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Dec 1

A Call For Video Footage of Irene and Its Recovery Efforts

The Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) is putting together a video of footage from Hurricane Irene, its aftermath and its recovery effort. Midd grad Carolyn Fox ’10.5 who works at VCF said, “The project is a short video message of thanks to share with people in Vermont and throughout the country who have donated money, time, and other resources to those affected by Irene.”

If you are one of the many Midd Students who volunteered in the Irene recovery efforts, we encourage you to upload any video footage you might have on to YouTube and then fill out this form to be included in VCF’s video.

Nov 28

BINARIES: M Gallery Shines Once Again

What: BINARIES is the latest exhibit at the M Gallery. A multimedia show curated by Nerissa Khan, it features a wide range of media and showcases many student artists: Brad Becker-Parton, Elma Burnham, Emma Ermotti, Evio Issac, Ki Chan Lee, Karen Rauppius, and Annie Veziris.

When: Fridays 3-6pm, Saturdays 12-6pm and Sundays 12-6pm. The exhibit is up until December 9th, so don’t miss it!

Where: The M Gallery (1st floor of Old Stone Mill)

Why: Even though you may have missed the opening night, the art still shines in residence. M Gallery’s vision of creating a meaningful exhibit space for student artists and discussion of art comes to life once again with this inspiring exhibit. Freshly inaugurated this term, definitely bookmark the M Gallery website for future exhibits, performances, lectures and all things Art here at Middlebury.

And heck, while you’re basically in town, why not treat yourself to a Middlebury Chocolates hot chocolate. You’ll thank me later.

Nov 14

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SGA Sound Off: Pass/D/Fail by 2012-2013?

Maybe this is just me… but I have had dreams of taking classes Pass/Fail almost as much as I dream of the joy of the end of semesters. The benefits are endless: I finally could take Music Theory or heck, maybe even a computer science class! If we truly are a liberal arts institution, why not enable this measure that will even further facilitate the ability of students to embrace creativity and exploration — without the fear of ‘failure’ by destroying their GPA?

We’d finally be joining the ranks of a myriad of schools that offer this option. Schools such as MIT, Amherst, The University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Barnard, William & Mary, Virginia Tech, and UNC Chapel Hill (who even created a video demonstrating how to take a class this way) all boast pass/fail options.

The Student Government Association has repeatedly tried to usher Pass/Fail into action here at Middlebury.
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Nov 5

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SGA Sound Off: Yes, Midd has an SGA. This is what we do.

Student Government Association Word Cloud. Yeah, that awesome!

Whenever the SGA is mentioned here at Middlebury, it always seems to solicit a rather unusual response: “Wait we have one?!” The follow up questions come in close for second and third: “What does it do? That’s just for PoliSci Majors right?”

As a resident SGA Senior Senator, I’d like to clarify a few things. First, we have an SGA. Second,  the SGA does (or can and should do lots of things). And third, SGA is not just for PoliSci majors (take it from me, a former neuroscience, literary studies, and now finally history major).

From my approximate eight weeks in office, I’d love to quickly provide an understanding of what I’ve learned the SGA does, why you should care, and how you should get involved.

What does SGA do? SGA serves as the central voice of the student body. Students’ dreams, hopes, fears, and all types of emotions and desires should be the concern and soul of the SGA.

The SGA, feasibly, can do two things:

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Oct 24

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Midd Vox Pop: What reality TV show character would you be?

"I would want to be like the one normal dude in the house, like Vinny in Jersey Shore."

This year Maya Goldberg-Safir ’12 and Patrick D’Arcy ’12 started a WRMC radio show called “Midd Vox Pop” that airs every Sunday from 4-6PM on 91.1FM.  On each show, they intersperse minute long “vox pops” among bad pop songs.

What is a vox pop?  It is a interviewing technique used by broadcast journalists where they ask random people on the street to spontaneously answer a question.  The word “vox pop” originates from the Greek “vox populi,” which means voice of the people, so the goal is to capture the raw opinion of the public on some topic.  Here is the Wikipedia page for more information.

For the past month or two, Goldberg-Safir and D’Arcy have been going around the Middlebury campus collecting people’s anonymous answers to juicy questions and making vox pops out of them. You can visit their website to see what they have done so far.

MiddBlog thought this was a refreshing way to engage the community and we’ve decided to start a weekly series where we will post on or two of their vox pops and see what our readers think of the Middlebury community’s answers to their questions.  Here is the first one we will post, fitting for the reality TV show madness happening of late with Midd alumni in Survivor and the Real World:

What reality TV show character would you be?

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