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(09/18/25 10:00am)
The Center for Health and Wellness (CHW) recently announced the termination of MiddSafe, a student-run mental health and violence prevention hotline that has been in use for more than a decade. Director of Health and Wellness Education Madeline Hope cited a decrease in student use as the reason for its termination. With the program Mental Health Peer Educators (MHPE) also ending due to low participation rates, CHW has introduced a new group called PEAR (Peers Educating for Affirming Relationships).
(09/18/25 10:04am)
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!
(09/18/25 10:06am)
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.
(09/18/25 10:01am)
Crossword 09/18/2025: Solutions!
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Crossword 09/18/2025!
(09/18/25 10:03am)
The opening notes of the trio Sophie Shao & Friends pulsed through Robinson Hall, the air charged with anticipation. The three women — cellist Shao, violinist Carmit Zori, and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute — launched into an evening of intimacy and intensity, the kind of performance where silence carried as much weight as the music itself. This balance of poise and focus reflects why Shao’s presence in Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series has come to mark the start of each semester, and her performance this past Saturday was no exception.
(09/18/25 10:02am)
WRMC’s annual fall SOS (start of school) Fest brought neighs, ribbets, and everything in between on Sept. 13. The show was headlined by bands Frog and Horse Jumper of Love.
(09/18/25 10:03am)
On May 28, shortly after the conclusion of exams and our departure from campus, MiddSafe advocates received a letter from the Health and Wellness Education (HWE) office titled “Changes to MiddSafe & Mental Health Peer Educators – Your Eyes and Response Needed!” This email explained that for a variety of reasons, the MiddSafe hotline was going to be shut down, effective immediately, and that our group was to be merged with the Mental Health Peer Educators (MHPEs), another campus resource run by HWE, into the new Peers Educating for Affirming Relationships (PEARs). MiddSafe provided a one-of-a-kind service to Middlebury students: A 24/7 confidential hotline, staffed by students, for those impacted by sexual violence. In quietly shutting down MiddSafe, Middlebury removed a unique resource and overlooked the importance of student input, highlighting the need for greater transparency in decisions that affect the community.
(09/18/25 10:02am)
The recent uptick in political violence across the country paints a very worrying picture for the future of cross-party dialogue and collaboration, both nationally and here at Middlebury. With the killing of a Minnesota democrat legislator, Melissa Hortman and their spouse this past June, and the killing of conservative media personality and political activist Charlie Kirk last week, gun violence as a form of political violence is undoubtedly trending upwards. The Editorial Board condemns political violence and gun violence and calls for the broader Middlebury to play an urgent role in reintroducing and affirming dialogue and connection as a tool to mend a political spectrum that is trending towards more polarising extremes.
(09/18/25 10:01am)
A career is 80,000 hours of decisions about where your energy goes. It is not just about building a résumé, it is about determining what your one working life will add up to. Choosing whether those hours are spent maximizing comfort or contributing to problems that shape the century is not a neutral choice. It is, in practice, the most consequential ethical decision most people will ever face.
(09/18/25 10:00am)
Protecting the natural world will require changing the human world. While science is a powerful tool to inform the choices we make in the future, those choices will be made by humans. Politicians, policymakers, business leaders and consumers need to be convinced to take action now for the long-term health of our planet. However, the curricula of American universities force well-intentioned scientists into ivory towers, unequipped to translate discoveries into plain human language. Conservation science degrees too often focus solely on the study of plants, animals, and ecosystems, neglecting the study of humans’ impact on the natural world. We need to include this impact in all environmental degrees.
(09/11/25 10:03am)
In recent steps, both college President Ian Baucom and Middlebury faculty affirmed their commitment to maintaining academic freedom on campus in response to recent threats to the federal funding of higher education by the Trump administration.
(09/11/25 10:07am)
On Aug. 8, Middlebury College was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts accusing 32 elite colleges and universities of attempting to raise tuition costs through the early decision admissions pathway.
(09/11/25 10:00am)
This fall, 292 international students from 75 countries are enrolled at Middlebury and all were able to obtain their proper documentation to return, according to Smita Ruzicka, Vice President for Student Affairs. But the process was not without challenges.
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Women’s Field Hockey
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Current first years are the first class to live in the newly constructed Battell Hall on the North end of Battell Beach. The building, which towers over the northern side of campus, houses approximately 300 new students — 41% of the class of 2029 — and 14 Resident Assistants (RAs). It’s the largest first year dorm to date, complete with air conditioning, spacious lounges, flat screen televisions, new furniture, vast windows, kitchens on every floor and a ping-pong table.
(09/11/25 10:04am)
On June 30, Jim Ralph stepped down from his position as Dean of the Faculty, passing the baton to Professor of American Studies Roberto Lint Sagarena. Ralph had agreed to the transition in the spring of 2023, having served in the academic administration since August 2008.
(09/11/25 10:05am)
This week's crossword solutions!
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This week's crossword. Enjoy!
(09/11/25 10:06am)
Reading for pleasure can feel like an elusive luxury amid the perpetual, cyclical motion of college. Over the summer, however, time regains its elasticity, yielding a sweet languor I’ve already begun to miss.
