Crest - to us is the students’ reception to it. We’ve College. The board looks forward to con- Room, and check us out at go/sga, on ested in hearing how things played with had a lot of interest and demand … We’ve tinue working on this issue throughout Facebook and on Twitter. the student body, particularly on the al- been pleasantly surprised and challenged the year.” local Vermont farmers lead GMO movement By Devin MacDonald The available corn came from hybrid Vermont is one of the leading states seed. Hybrid corn seed is made from two in organic agriculture and progressive genetically very different parents, and movements; the people of this state are because of their genetic differences if often trailblazers of nationwide trends. the seed from the corn crop is used again The movement of the moment is the la- the next year, there is no way to predict beling of genetically modified products which genes will be expressed or not. It is (GMOs). Last year a bill was introduced technically possible to save the seed, but to the Vermont House Committee on is not an effective practice for farmers. Agriculture that proposed requiring all What Lazor decided to do, however, products that included genetically modi- to make himself more self-sufficient, was fied ingredients be labeled as such. use seed that grew through open pollina- Will Stevens, an agriculture commit- tion. Instead of forcing two very differ- tee representative from Shoreham, Vt. ent types of corn together as with hybrid who has worked closely on the develop- seeds, open pollination takes genetically ment of this bill, explained the main pur- similar corn and allows them to combine pose of the bill. in a natural way. The idea was to “plant “It’s basically a consumer awareness them all together in a patch and allow bill,” said Stevens. “Consumers are ask- them to all cross on each other,” said ing for information on the ingredients of Lazor. Courtesy of High-Mowing Organic Seeds processed products and this is how the This practice led him not only to have Tom Stearns, the founder of High-Mowing Organic Seeds, stands in his greenhouse. bill was proposed.” seed again for the next year through open tion system with water-soluble nitrogen when everything costs more, that’s just Ingredients are important to people pollination, but to experiment with which infusing the plants with the necessary nu- how it goes.” all over Vermont, especially farmers breed of corn functioned best for the cold trients. The soil plays no larger role than Stearns and his team at High Mead- themselves. Jack Lazor, of Butterworks Vermont climate. He now has seeds that just keeping the plants where they are. ow Seeds have been aggressively fighting Farm in Westfield, Vt. has been working he produces for himself and farmers all “On an organic farm,” explained genetically modified foods for 15 years. to be as self sufficient as possible since over the state. The open pollination seeds Stearns, “the health of the soil is every- Two years after genetically engineered the mid-1970s. Lazor started out as a produce corn that “tastes better, has thing. Seeds that are selected and adapt- corn was first introduced, they published homesteader who wanted to grow all his more minerals in it and picks up more ed to organic farms have a different way the Safe Seed Pledge in protest. Over 200 own food. stuff from the soil” said Lazor, as com- of relating to the soil so they can go get seed companies all over the United States “We started with wheat and barley in pared with genetically engineered corn. the nutrients.” have since signed the pledge. 1977,” said Lazor. “After that we got more Lazor open-pollinates his corn Stearns focuses on breeding new Because of the activity of Lazor, Stea- and more cows and started our little yo- through a lengthy process of guess and types of organic seed, which can take any- rns and other farmers all over the state, gurt business. We got our license from check that has proved fruitful for him. where from two to six years to produce. government officials have been moved to the state of Vermont in 1984.” Tom Stearns of High Mowing Seeds is The pressure to have successful crops propose a bill that would require every Butterworks Farm is principally a focused much more specifically on the has led to experimentation with new seed producer to label foods with genetically dairy farm, but also features its own corn genetics and science of seed production. varieties. While open pollination and hy- modified ingredients. meal. Lazor wanted to create a self-suf- “I wanted to focus on seeds specifi- bridization are natural processes, scien- Will Stevens, an Agriculture Com- ficient environment, and consequently cally, the genetics and breeding was stim- tists have reached new levels with geneti- mittee representative in support of the began growing his own corn to feed to his ulating. Providing seeds to people helps cally modified seeds. bill, explained that the House Agriculture cows in order to produce the best dairy. people grow their own food. I have a be- “[Genetic modification] is something Committee received the bill late in the He did not start out with his own seed, hind-the-scenes role of helping farmers.” that would not happen in nature,” ex- session last year, and due to its late in- but purchased it from various seed com- High Mowing Seeds sells to garden- plained Stearns. “It happens in a lab, and troduction the bill died at the end of the panies and used hybrid seeds. ers in all 50 states and all over Canada. is a process of inserting genes from one session. “As time went on, I decided I wanted Stearns caters his company to organic species into another species.” “My hunch is that the bill will come to grow all my own seed as well as my own farmers in general. Organic farmers all A good example of genetic modifica- back to the legislature,” said Stevens. grain,” said Lazor. “It was harder with over the country have unique challenges tion and its implications is an ongoing Unfortunately nothing is that simple. corn because all the corn that was avail- and conditions to deal with. Generally, experiment in which scientists produce If Vermont were to be the only state to able, you couldn’t save your own seed.” fertilization is done through an irriga- a strain of corn that is toxic to insects adopt this kind of legislation, many other by cross-breeding corn and a bacterium farmers would be disadvantaged. Ideally toxic to insects. Unfortunately, this bac- this type of bill would be introduced na- terial insertion has also produced a host tionally so that worrying about state lines of problems. Benign insects have been would cease to be a concern. killed while worms have built up a resis- Debates about the problems posed by tance to the bacteria over the course of GMOs continue. On one side, it has never the past decade, throwing off the natural been proved that genetically modified balance. foods are bad for human beings. On the “The EPA actually considers this other side, there have yet to be any long- corn to be a pesticide,” said Stearns. “It term studies on possible effects to human needed to go through all the licensing and health. regulations, just like Round-Up.” “For me, it comes back to the fact that Genetically modified seeds give a all the countries in Europe are complying higher yield, but also raise a lot of con- with it,” said Stevens. “So why not? As cerns among farmers and consumers. In Ben and Jerry say, ‘what’s the dough boy Stearns’ opinion, there are four main rea- afraid of?’” sons why someone would be against ge- Almost all of Europe has instituted netically engineering produce: religious a highly successful labeling program, and ethical issues (people not wanting to which may serve as a model for states in “play God”), environmental issues, hu- the U.S. man health issues and economic issues. Right now all eyes are on California, There are a dwindling number of non-ge- where similar legislation is being exam- netically engineered seeds, which limits ined. Proposition 37 would require one of farmers’ output possibilities. the nations most agriculturally produc- Courtesy of VPR “It absolutely costs more,” said Stea- tive states to label their genetically modi- Strains of corn that are genetically engineered to kill pests often kill benign species. rns. “But farmers need corn to plant, so fied food.
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- OCT. 26, 5 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. OCT. 27, 5 P.M. - 7 P.M. OCT. 26, 6 P.M. AND OCT. 27, 12 A.M OCT. 28, 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. 7 Local | october 25, 2012 By Isaac Baker On Thursday, Oct. 18, the Vermont gu- bernatorial race heated up during the WPTZ- incumbent Peter Shumlin and republican Brock later pointed out that Shumlin had - on Nov. 6. - the trends seen in the presidential debates — candidates speaking over one another, and Shumlin to directly question each other, - - ness in a box” plan that Brock has touted as - - - - cal storm Irene and the national economic on other drug issues. Courtesy of WCAX - - - ers.” - Shumlin by calling attention to a recent land - - ers. - - - - Shumlin responded by saying that he - - ingly heated as both Shumlin and Brock be- gan to speak over each other, seeming to vent had completely misunderstood his plan and - - - dressed and misrepresented in prior debates. In addition to addressing drug issues represented in the press.” plan; despite his rebuttal, the governor came and Vermont economic hardships, candi- Brock nevertheless repeated his concern - - a deal.” - - - - - - - - By Liia Koiv-Haus - ness — are struggling as much as the moun- - - has already caused several restaurants in - Vermonters remain convinced that the - ski industry peaked in 1966 and has been reasons. steadily declining ever since. - 81 ski areas in service. Over the years, the number open in a single season has risen - - - tage and economy,” said Parker Riehle, pres- Courtesy of Tripadvisor - uct, like maple syrup or cheese,” said Ver- - - - mountains continue to expand and become monters place on the outdoors.” - - - and-pop businesses to adapt or perish. ever, makes this optimism seem anachro- managed to remain open through creative - a mountain committed to resisting modern unteers and conservative spending practices. - have turned to co-opting strategies to gener- - ate enough revenue to remain solvent. - - - - - - - industry. - opinions A false account of a real issue - - editorial - The editorial - represents the - The Middlebury Campus as - - - - - - - - - - - - editorial board - - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - - Kathryn DeSutter - MANAGING EDITOR - Michelle Smoler - BUSINESS MANAGER Quinn Proffer - NEWS EDITORS - Jess Berry, Bronwyn Oatley, - Kelsey Collins OPINIONS EDITORS - Joanna Lyons, Carina Guiterman SPORTS EDITORS Tom Clayton, Damon Hatheway, Owen Teach LOCAL EDITORS Conor Grant, Isaac Baker FEATURES EDITORS - Lauren Davidson, Stephanie Roush, Joshua Kruskal ARTS AND SCIENCE EDITORS Deirdre Sackett, Santiago Azpurua-Borras - PHOTOS EDITORS Jessica Munyon, Jiayi Zhu reader op- DESIGN MANAGER Ian Stewart ed - DESIGN EDITORS - Olivia Allen, Marea Hatheway Rachel Dicker ’14 is from Great Neck, N.Y. ONLINE MANAGER Greg Woolston ONLINE EDITOR Leah Pickett - SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR - Charlotte Gardiner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - By Dylan levy - October 25, 2012 | opinions 9 None of your business My passion lies in the heartbeat of the - - - know, they’re always taught to argue ev- erything, and always weigh everything and READER There is noth- weigh both sides and they’re always, you - - OP-ED wish for than to a good foundation and truly stands up for for something we previously never knew Keenia Shinagawa that gives me life. - is a prospective student about Middle- - - - - - - Middlebury and met people with the same - ingenuity, do we not admire the inventors - - of the kinds of investments Middlebury was making. Middlebury’s support of fossil fuel - - Clint’s words are rather unsettling Perla Sibaja, Los Angeles, Calif. - Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles, Calif. should we think good businessmen make good presidents? Christina Chyr, Miami, Fla. - hearing about the funding that Middlebury Uriel Ulloa Los Angeles, Calif. values ingenuity, innovation, individu- - ality and perhaps less admirably, mate- planation as to Candidates make silent springs why running a from the - ness and run- galway seem garrulous ning a federal government are green Mohan Fitzgerald ’14 been trapped at the bottom of the sea in - - is from Toronto, Canada - - - market value and that maybe we should - - be using less petroleum after all would some of that Steve Jobs fervor that swept - we refer to this year is divisible by four. with questions about managing the na- - merely: a president should demonstrate - green - a big pay-off, he or she should demonstrate piece tion. And you - know what that Julian Macrone ’14 is munity, humanity and the understanding means: time for from Clifton, N.J. roadside signs to start multi- Jobs was almost assuredly borrowed from League of Conservation Voters for the - margin, but the wellbeing of an entire na- in the House and Senate on environmen- - tal issues and illustrate just how deep - son, even though we’re in the midst of a - We are not neutral “ During this election, There has been quite a bit of talk about make use of them. oddly enough, the most The environmental leg- divestment at Middlebury College in the - surprising thing about oddly enough, the islation passed in the past few weeks. For many students, this is ees endorsed the Commitment to Carbon - latter half of the previ- - tion on the environment most suprising is that we haven’t really thing about either - - - Four years ago, Presi- candidate’s position did it go? Other stud- Others have heard about the endow- gage in this paradigm shift away from our dent of the United States on the environment is ies have shown that the - overwhelming major- vestment group for years, and some have - he’d heal the planet. that we haven’t really grown tired of the word endowment, the - heard much about it.” environment and would petitions and the sometimes heated pre- investment. Middlebury has already made ney made a joke or two be reasonably bitter if something awful happened to it. The sad - - ing it. truth is that these attitudes often fail to easy to understand. and then that as soon as he steps into of- However, it is important. - - And it is our responsibility to think of this endowment as ours, as proud Middle- some allusions made by the President - those aforementioned issues, but that en- $800 million. tional Committee to the seriousness of ask you to join with us in demanding Mid- - - - bon pollution, there’s been little talk of date is downright silly. Further, the New tral, we aren’t building our solar panels York Times - - - A growing number of students at divestment and READER Unfortunately, the environment right - Middlebury have joined the national movement, now underway on more than OP-ED environment, it is that nature is a shared - Greta Neubauer ’14.5 - is from Racine, Wisc. ment group and - - - team. sues in the environmental dialogue today, displayed don’t prove promising. To say - Also, please join us for a Town Hall - mitment to environmental stewardship meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. to bring to- didates’ showing on the issue would be an - making our own opinions heard, it’s out - sage boards for further information. 