February 20, 2014 | Vol. 112 no. 15 | middleburycampus.com Econ. Shifts to Proctored Tests By Claire Abbadi do all important decisions; as a de- partment, namely, as the result of a cheating, the Economics Depart- ment took the unprecedented step careful reckoning of the costs and of proctoring all exams in six core classes during the spring semester. Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department Peter H. Matthews. Though most Economics pro- for proctoring. fessors refused to comment on the proctoring pilot program, some students feel strongly that this is the step in the right direction, acknowl- not following the honor code both edging that it does come with draw- backs. reporting cheating,” said Associate Professor of Economics and Depart- it is understood that there is a lot ment Spokesperson on the subject - of proctored exams John Maluccio. partment,” said Nitya Mankad ’16, affects how students feel about the honor code, since now it implicitly Anthea Viragh think it made sense to consider it a seems like professors don’t trust us The semester began with a series of blizzards in rapid succession, blanketing the campus with snow. little more broadly for all of the core to proctor our own exams.” courses.” One student, who asked to re- main anonymous due to the honor College Reveals Branding Effort by Dean of the College Shirley Col- code’s policy that students who wit- lado — seemingly runs contrary to ness cheating but do not report it are By Eliza Teach and marketing is about tailoring necessity of a robust logo system the preamble of the College’s honor Ellie Reinhardt and the redesign of the website code that states: “the students of she witnessed her peers bring cheat - in the context of audience pri- information architecture as two - sheets into tests, send pictures of ence and perceptions of the orities. He emphasized that the such examples of tactical issues - Middlebury brand, the Col- goal is not to conform to the au- to be addressed. sume responsibility for their own material on computers. - dience’s priorities, but to design Since last year, the College integrity on all assigned work,” al- timore-based consultant Mark marketing in regards to those has been considering ways of luding to the College’s policy of un- students who are less affected by priorities. putting into action the sugges- proctored exams, which historically cheaters who raise their grade from a students, faculty, alumni and tions made by Neustadt and is placed the burden of integrity and is no basic disconnect among working to create a new logo honesty on students. the students who are not natural[ly the many Middlebury-affiliated that will be used as a common - suggestions to the faculty last programs, which include the mark for Middlebury and all of tend beyond the six core classes and are working really hard in the class, spring. Summer Language School, the its affiliate programs. is not a reformation of the honor it is really upsetting to see cheating.” “The core of my project, this C. V. Starr Schools Abroad, the code, but rather the Department Bread Loaf School of English, College community in the re- suggest that the Economics De- working within the honor code. As it the Bread Loaf Writers’ Confer- branding effort, six discussions partment has the highest rate of stands now, the code allows for fac- — two for faculty, two for stu- cheating. Craig Thompson ’13.5 con- ulty members to request to proctor into account all of Middlebury’s ducted research for his Economics exams in classes where they suspect - challenges facing Middlebury of Sin class and found that 35 per- academic dishonesty is occurring af- eas of expertise?” said Neustadt aren’t what he calls profound or and gain feedback on the mar- to begin his presentation. philosophical issues, but rather keting efforts. of the College. SEE SIX, PAGE 2 tactical issues such as graphic “We reached this decision as we SEE EDITORIAL, PAGE 7 standards. He mentioned the SEE COLLEGE, PAGE 4 “UPNEXT” DRAWS ALUMNI BACK Carbon Neutrality Remains on Pace By Mitchell Perry lege’s push for carbon neutral- Middlebury College’s Office ity has been the biomass plant, - which has cut the College’s use clared the College to be on track of #6 fuel oil from 2.1 million towards its goal of carbon neu- gallons to 634,000 gallons since trality by 2016 in its most recent 2009. report citing the biomass plant, Despite its success, the bio- mass plant cannot always han- campus, and the new biometh- dle the College’s large energy demand. “The next big step will progress. be the switch to using biometh- ane to displace the fuel oil we Director of Sustainability Jack still burn when biomass is not Byrne wrote, “Our FY13 car- enough to meet heating and bon emissions were 50 percent cooling demands,” according to below our 2007 baseline year Byrne’s report. emissions due to the high per- The process of switching formance of our biomass sys- - ment the biomass plant will not of the numerous energy effi- be quick and is reliant on the ciency projects the College has successful construction of the Rachel frank Christine Schozer ’13, a production assistant at NBC, returned to campus on Saturday, Feb. 15 for the years.” Systems pipeline project. The The poster child of the Col- SEE CARBON, PAGE 3 VERMONTERS ALL YOU NEED RECAP THE VAGINA TAKE TO THE ICE TO KNOW ABOUT MONOLOGUES PAGE 5 BROOMBALL PAGE 14 PAGES 13 inside 2NEWS | february 20, 2014 Midd Earns Prescott to be Offered as Superblock By Thilan Tudor tions and policies currently in place. Peace Corps Prescott House, former home to Delta an FYC in Prescott House emphasized that “We want people to follow the basic stan- dards: no dorm damage, personal account- year housing has been successful. ability and responsibility, and respect the Recognition “We’ve had very few problems from the rules and regulations with parties,” Adams - outset because [Prescott] feels like a commu- said. “You can absolutely have a party, that’s By Katie Theiss liminary rosters for superblocks and social nity. In a house like Prescott, it’s a lot easier expected. You live in a large house. We just to promote community standards because it expect you follow the rules for parties when According to a press release from the Immediately following the disbandment you throw them.” process of Delta House that took place dur- given a lot and they returned a lot,” Mattson of top volunteer-producing small colleges. said. - Adams indicated that the decision to of- able to contribute positively to the social unteering worldwide, serving in Botswana, “The housing com- fer Prescott House as a scene on campus. China, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Paraguay, ponent that went along “Whether or not a group social house or super- Rwanda, Senegal, Togo and Uganda. Since with [the disband- of students comes back block would provide scene where [Delta House] used to be and ment] was that social students a social center alumni have traveled abroad to aid in the houses are both orga- together and tries to form on campus that would said. “Whoever moves in, whether it be a su- humanitarian effort. nizations and residenc- is really going to be a be guided by student perblock or [Delta House], at least there will Zoe Armstrong, the Peace Corps volun- es,” said Doug Adams, interests. However, he be more variance in the social scene.” teer recruitment and selection representa- Associate Dean of Stu- decision for the SGA and emphasized that no tive for the College, credits Middlebury’s dents and Chair of the the Community Council.” preference would be student group that is applying for Prescott, success with the Peace Corps to the global Residential Life Com- given to social house said, “We all want to meet more people and citizenship of students and their commit- mittee. “When [Delta Doug adams or superblock applica- we feel stuck in the bubble of our dorms, our House] lost their orga- Associate dean of students tions. teams and our classes. I think people come - nization they lost their The Residential Life to Prescott events expecting a variety of pro- tions, almost all of them are dedicated to residence. So what that Committee will give in- either service or cross-cultural exchange,” left us with is this hole.” stitutional support to people that live there.” Armstrong said. “Middlebury students are Prescott House was an effective solution prospective social house applicants through- According to Adams, there is no long- already global citizens and that makes them to over-enrollment after high yield numbers out the application process and during the term plan currently in place for Prescott apart great candidates for Peace Corps service.” implementation of the new social house. If from meeting the current needs and interests “[The College] shares the Peace Corps’ the SGA decides to postpone the approval of of the student body and the College. - instead of as a summer draw offering was the new social house as an organization, the When asked if Delta House may return tions to community challenges. Middle- student group will be given the opportunity to Prescott in the future, Adams responded, bury students always impress me with in consultation with President of the College to live in Prescott as a superblock. This will “Whether or not a group of students comes their commitment to helping marginalized - give them time to continue to apply for social back together and tries to form is really go- - tion that best met the interests of the College house status. In contrast, if the prospective ing to be a decision for the SGA and the ing environmentally sound innovations to social house chooses not to continue the pro- Community Council. If there is a group that combat climate change. They humbly talk “This worked out to be an ideal situation really wants to get together and reform, the about amazing work they are doing in envi- not be held responsible for creating a long- question would be ‘Why that group? Why un- ronmental conservation, sustainable farm- location […] and keep a cohesive group which term social house and will be allowed to opt der that name or that connection? Why that ing, LGBTQ rights, empowering youth, ref- out of the process. historical root as opposed to another?’ […] ugee outreach, and immigrant advocacy,” Adams also indicated that all superblock Whether or not [Delta House] comes back she added. themes are equally welcome as long as they would be questionable, but not impossible.” The College’s intensive language pro- said. are willing to abide by the baseline regula- grams also makes students more attractive candidates for the Peace Corps, according to Armstrong. Six Core Classes to be Proctored “Students consistently come to inter- kinds of settings. Other departments don’t you are a student who is not taking part CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 language study. They highlight their com- admitted have classes of thirty, as often, perhaps. in this sort of activity, it is such an affront mitment to linguistic study because they academic year. His research also indicated “But, in our [interdepartmental] dis- to your integrity that someone else is and want to use these skills to serve cross-cul- that hard science classes actually have the cussions, it wasn’t that ‘oh, everyone in cheapening the overall experience.” tural goals,” she said. highest rate of cheating, not Economics, Economics is cheating and people aren’t While the proctoring is limited to just Assistant Director in Career Services contrary to what many students believe. elsewhere,’” continued Maluccio. “That six economics classes, it involves the en- and Careers in the Common Good Tracy Maluccio did acknowledge the chal- tire student body, which signed the honor Himmel-Isham emphasized this commit- lenges the Economics Department is Regardless of where cheating is occur- ment to language as a driving factor for ring and where it is not, Maluccio and the and took a vow of academic integrity. students. the Department’s size and popularity. Economics Department emphasized that “I think this pilot will advance the “Two huge driving factors for students the proctoring is going to serve as a pilot community conversation about different who are interested in the Peace Corps are for gathering data, and that opportunities options for moving forward from a status an interest in using language skills and an they are all taking every one of those six courses; they tend to be large classes,” for feedback and in-depth conversation interest in living internationally,” Himmel- will be made available. unacceptable,” wrote Associate Dean for Isham said, adding that the International Maluccio said. “My presumption is that “We want feedback from, in particular, Judicial Affairs and Student Life Karen Politics and Economics and Environmental breaking the honor code is easier in those students,” he said. “It seems to me that if Guttentag in an email. Studies majors are two particularly attrac- tive majors in the eyes of Peace Corps re- practice, commonly and amusingly called to consider the veracity of these beliefs. For cruiters. “riding the panther,” stretches the dining me, the magic of unlimited dining has lost its A commitment to international develop- budget beyond its designated use. When the glow and glitter. I see it as a barrier to higher ment, language study, and sustainability is College determines the dining budget, it takes - evident among College alumni who are cur- into account the number of students matric- tinue investigating the complexities of this rently working as Peace Corps volunteers. ulated. When people “ride the panther” con- issue, and I will ensure that students’ voices “I am working as a sustainable agricul- sistently, they increase the amount of food are heard. ture extension agent and speak the local From The Dining Services cooks. This result translates Another petition on WetheMiddKids, into the reduced monetary value of each serv- “Make Skiing More Accessible to Low Income experience working in Senegal in a press ing of food, because the budget must stretch Students,” also incited discussion amongst release. “I work with farmers to increase President’s further than its intended purpose. Basically, your representatives. Senators overwhelm- their crop yields, improve soil fertility, and there’s not as much money to go around. If ingly supported this idea. In the words of reduce chemical inputs.” Desk people did not “ride the panther,” the dining First-Year Senator Karina Toy, skiing forms - budget could be more effectively distributed, part of the quintessential “Vermont and tween her education at the College and her BY RACHEL LIDDELL thereby increasing the quality of food for all Middlebury experience.” Many Middlebury experience in the Peace Corps. students at the College. traditions feature the activity, such as Winter “I came to Botswana as a health volun- First of all, a swipe system may exist Carnival and Feb Graduation. As such, skiing teer, but my work has predominantly been Thank you for all of the petitions on alongside the universal, unlimited meal should be accessible to all students. Achiev- in a primary school assisting with improv- WetheMiddKids! Your initiatives and com- plan. Recent criticism, however asserts that a ing this goal, however, would require fund- - ments have given the SGA excellent food for swipe system will lead to the implementation ing. The Snow Bowl and Rikert Nordic Center membering what I had learned from my in- thought. In this column, I will highlight two of a more traditional