Boston Globe

On Nov. 11, the Sunday magazine of the Boston Globe included a feature titled "The Lessons on Butch" about local community member Butch Varno. Several Middlebury College students are quoted and mentioned, and the article also includes quotes from Athletic Director Emeritus Russ Reilly and Director of the Alliance for Civic Engagement Tiffany Nourse Sargent. The article is available online here.

A Boston Globe article that appeared on Nov. 4 titled "Eight isn't enough for college" included a quote from Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett. The article is available online here.

The print edition of the Boston Globe picked up the Associated Press article on the launch of the Middlebury Initiative on Oct. 12.  The article appeared as an item in the "New England in Brief" column on page B2 and is available online.

The Sept. 29 edition of the Boston Globe includes a quote from Professor of English and Creative Writing Jay Parini in an article about Robert Frost titled "An old, but living link to poet's history will fall." The article is available online.

On Aug 12, the "Shelf Life" column in the "Ideas and Books" section of the Boston Globe included a blurb about the upcoming Bread Loaf Writers' Conference titled "Write Stuff." The piece is available online.

On Aug. 5 an Associated Press article titled "Global warming activists wrap 5-day march through N.H." appeared in several papers, including the Boston Globe. The article, which mentions Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies Bill McKibben and several Middlebury students and alumni, is available online.

An article titled "The cool club: In '60s style, college students are mobilizing to work for climate change" appeared on July 11 in the Boston Globe and mentioned Middlebury College students involved in Climate Summer 2007, a movement to encourage current candidates to include climate change in their campaign platforms. Several students were mentioned and quoted, as well as Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies Bill McKibben. The article is available online.

Professor of Political Science Eric Davis was quoted in an Associated Press article titled "Impeachment advocates set sights on Welch" that appeared on July 11 in the Boston Globe. The article is available online.

On June 11, an article titled "The finales of 'Sopranos' and 'Harry Potter' raise questions about how to face the end" appeared in The Boston Globe and quoted Assistant Professor of American Studies and Film and Media Culture Jason Mittell. The article is available below and online.

The June 2 edition of The Boston Globe included an article titled "Why not drink at 18? As a former college president, John McCardell knows all about binge drinking on campuses. What he wants to do about it might surprise you," about President Emeritus John McCardell and his "Choose Responsibility" campaign to lower the drinking age. The article is available below and online.

The college received numerous mentions and photos in the media regarding the 2007 Commencement and speaker President Clinton. Most prominent was the Associated Press article and photo that appeared in the Boston Globe. The article is available online.

Several editorials relating to global warming and written by Middlebury College Scholar-in-Residence Bill McKibben have appeared in numerous papers recently, including, most notably, the Boston Globe on March 20. Text of this editorial is available online.

A March 19 article in the Boston Globe mentions Scholar-in-Residence Bill McKibben and the group of Middlebury graduates who are helping him in his Step It Up 2007 campaign. The article, titled "Early critic of warming steps up to activist role," is available online.

On March 12, a column in the Boston Globe titled "Tricky truths behind Wikipedia" mentioned the Middlebury College History Department's ban on citing Wikipedia as a source. The column is available online.

On March 3 in the Boston Globe, an article titled "Snow Bowl tackles global warming head-on" about the carbon neutrality of the Middlebury College Snow Bowl quoted the Bowl's General Manager Peter Mackey. The article is available online.