10opinions | October 25, 2012 Press release authors come clean: a call for Middlebury College to do the same On Friday, Oct. 12, Middlebury College welcomed industries in existence, it is safe to say that they are from fossil fuels. According to the campaign, “It just His Holiness the Dalai Lama to campus. An an- included in our portfolio. Our complicity has on-the- doesn’t make sense for universities to invest in a sys- nouncement was made that in honor of the visit from ground implications: U.S.-made weapons fueling the tem that will leave their students no livable planet to the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, the College had drug wars in Mexico, drone attacks killing civilians use their degrees on.” chosen to demonstrate ethical leadership in divesting in Pakistan and the Keystone XL pipeline threaten- We have divested in the past; why doesn’t Mid- its endowment from war and environmental destruc- ing communities from Canada to the Gulf. Our choice dlebury embrace divesting from war and fossil fuels tion. to value monetary gain over human life epitomizes today? In reality, the satirical notice about Middlebury’s the declaration of His Holiness that “we have become The Dalai Lama stated in his final lecture at the divestment was written by us, a group of students slaves of money. We put too much emphasis on mon- College that “peace will come concerned that the College embraces practices incon- ey, facilities, fame.” through our active action.” reader sistent with its own proclaimed values. We apologize In the classrooms, we continue to learn about how While our endowment funds for creating an excitement that is not yet warranted, to best be global citizens and address the challenges the dropping of bombs thou- op-ed and call on the college com- of today, but the chairs in sands of miles away, their re- “ In the classrooms, we continue The Dalai Lama munity to take action. our rooms, the books in our verberations echo through the Welcoming His Holiness the Da- to learn about how to best be libraries and the paychecks halls of our campus. We have Committee lai Lama told the College, of our professors are funded no luxury of delay. We must “Education is supposed to global citizens and address the by returns from corpora- take responsibility now, and reduce the gap between ap- challenges of today, but the chairs tions and organizations that contribute towards making the 21st century, as the pearance and reality.” Our in our rooms ... and the paychecks are fueling war and environ- Dalai Lama insisted, “the century of peace.” intent was to bring attention mental degradation. Please join us for a general assembly on Friday at to the unsettling reality that of our professors are funded by While the benefits 4 p.m. in the Warner Hemicycle to discuss these con- Middlebury has millions of returns from corporations and reaped from these returns cerns. Contribute your voice and stay informed at go/ dollars invested in indus- maintain comfort and com- compassion (middleburydlwc.wordpress.com). tries of violence, while we organizations that are fueling war placency, the only way to as- Tim Schornak, Director of the College Office of appear to stand for univer- and environmental degradation.” suage our ethical dissonance Communications of the Dalai Lama Welcoming Com- sal compassion and peace. is to act now and divest. mittee, AKA: Molly Stuart 15.5 (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Middlebury College has not received better than a There is a long history of academic institutions di- Jay Saper ‘13 (East Lansing, Mich.), Jenny Marks “C” on endowment transparency from the College Sus- vesting to demonstrate their values. In the 1980s, for ‘14.5 (Bedford, N.Y.), Sam Koplinka-Loehr ‘13 (Itha- tainability Report Card. While the specific companies instance, over 150 colleges, including Middlebury, di- ca, N.Y.), Amitai Ben-Abba ‘15.5 (Jerusalem), and a in which the endowment is invested have never been vested from South African companies to oppose apart- growing contingent (across the globe). disclosed to the student body, Investure — the firm heid. Today, a new call to divest is being heard around that manages Middlebury’s endowment — confirmed the nation: last Saturday, Bill McKibben — founder Please note: Tim Schornak is not affiliated with last spring that they do not screen for arms manufac- of 350.org and Middlebury College Schumann distin- any formal student organization. turing, military contractors or fossil fuel companies. guished scholar in residence — kicked off the national Given that these are among the most profitable “Do the Math” campaign, urging universities to divest silence has The rusty taste of shame A certain romance In the aftermath of the Dalai Lama’s that one in four college women will be sexu- After gazing in awe at the double takes a great deal of emotional and mental visit, students received an email claiming rainbow that appeared after the freak fortitude. that Middlebury College was divesting from campus incidents reported at Middlebury in thunderstorm last Saturday, I realized While change is good, however, it war in order to “align its money with its mis- 2011? that most of us share a certain romance cannot be achieved through anger or hos- sion.” While we later discovered that this It would certainly be easier for us to with Middlebury. Disappointment with tile contention. It cannot be derived from email was a fake press release sent by con- look at this brave account and consider such days of rain can be outsmarted by a per- an “us versus them” construction and will cerned students, their call for transparency mistreatment of a sexual assault survivor to fect fall day; dissatisfaction with housing, never press forward without cooperation. and their accusation of hypocrisy has not be a shamefully unique problem to Amherst. the endowment or dining hall food can be A recent arrival to the College’s political been lost. But, that would be naïve. In order to under- replaced by pride in our solar decathlon scene, “the growing contingent” hopes to This same stand how an event like this could happen house, a football win and a community press its advantage as an insurgent group, week, an over- anywhere — even at Middlebury — we must meal of homemade locally-grown offer- as a child of anarchy seeking to stir up READER whelmingly pow- - ings. The College has many ways to keep chaos or at least conversation surrounding erful account of sons taught at a liberal arts school are not al- us on the hook, but the fantasy version the not unimportant issue of endowment OP-ED one woman’s expe- ways consistent with the political, economic of her is in large part a result of our own investments and transparency. However, Emily Pedowitz ’13 is rience with sexual participation. It seems easy to separate if they think that challenging the admin- from Briarcliff, N.Y. and assault at Amherst itself. the students, faculty and staff from each istration to a boxing match by throwing a College went viral. By sending the hoax email, Middlebury Caitlin Waters ’13 is other as well as the institution itself — as if cheap shot — the fake press release — will The most shock- students illuminated the irony of welcoming from Rumson, N.J. we are one entity and it another. We pass compel change, they are greatly mistak- ing part of Angie a world leader who symbolizes peace and through Middlebury with varying degrees en. The students and the College are not Epifano’s brave compassion to a campus that likely invests of transience and move on to the next account is not the fact that she was sexu- money in the most unethical of places. By phases of our lives, while the College is a in a ring. We ally assaulted, nor is it the emotional trauma reading this hoax email, students became have a high- setting ants aware of the structures of injustice embed- heart representing the same educational ly dynamic, that the administration of Amherst not only ded within our administration. This revela- principles and goals from year to year. codependent on fire failed to help Angie heal, but also directly tion gives us the ability to, as Michel Foucault Yet our experiences with the College, our relationship. Michelle Smoler ’13 is prevented her from doing so. Angie’s coun- says, “criticize the workings of institutes successes and failures, are uniquely tied Anyone who the managing editor from selors advised; “that [she] had to forgive which appear to be both neutral and inde- to the time and energy we as members of has ever been him, that [she] was crazy for being scared pendent; to criticize them in such a manner Westport, Conn. the Middlebury community spend on the in a relation- on campus and that there’s nothing that that the political violence which has always relationship. This does not mean always ship knows could be done.” Epifano was discouraged exercised itself obscurely will be unmasked trying to change the bad, but expressing that trying to forcibly change your partner from pressing charges both by her counsel- genuine appreciation for the positive ex- will only result in defensiveness, alien- ors and by the nature of the hearing process talking nonstop about Middlebury’s “divest- periences and fostering a sense of mutual ation and inevitable failure of the original itself. The campus sexual assault counselor ment from war” so the success of this meth- purpose. On the other hand, withholding wouldn’t let her change dorms in order to od cannot be denied. We have taken the bait. will sink or swim together. information, as the administration is wont live in a separate building from her rapist. We have accepted the challenge. Among students I see this on a day- to do, has never been a stepping-stone While Angie was deterred from studying In Angie’s story, she repeatedly high- to-day basis, whether it be acquiring the to a successful relationship either. I un- abroad, writing a thesis and taking the class- lights a particular phrase spoken by another motivation to attend a party despite a derstand — the College is afraid to make es she desired, her rapist graduated with survivor — “Silence has the rusty taste of series of duds the night before, raising itself vulnerable, and who could blame honors. The structural injustice of sexual shame.” Middlebury prides itself on teach- awareness for a club despite a showing of them when it seems that opening up and assault at Amherst is best depicted through ing students about the importance of social student apathy, keeping up spirits during sharing itself with students only makes it Angie’s own words: “Rapists are given less justice. So, as a student body, we feel great the long period of winter gray or attend- susceptible to getting hurt? But we are not punishment than students caught stealing. about identifying and articulating our prob- ing lectures despite having logged hours of cultivating a healthy relationship; it seems Survivors are often forced to take time off, lems with the investment decisions of the work on regular classes — students invest to me that continuing down this path will while rapists are allowed to stay on campus. administration. The mere thought of silence themselves in all kinds of ways into giving only be to the detriment of us all. If a rapist is about to graduate, their punish- towards such a topic is shameful. Angie Epi- life to the Middlebury experience. All else aside, however, I believe there ment is often that they receive their diploma fano’s experience with sexual assault pro- All relationships have their ups and is something to be said for the level of op- two years late.” vides us with another opportunity to take downs, especially when you imagine so timism evident in the community’s dedi- More than one Middlebury student has the bait and accept the challenge. We can many different personalities in some of cation to making its relationship with the expressed doubt that such unjust admin- speak up, we can ask questions and we can the most tumultuous years of their lives school a positive one — a willingness to istrative treatment could happen here. Not collectively work to uncover what remains attempting to connect in various ways here. Not at Middlebury. In recent years, the hidden. Sexual Assault Oversight Committee has re- “When politicians cover up affairs or with the unwavering character of the Col- the quirks and give praise where praise vised its policy on sexual assault in order to scandals the masses often rise up in angry lege, which no matter how hard she tries is due. As individuals, we are not in it for - protestations and call for a more transparent cannot be everything to everyone. But as the long haul. We are here for a few years nity. Survivors no longer need to be present government. What is the difference between I have recently witnessed, we all engage in and then we are free to revisit with rose- at judicial hearings and the investigation of a government and the Amherst College cam- a constant give and take, expecting a great colored lenses the so-called happiest years sexual assault is now the responsibility of an pus? Why should we be quiet about sexual deal from the institution while not shirk- of ours lives and wipe away the hours of outside investigator. Last spring, at the “It assault?” ing in our responsibilities as members of cynicism, frustration and devastation — Happens Here” event, hundreds of students We ask the same thing as Epifano. the community. Whether working at this all feelings that the average emotional- crowded into the McCullough auditorium “Silence has the rusty taste of shame.” relationship means making changes that ly-charged 18-22-year old student goes to hear personal narratives about our own Let’s talk. best suit the community’s interests or through often. I suppose you could call it peers’ experiences with sexual assault. We Submit your experiences at go/IHH, providing opportunities for community- a whirlwind romance — an impactful, in- would like to think that Middlebury pro- answer the SAOC surveys sent out this week building where we may appreciate the joys vides a kinder atmosphere for survivors. But - of our experiences together, there is no de- despite all the heartache, you can’t deny does it really? If national statistics suggests tures that perpetuate violence and shame. nying that keeping this relationship going that there’s a whole lot of love. October 25, 2012 | opinions11 Why the EU still has work to do Taking concussions seriously Of the many animals in the presi- having done nothing of note — and the During my junior year of high school, I emotional and social strain they cause and dential debates, the elephant in the room Arab League a lot more so. So it leaves one hit heads with another player during a soc- the psychological recovery they necessitate. — Europe — has yet to really come up. to wonder why exactly the EU was cho- Because having a concussion is much more Foreign policy sen now. One reason could simply be that Two weeks later, I was watching a game than a physical injury, it can be hard for our arguments have they’ve had it in store for a while now, and uninjured peers to know how to sympathize. Eyes on the centered on the seeing no other stand-out contender this back of head. Concussions, I had previously There have been Middle East and year, they pulled the EU award out from thought, were not a big deal. Fight through times when people take care outside the economic the stock. I don’t buy that. thought that I was Jack Apollo George Sierra Stites ’14 is disputes have 2012 is the year of the presidential part of you saying that something isn’t right. “moping” or gave from Kansas