Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
As always, we hope to call your attention to items that captured ours and alert you to events that you won’t want to miss. If you have a news item that you think we’d be interested in, drop us a line at middmag@middlebury.edu.
-
We’re still two months (and change) away from the first U.S. presidential primary, yet our airwaves are filled with seemingly nonstop political chatter. If you’re tired of sound-byte, flavor-of-the-week journalism, we’d like to offer a more thoughtful and (gasp!) non-partisan take on presidential politics. This week, poli-sci professor Matt Dickinson blogged about the issue of whether anyone is truly prepared to be president. Meanwhile, Professor Dickinson has been so kind as to pair up with his colleague, Bert Johnson, for what we hope will be a series of discussions about the 2012 race for the White House.
- Middlebury’s Student Government Association elected a new president.
-
The College recently created a task force on alcohol and social life, and last week Dean Shirley Collado called on students to offer their thoughts and ideas on the important campus issue.
-
The Panther football team is at the halfway point of its season, and quarterback McCallum Foote ’14 has established himself as one of the premier passers in the nation.
-
Speaking of football, this weekend brings Homecoming 2011 to Middlebury. There are plenty of athletic contests on tap, as well as the kickoff to the College’s theatre season, and much more.
-
Finally, it’s time to say good-bye to the twig hut sculptures that have stood sentry outside the Mahaney Center for the Arts during the past four years. As planned, the installation will be taken down in the coming days, but not before the artist returns to campus on Friday to talk about his work.