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The Middlebury women's soccer team hosted Hamilton in Saturday's NESCAC Quarterfinal. The Panthers vanquished the Continentals 2–0, advancing to the semifinals for the first time in four years.
To commemorate Jay Parini’s retirement from his position as professor emeritus of English and Creative Writing, some of the Arts & Culture team sat down with him to chat about his career, life post-retirement and everything in between.
Students and faculty gathered in the Mahaney Arts Center last month to discuss what some describe as the most pressing issue of our time — artificial intelligence (AI) — and how the rise of its industry exploits the arts.
The Campus’ Editorial Board (EB) is a group of fixed student editors who meet weekly to discuss issues important to the college community, and then publish a piece reflective of our conversations. We try to reach some degree of consensus to “call for” something, whether that’s a demand for students to pay more attention to a specific issue, or for the college administration to take a particular action, like providing more transparency to its students.
The Middlebury Skatepark Project, a non-profit dedicated to advocating for the construction of a concrete skate park in town, aims to see the project completed by 2028 in Recreation Park, located directly across from Mary Hogan Elementary School on Mary Hogan Drive. The nonprofit’s team began hosting public design meetings over the summer and has since laid out plans with the chosen design firm New Line Skateparks, meeting biweekly to work out the details of the development.
To the Middlebury College Community,
More than half of the junior class at Middlebury studies abroad each year. They leave behind the comforts and benefits of staying on campus to immerse themselves in a foreign language, experience another culture and confront a totally different, often even more rigorous academic environment. Students who choose not to go abroad recognize the treasures and fleeting nature of our time at Middlebury or find themselves committed to extracurricular activities, course work or friend groups that entice them to remain here. There is no one right answer in making this choice. That being said, we believe that the more students who choose to study abroad, the better off Middlebury both in its global impact and in the vibrancy of its community here in Vermont.
A student-led motion for a referendum on rights to protections and free expression on campus faced a vote by the Student Government Association (SGA) on Wednesday, Nov. 5 to decide its fate after weeks of debate. The votes had not yet been cast by the time The Campus went to print on Wednesday.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, students, professors and Middlebury residents gathered, chanting “No Kings” in protest of President Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarian tendencies. The message was clear: Trump is a threat to our country and must be denounced and opposed. The protest raises an important question: is democracy about labeling one leader a “king” while excusing similar authority when it comes from someone you support?
On Tues, Oct. 28 the decorated Middlebury field hockey squad took on 17th ranked Williams. Following a scoreless 60 minutes and two rounds of overtime, the Panthers won in a shootout. With the victory, the Panthers earned hosting rights for the first round of the NESCAC tournament. As the No. 2 seed, they hosted No. 7 Bowdoin at home.
Ducking under ropes and weaving between team tents, we cheered. The herd of runners stormed by, and frenzied fans cut across to the next sector of the race, only to barely catch sight of the stampede before sprinting along a new shortcut for another close-up glimpse. Amid warlike chaos, loyal Middlebury students, alumni, parents and dogs rallied behind the men’s and women’s cross country teams on Sat. Nov. 1 as they competed at the NESCAC Championship.
Powerful depictions of female friendship, American history and grief lit up the Seeler Studio Theatre this past weekend as the cast of “These Shining Lives” took to the stage. The faculty-led production ran from Oct. 30–Nov. 1, with a total of four performances.
The transition to college for new students on campus is not always easy, and support from peers with commonalities is invaluable. One club that has made it a priority to build this sort of supportive community for Middlebury students — both on campus and in town — is the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF).
CobWeb Antiques opened its doors at 60 Main Street, the former location of Buy Again Alley, on Sunday, Oct. 26. Owners Gary and Jill DeVoe of New Haven have long dreamed of running their own antique store, and they’ve finally found the spot to showcase the carefully curated collection they’ve built over the years.
On Friday, Oct. 24, the Axinn Center for the Humanities hosted the Middlebury Migration Conference in McCardell Bicentennial Hall as part of its “Migrant Justice in Vermont and Beyond” initiative. The event brought together a range of artists, advocates and academics to discuss their experiences and work around migration and migration justice. In a moment where ordinary migrant workers like Guadalupe and Emanual Diaz are kidnapped from South Burlington and transferred to detention centers across the country, the conference created a space for urgently needed mobilization and solidarity.
Crossword 10/31/2025: Solutions.
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Two years ago, we wrote about how the losses of student life became a “routine” at Middlebury, when tragedies like losing members of our community and fellow students should be anything but routine. At that time, we urged the college to develop more comprehensive mental health support resources. The death of Lia Smith ’26, another classmate, peer and friend, marks the fourth time in six years that a student has died on our campus. The college’s response after each of these deaths has not worked the way it should have, and student death is now embedded in our school’s culture. That needs to change.
Four years is a pitifully short time for something so blatantly, absurdly wonderful: being an undergraduate on this campus. It would be remiss of every Middlebury student to take for granted the fact that everyone they know is within a 15-minute walk. It would be remiss to forget that the gym, the ice rink, the tennis courts, the pianos, the computer labs, and all the camping equipment you could ever need are all universally accessible — and free. It would be remiss to forget that, if you are on the dining plan, you could eat eight completely different meals a day without ever driving to the grocery store or spilling a single bubble of dish soap.
In late October of 2022, during my first year at Middlebury, I drove over the Green Mountains and into New Hampshire to see one of my best friends from high school for the last time. Though his eyes shone with their same flinty strength, cancer had weakened his body. After catching up for an hour in a surprisingly normal and lighthearted conversation, he had to go back to his room to sleep. I told him we all loved him and cared about him very much, and his last words to me were “I know.”