1/26 Crossword Solutions!
By Josh Harkins | January 27, 2023Here are this week's crossword solutions! How'd you do?
Arts & Culture
Freedom Dreams turn to Reality with Some Progress on Campus Anti-Racism
By Joshua Glucksman | January 26, 2023“Freedom Dreaming: Envisioning an Antiracist Middlebury,” a spoken word performance, was presented by Faculty Director of Equity, Justice & Inclusion Tara Affolter and a group of students with the aim of examining the potential for an antiracist Middlebury on Jan.18. The group’s work began ...
From the Archives: A glimpse into gender politics at Middlebury in the early 1900s
By Tulip Larson | January 26, 2023This proposed layout for an updated Middlebury campus from 1909 provides a snapshot into the complicated gender politics plaguing Middlebury — illustrating a drastically different college than the one that students know today.
A low-snow J-Term: How students have entertained themselves
By Becca Clark | January 26, 2023J-Term is typically a time when students enjoy a more relaxed class schedule and a little more free time to enjoy Vermont’s winter activities, like skiing. But this January has lacked Vermont’s typical snowfall, making many of those activities that students look forward to difficult.
WRMC Radio Roundup 1/26
By Wrmc | January 26, 2023On his new album “Me / And / Dad,” Billy Strings revisits a number of bluegrass standards alongside his father, who taught him to play guitar as a child. Backed up by an all-star cast of bluegrass pickers, including Ronnie McCoury and Jerry Douglas, Strings and Barber take turns singing lead on ...
Shakes It Up 1/26 Crossword
By Josh Harkins | January 26, 2023Try this week's 'Shakes It Up' Crossword! Answers will be published this Friday, Jan 27 at noon. Good luck!
J-Term Crossword Solutions
By Will Reed | January 20, 2023Here are the solutions to this week's crossword! How'd you do?
From the Archives: Baking from a 19th-century recipe book
By Tiffany Li | January 19, 2023In the bracing winter cold, the prospect of warm, freshly baked treats seems all the more tempting. This homemade recipe book from the late 19th century offers a view into baked goods that people would have enjoyed 150 years ago, containing handwritten recipes and recipes cut and pasted from newspapers. ...
Niche Reads: Novels for anthropology majors
By Sylvie Shure | January 19, 2023There are few topics literature explores better than human nature. Why do we make the decisions we make? How do we relate to the people around us? What does it mean to be a person at all? Arguably, nearly every novel ever written is about people, but these three books are especially focused on humanity ...
Reel Critic: “The Fabelmans”
By Jack Torpey | January 19, 2023He made us afraid to go in the water with “Jaws.” He gave the world its most beloved whip-wielding adventure hero in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He even resurrected the dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park.” Now, with “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg has given audiences the story they didn’t ...
The most important things we learned over break
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | January 19, 2023At the close of each semester, Middlebury students scatter across the globe — returning home and traveling to wherever they will spend their breaks. Although it's easy to think of time off from school as a break from learning, the environments and experiences in which we find ourselves in between ...
Heart of Afghanistan showcases Afghan history through music
By Eliza King Freedman | January 19, 2023Heart of Afghanistan graced Mahaney Arts Center on Jan. 13 with a performance, just under a year after their spring 2022 debut and days after their largest performance yet at the Kennedy Center. The group is made up of four performers: Afghan soap opera star and famous singer Ahmad Fanoos on vocals ...
J-Term Crossword!
By Will Reed | January 19, 2023Here is this week's crossword! Solutions will be published on Friday, January 20th at 12 p.m. Good luck!
Holiday Crossword Solutions
By Josh Harkins | December 9, 2022Here are the solutions for this week's crossword! How'd you do?
The most important things we learned this semester
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | December 8, 2022The close of the semester can be a hectic time. Faced with a whirlwind of exams, papers and projects, it is easy to get caught up in the mayhem of trying to finish out the semester strong. The allure of the “A” is mighty, and it can make it easy to forget why we’re all actually here: to learn. ...
A story from abroad: A shared bookstore in Japan
By Shamail Naseer | December 8, 2022Senichi Books, or “1000+1 Books,” is a small bookstore located in Sengawa, Chofu in Tokyo, Japan. Home to 100 32-centimeter square bookshelves, the goal of 1000+1 Books is to create a space for people to express themselves through books that they’re interested in by allowing people to purchase ...
Holiday Crossword!
By Josh Harkins | December 8, 2022Check out this week's holiday-themed crossword! Solutions will be posted Friday, December 9th at 12 p.m.
Reel Critic: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
By Jack Torpey | December 8, 2022After the sudden death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, the star who embodied the Black Panther while silently suffering from cancer, there was likely not a single movie fan who did not want “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” to be a resounding success in his honor. And with writer-director Ryan Coogler ...
Reel Critic: “The Menu”
By Charlie Keohane | December 8, 2022“The Menu” serves moviegoers a not-so-subtle social commentary through intricate culinary dishes, a flavorful cast and a tight, tense setting.