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Photo of "Silent Witnesses" Display
This is a photo from pg. 4 of The Campus on April 16, 1998. The photo depicts students taking in the "Silent Witnesses" display, brought to Middlebury by the Coalition for Feminist Consciousness. This display was part of Take Back The Night Week.
The Campus: "Middlebury lacks rape awareness"
In this Campus opinion piece, Landis reflects on recent racial issues on campus, and asks members of the Middlebury community to examine another issue that has been swept under the rug, sexual assault. Landis discusses the fact that sexual assault is…
The Campus: "‘Take Back the Night' protests violence against women"
This Campus news articles discusses the Take Back The Night March on April 25, 1990 which was attended by over 150 students, faculty, and town members, and organized by Elizabeth Toder '90. This candle lit event included multiple speakers from…
The Campus: "Take Back the Night: In search of security and equality"
This Campus editorial discusses the first ever Take Back The Night march at Middlebury on April 25, 1990. The article mentions the fact that multiple TBTN posters were "defaced or removed" on campus and argues that we all have a responsibility to…
The Campus: "Midd women Take Back the Night"
This Campus news article describes the different parts of the Take Back The Night march at Middlebury in 1991, as well as the main topics brought up by speakers which included homophobia, spousal assault, gender equity, and rape statistics. Here is…
The Campus: "Men in white ribbons unite to stem violence against women"
This Campus news article details the origin of the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC), which was started in Canada in 1991. It also discusses the early stages of the Middlebury WRC which was overseen by John Beattie, a staff member who worked with the…
The Campus: "T-shirt is no laughing matter"
This opinion piece discusses the “coed naked lacrosse” team's T-shirt, which bears the slogan: "It Takes a Quick Stick To Beat a Tight Crease." The article explains how this phrase perpetuates and supports rape culture, and describes a few times that…
(March 14) The Campus: "The Meaning of Political Correctness at Middlebury"
This is the first op/ed in response to Middlebury's new sexual harassment policy in 1991, which included harassment based on sexuality. This article discusses the merits of intellectual freedom, censorship, and political correctness at Middlebury.…
(March 14) The Campus: "Help! How do you define PC?"
This op/ed was published alongside Daniel O'Neil's on March 14, 1991. This article details the points of a lecture on March 7 by Catherine Stimson titled: “On Being Labeled Politically Correct.” Not finding the lecture extremely useful, Bryant heads…
(March 21) The Campus: "PC does not exist at Middlebury"
This op/ed is a direct response to Daniel O'Neil's article a week prior on March 14. This article says that though political correctness can be problematic, there is no point to O'Neil's op/ed, as PC does not exist at Middlebury. Ryan and Stillinger…