City, Miss. ’16 is from London, U.K. mainly been on a election in the U.S., the world’s prima- I completely understood this mentality; just me skeptical looks national scale. So ry superpower and also the year of the when I received ex- whatever happened to the eurozone crisis? a torn ACL. But I soon realized that concus- tensions in class. With the community cre- It has not disappeared; recently we China, the only other realistic geopoliti- sions were different — that they are a big ated by Concussions Speak, those working have witnessed mass protests in Portugal cal heavyweight. A united Europe would deal. You may not be able to see a concus- through their recoveries have the support against the new austerity budget and ongo- hopefully be able to rival these two as sion the way you see a cast or a brace, but of people going through the same process. ing chaos in Greece and Spain. In Greece, the third force on the world scale. In that the injury can be even more serious. The culture surrounding concussions again, many politicians have been shame- situation it would cancel out any possible Over the past few years, largely thanks also has to change. Opening up about con- fully exposed for exploiting their taxes. Yet Cold War-style dichotomy between China to the National Football and Hockey cussions will hopefully spur further dis- Leagues, awareness about brain injuries cussion and prevent multiple concussions. somehow, almost inexplicably, bail-out af- and America. The EU also still has a role has exploded. Athletes like Chris Nowinski, Athletes wanting to return to athletics may ter bail-out, threats and false agreements to play within its borders, with ethnic ten- Dave Duerson and Jim McMahon show pretend that they are feeling better to start have all delayed the inevitable. There will sions and far-right groups appearing in us the tragic long-term effects of multiple playing again, leaving them vulnerable. De- come a point when the European Central many places. Perhaps the Nobel commit- concussions, and Javhid Best of the Detroit troit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson Bank — and by default Germany — will tee was trying to say, “You’ve been great at Lions has become an example of how long said about getting a concussion, “It’s part of cease to cough up extra funds and coun- keeping peace in the past — remember to it takes to return to play. But we know that football, you get concussed, you gotta keep tries will either have to leave the eurozone keep doing it.” A united Europe, and that concussions don’t just happen to profes- on playing. You can’t get afraid to go across or alternately be absorbed into a supreme means a Europe whose states have dis- sional athletes. According to the Center of the middle any more than you were at the inorganic mass. That decision, however, solved all legislative and economic power Disease Control, sports and recreation re- beginning.” This attitude is expressed too is not going to be made today. Perhaps to an elected body in Brussels, would en- lated traumatic brain injuries in children often. It is too dangerous for it to continue. this delaying is down to the fact that no sure a dynamic non-antagonistic power- and adolescents have increased by 61 per- If you are recovering from a concus- one knows which one is really better, but play in world politics. cent over the past decade; football, soccer, sion, you don’t have to go through the here’s what I think and why. European leaders are currently par- cycling and basketball are the biggest con- process alone. Reach out to your dean and As one Nobel Peace Prize winner ticipating in major talks about the future tributors. faculty heads, speak with your adviser and - of the eurozone. If Europe were to disin- With 27 percent of the student body coach and communicate with your profes- nounced: the European Union (EU). It tegrate, which is a likely consequence of participating in varsity athletics, and many sors. There are accommodations in place has always been an obvious choice. It was more playing club and intramural sports, to aid the healing. What the Middlebury founded upon the concept of ruling out - we at Middlebury must continue to be cog- community wants for its family is for it to any European hegemony by uniting the cal chaos, but the new “emancipated” nizant of the effects — physical, psycho- be well. historical enemies, France and Germany, countries themselves, feeling cheated or logical and emotional — of brain injuries. It has been four years since I’ve played and has so far been incredibly successful. picked upon, would automatically become Concussions can be isolating, both by the soccer, and I doubt I’ll ever play again. Even Though the Cold War certainly helped by more aggressive. War would not be im- nature of the injury and the public’s percep- if my brain fully recovers, it wouldn’t be the uniting all the members on the same side, possible; there are few better boosters for tion of it. With this in mind, Emma Kitchen right choice. I would give almost anything the achievement is nonetheless remark- any economy, just look at what happened ’14.5, founded Concussions Speak, an out- able. in the thirties, and people have repeatedly reach and awareness program designed better. Protect your brain, and don’t under- The timing of the award, however, is compared this crisis to that of 1929. for people with concussions to share their estimate how much a concussion can affect stories. your life. It takes a lot to recognize that you somewhat strange. In the year 2012, the The Nobel prize is recognizing both At Concussions Speak, we gather sto- are not okay. But 20 years from now, you’ll Association of Southeast Asian Nations the EU’s past and its ideological brilliance, ries from people with concussions to let be glad you did. (ASEAN) and the North American Free but also warning that if current issues those suffering in silence know that they If you have a story you would like to Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were just as are not resolved, then it risks doing great are not alone. We talk about how concus- share, please feel free to contact me at si- worthy supranational organizations — damage to world peace. sions physically affect different people, the [email protected]. Campus Crossword “Science and Language” by Luke Elder ’13
Down 1. Playground game 2. Paul Bunyan’s tool 3. Chinese Twitter-like microblog social network with over 140 mil lion users 4. Exotic avian illness? 5. Spammer’s medium 6. Coddled 7. First letter in the Arabic alphabet 8. “The friend,” in French 9. Everglades stalker 10. Eyeopener? 11. Greenhouse pest 12. Ultimate object or aim; the end term of a goal-oriented process 13. “Tearin’ Up My Heart” boy band 19. “Yes,” in Arabic 21. Anonymous John 24. Kind of pie 25. Acronym for ratio of reproductively available males to females relative to the capital it has invested 28. “I Believe __ ___” 29. Caps Lock neighbor 30. Lay eyes on 32. Pub order 34. Acronym for social-democratic federal political party in Canada, Across 43. Large city east of Venice of which Thomas Mulcair is the leader 1. _____ tester: specialist with an acute gus- 44. _____’s BBQ Sauce, with tagline “Ladies 35. Level of outrage tatory perception and Gentlemen, I’m a cook” 36. Is a good Samaritan 6. Abbr. for a platform projecting from the 47. Russian despot 38. Title acquired along with in-laws wall of a building 48. Rodeo rope 39. Well-suited 10. Course abbr. for dead language 53. Wine vessel 40. 2004 Bright Eyes single 14. Self-evident truth 55. What to do to numb the discomfort and 41. Species of gibbon, also known as white-handed 15. Relating to, resembling, or having wings reduce swelling after a run-in with a ho- 45. B in J.O.B. 16. Precursor to humans, evolutionarily rnet 17. Technical name for the knee, plural 60. Celestial body 48. “Ready,” in Spanish 18. Six or 24 times a year 61. Lifting all four feet off the ground simult- 49. One in a cast 20. Cause of the decreasing pH of Earth’s aneously, for a horse 50. Pinnipeds, or navy elite oceans 62. American blogger and television persona- 51. Alternative spelling for unstitched cloth worn by Indian women 22. Soothing succulent lity who shares a last name with The Si- 52. Expresses relationship between a part and a whole 23. Physician mple Life reality TV star 56. Letter variant on Greek Sigma denoting a /ts/ sound 24. Daybreak 65. Elaborately painted metalware 27. Makes a long story short? 66. Kind of clef, or “tall” in Spanish 57. “And the,” in French 31. Its traditional motto is E Pluribus Unum, 67. Both a district and its capital in Iran 58. “Broken,” in Spanish 68. Buttocks 59. Foie ____ 33. Genus of moths in the Noctuidae family 69. Extremely vivid, as a color 63. Poet’s preposition 37. Phrase of a skeptical oil baron? 70. Pluralizers 64. “Seat” in Japanese, or Scrabble word for popular Italian cuisine 42. “Body,” in Spanish 12features The Middlebury Campus| september 13, 201213
dents to take two classes, I had the oppor- Bread Loaf tunity to thoroughly read all of the books, Produces more Now o!ers winter Fulbright fel- School of a task that is nearly impossible during the term courses to school year,” said Gaffney. “But I also got Midd undergrads lows per capita English than any other Located to hear entirely different perspectives on izing Mid d grad school in im l downtown Usually recognized for its unmistakable e Founded in those books than I normally would hear ax b u Monterey, mustard-yellow paint job, the Bread Loaf School in classes at Middlebury. I heard not only M ry Calif. of English is distinct in more ways than one. what the professor had to say, but also what by Lauren Davidson, Stephanie Roush and Josh Kruskal Awards MAs, layout by Olivia Allen and Marea Hatehway international Nestled in the Green Mountains of high school English teachers had to say.” 1955Became a MBAs, MPAs, Ripton, Vt., the campus is the site for While some may see satellite pro- certi"cates policy, one of the most inventive graduate Eng- grams like the Bread Loaf School of Midd grad environmental policy, lish teaching programs in the country. English as a means of developing the school in international Founded in the summer of 1920, the “Middlebury brand,” Bartels sees it as a contin- “The College knows that to be Comprises two an active participant in this world grad schools, business, Bread Loaf School of English program was uation of the College’s educational mission. languages
we need to understand each other multiple research IN SPECIALIZES created to meet the needs of English teachers “[Bread Loaf] builds on the strong tradi- 2010centers, and other around the country. Running parallel with tion and humanities training that is Middle- and for that we need languages and Programs for culture. programs 1915 undergrads last the language schools, both were a result of bury,” said Bartels. “We are one of the few First School seven-eight weeks the land given to the College by Joseph Battel. places that provides an opportunity for -Aline Germain-Rutherford German The program began by offering gradu- educational enrichment, tailored but not Classes held for Some programs of- Arabic ate level education for private school teach- limited to teachers, at the highest level.” weeks fered at Mills College Hebrew ers, but has since broadened to include Expanded Chinese School every in Oakland, Calif. Japanese public school teachers. Additionally, it has 6 summer to Oxford U. expanded to include four other campuses founded in Languages Italian !e Monterey St. John’s College Most 10 Spanish in New Mexico, North Carolina and Oxford. Each degree UNC Asheville Recent O!ered German Each campus has its own distinct charac- Institute of completed in School ter, providing different faculty and courses International Studies “The global perspective, 1920 Awards MA and 2008 tailored to the site-specific surroundings. if nothing else, influences Robert Frost Awards DML degree spent over MLitt degrees Considering the long history of the pro- The Monterey Institute of Internation- “[Bread Loaf] builds the structure of our curricu- summers4-5 (Doctor of modern languages) gram, Director of the Bread Loaf School of al Studies [MIIS] is making four programs on the strong tradition lum while providing a differ- Campus English Emily Bartels believes the most sig- available for Middlebury undergraduates to and humanities training ent lens to approach ” hosts nificant improvement has been the intro- take as winter term courses. Two of these that is Middlebury. We -Bob Cluss summers40 at Bread Loaf 250 duction of the teaching network in 1993. courses — one is an expansion of Mid- are one of the few places Bread Loaf Campus = Students per The network offers support to participating dCORE and the other is a course offered that provides an oppor- summer Keefe, assistant dean of Middlebury Col- teachers and allows for greater diversity by though MIIS’s Development Project Man- tunity for educational lege Language Schools said, “One thing connecting classrooms throughout the coun- agement Institute — the will be held on the enrichment, tailored but 1800acres in Ripton we are looking at is whether we are mov- try online to discuss the literature simulta- Monterey campus. The other two courses not limited to teachers, ing forward, going to look at these affili- neously. She believes that innovations like will be organized by MIIS, but will be con- at the highest level.” ated programs inividually or are we going this are unique to the Bread Loaf experience. ducted abroad, in El Salvador and Chile. -Emily Bartels Hebrew, Japanese and Italian — on two dif- to look at them globally, in the context “[The program provides] year-round Middlebury has been affiliated with MIIS ferent campuses — Middlebury College and of all of the college ‘s offerings, across support and instruction for teachers and has since 2005. The Institute was officially desig- Mills College in Oakland, Calif. The courses the board study and how various enti- a huge impact on the classroom and individ- nated a graduate school of the College in June riculum while providing a different lens to that are offered vary from beginning lan- ties integrate in a student’s education.” ual schools,” said Bartels. “Teachers are pro- 2010. Since this connection was established, approach the way that we teach and learn, guage courses to graduate program courses. As a satellite program of the Col- vided with very high-caliber content in the efforts to integrate the two institutions have all in the interest in achieving a better un- Over the years over 40,000 stu- lege that has garnered international rec- fields of literature, writing and literacy and enabled Middlebury undergraduates to par- El Salvador [Team El Salvador] trip from dents have attended language schools ognition and attendance, the language are engaging in upper level scholarship that derstanding of the entire world,” he said. ticipate in a variety of Monterey programs. two years ago. She also worked as Training Orr’s group did research and spoke from all 50 states and over 50 countries. schools have played a large role in defin- is not possible on the undergraduate level.” Middlebury undergraduates can cur- and Orientation Coordinator for the 2011 with community leaders to understand This past summer there were approxi- ing the College’s international reputation. While the program offers two cred- rently elect to study away at Monterey. program. At MIIS, Orr studied international challenges facing the people in the area. Middlebury mately 1500 students in Middlebury’s “In the summer we have