meal plan. A traditional are cost intensive operations run by the Col- terdisciplinary experiences at Middlebury, of the ideas that Senate addressed during our meal plan might have more positive impacts lege, and Middlebury already subsidizes the I have been able to turn this into one of the most recent meeting. than critics assume. Although the universal, ticket and rental prices for skiing. best learning experiences I’ve had in my Last meeting, the Senate talked about the unlimited meal plan serves many of us well, Senior Senator Nathan LaBarba plans life,” she said in a press release. petition “Oppose the Planned Dining ‘Swipe it does not always serve us perfectly. Practi- to pursue the idea of making all P.E. cred- Armstrong emphasized that the accessi- System.’” This petition presumably stemmed cally, the unlimited meal plan may not work its included in the comprehensive fee. This bility to small villages around the world is a from the Campus article published last week. change would make ski lessons accessible to unique draw for the Peace Corps program. While some senators expressed support for plan may lead to higher quality food as well all interested students — they could sign up “Peace Corps uses a last kilometer ap- this petition, the dominating interest con- for no extra charge. Other methods of fur- proach; volunteers serve in many small vil- cerned the role of student feedback in poten- Grille. ther subsidizing skiing and snowboarding tial changes to the dining plan. I promise to lages and thus make resources available to From a more philosophical perspective, I include SGA-purchased, bundled passes that ensure that students have a seat at the table, an expansive number of people,” she said. encourage all students to consider the worth students could sign up to use. Currently, the if, and when, the College discusses dining “Volunteers may learn a language that of the unlimited meal plan. Is it essential to nordic skiing club, “SKIGA,” uses this meth- plan reform. Food is a major part of student very few people in the world speak, volun- the culture of Middlebury College, as the od. The SGA could simply enlarge the scope life, and it is essential that your voices be teers gain new and unique perspectives to writer of the MiddKid petition suggests? Does of their work. heard on this issue. community challenges; when they come it vastly impact the lives of Middlebury stu- That said, I personally see the value of a I want to hear what you think. back to the United States, they bring lead- swipe system. This method would prevent ership skills home with them and innova- think that students have become accustomed Email me at [email protected] to people who do not attend the College from to the unlimited meal plan. We have grown tell me your ideas about dining, skiing tive ideas about how to become community eating food served in our dining halls. This leaders here,” she added. to love it and to view it as essential. I urge you and all things Middlebury. February 20, 2014 | News 3 Carbon Neutrality Hinges on Biomethane CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 roughly half of the remaining 10 percent how easy it is to reduce their day to day Room” pamphlet including turning off pipeline will allow for cost-effective ac- of carbon emissions. According to the energy use,” said Campus Sustainability power strips, taking shorter showers, cess to biogas when the biomass plant 2008 Climate Action Implementation Coordinators (CSC) President Ali Ro- and walking instead of driving around requires it to maintain operation. The Plan, the current definition of travel in- tatori ’14. “Most of the students on this campus. Office of Sustainability Integration es- cludes exclusively College-funded travel, campus are very eager and willing to live With the deadline just two years away, timates the biomethane project will be and excludes travel that is funded by stu- greener, but the issue is they aren’t sure the College is planning to reach its goal online by early 2015 at the latest. dent groups or is funded through grants. how.” thanks to the efforts of many students, The success of the biomethane project However, Byrne reports, “We are in The CSCs are one of a handful of stu- facilities and maintenance staff, faculty is essential to the attainment of carbon the process of revising the method for dent groups on campus committed to ed- and administrators. neutrality as Byrne anticipates that it calculating emissions from travel as it ucating the student body on responsible However, if Middlebury finds itself will reduce the College’s carbon emis- represents more than half of the total energy use. falling short of its carbon neutrality goal, sions by 40 percent from the baseline that would remain to assure that we are Rotatori acknowledges that not every- there is a back-up plan in the form of emissions. This amounts to about a 90 using as accurate an estimate as feasi- one can commit the time to environmen- “carbon credits” that can be purchased percent reduction overall from the base- ble.” Other efforts to reduce emissions tally-focused groups. to offset our emissions. Colby College line year. due to travel include converting some of “If people can’t be directly involved employed this tactic when it claimed its “Once this is achieved, [the] remain- the College’s vehicles to run on carbon- and commit time to helping Middlebury own carbon neutrality, sparking debate der of our carbon emissions will be from neutral fuel. become a more environmentally friend- about the validity of using carbon credits College related travel, electricity pur- That leaves about five percent of ly place, they can at least help out by to assert carbon neutrality. chased, vehicle fleet and waste sent to emissions that need to be cut and much changing their own habits,” she said. For now though, the College is focus- the landfill,” Byrne wrote. of that can be done with the involvement Rotatori and her fellow Campus Sus- ing on furthering what progress has been College-related travel will account for of College students. tainability Coordinators have many sug- made in the effort to achieve its goal. “I think a lot of people don’t realize gestions in their “Greening Your Dorm WINTER CARNIVAL WEEKEND MCAB’s WHAT’S David Wax Museum Kick off the long Students voted and HAPPENING AT MCAB followed through. outside of Ross! Free concert in the So- THURSDAY AT 8 P.M. cial Space! MIDDLEBURY? FRIDAY AT 8:30 P.M. Fireworks Hot Chocolate Bar Oohs and aahs after the Free Friday Film Warm up with MCAB’s Gravity will play in free Winter Carnival hot THURSDAY AT 9 P.M. Dana Auditorium chocolate bar! FRIDAY AT 6 & 9 P.M. SATURDAY AT 3 P.M. Comedy Night Zumba Winter Carnival Ball Laugh until you cry Take a study break Dance the night away as stand-up star Jay to dancercize in with DJ Earworm! Beer Larson performs in Mc- McCullough Social garden for those 21+ Space! Cullough. THURSDAY AT 9:30 P.M. with two forms of ID. SUNDAY AT 4 P.M. SATURDAY AT 10 P.M. - 2 A.M. Local Delivery Service Wins Pitch Challenge By Jack Ravery are geographically separated from town.” By Teddy Gold ’16 won the Middlebury En- making local businesses more accessible for trepreneurs Pitch Challenge during J-term this population of students, Gold believes with his local delivery project, Otter Delivery. Otter Delivery functions as an on-demand and increased clientele. delivery service, allowing students to place Gold initially envisioned Otter Delivery in pick-up requests at stores in town and have the form of an application to allow students Blues Jam it delivered to their dorm room later that day. to browse the inventory of local stores. His WEDNESDAY 8:00-10:00pm - The Middlebury Entrepreneurs Pitch Join us every 3rd Wednesday for Blues Jam. Den- Challenge, also known as the Schiller Cup, gesting that he “start small and scalable.” nis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead VCET has provided crucial support to was named after Pieter Schiller ’60, an alum- Jeopardy! College guitar, bass, and drums and these guys will back nus who went on to have a successful venture Gold for his effort to counteract the student you up or take a break and let you play. All musi- population’s tendency to buy from mega-re- capital career. Participating in the Pitch Chal- Championship cians and blues fans are welcome! Everyone will get - tailers such as Amazon.com instead of local a chance to play. bury Entrepreneurs J-term class, a student- businesses. Showing Midd Style taught course for students wishing to start Gold now has a team of six student work- their own business. Twelve student-run com- ers, dubbed “Otters,” who are on-call for two WEDNESDAY 7:00-8:00pm Ubiquitous Coyote panies gained experience and feedback from hours each day to take orders, pick up goods Come see Middlebury’s own, Erika THURSDAY 8:00-10:00pm over a dozen experts in entrepreneurial and and make deliveries. Otter Delivery charges Sloan, on Jeopardy on the big screen at The Ubiquitous Coyote features Susan Nop on vo- - cals, keyboard, and accordion and Matthew Dicker- sors to the students. of the order. Crossroads. 50% off smoothies and Dr. son on acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, and vocals. President of Vermont Center for Emerg- While Gold is enthusiastic about the ben- Feelgoods. The duo plays a mix of original songs and covers. ing Technologies (VCET) David Bradbury - Their style spans a spectrum of Americana music and Vice President of VCET Andrew Stickney dents are more skeptical. from the gritty to the loungy (with an occasional served as visiting professors and head advi- “[The College] already makes our lives so slower ballad thrown in). sors for the students. Bradbury and Stickney easy through the dining halls and custodial MCAB: Trivia Night helped the students throughout the month services, for example, so I see little purpose FRIDAY 9:00-11:00pm Sunrise Speakeasy to develop their ideas and prepare them for in paying students to do the few errands and All ages welcome! Beer and wine extra tasks we do have,” Elisa Berger ’17 said. FRIDAY 8:00-11:00pm ten entrepreneurs. Rene Gonzalez ’17, however, noted the available for 21+ with 2 forms of ID. Sunrise Speakeasy is a collaborative duo featur- Vice President for College Advancement ing Vermont-bred singer/songwriters Mimi Bain Jim Keyes ’71 presented Gold with the Schil- Gold’s every now and then. and Joshua Glass (The Mood Stabilizers, Women ler Cup on behalf of the Project on Creativ- “If you have to acquire many supplies and MCAB Winter Carnival Be Shoppin’, Quiet Lion). Bain’s sometimes smoky, ity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts at the do not have any mode of transportation, then sometimes roof-shattering vocals effortlessly blend College. having the bulk of the work done for you by Hot Chocolate Bar with Glass’ haunting falsetto, tied together by a Gold says the idea for Otter Delivery arose people who [do it as part of their job] is abso- SATURDAY 3:00-5:00pm repertoire of rafter-cracking, belty blues, folky-rock, when he and his friends were building a TV lutely legitimate,” she said. soul, and jazz - Looking ahead, Gold plans to create lo- sorted to purchasing one online. cally sourced move-in kits for members of Debate Young Talent Knowing the impact that the College has the Class of 2018 with dorm room essentials Showcase on local businesses, Gold said that he “real- purchased from local businesses. Gold is also SATURDAY 5:00-6:30pm SATURDAY 7:00-10:00pm ized there should be a local Amazon.com sys- looking to expand Otter Delivery and will be Should Middlebury Censor Hate tem, where [students] would use the stores in speaking with administrators at local retire- Featuring performances by local favorites Isabel town as [their] own personal delivery ware- ment facilities to see if they are interested in Speech On Campus? Rosenberg (piano), Nick Marshall (acoustic guitar), houses.” using his business. and Shaded Gray—an Alt. Rock/Indie band featuring Through Otter Delivery, Gold believes Otter Delivery can be reached at 802-444- Jasper Christensen (bass), Olivia that it is possible to instill students with a 1490 or [email protected]. Same-day Black Voices Cacciatore (drums and vocals), and Matias Van sense of pride for living in Middlebury by delivery is guaranteed for all orders placed SUNDAY 6:00-8:00pm Order Gonzalez (lead guitar). “[providing] a convenience for students who before 3 p.m. 4NEWS | february 20, 2014 College to Reveal Branding, Logo for all Entities CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 of change, especially for Middlebury as a “The website should have an architec- cause the college’s goals are not identical Vice President of Communications campus rooted in so much tradition and ture that a little more sufficiently sup- to the goals of this greater, you know, col- Bill Burger, who is part of the team work- despite my distrust in ad agencies trying ports the affiliated program and their lection of programs.” ing to create the new logo, led these dis- to embody everything, I think that this goals,” he said. He emphasized that the general brand cussions. work has managed to capture the basic In other words, a student searching narrative should not be the first prior- “I want to hear if people like the new vibe of Middlebury accurately … it seems for information on ity for the majority of logos we are working on or if they don’t to give the right information and idea the German sum- “... what the College also the members of the col- about Middlebury as a whole.” mer language school lege community and its like them, why?” he said. “If they have needs is a segmented specific ideas we want to hear them and Those working on the new logo will shouldn’t easily end distinct affiliated pro- try to incorporate them. I want to be as present their work and the feedback from up at the College’s boundary space where grams, adding that the these discussions to the Board of Trust- German department College, in particular, inclusive as we can be in the early stages. it can talk about its own I think if we do this well we will have a ees on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. page. needs to be much more successful end result and avoid the mis- 22. The Board will then indicate whether “What is needed goals ...” clearly demarcated in- takes that some others have made work- the project of creating a new logo should at Middlebury now, stead of presented as continue. more than I think Mark Neustadt the base for the affili- ing on logos in the past.” branding consultant The discussions, open to anyone in the “We are presenting to the [Board of the institution ac- ated programs. College community, revealed the differ- Trustees] looking for their reactions and knowledges, is seg- Neustadt concluded ent options presented during the brain- looking for similar feedback to what we mentation between his presentation with a storming process for a new logo. Burger have in these sessions,” Burger said. “We the programs, so that the programs proposal of two brand-theme narrative explained the design approaches taken expect some direction from the board and each talk about themselves without recommendations to straddle the College regarding details such as structure, type- on how to move forward on the project,” mushing everything together into a nar- and its various affiliated programs. In face and the most effective means of in- adding that positive feedback has been rative about the bigger Middlebury,” presenting the College and