Whether or not you support the divestment measures outlined in the Student Government Association (SGA) referendum that was sent out on Monday, we should all be concerned about the process by which the case for this referendum is being carried out. I appreciate that the SGA addressed the concern about ...
Why you should vote in this week’s referendum on divestment
By Aksil Boughida and Lucy Schembre | May 9, 2024Latest stories
From greenhouse to crisis: the evolution of climate discourse in U.S. media
By Eli Richardson and Noah Rizika | May 9, 2024This past summer, our basement flooded. We had rented a house with five friends here in Middlebury, and were looking forward to Vermont’s sunny days, swimming holes, cookouts and hikes in the woods. Instead, we were met with wildfire smoke, monthslong rainfall and flooding. Carrying wet, moldy furniture ...
Reel Critic: “The Fall Guy”
By Jack Torpey | May 9, 2024Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are ready to put their Barbenheimer rivalry behind them. In “The Fall Guy,” stuntman-turned-director David Leitch’s latest action-comedy extravaganza, the supporting stars of last summer’s two biggest hits join forces to trade in feminist satire and apocalyptic angst ...
Media coverage on the encampments — whose voice is intended to be centered?
By Jacob Burnett | May 9, 2024As Gaza Solidarity Encampments at universities have spread across the country, major media outlets have directed their attention to covering free speech rights, encampments as a valid form of protest and the history of student movements.
Investigation into MCAB uncovers months of unchecked spending on concerts, $250 jackets
By Ryan Mcelroy | May 9, 2024Amidst student anticipation for the upcoming spring concert, the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) has faced mounting questions for these spending decisions, among others, from this academic year.
Men’s tennis competes in NESCAC tournament, to host NCAA Championship first round
By Jonathan Buchholz | May 9, 2024This past weekend, the Middlebury men’s tennis team competed in the NESCAC championship as the top seed and two-time defending champions. After handily defeating Trinity College 5–0 in the first round, the Panthers narrowly lost to eventual winners Bowdoin College 4–5 in the semifinals.
Reel Critic: “Mambar Pierrette”
By Nathan Bernazzani | May 9, 2024In its concluding event of the semester, the Hirschfield Thursdays series presented “Mambar Pierrette,” the newest film from Cameroonian director Rosine Mbakam.
A call for improvement in on-campus accessibility
By Alex Evangelidis | May 9, 2024I broke my foot in Davis Library at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2023. The moment I realized, I began to cry — not because of the pain, but out of frustration. I immediately knew that my life was about to get a lot more inconvenient and exhausting.
Liv, Love, Local: Elli Parr
By Olivia Mueller | May 9, 2024While students may know Elli Parr from its location on Main Street that opened in 2023, Sara Nelson originally founded her business back in 2015, intending to create a handcrafted jewelry brand based in Vermont. Since she first pursued a physical studio space in 2020, Elli Parr has expanded to two locations: ...
Monitors stolen from Ross Dining Hall
By Katie Futterman | May 9, 2024A Ross Dining Hall checker was doing morning setup around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, April 30, when the Department of Public Safety alerted the dining hall staff that both computer monitors had been stolen, the receipt printer had been smashed and the wires had been torn out of the ground.
Reflections from an A&Senior
By Acadia Klepeis | May 9, 2024If you flip past news, past local and past opinions (a more time-consuming feat than ever this week), you’ll arrive at the ever-evolving Arts & Culture section (A&C). If news is the responsible eldest, local the well-adjusted middle child and opinions the loud, jaded teen , A&C is the ...
From my archives: Second guessing as a second semester senior
By Charlie Keohane | May 9, 2024For the past three years, I’ve been hoarding issues of The Campus in my closet. I’ve passed dozens of issues, some with faded ink, from my tiny Gifford room with a slanted ceiling to summer storage units to different corners of Forest Hall. With graduation approaching and limited space in my suitcase, ...
EZ Trips Updates Transit Routes, Provides On Demand Ride Service
By Agnes Wang | May 9, 2024In an effort to improve transportation accessibility, Tri Valley Transit (TVT) announced the launch of EZ Trips on April 10, a free door-to-door on-demand ride service in Middlebury. Launched on May 8, the service is a potential substitute for services like Uber or Lyft, which do not exist in the area. ...
Faculty to reevaluate credit requirements, create task force to revise curriculum goals
By Maggie Reynolds | May 9, 2024Amidst proposals from the Student Government Association (SGA) to change the credit limit from 36 to 34 and institute a climate distribution requirement, the faculty Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) will appoint a taskforce to revise curriculum goals during the 2024-25 academic year.
Women’s lacrosse wins NESCAC title, turns attention to NCAA competition
By Charles Crounse | May 9, 2024A lot can happen in 732 days. Two senior classes have graduated from Middlebury. Two new classes have joined it. But in all of those days, Middlebury Women’s Lacrosse has not lost a single game.
Makes Ya Feel: The sopho-more the merrier
By Ellie Trinkle | May 9, 2024Gallery 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! Check back often for recommendations, reviews and discussions.
Sarah Says: Signing off
By Sarah Miller | May 9, 2024I have worked for The Middlebury Campus since the second week of my freshman year, primarily as an Opinions Editor. When I assumed the role of Editor at Large this year (a wonderfully vague title), I was granted almost total discretion over my writing. Soon into the fall semester, I decided to start ...
Behind the Label: Vermont Soap
By Charlie Keohane | May 9, 2024Less than ten minutes away from campus in a solar-powered warehouse, Vermont Soap manufactures dozens of organic personal care products. Vermont Soap has been perfecting and expanding its natural soap products for over thirty years and distributes its goods locally and internationally.
Don’t throw it away: Sustainable solutions for moving out
By Dani Prohaska | May 9, 2024As the academic year comes to a close, the student body begins to pack up and head home for the summer. But each year as people take their belongings with them, many things inevitably get left behind.
Audrey MacLean ’27 secures NESCAC Rookie of the Year
By Josh Rosenstein | May 9, 2024The Middlebury Women’s Track and Field team wrapped up their season recently by triumphing at the NESCAC Championship, their third title in a row. The team had a number of standout performers, but arguably no one left a bigger impression than Audrey MacLean ’27, who crossed the finish line first ...
Theatre Department sticks the Orland-ing
By Catherine Goodrich | May 9, 2024In her 1929 essay, “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf writes, “It is fatal to be a man or woman, pure and simple. One must be woman-manly, or man-womanly.” Indeed, Woolf’s genderbending reveries came alive this past weekend in Wright Theater.