Middlebury Campus 1997-01-16 : Volume 95, Issue 13

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VOL. 95 No. 13 _ Thursday. January 16.1997
Former student receives
harsh sentence in Tibet
By Josh Irwin sion of his culture, Choephel had
News Editor returned to his native Tibet in 1995
Following a secret trial, a Chi- in hopes of preserving traditional
nese court in the Xigaze Prefecture song and dance on videotape, and
of Tibet has sentenced a former was arrested in September of that
Middlebury student to 18 years in year.
prison for spying. In a Dec. 26 an- As a Tibetan Fulbright Scholar
nouncement, authorities claimed a- t Middlebury, in 1993-94,
that filmmaker Ngawang Choephel Choephel had studied ethnomusi-
had confessed to collecting infer- cology, composed a segment for
mation for the Dalai Lama's gov- the ISO fashion show and con-
ernment-in-exile in India. The ducted a Winter Term workshop
statement also asserted that on Tibetan music and language.
Choephel had received financial The campus chapter of Students
support and undertaken espionage for a Free Tibet marked the one
activities on behalf of "a certain year anniversary of Choephel's ar-
foreign country," clearly intended rest this fall. A childhood friend of
as the United States. Deeply con- Choephel's attended the ceremony
and the evening focused on the
cerned by what he saw as the ero-
premiere of the docu-
mentary, "Missing in
Tibet," which incorpo-
rated footage Choephel
took in Tibet with shots Representatives from SigEp and the Inter-Home Council met with Community Council to discuss Sig Cpi fete
of Middlebury. Some
Council weighs the future of Sig Ep
sixteen hours of tape
have been brought to the
United States by an B_ y A. mand, a ^S hoemaker memo dated December 18. Howev- Sig Ep president Hamilton Hadden
American photographer Editor in chief er, in response to security reports of '97 opened the meeting by describ-
who initially traveled in Tuesday afternoon's Community continued violations including an il- ing his sense of personal responsi-
Tibet with Choephel. Council meeting addressed pro- legal keg, unregistered party and al- bility for the events of November 20,
The court ruling dis- posed disciplinary measures for a legations of vandalism to the Sig Ep and by emphasizing Sig Ep's positive
Choephel's pro- recent series of pledge violations at house, the recommendation was contributions to the college corn-
ject as "a pretext" for his Sigma Epsilon. Sig Ep has been subsequently upgraded to one of munity while acknowledging the se-
rpission to gathering in- under temporary suspension since termination. ^ riousness of its offense.
"For years, Sigma Epsilon has
formation for "the Dalai November 20, following an alcohol Community Council invited rep-
clique." The Tibetan overdose at an illegal off-campus resentatives from Sig Ep, the Inter- provided its family with a warm,
spiritual and political initiation event during which a House council and interested ob- welcoming environment of open
leader fled to India in pledge was hospitalized. servers to the first portion of the minds and a willingness to grow and
meeting, which the agenda de- change in the face of diversity?' said
1959 following a failed Dean of students Ann Craig
scribed as "a comprehensive, in- Hamilton. "We stand before you
uprising against occu- Haqson first recommended to
depth discussion of the incidents today humbled in the wake of an
Kathryn Culley/ICT pying Chinese forces. A Community Council that Sig Ep be
which led up to the [dean of stu- event which has undoubtedly
Following a secret trial, Chinese authorities spokesman for the Dalai "indefinitely suspended as a social
dents'] recommendation." Former (see Community, page 4)
sentenced Ngawang Choephel to year 18 years. (see Former, page 3) house at Middlebury College" in a
Artists take to the snow
Developer Hunt asks for local input
meters for discussion, reminding
By Jennifer Burrell the property in question. Nearly
those gathered: "The tract is zoned
Associate Editor 100 community members attended
for commercial use; it is taxed at the
No one is more aware of the op- the public forum on Jan. 7, hosted
commercial rate; and it currently
position that a proposed commer- by the college on behalf of the de-
has a commercial establishment on
cial project may face in the quaint veloper, to offer suggestions rang-
it."
town of Middlebury than Buffalo- ing from the creation of a park to
However, members of the com-
based developer Myron Hunt. His the construction of a performing
munity immediately challenged the
proposal to construct a Price arts center.
"givens" articulated by McCardell
Chopper supermarket and sit- "We're most interested in gather-
in his opening comments. They
down restaurant on the college- ing some ideas about what might
stressed the language of the Town
be considered an appropriate use
owned Maple Manor property
Plan, which calls for a mixture of
[for the land], something that
roused public protest for months
houses, small stores and offices in
would be well thought-of in the
until its ultimate rejection by the
the district that includes the Maple
community," Hunt explained to
town's planning commission in late Manor property. "This is a district
Middlebury residents in the town's
November. that was created ... to try to en-
municipal gym as he opened last
Yet the denial of Hunfs first ap- hance the southern gateway, and to
week's meeting.
plication has not stifled his deter- try to extend a village scale of de-
"This is not a place where any-
mination to develop the site. He re- velopment south. If we can't agree
thing will be decided," added Pres-
tains his right to buy the land under that that's the underpinning for any
ident John McCardell. "This is not
the terms of the purchase and sales development here, we're not going
a place where the town, college or
agreement he signed with the col- to proceed beyond where we are,"
Myron Hunt are either subjects or
lege and intends to create a project said John Barstow, co-founder of
respondents." McCardell stated that
acceptable to town residents as well Citizens for Middlebury, an organi-
the college chose to host the forum
as the planning commission. zation created last spring to oppose
to facilitate the "exchange of ideas" Nicola Smith
In an effort to avoid past mis- Hunt's Price Chopper proposal.
in a "spirit of consultation and co-
takes, Hunt requested the organiza- Residents of Perkins have utilized J-term to pursue artistic and athlet-
operation." One by one, town residents took
tion of a town meeting to generate ic endeavors in sculpting this winter masterpiece.
(see Developer, page 5)
The president outlined the para-
discussion about possible uses for
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President exposes intricate college-town In Depth
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•mmmmffffi " MM*-, *-' Kfmm swMiWMMtl'' », ",>* 4* "'A" College fined $5000 for clearing road
more significant event than it truly is
By Shenna Bellows mit before any work on an access
... It was an honest and innocent
StaffWriter road or the housing project pro-
mistake. We've made it, and now let's
The state of Vermont recently ceeds.
move on."
fined Middlebury College $5,000 for The college has submitted a re-
The issue has drawn attention to
clearing trees and brush to create an quest for an Act 250 permit for the
the relationship between the town
access road to the proposed Ridge- Ridgeline project and currendy
and college, which both Dunning-
line Woods housing project. The awaits notification from the District
ton and college officials believe has
college began clearing for the road 9 Environmental Commission.
been misrepresented by the press as
last August after reaching an agree- Benoit indicated that the Act 250 vi-
well.
ment with the town, which ap- olation would not affect the state's
proved the construction of four review of the proposed housing pro- "We have a good working rela-
V,: town houses pending approval of a ject. tionship with the college, contrary
ert Baker as he scored the afternoon's first college master plan. "We anticipate approval," he said. to the view portrayed by the press,"
•r for a local newspaper recorded the i However, the college neglected to He went on to emphasize the col- Dunnington said.
lication has received more than 600 request obtain an Act 250 permit for the lege's good intentions. "When we McCardell agreed that the college
- " • i planned to use the shot in r clearing of the roadway. Middlebury went in to start constructing the has a positive relationship with the
ror a Georgia person, this pictun Town Planner Fred Dunnington road, we weren't trying to hide any- town. He indicated that the press
noted in reference to the error,"This thing. The violation was simply a had committed errors by informing
edged an Auburn spokesman.
is commonplace. People aren't aware jumping of the gun - inadvertently?' the public that the college had bro-
I of zoning and land-use law. This is In the meantime, the college also ken ground on the construction
Mf ' I not a highly unusual occurrence, has awaited the town's formal ap- project when in fact the college had
and the college was very coopera- proval of its master plan. In Decem- cleared trees for 2,000 feet of road-
" Secret! tive." ber, the town planning commission way.
students for producing and distrib While all development plans "approved the master plan in con- Benoit noted that some contro-
feit bills. The students allegedly printed the $20 1 must be approved locally, larger pro- cept but not on any basis for issuing versy still surrounds the college's
ty-owned photocopiers. jects require additional state ap- permits," according to President plan to build houses in Ridgeline
Along with a fourth man who had not t IColum- proval in accord with Act 250. John McCardell. Woods. He maintained that the col-
bia. the three face 20 years in prison if convicted. All i Under Act 250, all large develop- It was expected that the planning lege seeks to reconcile its housing
not guilty in federal court and one defendant's f ment projects must meet ten criteria commission would formalize accep- needs with environmental concerns.
media that his client is, "not a kid who had any cri: concerning environmental impact tance of the master plan at its meet- Benoit stated that the college
as well as traffic and safety issues be- ing Wednesday evening. worked with a landscape architect to
The affair caught investigators' atte
fore obtaining state approval. College officials and Dunnington design the road because it is "con-
jected fake bills local bars and restaurants I
As the college Public Affairs Di- expressed concern that the issue had cerned with the preservation of the
led agents to Columbia. The univers rector Phil Benoit explained, "Our received inaccurate publicity. Col- wooded character of the site, and
ligation and is now, "re-evaluating mistake there, and one that we fully lege Treasurer David Ginevan that is a factor."
| admit was a mistake, was ffiat we noted, "It's very unfortunate that He continued, "We want to avoid
didn't consider the roadway to be taken out of context, it makes [the taking down old-growth forest and
I part of the project to build the town- Act 250 error] appear to be a much maintain the integrity of the site."
houses."
sent The college immediately ceased
work on the road last fall when
change e-mail guidelines. In his message, Dunnington informed college offi-
"Out Week," an annual week of gay and lesbian rights promotions. cials that clearing the roadway vio-
Iseman told the media that while he is "not homophobic." he does lated an agreement between the
consider homosexual sex to be,"a sin." town and the college. That agree-
Of Bowdoin's total enrollment of 1,500, more than 200 ment requires the college to obtain
students replied to him within 24 hours, Iseman said. The clear ma- approval of a submitted master plan
jority had been offended, but he said a third had written in sup- before beginning any activity on the
port. site of the proposed construction
project.
