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Crossword 05/01/2025 Solution: But Who Shot First?

Solution to this week's crossword: But Who Shot First?

Crossword 05/01/2025: But Who Shot First?

Crossword of the week: But Who Shot First?

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Incoming president endorses budget cuts as faculty plan protest

In a series of moves last week, Middlebury’s next president Ian Baucom began to stake out positions on key issues at the college and in higher education that will shape his tenure, standing up for the college — and for Monterey. 

College administrators address student immigration record revocations

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. 

Local Vermont author explores motherhood, climate in spiritually rooted debut novel

In her book “Mother, Creature, Kin,” local Rochester, Vt. author Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder weaves threads of motherhood, ecology, and spirituality together to explore what it means to raise a child in a world facing profound environmental and existential challenges. On April 8, Steinauer-Scudder visited the Ilsley Public Library to read and discuss the book. 

What does it mean to embrace uncertainty?

Uncertainty is uncomfortable and overwhelming. It can be isolating and anxiety inducing, and it can make questions about our lives even weightier. But uncertainty also lays the groundwork for transformation. It prompts us to consider the norms we take for granted and invites deeper, more critical conversations about the world.

We must defend international students

Ruth Hardy is a State Senator for the Addison District. She delivered these remarks on the floor of the Vermont Senate on April 22, 2025. 

SPECS Panther Column: Why Middlebury needs harm reduction in consent education

Sex Positive Education for College Students (SPECS) addresses topics such as consent and communication, pleasure, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and safer sex practices. SPECS knows that Middlebury’s diverse student body includes individuals from varying domestic and international backgrounds with conflicting sexual education experiences. Importantly, such conversations about sexual health are incomplete without acknowledging the role that substances — particularly alcohol — play in shaping sexual experiences and risks, and how harm reduction strategies can provide a solution. 

Investment banker, philanthropist Chuck Davis to deliver 2025 commencement address

Chuck Davis, a philanthropist and investment executive who spent two years at Middlebury before transferring to the University of Vermont, will deliver the 2025 commencement address.

Women’s track and field dominates home invitational with NESCAC four-peat in sight

They say champions aren’t fazed by a little water, and last Saturday, Middlebury’s women’s track and field team transformed a rain-soaked Allan Dragone Track into their personal splash zone of dominance. In their final home performance, before attempting an unprecedented fourth consecutive NESCAC title, the Panthers didn't just compete — they conquered, stacking the podium like a game of Jenga.

Seven Questions with Hope Shue ’25, women’s lacrosse

Hope Shue ’25 is a co-captain of the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team and a neuroscience major. This spring, she set a new program record for career goals, surpassing the previous mark of 228 set by Amy DiAdamo ’97. Shue now has 272 goals and counting. Over her career, she has earned Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors three times and has been named NESCAC Player of the Week five times. In this week’s edition of Seven Questions, the standout attacker shares how she got into the sport, her inspirations and her post-grad plans.

The silence after the roar: Rory wins the Masters

For 11 years, there was one room in the golf world that Rory McIlroy could not enter — the Augusta National Champions Clubhouse. On Sunday, April 13, Rory exorcised his demons and finally stepped into that hallowed space after his second shot into the first playoff hole sealed his place in an elite seven-man club alongside Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. 

While we’re defending research, let’s talk about writing too

Last week, Middlebury students and faculty participated in the 18th annual Spring Student Symposium, which highlighted over 200 student research projects. The symposium spotlights undergraduate research at Middlebury at a time when the Trump administration has been cutting the funding of projects at large and small universities alike. Since the college heavily promotes the possibilities for student researchers on their website and on tours for prospective students, it’s worth debating what priority the institution should give to providing these research opportunities.

Notes From the Desk: How does The Campus approach anonymity?

The Middlebury Campus has recently received a number of inquiries about our process for granting anonymity and removing names and pictures from our online publication. Our official policy on the subject, as listed on our website, remains the same: We only grant sources anonymity if they have a credible fear of retaliation or other specific, harmful consequences that would result from being named in our paper.

A glimpse of Dolci: Taste buds travel to Germany

A glimpse of Dolci: Taste buds travel to Germany.

Crossword 04/24/2025 Solution: Campus Tour

This week's crossword solution: Campus Tour!

Crossword 04/24/2025: Campus Tour

This week's crossword: Campus Tour!

Makes Ya Feel: My top three April albums

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!

How photographer Rania Matar captures cross-cultural womanhood

Lebanese Palestinian American artist Rania Matar gave a captivating talk about her photography exhibition “SHE” in the Middlebury College Museum of Art on April 17. The event — initially planned for when her exhibit debuted back in February — was rescheduled due to unforeseen weather circumstances. Titled “From the Personal to the Universal,” the talk chronicled Matar’s photography career, spanning from the U.S. to the Middle East.