teachers, its for the length of the summer, it is pos- Programs in international environmen- policy, specializing in conflict resolution. “I had never tried to work in a com- Language Language Schools. The majority of these guest lecturers and artists coming from all sible to get a full degree through Bread tal policy, linguistics and nonprolifera- She said that her experience in El Sal- munity like this before,” she said. “I saw students were either in Vt. or Califor- over the world,” said Germain-Rutherford. Loaf, which requires the completion of Schools tion and terrorism studies have been vador was eye-opening, and that Middle- so much potential in the community we nia., but the program also had 40 stu- Maxin Eingorn ’14 expressed ap- 10 courses. These students participate made available to Middlebury students. bury undergraduates have a valuable op- worked with. They were all extremely smart, “To be truly effective, language speak- dents in Argentina and 20 in France. preciation for the academic al- in the program for five summers, with at Dean of Curriculum and Faculty De- portunity to participate in something and extremely devoted. It was there that I ing must provide meaningful access Additionally, this past summer Middle- iber of the language school teachers. least one summer at the Ripton location. velopment and Director of Natural Science that, she said, will likely have a signifi- began to understand that people make a to other cultures,” states the Lan- bury started an English language school “I had the highest quality and caliber Bread Loaf still maintains a strong con- Bob Cluss talked about how Monterey’s cant impact on their global perspective. place, and if the people are willing to work guage Schools Mission Statement. in Rhode Island for international students teachers that I had ever had before.” Ein- nection with the College, as the director strong political connections influence the “I am a very strong advocate for learn- for the good of the community, then there’s For almost 100 years Language Schools that come to the United States for college gorn attended Chinese language school reports to the Dean of Graduate Programs, academic experience there. “The experience ing while doing, and sending people abroad an opportunity for real social change.” have helped define the unique pro- and want to improve their academic English. this summer and he credits the pro- has the same policies and meets with fa- that Middlebury College undergraduates to have that experience overseas makes that Orr said that Middlebury undergradu- gramming offered by the College. “Middlebury College subscribes to the gram for both greatly improving his Chi- cilities and Library Information Services. have [at Monterey] is often more connected learning even more powerful,” Orr said. “In ates should take advantage of courses In 1915 Middlebury’s first language school philosophy that you cannot understand a nese and his Middlebury experience. To maintain this connection, there has to the political sphere and the governmen- [college] you’re in such a transitional pe- organized through MIIS because of the was established — the German school. foreign culture unless you speak the lan- “It’s half boot camp and half summer been a push to recruit more Middlebury un- tal arena than what is typically available riod, that when you go and have an expe- strong learning potential they offer. Associate Vice President for Language guage,” wrote Vice President for Languages camp, but completely worth it,” said Eingorn. dergraduates to participate in the program in Vermont,” he said. “It’s a different per- rience like what [MIIS is] offering in El Sal- “[We] were only in El Salvador for a few Schools and Graduate Programs, Director Schools, Schools Abroad and Graduate Pro- “The language schools allow stu- during the summer months. While 80 per- spective into education for our students.” vador … that will really shape the way you weeks, but I learned so much in that time. I of the French School and Professor of Lin- grams Michael Geisler in a welcome letter dents to delve deeper into the language cent of the student body are teachers doing Additionally, Middlebury and MIIS offer make decisions about where you go after felt extremely fortunate to be there. I learned guistics Aline Germain-Rutherford said that to all prospective language school students. and culture.” In her opinion the great- graduate work, a percentage of the other five integrated degree programs, through you graduate. It’s a good opportunity to how to be a better leader, [and] I walked away “when the first language school was started Furthermore, Gemain-Rutherford ex- er flexibility of the language school participants are undergraduate students tak- which students may obtain a Master’s de- make an impact and do something real.” understanding my leadership style,” she said. in 1915 the goal was not to just help students plained the importance of placing the structure allows for more personalized ing classes alongside the graduate students. gree in five years by attending the Insti- The El Salvador and Chile trips have a MIIS increases Middlebury’s internation- learn the language, but to help teachers too.” language schools in a global context. learning.,” Germain-Rutherford said. Michael Gaffney ’13 was one of the un- tute after graduating from Middlebury. different curricula each year. When Orr went al focus and provides unique opportunities at She stressed the importance of the language “The College knows that to be an ac- “It adds breadth and depth dergraduate students at Bread Loaf during The four winter term courses offer un- to El Salvador, the program worked with Eco- the graduate level, but also at the undergrad- schools creating not only better language stu- tive participant in this world we need to to the language experience. the summer months. He believed his time dergraduates an opportunity to spend a Viva, a non-profit that works on community- uate level as well. Cluss said that Monterey dents, but better language teachers as well. understand each other and for that we From the student, teacher and admin- there was a positive experience, not only for month either studying in Monterey, or abroad based, sustainable projects. The team served is another example of the College expanding Since then the program has expanded need languages and culture,” she said. istrative perspective language schools gaining a deeper understanding of the mate- with a program organized by the Institute. as consultants, Orr said, helping to develop its globally-minded programs and offering. both geographically and linguistically to now In response to her opinion on the Col- work to fulfill Middlebury’s goals as rial but for the new perspective he was given. Karin Orr, a 2010 graduate of MIIS, was a waste management system for a rural com- “The global perspective, if nothing offer 10 languages — German, French, Span- lege’s connection to language schools and an institution and also help broad- “Because Bread Loaf only requires stu- one of three student leaders on the Equipo munity near El Salvador’s rural Pacific coast. else, influences the structure of our cur- ish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, other affiliated programs Elizabeth Karnes en the College’s international focus.
14 features | october 25, 2012 Bedroom Briefs College revamps security for Dalai Lama By Claire Abbadi “For a number of reason, for exam- to be a challenge because it fell at the be- ple, that he is older and we have to take ginning of fall break. The weekend of October 12-13 more care in planning. And because he is brought with it much excitement as the “It was a little disappointing that the even more of a global figure then he was Dalai Llama was scheduled for the long College welcomed His Holiness the 14th before, the security was intense. And I weekend, because it did not give me and Dalai Lama. However, behind all of the think for the people who lived here before a number of students the opportunity to By Virginia Johnson excitement of his visit lay a logistical and worked here during the last visit, it see him,” explained Annie Borque ’15. challenge that took just under a year to was kind of surprising,” said Jordan. spotted my Proctor crush across the plan. Besides security, other parts of the The official invitation for the Dalai dance floor. We had met early in the The planning process was handled by visit provided logistical challenges. Lodg- Lama went out from the College in August year, but had rarely spoken since. I I a number of committees including the lo- ing was difficult, because many hotels 2010. “It wasn’t until November of last had stared at him while he picked choice gistics committee comprised of Associate within the town of Middlebury are very year that we were given a date from them tomatoes from the salad bar and as he Dean of the College and Director of Pub- limited in capacity. His Holiness stayed and we subsequently gathered our logis- drank tea from a glass. Never a mug. lic Safety Lisa Buchard, Director of Public at the Middlebury Inn with his own en- tics committee in December” Jordan said. Upon catching my eye, he walked over Affairs Sarah Ray and Director of Event tourage of people as well as some DSS “That aside, I had fabulous col- and slid behind me. We began swaying Management Lisa Ayers, among many agents. The rest of the DSS agents were leagues, amazing people that we could erotically to the music. others. These groups were responsible housed by the College. trust who worked really hard before-hand While the room literally fogged for choosing and handling the venue, ac- Another big question was the date. and during — people who make this place with the condensation of horny college commodations and security of the event. Some students found the date of the event work deserve a lot of credit,”Jordan said. student sweat, our activities also grew Likewise, the student advisory commit- steamy, as I pushed him against the wall tee and the faculty advisory committee and we danced face to face. He grazed helped develop a campaign to promote my neck with his tongue and lips, occa- the event. sionally nibbling on my ear. We gyrated “We had done some research even in unison. before he had accepted the invitation and I felt pleased that I had finally tak- already knew that there were going to be en this “relationship” to the next level, some pretty major security issues,” ex- transforming an acquaintance into a po- plained Chaplain Laurie Jordan. tential lover. The U.S. State Department guided As I enjoyed the adrenaline and the College on logistical security and pro- arousal coursing through my veins I vided the the Diplomatic Security Ser- wondered what the rest of the evening vice, DSS, whose primary job is to make would hold, contemplating taking him sure that foreign diplomats and heads of back to my room. As I considered the state are safe while on American soil. In possibility, he leaned down and whis- addition, the Dalai Lama brought his own pered in my ear. “entourage” of about 11 people. “Hey, what’s your name?” “I was impressed by how thorough At first, I chided him for having for- security was and they seemed to have the gotten. I reminded him of past conversa- best interests of both the welfare of the tions we had enjoyed and where we had students and of the Dalai Lama,” Daniel met. He looked at me blankly. Slowly, I Amar Pena ’16 said. came to the realization that he had not Jordan travelled to another Dalai misplaced my name. He truly thought Lama speech in San Diego last April to that we had never met. gain insight into the security measures As this epiphany dawned, I pushed that other organizations were taking. She him away. I felt repulsed that he had did notice differences between security danced so erotically with someone who measures taken at these venues and what he perceived to be a total stranger. My disgust grimaced my face as I Middlebury was asked to provide. left the party, and it didn’t wear off for “I think the fact that we are in a ru- weeks. In retrospect, however, my ac- ral area allowed the DSS to be more con- tions mirrored his. I remembered his fident that we could just have the wands name, but I hardly knew him. We had as opposed to walk through metal detec- established no level of intimacy or even tors,” she explained. comfort between ourselves. In any other However, though this was not the Da- context, our dancing habits would have lai Lama’s first visit to campus, security suggested sensuality, intimacy, perhaps was clearly more prominent than during even love. But on a college campus, we his visit 22 years ago. The press had to were merely dancing. arrive several hours early to have their When I discovered that my Proctor- equipment screened by electronic means crush-turned-dance-date viewed me as well as trained security dogs. Likewise, merely as a nameless partner in lust, I students, faculty and other visitors were Emily White required to go through security and could felt dismayed. That night, we both chose The Dalai Lama’s visit took place after months of planning and event coordination that not bring large bags and backpacks into the security of a dark room, loud music required collaboration between Public Safety, Event Managament and Communications. and a crowd of strangers over the devel- the venue. opment of intimacy. Perhaps some people view sex with A dual perspective on a noteworthy course offered this semester. strangers as evidence of liberation. I view it as a lost opportunity. Sex is fun almost any way you do it, but so much Distribution Professor Perspective: student Perspective: of the power and pleasure of sex comes Aiming to give a wider perspective of Graves’s class is full of students from connection with a partner. I only literature, Visiting Professor of English and ranging from senior English majors to truly feel comfortable asking for what I Requirements American Literatures Benjamin Graves undeclared first years and everyone want with someone I know. teaches books that lie outside the usual Eng- else in between. Many students of this By Jackie Park It’s hard to suggest to a stranger that lish reading list. course voiced their appreciation of how he change his angle or perhaps consid- “The course is about black British and the course allows them to expand their er using his tongue less like a battering Asian British writing,” said Graves. “Some perspective on Britain. “The class really ram. To get what you want in bed, you Course: The opens up Britain to more than just the Satanic Verses - need to get to know your lover. When I Multi-Ethnic British Litera- queen, tea and Shakespeare,” said Katie ured into the ‘canon’ of British literature yet.” know the guy with whom I am naked, my tures Pett ’13.5. “It’s interesting to read the va- In this course, students read books like exposure is fun, exhilarating, not violat- riety of voices and perspectives.” ing. Sex is the ultimate form of commu- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and Professor: Catherine Corbett ’14 was interested nication and honesty. We cannot expect Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta, Visiting Instructor in Eng- in the course after visiting Britain. to fulfill its potential with strangers. lish and American Litera- “In looking for a class that fulfilled Our campus overflows with sexual not limited to national belonging, multi- the EUR distribution requirement, I tension and one-night stands. Under the tures Benjamin Graves identities and race. “Some of these novels and poems are stumbled across Graves’s class and it im- influence of crowd mentality, cheap li- Department: quor and high hormonal levels, sex often great pieces of art, but they do a lot more mediately piqued my interest because I enters the public sphere and seems to ex- English and American than offer themselves up for aesthetic ap- spent this past summer in London,” said preciation,” said Graves. “They work through ist solely as a casual pastime. Our com- Literatures Corbett. “I also took Professor [of Political complex questions about national belonging, munal decision to bring sex into public Science] Bleich’s Politics of Diversity in Credits: ethnic and racial identity and more. That’s and our reluctance to pursue anything Western Europe class last spring, which what we’re trying to explore in the class.” more than a single night of lust evidenc- CMP, EUR, LIT focused on the politics of citizenship, im- The course will also work through writ- es our discomfort with true intimacy. migration and integration of minorities Location: ers from different generations and will ana- in Great Britain, so I thought it would be Ultimately, I hope the ideas in my lyze the changes in authors’ viewpoint of Axinn 100 cool to expand my understanding of these column get you laid and help you have Britain and British identity. “By working fun while you do it. By speaking openly Meeting Time: through authors from different generations, topics through an entirely different chan- about sex, this column can also motivate M, W 2:50-4:05 we can see the disagreements forming be- nel. I really enjoy the class and find the our quest for communication, honesty tween them,” Graves said. “It’s really fun to novels and poetry we read to be fascinat- and intimacy. see these different books come into historical ing as we explore them through a lens of focus. race, culture and identity.” october 25, 2012 features15