its affiliated cluding all educational entities within the received in “every instance that people Neustadt said. programs, he suggested that Middlebury a new logo. have seen the work.” “This issue is most critical for the Col- focus on the strong sense of community Jackson Adams ’17 attended one of the Neustadt also suggested that the Col- lege … If the College will optimally con- fostered by its rural Vermont campus, student discussions and said of the work lege redesign its website so that its differ- tinue to advance, what the College also as well as preparation for what he calls being done on the logo, “I’m not a big fan ent entities were more distinct and easily needs is a segmented boundary space an increasingly globally interconnected searchable. where it can talk about its own goals be- world. local Braving the Cold for the Big Catch By Conor Grant - - - - - - - - Conor Grant - - - - - - - - Conor GRant - - - - - - - - - - - Conor GRant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Conor GRant | February 20, 2013 Local 6 The Lobby Restaurant Opens Local By Harry Cramer lowdown 21 The Lobby, chef Michael Mahe’s most recent restaurant, opened for buisness on Feb. 15 on Bakery Lane. The French chef said that he’d been interested in Bobcats in Our Backyards Presentation Middlebury “for ten years, but finally got it.” The building formerly housed the res- Come on down to the New Haven Town taurant Jackson’s on the River. - The Lobby serves a variety of dishes, gist Laura Farrell talks about the behav- including five different burgers, several iors and characteristics of the elusive salads, vegetarian and vegan options, and bobcat. The presentatopn is a part of the entrees such as scallops in lobster sauce New Haven Conservation Commission’s and grilled chicken with french fries. The Armchair Naturalist Speaker Series. Lobby opens for dinner starting at 5 pm, and will begin serving lunch on Feb. 24. FEB. 20, 7 PM The restaurant’s vintage decorations and lighting give it a fun atmosphere, said owner Michael Mahe. “It’s different from the other restau- rants, so I think that it’ll add to the town,” Cooper & LaVoie Perform at he said. The lounge includes 1920’s furni- Two Brothers ture, a dark hardwood bar and a projec- Harry Cramer Chef Mahe hopes the interior will give the Lobby a fun yet relaxed atmosphere. Feeling the winter blues? Head down to Two Brothers Tavern this Friday from tor that displays retro food pictures that Mahe is not new to the food service 6-9 pm to enjoy some free classic folk would make instagram users jealous. industry in Vermont. He currently owns and blues songs performed by ‘Cooper & Above the bar stands a plaque which several other eateries around the state, LaVoie.’ Bob Recupero plays guitar and features a quote from early twentieth including Black Sheep Bistro in Ver- sings, and Mark LaVoie is an experienced century comedian gennes, The Bobcat Café harmonica player and vocalist. W.C. Fields: “Once “They’re all and Brewery in Bristol and during prohibition I The Bearded Frog in Shel- FEB. 21, 6 – 9 PM was forced to live on unique, my re- burne Village. nothing but food and taurants. Our The Lobby’s gourmet water.” That particu- food is cheaper than some lar decoration is one motto here local restaurants’, like The Michele Fay Band of Mahe’s favorites. is let’s have American Flatbread or the In addition to Storm Cafe. “I think what The Michele Fay Band will be performing the bar, the lounge some fun.” the Bobcat has shown me Americana and original music in Brandon area offers a space is if you create a local place this Saturday. The ensemble is headed by for patrons to relax that is affordable, accessi- Michele Fay, a singer-songwriter with a or enjoy appetizers. Michael Mahe ble and casual enough, peo- voice warm enough to warm the coldest The unique multi- ple will show up in droves,” of hearts! Call (802)-465-4071 or email leveled upstairs of- Mahe said. [email protected] for reservations. fers patrons a view of the river outside, Prices for the burgers range from 11 Tickets cost 15 dollars. and downstairs is a “lounge-bar-hangout dollars for a traditional burger to 17 dol- zone,” said Mahe. lars for the more expensive lamb burger. FEB. 22, 7:30 –9:30 PM “They’re all unique, my restaurants, “I would say it’s under market as far but this is just the route we decided to as what we’re charging” said Mahe. take here,” Mahe said of the refined yet To make a reservation, call (802)- Harry Cramer playful ambiance. “Our motto here is let’s 989-7463, or visit www.lobbyrestaurant- All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast in New The Lobby opened Sunday in town. have some fun.” vt.com. Haven
Looking for an excuse to stuff your face with breakfast food? Head over to New One in 8,700 Haven Town Hall this Sunday at 7 for an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. Blue- berry pancakes, french toast, fresh syrup, Where the personalitites of Middlebury proper are celebrated scrambled eggs, bacon, and every other By Harry Cramer Sue reminded me that in addition shop will be demolished at the end of heavenly food imaginable will be availble, to their decades of experience, both at- the month. Bud’s new location, 28 Court Sue Lahai and Tracy Rayman have Haven Volunteer Fire Department. been cutting hair side by side at Bud’s tended barber schools. “It’s not like we Street, is just a short walk away. “They’re came out of high school knowing what to putting tunnels in,” Tracy said. “The Barbershop for over 18 years. FEB. 23, 7 – 11 AM The shop was opened in 1971 by Bud, do,” she said. traintracks need to be lower so they can according to Rayman. The shop sees a mix of local resi- get the taller trains through.” “He worked up right until ninety, dents, and during the school year, Tracy thinks the move is a good so whatever clientele he had left we Middlebury College students and fac- choice. “[The new building] has handi- grabbed. This has been here for over six- ulty. cap accessibility, and parking, and it’s Eckankar Discussion ty years. So everybody knows us.” “We get a lot of summer school kids still close to the college. We have a lot too,” said Tracy. “We also get Bread of older customers that need that ramp. Looking for the keys to a clearer mind Meet Loaf, and the town fills in when you guys That’s difficult to find in town.” and more successful existence? Us too. aren’t here.” Still, Tracy believes the experience of Ilsley Library will hold an open discus- Sue Lahai and “Middlebury College, I have to ad- cutting hair will be different. Sue agreed: sion about the teachings of Eckankar, a Tracy Rayman mit, supports us pretty well,” said Lahai. “Yeah it definitely is. We’ve worked like religion based on the light and sound of “When you guys are gone we definitely twelve inches apart for eighteen years, God. For more information visit www. Bud’s Barber Shop know.” and now we’re going to be like, three feet eckankar-vt.org Because of local construction, the apart. It’s gonna seem very strange.” One customer, a regular at the shop, FEB. 24, 7 – 8 PM joked with them during his haircut. Bud’s Barbershop is “the only place in town to get a good old fashioned hair- cut,” he asserted. “Just a buzzer to your head, that’s all you need.” Auditions for “Almost, Maine” The prices per cut are the lowest in town, at an even twelve dollars. The Is your inner thespian clamouring to shop is currently open from 7:30 a.m. to break free? Middlebury Community 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, and 7:30 a.m. to Players will hold auditions for “Almost, 11:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Maine” this Tuesday at the Town Hall Before the barbershop, Lahai and Theatre at 7. The play, a romantic comedy Rayman did work at a salon, but they consisting of several smaller vignettes, “both left for various reasons,” explained will run from May 1-4, and has 19 male Sue. “[Tracy] was allergic to the color roles and 20 female roles. For info call (802)-388-7432. and stuff, and my back couldn’t do the shampoos anymore, so we both did this. FEB. 25, 7 – 9 PM This doesn’t require shampoo or color or Harry Cramer anything.” Sue Lahai and Tracy Rayman have cut hair in the same building for 18 years. opinions No Honor (Code) Among Us Self-proctored exams are one of schools where the honor code really works, that students report cheating — is the the most visible manifestations of our classes will be proctored. Davidson and the University of Virginia exception, rather than the norm. The honor code. Our professors hand out the This should not be seen as a logical for example, the honor code is ingrained problem is as simple as a fear of talking exams, answer questions, step, but rather as a shameful reminder into the culture. Instead of acquiescing to with a professor face-to-face to say that editorial and then retreat to their of a broken system, and should not be the Econ Department’s decision, we need you have seen someone cheating. We The editorial lauded. The honor code is a privilege. to double down on the honor code. Here’s should again follow UVA’s model in represents the occasionally to check in Our professors grant us tremendous how: addressing this by establishing an online and make sure everything trust that extends far beyond proctoring. First, students must deal with the method to report cheating. This will make The Middlebury is ok. For the Economics From assigning take-home exams to honor code on a more regular basis. peer proctoring a less onerous task, and Campus as department, this norm may understanding and accommodating our Professors should require students to write one more likely to succeed. Additionally, decided by the be changing. During the needs when problems arise, professors the honor code on all graded assignments to strengthen our commitment to this editorial board. spring semester, proctors here believe in our honesty and academic to serve as a constant reminder of our system of peer proctoring, we should will be present while integrity, and this grants us a degree of students take their exam - an attempt freedom. This change in policy, however, to combat cheating and a lack of peer shows that this trust is being breeched and reporting. While professors have always there are consequences. been allowed to petition to proctor their Is the honor code dying? No one seems to be rushing to its defense. Economics majors are not protesting or petitioning. Professors are not pressing its editorial board importance upon their classes. Students EDITOR-IN-CHIEF are not passionate about the honor code Kyle Finck anymore. The fact that this was covertly MANAGING EDITOR Alex Edel points to the overwhelming apathy of all BUSINESS MANAGER parties. A change in the culture in our Sydney Larkin classrooms has been met with deafening NEWS EDITORS silence. Emily Singer, Nate Sans, Ellie Reinhardt, It makes sense that the student Eliza Teach, Claire Abbadi body has lost interest in the honor code. OPINIONS EDITORS Hannah Bristol, We had nothing to do with its creation, Edward O’Brien, Isaac Baker and we almost never hear about it after SPORTS EDITORS Alex Morris, Joe MacDonald, Fritz Parker has lackluster support, it is not because LOCAL EDITORS this generation of Middkids is less moral Harry Cramer, Conor Grant or more apathetic than the ones before FEATURES EDITORS it. It is simply that we, that is to say Jessica Cheung, Isabelle Stillman, Emilie our entire community, administration, Munson ARTS AND SCIENCE EDITORS professors, and students alike, are not Ben Anderson, Leah Lavigne invested enough in the honor code. As with anything else, if we want the honor PHOTOS EDITORS amr thameen Anthea Viragh, Paul Gerard, Rachel Frank, code to succeed, we need to invest in it. It Michael O’Hara is easy enough to say cheating will always DESIGN EDITOR be a problem. The challenge is to create a community standards. Students should change the honor code from “I have Olivia Allen culture that rejects it. re-sign the honor code at the beginning neither given nor received unauthorized ONLINE EDITORS In the real world, there are no of each year. The idea should not be aid on this assignment” to “I have Greg Woolston, Maggie Cochrane, Ellie Alldredge proctors, but students here will go on to be perceived as a forced training, as with neither given nor received nor witnessed COPY EDITORS AlcoholEdu, but as a renewal of our unauthorized aid on this assignment.” Dan Bateyko, Sarah Sicular politicians, doctors, teachers, lawyers commitment to our community and our While these measures may not alleviate THE CAMPUS VOICE HOSTS and community members. The honor education. We should also install plaques the problem entirely, pairing them with Ian Stewart, Greta Neubauer code is a part of the Middlebury brand. with the honor code in every classroom, improved enforcement just might. The Opinions pages of The Middlebury Campus We love to point to the honor code as a as they do at UVA, to serve as a visual We must strengthen the punishments provide a forum for constructive and respectful demonstration of our integrity and the reminder of this commitment. UVA also associated with cheating if we expect dialogue on substantive issues. With this in mind, type of community we come from. What, has an entire website dedicated to their the honor code to be effective. We The Campus reserves the right to deny publication then, does it say about our future selves honor code, whereas we have a page suggest a one-strike suspension, two- of all or part of a submission for any reason. This includes, but is not limited to: the making of as- if we cannot expect integrity from our embedded within the Dean of Students’ strike expulsion policy. While there are sertions based on hearsay; the relation of private community members now? page, which explains in several places that gradients of cheating — accidentally conversations; the libelous mention of unverifi- Our limited contact with the honor uncontested infractions can be resolved misciting a source is certainly different able events; the use of vulgar language or per- code consists of ceremonial signing without even a judicial hearing. than buying a paper online — clear-cut sonal attacks. Any segment of a submitted article that contains any of the aforementioned will be during orientation followed by writing it Furthermore, we all know that instances of intentional cheating should removed before publication. Contributors will occasionally on essays and tests. But at peer proctoring — the requirement not be tolerated in our community. The be allowed to reference prior articles published underlying message would be that when in the Opinions section or announcements for you come to Middlebury, you enter a the public record. If a reference is made to prior articles, the submission will be considered a let- contract with the community, and this ter to the editor. The Campus will not accept or has strict expectations. We owe our peers print anonymous letters. The opinions expressed and professors basic respect. At its core, by contributors to the Opinions section, as well as cheating is an issue of respect. Currently, reviews, columns, editorial comics and other com- mentary, are views of the individual contributors our punitive responses are insubstantial. and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the newspaper. The Campus welcomes letters to the on the entire community and insults editor at 250 words or less, or opinions submis- those who abide by the honor code. While sions at 800 words or less. Submit works directly to the Opinions Editors, Drawer 30, campus@ we recognize that Middlebury is a place middlebury.edu or via the paper’s web site at meant to teach, if you choose to cheat after www.middleburycampus.com. To be considered constantly being reminded of the honor for publications, submissions must be received by code, this is not the place for you. 5 p.m. Sunday. The Campus reserves the right to edit all submissions. Our honor code is not broken, but it is certainly ailing. We must take this problem The Middlebury Campus (USPS 556-060), the student newspaper of Middlebury College, is pub- lest we change the culture that makes our lished by The Middlebury Campus Publications. Publication is every Thursday of the academic community as strong as it is. The changes year, except during official college vacation pe- need to be both institutional and cultural. riods and final examinations. Editorial and busi- Regardless of your major, the Economics ness offices are located in Hepburn Hall Annex, department’s decision should be a wake- Middlebury College. The Middlebury Campus is produced on Apple Macintosh computers using up call. We need to treat the honor code Adobe InDesign CS5 and is printed by the Press like the privilege it is and hold each other Republican in New York. The advertising deadline accountable so this trust between faculty for all display and classified advertising is 5 p.m. members and students will not be called Friday for the following week’s issue. Mailing ad- amr thameen dress: The Middlebury Campus, Drawer 30, Mid- into question this strongly again. dlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 05753. Business phone: (802) 443-5737. Please address distribu- Because of an editorial error, the article, “Not Like a Fifth Class” published on Feb. 13 in the Opin- tion concerns to the Business Director. First class postage paid at Middlebury, Vt., 05753. ions section contained incorrect information regarding the author. The byline should have read, CorrectIon “Jeanette Cortez ’15 is from Los Angeles, CA.” The Campus regrets this error. 