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(12/04/25 11:01am)
I give the laces of my cleats a quick tug before jogging out onto the turf. Nervously, I nod at my teammates, a conglomeration of ex-collegiate players and middle-aged men clad in fluorescent t-shirts. My first touch sends the ball six feet away, and I wince. Shoot, what was that? This is my first time playing in the Shelburne pickup league, and I want to make a good first impression. Sure, it’s supposed to be just for fun, but I can’t shake the voice in my head: You can do better.
(11/13/25 11:04am)
I spent the past weekend at Zen Mountain Monastery in Woodstock, NY, where Professor Waldron from the Religion Department gave a workshop on The Buddhist Unconscious: Yogācāra Buddhism and How It Illuminates Bias.
(11/13/25 11:03am)
“But perhaps I am asking the question the wrong way around,” Zadie Smith writes at one point in her essay “Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction,” which can be found in her new collection, “Dead and Alive.” It’s a typically Smithian line: an expression of self-doubt signalling the arrival of a new insight whose veracity you, the reader, will likely not doubt at all. What follows, you know, will only further illuminate the subject at hand (and will only be followed by another moment of illumination). The many “but”s in Smith’s essays — the “though”s and “what if”s and “maybe”s — are what you come for, the mark of a writer who stands in pointed opposition to the kind of thinking rewarded in the social media discourse which has become the only real stand-in for our public one.
(11/13/25 11:03am)
On Friday, Nov. 7, critically acclaimed monologist Deborah Lubar put on her one-woman drama, “If You Were Really There” at the Town Hall Theater (THT). The full-length show, running nearly two and a half hours, was Lubar’s first in 25 years, she said in an interview with Zach Shivers, box office manager at THT.
(11/13/25 11:02am)
This past Saturday, the women's soccer team battled #12 Williams for a chance to play in the NESCAC championship. The two teams had met just a few weeks ago, with Williams taking home the win. The Panthers, eager to advance in the tournament, put up a strong fight against the Ephs, yet they fell short once again.
(11/13/25 11:00am)
By 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, Robison Concert Hall was busy with students, professors and community members settling in as the lights dimmed for TEDxMiddlebury 2025. This year’s theme, ‘Roots and Reach,’ inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk, invited speakers to reflect on where they come from and what they might dare to imagine.
(11/13/25 11:00am)
Middlebury College’s mission statement states that it seeks to “foster the inquiry, equity, and agency necessary for [students] to practice ethical citizenship.” Yet, our ability to do so is currently under attack. This is not only a result of the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” leveraged at Middlebury in October, but also because of the college administration’s conviction that silence will protect us. At a time when our community’s rights to safety and speech are being threatened, Middlebury’s current systems for the expression of student voice do not seem able to meet this moment.
(11/06/25 11:04am)
To commemorate Jay Parini’s retirement from his position as professor emeritus of English and Creative Writing, some of the Arts & Culture team sat down with him to chat about his career, life post-retirement and everything in between.
(11/06/25 11:03am)
The Campus’ Editorial Board (EB) is a group of fixed student editors who meet weekly to discuss issues important to the college community, and then publish a piece reflective of our conversations. We try to reach some degree of consensus to “call for” something, whether that’s a demand for students to pay more attention to a specific issue, or for the college administration to take a particular action, like providing more transparency to its students.
(10/30/25 10:02am)
In late October of 2022, during my first year at Middlebury, I drove over the Green Mountains and into New Hampshire to see one of my best friends from high school for the last time. Though his eyes shone with their same flinty strength, cancer had weakened his body. After catching up for an hour in a surprisingly normal and lighthearted conversation, he had to go back to his room to sleep. I told him we all loved him and cared about him very much, and his last words to me were “I know.”
(10/30/25 10:02am)
The Johnson Exhibition Gallery hosted a screening of the documentary film “Beyond Bars: Reimagining Justice and Healing in VT” on Oct. 24 in collaboration with its exhibit “Finding Hope Within.”
(10/30/25 10:03am)
It's the seasonal act: Leaves detach from trees with a last flaming breath, dry wind chills your throat and chest and the sun sets quickly towards the heavens, leaving us aching for more of its intangible warmth. There is an emptiness in fall, yet its warmth is immortalized in the digital world. We post pictures and videos of the season online, but they can’t replenish the trees left barren. They only serve as a reminder of what once was. For some, the pains of seasonal change are eased through music. “So I,” track nine from CharliXCX’s critically acclaimed “BRAT”, encapsulates this tension. CharliXCX, with the help of A.G. Cook, processed grief through music.
(10/23/25 10:01am)
I grip the steering wheel tightly as the white spire of the chapel looms into view. Despite the excitement I feel for my last semester, a familiar stream of thoughts enter my mind: What if I don’t do well in my senior projects? How will I be prepared for a future career? What if I can’t demonstrate all I’ve learned thus far? What if I can’t get a job after I graduate? Embedded in this line of thinking are a number of assumptions: firstly, that anything I do in the future depends upon my success in college. Secondly, I must produce my best quality work because I’m an experienced senior. Most importantly, if I don’t meet these expectations, I will have failed.
(10/23/25 10:00am)
People say a dog resembles its owner, and a similar relationship often holds true for cars. At the Middlebury Car Show & Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 12, Middlebury resident Diane Mott, the owner of an orange 1973 Volkswagen Type 2 camper van, wore a peace sign baseball cap of a matching shade, dangly orange Volkswagen van earrings and a shirt with the words “they can’t steal what they can’t drive,” a nod to the vehicle’s manual transmission. With large sunglasses pulling the outfit together, her nature befitted that of a classic VW bus owner.
(10/09/25 10:00am)
Ashley Wolff’s introduction to art came early. “I was always surrounded by art and drawing things,” she said. “I always knew I wanted to be an artist.”
(10/09/25 10:04am)
A collage of the Middlebury community explored the escapable fact of life: mortality. At this year’s Cocoon, which debuted on Oct. 3, this year’s theme, “Before I die…”, invited speakers and audience members to reflect on life’s impermanence and the beauty that comes from embracing it.
(10/09/25 10:03am)
Hepburn Hall buzzed with students, faculty and locals who crowded the stairways leading up to the Hepburn Zoo on opening night of “The Truth Remixed,” the 30th annual First Year show. The multi-genre comedy show, directed by Visiting Professor Ashley Nicole Baptiste, ran from Oct. 2-4.
(10/09/25 10:04am)
Crossroads Café has brewed up major changes this semester: expanded weekend hours, the removal of the alternative milk surcharge, upgrades to aging equipment and a switch from dark roast to a medium coffee blend.
(10/02/25 10:02am)
Across departments, Middlebury professors are grappling with the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education. Many professors, including Professor of English Megan Mayhew-Bergman and Lecturer in Chinese Mairead Harris, have modified syllabi to permit AI in specific contexts.
(10/02/25 10:03am)
A vast white gown spilled across the stage of Wright Memorial Theater this past Friday, introducing audiences to the forgotten prodigy of the Mozart family with“The Other Mozart.” The play, written and performed by Sylvia Milo and directed by Isaac Byrne, features a striking 18-foot dress by Magdalena Dabrowska and an evocative soundscape by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen. It is a one-woman show reclaiming the life of Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart, Wolfgang’s gifted elder sister.