Before the guideline change, a student wishing to send e-
mail to the entire college was required to submit the message to the In a separate action, the state
office of the dean of students. conducted an inspection of the site
and found that the roadway did re-
Iseman had submitted his message and it was sent. Scott Hood,
quire an Act 250 permit. The college
a college spokesman, said he understood student anger. "Students
signed an assurance of discontinu-
have an expectation when they get an e-mail," he said. "There is a
ance agreement with the state Envi-
sense that this message is to them, that it is of some importance,
ronmental Board two weeks ago,
that they are supposed to read it."
agreeing to pay the lowest fine is-
The new policy will j. tail to Nicola Smith
sued for Act 250 violations and
be sent to the entire campus. Hood added that newsgroups and The college cleared trees and brush for an access road in Ridgeline Woods.
promising to obtain an Act 250 per-
mailing Usts were available to students wishing to publicize their I
views via the computer. Hefty Mellon grant boosts languages
By Michael Wiser create a basic infrastructure and to since Mellon funding for workshops
: StaffWriter allow faculty to understand the pos- started in 1994, the project has
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At the end of 1996, Middlebury sibilities of technology. Mellon brought in faculty from other
College received a five-year, $4.7 funds have already been used to de- schools who spent $800,000 in
Four day forecast million language grant from the An- velop Web sites that can be used in town. The analysis concluded that
drew W. Mellon Foundation. The conjunction with classes to provide Project 2001 would bring in twice as
grant, funding a program called students with access to links to im- much money for the town.
Project 2001, will give Middlebury portant sites. The $4.7 million grant is the
the resources to develop technology According to Yu, other techno- largest single grant to a liberal arts
and training programs to enhance logical developments made possible institution in the history of the Mel-
language instruction. by Mellon grants has allowed pro- lon Foundation. The foundation,
The latest grant follows two sim- fessors, "to bring, recorded speech, named after the late 1919 century fi-
ilar Mellon grants to Middlebury, film clips, animated scripts, news re- nancier, industrialist, philan-
totaling about $2 million, since ports, recorded events, art events, thropist, Secretary of the Treasury,
1994. Clara Yu, who will direct pro- dance, theater, music, anything into and Ambassador whose art collec-
ject 2001 at Middlebury said that the class room." tion evolved into the National
the college received the grant be- In order to manage Project 2001, Gallery of Art, makes grants to in-
cause of it's reputation as a premiere the seven project staff members will stitutions involved with higher edu-
language school and its past work move downtown into the Old Addi- cation, cultural affairs, performing
with the Mellon Foundation. son County Courthouse. The new arts, population, conservation, and
In a press release, President John building which will become occu- public affairs. The foundation works
McCardell agreed. "This extraordi- pied this summer, is tentatively with over forty other liberal arts
nary grant recognizes the College's called The Language Technologies schools including Bates, Colby,
leadership role in the area of lan- Center, and will house staff from Bowdoin, Oberlin, Williams and
guage pedagogy?' he said. Professor other related projects in addition to Vasser.
Yu, the Cornelius V. Starr Professor Project 2001.. The grant also gives Middlebury
of Language and Linguistics, said An impact analysis conducted by the responsibility of leading the way
Courtesy oflntellicast at http^/www.intellicast.com that the previous grant was used to the college and the town found that (see Hefty, page 4)
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January 16,1997
SGA expresses concern
over proposal for EAC
By Emily Manning SGA President Karen Lewis '97.
In-Depth Editor Lewis expects that many issues be-
As part of a strategy to give more fore the EAC would not warrant the
shape and coherence to Middle- formation of an Ad Hoc committee
bur/s curriculum, the faculty is cur- and thus would mean student input
rently considering a plan involving was necessarily excluded. In these
the combination of the Educational cases, she said, in the interest of a
Council and the Teaching Resources stream-lined decision process, the
Committee (TRC) into the Educa- SGA would often not desire an Ad
tional Affairs Committee. Although Hoc committee. Instead Lewis is
the idea of a combination was first seeking "a more immediate chan-
discussed about two years ago when nel." She has found the faculty and
a number of committees were the administration receptive to SGA
formed to examine various ways to concerns and believes the continu-
improve Middlebury, it was not for- ing dialog between all three to be
mally introduced to the faculty until helpful in moving toward a solution.
early fall 1996. According to Ron Jen Geld '97 , a second-year
Liebowitz, Executive Vice President, member of the Educational Coun-
the proposal, which underwent sev- cil, understands Lewis' apprehen-
eral revisions in December based on sion. "Students on the Ed Council
faculty feedback, will likely be voted often present perspectives that the
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on in March. faculty doesn't think of on their
Choephel returned to his native Tibet in 1995 to preserve traditional song and dance on videotape.
The formation of the Education- own," she said.
Former student sentenced in Tibet al Affairs Committee would elimi- Lewis is also worried about the
nate the current separation between way in which the EAC would go
(continued from page 1) shirts with Choephel to raise said, while Christopher refused to the Educational Council, which about appointing the subcommit-
Lama said the government-in- money for his film project. On approach the issue. evaluates and considers the college's tees. "In SGA we take the appoint-
exile wasn't even aware Choephel campus, Barlow has organized The Clinton Administration's educational policy, and the TRC, ment process very seriously. Stu-
had returned to Tibet. large-scale letter writing cam- stance has disappointed Barlow. which is concerned with the re- dents must submit applications and
Jon Barlow '96.5, who is work- paigns for Choephel's release and The link between human rights sources needed to support the new be interviewed by our appointment
ing during Winter Term for the In- feels confident that Middlebury and trade, he said, although programs. "The Ed Council hasn't committee. When they talk about
ternational Campaign for Tibet, pressure helped spur Vermont's "noble," was "in hindsight a no-win had the authority to make decisions creating subcommittees, that means
has seen much of Choephel's Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Jim situation. We are going to have to because they could not consider fi- we will constantly be having to
footage and found it "pretty in- Jeffords and Representative Barry trade with them." Still, he added, nances. They have not been able to make appointments on the subcom-
nocuous." Confident that the tapes Sanders into action. The response "the fact that human rights is off weigh each decision against the mittees throughout the year."
contain only Tibetan cultural cer- from all three men has been, "pret- the entire page at this point" is dis- cost," said Liebowitz. "Ed Council According to Robert Schine, as-
emonies, songs and dances, the or- ty incredible," Barlow said, calling couraging. has been very frustrated because sociate professor of religion and
few things that go through them are member of the Faculty Council, stu-
ganization has invited Chinese Leahy and Jeffords "adamant." Observers have noticed a weak-
a success. They don't get the fund- dent representation was not includ-
representatives to view them. The It was only under pressure from ening of the State Department's
ing." ed in the proposed plan because a
offer has drawn no response. Jeffords that the Chinese Embassy position since the sentence. In Oc-
the International Campaign for admitted in October that tober a spokesman emphasized The absence of student participa- great portion of the business of the
Tibet also rejected Chinese claims Choephel had been detained. The that, "we have no information that tion in the proposed plan has raised EAC will be confidential. Yet Schine
that Choephel received money acknowledgment came 11 months Mr. Choephel was involved in any- concern in the SGA. The EAC sees the value of student consulta-
from the United States government after the filmmaker had disap- thing other than pursuing his pro- would have the ability to appoint tion. "It seems to me that regular
for his work. "Mr. Choephel re- peared, surfacing only once in a fessional interests in the field of various subcommittees, called Ad consultation is very important.