Poet removes mystery behind Kabbalah All work and no play
poems.” The lecture focused primarily on the Celebrities like Madonna may have history of mystical poetry in the Jewish helped popularize the general under- tradition. standings of Kabbalah, but on Monday, Formed from Jewish thought in the By josh Kruskal Abernethy Room in Axinn Center at Starr of Kabbalah focuses on what lies beyond Library brought the long history of Jewish the scripture, revealing a veil that aims to arly in my first semester at col- mysticism to light. explain the relationship between the mys- lege, I put myself in the uncom- Sponsored by the program in Jewish terious and the universe. E fortable position of having a studies, the department of religion and Cole explained that over the years, the heated political discussion with a person the department of English and American practice has gained its fair share of skep- who, as I realized only halfway through literatures, poet and translator Peter Cole tics, and oftentimes he is included, adding the conversation, had political views spoke on and read from his new book The “[There is] a skeptic in me. I’m a poet, not contrary to my own. Poetry of Kabbalah. a mystic.” I had wrongly assumed that this The lecture focused on the strong the MacArthur Fellowship award, or “Ge- person would share my opinions; con- power of language in the Kabbalah tradi- sequently I said things which, in retro- nius Grant,” given for exceptional merit tion. Much of Cole’s professional work is spect, must have seemed impudent, even for continued and enhanced creative work translating the original poetry of Jewish in addition to authoring four other books. mystics and combining their works into offensive. It was an awkward position; Cole is no stranger to the College. His I had been looking for casual conversa- poetry anthologies. courtesy of hampshire college In addition to his scholarly work, Cole tion, after all, not a debate. I didn’t know been a visiting winter term professor. is a poet himself, composing verse on simi- Peter Cole is a translator of ancient texts. whether to back off or to press the issue, Curt and Else Silberman Professor of lar topics. “[The lecture] revealed a whole new and the whole ordeal left me with a bad Jewish Studies Robert Schrine believes Cole spoke of the importance of lan- taste in my mouth. that Cole’s work is critical in introducing world of Judaism that I didn’t know much guage in the tradition, calling Kabbala- I grew up in a very Democratic and mystical materials to the English-speaking about,” said Marx-Arpadi. “I came because hists “language obsessed.” This feature of world. I was interested in how [mysticism] mani- highly homogenized suburb, where con- the tradition emphasizes the importance “Aside from being a major contempo- fests contemporarily.” servatism felt like an alien concept. I was of his work in translation. Reading from rary poet, [Cole] has opened up the world Others came for their general inter- raised in a blue house, in a blue city, in of Hebrew poetry of late antiquity and what is believed to be the oldest texts from a blue state. Yes, Mitt Romney was our the Middle Ages for the English-speaking Palestine, Israel and Babylonia, many of major, came to hear a new perspective on governor for a time, but he passed uni- world,” said Schrine. “For what it’s worth, the translated poems describe the desires a topic he had previously studied. versal health care, so we raised few com- I would say that his work gives the lie to and rituals of spiritual seekers to rise to “I don’t focus on Jewish studies, so it plaints. heaven. the old adage — attributed to Frost — was really great to have that dimension,” Because of this lack of ideological Many of the audience members were that poetry is what is lost in translation. said Harper. “But I do focus on studies diversity, I never considered my politi- In Cole’s hands, poetry is also gained in unfamiliar with Kabbalah, despite being in mysticism, so to hear about the Jewish educated in Jewish studies. Adina Marx- cal views to be part of my identity before translation. I regard his work as a great tradition of that was really captivating. I leaving home. With nobody around to gift to us professors of Jewish studies be- think that there are some really exciting debate, politics never seemed to be a part cause I can engage students in the discus- but did not have a background in this as- and clear differences you can see between of daily life. Politics was for people living sion of these liturgical and philosophical pect of the Jewish tradition. these various mystical strands.” in swing states — where a couple of votes really could make a difference — but not for us. When I came to Middlebury, I Capturing the Campaign: Students Prepare for the Upcoming Election found myself having to defend my politi- cal views for the first time. I found that I was less prepared to do this than I could have anticipated. It is undeniable that Middlebury’s location and demographic makeup tend to pull the political discussion leftwards. However, political culture on campus is far from homogenous. Students here represent all points along the political spectrum, and as Nov. 6 draws closer, we are made increasingly more aware of this fact. While ideological diversity can pre- cipitate uncomfortable dinner conversa- tion, I think the benefits of this diversity cannot be overstated. While we may feel more comfortable among people whose views are the same as ours, we will not always have this luxury out in the real world. The experience of those in the polit- ical minority on campus isn’t something we think about all that often. However, to marginalize these views and to brush them aside is not the right way to foster a healthy discourse. This is not to say that we should promote debate for its own sake. If you’re arguing with some- body about the validity of global warm- ing, chances are that you’re not going to change anyone’s mind. People are set in their ways, and entrenched views have a way of staying entrenched. However, it is important that we keep ideology on the table as a topic for discussion. Somehow we’ve reached the point where it is preferable to avoid “talking politics” for the fear of upsetting some- body. This is frankly ridiculous. Consid- ering the challenges our generation will Jessica Munyon face, I don’t think that hurting people’s feelings should be among our foremost concerns. By all means, be civil. But The debate, which focused on American foreign policy, was held at Lynn University and moderated by CBS News’s Bob Scheiffer. don’t let apprehension at the thought of confronting someone else’s ideas stop you from having meaningful discussions. HOMECOMING DOUBLE RAINBOW HALLOWEEN SOON For many of us, Nov. 6 will mark the “GET AT ME ALUMNI” “I saw, like, In the real world kids dress first presidential election in which we — overheard at tailgate FIVE lephrechauns.” up in costumes and beg for can vote. 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by Will Henriques Stefani is not just studying the neu- how our mental representations are or- robiology of healthy individuals, “but ganized. Neuroscientists study how the Of any of the isolated silos in the also the executive cognitive functions as brain is organized. At some point, the in- world of academia disciplines that seem they are impaired in psychiatric condi- tersection between them is where a lot of to have little overlap — the natural and tions. So in our lab, we’re interested in action will be.” physical sciences and the social sciences schizophrenia, which is very much as- The interface between the biology of seem quite disparate. One gave us “Team sociated with impaired executive func- the brain and the structure of the mind of Rivals” and the study of constitution- tion,” said Stefani. is integral to understanding how an indi- al law and the other gave us the title: “We use rats as a model organism vidual functions. But an individual never “Intrahippocampal Infusions of K-ATP and induce cognitive problems that are functions independently of the society Channel Modulators Influence Sponta- like those in schizophrenia and then we in which they live. That’s where the re- neous Alternation Performance: Rela- look for changes in the brain, and we search of Associate Professor of Psychol- tionships to Acetylcholine Release in the look for ways to reverse those impair- ogy Carlos Velez-Blasini comes into play. Hippocampus.” ments.” He examines social norms and how they One tends to be qualitative. The By using rats as model organisms, influence an individual. His research has other is strictly quantitative. One stud- Stefani hopes to understand the mecha- focused on the College’s population, and courtesy ies political structures and the history nism by which certain compounds in- he recently published an article explor- ing the social norms related to the hook- Professor of Psychology and Chair of the up culture that permeates campus. Psychology epartment Barbara Hofer “We’ve examined the relationship studies the development of thinking. between those normative influences — what we think people are doing, that’s what we call social norms — and behav- ior,” Velez said. “In other words, how Psych Labs does our perception of what others do and whether they approve of it or not and to what extent people engage in that Hofer Lab behavior because they think everybody else is doing it influence an individu- Studies beliefs about als decision to engage in a behavior. We break down the behavior by different knowledge and thought levels of the sexual behavior. We look at sexual behavior that is relatively less development, technology’s intimate and we look at behavior that is more intimate, and try to see to what impact on development and extent people’s behavior is affected by what they think others are doing.” relationships Hofer examines the psychology of the individual from a different perspec- tive. She studies the beliefs individuals have about knowledge and the develop- Stefani lab courtesy ment of how people think. She’s been working under a grant from the National Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Stefani sits in front of a computer in his Investigates mechanisms Science Foundation for the last four lab. The equipment is used to test for cognitive impairments seen in schizophrenia. years, studying the beliefs that middle by which certain com- school and high school students have of countries. The other studies the mo- duce psychotic side-effects, and with about knowledge and knowing, using pounds induce or reduce lecular interactions within various cell that knowledge, begin exploring com- both quantitative and qualitative meth- systems. pounds that could potentially reduce the odology. psychotic side-effects But perhaps the metaphor of the silo imbalances in the human brain that cre- Hofer has also been studying emerg- is inaccurate. In fact the dividing walls ate psychosis and cognitive problems. ing adults college students and how tech- between the social sciences and the sci- Visiting Assistant Professor of Psy- nology has changed their relationship to ences are dissolving, thanks in part to chology Kimery Levering recently gradu- their parents and how that has affected Levering Lab the field of psychology. ated from Binghamton University with development. Psychology is the link between the a Ph.D in Cognitive Psychology. Her “I’m particularly interested in how organization of mental hard science of physics, chemistry and research focuses on the organization of the rise of technology, with cell phones, biology, and the more humanistic fields mental concepts rather than the biology texting and email, has put parents in a concepts and application of political science, economics, history of the brain, but she pointed out that the more prominent role during this period and even literature. distinction merely reflects two different of life than they have had in the past to future situations “If you think about what we’re learn- levels of analysis. and how frequent communication might ing about the brain, and how our knowl- “We go through the world experienc- be impeding autonomy and self-regula- edge of the brain informs our under- ing a lot of things: a lot of objects, a lot tion,” she said. standing of behavior, they’re integrally of people, a lot of ideas,” Levering said. Hofer’s work — and most of the work Velez Lab connected. [Understanding the brain], “What I study is how you take all of that conducted in the psychology department that’s a really important way to under- information and abstract from it, or boil — involves a team of undergraduate re- Social Norms and influence stand human behavior, human beliefs, it down into useful and meaningful con- search assistants, who have co-presented human values,” said Professor of Psy- cepts. And then I’m interested in how we findings at conferences and co-authored on individuals (such as chology and Chair of the Psychology De- use those concepts and apply them to fu- articles and book chapters. partment Barbara Hofer. ture situations.” Moving through the hierarchy of Hook-Up culture) Assistant Professor of Psychology Levering explained the link between psychological research — from brain Mark Stefani focuses on the biological the mind and the brain, and its potential function to mind structure to individual side of the brain. in the field of psychology. behavior to social phenomenon — the exciting aspects of studying psychology He studies the neurobiology of mem- “There’s an important connection connection between Abraham Lincoln is that it’s both a social science and a ory and cognition, focusing particularly to neuroscience in the study of how we and the relationships to acetylcholine natural science and that’s somewhat un- on executive functioning — our working organize information,” she said. “In try- release in the hippocampus begin to usual among all the other disciplines in memory, our ability to allocate our at- ing to figure out mental processes and emerge. In some ways, psychology could the College. We have courses that cover tention to specific stimuli, our ability to representations (cognitive psychology) be viewed as the quintessential liberal both sides of that, courses that integrate shift from task to task as our needs and and how they match up with the biology arts discipline, because it forges that both sides of that, and we have faculty goals change (known as cognitive flex- of the brain, I believe the field of con- link. that do research across the spectrum of ibility) and our ability to inhibit behav- cept learning is an important piece of As Hofer said, “We bridge both those the social sciences and the natural sci- iors that are counterproductive. the puzzle. Cognitive psychologists study areas. [In fact], I think one of the most ences. “