8 opinions February 20, 2014 | Superstitious Kidiots No Ambition? That’s Ok Hey kidiots! Does that start us out the house in the middle of the night and the My parents often ask about my future achieve greatness. on the wrong foot? These days I’ve been cute neighbor boy would see her out in the and about what I’m doing to prepare for We need to let some of our ambition street. Sometimes our fake science is sin- a career. Most of these conversations de- go, to be content with where we are at Swiss Cheese, ister. A different friend used to obsessive scend into arguments, during which they each moment. holes punched compulsively knock on wood to ward off become frustrated with my steadfast un- The archetypal Echoes Fake through with danger; another had convinced herself that certainty about what I want to do. During student at a college Alex Newhouse ’17 the heavy ar- her eating disorder was a vegan diet. Locat- like Middlebury Science tillery of be- ing your irrationalities does not always end in frustration, “Where is your ambition?” is highly-driven, is from Boulder, Colo. Eliza Wallace ’14 is from ing “totally Shepherdstown, W.Va. over it.” I am more thoughtful. Thoughtfulness is criti- “Honestly, I don’t know. I don’t know with what he has. But a student can be f r u s t r a t e d cal because, believe it or not, someone out if I have any.” passionate without being highly driven, with how seriously we take each other and there is learning how to live by observing bummed with how we casually we dismiss you living out a fake science, through your not happy. They said that bosses were go- much emphasis on what we don’t have, words or emotions. It is a very frightening ing to take advantage of me, that I would and not enough on what we do have. We are kidiots! And scummos! But also frag- never succeed and that I was doomed to a are rarely encouraged to enhance the lives ile Jenga towers of Babylon! And leavers I say: You have an effect on other people. life of tedious mediocrity in a low-level ca- that we already live. Too many times I have of invisible legacies! And so am I. We are I didn’t make up “kidiots.” It was the been told to go outside of my comfort zone Taylor Swift-esque with the power to be a name of a blog active in 2010 run by some But I spoke the truth. I have very lit- and try new things. Obviously that is a good milli things at once. We are simultaneously funny Middlebury students, one who is tle ambition, at least in the conventional idea. But it has been perpetuated to an gross and arrogant and insecure and great still a friend of mine. On the Kidiot blog, sense. Sure, I have my hopes and dreams, and isn’t that pretty cool? she wrote a short piece about turning 20. but I don’t have the passionate urge to go now encourages us so strongly to look I want to introduce you to this column I recently saw her and she’s doing really farther and achieve more. at the world as a whole that we miss the about anything that loosely has to do with well; she owns a pet hedgehog in Brooklyn And I don’t understand why this is this ambiguous idea I’ve termed “fake sci- and has really healthy chakras, which were wrong. our comfort zones hold so much unbridled somewhat shaken when I shyly mentioned I have a lack of ambition because I potential for learning. Our routines allow with milk. The only reason I do it is because how much that old piece meant to me and work so hard on the present. There is noth- us to pass through each day half-blind, so once my mother told me that I’d get an ulcer ing more for me than what I have today, that we miss so much. Instead of looking without a splash of milk to protect the lining to be reading. forward, we can look around. We can invest of my stomach. Not true. I realize now that The site where we make a legacy that thing I can do to simplify my today makes more attention in our classes, attempting she said it because she takes milk and kind sticks to someone’s brain will not be where each moment more peaceful and joyful. to get as much out of them as possible— of liked the idea of us taking our coffee the Ambition is the desire for more. But not for the sake of a degree but for the same, or just because she likes correcting the time. It won’t be what we wanted to I’ve never understood why it is a barometer sake of better understanding ourselves me, but since then, I have taken milk in my have been remembered by, and it will not for success in the workplace. It never stops; and our lives. Instead of constantly casting coffee. It isn’t out of some sort of familial be by the people we care about the most. there is always something more that could loyalty, but because I half-secretly-out-of- We won’t even notice all the micro-legacies be gained. Sure, I am motivated to move we can instead attempt to establish and the-corner-of-my-eye believe that I’m actu- we leave and collateral damage we cause beyond poor college student status, but grow the friendships we already have. With ally engaging in a kind of ulcer-prevention. for the most part, unless that person is - a greater understanding of our immediate, Often our decisions are not based on any moved to tell us about it. So that’s what ment in my mind. I want a life that allows present lives, our ability to push outward generally accepted truths, but are tics and I’m interested in here — the awareness of tendencies and coping mechanisms mo- our own absurdities, the way they effect our world with un- a violent upheaval of what is familiar but tivated by irrational reasons buried in our community and the effort to reach out and derstanding, formative years or rootless whims. make the stakes feel real for someone, even not to already are. Fake science is folklore, magical think- for a second. The way I look at it, ambition makes ing, misrememberings, superstition and This column isn’t Mythbusters. I’m not each day nothing more than a step toward myth: the correct cadence of spelling a word going to always talk about how we are dumb something greater. It undermines the value aloud, the order of your morning routine, kids and what it is we’re getting wrong or of each individual moment. It makes a day a part of a whole, rather than the whole it- fear of certain animals, debatable pop trivia right. I just want make some hazy obser- self. remembered as fact. It is small versions of vations and opinions on the intersection of But when we take each moment what Danny Loehr articulated in his Febru- - ary Celebration address this past month: students and the way we live. Most of these vestigated, enjoyed and lived for the stories we tell ourselves become our re- articles are inspired by nightmare notes I ality. We adopt them and drop them, not wrote to myself in the middle of the night or turn. When we get the most out realizing their groundlessness until years Gchat conversations or visions that come to of our lives as they are now, the later. Sometimes they stick and continue to manifest themselves in our preferences, ac- carrel underneath my coat, reading Joan without ambition, you still end Didion. I’m just your neighborhood neu- up with the tools to shape a ca- Sometimes we are endearing. One reer—just instead of searching of my friends used to insist on only wear- for success, you search for peace. ing cute pajamas every night in case there over. Humans! We’re so crazy! It’s so great, And where peace goes, content- right? Lets talk about it until 4 a.m. Nolan Ellsworth ment always follows. It Takes More Than Just Being Here When I read the article by Jeanette frustration spread inside my chest. First, sentiments within the greater Middlebury Cortez, class of 2015 and from Los Angeles, community: essentially, that the brown It does not necessarily have to. However, not Philadelphia, as reported in last week’s and second, her statement dismissed the people on campus keep complaining about I’ll be damned if anyone says that a student issue, “Not Like very real discrimination faced by students petty issues and should just be happy to be of color who does feel this way shouldn’t. a Fifth Class,” I of color at Middlebury, and their efforts to here. People have a right to their own anger, Reader op-ed had an immedi- When I asked Victor what he meant Maya Doig-Acuña ’16 ate, almost vis- After hearing from Jeanette directly when he said that being a student of color Middlebury—a school that we are constant- is from New York, N.Y. ceral reaction. this past Sunday at an African American ly reminded is an “elite” institution, sur- In her article, Alliance (AAA) meeting, I understand that - rounded by a beautiful Vermont landscape she criticized the negative reactions of stu- her intention in writing the op-ed was to dents of color to incidents of racism and be- seemed like additional homework; he was that many of us do not get anywhere else. gan with a reference to a quote (incorrectly one she feels usually speaks for all people attributed to Debanjan Roychoudhury ’16) of color on campus, and that to her, seems - always have to be happy about it. Because from my friend, Victor Filpo ’16 that “being negative. I appreciate her voice and respect stitutional racism. typical Middlebury descriptors like our a student of color at Middlebury is kind of whatever beliefs about race and identity For me and some of my friends, this elite status, the Vermont outdoors and a help her feel happy and productive at Mid- privileged lifestyle—food when we want it, opposed this quote, writing, “being a stu- dlebury. However, I take issue with many conversations with white peers and tell cleanliness without having to clean, etc.— dent of color at Middlebury means nothing of the messages in her article, and even them why it is offensive when they say hold different meaning for different people. more than that you are a student of color more than that, the prevalence of those “ghetto,” or touch your hair without ask- When students of color decide to point at Middlebury.” When I read this, I felt a ing, or ask what your story is and how you out and change some of the structural and swell of got to Middlebury. It means having to lis- individual racism at our school, it is out ten to professors when they pull you aside of an effort to shape this institution into a after class and, with sympathetic smiles, more inclusive and safe one, both for cur- reassure you that they understand “that it’s rent and future students. It is dismissive hard to keep up with the class coming from and inaccurate to describe these voices, where you’re from.” It means feeling obli- these calls for action, as complaints or even gated to raise your hand in class after a stu- as barriers to the success of students of color. In fact, many of the students I know black men makes sense because “way more who are most active around issues of race black guys do and sell drugs and kill people and social justice on campus are doing to, you know, feed their families.” It means quite well here academically. These stu- the weight of guilt swirling around in your head when you decide that this time, you themselves,” but instead trying to remove don’t want to raise your hand. It’s okay if these kinds of moments do students may pass through Middlebury not make every student of color feel uncom- more freely, less burdened and with the fortable, unhappy or burdened. It’s okay if not every student of color, when faced with orange add card. amr thameen these interactions, feels as though it nega- | february 20, 2014 opinions9 Trust Us: We Can Handle It Here at Middlebury, we live by an out for drunkenness after tripping when students ask for help. The result sumption of alcohol in a different loca- extensive set of rules. Some are neces- while removing her high heels. This is a happier and safer environment tion. We are allowed to exit the Grille sary to maintain our safety, but many is fairly characteristic of many experi- not only for drinking, but also for so- and be in the gallery with alcoholic are super- ences with Public Safety. The music is cial life in general. Granted, this claim beverages to maximize the area for so- fluous and always too loud; there are always too is based solely on anecdotal evidence cializing while consuming. We are still Reader op-ed actively un- many minors; the punch gets dumped from friends. not allowed to take drinks onto the Jeremy Kallan ’14 is dermine our down the drain; I can’t drink a beer on While I work on gathering some dance floor as this poses an immedi- from Washington, D.C. a u t o n o m y my own porch. Don’t get me wrong, I empirical evidence to prove this point, ate and preventable threat to safety. as students. had a great time at the party, especial- let’s try imagining a Middlebury with Everyone has a better time and rises A student body that lacks agency also ly while consuming the free food and this kind of trust. Students should to the expectation that we will act like lacks community standards. I simply booze provided by our generous bud- have more autonomy to make per- adults. propose that we deserve more trust. dies in the Administration. However, sonal decisions and hold more agency It sounds reasonable to me, but is The presence of a doubtful watchdog I would have liked to enjoy my beer in regarding their social life. At the very it feasible? That is a question to which I inherently creates an antagonistic re- the space between the Grille and the least, it would be nice to know the rea- have no answer, so I would like to pose lationship. Only through an