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.
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For the second week in a row, Michael Geisler, VP language schools, graduate programs and schools abroad, has popped up in the national media — this time in an interview on the Marketplace Mid-Day Report from American Public Media. In other media news, economics professor Jon Isham penned an op-ed article titled “Lessons from the Lorax” for the Burlington Free Press, and in the Washington Post professor of religion James Calvin Davis used Rush Limbaugh’s recent slur against a Georgetown law student to make the case for improving civility in public discourse.
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Sweet victory and agonizing defeat were in evidence last weekend when several Panther teams competed in national tournaments. The women’s hockey team lost a heart-breaker to Plattsburgh State in the NCAA quarterfinals, while the men’s basketball team, having trailed most of the game against Scranton, tied things up with five seconds to go, then lost on a 3-point buzzer shot by Scranton. In much brighter news, the alpine ski team took home the division III title and boasted two all-Americans on the final day of competition, and in track and field, the women’s distance medley relay team took home the NCAA title.
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Professor Pundits Matt Dickinson and Bert Johnson returned to the table this past week for a post-Super Tuesday analysis. And if you can’t get enough of presidential politics, be sure to catch Fox News contributor Andrea Tantaros in a special lecture on who will challenge Obama, Thursday at 4:30 in Dana Auditorium.
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It’s a big week for dance-related events. Bessie Award-winning dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham will offer a master class and lecture on technique on Thursday, followed by performances on Friday and Saturday evenings. And on Thursday afternoon there will be a panel discussion titled “Women Who Write About Dance” (co-sponsored by the Dance Department and Abernathy Lecture Series) at 4:30 in the Davis Library periodicals area.
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The week ahead is packed with music too. A few things to consider: Francois Clemmons’s annual St. Patrick’s Day concert at the Mahaney Center Friday at 8 p.m. 51 Main is featuring Afro-Fusion 5 p.m. Friday and the funk duo Soule Monde on Saturday night, starting at 9. Chinese musical prodigy Gao Hong will give a free concert with her Asian fusion classical ensemble at the Mahaney Center on Saturday night at 8 p.m. And the Middlebury College Orchestra will perform Sunday night at 7 in the Mahaney Center concert hall.