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For the 121st year in a row, the Middlebury Campus continued its mission of fair, thorough and valuable reporting for the Middlebury community. In a year of transition, we reported on the inauguration of President Ian Baucom, the closing of the Institute at Monterrey, and the opening of New Battell, ...

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The Setonian
Opinion

The remarkable position we find ourselves in

By Mary Elliot | May 7, 2026

As a senior staring down the barrel of graduation, I have found myself increasingly unable to avoid the classic existential question: What the heck should I do with my life? More specifically, how can I leave my mark on the world? Medical school? Going into law? Nonprofit work? What’s the best way ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Building civic culture through conversation

By Joseph Jacobson | May 7, 2026

This Monday, I stood alongside Middlebury College Democrats co-presidents Erik Ghalib ’28.5 and Lucas Basham ’28 and fellow College Republicans leader Ignacio Gamero ’26 as we were recognized for organizing a series of joint meetings between our groups—conversations focused on fostering civil, ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Make Middlebury great again

By Ignacio N. Gamero | May 7, 2026

This past year, as part of the leadership team of the Middlebury College Republicans (MCR), I experienced everything from praise by college leadership and national-level figures, including President Obama’s speechwriter, to threats, false accusations, and targeted harassment. I became an icon living ...

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Arts & Culture

Makes Ya Feel: And with that…

By Ellie Trinkle | May 7, 2026

Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel!

The Setonian
Opinion

Notes from the desk: What journalism is…and is not

By Mandy Berghela | May 7, 2026

The Middlebury Campus has been student-run since 1905. It is editorially independent. This past semester, MiddStories, the publication of Middlebury’s Office of Communications, began publishing on the same day of the week as The Middlebury Campus. That overlap matters a bit more than it may seem.

The Setonian
Opinion

Notes from the desk: No experience required. We mean it.

By Yuvraj Shah | May 7, 2026

“No experience required.” When I read that The Campus was hiring a new opinions editor, I was excited to apply. I had close to zero experience editing writing, let alone articles for a print newspaper. Nevertheless, I took the “no experience required” to heart, and as I look back, I encourage ...

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Sports

Tapped-out: Signing off

By Simon Schmieder | May 7, 2026

Being diagnosed with a femoral stress fracture in September of your first semester is not the ideal way to begin a college running career. Even once your new bone cells have filled in the cracks, certain mental fault lines may persist. You’ll question what could’ve been so wrong for such an injury ...

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Arts & Culture

Conversational Art: Liefe Temple

By Christy Liang | April 30, 2026

Christy Liang: Who are you as an artist? Liefe Temple ’25.5: I am a dancer. That is my art. I would say I am fairly new to considering myself an artist. Before I started at Middlebury, I wasn’t. I danced for fun growing up, and I thought I would continue doing that here. But then I met the dance ...

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