environ- Social Space. I would have liked to step son behind the rule, just as you might it to you. After hearing my friend’s ment of mutual trust — and it must go outside briefly for a breath of fresh air. tell a child, “Don’t hit because hitting story, I suppressed my initial instinct both ways — can we truly thrive as a Neither of these things were al- isn’t nice.” Administrative interven- to write a wordy and confrontational community. If the expectations for the lowed, but why? Are there significantly tion should only occur where there is email to someone important (hope- student body were set higher, I have more risks associated with trusting us an immediate and preventable threat fully you’re reading this now) and no doubt that we rise to the occasion. to make appropriate decisions about to safety. I recognize that, to some, opted to try and start a conversation As it stands, we act like children be- alcohol on our own? If given the op- this may seem like a pretty bold propo- instead. I have heard countless people cause we are treated as such. portunity, would we take advantage of sition. Indeed, if taken literally, it has express frustration about this issue, I have had this feeling since arriv- these simple freedoms to our own det- some huge implications for the Col- and I think it’s time to do something ing here and have heard it from many riment? Personally, I have more trust lege’s policies. about it. This will start with a con- mouths, but I am compelled to express in us. Rather than paint that whole versation, whether it be late at night it only now. A good friend of mine told Call me an optimist, but a policy picture right now, I want to imagine among friends or in the next Board of a surprising story about the 100 Days of trust seems to work elsewhere. Take a 100 Days party that follows these Trustees meeting. Read the full story party that broke my camel’s back (to Haverford College as an example. guidelines. We are allowed to exit and on middbeat and comment—hopefully read his full story, check out middbeat. Here’s an excerpt from their Honor re-enter the party. Some may take this such a forum can help serve as a venue org, a student-run blog). Fed up with Code: “As Haverford students, we seek opportunity for over-consumption of to begin considering this idea: the level of control imposed upon our an environment in which members of alcohol (they probably did anyway) Do we deserve more trust? Does a senior class at a party organized in our a diverse community can live together, while others simply take a break for lack of autonomy inhibit the develop- honor, he purposely and impulsively interact and learn from one another in fresh air, a cigarette or healthy con- ment of strong community standards? broke a rule and was booted from the ways that protect both personal free- building. To be fair, he was acting like dom and community standards…We a drunken fool, but sober reflection uphold the Code by engaging with the has shown him the error of his ways. values upon which our community de- Read the full article, unabridged and uncensored The rule he broke – no water on pends: mutual trust, concern, and re- online at middbeat.org. the dance floor — is entirely justified spect for oneself, one another and the and necessary for maintaining safety. community.” Three people went to the hospital after An institution renowned for the Share your thoughts on these questions: slipping on the wet dance floor at the strength and pervasive nature of its Do students deserve more trust? Does a lack of 200 Days party. His actions, however, honor code, Haverford holds a trust- autonomy inhibit the development of strong were motivated by the generally draco- ing policy toward alcohol—students community standards? nian enforcement of rules that under- are held to a higher standard, respon- mined trust. For example, I watched sible for monitoring their own con- a reasonably sober friend be kicked sumption and intervention only occurs Faith and liberal education I am sure that many of you, like childhood traditions come flooding always feature enough lamb to feed a terpretation, nor should it be. My issue me, fall into certain familial rituals back no matter how old you are. As family twice the size of ours. Certain with Catholicism is not that I do not after spending a few days back home on good and grateful children, I am sure cookies are made at certain types of the find it to be spiritually motivating; it break. Laundry we all go along with the rules of the year for certain festivals and feast days is that I am asked to put aside my own The is done in house. Well, at least some of them. and I am sure it all seems very quaint. powers of interpretation in favor of a c o l l e c t i v e I was raised Catholic, and everyone The cultural Catholic overtones in my priest’s. As a man of faith, I seem to be Unpopular f a m i l y - s i z e d in my family is a practicing Catholic. family were present for a solid eighteen relegated to listener instead of active loads, your Back in Sicily, the old country, we have years of my life, and I never much ques- participant. At times this is not an is- Opinion normal dinner found the Catholic Church where our tioned the process, from baptism to sue. I have heard Jesuits and incredibly Andrew DeFalco ’15.5 schedule is great-grandparents knelt and prayed. communion to confirmation. Yet, I was intelligent priests make connections in is from Toronto, Canada. thrown horribly We are of that unique old breed that not surprised in the least to look back at Biblical text that I would not otherwise out of sync or blends culture and religious tradition my two years in college and find I have have made. I find it more difficult to sit perhaps you must perpetually update into a humorous and often comfort- never once gone to Mass of my own ac- through an hour of Church when I am your parents as to your whereabouts, ing way of life. Our Christmas Eves are cord. Meanwhile the Sunday morning asked to listen to a point of view and even if you are just running out to the filled with seven different types of fish ritual of Mass in my home has become consider it, while giving no response. corner store. Yes, all the old familiar (don’t ask me why) and our Easters remarkably more difficult to justify, My liberal education seems to get even if only to please my mother. me in trouble in my perfect world, What precipitated my spiritual de- though it should not. As I am sure terioration? Was I never really spiritual many of you have seen in the news, to begin with? Was it all just pomp and Pope Francis has made quite a stir in circumstance associated with familial renewing a community and poverty fo- custom? We all adjust ourselves to the cus in the Catholic Church. He inspires newfound freedoms of college in some me and makes me want to revisit and manner or another, yet shouldn’t faith re-experience my faith. Pope Francis, be a source of comfort and stability in a though, has shown that he is capable of new environment? Now to be fair, I still interpreting doctrine differently than call myself Catholic and probably will what was once set in stone, has combat- continue identifying that way. I just ted some of the more hierarchical ex- don’t go to Mass. It still counts though, travagances of the Vatican. He presents right? In fact, the more and more I re- a reinvented version of Catholicism the flect critically on my faith I find I have world sorely needs, a Church focused little issue with much of what Jesus on service, moderation and dedication Christ said and moreover find myself to fighting poverty. spiritually moved by reading passages My faith is not perfect; there is in the Bible. The actual going to Church a laundry list of issues and political seems to be the problem stances I, and many others, are quick to I will never make the claim that lib- identify as wrong. Gay marriage, absti- eral education leads students to athe- nence and women’s rights are all things ism or agnosticism. It does, however, that are in dire need of improvement. nurture a deep sense of critical and an- I would like to not let these things dis- alytic interpretation in us. This is not count my faith project as a whole. My held to the books, articles or journals hope is that a liberal education can am- we experience in the classroom but is plify my faith, and allow me to seek and employed in everything we interact discover why I actually consider myself with like media, art or human opinion. a Catholic, rather than just considering tamir williams My faith is not exempt from critical in- it a cultural identity. 10features The Middlebury Campus| february 20, 2014 11
Wonsavage ’87 has competed in three Olympic Games: Cal- However, Wonsavage’s favorite Olympic Games by far was marshmallows for their kids. We were from a country where gary in ’88, Albertville in ’92 and Lillehammer in ’94. From held in Lillehammer, Norway. “By the 1992 Olympic Games our sport was overshadowed by the ball sports; but in Norway nordic Hanover, New Hampshire, she began Cross-Country skiing in in [Albertville,] France, we were in a country where women, even when we fnished in the second page of the results, they’d her senior year of high school. “Give the world your best that winter and sports like Cross-Country skiing were not highly cheer us on by name.” skiing you have and the best will come back to you,” she recalled the valued. It was a tough two weeks!” she said. “But in Lilleham- Wonsavage now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, quote she lived by. “I had parents who always told me ‘we don’t mer (’94), where the entire country embraces winter sports. Paul, and son, Max. Twenty years afer the Lillehammer care what grades you get, we just want you to learn what you My husband would be leaving Storgatta at midnight to head Olympics, she is still taking on new challenges, going back to want to learn.’ It wasn’t about results or grades—and it was so to his house by the ski jumps and ski trails, and people were school to get her masters in Education - Teaching of Writing. class of 1987 liberating and that created a vacuum where I didn’t have huge hiking up with huge backpacks to camp out and save a place and never forgetting her Middlebury teammates, professors expectations set upon me. But I wanted to prove them wrong.” by the trail so they could cheer on their country. In the middle and coaches who constantly challenged her and made the Even while directing her attention to passion rather than tal- of the trail system, fans had built a tent city where they stayed journey fun. “I had my best results in my frst Olympics, when lied victories, she delivers real results: She ranked 8 in Calgary for the entire two weeks. We’d ski by during training and I had no expectations and skied just to do my very best. I try to dorcas wonsavage ’88 women’s 4x5 kilometers relay race. Her best result was a they’d invite us in for some aquavit! Families were completely bring that same combination of humility and a sense of humor 24th place in the women’s 20km skate race at Calgary—the top at home outside in the snow. Afer the races, we’d see parents to everything I do. I love accomplishing something that no result of any U.S. or Canadian Cross-Country skier. cut snow benches and tables, start a fre and roast hotdogs and one expected me to do.”
“I guess I just like going fast,” said Olympian Gordon Ea- acter and personality. Everybody liked skiing for Bobo.” of the US Ski Team. Afer his Olympic experience, Eaton ton ’62, of why he enjoyed competing in downhill alpine Eaton’s hard work on and of the snow landed him a spot coached the Alpine ski team at the College from 1975-1978. alpine skiing, which is the fastest and therefore most dangerous al- on the US Ski Team for the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics. Today, he lives in Middlebury and owns a restaurant, sells ski pine Olympic event. Eaton spent seven years as a student at In 1960 in Squaw Valley, Calif., he placed 17th in the down- clothing to ski vendors and participates in ski design with K2. skiing Middlebury College because every other year he would take hill event, having the second best time of the American com- In his free time, Eaton still likes to ski at his old training hill, of to ski race on the world circuit. His experience skiing at petitors. In 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria, he did not race due to the Middlebury College Snow Bowl, and will sometimes meet the College was immensely defned by another Olympian: US injury. Te experience of being unable to compete was dis- up with his college racing buddies. “Going to the Olympics class of 1962 Olympic Ski Team coach (Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy ’56) and appointing to Eaton, but as he said, “You go into this under- was awesome,” said Eaton, “but it’s the journey and the people Middlebury ski coach Robert “Bobo” Sheehan, whom Eaton standing that there are gonna be bumps and bruises along the along the way that still have real meaning to you [years later].” describes as the best race day coach he ever had. way, so it’s all part of the deal.” “We were always prepared, always eager, always fred up,” Luckily, Eaton had the opportunity to return to the Olym- gordon eaton remembers Eaton, “and a lot of it had to do with Bobo’s char- pics in 1968 in Grenoble, France; this time as a men’s coach
John Bower, a native of Auburn, Maine, graduated from taining composure under pressure would help him perform of the most intimidating experiences of my athletic career. It’s Middlebury in 1963 and went on the following year to make better in his second Olympics, but he was still “trying too hard a whole diferent level of social interaction.” nordic the US team for the Nordic combined event (a combination to win”, and placed 13th. Bower returned to Middlebury to coach fall Cross-Country, of ski jumping and Cross-Country ski racing) for the Win- Only one month later, however, Bower competed in the winter Nordic skiing and spring Track for seven years. He saw skiing ter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Bower said he was “awe- King’s Cup in Norway against the same feld of athletes. In several of his skiers go on to make Olympic teams, including struck” at the ’64 Olympics. Te high pressure of the games this fnal competition of his career, he became the frst non- Joe McNulty ’72. “Tere are a lot of distractions at Middle- interfered with his ability to ski at his greatest potential, and European to win the cup. In Norway, Bower “fgured out how bury,” Bower admits, and it is the students that make sacrifces he placed 15th. Returning home, he put his “heart and soul to relax” and enjoy racing in a way that he had never managed to stay focused and disciplined who are generally successful. class of 1963 into training” for the next three years. In 1968, he returned to to in the Olympics. As the champion, Bower met the king of Bower went on to serve as the Nordic team leader for the 1976, Middlebury as the head ski coach, but was given the winter of Norway, who was “very congratulatory” and put Bower on his 1980, and 1992 Olympic Games, and to work as the Nordic to compete again in Nordic combined in the ’68 Olympics in list of requested guests for a state dinner in the king’s honor at program director for the US ski team in Park City, Utah. He john bower Grenoble, FR. He hoped that his further experience at main- the White House. Bower described the black tie afair as “one is now retired and lives in Moab, Utah with his wife, Bonnie.