ceived government funds as a Ful- Shigatse prison. The Embassy ethnomusicology," and added that, Hoc committees, of students and There has got to be a way for stu-
bright scholar to come to the US," eventually informed Jeffords that, "in the absence of any evidence faculty to examine specialized top- dents to make their decisions
the organization said in a press re- "we have learned that, funded by that he has committed any crime, ics. But the EAC would not be re- known," he said. Schine is trying to
lease. "But he had no government some Americans, Ngawang we urge the Chinese and the Ti- quired to appoint committees. work out a solution concerning stu-
(see SGA, page 4)
funds to return to Tibet to carry Choephel... used the cover of so- betan Autonomous Region author- "I am concerned about the mes-
out his amateur film project." called collecting Tibetan folk ities to release Ngawang Choephel sage the proposal seems to send
songs to gather sensitive intelli- immediately." concerning the importance of stu-
Word of the sentence has
gence and engaged in illegal activ- In the days following the sen- dent representation. It seems to say
prompted harsh criticism from the
ities." tence, the State Department made they don't value student input," said
American public. The Washington
Post slammed the Chinese gov- Barlow praised Sanders for ini- a more moderate statement of INTERNATIONAL
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speech, religion, and assembly," Zemin, which received 50 signa- while efforts on Choephel's behalf
and compared China to "the Sovi- tures in the House, and Jeffords for continue, the best hope for pres- NInetwe rpnraotfieosnsaiol nAalf fMaiArs. oinr
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the charges "ludicrous." pher. On a trip to China with ing. Now, he said, Students for a exciting careers:
Jon Barlow also heads the Mid- Christopher, Leahy talked about Free Tibet will gear up for a mas- 0 environmental studies
dlebury chapter of Students for a Choephel with, "every official he sive letter-writing campaign to • public health
Free Tibet and recalls selling t- met, all the way to the top," Barlow congressmen and urge that the • government
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Community Council holds discussion on the future of Sig Ep
tain a "viable Sig Ep entity" to apply
(continued from page 1) tions in thinking that we had been the college, doesn't allow us to be the whether the members understood
brought upon [the Sig Ep] family its negligent. But I also think that it's agents of the change that we're hop- that off-campus pledge events are for reinstatement following a sus-
darkest hour." very important that the community ing you'll allow us to make." * subject to college anti-hazing regu- pension. "But current membership
Sig Ep spokesperson Eric Hoff- council understand that this is the Amy Starr '97, vice president of lation. "You had your initiation off has to be around to pass on the pos-
man '98 underlined the "communi- reason that Sigma Epsilon has been the IHC, reminded the council that campus... my understanding is that itive tradition and to make these
cation error" which, according to suggested for termination [instead social houses are normally governed regulations that apply to what hap- changes [to the pledge process]."
members, occurred between the of suspension]," Hoffman ex- by the IHC, a "self-disciplining pens on campus also apply to what At 6 p.m. Sig Ep finished speak-
submission of the recommendation plained. body." Starr referred to a December happens off campus. So that your ing and all guests of the council were
to suspend and the subsequent rec- Sig Ep representatives went on to 12 recommendation to the dean of actions off campus are bound by the asked to leave for the closed portion
ommendation to terminate Sig Ep. underline their willingness to learn students that a termination, or a sus- probation, and there should not of the meeting, during which the
After the Dean of Students' office re- from past mistakes. "We want to be pension without possibility of re- have been alcohol present. Were you council deliberates in closed session.
ceived reports including that of the the catalyst for change within the application for recognition by the aware of this?" asked council mem- "A formal recommendation to Pres-
vandalism to the Sig Ep house — a flawed pledge process," said Molly current pledge class, is "not warrant- ber Will Nash, assistant professor of ident McCardell is being drafted,"
large hole which appeared in the Kroon '98. "We would like to be the ed" in this case. "The IHC recog- American literature and civilization. Community Council Co-chair
plaster of one of the basement's vehicle for the community to ad- nizes Sig Ep as a valuable part of the "Pledge had been supended [for a Laura Coogan '97 said later. "The
walls — Dean of Students Ann dress these issues. If you close the Middlebury community? said Starr. previous alcohol violation], but President will meet with the council
Craig Hanson issued a deadline for book on Sig Ep, yes, you're dealing "Although we appreciate the seri- pledge had resumed, so we were al- to discuss our recommendation,
individual Sig Ep members to take with this problem. But you're not ousness of the pledge violation lowed to hold pledge events," re- and then release a final decision to
responsibility for the damage before dealing with the underlying disease. which occurred, we believe that los- sponded Kroon; although, as Dean the college community."
it would be considered a house ac- And what better way to make these ing the house and the ability to Hanson pointed out, the house's "Community council is very ap-
tion and defiance of college regula- changes than through people who sponsor events or gatherings in the probation did make the use of alco- preciative that Sig Ep made the re-
tion. This deadline passed without have experienced this tragedy first- name of Sig Ep is sufficient." hol at any function on or off campus sponsible choice in coming to dis-
any members coming forward. hand?" Sig Ep representatives were then illegal. cuss the dean of students'
According to house members, "We need a recommendation questioned by members of Com- Council member Laura Tabor '97 recommendation," Coogan com-
however, members never received from this council that will allow cur- munity Council on such issues as asked what disciplinary measures, if mented further. "The open meeting
word of the deadline, and have since rent members on this campus to be the difference between individual any, the house would think appro- was professional and informative."
taken responsibility for causing the agents for change," argued another members' accountability and that of priate. "I don't think there's anyone "We were really excited to finally
damage accidentally. "Somehow Sig Ep representative. "Termination, the house, as stated by Handbook who doesn't think a punishment is be able to tell our side of the story?
there was a communication error... or an indefinite suspension that regulations; the accuracy of the var- appropriate," responded Kroon, reit- said Kroon. "We felt like it was a.fair
I understand [Hanson's] motiva- graduates all of our members out of ious security reports involved; and erating the house's desire to main- forum to state our case."
Hefty Mellon grant boosts languages and teaching technology
(continued from page 2) tants, the project will use Middle- Middlebury leading the way input from students, faculty, and smaller classes. The project will even
in developing new language tech- bury faculty and staff to help train through research. For the first time, staff at the college. Professor Yu said examine the way that a language
niques and sharing them with other faculty from other schools. the school will be able to bring fac- that one example of serving the stu- course is scheduled and arranged.
institutions. Part of the money will The grant will place Middlebury ulty from research universities and dent would be technology that elim- Do we really need to set our three to
be used to run workshops for teach- at the center of what Yu calls the graduate students to Middlebury to inates drill and kill" in the class- five days a wëek?"Yu asked. She also
ers from other colleges and to show Mellon universe." As part of the conduct research in second lan- room. She indicated that drilling questions the way students are
other schools what canBe done with grant Middlebury is expected to guage acquisition." President Mc- students about verb conjugations reached. 'Some students are more
technology in and out of the class- work with a collection of more than Cardell said that the grant, "places during class time may not the best visually oriented, others are more
room. 40 other liberal arts schools around Middlebury College in a position to possible use of teaching resources. text oriented, others are more ver-
For the past few years Middle- the country. In addition to new re- shape and direct language study in Instead computers could be used to bally oriented. How do you get to
bury has held such workshops to in- search and workshops, the school this country in significant ways." perform these drills. This will cut them to develop their ultimate ca-
troduce technology to other plans to create an electronic library Yu noted that it is important for down on the time that students pabilities?"
schools. Yu recalls that participants of materials that can be used by the technology to be based on a lan- spend listening to the teacher The project will also examine the
at past workshops knew so little other schools. Middlebury also will guage curriculum, and not just to drilling other students. possibilities of Web TV, cable, CD-
about technology, that at the first be able to act as a center for new develop technology with out a pur- It is unclear, even to project ROM, direct video delivery to a
workshop three years ago, "there technology developed around the pose. She warned that technology members, exactly where things will room, and distance learning.
were faculty members that, when country by institutions trying to for technology's sake itself, usually lead. The project doesn't have any Yu concluded, "The trick is to
told there was a mouse on their solve similar problems. fails. You have to look at the student specific technology that has to be keep up with what's currently avail-
desk, actually screamed, thinking The interaction with other insti- and say, 'What does the student developed, but Yu does have some able, think of its relevance, and keep
that it was a rodent." tutions will continue, but Project need?'" To answer this question the issues she plans to look into. an eye on the future to see whafs
In addition to outside consul- 2001 will also place an emphasis on project is seeking feedback and For example, she intends to use coming down the pipe. And make
technology to allow teachers to have sure that we're always there."
SGA concerns surface over new EAC
Campus Security Log
(continued from page 3) things that are never carried which, according to Liebowitz is one
dent representation and has consid- through," he said. "If Ad Hoc com- of the most respected committees at
ered the possibility of requiring the mittees are used appropriately, stu- Middlebury. "The COR is a small The Department of Public Safety responded to the following incident
EAC to meet with a committee dents would participate more and committee consisting of members reports.
formed by SGA on a regular basis. have a greater voice." Neither the of the faculty who were nominated
According to Liebowitz, students original nor revised plan included a because of their genuine interest in 12/02/96 Confiscated an illegal keg from the Mill.
will actually have more voice under student representation requirement. the college," he said. "Our plan is for 12/05/96 Received a report of a hit and run accident in
the new plan. "There are three stu- The proposed plan of the EAC is the EAC to consist of such people. Elot.
dents in Ed Council who essentially based on the Committee of Reap- Thus, we decided that members of 12/06/96 Responded to a report of an intoxicated
have a great role in giving input on pointment and Tenure (COR), the EAC should also be elected at student in Warner.
large," Schine added. 12/06/96 Responded to a report of marijuana use in
While there has been concern Coffrin.
Discussion of the
over the lack of departmental repre- 12/06/96 Responded to an unregistered party in
sentation on the EAC and the Milliken.
