November 21, 2013 | Vol. 112 no. 10 | middleburycampus.com Internships for Credit Debated By Alex Edel are trying to answer here is what is the relationship be- Members of the Student Gov- tween an internship and the ernment Association’s (SGA) curriculum? Are they sepa- Educational Affairs Commit- rate?,” Lloyd asked. “Can they tee will meet with the faculty be connected? Should they be Educational Affairs Committee connected? What are the advan- (EAC) today, Nov. 21, to discuss tages of giving credit to these issues surrounding credit-bear- internships? What are the ad- ing internships. The talks oc- vantages of connecting intern- cur amidst extensive conversa- ships to the curriculum? What tion within the committee and are the disadvantages?” the administration regarding Dean of the College Shirley awarding credit for summer in- Collado believes that these in- ternships. ternships are advantageous and Last spring, members of the should be tied to the College. EAC began discussing the pos- “I’m an advocate for credit sibility of credit bearing sum- for internships because I see mer internships. Through these the value in what’s happening discussions, members of the within the Center for Careers EAC wrote a working document and Internships (CCI) – I see that was sent out to members of the value in student led projects the faculty last summer. With and the work that students ac- faculty and student feedback, Rachel Frank complish during the summer,” the EAC hopes to expand the Adara Wicaksono ’17 (left) and Prestige Shongwe ’16 (right) stand in support of Gabbie Santos ’17 said Collado. “If they were able working document to an official (center) as she speaks about Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation and the inherent Filipine resiliency. to pursue a more structured way piece of legislation that would of tying it to their experiences put forward the policy necessary at Middlebury and having their for students to receive credit. work be acknowledged in a par- Students Fast in Solidarity When such a document is com- ticular way, credit for intern- By Emily Singer plete, a majority of the faculty This means I will voluntarily refrain Santos also spoke at the vigil on ships makes sense.” must vote in favor of the policy Students gathered outside Mead from eating food during this [confer- behalf of Oliver Wijayapala ’17, who Several reasons prompted ence] until a meaningful outcome is is from the affected area of Leyte in for it to be effected. Right now Chapel for a candlelight vigil on the EAC to begin seriously con- in sight,” he said. the Philippines. Leyte was among though, the EAC is still in what Thursday, Nov. 14 to mourn the sidering the issue last spring devastation and damage caused by Gabbie Santos ’17 is from Cavite, the areas hit hardest by Typhoon Dean of Faculty and chair of the including the fact that some in- Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines an hour north of Manila in the Phil- Haiyan, which left nearly 3,000 EAC, Andi Lloyd describes as an ternships are open only to those and Southeast Asia and to call atten- ippines and spoke at the vigil with dead and approximately 920,000 “information gathering stage.” sadness in regard to the current situ- displaced. students who will receive credit tion to climate change. Mourning at For the first two months ation and cautious optimism for the Reading Wijayapala’s words, from their institution. the vigil, which was hosted by Divest of school, the EAC focused on Midd, was furthered by a number of future. Santos said, “My family’s hometown Another reason comes with identifying College-wide learn- students electing to fast in solidarity “In the face of adversity, one after in southern Leyte was in the direct a discrepancy that has plagued ing goals, a topic not unrelated with Filipino climate delegate to the another, let it be known to the world many students, like SGA Presi- to the committee’s new top pri- U.N., Naderev “Yeb” Sano. that, as we Filipinos like to say … ‘the get in contact with my family mem- dent Rachel Liddell, in the fact ority – internship credit. At the start of the U.N.’s two- Filipino spirit is waterproof,’ the Fil- bers there, but I believe and hope that students may be awarded ipino people are a resilient people. they are all okay. There is a lot of “I think the question of in- week-long climate talks, Sano an- credit for internships taken But this does not mean that we are damage and debris, though … Please ternships is not unrelated to nounced his fast. over J-term as well as some in- willing to place more and more lives keep in your thoughts and prayers those questions about the point “In solidarity with my country- ternships completed abroad. In- on the line in the face of future, po- my family and all those affected by of a liberal arts education be- back home … I will now