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(03/14/24 10:01am)
Homeward Bound is Addison Country’s only animal shelter, serving over 1,200 animals annually. The shelter’s mission is “to be a community-centered shelter that supports the human-animal bond through compassionate care, adoption, education, and advocacy,” according to its website. And volunteers, like the Middlebury students who spend a few hours there each week, are among the community members that make the organization’s mission a reality.
(03/14/24 10:00am)
Nikki Bowdish has provided the town of Middlebury with cakes, cookies and other treats from her home-based bakery, Thistle and Honey, since the fall of 2019. While Bowdish currently takes orders for pickup and local delivery in addition to custom cake services for weddings, she aspires to eventually open a physical storefront in Middlebury.
(03/14/24 10:03am)
A Fox News story published on Feb. 16 discussed an accusation made by StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice that Middlebury is failing to protect Jewish students who face antisemitism on campus. The reporting prompted community responses and the college’s release of a web page titled “Middlebury’s Educational Approaches to the War in Israel and Gaza,” which outlines the college’s community standards and resources available to those affected by the war.
(03/14/24 10:02am)
The Senior Committee Gift Team has dedicated the class of 2024 senior gift to mental health initiatives, continuing a long-standing annual tradition of gifts given from the graduating class to future Middlebury students. The graduating class has left a gift to the campus community upon graduation since 1981.
(03/14/24 10:01am)
Students and faculty gathered in McCardell Bicentennial Hall this past week to listen to a lecture, “30 Years of Reconciliation in Rwanda: Alice’s story” by Colgate University Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Susan Thomson. Narrated through the life experiences of a single individual referred to anonymously as Alice, Thomson discussed the nation’s rebuilding following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Throughout the talk, Thomson aimed to address the question of who reconciliation processes have served since the genocide. After the talk, student feedback centered on criticism of the narrative as a single story, which some felt left out critical historical context.
(03/14/24 10:00am)
Despite the warming weather, ski season in Vermont is not over just yet. On Friday, March 8, the Middlebury Snow Bowl hosted its second annual Middlebury College Student Ski Day. With special deals for students including free lift tickets and discounted rentals, along with a new “rail jam” event, the Student Ski Day invigorated the beginning of a new Middlebury tradition.
(03/07/24 11:03am)
“Maggie Reynolds, editor in chief, history major. Katie Futterman, managing editor, history major. Ryan McElroy, managing editor, history major.”
(03/07/24 11:02am)
Last week, we reported on grade inflation at Middlebury. The average GPA among Middlebury students has risen substantially in recent years, from 3.00 in 1987 to 3.35 in 2005 to 3.65 in the spring of 2023. There are a variety of potential explanations for the grade inflation issue, from technology’s ability to aid students in cheating to Middlebury’s increased selectivity and a higher number of incoming students in the top 10% of their high school class.
(03/07/24 11:01am)
SPECS Panther is a mascot for SPECS (sex-positive education for college students) and serves the Middlebury community. As a part of Health & Wellness Education, SPECS Panther seeks to educate and spark independent dialogue, not be the end-all be-all resource on campus. We encourage Midd kids to break down the walls of silence by engaging in sex-positive conversation — wherever, with whomever, and about whatever is most comfortable, easy and safe for you. Our editions will be fun and educational!
(03/07/24 11:00am)
On the last Saturday of J-Term, I sprained my ankle. I knew it was bad immediately from the brilliant starburst of pain ricocheting through my body as I wondered how I could manage the two hundred steps home.
(03/07/24 11:03am)
Driving along Route 7 between Burlington and Middlebury, it is almost certain that passers-by will notice a quaint, two-story yellow building that houses Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Interfaith Projects, also known as SCHIP.
(03/07/24 11:02am)
Meg Mott, a Putney, Vt. based town meeting moderator, is coming to Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library to speak about reproductive rights politics. The event, titled “How to Trust The People With Reproductive Rights,” will take place over the course of three separate days: March 9, March 16 and March 23, each starting at 1:00 p.m.
(03/07/24 11:01am)
In the three years since its opening, Nadia Dole’s Vergennes Laundry, a wood-fired bakery and épicerie, has expanded its food menu and retail offerings as well as launched a dinner series, with future plans for community-based events.
(03/07/24 11:00am)
In a modern twist on old-fashioned salons, the Up for Discussion lecture series, hosted by the Vermont Book Shop and taking place at Town Hall Theater, aims to create a space for open community conversation this spring. The series, originally an idea hatched by Vermont Book Shop owner Becky Dayton, will feature speakers from both the college and broader community to cover literature, art, film and contemporary issues.
(03/07/24 11:03am)
Middlebury has received an unrestricted donation to the endowment of $40 million from the estate of M. Brooks Michel ’55. The college announced the gift in an email to faculty, staff and students on March 1, stating that Michel’s donation is the largest bequest — a gift as a part of a will or trust — ever received by Middlebury and the second largest donation in the college’s history.
(03/07/24 11:02am)
The Student Government Association (SGA) wants to know how students want Middlebury College to invest its money. with a Google form asking for student input on the investment strategy of Middlebury College’s endowment.
(03/07/24 11:01am)
Middlebury Residential Life will hold in-person lotteries on campus on Friday, April 5 for suite-style housing assignments, which is a new update for the housing selection process for sophomores, juniors and seniors from the online-only assignment system used in past years.
(03/07/24 11:00am)
Middlebury has returned to a more typical student enrollment number this semester following a surge in the number of students on campus in the fall and overall elevated enrollment since fall 2021. This decrease in enrollment has taken some of the strain off of on-campus housing, and the college does not anticipate housing students at the Inn on the Green next fall, as it has for the past three fall semesters.
(03/07/24 11:04am)
The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution at the end of J-Term to replace the Starbucks products on campus with those of a local Vermont business, which is still to be determined. Dining Services intends to gather student feedback in collaboration with the SGA in order to make a decision regarding its Wilson Café coffee products.
(03/07/24 11:01am)
On Saturday, March 2, the Middlebury women’s hockey team bested Hamilton College in a stunning 4–0 shutout to win the NESCAC Tournament. While the margin of victory came as a surprise, the lockdown defense the team played was but another example of the way they have played all season.