Paul Lewis Oxhide II The Igloo Settlement don’t Paul Lewis began his Schubert project in 2011, Daniel Sauermilch ’13 performs a reading of his original performing all of Schubert’s mature piano works three as they eat a dinner of dumplings and discuss everyday problems. Presented in conjunction with the Grace Foundation Playwriting Grant. The Igloo Settle- miss exhibition China Modern: Designing 20th-Century ment follows a New York City couple who are just set- of Schubert’s opuses 958, 959 and 960. Tickets Popular Culture. A discussion with director/writer Liu tling into their Pennsylvania getaway when a holiday $6. Jiayin will follow the screening. blizzard strikes. this 10/26, 8 P.M., CONCERT HALL 10/27, 5 P.M., DANA AUDITORIUM 10/30, 4:30 P.M., CFA ROOM 232 18arts SCIENCES October 25, 2012 | Wyatt Cenac brings hilarity to homecoming
By Santiago Azpurua-Borras type of stand up comedy where one takes arrival. material from the audience and crafts it Cenac then took the stage, his hair big- On Friday, Oct. 22, Wyatt Cenac, with into, ideally, something funny. ger in size than one who regularly watches his opening act Jermaine Fowler, came Like most comedians who come to vis- him on “The Daily Show” may be used to. to the McCullough Social Space to bring it the College, Fowler was most interested Cenac, contrary to Fowler, had lower laughter to those within, a goal they com- in the fact that we play Quidditch, and the energy overall but maintained a strong pleted gloriously. implication that we run around on brooms. stage presence throughout. Cenac is well known for his reoc- He then began to playfully mock one of He began his performance by talking curring role as a correspondent on Jon the audience members, a self-proclaimed about the drive to Middlebury, something Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” as well as pat snitch. His mocking was never hurtful or he considered very romantic but not some- work as a writer and story editor for Mike offensive. Fowler merely showed a legiti- thing for platonic co-workers. Judge’s animated satirical sitcom “King of mate interest in what we do and who we As Cenac spoke, I realized that his the Hill.” When Cenac isn’t helping protag- are as a student body. speech patterns matched his energy; it was onist Hank Hill sell propane (or propane Fowler then transitioned into a skit slower and lower than Fowler. But that accessories) he also acts in dramas such as about various happenings in New York and doesn’t mean he was any less funny. Courtesy Medicine for Melancholy, provides voice his past job at a Quiznos. Fowler proved Cenac began his real routine about Comedian Wyatt Cenac, as he appears talent for Nickelodeon’s “Fanboy” and here that he is an incredible story teller he and his friends during their time at the on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” “Chum Chum” and has performed with as he recalled the time he and a co-worker Catholic all-boys high school they attend- comic book movies and a hero of Cenac’s nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot. once convinced his boss that the KKK had ed and how they would frequently enter own mind: Spider Man. Fowler is a New York-based stand-up broken into their sandwich store and had “snap” competitions. Now, this is not the Spider Man you comedian who has been recognized as one stolen all the processed meat. A snap competition is basically a battle may recognize, but rather Cenac’s Spider of the 50 funniest men by the New York What I found particularly interesting of “your mother” jokes, and Cenac, despite Man is about a spider who is bitten by a Post, where he stood in rank with individu- about Fowler is his complete disregard being a comedian, was not very good at radioactive man who then spends all of his als such as Jay Leno and David Letterman. for political correctness, which I found these. This routine culminated into a joke time sitting down on a couch being vaguely Fowler is currently acting in SyFy’s completely refreshing, especially here at about Darfur, which, while I found it hi- new show, “Insane or Inspired,” Adult the College, a place where I feel political larious, others were not terribly impressed. While the show seemed to drag on, as Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” and the pi- correctness runs rampant. But, that being - indicated by the fact that various students lot for the reboot of “Living Color.” said, Fowler also didn’t go out of his way to ing the various ideas he would tweet, if he left early, probably to enjoy the revels offend people either. Instead, Fowler was had a Twitter. that homecoming had in store for them, it very honest in his observations and opin- While his musings ranged from the proved to be yet another entertaining night his silly stage presence, something that ions, some of which could have been inter- mundane to the hysterical, Cenac’s dra- from two very competent, very talented made him seem at ease in front of the many preted as offensive but that was clearly not matic readings of his would-be tweets comedians. Now, after getting Cenac, the eyes of the students. Fowler immediately Fowler’s only objective. Fowler success- made for an entertaining reoccurring gag. - began his act through some crowd work, a fully warmed up the audience for Cenacs Cenac then delved into a routine about art himself. Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble to play 51 Main By Grady Trela ing musical charts from big bands like the Count Basie Or- that didn’t want them to leave. Paul Donnelly ’15, who plays Jazz has been called America’s music, and looking at chestra to more contemporary works and arrangements. bass in the ensemble, remembers the evening well. its history, one can see how interconnected it is with the For anyone who has seen the ensemble before, the perfor- “Playing at 51 Main last year was an interesting, crazy country’s past. Its backbone incorporates features of rag- mance Friday night is bound to be different in many ways. time, the American Negro spiritual and the blues — all The group itself is constantly changing. Students leave be- sound of a 15-plus person band into such a small space was forms of music developed by African Americans. cause of graduation or to study abroad only to be replaced a whole lot of fun for the band and hopefully everyone else It also incorporates musical ideas from late-Romantic with fresh new talent. at 51 Main.” music, and many of the standards we know today were Director of Jazz Activities at Middlebury College and written by Jewish composers with fresh immigrant roots. director of the ensemble, Dick Forman, commented on - The 1930s saw a rise of big-band jazz, and around that row night. time it became a part of the College music scene. As jazz “I like to choose repertoire that take advantage of the “With an even bigger band this year, Friday’s show transformed over the decades, the music stayed at the Col- strengths of current members,” he said. should be a blast,” said Donnelly. lege. The current group’s personality is conducive to playing Big-bands are known for their rich, swinging sound, In the early 1970s students coined the name “The various styles. and Friday night should not disappoint. Sound Investment” for the main jazz group on campus. “Mainstream, straight-ahead jazz, with a nod to bop The performance starts at 9 p.m. and lasts until 11 p.m. Seven years ago the group became known as the Sound In- is mostly what we’re playing,” said Forman. “But over the at 51 Main downtown. The group will also play on Nov. 16 course of a year, we’ll do everything from classic swing to at 9 p.m. in McCullough Student Center at a dance hosted ensemble. On Oct. 26 Middlebury College’s Sound Invest- contemporary jazz.” by the Middlebury Swing Dance Club. Also, the group will ment Jazz Ensemble will perform a show at 51 Main. Last spring when the 17-piece big band played at 51 perform in the concert hall at the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 The group studies a wide-variety of jazz styles, play- Center for the Arts on Dec. 1. Greater Tuna By Deirdre Sackett Nathaniel Rothrock ’13 and Nicholas “Greater Tuna has presented me with tors play, the spectacle of the show means This coming weekend, Greater Tuna Hemerling ’15 are the two actors perform- what is probably the toughest acting chal- the most to me,” said Rothrock. “The cast will play in the Hepburn Zoo. The two- ing in the show. The show is unique in lenge I have ever faced,” he said. “It’s just and crew that I have picked have been man satirical show, directed by Teddy that it possesses such a small acting cast, two actors trying to create a whole town of incredibly professional, to the point that Anderson ’13.5, will run from Oct. 25 - 27. but Rothrock noted that Greater Tuna is crazy characters. It’s been incredibly fun I trusted them enough not to need to Greater Tuna is part of a series of different than previous shows at the Col- oversee every little detail, nor did I have four comedic plays written by Jaston lege in another, more meaningful way. and shaping these different characters.” to constantly remind them to bring me Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. “The show is a step away from the su- One of the challenges for Hemerling results. It has been a really fun and very per political theater and rhetoric that the was breaking through the gender barrier. - the “third-smallest town in the state,” faculty has done recently, and is more in- “I really love playing the female char- ful for all of the hard work of everyone the play is a dark commentary, as well tended to be a comedic look at hypocrisy acters because I really have to get out of involved.” as satire, on small-town life and atti- and racism,” he said. “It is more meant as my own body for them,” he said. “Also, Besides the two main actors, the tudes. The two-man cast portrays over a comedic show rather than any sort of I love wearing skirts and heels. I had to driving force behind the comedic per- 20 different characters of varying gen- deep intense show, and I wanted to show practice walking in heels a lot. To the de- formance is a small contingent of stu- ders and ages. Characters include Jody more the skills of the actors rather than light of my hallmates, I walked around my dents. The show will be stage managed Bumiller, who is “followed constantly by hit the audience over the head with the dorm with them on to practice.” by Anna Parker ’15, with costume design eight to 10 dogs,” R. R. Snavely, UFOlo- plot and meanings behind everything.” Rothrock also commented on how by Emily Jacke ’13 and sound design by gist and town drunk and Vera Carp, Acting in a two-man show and por- the hectic nature of the two-man show Grace Bell ’13. Angela Santee ’13 and An- the town snob and vice president of the traying many characters proved to be a brought out the best in the crew. nie MacPherson ’16 will run the light and “Smut-Snatchers of the New Order” club. challenge for Hemerling. “Given how many characters two ac- sound boards.
U.S. Drag Paul Lewis GALLICANTUS Thanksgiving Break this weekend Friday saturday Bus tickets 10/25 -10/27 10/26 11/10 NYC, BOSTON Seeler studio theater concert hall mead chapel Burlington $6 go/obo$6 for students $6 for students (AIrport, Bus station) | october 25, 2012 arts SCIENCES19 Symphony of Whales celebrates Halloween and music been trapped within an inlet as ice quick- “There are a lot of things to do with playing techniques. ly freezes over the water that the school kids around here,” she said. “It’s not the A costume parade followed in which Last Sunday Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 of whales need to survive. first time we’ve come to Middlebury Col- all the smaller guests in the audience Center for the Arts hosted the family con- The performance consisted of high- lege to enjoy some of its activities.” marched timidly across the stage, some cert Symphony of Whales. lights from the story read aloud and dec- The musicians started the concert by taking their time as they waved to their The concert combined recited narra- orated with music at key moments. introducing themselves by the names of parents, others running away in what tion with the music of a splendid string The children in the audience were the characters they represented. must have been excited panic from all the quartet, and the musicians (members of amazed by the sound of the violas, vio- Cleopatra and a clown played the vio- commotion on stage. the Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Sofia lins and cellos, and one got the impres- lins, while an outlandish witch played the Near the end of the concert, the par- Hirsch, David Gusakov, Hilary Hatch and sion this was their first encounter with viola and a pirate performed the cello. ents still seemed engaged, but by that Dieuwke Davydov) celebrated the fall the stringed instruments. The performance opened with famil- point the children had begun to squirm season by wearing Halloween costumes, After the concert, eight-year-old Sa- iar excerpts from Peter and the Wolf and in their seats, look at the ceiling or count which the audience had been encouraged sha Myers seemed very excited about the the score from the Harry Potter movies. their fingers repeatedly as they waited in advance to wear. concert, even though he missed some Children had trouble taking their for the performance to end — some who Symphony of Whales is a children’s parts of the story. eyes off the instruments during these fun fell asleep woke up startled when instru- book written by Steve Schirch. “I haven’t read the book, but I know pieces: the combination of familiar mel- ments played accented notes over the The book itself tells the story of it is about whales and people that want odies and the musicians’ often jocular words. Glashka, a girl with an innate ability to them to be free,” he said. manner created a light atmosphere. When the performance finally ended, listen to whales, specifically a whale His mother, Tammy Newmark, said The most enjoyable part of the con- the families shuffled out of the building named Narna. she read about the event in a local news- cert for the children, however, occurred into the late afternoon glow of autumn, The particular gifts leads Glashka to paper and decided to come with her two when the performers talked to the au- dressed unabashedly in their costumes discover that thousands of whales have young children. dience about the instruments and their and fully ready for Halloween.
