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Middlebury College

Archive-It Partner Since: Dec, 2015

Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

Organization URL: http://www.middlebury.edu/   

Description:

With a history spanning across more than two centuries, Middlebury College is a unique institution, among the most highly regarded liberal arts colleges, with a reach extending from our main campus in Vermont's Champlain Valley to specialized and graduate programs located around the world.

Special Collections and Archives at the Middlebury College Library serves as a research laboratory for both the Middlebury community and independent scholars. As part of our firm commitments to open scholarship and to preserving a deep historical record of the Middlebury College community, we excited to be able to collect and share relevant Web content with people around the world via Archive-It.

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Title: A sad day on Middlebury College campus

URL: http://addisonindependent.com/201703sad-day-middlebury-campus/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: In this editorial for The Addison Independent, Ata Anzali, a professor of religion, reflects on the events of the March 2nd protest. He looks back on his experience as a student at Iran Polytechnic University, specifically on an occasion when right-wing student groups prevented the reformist Abdol-Karim Soroush from speaking. He argues that by denying Murray the chance to speak, student protesters at Middlebury "took the tremendous amount of freedom that they had for granted," especially by not paying attention to the fragility of such rights in a global and historical context.

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Subject:   Charles Murray Free speech Student activism,  Academic discourse ,  March 2nd protest Abdol-Karim Soroush

Title: 5 Courses At Middlebury College That Will Send Your Face Through A Desk

URL: http://www.dailywire.com/news/14222/5-courses-middlebury-college-will-send-your-face-elliott-hamilton/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Written in the aftermath of the student protest that disrupted Charles Murray's lecture on March 2nd, 2017, this article responds to the incident by singling out five courses from Middlebury's catalog that the author deems especially symptomatic of the intellectual climate which (in his view) impaired Murray's exercise of free speech. He describes these courses as "categorically insane." They are overwhelmingly drawn from Middlebury’s Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies program. The courses listed include Laurie Essig's 'Feminist Blogging' and 'White People', Ata Anzali's 'The Qu'ran and the Feminist Subject', C. Thomsen's 'Queering Food: Race, Place, and Social Justice', and Heidi Grasswick's 'Feminist Epistemologies'. Notably, one of these professors had publicly voiced criticism of the student protest at the time of this article’s publication (Ata Anzali, in an editorial for the Addison Independent on March 3rd 2017). Students in one of the classes criticized in the article, 'Queering Food: Race, Place, and Social Justice', composed a zine responding to the article and its reader comments, a physical copy of which can be found in Special Collections. They argue that the author's and commenters' attempts to "simultaneously mock our class as well as broader attempts to name and eradicate racism" demonstrate just as grave a lack of intellectual good faith as that of which the author is accusing the Middlebury protesters.

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Subject:   Liberal arts education Gender studies Charles Murray March 2nd protest Christina Hoff Sommers,  Academic discourse ,  Whiteness Safe spaces Feminist epistemologies Free speech

Title: Middleburied

URL: http://www.middleburied.com/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Middleburied is a satirical publication intended to bring attention to the hypocrisy demonstrated by the Administration at Middlebury. It was created by anonymous students interested in protesting Middlebury's ridiculous speech policies.

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Subject:   Free speech,  Academic discourse

Title: March 6 Statement from President Laurie Patton

URL: http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2017-news/node/545978/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Transcribed statement from an all-campus email sent by President Laurie Patton on Monday, March 6th, 2017. This statement addresses the student protest that occurred on March 2nd of the same year, and states the author's views on the appropriate role of protest, and construal of free speech. She expresses hope that community members of differing beliefs will engage in dialogue about their disagreements, but maintains her position in favor of protecting 'unpopular speech' within the context of academic discourse.

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Subject:   March 2nd protests Charles Murray,  Academic discourse ,  Student protest Student activism Free speech

Title: When Protesters Pull the Fire Alarm

URL: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist/2017/04/osita_nwanevu_debates_mike_pesca_on_shutting_down_university_speakers.html

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: In this podcast hosted by Slate, Osita Nwanevu debates Mike Pesca over whether student protesters were entitled in attempting to deny Charles Murray a platform at their institution. Nwanevu argues on the side of the protesters, and Pesca argues against them.

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Subject:   Free speech March 2nd protest Charles Murray Student activism Racism,  Academic discourse

Title: Middlebury Alumni Op-Ed Objecting to Charles Murray

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1biAgLovVVd-_r_RLXLunb8fRgWzIiL2istlBSOQAXXk/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Petition written and signed by Middlebury alumni voicing outrage and disapproval at Dr. Charles Murray speaking at Middlebury Thursday March 2nd, 2017.

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Subject:   Charles Murray March 2nd protests Anti-racism Free speech,  Academic discourse

Title: Free Inquiry on Campus: A Statement of Principles by over One Hundred Middlebury College Professors

URL: https://freeinquiryblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/free-inquiry-on-campus-a-statement-of-principles-by-a-number-of-middlebury-college-professors/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: A statement signed by over a hundred Middlebury College faculty emphasizing what they see as the value of free speech, civility in academic discourse, and openness to considering contrary views in the process of education. Originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

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Subject:   Free speech Liberal education,  Academic discourse

Title: A White, Privileged Narrative

URL: https://medium.com/@augustlaska/the-white-privileged-narrative-79535030768c/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: August Laska '17 follows up his earlier piece on the Charles Murray protest, which was featured on the Middlebury Newsroom website as representation of the diverse perspectives with which Middlebury community members viewed the protest. Laska criticizes this framing, and the college's official news coverage of the protest in general, for failing to include the voices of genuinely marginalized people.