From an early age, Yina Moe-Lange ’15 proved herself one of tremely happy since I had made it down and had accom- want to do while also doing a good job on everything, since the best female skiers in Denmark, but she had not expected plished what most people only dream of doing,” she said. For both parts are so important,” she said. alpine to meet the Danish Ski Federation’s qualifcations. Her suc- her, the point was the surreality of the experience and the But Moe-Lange is still thankful to be a Panther. She credits cess in many competitions leading up to the 2010 Vancouver memories she made at the Games. the College with teaching her the “magic of time manage- skiing Olympics had distinguished her among her compatriots, and Now, Moe-Lange is competing for the Middlebury Alpine ment” and allowing her to converge the important things in she was chosen to represent Denmark for the women’s alpine Ski Team, and the league in which the College competes “is her life. Her team, which she describes as a family, has allowed team. about as competitive as you can get without becoming profes- her to improve her skiing while simultaneously “bring[ing] “Te Olympics were absolutely terrifying and exhilarating sional,” she said. out the best athlete in everyone.” class of 2015 at the same time,” Moe-Lange said. Te size and signifcance Balancing school and skiing is always a tricky maneuver, es- At this point, Moe-Lange has no concrete future plans be- of the Games intimidated her, but did not afect her perfor- pecially for Moe-Lange, who remains determined to devote yond fnishing her fnal year as a Panther and then taking a mance. one hundred percent into academics and athletics alike. year of before “entering the real world to continue pursuing The College on the Hill Yina Moe-Lange “While I probably could have skied a bit faster, I was ex- “Te hardest part of it is having to complete everything you the dream.” hough Sochi might be over 5,000 fve alumni at the Olympics: Nordic ski racer Yina Moe-Lange ’15 who went to the 2010 miles from our home here in Vermont, Simeon “Simi” Hamilton ’08, men’s US Alpine Vancouver Olympics! Tis week, the Campus Middlebury’s only athlete competing in the 2014 Winter Free. Since 2010, Hamilton was been a consistent scorer on since the race, is that I do get to do it over again, because there Middlebury’s connection to the home Ski Team coach Forest Carey ’00, US Nordic caught up with some of these talented athletes Olympics is Nordic skier, Simi Hamilton ’08. A native of the World Cup circuit, placing as high as seventh and earning are going to be SO many more races—Olympic races, World ofT this year’s Winter Olympics may not be as Ski Team coach Matt Whitcomb ’01, women’s and other former Olympians from the College nordic Aspen, CO, Hamilton began skiing at the young age of two him a spot on the 2014 US Nordic Ski Team. In Sochi, Ham- Cup races, World Championship races—ahead of me in the far as you think. Since the 1940s, the College’s US Alpine Ski Team trainer Brie Pike Sprenger to learn about their journeys from tiny Middle- and his current sport, Cross-Country skiing, at thirteen. Be- ilton placed 21st in the Men’s Sprint Free on February 11 and future.” skiing fore coming to the College, Hamilton collected an impressive 11th in Men’s 4x10km Relay on February 16. For now, Simi gets to enjoy the privilege of being in the com- Snow Bowl and Rikert Center have produced ’04, and US Alpine Ski Team strength and con- bury to the premier world stage of athletics. nine Junior National titles and three Colorado high school “Everyone who’s reading this has probably had that experi- pany of the best athletes in the world. He said on his blog of some of the nation’s most impressive nordic ditioning coach Bobby Poehler ’10. We even crowns. As a competitor on the College’s Nordic team, Simi ence at some point in their life of really wanting to do things the experience, “to be part of a larger team—not just an Amer- and alpine skiers. Tis year, the College has have an Olympian in our midst, alpine skier added three All-American honors to his resume and went to over again,” commented Hamilton about his 11th place fnish ican team but a World team—is the most awesome feeling that class of 2008 the 2010 Vancouver Olympics during his senior year where on his blog. “Tat’s pretty much where I’m at with how the exists, I’m pretty sure.” he competed in the 4x10km Relay, Sprint Classic and 15km sprint turned out. But what I’ve realized in the last few days middlebury 1952 SIMi HAMILTON Penny Waddell came to Middlebury in the winter of 1988 as a Feb February of 1992, Waddell became a full-time athlete, com- Atlanta Games, won the silver in the 200 meters in the 2000 medalists pitou ’53 and a promising member of the ski team. But on December peting in the Paralympics in Albertville, France. Sydney Games, and appeared in the 2004 Games in Athens, alpine 20 of the same year, Waddell sufered a skiing accident that Winning silver medals in both his events, Slalom and Giant Greece. His success in wheelchair racing has made Waddell guttorn paralyzed him from the waist down. Afer two months in the Slalom, in Albertville, Waddell launched in on what he calls one of the few athletes who have won World Championship skiing hospital, Waddell came back to campus. Tough the College his “breakthrough year”. “Tthe year where I felt like I got good, competitions in winter and summer. had never been home to anyone in a wheelchair, “they made and actually became the best Monoskier in the world, which Since retiring his ski, Waddell has developed an organization Berge ’53 everything wheelchair accessible,” Waddell said, lauding the was pretty cool,” he said nonchalantly. called One Revolution, whose mission is to “turn perception 1960 community’s support and compassion. In the 1994 Lillehammer, Norway Games, Waddell won all of disability upside down,” he said. class of 1987 Shortly afer his accident, Waddell’s friends and teammates four races he entered – Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super G and “Te defnition of ‘disability’ is that you’re efectively some- bought him his frst Monoski, which is made up of a molded Downhill. thing less,” Waddell said. In an attempt to overturn this con- seat bound to an ordinary alpine ski. For the next three years, Lillehammer remains the most signifcant Games in Wad- ventional understanding of the term and to spread One Revo- he stayed on the team, becoming captain as a senior. dell’s career because he beat all the other monoskiers–not just lution’s message, Waddell climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a chris waddell “It was kind of like being a disembodied head,” Waddell said, those at his level of sensation. Monoskiing is divided into lev- hand cycle in 2009, aiming to become the frst paraplegic to the college’s first FEmale the college’s first laughing, of the transition from standing skis to the monoski. els based on what vertebrae the athlete has broken and the climb the peak. olympic medalist male olympic medalist “My mind knew what I was supposed to do, and my body had corresponding degrees of sensation retained. Waddell skies But the trip went diferently than he planned. Obstructed no ability whatsoever to obey any of the instruction from my at a higher level of injury, with sensation starting at his belly by one rocky outcropping, Waddell was disappointed that mind.” button. He lacks a great amount of core strength compared to his team had to carry him 100 feet to a steadier place. Look- Chris waddell ’91 But afer just one week, Waddell was making it from moun- other monoskiers, some of whom still maintain walking abili- ing back, he believes the obstacle was rather a blessing, as it taintop to the bottom without falling. His training mirrored ties. Terefore, rising to the top of the monoskiing heap, in shattered the superheroic image that had shadowed him since becky fraser ’46 that of the rest of the ski team, though he jokes, “Mine was Lillehammer meant more to Waddell than his medal count. leaving the hospital in Middlebury. Most decorated Olympian was the frst Olympian to have more about trying not to kill myself, whereas they were trying But Waddell’s athleticism did not confne him to winter “A superhero never has a bad day, so [that image] didn’t al- graduated from Middlebury to go fast…It really took me about three years to feel like I was sports; his talent in wheelchair racing, a component of his low me to be real,” Waddell said. “Not making it that hundred for the College: actually good.” dryland training, allowed him to compete in three summer feet was actually the most liberating thing; in some ways, I College. She attended the 1948 most decorated But Waddell greatly underplays his achievements. In May Games as well. Waddell’s wheelhouse was massive, encom- failed, but it was also the greatest gif because it allowed me to Won twelve medals in four Paralympic games (1992-2002) Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, of 1991, just two and a half years afer his accident, Waddell passing six events: the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meters, as well distance myself from the superman doppelganger.” in sit-skiing and wheelchair track events including fve #1 male skier in made the US Olympic Disabled Team. Afer graduating in as the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Waddell competed in the 1996 Switzerland gold medals, fve silver and two bronze. paralympic HISTORY 12features | february 20, 2014 ’Murica! Bio-methane Purchase Stirs Criticism By Hye-Jin Kim Environmental controversy sur- against it, it still would’ve gone through.” With the 2016 deadline of carbon rounding the VT Gas pipeline persists In response to the possible hypoc- neutrality looming closer, the College’s as a result alleged fracked gas that the risy the College faces by using the con- alternative energy profile is more diver- infrastructure will transport. Jake Non- troversial pipeline, Byrne said “we’ll be sified than ever. We’re powered by sun, weiler ’14.5, who did his senior research burning some of the gas that came from wind, trees and now… cow manure? Fear project on the pipeline last fall, men- elsewhere [fracked gas from Canada], not, the odorless gas produced from the tioned reasons for widespread local con- but we’re not buying that gas. We’re buy- quintessential Vermont scent won’t force cern about the pipeline. ing the bio-methane that’s going into the you to hold your breath on campus. And, “Environmental impacts of the pipe- pipeline.” for the expected 40 percent reduction in line will be significant, but I think it de- Nate Cleveland ’16.5, a member of carbon emissions, the College thought it pends on your point of view,” Nonweiler the Carbon Neutrality committee on the By Joy Zhu was an alternative energy worth sniffing said. “A lot of people think the pipeline Environmental Council said that envi- out. isn’t a good idea because it’s still carry- ronmental sustainability transcends the A developed city should also have a de- Bio-methane is an odorless and ing fracked gas from Canada. So even if College veloped culture. Hong Kong does not have it’s not coming from Vermont, it’s still “It’s great to be a proponent of one. In In Search of Hong Kong Culture, carbon-neutral fuel that will replace not appropriate to go through Vermont, global sustainability and global carbon Lee Oufan, a renowned Chinese academic, 640,000 gallons of number 6 fuel oil described how academics from mainland that the College currently burns to meet which is a valid concern. But a lot of neutrality, but you can’t expect a small China marveled upon visiting the Central Li- campus energy demands. Goodrich companies, like International Paper, one liberal arts college to do that by itself,” brary, Hong Kong’s biggest library. And yet Farm, about 7 miles away from campus of their reasons for doing it is they’re go- he said. “I think the first step into doing all the books were only for show. in Salisbury, VT, has contracted with a ing to see huge carbon reductions [using that mission of global carbon neutrality private developer of Integrated Energy natural gas], instead of buying fuel oil.” is getting the campus carbon neutral.” need to embrace plurality. Systems to build a digester on their farm In addition to concerns over frack- Lapid said that the carbon cycle is Hong Kong’s culture is monolithic: that would produce bio-methane, a dry ing, the total proposed pipeline route — everywhere; it is hubris to think that intolerant of alternative choices and dif- bedding material and a liquid fertilizer Phases I, II, and III — from Canada to an carbon can be controlled. However, he ferences. Our TV is oligopolized by two TV International Paper mill in Ticonderoga, noted some goals the bio-methane proj- channels. Mainstream journalism is domi- — all derived from mixture of mostly cow NY, will run through private property ect could accomplish. nated by tabloid and sensational journal- manure and corn. ism. Culture thrives in a society that allows Professor of environmental science and residences in Vermont. According to “What responsibility in global car- different perspectives to collide. Yet, as the Marc Lapin brought up the agricultural the Vermont Gas website, the majority of bon neutrality can an institution like a consequences of increased bio-methane business owners and residents besides College take?” he asked. “Education and strengthened our notion of local identity has demand. those in Middlebury and Vergennes will demonstration. Is demonstrating that strengthened, causing our society to be more “One thing bio-methane does is that not be able to tap into Phase I of the you can use manure for heating build- polemic. it continues to support a non-sustain- pipeline for local energy use until after ings a good thing, given the way our sys- If a culture doesn’t allow for plurality, able agriculture production of massive 2016. tems are? Yes.” then how is it different from the politicized milk production based on a lot of corn Despite these outside concerns, the Byrne added that there is potential culture of Mao’s time? If there were no opin- College chose to support the construc- for further benefit by the pipeline to be ions exchanged in a rational manner, how and industrial agriculture that produces tion of Phase I of the pipeline, keeping in available to farms who want to produce can we be provoked into thinking or be com- greenhouse gases,” Lapin said. “If that fortable in expressing our opinions? system is going to persist, I think it’s bet- mind how the infrastructure would ben- bio-methane. According to the commentator Leung ter to make fuel out of it that continue to efit both the bio-methane project and “In the agreement with the public - spread excess nutrients on the land and the local economy due to the low price of service board, the Vermont gas company cial returns, the culture of Hong Kong has on the surface of the soil that are wash- natural gas compared to fuel oil. is required to make the pipeline avail- been polemicized: on one end, there are the ing into the water. Producing bio-meth- “I feel that the College was not that able for other bio-methane projects,” experimental and avante garde arts, which ane is a better solution than how most big of a piece of it [the approval of Phase he said. “On balance, this is a good thrive because of those who insist on these manure is handled now.” I],” Nonweiler said. “Vermont Gas had thing.” ventures. On the other end, mainstream In the early planning stages, the so many supporters and customers that Overall, Lapid said that it was a com- soaps and movies monopolize media, which are going to access that pipeline that the plex issue. can be predictable and crudely made. De- bio-methane project had both logistical College was kind of like an addendum, “Looking at