Draft Facilites Plan grouping of departments that may 12/06/96 Responded to an unregistered party in
seem unrelated, Schine feels that Hadley.
nomination at large will focus atten- 12/06/96 Responded to an illegal party in Stewart.
tion on the school rather than de- 12/07/96 Responded to an illegal party in Battell.
Open meeting will be held on the following dates: partments. "When one represents a 12/07/96 Confiscated an illegal keg from Gifford.
division, one is under pressure to 12/07/96 Responded to a report of marijuana use in
Wednesday, January 15th at 7:30 p.m.
take a position that is best for his di- Allen.
Warner Hall, Room 203
vision rather than the whole col- 12/07/96 Responded to an illegal party in Stewart.
lege," he said. In addition, he also 12/07/96 Received a theft report from McCullough.
feels that members of the faculty will 12/07/96 Received a report of vandalism in Atwater.
Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 p.m.
become more aware of what is hap- 12/07/96 Received a report of vandalism in Munroe.
Mitchell Green Lounge pening in another field. "Essentially, 12/08/96 Responded to a report of marijuana use in
the new plan stresses the idea of a Starr.
Tuesday, January 28th at 4:15 p.m. liberal arts education." 12/08/96 Received a report of vandalism in Coffrin.
In spite of the unresolved con- 12/08/96 Received a report of a stolen jacket from
Redfield Proctor Room
cerns, Schine is fairly confident the Mccullough.
plan will pass. "This is a wonderful
Wednesday, February 5th at 9:00 a. m. plan that will do so much for the If you have any information on the above incidents, please contact the
Mitchell Green Lounge college. I do realize that student rep- Department of Public Safety at x-5911 or x-5133.
resentation is important and will as-
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NEWS
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January 16,1997
Report criticizes colleges for relaxing Shakespeare requirements
By Gwynn Guilford leges studied, only Claremont ing down' of America." "Classes students choose for them- John Bertolini, Middlebury pro-
StaffWriter McKenna, Hamilton, Smith and This Shakespeare issue came to selves are more likely to be interest- fessor of English, agreed with the
and Josh Irwin C\ Wellesly joined Middlebury in re- the forefront last spring when ing, relevant, and worthwhile in the NAF that the movement toward
News Editor quiring Shakespeare for an English Georgetown University reduced its long run than a specific list of re- pop culture literature and away
The width and depth of the re- degree. In the Ivy League, the NAF English major requirements from quired courses." from Shakespeare reflects a decline
quirements for an English degree found that only Harvard main- twelve to eleven courses by elimi- Many other schools have relaxed in academic standards in institu-
from Middlebury has drawn praise tained such a requirement nating a survey course of the great their requirements to a handful of tions of higher educational would-
from a non-profit group in Wash- The survey results "confirmed authors, including Chaucer, Shake- basic courses. The NAF claims that n't expect people [who hadn't read
ington D.C. concerned over what it our worst fears," wrote NAF presi- speare and Milton. Georgetown's students at Bates, Cornell and the works of Chaucer, Milton, and
sees as declining academic stan- dent Jerry L. Martin in his organi- decision prompted the NAF to Williams, among other schools, can Shakespeare] to call themselves ed-
dards. The National Alumni Forum zation's summary of the study. begin undertake it's study. avoid Shakespeare completely and ucated in English literature. We're
counted Middlebury among only "Dropping Shakespeare is not just a Some institutions have eliminat- still graduate with an English de- not only teaching skills and meth-
23 schools in the top 70 American trend; it is the norm. The study ed requirements altogether. gree.. ods of understanding literature, but
colleges and universities still man- shows that, despite higher costs and Amherst College and Pomona Col- Many institutions have instead also content. [For this reason] the
dating that its English majors fulfill a public demanding excellence, lege no longer outline a course of shifted their focus to less tradition- great authors of English literature
a Shakespeare requirement. Among prestigious colleges and universi- study that students must adhere to. al courses. "The study finds that will continue to be taught at Mid-
25 leading national liberal arts col- ties are contributing to the 'dumb- The Pomona course catalog reads: English departments are focusing dlebury for the foreseeable future,"
less on great literature and more on Bertolini commented.
popular culture and sex," Martin Many English students at Mid-
McCullough raves
wrote. He included such topics as dlebury support the college's resis-
computer games, fashion, Madon- tance to the popular trends and
na, mail-order brides, theme parks loosening of curriculum require-
and Vanilla Ice as material taught in ments. Jana Metevier '99, English
many current English classes. major and winner of both the Paul
Middlebury still imposes rela- W. Ward Writing Award and the
tively stringent English require- Dana scholarship, explained, "We
ments. The department requires often disregard early generations of
that all majors study "Interpreta- writers as dull, narrow, and mired
tion of English Literature" and in a culture unrelated to ours.
"Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton" in These writers were revolutionary
which Canterbury Tales, Paradise geniuses who not only found the
Lost, and two Shakespearean plays bedrock of our culture, but the very
are read. In addition, majors are re- core of what we are."
quired to complete a separate On the other hand, some
course in Shakespeare, take classes students struggle to find the rele-
devoted to medieval and renais- vance of the works of Chaucer,
sance literature, seventeenth and Shakespeare, and Milton to mod-
eighteenth century literature, and ern-day life and cultural mores.
literature after 1800, as well as one Barry Nelson '00, a prospective
course in literary history and criti- English major, asked: "Who is that
Milton guy, anyway?"
cism.
Nicola Smith
Students rocked McCullough last Saturday night at Roborave, the third annual charity dance which raised
more than $1,600 to benefit the Women in Crisis Center of Addison County.
Developer Hunt seeks public input
(continued from page 1) entitled to make a fair, respectable Hunt declined to comment on
their place at the microphone to earning off of that property" his reaction to the suggestions of- starting
suggest alternative uses for the While residents poured out their fered and did not indicate when he
eight acres under contract to Hunt. ideas to a silent Myron Hunt, many plans to submit a second proposal 9:00 a.m. Jan. 20
John Craven offered the possi- felt they were being humored. for the Maple Manor site.
through 5:30 Jan. 2 5
bility of designating the property as "There's an echo in here. We're While residents await the unveil-
park land for public use. "The town hearing our own voices. It's en- ing of Hunt's next development en-
would have to acquire it and it couraging to get a response so that deavor, the college stresses its own
would be a loss on the tax rolls. We you don't get the feeling that you've neutrality in the decision-making
would need information on what it been invited to come talk to your- process. Hardcovers 10-50% off
would cost each taxpayer," he ad- self? one community member told "We will sell him the land once
mitted. the evening's hosts. he is successful in securing per- Paperbacks 20% off
"But it wouldn't be the first time "The purpose of the meeting mits," said McCardell."We will nei-
that a town deliberately decided to was to give Mr. Hunt a chance to ther support nor oppose Mr. Hunt Children's books 20-25% off
take cost on with some objective in listen to the community. While in his efforts." Any future proposals
mind." people may have been disappoint- will require the approval of the Compact Discs, Cassettes ..!.... 20% off
Al Stiles recommended the con- ed, they got exacdy what was ad- Middlebury Planning Commis-
struction of a medical complex fea- vertised," explained President Mc- sion. Calendars 50% off
turing small buildings scattered in Cardell.
a complex screened from the road,
Under Cuts Cards, Maps, Books-on-tape
while Katherine Gamache argued
for a plan that would remodel the
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OPINIONS
January 16,1997
Page 6
Editorial w a k H M & MO
Culture wars
Last month's National Alumni Forum survey of
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top colleges and universities has drawn attention
once more to the "dumbing down" of America. The MS
study found that college English departments are
deciding to» eliminate or relax requirements that
majors study Shakespeare.
Instead, many schools are turning to courses on
pop culture, with subjects ranging from advertis-
ing imagery to soap operas to boxing literature. All
but one of the Ivy League schools have offered stu-
dents a way around Shakespeare. Middlebury
remains one of only a handful of liberal arts col-
leges to cling to the requirement.
O40C6E
The NAF took a little good-natured ribbing from
the national press when it first raised the
Shakespeare issue last spring. All too many clever
I c Wi
editors dug into their Barlett's. "Some are coming to
praise Shakespeare, not to bury him," one wrote. "Et
tu, Georgetown?" quipped another.
But the joking stopped when the NAF pointed out
that an entire generation of college-educated
Americans probably didn't get the joke.
It's hard to get a handle on this problem. Asking
"Do wé still have to study Shakespeare?" forces us
Letters to the Editor
to question what parts of our culture are valuable to
Sigma Epsilon Pledge Class defends house policies
us and why. After all, why should a modern educa-
tion be so concerned with preserving culture from In response to the article pub- our pledge mate involved in the pride in the organization and
the past? lished in the December 5 issue of incident is in good health and confidence in the fact that it was
The Campus, the new members look forward to welcoming her an isolated issue.
But if nothing else, it's strange how pesky
of Sigma Epsilon would like to back to the house and to school We believe in the good that
Shakespeare is, even in the mainstream/ How he express our personal concern upon her return. Sigma Epsilon has brought to the
keeps turning up in places like Hollywood. And on and regret for the situation that While this particular incident Middlebury community and the
occurred at the conclusion of the is inexcusable, we believe in the successful history of the house.
stages throughout the world.
pledge process. values and traditions of Sigma
It might be too soon to dismiss our cultural We offer no excuse for this in- Epsilon. The Pledge Class of Sigma Ep-
underpinnings. True, ours is an age overflowing cident. We are very happy that We would like to express our silon 1996
with information and new ideas. But there's room SQA explains significance of newly-adopted bills
for tradition among all that.