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Subject:   Racism Charles Murray March 2nd protest,  Academic discourse ,  Free speech White privilege

Title: James Baldwin vs. Middlebury College vs. Charles Murray

URL: https://medium.com/@leacalderonguthe/james-baldwin-vs-middlebury-college-vs-charles-murray-2d3e9fb13858/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Lea Calderon-Guthe looks at the events surrounding the Charles Murray protest in the light of the 2016 documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” based on an unfinished manuscript of James Baldwin's, and by drawing on Baldwin's arguments about racial innocence and white fragility more generally. She addresses Allison Stanger's use of Baldwin's words in her public statement following the events of the protest, and contends that they were misapplied.

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Subject:   James Baldwin Racism March 2nd protest Free speech,  Academic discourse

Title: lioness van pelt – Medium

URL: https://medium.com/@linusvanpelt/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Medium page containing articles written by Middlebury SOAN professor Linus Owens, many of them concerning the March 2nd protests and the issues surrounding free speech and acceptable academic discourse which they raised.

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Subject:   Free speech,  Academic discourse ,  Student protest

URL: https://medium.com/@linusvanpelt/coming-together-and-coming-apart-5fc26d9233ed/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Faculty at Middlebury College responds to the events surrounding the Charles Murray speech. In presenting an alternate view point to the administrative response, he focuses on free speech, the value of protest, and the student point of view.

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Subject:   Campus violence Racism,  Academic discourse ,  Free speech March 2nd protest Student protest

Title: Letter from Middlebury Faculty

URL: https://middleburycampus.com/article/letter-from-middlebury-faculty/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Letter from Middlebury faculty asking President Patton to cancel her opening remarks at the Charles Murray event on March 2nd, 2017.

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Subject:   March 2nd protest Charles Murray,  Academic discourse ,  Free speech Liberal education

Title: Divisiveness Is Not Diversity

URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/03/17/professor-and-two-former-students-say-why-they-think-students-are-protesting/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: In this essay, a Middlebury professor and two former students discuss the motivations of the student protesters who disrupted the Charles Murray talk. They argue that the widespread news coverage and proliferation of opinion pieces following the protest painted an uncharitable, and largely inaccurate, picture of Middlebury's student body.

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Subject:   March 2nd protest Charles Murray Free speech,  Academic discourse ,  Student activism Safe spaces Inclusion

Title: Opinion | Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury That Gave Me a Concussion

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/opinion/understanding-the-angry-mob-that-gave-me-a-concussion.html

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: In this opinion piece for the New York Times, Professor Allison Stanger describes her experience during the protest of Charles Murray's talk on March 2nd, and the altercation that followed, in which she was injured by protesters. She voices her concern at what she believes the protest signifies about the state of discourse at Middlebury, and in the American political climate more generally.

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Subject:   March 2nd protest Free speech,  Academic discourse ,  Political violence Liberal education

Title: ‘The Daily’: The Campus Conservative’s Lament

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/podcasts/the-daily/free-speech-campus-conservatives.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fthe-daily

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: The New York Times' "The Daily" podcast covers responses to free speech on campuses across the country including Middlebury Student voices Elizabeth Dunn '18 and Hayden Dublois '17 speaking about the March 2nd protest to Charles Murray's lecture.

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Subject:   Free speech Student activism,  Academic discourse ,  Charles Murray March 2nd protest Liberal arts education

Title: Why Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces Will Not Bring About the Apocalypse

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-trigger-warnings-and-safe-spaces-will-not-bring-about-the-apocalypse/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: A reflection on trigger warnings in academic environments, in response to an anti-trigger-warnings statement released by a University of Chicago dean.

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Subject:   Trigger warnings Safe spaces Liberal education Mental health Social justice,  Academic discourse ,  Free speech

Title: College Protesters Explain Why They Shut Down Charles Murray's Speech

URL: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/college-protesters-explain-why-they-shut-down-charles-murrays-speech/

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Add An interview with three of the student organizers of the protest of Charles Murray's talk on March 2nd, 2017. They discuss their motivations for disrupting Murray's speech.

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Subject:   Charles Murray March 2nd protest Free speech Racism,  Academic discourse ,  Student activism

Title: Interview with Jay Parini on Fox News

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=CpvCioJU_r8

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Video of English and American Literatures professor Jay Parini being interviewed by Fox News in the aftermath of the Charles Murray protests, expressing his concerns about the state of discourse on Middlebury's campus. The interview makes reference to 'Free Inquiry on Campus', a statement of principles in favor of "free, civil and reasoned speech", which was circulated by Parini and a group of other faculty members following the protest.

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Subject:   Free speech Charles Murray March 2nd protest,  Academic discourse ,  Liberal arts education

Title: Tucker Carlson Interview with Carolyn Rouse – Charles Murray Shouted Down

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCb0qSCCkgw

Collection: Middlebury Web Archives

Description: Tucker Carlson interviews Carolyn Rouse about free speech and the students at Middlebury who shouted down the speaker Charles Murray. Includes video clips of the protests. 

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Subject:   Uncorroborated scholarship,  Academic discourse ,  Free speech Carolyn Rouse Student protest March 2nd protest

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