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When someone places a shot glass filled with beet soup in front of you, you take a sip. When you remember the beets were grown less than a mile away, you take another.
The design and construction of New Battell came with yet another upgrade this fall: a composting system. Bins designated for food waste were placed in lounge kitchens and garbage rooms, giving New Battell residents the opportunity to dispose of their scraps sustainably. Facilities hope to use the new composting options as a test to gauge students’ engagement with the system.
The Chateau marked its 100th birthday on Saturday, welcoming French Department alumni, students and professors for a celebration of its legacy. The dorm was the first of its kind in the U.S., a maison française or “french house” conceived and built with the purpose of speaking only French inside in mind. With its iconic dormers and peaked towers, the building has long stood out among the campus’s predominantly gray-stone Georgian architecture.
This letter to the editor from the Middlebury College Republicans is a response to the Editorial Board’s (E.B.) piece titled “To Maintain Free Speech, Start Listening,” published in the Sept. 18 issue of The Campus. I am leading the writing of this letter with the consultation of club members, including Dylan Carroll and Erin Faith Fuller, among others. In their piece, the E.B. has characterized their position as being supportive of free speech. However, a close reading of their argument reveals that they paradoxically take a position leaning in favor of censorship and intolerance rather than any legitimate form of free speech.
When the Center for Health and Wellness (CHW) recently announced the termination of the MiddSafe Hotline and Mental Health Peer Educators (MPHE) program, it cited a lack of student use as the reason. They pointed to the increase in mental health resources in the CHW as having supplemented the need for the hotline. They announced that their new program, Peers Educating for Affirming Relations (PEAR), will absorb the responsibilities of both MiddSafe and MPHE.
When I last wrote an op-ed about artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024, submissions created with the technology had sneakily won several art and photography contests. Now, it is consistently deceiving hundreds of thousands of internet users every day. Its content creation capabilities have improved so drastically that AI has officially breached into mainstream media with its use in postproduction effects for Netflix’s show “The Eternaut.” It is safe to say that, up to this point, at least, AI progress has been exponential.
Middlebury men’s golf began their trek towards the NESCAC championship this past weekend with a strong third place finish at the Duke Nelson Invitational, held at Middlebury’s very own Ralph Myhre Golf Course.
With the decision to shut down several programs at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) within two years finalized, Monterey-based faculty, staff and students are mourning the future of their school. On the other side of the country, the Vermont community has commended the choice, but is left wondering what the pivot will really change in the short term considering the college’s persisting budget deficit. Administrators have decisions to make about what is to come for two campuses that, though thousands of miles apart, have been intertwined for 20 years.
I am a first year at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Management (EPM). I may not be a student here for much longer.
The college decided to close its graduate campus, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), leaving us surprised at the speed of this decision and cautiously optimistic about what it will mean for Middlebury’s future. After facing large budget cuts and changes to workplace benefits, students and staff at Middlebury have recently campaigned for the closure of the Institute, building on an idea that has been on the minds of some faculty members for several years due to MIIS’ financial strain. Last spring's walkout, various op-eds from faculty and students in The Campus, and our own Editorial Board’s call for the closure of MIIS crystallized the desire for change. We commend President Baucom’s quick decision to heed the voices of our most forthright faculty, staff, and students. It is one that will shape his legacy and our perception of him as a decisive leader. But we will not waste a moment before asking what this will mean for the college going forward besides a partially salvaged budget and an unsettled definition of what our school really is.
For many college students at institutions like ours, “finance”, “consulting” and “big law” have become catch-all terms that describe the failures and inequalities of the American economy. It comes as no surprise, then, that the announcement of Chuck Davis as our commencement speaker was met with widespread consternation. We are glad that the school’s choice has inspired such debate and would like to contribute our own small piece to address some of the concerns that have been raised in The Campus and elsewhere.
All good things must come to an end — even for Middlebury women’s lacrosse.
In a rain-soaked weekend that will go down in Middlebury athletics history, the women’s tennis team finally broke through with their first-ever NESCAC Championship, defeating four-time defending champion Wesleyan University 4–1 on their home turf. An hour later, the men’s team completed an improbable championship run of their own at home, adding a 12th NESCAC title to their collection.
The sublime artistry of violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien echoed in Robinson Concert Hall this past Sunday, as the pair delivered a performance that marked the end of Middlebury College’s 105th Performing Arts Series season. The duo program featured Janáček’s “Violin Sonata,” JW VII/7, Enescu’s “Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor,” Gerald Barry’s vivacious “Triorchic Blues” and Beethoven’s iconic “Kreutzer” Sonata.
Since the college’s announcement on April 16 that the U.S. government had terminated the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status of one Middlebury undergraduate student and three Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) alumni, administrators have further addressed the situation. At a faculty meeting on Friday, April 18, Vice President for Student Affairs Smita Ruzicka shared that the Middlebury student chose to leave the country out of caution.
In an April 2 email to students, faculty and staff explaining Middlebury’s budget conundrum and laying out proposed changes to cut costs, Interim President Steve Synder, Provost Michelle McCauley and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration David Provost wrote, “The student experience will only be strengthened by these moves.”
On Wednesday, April 16, the college announced that a current international student at Middlebury had their Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records revoked by the U.S. government, placing their legal status in question and leaving them at risk of deportation. Three alumni from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey faced the same revocation in recent days, according to the email sent to the community titled “Immigration Issues at Middlebury.”
When I worked for Middlebury’s Office of Advancement, I routinely ended alumni donation calls with: “As a student on financial aid, I thank you for your donation — it really helps to make the Middlebury experience possible for students like me.” But those calls made me think: Who else makes Middlebury possible?
As the dwindling rays of sun illuminated Middlebury College’s campus on Friday, March 29, the women’s hockey team was locked in a tight one-goal Frozen Four battle against Amherst — this time in distant River Falls, Wis. Middlebury women's hockey fans who watched the game from afar (many of thom undoubtedly wished the game had been played in the superior Chip Arena) held their breath as Amherst forward Alyssa Xu terrorized the Panthers’ defense with a barrage of shots on goal. Ultimately, two quick Amherst goals in the third period proved decisive.