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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?
If you’re anything like me, you’ve watched what little you have invested in the stock market shrink dramatically over the past week. Turmoil has rocked U.S. markets as President Trump rolled out a sweeping set of tariffs — most notably the “Liberation Day” tariffs announced on April 2. The result? A massive equity selloff, trillions in market value wiped out in days and the U.S. entering bear market territory for the first time since 2022.
After 25 years of local skaters practicing their flips and kicks turns in a skatepark with simple wooden and metal features, the town of Bristol, Vt. is fundraising to start construction on a new and improved 12,000-square-foot concrete skatepark.
TEDxMiddlebury returned to the Mahaney Arts Center Concert Hall last Saturday, April 5 with a series of thought-provoking talks guided by this year’s theme: “Testing the Waters.” The event featured five speakers whose stories explored personal identity, creative reinvention, language, leadership and resilience. Topics ranged from pastry schools to the halls of Congress, and the speakers invited the audience to consider what it means to take risks and embrace change.
This April, Middlebury’s Department of Religion is hosting a four-part lecture series on Christian nationalism, bringing journalists, Christian ethicists and scholars of religion to campus. The first two lectures focused on the implications of this movement for American democracy and how social media has platformed and shifted Christian nationalist messaging.
Sabrina Kim ’25, originally from Los Angeles, California, is a defender for the Middlebury Women’s Hockey team. Recently, Kim was named to the New England Hockey Writers Association Division III All-Star Team and earned AHCA/CCM All-American East First-Team Laurels. During her time at Middlebury, she played in 113 games and brought in an impressive 71 career points (8G, 63A).
WRMC hosted its annual “Sepomana Spring Concert” in Wilson Hall on Saturday, April 5. In light of WRMC’s 75th anniversary, the concert featured Middlebury student band Soop Spoons and American indie rock band Remember Sports from Philadelphia.
John McShea ’25 debuted his visual art collection “Dopamine” to an intimate crowd of friends and supporters on April 4. The paintings are complex explorations into how different sources of pleasure affect personal memory and nostalgia.
When I arrived at Middlebury College in the fall of 2022, I never thought that I would run a half marathon, organize a fundraising soccer tournament or raise over $3,500 in just three weeks for a humanitarian organization that is over 4,000 miles away. However, that is exactly what I am doing because some causes are personal, and some moments demand more than thought: they demand action. Please consider helping us reach our $10,000 fundraising goal by May by attending our upcoming soccer tournament (details coming soon) and donating to the GoFundMe.
On Saturday, April 5, an estimated 400 people gathered in downtown Vergennes along Main Street outside City Park as part of the approximately 1,300 nationwide Hands Off! protests against the Trump administration. Beginning around noon, the protest lasted roughly two hours through wind and rain. At its peak, protesters spread across Main Street and the intersection at North Green Street and Green Street. The protest was planned concurrently with other Hands Off! protests throughout Vermont, with an estimated 10,000 in attendance at the Montpelier, Vt. protest. The local chapter of the progressive Indivisible movement placed attendance in Brattleboro, Vt. at around 1,500.
The college announced a series of cost-saving measures on Wednesday, April 2 that aim to cut over $10 million from the annual budget through reducing staff and faculty benefits and permanently raising the student enrollment projection to 2,600–2,650. The college attributed the changes to 15 years of consistent deficits, culminating in the unexpectedly high $14.1 million shortfall this fiscal year, a large portion of which is due to lower enrollment at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS).
The recent detention of over a dozen international students on college campuses across the country has raised concerns among students, faculty and staff about the potential appearance of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on campus. Following these high-profile detention cases, on Monday, March 31, the administration created informative cards to be placed in buildings across campus, instructing readers of campus privacy protocols in case of the arrival of a law enforcement agent.
Middlebury College was one of 60 colleges and universities that received a letter from the Trump administration on Monday, March 10 informing the school that prior allegations of antisemitism on campus would be reinvestigated. The renewed scrutiny on the institution’s treatment of Jewish students comes after a Title VI investigation was opened over a year ago following a complaint filed with the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education.
Since our last editorial on the topic of the Trump administration and its impact on Middlebury College, the onslaught against higher education has continued. One of the most concerning actions has been the withdrawal of federal funding from several colleges and universities under the rationale of open antisemitism investigations under Title XI. Columbia University has been the main target of this tightening, with $400 million being withheld unless the school falls in line with federal mandates on its curriculum, university-wide policies for protests, and conservative ideologies. The usurpation of higher education’s independence directly threatens academic freedom by forcing compliance to certain standards and limiting opportunities of free expression.
In a move to consolidate land and timber rights, the Vermont State Department of Fish and Wildlife has sought to acquire a large parcel of land on Snake Mountain to open for public use and recreational purposes. Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area currently spans the mountain ridge along the town line of Addison and Weybridge and is one of roughly 100 such areas across the state.
Middlebury men’s baseball trekked three hours southbound to play Amherst in the first NESCAC series of the year. The clubs split the three-game series one to one, with Saturday’s rubber match postponed due to inclement weather.
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.
In this edition of Seven Questions, Macy Daggitt ’25 spoke with The Campus about her track and field career, her recovery from an ACL injury her sophomore year and her experience with the team at Middlebury.
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!
The Isidore String Quartet made a memorable debut at Mahaney Arts Center’s Olin C. Robison Concert Hall on March 28. The ensemble, comprising violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon, presented a program with works by Mozart, Billy Childs and Beethoven. The concert was organized by the Sunderman Family Concert Endowment Fund, which ensured free admission for all attendees.