Students face reduced on-campus employment opportunities and new job responsibilities
By Roya Touran | October 8Departments and students adjusted as various student employment positions faced cuts and restrictions.
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Students navigate mail-in voting ahead of contentious election
By Tony Sjodin | October 8Middlebury students are navigating all-new or altered absentee voting systems ahead of the general election on Nov. 3. Although absentee voting is hardly new to college campuses, the pandemic has ignited nationwide debate about mail-in voting systems. Many states have expanded voting options for the ...
How does contact tracing work at Middlebury?
By Tony Sjodin | October 8What happens if a Middlebury community member tests positive for Covid-19? What is the next step? Middlebury has partnered with the VDH to tackle contact tracing.
Middlebury mourns Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and reflects on her legacy
By Caroline Kapp and Hattie Lefavour | October 1The death of Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves students and faculty members remembering the woman who dedicated her life to fighting injustice.
Behind the counter: Dining staff face longer hours with fewer hands
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | October 1Campus reporter joins the Proctor Dining Hall staff to get a peek into what the lives of staff and student workers look like during the age of Covid-19
Students protest grand jury verdict for officers who killed Breonna Taylor
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | October 1Last Thursday, Kaila Thomas ’21 left her Russian class feeling a burning need to do something. The night before, the verdict was announced that none of the Louisville police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in March would be charged for her death. Yet, despite the grief and rage boiling ...
Faculty at Home: Series redefines the classroom
By Courtney Wright | October 1Two professors started a remote lecture series that allows all members of the Middlebury community to learn across disciplines from their own homes.
College fumbles approach to racial bias conversations during Middview
By Abigail Chang | October 1MiddView leaders grappled with expectations to serve as educators and BIPOC ended up bearing the brunt of the burden.
Students elect first-year senators, senior senator to Student Government
By Lily Jones | October 1First-years elected two class senators to represent the class of 2024 and seniors elected one senator in a special election.
Big data, big implications: 2020 Clifford Symposium tackles data across disciplines
By Emmanuel Tamrat | October 1 This year’s annual Clifford Symposium — titled “The Rise of Big Data” — focused on the growth of data across disciplines and its importance for the future of learning at Middlebury. The conference was held over Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 24. ‘Truth in Numbers? Data in Environmental ...
Class-action lawsuit against Middlebury seeks spring tuition refund
By Amelia Pollard | September 30A class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court late last week accuses Middlebury College of not adequately reimbursing students for spring tuition.
Student reports being the target of a racial slur on campus
By Jake Gaughan | September 26A day of resistance and solidarity was soured by the actions of a pair of students behind Ross last night. Rodney Adams ’21 and Jameel Uddin ’22 were preparing for a relaxing evening after a day of protesting when two white students confronted and harassed them with a racial slur, according to Adams. Per ...
Changes to Title IX alter reporting and investigation procedures
By Caroline Kapp | September 24New regulations related to the 1972 federal civil rights law which prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs have changed the Title IX investigation and hearing process at Middlebury.
The essential workers among us: MiddKids on the frontlines
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes and Sarah Miller | September 24As states across the country issued stay-at-home orders last spring, essential workers carried on working and took on personal risks to keep the country functioning. Among their ranks were several Middlebury students who faced daily concerns about personal and familial health, battled exhaustion, balanced ...
Prospective students partake in a new age of admissions
By Adil Alvi | September 24Prospective students face unique challenges in deciding where to attend college. Middlebury’s Admissions Office has implemented new virtual programming so it can still reach these students.
Student leaders take on an orientation like never before
By Abigail Chang | September 24This year’s first year orientation had to be adapted for both on-campus and remote students; the Student Activities Office and student leaders adjusted MiddView to a Covid-19 semester.
College bars 22 students from campus for Covid-19 policy violations
By Amelia Pollard | September 22For two groups of students, Phase Two festivities came to a grinding halt when Public Safety officers knocked on their doors Thursday night.
Sustainability concerns pile up amid packaged meal protocols
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | September 17“Middlebury does an amazing job prioritizing sustainability and the environment during a typical semester, this semester is not typical, and when the rubber hits the road health and safety has to come first.”
Direct Your Attention: An insider’s look at America’s outsiders
By Owen Mason-Hill | September 17Upon first glance, Andrew Callaghan is like any other news anchor: he wears a suit, holds a mic and stands in front of an ever-present cameraman.
Overlapping crises: Bill McKibben on social solidarity in a world after Covid-19
By Nicole Pollack | September 17In Friday’s remote lecture, scholar-in-residence Bill McKibben drew comparisons between the pandemic and the climate crisis. “We have this huge mix of crises on top of each other,” he said.