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'A Middlebury College KALEIDOSCOPE 2002-2003 Robert Indiana's LOVE Diversi statue behind the Center For the Arts. fâiâdlebury Photo by Peter Viola is important to us, as the class of 2003, for many reasons. In four years at Middlebury, we have come to see that some of our learning most important takes place outside of the people classroom, when we come into contact with and i d - G ^ -S very different from our own. We see the diversity that does not exist, the diversity that could exist and the diversity that has come to exist in our short time at Middlebury. This yearbook celebrate is a plea to each class that follows us to the diversity that we do have and to always continue to strive for a more culturally and ideologically diverse campus. „ Students enjoying a spring afternoon outside of Milliken. . - • Middlt'bury College 2 L : \ \\ \ lis'''-«'•^^''''ii m ^ ? I-»' it-'f: Anisa Gamble a native of St. Croix, was a vivacious dancer. She was also a hard-working student who intended to pursue a major focusing in finance. She was involved in the Quadrille and newly formed Riddim dance troupes. Known for her quiet grace, cooking, and sense of humor, Anisa also participated in Pan-Caribbean Student Organization and PALANA events. Tiffany Holmes was a Posse Scholar from the Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts in New York City. At Laguardia, she sang opera and won gold medals in the regional Science Olympiad. Tiffany planned to major in Mathematics or Philosophy at Middlebury. Her friends knew her as bright, funny and outgoing. Iniko "Niko" Johnson came to Middlebury from Benjamin Banneker High School in Washington, D.C., where she sang in her church's youth choir and participated in Teens Against the Spread of AIDS. At Middlebury, Niko joined People Get Ready, the Gospel Choir, the Middlebury College Choir, and the new Chamber Choir. She was also a member of the newly formed Riddim dance troupe and worked in the Office of Academic Support. She planned to major in Mathematics, Theatre Arts or Dance. Maika Prewitt never stopped smiling. She attended high school in Montana, but had lived in Saudi Arabia and traveled through Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Thailand, Kenya, and many other countries. At Middlebury, Maika worked for the Americans with Disabilities Act Office and was an avid violinist and ice skater. She participated in a program in McCullough that addressed issues of religious freedom and gay and lesbian rights and was in training for the National Coalition Building Institution. Middlt'bury College 4 A Lonç.of Diversity Niko and Maika at the Winter Carnival Ball (above). Maika and Mark Douglas '03 (left). Yearbooks are as much about remembering happy times as they are about honoring events and people that impacted our lives and shaped our experiences. Our graduating class was uniquely and Anisa and a friend outside Battell. remarkable profoundly impacted by the deaths of four women in the spring of our freshman year. Middlebury gained from their strives time here, lost from their deaths, but overall to pursue and preserve an environment that honors their legacies and promotes their ideals. Damian "When Maika and I were coupled up at the last Posse Washington '03 retreat, she had to be me and I had to be her...What and Maika dance did Maika do with her new insights into a gay white the night away man's life? She participated in the program on (above). Tiffany religious freedom and gay and lesbian rights, and and Naima attended the NCBI workshop. That is how these Gregory '03 hug women took what they learned to heart and acted on it. That is how they transformed this campus in just a in front of the couple of months." -Roman Graf, Associate Provost camera (left). for Institutional Diversity Middlt'bury College 5 è^nces in Ability Every I^ddlebury student joins us with special I T - G G C lS and considerations. In fact, 1 in every 18 students at Middlebury has a disability that has been ADA Office disclosed to the Americans with Disabilities Act Office. The now in its eighth year, serves students with disabilities including physical and mobility impairments, as well as learning, psychological and medical disabilities. Accessibility Awareness Week During the week of November 18-22, Ingrid De Leon, ADA 2002, Biology professor David Parfitt's Assistant, and Jodi senior seminar, "Neural Disorders: Litchfield, ADA Individuals, Families and Society," Coordinator, answer hosted "Accessibility Awareness Week" students' questions at the to support handicapped accessibility. Health Fair in March February graduates Sarah LeFeber and Katie Samson helped the class develop Students from the Neural their ideas into a series of events in which Disorders Biology Seminar students and faculty could learn more try their wheelchairs the about handicapped accessibility and also morning of "Wheelchair for a Day." Photo by David Carlson experience first hand the difficulties encountered by disabled people every day. Events included a panel discussion and "Wheelchair for a Day," where students and faculty experienced life at Middlebury from a physically disabled perspective. (Photo by David Carlson) Middlt'bury College 6