Welcome back. We hope that al provides students with more volved in the community, and
Newton said he stood on the shoulders of giants. everyone had a relaxing break. options in taking their final provides for official representa-
So, too, do today's writers owe a tremendous debt to We want to take this opportunity exams. Junior Paul Rosenthal and tion ore the General Assembly.
to update you on what the Stu- Sophomore Ashley Twyon pre- Additionally, First Year Aaron
their predecessors — and a brush with the literary
dent Government Association sented a bill designating an elec- Johnston wrote a resolution call-
canon certainly won't hurt college students any, has accomplished thus far, First-year Aaron Johnston wrote a ing for the administration
either. and preview our goals for to have the New Faces
resolution calling for the
the rest of the year. printed for this year, and
The General Assembly administration to have the New in the future. As most of
Wife jHtobleburp Campus!
worked very hard to pass Faces printed for both this year, you know this bill was suc-
numerous bill that the cessful in encouraging the
Oversight Committee is and in the future. printing of the New Faces.
Editor in Chief
Amanda Shoemaker currendy implementing. Among tion to be held in February to Sophomore Adam Piatt worked
these bills are Senior Graham elect a Feb Representative for the with the staff at Career Planning
Production Managers Managing Editor ^ ; Business Manager Balch's bill to create a more flexi- incoming February students. and Placement to establish
Mike Bilodeau JayDealy Ted Broadwater ble exam schedule. This propos- This bill allows the Febs to get in- (see SGA, page 8)
Amy Kriescher Charity Dance Co-Chair chides college community
News Editors Opinions Editors Associate Editors There is a charity benefit you that there are legitimate econom- soap box, I'm just trying to un-
Josh Irwin Chris Morgan Jennifer Burrell would like to go to in a building ic concerns. However, charging derstand why people, YOU, tried
Aditya Raval Raoul Pop Ryan D'Agostino where a friend is a security guard $3 per person doesn't even cover (and succeeded) to get away
— you could make a contribution the cost of the dance, let alone the without contributing! Because it
Arts Editors Features Editors In Depth Editors and attend the function or you food and drink. And imagine, if was possible? Because you don't
David Keeling Greg Mascolo Emily McCord
could sneak in. What do you do? you can, what an event like this care? Because...?
Maya Thiagarajan Sherry Schwarz Emily Manning
This past Saturday night was would cost in New York City, To those of you who did con-
Sports Editors Photo Editors the Third Annual Charity dance. Boston, D.C., or LA. — $10? $15 tribute — the people paying in
Laurie Manus Mark Moynier The price was three dollars for without l.D. Consider it lucky that quarters, the football team paying
David Smith in Nicola Smith five hours of dancing, including it only cost three dollars. (Not for their recruits, the man with
A Xv ' '}':• free food and drink (alcoholic even the cost of a sandwich in the $2.65, the people who gave $5,
Copy Editor.... %.t. CarrieDesrosiers Advertising Manager.. — John Beeson
Copy Editor ./. . David Huneryager Technical Director. Mark Felton and non-alcoholic), lasting until Crest Room). friends swiping friends — thank
Copy Editor Elizabeth Kennedy Circulation Manager... Ted Broadwater 3 a.m. All proceeds benefited the But we're in Vermont, you say, you. You have the spirit with
Copy Editor Shànnon SKapejf Online Editor Amy Karr Women in Crisis Center of Addi- and we're college students. Does which the dance was intended.
son County (here in Middlebury, that excuse you from giving The dance was successful, raising
The Middlebury Campus (USPS 556-060), the studeht newspaper of Middlebury College, Is published In VT) which provides services and something back to the communi- over $1,600 for the Women in
Middlebury, Vermont by the Student Government Association of Middlebury College. Publication is every support for women and families ty in which you live? "I was Crisis Center. But who knows
Wednesday of the academic year, except during official college vacation periods and final examinations.
Editorial and business offices are In Hepburn Hall Annex, Middlebury College. The Middlebury Campus Is who are victims of abuse — phys- drunk," you explain. I'm sorry, how much more money could
produced on an Apple Macintosh network running QuarkXPress 3.32, and Is printed by Denton ical, verbal and emotional. Tick- but how much money did you have been raised if only those
Publications, Inc. at Elliabethtown, New York. The advertising deadline for all display and classified
advertising Is Friday at 5 p.m. for the next week's Issue. Mailing address: The Middlebury Campus, Drawer ets were on sale in Proctor start- spend on alcohol this weekend? . who snuck in would have con-
30 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Office phone: [phone]. Please address distribution ing Wednesday and students Three dollars could have gone to tributed.
concerns to the Business Manager. Address all letters to the editor to the Opinions Editor. The Middlebury
Campus will not accept or print anonymous latters and resarves the right to edit all Opinions letters. The could pay cash or swipe. Three the Women in Crisis Center — ta • : 1 •
opinions expressed In the Opinions section, reviews and other commentary, are views of,the Individual
authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Middlebury Campus. First class postage paid at dollars is expensive? I don't mean people who really need it. Amy Horner, Co-Chair ICC-
Mpeidr dyleeabr uorry ,$ V3F0 0p5e7r 5s3e. mSeusbtesrc roivpetirosne arsa.t e: $45 per yeer or $25 per semester within the United SMtw «0 to be insensitive, for I understand I'm not trying to stand on a j IHC-MCAB Charity Dance
FEATURES
January 16,1997 Page 7
House needs a new majority leader Congress endangering
T Alaskan wilderness
hose of us who believe in the American family and values, break any law that would disqual-
the ideals of the Party of the Republican party is leading the ify him from serving as Speaker.
Lincoln also believe in charge to return the country to Yet at the same time there is a need This will be my last column be- mind-set concerned with preser-
President Ronald Reagan's certain cultural norms. Excluding for a leader in the Republican fore Newt Gingrich becomes vation.
Eleventh Commandment "to never President Reagan and a few others, party without any ethical baggage Speaker of the House again. I am If they could relate, why would
Speaker Gingrich deserves the attached. Unfortunately for us not going to hurl epithets in his di- they have led the Contract on
Irakly Areshidze '00 most credit for this development conservatives, Mr. Gingrich, hav- rection, because Clinton seems America crowd to gut the Endan-
speak, ill of another Republican." and all conservatives owe him ing admitted ethical violations, no just as unethical. gered Species Act and the Nation-
Often, though, that is a hard task. their gratitude. longer offers this. If the Republi- One has to wonder why the al Forest Management Act? Most
For example, during the 1996 Pres- Today, though, Mr. Gingrich is can party wishes to fully investi- highest executive in the land is of us in-the-know about endan-
idential primaries, no self-respect- in the middle of a nasty ethics gate the much greater ethical and more worried about allegations by gered species legislation want to
ing Republican could stop from controversy. Until December, it legal problems of the Clinton Ad- Paula Jones than his shady money see the mahogany tree listed this
bashing Pat Buchanan. Similarly, seemed to me that this ethics ministration, it cannot be led by week and most of us do not appre-
Rep. Newt Gingrich. Thus, ciate "salvage clearcutting."
today, even though he was tk tn
re-elected last week, most of Excluding President Reagan and a he must step aside and use As a red-blooded American,
us still have to decide few others, Speaker Gingrich his influence in the Repub- by Alexander Lee '97 mildly interested in liberty, it gives
whether to support House lican party to help elect me a cozy feeling to know that the
deserves the most credit for this
Speaker Newt Gingrich (R- Rep. Susan Molonari (R- deals in Arkansas. Are they true? Gwiflchin are still living in the
GA). development and all conservatives NY) as Speaker. Are they why he is losing sleep? So, Alaskan tundra as they have cho-
Newt Gingrich is one of owe him a debt of gratitude. The country today is led the country is falling apart.
the best advocates of the by the most corrupt Presi- Thankfully, though, we are not As a red-blooded
conservative ideas of smaller fed- problem was a mere Democratic dent and administration in the being lead by crooks until the American, mildly
eral government, lower taxes, safer witch hunt against a man they de- history of America. Bill and courts have done their work. Who
streets, better schools, and respect spise. But at the end of the last Hillary Clinton are under investi- knows, maybe somebody planted interested in liberty, it
for family values in America. He year, Speaker Gingrich admitted gation on more charges than I can that glove on Newt's property gives me a cozy feeling
has accomplished what even Pres- violating the House of Represen- think of. This is a President who when he was taking out the trash. to know that the
ident Reagan Could not: a Repub- tatives' ethical norms and mis- improperly fired White House em- What I am really worried
lican majority in the U.S. House of leading (though not intentionally) ployees, unsuccessfully prosecuted about, though, is the reappoint- Gwit'chin are still living
Representatives. Finally, after the Ethics Committee. He blames them without cause with tax-pay- ment of Representative Don in the Alaskan tundra as
more then 50 years of the disas- these violations on the arcane tax ers' money, and now is unwilling Young to the chairmanship of the
they have chosen to live
trous and nihilistic politics of laws and his failure to "seek legal to apologize (Travelgate). This is a House Resources Committee and
Modern Liberalism (for further counsel when ... [he] should have President whose staff, quite possi- the reappointment of Senator for ten thousand years.
