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(01/16/25 11:00am)
In a typical semester, Middlebury hosts no shortage of impressive faculty to teach across a wide range of disciplines. However, Middlebury’s J-Term course offerings present students with an exceptional opportunity to discover unique classes often taught by guest professors with specialized real-world experience and backgrounds that often stray from the academia-centered careers of typical professors. The presence and guidance of these visiting professors allow students to visualize career paths across a multitude of fields, learning and exploring in new ways.
(01/16/25 11:02am)
Following several years of imbalanced enrollment for its popular study abroad programs, Middlebury has adopted a new system that will assign students who wish to study away for one semester to either the fall or spring semester. The college will give some weight to student preferences and academic needs, but the change is intended to correct uneven enrollment numbers after an increasing number of students have been choosing to go abroad during the spring.
(01/16/25 2:00pm)
A laboratory. A center for objects and ideas. A cornerstone of an arts agora. Middlebury’s living room. This is the vision faculty, museum directors and architects have for the new museum that is planned to open on campus in the fall of 2028. The museum will replace Battell Hall, which will be demolished in favor of the new first year dorm on the north end of Battell Beach.
(01/16/25 11:03am)
Faculty voted 79 to 15 in favor of a proposed change to the college’s Latin honors system on Dec. 10 at a plenary faculty meeting in Wilson Hall. The new honors system will drastically restrict the number of graduates who receive Latin honors, eliminate the Valedictorian and Salutatorian titles, and remove the semester-based College Scholar distinction.
(12/05/24 11:00am)
The Middlebury figure skating team just keeps on gliding — backwards, in complex spins, but most importantly, forwards. The team has recently increased their activity in the intercollegiate figure skating circuit since competing in the Northeast Conference for the first time in several years in the spring of 2022.
(12/05/24 11:02am)
It’s time to rethink how we organize our social life. For decades, Middlebury’s social fabric was held together by structured environments — first by fraternities, until 1991, and then by the commons system, until 2019. Much of the fragmentation within the student body can be traced back to the evolution — or, more accurately, the erosion — of residential life and social houses.
(12/05/24 11:00am)
Anyone paying attention to higher education can clearly see that institutions have a cheating problem. Cheating first exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic and has only continued to rise with the dawn of generative artificial intelligence. This has led to a moment of reckoning for many institutions: How do we reconcile our traditional honor codes with the modern reality of widespread cheating?
(12/05/24 11:03am)
Ever been walking to class on a Wednesday morning and wondered who those students in Army fatigues on campus are? They are Middlebury’s very own cadets — and likely part of the next generation of Army officers.
(12/05/24 11:01am)
December has arrived. The leaves have fallen, the skies are endlessly gray, the wind chills and Middlebury students have begun dressing more casually to accommodate the cold, prioritizing comfort to focus on finals. However, there are some, including Nonna Madoyan ’28, who embrace the dreariness with open arms, allowing it to elevate their fashion.
(12/05/24 11:00am)
On Nov. 14, noise rock band Chat Pile brought the live sound of their new LP, “Cool World” to Higher Ground in Burlington. The band’s nihilistic lyrics, downtempo cuts, and punk influences have also led to widespread characterizations of their music as sludge metal. Released on Oct. 11, the band’s second LP displays a continuing, intense focus on the present political moment: chock full of horrors with severities reaching the surreal.
(12/05/24 11:01am)
Crossword 12/05/2024: Solutions!
(12/05/24 11:00am)
Crossword 12/05/2024!
(12/05/24 11:05am)
With an eye on the horizon after announcing her departure last May, Middlebury College President Laurie Patton has since led her final Commencement ceremony, conducted her final Board of Trustees meeting in October, and, now, sat for her final interview with The Campus.
(12/05/24 11:03am)
Sean Dorsey Dance graced the halls of the Mahaney Arts Center from Nov. 15 –16 to share their new project, titled “THE LOST ART OF DREAMING.”
(12/05/24 11:02am)
From Nov. 14 – 16, the Middlebury community enjoyed a dazzling production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, King Lear. Enthralling visual effects and costume design, original musical innovations, and a dynamic cast breathed contemporary life into this timeless classic, leaving audiences in rapt awe.
(12/05/24 11:04am)
Middlebury has planned its first-ever shelter-in-place drill for this Friday, Dec. 6 at 1:50 pm. Lasting 15 minutes, the exercise is meant to prepare community members for a variety of emergency situations on campus, including active shooter threats, hazardous waste spills, dangerous weather conditions and other crises.
(12/05/24 11:02am)
The month of November is National American Indian Heritage Month, which was designed in 1990 to commemorate the nation's indigenous heritage. At Middlebury, students who celebrated the Indigenous community last month have said that their visibility on campus and their ability to maintain an organized community remains an ongoing struggle.
(12/05/24 11:01am)
This semester, Talking Trash has detailed Middlebury’s food waste and recycling processes. This time, we’re investigating what happens to the waste that is not recycled or composted: landfill trash.
(12/05/24 11:00am)
A month has passed since former President Donald Trump won the presidential election and the Middlebury community began discussions surrounding the implications of his return to office. Trump’s victory has sparked concerns among college faculty about the future of higher education, with specific focus on environmental studies, the study of race and gender, and politics and international affairs.
(12/05/24 11:01am)
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