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D.T. Max’s revealing and compel- the form of Avril Incandenza. The Killer’s new album Battle ling biography of the writer David Fos- D.T. Max also pairs moments from Born features an interesting mix ter Wallace comes at a time of surging Wallace’s life with their corresponding of sounds that the band has experi- popularity of Wallace’s writing and new instantiations in his novels: the begin- mented with over the years. academic analysis of his work. ning scene of Infinite Jest, in which Hal Some of the tracks have an art- Wallace, tragically, ended his own Incandenza has a “breakdown” during a rock feel whereas others are more life in September of 2008 after a long college interview, comes from an inter- pop-oriented. Overall, though, the struggle with depression and an inspir- view Wallace had with Oberlin College album feels like a tired rehashing ing literary career. His foreshortened as he was applying there. of old clichés, as it lacks a stand-out body of darkly brilliant work at the time As with this scene, Max often de- single. of his death consisted of two essay col- scribes moments of Wallace’s life by I would not consider myself a lections, two other nonfiction books, simply quoting the descriptions from his three short story collections and two novels. These comparisons are prone to two albums, Hot Fuss and Sam’s novels, one of which, Infinite Jest, is reducing fiction to nothing more than Town, when I was young. considered by most to be his magnum autobiography, but Max deploys them The tracks that worked for me opus and one of the greatest American with such elegance that they rarely, if on those albums were driven by novels of the 20th century. In 2011, Wal- ever, impoverish Wallace’s writing or captivating guitar riffs and catchy lace’s unfinished novel, The Pale King, underplay his imagination. choruses. was published to great acclaim, receiving But while all of these details are en- Even more so than the music a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. De- riching and important, the real strength itself, I felt that the older work put gregory woolston spite the relatively small body of work, of this biography lies in its agenda. Max out by the Killers felt more honest The Killers album Battle Born uses elements from critics have consistently named him the has a very clear, and largely helpful, in- the songs and lyrics were some- previous albums such as Hot Fuss and Sam’s Town. greatest writer of his generation. terpretation of Wallace and his work. thing that came from their heart. Given the excitement surrounding For him, Wallace began with a “quint- And let’s face it — at the risk of pop music, but with lyrics like “Rise up like Wallace, it should be no surprise that essentially metafictional mind,” writing sounding like a hipster — huge critical and the sun and labor ’till the work is done,” fans have long awaited Max’s biography. his first novel with a picture of Pynchon it’s hard to take the band seriously unless Luckily, Max’s book seems to have met above his desk and The Crying of Lot 49 the overall quality of the Killers music as you’re a time-traveling puritan. the enormous expectation surrounding on his mind. the years have gone by. Another song, “Carry Me Home,” per- it, which is, I But as Wallace grew older, he began Unfortunately, over time the band has haps best demonstrates the band’s more- should add, no to see postmodern fiction as unhelp- shifted their focus away from guitar-driven wishy-washy sound on this album. The small accom- ful and cliché, co-opted by media it- songs and established a more synth-orient- Killers have never been edgy by any means, Every Love plishment. self. Thus, according to Max, he began but the band fails a perfectly good motive Drawing on searching for “fiction that surmounted a more general shift over the last several in this song by not fully committing to a Story is a Wallace’s let- television-mediated reality.” years in pop music. minor key. In the verse, they introduce a ters, interviews, The final product of Infinite Jest was In the process of developing a less gui- nice riff with a minor tinge that makes you Ghost story essays and nov- just that: “In Infinite Jest, Wallace was tar-oriented sound, the band also seems to think the song is going to be dark. D.T. Max els, Max depicts proposing to wash Pynchonian excess in have thrown away the ability to carefully I was excited because this seemed like Wallace as a the chilling waters of DeLillo’s prose and and tastefully incorporate electronic tim- fascinating, dy- then heat it up again in Dostoevsky’s re- bres into their works. take in an otherwise very conventional namic and truly pathetic figure. Some demptive fire,” says Max beautifully. Many tracks on Battle Born album. Instead the band keeps the song of the most interesting moments of this In his mind, Wallace went from a and transitions that seem out of place in re- largely in a major key, eschewing what biography provide little glimpses into clever postmodern writer to one con- lation to the rest of the song, and the album could have been a more complex sound for his life, some sad and disturbing: his cerned with morality and spirituality itself is also full of cheesy synth lines and a basic pop cliché. hospitalizations for previous suicide at- and redemption, an “apostle of sincer- I know that looking for emotional tempts, or his moments of uncontrolled ity.” This interpretation, although some- For instance, “The Rising Tide,” a song complexity in a song from the Killers would rage, like when he, deeply enraged by what limited and flawed, ultimately with a lot of potential, feels watered down make me an idiot, but is it wrong to expect his then-girlfriend, walked outside and proves convincing. because the guitar takes a backseat to a ge- that a band develop promising material? punched his fist through a car window. The ending of this biography is neric 80s ostinato on the synthesizer that In past albums like Hot Fuss and But the biography also illuminates heartbreaking. The last chapter of the may or may not be from GarageBand. Sam’s Town, we see more of a meshing of some less grim details behind his books, book ends, as Wallace wrote in The Pale The most redeeming feature of the ideas and the songs just seem to be better like a copyright debacle that preceded King, with the “abruptness of a coastal song is the crunchy guitar solo that shines written.“Mr. Brightside” and “When You the publication of his first short story shelf.” In spite of this, Max tells a power- Were Young,” for example, were both fully collection, Girl with Curious Hair, or ful tale, one that this reader found near- but disappears as quickly as it comes. realized songs whose elements worked to- the strange cover of Infinite Jest. Max ly impossible to put down. I’m not sure if I would say the band has gether as a whole. The main guitar riff in provides these details with great care This biography is truly fitting for run out of creative ideas, but most of the “Mr. Brightside” is one of the more memo- and, for the more challenging moments, such a beloved writer, and Max, through songs just feel forced. rable riffs of the last decade in pop music, with great sympathy and understanding. his own emotional engagement with the “Be Still,” a song toward the end of the and “When You Were Young” also incor- As most literary biographies do, this story, seems to have found a kind of re- album, has a weird electronic drum back- porated itself into the public conscience of one ties moments of Wallace’s life, set- demption in Wallace’s life, which is, in ing and even stranger lyrics: popular music. tings and characters, to the novels and Max’s view, something we should all try “Don’t break character/ you have a lot Tracks on the new album, however, short stories. Members of Wallace’s to see. of heart/ is this real or is this a dream/ be lack the direction and determination of MFA class appear in his short story Recommendation: If you’re an avid still, be still.” these earlier songs. What makes nearly all “Westward the Course of Empire Takes reader of Wallace, this is a must read. There’s a message in the song of hang- songs off the Killers new album ho-hum? Its Way;” a man from a halfway house in But if you’ve never read him before, go ing on in tough times that made me un- Many factors play a role, but the mostly Boston in which Wallace stayed appears read his commencement speech online. comfortable; there might be a place for likely explanation is a deviation from the in Infinite Jest, as does his mother, in It will change your life. this heart-to-heart message somewhere in formulas that worked in the past. 20Advertisements | October 25, 2012 SUBSCRIBE to the TODAY! Get the College weekly delivered straight to your home. 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22sports | october 25, 2012 Men’s soccer sputters in homecoming loss By Owen Teach played that game. In a short, 14-game “I don’t think that they outplayed us 10 and five points, respectively. Abdu- season, to have one taken away hurts. It at all, but we defended poorly twice and Glass also recorded nine saves in the Coming off a four-game unbeaten also was a doubly disappointing week to got punished,” said Saward. “We didn’t contest. streak (3-0-1) that dated back to Oct. 2, have a game taken away and then play take a venomous shot in the entire game, Saward commented that the team the Middlebury men’s soccer team was like that on Saturday.” and I don’t remember their received a bit of luck in the contest, not looking to make a late-season surge into Saturday’s match left “I don’t think goalkeeper making a difficult always the case for his team this season. the top part of the NESCAC standings this much to be desired for save. At the end of the day we “We got the luck that you needed,” said past Saturday, Oct. 20th against Bates. that they the Panthers, who came didn’t have enough punch up Saward. “The second goal was somewhat Despite a large homecoming crowd and outplayed us falling back to earth against front, and our players must of a goalkeeping error, but Alvand did a picture perfect day the Panthers fell to Bates after posting a string at all, but we take more responsibility for well following up the rebound. Harper’s the Bobcats 2-0 after Bates scored a pair of promising results in defended poorly being hungry in the penalty first strike was excellent. We didn’t play of second-half goals. The Panthers, with October. box.” great but did well enough to win.” a record of 6-5-1 (3-5-1 in conference), twice and got Despite seeing a few close One bright spot for the Middlebury will look to regroup as have one regular season game remaining punished.” chances just miss the cage Panthers was the return of Jon it now turns its attention a road test in before the NESCAC tournament begins in the first half, Middlebury Portman ’13 to the field, who the NESCAC quarterfinals this Saturday, this coming weekend. failed to challenge the Bates had been sidelined since early Oct. 27. The week was made even more Dave Saward goalkeeper. Neither side September with a knee injury. disappointing for the Panthers as they managed to generate much head coach Matt Martin ’12.5 spoke to the had their Oct. 16 fixture against a much offensive firepower, as the Bobcats only importance of his teammate’s recovery. weaker Colby-Sawyer side canceled due mustered two shots in the direction of “It was great to see Portman on the to heavy rain in New London, N.H. Head Zach Abdu-Glass ’13. Unfortunately for field again and you can tell it means coach Dave Saward was not pleased with Middlebury, both of those shots found a lot to him,” said Martin. “He’s done Colby-Sawyer’s decision to cancel. the back of the goal. John Murphy of really well to jump right back into a “The Colby-Sawyer game was Williams scored his seventh and eighth competitive game and has shown some taken away from us, and I was very goals of the year, in the 52nd and 74th of what we know he can do. He’s still a disappointed with how [their athletic minutes, respectively. little bit limited striking a ball with his department] handled it,” said Saward. Saward commented to his team’s right leg, but his weaker left is as good as “There’s not anything we can do, but lackluster offensive production. anyone’s strongest, so he’ll be alright.” there had to be a way that we could have Saward also mentioned that Portman’s recovery is ongoing. “A lot of [how he will be used] has to do with what he tells me, and fitness-wise panther sc0reboard he’s not at 100 percent,” said Saward. “We were delighted to get him in, but he Mac Foote ’14 launches 5 TDs on Football vs. Bates 38-23 w was tentative in tackling, which is half of 436 yards of passing, setting up his job description. It will be minute to a showdown with Triniity. minute.” woMen’s Soccer vs. Bates 3-0 w Middlebury’s offense shines in While this past week was dissatisfying Head Coach Peter Kim’s 100th for the Panthers, their Oct. 13th career win. performance against Trinity gives some L Men’s Soccer vs. Bates 0-2 Bates stalls the Panthers four hope for a revival. game unbeaten run. Middlebury traveled to Hartford, Lauren Greer ’13 and crew Conn. and beat its NESCAC rival by Field hockey vs. Bates 12-0 W continue their perfect October a final score of 2-1, powered by two with rout of Bates. unassisted goals from Alvand Hajizadeh Jessica Munyon Men’s rugvy vs. U-Albany 91-7 W MCRC dismantles conference ’13 and Harper Williams ’15. Hajizadeh Jack Freeman ’13 winds up for a throw-in vs. foe to remain the only and Williams now sit at first and second Bates. Middlebury fell to the Bobcats 2-0. unbeaten in ECC. in individual scoring on the team, with Undefeated men’s rugby drops 91 on Albany while women shut out Williams on the road Men’s reporting by Gabe Weissman, the University of Albany and tacking on the rest of the season.” 39-0. Women’s reporting by Tom Clayton another 50 points. The Middlebury Women’s Rugby Berry was happy with her team’s The Middlebury Men’s Rugby Club This win comes a week after Team (MCWRC) travelled to Williams to effort. (MCRC) emerged victorious in their Middlebury was ranked 16th nationally defeat the Ephs 39-0 on Saturday, Oct. “We went into this game knowing it match Saturday against the University in Division I-AA, and a week after 20. MCWRC dominated possession, and wouldn’t be as difficult as our last two, of Albany, 91-7, while the Middlebury Middlebury shut out the University of converted the advantaged into seven but I was happy with how strong we Women’s Rugby Club (MCWRC) blanked Connecticut Huskies by a score of 49-0. tries and two conversions, to improve started regardless,” said Berry. “Williams Williams on the road 39-0. Due to heavy MCRC hosts American International their season record to 3-3. has some big players, so we still needed rain over the course of the week prior College next Saturday, and host Boston Four first-half tries from Melanie to work really hard on the field in order to the match, the game was moved to College the following week Nov. 3, their Haas ’13 put MCWRC up 22-0 at the half. to get that win.” Essex Tree Farm in Burlington when last match of the season. Hooker Rae Colombo ’13 and fullback Haas’s offensive outburst, coupled the pitch in Middlebury was deemed “I’m not worried about Julianna Gardner ’14 added second- with the patience and field control of unplayable. This change of pitch did not overconfidence,” coach Phillips said. half tries, and Captain Jess Berry ’13 the Middlebury backs, never allowed disrupt the Panthers, who, after winning “The boys know what needs to be done converted twice, to cement the score at Williams into the game. their match by a commanding score, to “Haas was crucial for the win. She’s an remain undefeated with a record of 4-0. incredibly fast player, and having her out “In five years of coaching the team I on the wing is really deadly,” said Berry. have never seen us play so well for 80 “Plus we had tries come from outside of minutes,” said coach John Phillips. We our typical back-line players. Colombo had a really good week of practice and it had an awesome try in the second half, all came together on Saturday.” and then actually had a second that the The dominating performance attests referee deemed illegitimate. Overall we to teamwork and depth, as over the had great play all over the field, and course of the match MCRC notched 13 we’re really using these final games of tries from 10 different players. the season to prepare for playoffs in.” “We have a starting squad of 24 Fly-half Julia Gulka ’13 and inside players, so any of these players can come center Marissa Shaw ’14 controlled on at any time and fit right in,” said play from the backline and stymied any Phillips. Williams attempts to break through the Highlights of the game include a 31 Middlebury defensive line. Ultimately, point performance from Middlebury steady advancement and overwhelming captain Brian Sirkia ’12.5, who finished possession proved the best defense for the match with 1 try, 10 conversions, and the MCWRC side. 2 penalties, and a 15 point performance The women travel to Lewiston, Maine from Alex Ruocco ’13, who finished the to face Bates on Saturday for their final match with a three-try hat trick. match of the regular season. The women The Panthers took an early lead are assured of one playoff game in early and ended the first half up 41-0. The Sophie bufton November. Teams advance with each win relentless offensive continued in the Luke Dauner ’13 is held up for a throw-in during the Blue’s 91-7 blowout win against in the competition for the league title second half, allowing only one try from the University of Albany. Middlebury remains unbeaten in East Coast Conference play. that lasts until the middle of the month. october 25, 2012| SPORTS23
Doug Rogers ’13
I want to win the league and go undefeated. We have 1 three games left and we have to win them all [so that] [I have had] too many [injuries]. [But these injuries have shown me] how we get [the league] ring. [I am also] hoping to get my 4 starting spot back [after sustaining preseason inju- ries.] I want to start in my last few games.