it from an energy and spite alternative medias blossoming due to and economic issues with on-campus an additional supporter but not the main pollution point of view, it makes sense,” government crackdowns in mainstream me- storage and transportation. But with the convenient and timely approval of the supporter that made the pipeline hap- he said. “Looking at it from the agri- enough to glean a large audience. Not only construction of Phase I of the Vermont pen.” cultural systems point of view, there’s does the lack of choice render our thinking Gas pipeline — Addison Rutland Natu- “Powerful economic interests want- something wrong… Is the College goal of - ral Gas Project — bio-methane became a ed it [permit of Phase I] to go through,” carbon neutrality worth all these trade- dents. feasible option for the College. Lapin said. “Even if the College had gone offs?” In pursuit of a more pluralistic culture, Man To suggests that we should place our- selves in a larger and more worldly context — such as becoming a part of mainland China — in order to develop diversity of per- spectives. In my opinion, a liberal education would be an effective solution as it teaches us how to be reasonable and take on nuanced perspectives, despite the prevalence of sen- sationalism. I believe my humanities education would provide me with the ability to look at the world rationally and critically and add to the plurality of my culture. And yet, ironi- cally, I don’t feel that our liberal education allows me to see the plurality of culture at Middlebury. There are many passionate individuals, yet I don’t feel like there is much room for us to contest our opinions and perspectives outside of the classroom, despite our relative diversity. Although there are many talks, de- bates and opinion blogs, opinions are rarely openly exchanged in an informal manner. It is important because we live sepa- rate lives outside of classrooms and formal debates. If these conversations are not car- ried into real life, they become trivial, un- real and meaningless. Maybe it’s awkward to talk about sensitive topics in person. There should be more communal spaces devoted to the sole purpose of providing room for com- fortable conversation. While the indoors can feel quite forbidding, the outdoors would be a good location, if we did not need to humor the whims of nature. The Middlebury stereotype is that there is no stereotypical Middkid. Is that because we are too diverse, or is it because of our geographical location? Or that we are too involved in our own activities to look for a sense of communal identity that would make us identify with this place? I guess we are like Hong Kong in a sense. To put it in econom- ics jargon — we have a lot of human capital, but not enough entrepreneurship. Will we always be separate individuals, not a diverse but collective whole? design by olivia allen february 20, 2014 features13
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You press a button to move for- lingering cold blasts that continue to slam cided not to include any kind of local muti- ward, and can swing your tusk left and right the South and Midwest. A propane short- player play in this version of the game. This environment, Samurai Gunn operates at a to change directions or stab someone’s heart age has caused 14 million Americans to came as a surprise to me, as all the previous much more insane pace. Allowing up to four as they move past. You are never in full con- pay nearly double for recent deliveries of versions of the game had included a local players, Samurai Gunn hands each char- trol of your narwhal, but that doesn’t really competition mode, and it did not seem like acter a sword and a gun with three bullets. matter. The feel of the game is so spot on, its omission added anything to the SSX - Each character receives three new bullets SSX’s online mode, every time they respawn. As one hit is all it across the screen is alternately amusing and challenges the basic heating needs of mil- but it never scratched the same itch. takes to slay an opponent, the game play in awesome. Flipping over opponents, pulling lions of homes. However, this is merely a Samurai Gunn becomes a frantic, scream- blip, a snap-shot, not of a shortage but of year has stood witness to a rebirth of the lo- ing mess pretty quickly. With players dying a perfectly timed cross-stage charge—all of the opposite—a global energy boom that cal multiplayer game. Titles like Divekick, and respawning left and right, and bullets these moments make playing Starwhal with has to the potential to fundamentally alter Nidhogg, Samurai Gunn and the upcoming a group of friends a fantastically good time. the energy landscape. Starwhal are providing the kinds of frantic, to get used to playing such a high energy The price of a barrel of oil and, by game. Once you have a handle on the con- - trols, however, Samurai Gunn is incredibly be. two fundamental human constructs: sup- tend). All of these games invoke a similar ply and demand and fear. Some analysts First up, Nidhogg too early and jumping past her slash to take spirit. Each one provides easy to learn, of- are quoted as saying there is roughly a as a fencing tug of war game, Nidhogg pits her out with one of your own, or successfully ten manic and often loud fun. They are little $10-to-$15 risk premium per barrel of oil two players armed with swords against one getting the drop on another friend just as he bottles of joy that you can share with friends, another. Each player is trying to slay their and each has a suite of well-designed me- pay at the pump) caused by fear. This fear opponent and move past them in order to The manic pace at which the whole game op- chanics to keep you interested. As they are has been mainly focused on the Middle erates and the insanity of its various stages all indie titles, they also come quite cheap, - victory. Whoever scored the last kill is the means that even good players can have a and Starwhal has a free demo on its web- tests in the Gulf States, regime change in player trying to move to the other side of the bad game, and bad ones can sometimes get site. With these games already out, and titles Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, and a relent- screen. To accomplish this goal, players can into a serious groove. With its simple con- like Towerfall and Sportsfriends hitting the trols and objectives, and short game times, a false sense of normal. However, 2014 their swords at them, punch and kick them, Samurai Gunn in the near future, this trend promises to shows signs that this reality should be or simply run by. Nidhogg games can get game. continue for at least a little while longer. So pretty heated, and of all the games listed in Starwhal, the last new game on this list, grab yourself some friends and a few beers process the price of oil can fall. this article it is the one that is most prone to - and have yourselves a rip-roaring good time. On Jan. 20, a temporary agreement to halt aspects of Tehran’s contentious nuclear program went into effect. The Play Opens Taboo Discussion sequestered oil revenues in return for a Continued from previous page. cessation in key nuclear production areas. While this may sound like the most increase to roughly 3.6 million barrels uncomfortable workshop ever invented, James delivered the monologue with a to 2 million bpd, positively affecting the gentle seriousness that distracted from the world’s total production of roughly 75 awkward nature of the class. For James’ had been robbed and neglected under point to her instructor) reconnected her to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and her femininity and allowed her to embra with bilateral talks progressing, President ce her vagina. - players into a dramatized rendition of - each of the monologues, Coates-Finke tention not with its nuclear program, but created a more visually engaging theatri- with its energy industry. This is a trend that is playing out each involved student. They also broke the a country torn by invasions and years of mold with these innovative staging deci- - sions, as the play is traditionally present- ying teoh tion surge. Already the world’s third larg- Marium Sultan ’16, Katie Carlson ’15 and Akhila Khanna ’17 act out their narration. monologues. not sound as harsh or jarring. The mono- and contracts to potentially double pro- logue revealed that a word is only as em- duction to 6.1 million bpd by 2020 and - barrassing or crass as it is made out to be. possibly even reach 8.3 million bpd in mally with women just sitting on chairs to was only able to start the healing process Jingyi Wu ’16.5 closed the show with a through another form of abuse, or is it a - relief that she was able to again confront a monologue penned by writer Eve Ensler tion fall from roughly 1.6 million bpd to didn’t like that from an artistic or aesthet- - about watching her grandaughter’s birth. zero in 2011. Production then rebounded cide. As Wu poetically described the opening the cast to be a constant and active part of Coates-Finke thinks that though the and the motions of the vagina in child- reached 1.5 million bpd in 2013. With the play is performed from a female perspec- birth, the rest of the cast formed a half- potential for the political, economic and tive about the female body, people of any circle in front of her, each woman leaning monologue of the night, Maeve Grady against the cast member in front of her. positioned to drive down global prices. As the birth progressed, the circle began Overall, the volatility that has rocked the do not belong in this play because it ad- to move, waving in and out until Pandya Middle East for the last decade is situated dresses oppression affecting female-iden- to recede and bring hope to a whole re- the middle. This piece of dance added a gion. stage in red heels as she described the powerful layer to the monologue, prompt- feeling of empowerment stemming from ing even more thought about what child- oil production is approaching the previ- making women moan. As she culminated should seek solutions, and so this play is her monologue, each of the cast members birth really means for the female body. ously unthinkable. America has recently important in that it is educational and eye- Talking about the vagina is uncom- rested back on their hands, facing away passed the historical high of 9.6 million from the audience, each demonstrat- fortable. Actually, even writing this article bpd of production. Deep sea plays, hy- was uncomfortable. The Vagina Mono- positive. A lot of time is spent discussing draulic fracturing and previously uneco- Grady, prompting the biggest laughs of logues asks why society is so scared to talk nomical sources of hydrocarbons are now the ways that our bodies do not function the night. A few of the linguistically de- or look the way we want them to, and no invites women to open up about their own scribable include the Jewish Moan—Oy, time is spent talking about the awesome assumed the title as the world’s leading - - ing their stories, they connect with audi- Celeste Allen ’16 burst onto the stage ences around the world while bringing at- to confront a word with a mostly deroga- oil production will surpass Saudi Arabia Sandra Markowitz ’16 recounted one girl’s tention to the abuse and pain suffered by as number one in the world. of the performance, she unbuttoned her - Through a combination of slower eco- black dress shirt to reveal a tank top falling able, but Coates-Finke and the cast and Markowitz described a familial rape that crew of the College’s production tackled and electric and hybrid cars, demand for the task with grace and depth by adding - oil in the developed world will continue - the word is almost more uncomfortable to The audience laughed, squirmed and was say and hear than vagina, but Allen’s alter- combination with a decreased fear premi- forced to think, at least for a little while, a powerful, 24-year-old woman who gave nating rapid and slow patterns across the um, the price of oil has a very real poten- about a subject that is usually completely tial of settling lower than predicted, and ignored, which, in my mind, is a recipe for that means lower prices at the pumps. woman again. This monologue originally the end of the performance, the word did a great night at the theater. 16sports | february 20, 2014 Track Hurdles Competition at Tufts Meet By Fiona Maloney-McCrystle of 16 feet 8 inches, and Laura Strom ’14.5 continued her stellar senior season with a championship competition. “These are the meets that we work towards and can award Saturday, Feb. 15 to participate in the Tufts inches. honors to people who score.” “I was happy with my performance The Panther men head to MIT this at the Gantcher Center. The meet is often weekend on Saturday, Feb. 22 while the referred to as “Tufts’ Last Chance,” the offers an opportunity for athletes to hit postseason meets. The day was one full of done so earlier in the season. In total, the Strom heads into next weekend’s DIII by the Numb3rs earlier than anticipated due to inclement Years in a row that Amherst and Williams have gone 1-2 at women’s swimming and diving NESCACs. Amherst beat Middlebury just under a second to win their race in a 6 weeks. by 9.5 points last weekend. time of 12:09.67. Number of times that women’s hockey “We were pleased with the women, goalie Annabelle Jones ’15 has been named NESCAC Player of the Week this and 2:22.50, while Alison Maxwell ’15 took 2 place effort of 51.32 in the 400m and Wilder season. third in the 1,000 meters in 3:04.9 and Straight wins for men’s basketball over their Schaaf’s ’14.5 fourth place performance of fastest combination,” Distance Coach Nicole opponent this weekend, Hamilton, before the 1:57.55 in the 800m. Sam Klockenkemper Continentals beat Middlebury this season event with a time of 3:10.83. 