Boston Magazine: School for Scandal
This in depth article describes in detail the allegations and testimony of all four students who came forward in the Paul Cubeta hearing with testimony about sexual harassment and assault. It tells the story of their lives, their relationships with Cubeta, their assaults, decisions to testify, and testimony itself. This article lays out Cubeta's personality and career along with his predatory pattern of identifying a vulnerable student, strategically becoming a mentor to them, intoxicating and assaulting them, and manipulating them into denial or secrecy. Furthermore, this article discusses Middlebury's culture of "family" and "secrecy" and the manner in which administrators at Middlebury and Bread Loaf School of English covered and ignored Cubeta's abuse of students, as well as their actions after students reported the abuse.
William McGowan
February, 1991
The Campus - "SGA assesses issues"
This Campus news article discusses the SGA's main assessments and concerns as they concluded their fall session in 1989. The article discusses "CIA recruitment, sexual harassment and lighting on campus" among other topics. In terms of sexual harassment, the article includes information about SGA's request to President Robison that the sexual harassment policy be reviewed and a special committee be formed to discuss posisble changes. Here is the article from The Campus' archives, as well as a photo of the article as it was originally printed.
Marika Holmgren
December 1, 1989
The Campus: "Addressing the issues?"
This Campus editorial discusses the fact that Middlebury's President Robison finally addressed the Paul Cubeta incident, yet refused to admit the administration handled it poorly. The article addresses the fact that College English professor Robert Hill approached Dr. Robison in the mid-1970’s and said, “that Cubeta was harassing male students," yet nothing was done. Additionally, a student involved in the harassment hearing stated that the administration's response was not "immediate" or "fair." The article charges the Middlebury administration with a lost sense of trust and integrity. Here is the article from The Campus' archives, as well as a photo of the article as it was originally printed.
The Middlebury Campus
November 10, 1989
The Campus: "Bread Loaf official protests administrative cover-up in sexual harassment case"
This opinion piece is written by Robert Pack, a professor at the Bread Loaf School of English, a professor to the young men who came forward in the Cubeta sexual harassment hearing, and a longtime friend of Cubeta himself. In this article, Pack discusses the behind the scenes re-employment of Cubeta at Bread Loaf that occurred after his hearing and "retirement." Pack himself wrote to President Robison, among others, to protest their dishonesty with the Middlebury community and their mistreatment of the four students who had testified at the hearing. Pack describes what he believes was a dangerous abuse of power and authority on Middlebury's part. Additionally, Pack writes that President Robison's silence on the issue was detrimental to the Middlebury and Bread Loaf communities, as Robison failed to appropriately communicate the situation to any students, faculty, or staff, including James Maddox when he replaced Cubeta as Director of Bread Loaf. Here is a photo of the article as it was originally printed.
NOTE: To be able to zoom in on this article, go to the Campus Archive link below (pg. 18).
Robert Pack
January 26, 1990