Football especially has taught me a lot about time management and staying coach did not have much to say to me other than focused on your goals and what is important. That is something that has been start running. I figured that one out pretty quickly. discipline and that is something I learned over the years.
I have not started a game yet [at Middlebury.] I was and lost my starting [position]. I think that the best 6 - ly time. It [has been] a long run. I do not think I’ll be devastated when it is I know I’m going to miss it. if I can start my last home game and end my career here I think that would be a nice [memory]. Volleyball posts 3-1 run, Jarchow the middlebury earns NESCAC player of the week great eight RANKING TEAM By Mary Claire Ecclesine the Blue 3-0. Wellesley entered the win the fourth set 22-25 to force a fifth Field Hockey The Middlebury women’s volleyball 23-4 record. Jarchow had another note- 1 team has made some serious headway since students were let out for fall 15 digs while Haderlein dished out an Football break. While out-of-season athletes were kills from the previous game to 11 with no errors to average a hitting percentage dominant in the loss with 19 kills and 2 working hard in practice in preparation of .733. First-year Kathryn Haderlein was named to the all-tournament team. for four games in a four-day period. The Jarchow was also awarded NESCAC Women’s soccer Panthers came out strong with three finishing the match with 33 assists and Player of the Week. three service aces during the game. “We were tested this weekend by some 3 College and Brandeis University before Middlebury started the second day finishing with a tight loss against of the tournament with a 3-0 shutout said outside hitter Sarah Studwell ’13. Volleyball Springfield. The team now stands 11 games over .500 with a 17-6 record going we’re all pretty happy with how we 4 into its last two regular season games. Men’s rugby volleyball team looks ahead to its last 5 two games of the season against Tufts Cross Country tri-captain Madeline Firestone ’13 led “Bowdoin and Tufts are two of the captain Megan Jarchow ’14 stood out in the team in kills while Haderlein finished 6 with 26 assists. our results this [past] weekend will hitting percentage. Piper Underbrink ’15 The second match on Saturday proved MEn’s soccer and Amy Hart ’14 also contributed 5 kills to be a much greater challenge than what Anderson ’14. “We are confident going each. the team had faced earlier in the week. 7 Springfield took down Middlebury 3-2 to compete with and beat these two in five sets. After winning the first set women’s tennis hosted the Hall of Fame Invitational. The finish strong as the second ranked team Panthers matched up against Wellesley 25-22 and 25-18 before scrambling to 8 by the Numb3rs After Leung and Gerger won their By Tom Clayton 48 The Middlebury women’s tennis team hosted a group of Division I programs at the Siena College. 31 Panther Team Cup this weekend. “This weekend was refreshing because we Underclass duo Lok Sze Leung ’15 and Ria were able to compete against different players Gerger ’16 defeated Marissa Aviles and Maria round Leah Kepping ’13 and Sarah Macy ’15 instead of the usual NESCAC teams we 7 Bernandez from Providence College 2-0 in The event simulated in miniature the The tournament worked in an unusual Dorrie Paradies ’14 and Lauren Amos team-play dual match format that will be 143 format in which teams competed in iterated ’16 lost to a duo from Army 2-1 in the in effect in future matches. In the spring pairs. Each match was contested three times: the Panthers will play a long season of Marchese ’16 and Katie Paradies ’15 lost to dual matches against NESCAC teams and 100 other Division III programs from around points — one for each contest — was possible in each match. Championship in May. 135 sports October 25, 2012 | 24 lead that they would maintain “Although there is a lot of halftime with a seven-goal lead. that is more balanced than last pressure, the amount of fun we “Lauren is usually face guarded Goalkeepers Madeline Brooks year, with Greer accounting for have and the amount we have been Bates 12-0 this Saturday, Oct. 20, or sometimes has multiple rewarded for our hard work makes pushing their record to 13-0 and guards on her,” said Kenyon. shutout for Middlebury, with percent a year ago. it all worth it,” said Kenyon. “The emphasis other teams put upcoming NESCAC tournament. on Lauren means that they are forced to leave other spots on defense which allowed just three quickly on an unseasonably warm shots, all in the second half. because we have such depth on With the win, Middlebury Bobcat keeper two minutes in to our team, we often capitalize on moves to 13-0 and captures give Middlebury the lead. Seconds this vulnerability.” penalty corner insert from Alyssa record. With one game still the second-half scoring for remaining in the regular season, Middlebury, each recording their over second-place Bowdoin. The own, giving Middlebury a 3-0 lead in less than four minutes. the national rankings last week Kenyon added her second goal lead to 11. after a loss by previous number later in the half, converting a feed one Salisbury (Md.) from Fowler — her team-leading hit from Mary Claire [Ecclesine With the postseason less than 13th assist of the season — to add “Cat hit a great ball from the top it up to Katherine and me for a of the circle and it tipped off the break away, two against one. The last NCAA championship came in goalie came out a little bit too far in front of the net,” said Kenyon. so we could put the ball in from “I stepped over from the right wing farther out; it all happened really and knocked the ball in.” fast because of the great transition College of New Jersey. Middlebury is on pace for team of the game made the score 6-0 25 season records in both goals and minutes in before Dimaio found Football rolls to 5-0 record Women’s soccer wins with 38-23 win over Bates coach Kim’s 100th three consecutive wins in the space In front of a capacity crowd on continued its impressive season 2-1 win against Trinity on Saturday, alumni weekend at Youngman this past weekend by posting a Oct. 13, followed by a dramatic Field on Saturday, Oct. 20, the commanding 3-0 win against Bates 2-1 victory against Skidmore on football team overcame a slow start on Saturday, Oct. 20. The victory Tuesday, Oct. 16. to improve to 5-0 with a 38-23 win Middlebury took the lead over Bates (2-3). There were plenty 100th career win at the helm of the against Trinity in the 32nd minute program, making the homecoming win of the season thus far, and none bigger than wide receiver With the victory, Kim became over Trinity goalie Monica DiFlori. While the Bantams managed performance. school history to reach 100 wins. to sneak a goal back at the Driscoll, who entered the After nine seasons, he now holds a beginning of the second half, the game with 128 career receptions, career record of 100-35-18. needed 10 catches to break the The game started off at a slow all-time Middlebury receptions record, previously held by A.J. active in negating any offensive the game at 2-1. attacks. However, just moments possession of the third quarter, the made their mark on the game in the Concord, Mass. native did just that, second minute, after Kirk chipped hauling in his 10th reception of the the ball over goalkeeper Gab game and the 38th of his brilliant Lawrence from 10 yards out. career, on a six-yard pass from Emily White leveled the score on a header off Nishioka to volley into the net. of the Week following a 12-catch, Even though Middlebury had chances to pull ahead, the game 250-yard, three-touchdown running back set the tone early, end zone. from the late goal, Middlebury was forced into double overtime. converting on a fourth-and-one on “In the type of offense that played the second half mainly on 13 win over Williams the week 102nd minute with a long-range previously, followed that with a his shoulder and picking up seven overthrows, some incompletions strike into the right hand corner. career high 15 catches for 203 yards yards on the play. 18-yard box. The patient build-up Kirk, with her three goals and an and two touchdowns. Driscoll also “Our offensive line did a great assist against Skidmore and Bates, broke the Middlebury single season job of getting some push up front one way or the other to some of record for touchdown catches with to allow [Ashkar] that initial burst,” those things. Certainly [Foote] through ball for Kirk who slotted it Week honors. his 10th and 11th scores of the said head coach Bob Ritter, “and home past the Bobcat keeper. Co-captain Amy Schlueter season, eclipsing the previous mark then he did a really nice job of scoring in the 88th minute when space.” to things at the start … We just try Middlebury was awarded a penalty the conference tournament. “Fourth-and-one plays are kick after a foul by Bates goalkeeper “Bouncing back from our loss “I like being as involved [in the obviously very crucial for keeping doing offensively.” Anabel Schmelz. Hannah Newman [against Conn. Coll.] with three offense] as possible,” said Driscoll the drive alive,” Ashkar said. “My mentality going into these types of into the lower left corner. plays is to see where the offensive touchdown of the season, the the playoffs,” said Schlueter. “Our through enough pain and suffering Middlebury defense found an team pulled out three scrappy over the past three years … the hole and burst through it.” victories against physical and The team, however, could not option offense on the second series, abilities of this team,” said Wagner. hardworking opponents. Going capitalize on its early success forcing Bates to punt after picking “Every player on the team has been records for 8-0 any day.” running the ball as Foote and very impactful in raising the level In the early going, however, it Driscoll were a step out of sync. of practice and competition and to combine that scrap with our Foote overthrew his top receiver time with the ball at the Middlebury in helping to keep our spirits high. possession-oriented attack.” and the Middlebury rushing attack twice with Driscoll running free We are still working to maintain With the win against Bates, that got the offense in rhythm. behind the defense. Then, on the again on Ashkar who had four of 11th play of the drive from the Bates minutes, and to continue to assert 21-yard line, targeting Driscoll once SEE DRISCOLL, PAGE 21 our style.” again, Foote was intercepted in the The win against Bates capped off
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