<p>Honestly, I was very surprised to see this "Call of the Wild" article on Middlebury magazine about Midd supports students killing wildlife!
<a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2014/02/26/the-call-of-the-wild/">http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2014/02/26/the-call-of-the-wild/</a></p>
<p>At least now I can cross off a school choice and save some application $$.</p>
<p>I assume that you are a vegan. </p>
<p>College is not for killing and I am disappointed of the unnecessary blood shed in a supposedly top notch LAC in the “peaceful” learning environment. </p>
<p>I think parents and kids need to know where Midd stands on the hunting issue and make their own decisions.</p>
<p>This explains it - Midd’s dean of admissions, Greg Buckles, is a longtime hunting guide from Ohio.</p>
<p>Are you being serious? You would cross a school off your list because some students hunt? This has to be a joke.</p>
<p>Really? I have vacationed in a stunning area but with hunting nearby, and I can say that I will never want to be near an environment where each time I hear a gunshot (“going hunting before class”) every morning, I know another beautiful animal is killed or wounded.
Yes, I crossed Midd off because of hunting.</p>
<p>I’m all for animal rights and gun control, but I also understand that deer populations need to be controlled. I have no problem with responsible hunters who either eat what they kill or donate it to food banks.</p>
<p>I would say hunting and LAC do not mix. A LAC allowing hunting violates the rights of those undergrads who do not support killing and they have the rights to know where Midd stands before they sign on for 4 years.</p>
<p>Another concern is GUN SAFETY. Sure, precautions have been taken however unnecessary weapons on a college campus is never a good thing.</p>
<p>I doubt if there is any LAC that prohibits students from hunting. You may find that there are some hunters at many LACs, especially those in rural environments. There may be some LACs where hunting is more popular than at others, and if this is important to you, you should find out more about it. Right now, though, you don’t actually have enough information to determine whether Middlebury is unusual in this respect.</p>
<p>You might find this interesting, for example: <a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/who_knows/node/130313”>https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/who_knows/node/130313</a></p>
<p>Are you requesting a statement of hunting support/non-support from every school you are interested in? I don’t see how others hunting violates your right to not hunt. If killing an animal were a required course for graduation I would have more sympathy.</p>
<p>Does serving meat in the cafeteria violate the rights of students who are vegans/vegetarians? </p>
<p>Now, allowing guns in dorms is a different issue and that’s something I would want to know about. And conveniently, most campuses state their weapons policies in their handbooks.</p>
<p>Of course there are individuals who hunt in their spare time and this is not the issue here. Midd as a whole has an ex hunting guide (from Ohio) as director of admissions. This sets the tone of the school which is further demonstrated by its support of student hunting.
This is a big issue for parents and students to consider before they sign on for 4 years.</p>
<p>It’s Vermont. People hunt. Not shocking. But according to the article, you should also be railing against Dartmouth and Williams, among others, allow hunting on campus property. Why the hate only for Middlebury? There’s probably a lot of schools in heavy hunting states that have hunters in administrative position.</p>
<p>PS - I recommend you not look at any colleges in Alaska.</p>
<p>Having someone in the staff who hunts is not exactly as Midd having a longtime hunting guide from Ohio as Director of Admissions. </p>
<p>What you have learned is that people at Middlebury do not recoil in horror at the idea of hunting, and they even welcome into their midst an administrator who hunts. What you should learn from this is that your preconceptions about LACs are not necessarily accurate. Again, a school in a rural environment may not be right for you if this is a major concern.</p>
<p>btw–Greg Buckles wasn’t a hunting guide in Ohio–he was dean of admissions at Kenyon College while he lived there. He was a hunting and fishing guide in Alaska, where hunting is part of the culture. </p>
<p>You will find official or unofficial hunting clubs (or–at a minimum–students, professors, and administrator who hunt) at nearly EVERY college in the country. Hunting isn’t illegal. Do I hunt? No. But regardless of how I feel about it, I don’t stigmatize or alienate others for doing it. </p>
<p>Let’s not put all the LACs in one category. </p>
<p>There are LACs where some staff might hunt in their spare time, and there is Middlebury where its Admissions Director is a longtime hunting guide from Ohio; the school supports student hunting, plus it allows students keeping guns in the school.</p>
<p>Well, not exactly:
Is this different at other LACs? You might want to check.</p>
<p>[Note: despite my screenname, I don’t hunt, and never have.]</p>
<p>"…either stored there…" Meaning right at school? The idea here is there’s indeed an armory right at Midd.</p>
<p>Fiorucci, where do you live? Your reaction to this is, how shall I say, pretty provincial.</p>