Activism / Student Activities
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Activism / Student Activities
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The Activism and Student Activities collection focuses on student work in environmentalism and conservation. This includes writing articles in the campus newspaper, organizing campus rallys, and taking part in national or international movements. Middlebury Campus articles form the major part of the collection, but also present are student papers, articles from other news organizations, and photographs.
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Renowned poet shares environmental works
Lecture and reading by poet Gary Snyder in Mead Chapel in October 1993
Environmental Action and Earth First! and problems of litter and recycling in the college mail room
A Middlebury Campus editorial reporting on Dave Foreman's speech at Middlebury in January 1988 and his call to action on environmental issues, and a student editorial on the problems of trash on the floor of the campus mail room
Environmental Fair
Environmental fair hopes to increase environmental awareness across the campus and Proctor Dining Hall will be serving food from an array of local organic producers.
Lectures address world preservation from many sides
This source describes a series of panels where discussions were held about the environment during Earth Day 1990. The panels included several faculty members from different deparments, and included a refutation of the overpopulation crisis.
Food Committee Criticizes Waste
This article appears in the Middlebury Campus in November 1983 and details the goal of the Student Forum Food Committee: to make students aware of the amount of food they are wasting. The committee, which consists of both students and dining hall…
Fears of Nuclear War
Among several discussions of the possibility of nuclear war in the Middlebury Campus from 1985, two article stood out. One was a full page discussion of the ridiculousness of nuclear war and importance of joining the national and international…
Energy Council Announcement
The energy council took out an announcement in the Middlebury Campus to inform of simple ways that individuals can save energy.
EQ Sponsors Memorial to Chernobyl
EQ hopes to bring attention to the "controversial question of nuclear power" after two large explosions destroyed a nuclear power reactor at Chernobyl.
EQ Lecture: Vermont Rare Plants
Discussions about Environmental awareness as the owner of a large piece of land that is home to many rare Vermont plants decides to build a radio dish on it.
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Activism / Student Activities