commence tentially more devastating disasters this disaster.” cause part of the question we SEE DEVIL, PAGE 4 a voluntary fasting for the climate. and calamities,” she said. SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 2 GROOVIN’ TO THE MUSIC homophobic incidents prompt offical response By Ellie Reinhardt very regarding Chance the Rap- Recent incidents of ho- per’s lyrics — have prompted mophobia on campus have the administration to announce prodded College administrators their goals and plans prior to to unveil a number of planned the official implementation of initiatives earlier than original- such programs. ly intended. The ongoing goals Assistant Director of Stu- and initiatives, spearheaded by dent Activities and Special As- the Office of the Dean of the sistant to the Dean of the Col- College, are aimed at enhanc- lege Jennifer Herrera is leading ing the existing programing in the initiatives in conjuction order to strengthen support with Dean of the College Shir- for the LBGTQA community on ley Collado, Associate Dean of campus this year. Students for Student Activities While plans for bolstered of- and Orientation JJ Boggs, Di- ficial College support for the rector of Health and Wellness LBGTQA community have been Barbara McCall and the board in the works sinc the summer, of the Queers and Allies (Q&A) recent incidents of homophobia student organization. on campus — including an inci- “We’ve had these two major dent in which a member of the incidents occur on campus that LBGTQA community received have gained more visibility than Paul Gerard an anonymous threatening let- us being able to share this news Electronic musician Com Truise performs at the WRMC’s Grooveyard on Friday, Nov. 15 in the ter taped to the student’s door about our LGBTQA resources McCullough Social Space. The WRMC-hosted concert also featured Twin Sister, a pop disco act from in addition to the recent contro- SEE LBGTQA, PAGE 3 New York. Eric Hass ’15 opened Grooveyard with a DJ set. TOUR DE A NEW BRANCH DAVID MAMET’S FRACK RAISES OF BLACKBIRD BOSTON MARRIAGE: AWARENESS LITERARY MAGAZINE A REVIEW PAGE 4 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 inside 2NEWS | November 21, 2013 Spotlight on Engaged Learning BEYOND By Nate Sans connected experiential learning,” citing the the College Museum Richard Saunders de- On Wednesday, Nov. 14, the Educational Fall 2010 seminar as an example. scribed their experience teaching “Gold, Sex THE Affairs Committee (EAC) organized a panel Students in the seminar worked in collabo- and Death at the Museum,” a 200-level course on project-based and experiential learning at ration with the Vermont Geological Survey in the History of Art and Architecture Depart- the College. Faculty members from an array of and the Vermont Department of Health to ment, explaining that the course is meant to BUBBLE academic departments presented on hands- map and study arsenic contamination in pri- introduce students to a museum’s many work- on teaching and learning techniques they have vate wells in Vermont and worked with State ing parts by incorporating lectures by visiting BY DANNY ZHANG employed in their own classrooms. Senator Virginia Lyons to design legislation museum curators, conservators, and critics. Albert D. Mead Professor of Biology Jer- addressing the problem. The legislation that Hannah Ostrow ’14, a HARC major and a emy Ward, Professor of Mathematics Frank students worked on passed in the Vermont student in “Gold, Sex and Death at the Mu- The German newsmagazine Focus has Swenton and Associate Professor of Phys- legislature, but was ultimately vetoed by Ver- seum” has found the structure and material of reported that the art collection of Cornelius ics Noah Graham described their experience mont Governor Peter Shumlin. the course to be incredibly valuable. Gurlitt, an 80-year old German man whose overseeing the Science, Technology, Engineer- College Professor David Colander argued “I think we’d all be better off if Middlebury collection of 1406 artworks was seized by ing, Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Project that the College could implement an interdis- incorporated more pre-professional course- German authorities in his Munich apart- course during J-term, focusing on applied ciplinary “Liberal Arts Plus” plan to apply the work into the liberal arts model,” Ostrow sciences. STEM is a nationwide educational ment in Feb. 2012, was found to include principles of a liberal arts education to prac- wrote in an email. “I’m taking Gold, Sex, and movement that seeks to improve education several previously unknown works by fa- tical problems. Colander’s idea would involve Death in the Museum this semester alongside and experimentation in the sciences across the mous artists including Henri Matisse, Pablo an art history theory course, which is as ‘pure’ country.