information consult Judge Robert in order to ensure clear compli- bly under his own or his wife's di- Frank Murkowski to the chair-
Bork's "Slouching Towards Go- ance with all applicable laws." It is rection, collected more than 800 manship of the Senate Energy and sen to live for ten thousand years.
morrah") that have been attacking true that Speaker Gingrich did not (see House, page 9) Natural Resources Committee. Don and Frank — sorry if it
What will America be like after sounds like a cartoon — wanted to
Sophomores assess campus life
four more years of these two drill for oil in the Gwit'chin back-
Alaskans? yard last year.
uring the winter recess — celerity? Thank God for M.A.R.S. (Authors' Call me prejudiced, but I ques- They think it will balance the
which most of us call J- 4) Proctor (yes, there are a note: we believe that there is a gen- tion why the ranking members of budget to drill in the Arctic Na-
term — it would , seem plethora of bad things about Proc- der bias in this system because men the two "environmental commit- tional Wildlife Refuge. ——
that The Campus is running low tor). Those murky disease ridden are from Mars and women from tees" are both from Alaska. Alaska It is all about money. It is "really
on writers, so they dredged up two bins into which we separate our Venus.) This just in: tuition has just is still, in some ways, a frontier. the Arctic Oil Reserve. We don't
forks, knives and spoons (both tea been raised to 50,000 yen. This is not the American experi- call it the ANWR anymore," said
Adam Consigli '99 and soup) pleasantly fumigate the 10) Alternate dining. For all of ence anymore. Our "frontiers" in Senator Murkowski. Who is the
dining hall with an aroma some- you monolingual fools, why did the other 49 states have shrunk "we"? This raises the fundamental
Brendan O'Donohoe '99
what akin to manure. you apply here in the first place, into the petri dish and expanded question: in returning rights to the
potential math majors for an article If you are lucky, these cesspools didn't you know that Middlebury into outer space. We are no longer states are we implying that the re-
(either that or the other writers swarming with the bacteria of the got five stars in that fat college interested in exploring the unex- sources of this country do not be-
were skiing). In our article we college community — by the way, book, you know the one. However plored corners of the planet, be- long to all Americans, but only to
would like to discuss, with the ap- the human mouth has more bacte- in support of your handicap, where cause there is virtually no unex- the members of the state within
propriate literary noises, some of ria than a dog's, who cleanse both is the English table in the Chateau? plored territory. which they fall? I hope not. I am all
our more profound concerns with their ass and genitalia with that After reading this list, we would These two gentlemen, and I use for local control, but not when it
our college of choice, Middlebury. same mouth — will splash on your like to say that it does not reflect the term carelessly, cannot relate to means putting power in the hands
Here are Adam and Brendan's arms as you deposit the utensils our opinions or those of the fleece- the rest of us down here in the of provincial ignoramuses.
Top Ten Super-Trendy Reasons to there. wearing campus writers. warm states. They still subscribe to Join me in writing the Speaker
Like Middlebury: Both of us are all for helping out Despite all of these shortcom- a "go West" mentality that is cap- of the House and the Senate Ma-
1) Proctor (home of the DOC- the dining hall workers in any way ings we do find ourselves strangely tured nicely in this quotation from jority Leader. Ask them not to
TOR, you know the one). Midd- we can, but it is galling when you attracted to the top ten ranked lib- the Representative At-large, Don make the same appointment mis-
dining is such a loving place, you catch the workers dumping all of eral arts college, and are proud to Young, "If you can't eat it, can't takes again. Write to the respective
really experience this loving atti- the separated eating implements have everyone that would rather sleep under it, can't wear it or make chambers in D.C. The zip for the
tude when you stealthily try to re- into the same bin. Why the *#<§>% come here than Dartmouth or something from it, it's not worth Senate is 20510, for the House it's
do we separate them? By the way, Williams. anything." They cannot relate to a 20515.
Beer.The fact that the remember that cold you had last
Jones vs. Clinton should be postponed
week?
Bev center actually cards
5)The diverse ethnic grouping
minors now... Why did found at this school. Of course, the The Supreme Court heard ar- us against wealth, privilege, forward with her accusations in
they stop serving beer at prerequisite 500,000 peso salary guments on Monday in Clinton v. power and influence. Those peo- February of 1994, nearly three
Hamlin in the eighties? (the average income of a Middle- Jones, a case about whether or not ple who have an interest in years after the alleged event, at the
bury parent) is a must. a President can be sued for his women's rights and women's is-
The suit against Clinton
move two pieces of fruit instead of 6)The amount of snow at this private behavior while he is in of- sues ought to stand up for her
the prescribed one from the dining school. For you skiers who applied fice. The outcome of this case right to be in court." True, Paula has been suffused with
hall, and someone happily gives here based on the average snowfall, could further damage President Jones is suing the President for politics from the start
you a $35 fine. is it me or did it stop when you got Clinton's already stained "charac- sexual harassment, a "women's
2) Proctor (the only dining hall here? We're not saying it isn't a ter" and prove personally and po- issue." and there are power
that can't cook pasta). The students pleasure to trek through mud on litically embarrassing for him. She wants $700,000 in damages players on both sides.
who dine at Proctor find many the way to McCullough. for Clinton allegedly having come
amusements through their peers. 7) Speaking of the McCullough ""Active Voice on to her in a Little Rock hotel advice of Cliff Jackson, an
One common pleasure is mocking mud, are we ever going to get that room in May 1991 while he was Arkansas politician with a long
those unfortunate individuals who walkway? by Heather Thompson '97 Governor of Arkansas. But the history of hostility to Clinton.
case before the Supreme Court on The forum she chose for her
tumble into a heap of broken glass 8) Beer. The fact that the Bev
and crockery. As most of us gradu- center actually cards minors now. I However, if the Court decides to Monday could hardly be charac- announcement was a Washington
ated from public schools, we all mean , where the hell else are we allow Paula Jones's accusations terized as the little guy (or gal) news conference sponsored by
know the golden rule: "Do unto supposed to get our illicit elixirs? against the President to go to standing up to the big men the Conservative Political Action
others before it gets done unto Why did they stop serving beer at trial, the real damage wfll be to strength of "wealth, privilege, Conference.
you. Hamlin in the eighties? our Constitutional order., power and influence." Davis, her lawyer, recently de-
3) Citations. Is it just us, or do 9)Açadènria. 28,000 rubles en- First, a few words abotif what And it is hardly a womenV ckfed to run for Attorney Gener-
security officers actually take plea- sures your choice of at least one of this case is not about. Gilbert issue." The suit against Clinton al of Virginia. None of this is
sure in handing out those infernal the absolutely required courses you Davis, Jones's lawyer, announced has been suffused with politics meant to indicate that Jones is
need for next semester, provided as he left the courtroom, "She from the start and there are power lying. •
slips of paper that get yoù,into
stands in the plàce of each one of players on both sides. Jones came (sèè Thompson, page 9)
Yonna McShane's rehab class with your number is in the single digits.
OPINIONS .V"
January 16,1997
Page 8
President exposes intricate college-town
M uch has been written vide the necessary housing. In the pealed the original denial of the sion's concerns with the stipula- oper from purchasing it. The price
of the entire tract was $1 million.
over the past several summer of 1995 the College sought house construction permit. In July tions.
The Town asked the College, hav-
months about relations a permit to build eight houses and 1996 the Board of Selectmen de- The Commission met a week
ing bought the larger parcel, to do-
between the Town of Middlebury a barn on the ridge west of campus. cided to supplant the Planning after this appearance, and only
nate the site for the treatment plant
and the College. The more vascular After extensive deliberation, the Commission in this matter and, be- then adopted the chair's statement
to the Town. In November, the Col-
of these forays have chosen the ad Planning Commission, in January fore the appeal hearing com- as its own. The College has not yet
lege Trustees agreed to do so, but
1996, rejected the College applica- menced, reached an agreement learned the disposition of the Act
John M. McCardell,Jr. tion, deeming it incomplete: as a with the College that permitted the 250 Board. If we do not hear soon, only after the Town had secured
the necessary permits from the
hominem mode and added more Planned Unit Development, the construction of four houses and we will either have to reduce the
Planning Commission. The pur-
emotion than fact to a set of issues Commission ruled, the College was the installation of infrastructure size of the entering class or increase
chased parcel was agricultural
that do not readily lend themselves required to submit a Master Plan (electricity, heat, etc.) for as many the number of students permitted
land. The Town wished to have it
to "sound bite" analysis. Informed for campus development. as eight. to live off campus. Of course, stu-
developed as an extension of the
discussion and debate requires all The College appealed this ruling The neighbors, the Catholic dents may not live off campus in
Industrial Park. It should therefore
participants to have a basic under- and simultaneously groups larger than three,
be the Town, reasoned the Trustees,
standing of the facts of the matter. began work on a Master I believe that Middlebury College has by Town ordinance.
