November 2006

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MiddNews - November 2006

A monthly update of news and events from Middlebury College

The Chief Justice Speaks

John G. Roberts Jr., the chief justice of the United States, addressed a standing room only crowd in Mead Chapel last month, when he delivered the 2006 John Hamilton Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts.

Coinciding with Chief Justice Roberts's visit was the announcement of the establishment of an endowed faculty chair named in honor of William H. Rehnquist, Roberts's predecessor as chief on the court.

The Addison Independent had in-depth coverage of the event: http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/292

For more news, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611chief

An Honor, Protested

After learning of the establishment of the William H. Rehnquist Professorship of American History and Culture (see above), a contingent of students and faculty voiced their disapproval, culminating in a protest rally in front of Old Chapel last Friday.

Read the Middlebury Campus's coverage.

Food-and Fuel-for Thought

Earlier in the month, four experts in the energy field convened at Middlebury to discuss the global energy crisis. The panel discussion, titled "Fuel or Food: Dealing with the Global Energy Crisis," preceded a brainstorming session with the audience, all of which was a part of the annual D.K. Smith Lecture Series.

For more on the event, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611energy

Family Ties

How involved should parents be in the life of their college-age child? That's the subject of the cover story in the mail issue of Middlebury Magazine.

For more, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middmag?family

The Death Penalty: Under a Microscope

This weekend, a Middlebury student group, named Incarceration in Question, will be holding a workshop that examines race, class and the death penalty.

The workshop kicks off Thursday evening with a screening of the award-winning documentary "The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison" and concludes on Sunday with a candlelight vigil on the Mead Chapel steps.

For more, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611penalty

Green Scribes

Funded by an anonymous gift of $1.5 million, a fellowship program in environmental journalism was established at Middlebury this fall.

Each year, the program will select 10 journalists-two of whom will be Middlebury College seniors-and work with them to produce news stories for print, the Internet, and radio.

Bill McKibben, a Middlebury Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies, will direct the program. Christopher Shaw, a former editor of Adirondack Life, will serve as associate director.

For more, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611ejourn

Council Convenes

Nearly 150 scholars from more than 30 of the top colleges and universities in the nation came to Middlebury a few weeks ago for the 36th annual meeting of the New England Council of Latin American Studies.

For more, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611neclas

Alums Re-elected

Though Middlebury wasn't on the ballot anywhere on Election Day, three prominent Middlebury alums were, and they fared quite well.

Republican Jim Douglas '72 was re-elected to his third term as governor of Vermont, while Democrats William Delahunt '63 and Frank Pallone '73 handedly won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. Delahunt represents the tenth congressional district of Massachusetts; Pallone, the sixth congressional district of New Jersey.

Remembering Kim Sparks

M. Kimberly Sparks, a longtime professor of German at Middlebury, passed away on October 30.

For a message from Middlebury President Ronald Liebowitz, see: http://go.middlebury.edu/middnews?200611sparks

Game Time

By all accounts, the fall sports season at Middlebury was a resounding success.

The football team concluded its season with back-to-back shutouts over Hamilton and Tufts and finished with a 6-2 record.

The women's soccer team captured the NESCAC title and has advanced to the NCAA sectionals, where it will face the College of New Jersey this Saturday at 11:00

The women's cross country team will be competing for its fourth national title when the Panthers hit the national championship course this weekend in Chester, Ohio. In addition, men's runner Jimmy Butcher '08 will be competing for the NCAA individual title. Butcher finished fifth out of 300 runners last weekend at the NCAA Regional.

The men's soccer team made its seventh NCAA tournament appearance this year. The Panthers lost to St. Lawrence, 2-1, in an NCAA regional game, and concluded the season with an 11-6-1 record.

The field hockey team made its fourth consecutive appearance-and seventh overall-in the NCAA tournament. The Panthers fell to William Smith, 2-1, in a regional contest, and finished the year with a 14-4 record.

For more sports news, including winter sports previews, check out: http://www.gomidd.com