7 400m runner from last year’s relay, so Double-doubles recorded by Scarlett Kirk ’14 this season in 17 games played place respectively in the 1,000 meters. The 7 As a whole, the women have 27 total Time in the 200 breaststroke for Jamie Hillas ’15, her third time of 15:14.14. school record in three days 2:20.21 Men’s Hockey Squeaks by Williams in OT Thrillers By John Wyman with the Middlebury team, developed a “You could attribute some of it to the here and now trains the four-man units that ’16 surprised everyone but Pimentel with an other team’s power-play beforehand and Williams on Saturday, Feb. 15 to win by recently, so we didn’t want to let that happen a score of 2-1. Middlebury also played Williams to a 1-1 tie at the Ephs home rink on stood by the system which has held opponents two-minute opportunities. Two wins or two losses could land across his body and the puck found the top Middlebury anywhere between third and that will happen once in a while,” he said. “I means there is still a chance to win home-ice penalties this year.” At Middlebury on Saturday, Williams count really tells the story.” “When I think of players who do all the weekend, the Panthers hope that they can continue this train of success. mind,” said Assistant Coach Jamie McKenna. Williams mustered a response two minutes post. The Panthers return to the ice this across the crease neatly to save a one-time Saturday, Feb. 22, with a home matchup well-positioned Eph and the score was tied. opponent is ourselves.” Mason Graddock ’09, an assistant coach Graddock was pleased with the teams Ski Teams Finish Third at Williams Carnival made up of Patrick McElravey ’17, Dylan towards even better results,” Holt said. “Next weekend at Middlebury Carnival there will The Middlebury ski team traveled to we would be especially proud to pull it off Williamstown, Mass. this past weekend, Feb. 14 and 15, to take part in the Williams women’s team to show our ability to have a because of the depth of our women’s team Carnival. Jiminy Peak was the venue for The top Middlebury women’s Nordic team this year.” the carnival’s alpine events while Prospect As the end of the season nears and each Mountain held the Nordic events. Middlebury found itself in a tie for fourth Heather Mooney ’15, Kaitlin Fink ’16 and Association (EISA) Championships as part of important, a proper plan is important and place after day one, but was able to improve Stella Holt ’15. the 91st annual winter carnival. The contest has been constructed by the Middlebury ski on day two to claim third place overall. UVM On day two, the alpine teams competed in will take place over two days, Friday, Feb. team. won the carnival with 970 points, Dartmouth 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22. The Middlebury “From here until the end of NCAA’s, was next with 834 and Middlebury followed proper rest becomes really important,” Holt with 640. course in 1:42.81. With this time, the senior In the men’s slalom event, Middlebury the Nordic events. First-year McKenna was also impressive as as a team like we were able to at UVM two ability on skis.” was second for Middlebury in sixth place, Ghassan Gedeon Achi ’16 was seventh and Christopher McKenna ’17 rounded the panther sc0reboard yet for the sophomore. The last scorer was Men notch key win over rivals Ephs The men’s Nordic team took part in the W(OT) on home ice. Men’s HockeY vs. Williams 2-1 was Kara Shaw ’15, whose two runs cemented her just outside the top ten in thirteenth McElravey was 22nd, and Adam Luban ’17 Women close out the regular season vs. Williams 1-1 T undefeated in conference play. was 35th. Women’s hockey Panthers earn second win over ’15 was 25th. Elle Gilbert ’16 was only 27 classic for the Nordic competition. Mooney W Men’s SquaSh vs. Brown 5-4 Brown during the 2014 campaign. continued her consistent performances as for 26th place. Lord Jeffs use second-half run to bury Panthers in prelude to The Nordic teams took part in relays on Men’s Basketball vs. Amherst 84-67 L day one. Each team comprised three racers conference tourney. “ to determine the team time. The Middlebury L Panthers are no match for number women’s Basketball vs. Amherst 79-41 men’s top team combined for a time of february 20, 2014 | SPORTS17 Women’s Swimming and Diving Powers the middlebury to Third Place Finish at NESCAC Meet great eight RANKING TEAM By Kevin Yochim Mac’s Musings The Middlebury women’s swimming Tibbetts said. “This meet marks the strength men’s squash Congrats on the Summers 1 Cup title. weekend, Feb. 14-16, at Samuelson-Muir weekend. She lowered her 2012 Middlebury Pool in Williamstown, Mass. Host Williams women’s swimming Hillas said. Couldn’t hang on to beat Amherst (1,216.5) and Middlebury (1,207). Amherst, but still impressed 2 NESCAC title in the event, and their time was women’s hockey Need to get back to playing 3 their best for NESCACs Saturday and Sunday. The 200-yard medley relay team TRACK AND FIELD Next weekend will bring 4 out the best across the board at New Englands men’s basketball 5 Despite the doubters, Midd will host a playoff game Men’s hockey The men’s swimming and diving team will 200-yard medley relay on Saturday night, 6 Strong Great8 this week. Impressive weekend, men skiing This is a testament to 7 everyone else’s success. See ya at Winter Carnival NESCAC title in the 50-yard breaststroke russian hockey I’m sick and tired of hearing ago. 8 how good the Soviets are Women’s Basketball Ends Season 1-11 in NESCAC By Fritz Parker “I want them to remember us as great The Middlebury women’s basketball weekend with road games against and Lowry, Middlebury graduates the Bantams on the glass throughout the For the team’s seniors, the season is Middlebury. Trinity held Middlebury’s their junior seasons. Nevertheless, Lowry believes that ranked Amherst on Sunday, the minutes in to draw the Panthers within that they knew going into the weekend’s “It is strange to think that Sunday Laura Lowry ’14 said. “As always, it was Middlebury trailed 43-15. break with a 35-25 lead. Middlebry’s seniors. a Trinity timeout. Jeff Patterson With the sour end to the regular 18sports | february 20, 2014 Women’s Hockey Stays Perfect in NESCAC By Colin McIntyre slapshot by Jennifer Krakower ’14 that goalposts. The game remained tied “This team has a tremendous amount Middlebury’s second-ranked women’s flew into the back of the net. throughout the added five minutes and of talent,” Krakower said. “Everyone hockey team won and tied its two games Williams pulled their goalie and had ended 1-1. is contributing to the team from the against Williams this weekend in a home- a fair share of chances to tie the game in Krakower echoed Jones’ enthusiasm freshmen to the seniors.” and-home series that saw the Panthers the dying moments of the game, as two following the two close games. Middlebury improved to 17-2-4 on clinch home ice for the upcoming Middlebury penalties elicited a frenzied “This has been one of our better the season and finished conference NESCAC playoffs. On Friday, Feb. 14, final minute of six on three hockey. NESCAC weekends,” Krakower said. “We play 12-0-4. While the Panthers have league leaders Middlebury played host Goaltender Annabelle Jones ’15, Emily fought and battled hard. We obviously finished their regular season, the eight to the then second place Williams, Fluke ’15, Madeline Joyce ’14 and Carly would have liked to come out this other NESCAC teams play this weekend winning 3-2. Middlebury then escaped Watson ’17 blocked every Williams shot weekend with two wins, but Williams is to determine the seeding for the March Williamstown on Saturday and sealed the win. a strong team.” 1st NESCAC quarterfinals. Middlebury with a 1-1 tie, their unbeaten “The game Friday This season marks the fourth straight enters the playoffs looking to improve concluded with a high year that Head Coach Bill Mandigo’s on a deep run last year that ended in league record intact. “I would consider In Kenyon Arena on Friday, level of adrenaline team has finished atop the NESCAC a national championship game loss to Middlebury won a tight game our win on Friday and team work with table. Elmira. riddled with power plays to be one of the us killing off a six for each team. After a close, on three in the last scoreless first period, Micaela beat team wins we minute,” Jones said. Thibault ’16 broke the tie have had all sea- “I would consider our win on Friday to be six minutes after the first son as it required intermission. She took the one of the best team puck into the offensive zone a great amount wins we have had all season as it required a and fired an unassisted wrist of heart and per- shot past Ephs goaltender great amount of heart Chloe Billadeau for her first severance to pre- and perseverance to goal at Middlebury. serve our lead.” preserve our lead.” The lead was short lived In Saturday’s as Williams equalized later in matchup, Middlebury the period with a goal eight Annabelle jones ’15 trailed for the majority of the game. Middlebury seconds after a checking Goalie penalty sent Jane Freda ’17 to and Williams both the penalty box. dispatched several early In the minute preceding the second man-up opportunities, and the game intermission, Middlebury regained the remained tied until Williams opened the lead after a two-on-one break led to a scoring with 1:10 left in the first period. scrum in the Williams crease, allowing Middlebury’s offense kept up pressure Hannah Bielawski ’15 to force in her in the second period with several close sixth goal of the season. chances — including a power play shot Williams knotted the score again after off the crossbar — but failed to convert they converted their second power play the opportunities. of the night. Middlebury’s efforts finally paid off In the final ten minutes, Middlebury late in the third period as Pam Schulman showed their grit and were the ’17 fired a shot past Willams’ Billadeau beneficiary of two back-to-back power to tie the game with under three minutes left. Katie Mandigo ’16 and Joyce plays. Thirty seconds into the second Rachel Frank assisted on Schulman’s goal. In the final power play, the Panthers whipped the Sara Ugalde ’14 battles a Williams player for the puck during the teams’ two-game minutes, Middlebury saw close chances puck around the perimeter and set up a weekend. The Panthers won and tied, ending their season undefeated in NESCAC play. turned away both by the goalie and the Girls Find Their Stride in the Middlebury Community By Emma McDonald program, which provides lessons, games, sort of this whole system of igniting inception in 2001 and will keep expanding “I wouldn’t be who I am today without and races for the girls to participate a passion early so that they can move as its impact on the communities which it athletics,” Casey Watters ’15 said. in each Saturday during the winter forward.” serves becomes apparent. Stride aims to Watters – along with Emily Attwood with other kids from the surrounding In the summer of 2012, Stride began not just be another sports program, but ’14 – worked over Winter Term as a area. Once a week, members of the a new eight-week initiative called “Moxie to provide the foundation for a lifetime coordinator and publicist for the Stride Middlebury College’s women’s Nordic Sparks,” through which local girls learn of sports and the development of skills Foundation, a non-profit that provides ski team mentors the girls, providing to mountain bike as part of the Vermont- that can be used in every aspect of life. access to athletics for elementary and entertainment and instruction. based non-profit “Little Bellas” with “Mentoring is a key part of Stride’s middle-school girls in Vermont. Attwood, a member of Middlebury’s mentors from the “Mountain Moxie” programs, because we recognize the Leslie Wright ’84 established the Nordic ski team, has served as a mentor women’s biking team. The Little value of mentoring in reinforcing all Stride Foundation in 2001, with the goal for the Nordic Snow Stars program and Bellas program was founded by two of the positive aspects of participation of empowering girls and young women believes the program transcends pure Middlebury alumnae, Sabra and Lea in sports,” Wright said. “We know that through athletics and mentoring. With sports instruction. Davison. Through the collaboration of girls who play sports perform better in a recent New York Times report that “Having these mentors that work with three women’s organizations, girls have school, build self-esteem and gain health girls’ athletic involvement in childhood you over the course of several weeks, we access to new opportunities and can benefits that last a lifetime. In the end can lead to higher education and got to the point where we weren’t just discover the positivity, camaraderie, and we want girls and women to reach their employment rates and lower teenage talking about skiing, we were talking fun of sports. potential so they can become tomorrow’s pregnancy rates, not to mention higher about their school and their friends,” Stride has a come a long way since its leaders.” self-esteem and immeasurable health Attwood said. benefits, Wright’s program provides an Stride’s first program, “Sisters important supplement to Vermont sports in Sport,” pairs middle school girls’ programs, providing girls who may not basketball teams with college women’s have access to sports or the motivation basketball teams, both in Middlebury to participate a fun and affordable way and in Winooski. In Middlebury, the to get active. Middlebury College women’s basketball Stride provides access to both alpine team mentors Middlebury Union and Nordic skiing for disadvantaged Middle School’s seventh and eighth and at-risk elementary and middle grade basketball teams, providing these school girls through its “Snow Stars” young athletes with positive role models, program. The girls are outfitted with lessons on sportsmanship and teamwork equipment and warm winter clothing and exposure to sports at a higher level. from donations and sponsors, such as “It’s hard not to want to be the star, the Addision Outfitters, Middlebury’s to be the one scoring all the baskets,” Ski Haus, Alpina Sport USA and Turtle Watters said. Fur. For alpine skiing, girls from local As a means of combating this attitude, schools are enrolled in a six-week lesson the mentors had the middle-school program at the Snow Bowl through the players all share what it means to be a Middlebury College Ski and Snowboard teammate, Watters said. School and are assigned a “Mountain According to Attwood, mentoring Buddy,” a female mentor and college ski has a huge impact on how girls view instructor who skis with them before or sports and their participation in them, after their lesson. motivating them to continue playing
The Snow Stars Nordic program gives sports in high school and beyond. Casey Watters girls the opportunity to learn Nordic “They see what fun a team sport can Alexis Coolidge ’15 teaches basketball and more to female students while volun- skiing in the Bill Koch League Ski be at a college level,” Attwood said. “It’s teering as a coach for the Stride Foundation at Middlebury Union Middle School. february 20, 2014| SPORTS19 Men’s Basketball Will Host Continentals By Joe MacDonald to get a little bit of a lead and a cushion. We It was the best of times and the worst showed a lot of grit and a lot of toughness of times for the men’s basketball team If the Panthers win against Hamilton, (16-8, 6-4) last weekend. The Panthers The Bantams took a 4-3 lead less than four minutes into the game, but two free for the Panthers, who turned over the With the Panthers claiming a 53- conference games on the same night, largest lead at 36-17 with 16:28 remaining. the last minute of the contest, but missed that did not injure the Panthers’ seeding but does not bode well for the team’s free throws to make it a 53-45 game to seal second-stingiest defense and nation’s second-highest rebounding margin, and rebounds, and logged 38 minutes on the The game sealed home-court advantage scored in a win all season in the Panthers’ throughout the conference tournament for stats that the Bantams were not even able to match. three weeks ago. an 84-67 win. “I think it begins and ends with said, “He’s going to be at the forefront of our Jeff Patterson Squash Serves Up Summers Cup Win at Nationals By Stephen Etna Washington having shown considerable season on their home courts, the Panthers The Panthers were jolted at Harvard. With team nationals being Hurst ’14, Will Moore ’14, around. “With traditional powers like some duo of both Hurst and ’17 all coasting to victories of the Ivies in our Having found themselves bracket, we knew in this bracket four times in the last from Hamilton. Having the initial setback, and went we were in for a Hamilton, the Panthers tough weekend of in the game. them. round match with George play.” about the efforts of slots 4-9 won their matches to draw a decisive battle at the seventh slot, with the score tied at 4-4. going against some of the best teams not to Rob Galluccio ’15 like some of the Ivies in our bracket, we knew we were in for a tough weekend of the match with a degree With the season coming to an end While Galluccio was correct in assessing defeated George Washington without match in three straight games.
Who will win the gold medal in Will Middlebury place in the top Will the men’s hockey team earn Duke (-10) at UNC in a long- men’s hockey in Sochi on Saturday, three this weekend at Winter the right to host a playoff game awaited rivalry game editors’ picks Feb. 22? Carnival, doubling as the EISA with some wins this weekend? Championships?
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Middlebury comes up nine points short of disrupting the reign of Amherst and Williams atop NESCAC women’s swimming. See pg. 17 for full meet coverage.
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