not the College, that should seek
Clever turns of phrase alone will Plan. At the time, no cri- acted in a manner consistent with our While the Act 250
the permit and bear the costs of
not make these facts any less stub- teria for Master Plans hearing was in progress,
history, our international stature, and that effort. The Town would recoup
born. It is time to lay these facts existed. In May 1996 the the College began to re-
its expense in tap-on fees. Not a
out, clearly and fully, to the campus Town Planning Officer our commitment to character and trust move some trees and
penny of Town money would come
community. presented a set of crite- as the basis for all relationships. brush near the proposed to the College. And the College
Two and one-half years ago, in ria to be addressed in construction site. We might then, at last, realize a return
September 1994,1 announced the the College Master Plan, and in the Church, and the Board of Select- were reported to the Environmen- on its investment through the sale
College's plan to increase the size of autumn, after an expenditure of men all accepted this stipulation tal Board, and immediately ceased of land to new tenants in the In-
the student body to 2,350 students, $150,000, the College submitted its and thus all supported the College all activity on that site. We were dustrial Park.
over ten years. In adopting a strate- Master Plan to the Planning Com- as this revised request went before fined $5,000 for this violation, the
gic plan to reach this goal, the mission. We very much hope that the Act 250 Board for approval. At smallest fine that could be assessed, These are all complicated mat-
Board of Trustees, in May 1995, this week the Commission will act the Act 250 hearing in December, and chose not to appeal. Left unre- ters and may make less-than-scin-
committed itself to putting the in- on the Plan, which will enable the the chair of the Planning Commis- solved is the question of whether a tillating reading. Working on them
frastructure in place before any in- College to seek a permit for Bicen- sion appeared to testify against the permit will henceforth be required has taxed the patience and ingenu-
crease in enrollment. That meant, tennial Hall. College. She brought with her a to remove trees elsewhere on cam- ity of many people, all of good will.
in particular, that we would pro- Meanwhile, the College ap- document stating the Commis- pus. We are reaching resolution, slowly
During this same period, the but surely. As we have worked to-
SGA explains new bills
College found itself in the center of gether, we have sometimes dis-
a debate over the proper use of land agreed. That disagreement should
(continued from page 6) This committee analyzes the entire The SGA will also begin to prepare it proposed to sell. The potential not be misunderstood. Thomas Jef-
evening office hours so as to better Middlebury budget and eventually its response to the facilities master purchaser, to whom the land would ferson had it right: not every dif-
accommodate students schedules. determines what the comprehen- plan. This will require a great deal be sold pending his ability to re- ference of opinion is a difference in
There have been many other bills sive fee should be for the next year. of input from the student body, and ceive the necessary permits, wished principle.
written and passed covering topics Two of the many issues enclosed in we encourage you to share your to build a supermarket and restau- Throughout this time, the bonds
varying from another late night the report this year include the views with us. The SGA also plans rant on the site. Zoning clearly per- of common interest and purpose
study area on campus to the send- funding of crew at the varsity level to sponsor an open forum on issues mitted commercial use on the site, between Town and College, and es-
ing of the SGA Minutes over e- and the possibility of providing surrounding alcohol and security and it has been taxed at the com- pecially between the Board of Se-
mail. We have been very happy juice at dinner. The Comprehensive on campus. Look for posters ad- mercial rate (indeed, there was a lectmen and the College Adminis-
about the productivity of the Gen- Fee report will be presented to the vertising the location and date in commercial operation, a motel, on tration, have grown stronger. We
eral Assembly this year, and we an- General Assembly this Sunday and the next few weeks. the site). have all learned how to better deal
ticipate continued success as the we are quite confident that the stu- The rest of the year will be a very The planned use was developed with matters of process and, at the
year progresses. dents will be pleased with the rec- exciting time for the school and es- in consultation with the Town same time, to make decisions.
Both the Residential Restructur- ommendations for next year's pecially the SGA, and we both hope Planning Officer. The permit was There is still some disagreement in
ing Committee and the Compre- Comprehensive Fee. that the college community contin- not approved because of concerns the larger community with out-
hensive Fee Committee are quickly The committee encourages the ues to stay informed and involved. over increased traffic. The College's comes achieved and others hoped
wrapping up big portions of their entire college community to attend We want to remind you that all position in this matter, from begin- for. Some of that disagreement has,
work before the February Board of this General Assembly meeting to General Assembly meeting is open ning to end, was one of neutrality. unfortunately, turned personal. At
Trustees meeting. The Residential find out the recommendation for to the entire community, and we Established processes were allowed the end of the day, all of us are ac-
Restructuring Committee was es- next year's Comprehensive Fee as hope that you will join us Sunday to run their course without inter- countable not only for our deeds
tablished this year to look at the well as to see what other funding nights at 7 p.m. in Warner Hemicy- ference. The developer may or may but also for our words and our be-
students perspective of the First proposals will be presented to the cle. not come forward with a new plan havior.
Year integration issue that had been Board. We can always use help on the for the tract, guided by views ex- I believe that Middlebury Col-
a topic of discussion on campus for We have many projects planned various projects. If you want to vol- pressed at an open forum spon- lege has acted in a manner consis-
several years. An extensive poll will for the rest of the Winter and into unteer, or if you just have an idea sored by the College last week. tent with our history, our interna-
be going out next week, and a re- the Spring. The SGA will be dis- on your mind and would like to At the same time, the Town and tional stature, and our commit-
port will be presented to the Gen- cussing the possibility of creating a talk about it, please feel free to call the College were holding discus- ment to character and trust as the
eral Assembly and the Board of more varied board plan. Ted Mayer the SGA office at ext. 5055. Have a sions over the location of a much- basis for all relationships. I also be-
Trustees in February. has been working with us to devel- great J-term. needed waste water treatment lieve that the greater excellence to
The Comprehensive Fee Com- op a cost analysis of various meal plant. The preferred site lay on a which we aspire will redound to the
mittee had a very busy first semes- options on a ranging "points" sys- Sincerely, tract of land owned by the College. benefit of both Town and College
ter, as well, trying to come up with tem. Karen Lewis'97 The College had bought the land for years to come.
a working budget for the school to The variety of options are being SGA President some six years ago, at the specific
be presented to the students and compiled and a presentation and Laura Coogan '97 request of the Town Manager, in John M. McCardell, Jr. is Presi-
the Board of Trustees this month. discussion will occur in the Spring. SGA Vice President order to prevent an outside devel- dent ofMiddleubry College.
Alumnus reflects upon life-shaping college experience
Four years at Middlebury as And then after graduation, our in contact with our Middlebury other years. bury that fall. We can return.to our
a student are special and four years at Middlebury can af- friends and also can join chapters You will come to appreciate the College for reunions and home-
will never be forgotten: liv- fect us strongly as alums. We use in many cities across the country richness of the association where coming weekends, enjoying a very
ing in the splendor of a small New the knowledge we've gained to (Atlanta, Boston, Hartford, everyone has a special common wonderful time of friendship, ac-
England town with the beauty of achieve sought-after thread. We can tivities and reminiscing.
You will come to appreciate the richness of the
employment in our be involved in Our Middlebury experience is
Sally Riseberg '57 field. association where everyone has a special activities such forever. It starts during our first
the mountains surrounding the Our contact with common thread... Our Middlebury experience as Alumni Col- year and continues for the rest of
picture-perfect campus; meeting other alums provides leges when fac- our lives.
a network of people is forever. It starts during our first year and ulty travel to Like no other bond in life, we
new friends and forming friend-
ships that will last long after grad- who can be important continues for the rest of our lives. Like no other bring the col- are together because of our four
in finding that em- lege to us years in a special place at a special
uation; concentrating on classes bond in life, we are together because of our
ployment. wherever we time. Enjoy your years as a student
with the excitement of spreading
our horizons of learning; planning We can assist stu- four years in a special place at a special time. are living. and look forward to your lifetime
for a future in a field that interests dents with externships We can as- aslan alum!
and mentoring while they are still Philadelphia, New York, Denver, sist the admissions office by inter-
us; being involved in our chosen
in college. The world of work ex- San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, viewing bright applicants or can r ^ Sally Riseberg is a member of the
sports and activities, and often
perience is a critical component in Seattle, Washington, D.C.) where help plan a first-year picnic for Middlebury College Alumni Associ-
taking leadership roles and leaving
that job search! As alums we stay we'll meet Middlebury-ites from thoseWho are heading to Middle- ation.
our mark on the college.
FEATURES
Page 9
January 16,1997
Thompson proposes Jones vs. Clinton should be postponed
(continued from page 7) dency, the matter shoul.d.. be d•e - respond«s ,'Well, Mr. mP resi«d1 ent, t.1h i•s at. i•o n t»o Lb e_ mad]e _ — 1t.h1.e — goo—d J oAf C portant tthkiînnngxs tfo/\ dHeûaill wi»nitthh d/1u11»r ing
Her charges may indeed be layed until after the service of the NATO meeting isn't a very impor- the country. The illustrations of it his term in office.
valid. However, her lawyer's claim President." tant NATO meeting. came not from the Justices, but Let him fend off lawsuits when
to be the underdog fighting wealth In oral arguments, the Justices You could send your Secretary from the public spectacle on the he is out of office. The most im-
and power and influence is quite were intent on understanding of State. In fact, I think he's Supreme Court steps. Protesters portant "official duty" he will have
simply disingenuous. Further- what "tremendous burdens" the smarter than you are The country will be effectively shut down then is commission-
more, this case is not about the President had to bear that would anyway.'" Justice Gins- ing his own library.
