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Zeitgeist 8.0

Lack of transparency around camera installations stokes student concerns

Earlier this year, residents of Weybridge House received a tip that Public Safety was installing cameras at Kitchel House, the current location of the Center for Careers and Internships (CCI), facing towards Weybridge Street, where Weybridge House sits.

Why you should make art!

Finding a creative outlet can help reduce stress, strengthen community and promote mental health without demanding too much of your schedule. Arts engagement on campus is an important way not only to build connections but also to take care of ourselves, and you should get involved!

What’s better than watching people suffer?

A couple weeks ago, the professional basketball player Jaden Ivey went live on Instagram and criticized the NBA’s promotion of Pride Month, resulting in his dismissal from the Chicago Bulls. The video starts with him driving in a car, criticizing the league for celebrating “unrighteousness.” As he lays out the argument, you get the sense that he’s genuinely confused about some of the specifics. “How can a woman bear a child with a woman? How?” he asks searchingly, his voice cracking. “Unless they go to the doctor, it can’t happen physically,” he reassures himself. “They have the same body part. Bro, they cannot bear children unless they get something done.” (Whatever they could get done is left menacingly unclear.) By this point, he’s sitting parked in the driveway and transitions to extolling the beauty of the natural world. “He made things good,” Ivey earnestly proclaims. “He made the Sun. If the Sun was ever closer we would burn. But he made it in the proper place so we’d get the proper light in the day. He gave us water to drink,” Ivey continues. “If we didn’t have water we’d be dehydrated.” 

So you want to go into private equity?

As we all trudge through the chore that is the summer internship search, inevitably regretting not having put in more effort towards it during J-Term, I can’t help but notice how Middlebury’s finance recruitment culture always seems to take center stage. Why does securing an internship in private equity (PE) always seem to grant automatic peer respect in a conversation, leaving behind a tinge of jealousy or even self-deprecation for not having achieved the same? Is it because people actually think private equity is a fulfilling future for themselves, or is it because PE has a nice, prestigious, wealthy ring to it? 

Do you have faith in the future of Middlebury?

Middlebury College has stood for two hundred and twenty-five years. It has weathered civil wars, financial crashes and global pandemics without disappearing. For most students, that permanence feels like a given. However, it is clearly at a crossroads. An impending demographic cliff, the unprecedented rise in tuition costs, and a countywide lessening faith in higher education prompted us to ask a new question in this year’s eighth annual student survey (Zeitgeist 8.0): “Do you have faith in the future of Middlebury?” Generally, respondents said yes, but cautioned that Middlebury has areas it needs to self-reflect on. So what does the future of Middlebury really look like? The Editorial Board offered a reflection on this question. 

A State of the State: Addison County and Vermont’s political environment

On August 11, 2026, voters will stream to the polls to vote in Vermont’s primary elections. Though the state’s well-known Senator, Bernie Sanders, is associated with democratic socialism, the real demographics of Vermont, and in particular Addison County, are a complicated mix of political ideologies.

The Stone Mill provides spring alternatives during mud season

April in Middlebury marks the arrival of spring and with it, Vermont’s mud season. Mud season, usually beginning in March and April, refers to the transition period between winter and spring when snow has melted, leaving muddy conditions. 

Crossword Solutions 04/30/26: Highlight Reel

Crossword Solutions 04/30/26: Highlight Reel

Crossword 04/30/26: Highlight Reel

Crossword 04/30/26: Highlight Reel

Tapped-in: Steeplechase

Among the more peculiar events of track & field are the javelin, pole vault and triple jump: Launching a spear, launching yourself with a spear of sorts, and tactical skipping into a sandbox. Then there is the steeplechase: roughly seven laps on the track, 28 regular barriers, and seven water jumps. In honor of the recent NESCAC track & field championship, I explore the archaic discipline and share some Panthers’ perspectives on this issue of Tapped-in.

Softball splits series with Amherst as playoffs approach

The 26–7 Middlebury softball team split a two-game series against Amherst last weekend. The Panthers have cooled off recently ahead of the playoffs, following a blistering start to the season. 

Joyriding: Middlebury College cycling

In Tamar Mayer Professor of Geography Peter Nelson’s ‘Rural Geography’ course last fall, each Monday began with the same question: Did you do anything rural this weekend? Some students shared stories of apple picking, others recapped camping trips, and one at the start of one class that semester, Wren Capra ’28 casually dropped that she had ridden her bike from Burlington to Montreal. 

Conversational Art: Liefe Temple

Christy Liang: Who are you as an artist?

Nocturne: A testament to Middlebury students’ unmatched talent and creativity

Nothing can quite beat the creative energy that floods Middlebury’s campus each year during Nocturne. After two years pushed inside by rain, singers, artists, students, faculty and community members finally had a chance to experience the full potential of the annual arts festival: trees lit with colorful lanterns, raw vocals vibrating through the open air and an all-around uplifting atmosphere as Middlebury heads into spring and warmer weather.

Noah Kahan is embracing his vulnerable side and some classic New England charm in “Noah Kahan: Out of Body”

When you sell out two nights at Fenway Park and become buddies with Bernie Sanders in the span of a year, you must have done something right. Or maybe you just happen to be well-versed in the places and people who make up New England. Either way, Noah Kahan did both — and he has not stopped there.

Feature: Afghan collective ‘ArtLords’ paints a new mural in Proctor

On April 24 and 25, members of the Middlebury College community joined artists Abdullah Elhan, Negina Azimi, Marwa Azimi, Zuhra Nadem, and Sean Kiziltan, five members of ArtLords. Established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2014, this collective of Afghan artists transformed the city’s blast walls into powerful social-justice murals. The designs here are a few of the original murals that the Taliban have since whitewashed and are now being recreated and preserved. 

Over 250 students present original research at nineteenth annual spring symposium

On Friday, April 17, Middlebury College hosted its 19th Annual Spring Symposium, highlighting student research over the past academic year. McCardell Bicentennial Hall (BiHall) became the host to all majors and disciplines, as students led 12-minute oral presentations, poster presentations in the great hall, and even a welcome dance performance. 

Office of Admissions revamps visuals, renews focus on student life in advertising materials

For the 11,458 students who applied to become members of the class of 2030 and 2030.5, a range of new visuals, written materials and communication styles met them, whether they visited the college in person or only interacted with Middlebury online. 

A home away from home: Friends of International Students marks 25 years

Last week, the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) office hosted a reception marking 25 years of the Friends of International Students (FIS) Host Program — a quarter-century of fostering cross-cultural connections at Middlebury. The event brought together voices from across the program’s history, from its early organizers to longtime host families and current students.