President being above the law. It is make him unable to testify or give burg added, "What if for the period it takes to try the case. Ultimately, Paula
not even about Clinton gaining a disposition. Justice Scalia, the President says, 'It's Clinton will be forced to devote much, if Jones's interests in a
"immunity" to Jones's accusations. tongue-in-cheek, hypothesized, top secret. I can't tell speedy trial must be
No one is crowning a king any "What do you do when a state you, judge, why I can't not all, of his time to the case because weighed against this
time soon, least of all the Supreme court tells the President, 'You're be there.'" This rather the news media and average Americans public spectacle and
Court.Attorney General Janet going to lose this lawsuit unless sarcastic example indi- will be devoting much of their time to it. ridiculousness, as well
Reno, Clinton's own appointee, has you appear for a hearing on June cates the absurdity of • as the problems with
stated, "The Justice Department's 2,' and the President says, 'You the President being brought to paraded around, dressed as Clin- diverting national (i.e. Presiden-
position is not that there be im- know, Your Honor, I have a NATO trial in the middle of his presiden- ton look-alike flashers or waving tial) attention in such a way.
munity, but considering the meeting I'm supposed to go to, cy. feminist signs. One man even She argues that as "memories
tremendous burdens on the Presi- heads of state' [...] and the judge But there is a further consider- dressed up as a duck, indicated fade" it will be more and more dif-
that Clinton was "ducking" the ficult for her to plead her case. Per-
House needs a new majority leader
issue. haps she should have thought of
And the news media was there that before waiting three years to
(continued from page 7) necessary to clean up the Clinton step in disproving the baseless no- in droves. The New York Times re- level these accusations. Perhaps if
files on some of the most promi- ethical and legal mess. Rep. Susan tion that the Republican party is ports that there were over 40 tele- she had come forward in 1991 or
nent people in America, all Re- Molonari is the perfect person to not open to all people. vision-cameras on the sidewalk. 1992 before Clinton became Pres-
publican of course (Filegate). This lead this charge. She is often called By stepping down, Spèaker Gin- This was only a minor side-show ident, George Bush would current-
is a President who has grich will help his compared to the spectacle that will ly be thinking about moving his
misled Congress for By stepping down, Speaker Gingrich party save America ensue if Clinton goes to trial. The books out of the private quarters
the last four years and will help his party save America from from this corrupt, elit- country will be effectively shut of the White House after 8 long
has claimed the execu- this corrupt, elitist, radical administration ist, radical administra- down for the period it takes to try years in office.
tive privilege more tion and its disastrous the case. Clinton will be forced to Perhaps her real interest (and
times than even and its disastrous policies. policies. devote much, if not all, of his time that of her lawyers) is not in jus-
Richard Nixon, This is a President a "moderate" Republican by the Furthermore, by electing Rep. to the case because the news media tice, but in political expedience for
who rented the White House Lin- media. Though that is a term de- Susan Molonari as Speaker, the and average Americans will be de- the conservatives.
coln Bedroom for $100,000 to the signed by the media for some stu- Republicans will not only make voting much of their time to it. In 2001, when Jones's case will
Democratic party contributors. pid reason, it is true that on cer- history but also prove to the Look at O.J. most likely come to trial, no one
This is a President whose party tain issues, i.e. gun control, American people — who have And he was just a football play- will care any more. Those involved
has collected more than $2.5 in il- abortion, and term limits, she is been misled by the mainstream er. I take sexual harassment quite will be Mr. Clinton, Ms. Jones and
legal funds from foreign contribu- not as conservative as some. But media — that they truly are the seriously, and yet, quite frankly, I their lawyers, a private, civil mat-
tors, including those tied to a dic- her independent stands on these Party of Lincoln. think our President has more im- ter. As it should be.
tatorial and anti-Western military issues wfll limit the ability of the Star Wars possesses timeless qualities
regime in Indonesia. Finally, this is Democrats and the elitist press to
a President who is being sued for call her extremist (that is, of
sexual harassment and wants to course, their favorite line of attack Welcome back and to those of ing again-for the first time since (Yeah I know I'm paraphrasing
claim that he is above the law so on any common sense proposal you returning from abroad. Wel- Jedi. A whole new generation will some famous old English guy but
that he will not have to face his ac- the GOP may ever have.) At the come to my own personal weekly be given the opportunity to see Jedis don't worry about copywrite
cuser. same time, her independence and ramblefest. the trilogy in all of its poorly- infringement).
youth will bring some fresh air Maybe it's the Christmas spirit acted, overly written glory. It's all coming back. Parents
The Republican-led Congress
into the senior House Republican or possibly it's some left over New Thank God. who saw the movies when they
must address, investigate, and take
leadership. Year's cheer but I feel like doing Let's face it kids before you get were kids will be taking their kids
proper action on all of these ethi-
cal and criminal violations on the Rep. Molonari (who today is the something a little different this too upset over that last part. The to see it. Little kids are gonna be
part of President Clinton and his vice chair of the House Republi- week, something a little nutty, original trilogy had more gaps arguing about why Ben lets Darth
administration. can Conference, the fifth highest somewhat off the beaten path. than Mike Tyson's teeth. Mark kill him. We needed this. I mean
Hamill is to acting what Dan look at the crap we've been will-
Investigating this corrupt position in the House GOP) will
Quayle is to politics, what ing to take as the next best sub-
White House is the only way to re- also appeal to women voters. Sen- And another thing...
Michael Irvin is to Law and stitute. Independence Day?
vive the trust of the people in their ator Bob Dole lost the election in
government. It is quite possible 1996 because women voted for by Sean Libby'97 Order, what Keanu Reeves is to... Gimme a break. That movie
well just about anything he does. sucked. Anyone who says other-
that in the next two years the Clinton in much greater numbers
House of Representatives will have than they did for Dole. This is not Maybe I'm a little wacky on the George Lucas does not have a wise is kidding themselves. It had
to vote on the Articles of Im- a new phenomena but it is essen- junk. Hey who knows? Anyway, reputation for being a real actor's no magic. All it really had was the
peachment for this President. tial for the Republicans — if they this week I am going to (are you director. He doesn't really seem It's all coming back.
want to maintain their status as a ready for this) write a column to have the skills to pull a great
It will be very difficult for majority party in America — to which is probably not going to performance out of a mediocre Parents who saw the
Speaker Gingrich to lead the Re-
attract the female vote. piss anybody off. actor (Carrie Fisher) and, unfor- movies when they were
publican party in this endeavor.
tunately, he didn't have a casting
His ethical violations will not Appointing the first female Yep, no juvenile ramblings on kids will be taking their
director to tell him that casting a
allow him to challenge the Presi- Speaker in history, especially a topics which I have pretensions
carpenter as the star of his trilo- kids to see it. Little kids
dent on his ethics. Yet it is ab- person as articulate as Rep. to insight. No half-baked de-
gy might not be the best idea.
solutely necessary to return the Molonari (she gave the keynote scents into the pits of extremism. are gonna be arguing
trust of the people back to their address at the GOP Contention in No ivory-tower politics wrapped As to the story line, look at it. about why Ben lets
government and it is absolutely San Diego last year), will be a huge up in a ball of liberal guilt and I mean Darth Vader is Luke's fa-
angry conservatism. This week ther. Doesn't anyone finds that a Darth kill him. We
It's time for something greater. little over the top? No? Good, needed this.
Εje jtttbbleburp Campu* Something bigger than all of us. me neither. You know why? Be-
Something that started a long cause "Star Wars" transcends all Fresh Prince and the Guy from
time ago in a galaxy far, far away. the regular rules. It's about a time Jurassic Park doing some stupid
Opinions Section
That's right kids, it's time for "Star of innocence, a time when good computer thing. Now we've got
Wars." and bad were neatly represented the dark side battling the forces of
and even the villains could find good. We've got Emperors and
According to an article I just
is looking for students
redemption. It's about light sons battling for the redemption
read in the New Yorker (which is
sabers and Wookies and space pi- of fathers. We've got light sabers
where I will be stealing all the im-
interested in writing pieces on
rates. It's about knowing deep and the Millenium Falcon. We've
pressive little insights and facts
down inside that you are the last got magic. I think we should all
this week) George Lucas will be
college, local, national or Jedi Knight and if you just con- have a little moment of thanks for
re-releasing "Star Wars" into
centrate hard enough you could that. George Lucas is coming out
movie theaters on January 31st.
international issues. move that book with your mind. of his hole to bring a little of the
Three weeks later The Empire
will be Striking Back again and The day that you can't watch wonder back to our lives. I've
two weeks after that it's Jedi time. Jedi and cheer like Hell when R2 been waiting for him my entire
This is all a big build-up to the re- shoots the light saber up and life. Enjoy it now. This is a great
Please call Raoul Pop at x3920 lease in 1999 of the first of the Luke catches it... well I'd say it's time to be alive and an even
three movies which preceded Star time to go find a soul. The man greater time to be a Jedi. May the
or Chris Morgan at x4466. Wars in Lucas' original concep- who has grown weary of "Star force with you. And Another
tion. George Lucas will be direct- Wars" has grown weary of life Thing...
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