Hannah Laga Abram ’23 wins this year’s Ward Prize
By Maggie Reynolds | December 3, 2020The Ward Prize gives recognition to first-years at Middlebury across disciplines with a talent for writing.
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College installs eighteen security cameras at McCullough, Bicentennial Hall
By Roya Touran | November 19, 2020Although Community Council approved the installation of security cameras with the understanding that they would only be located outside, the college installed cameras both inside and outside buildings.
How did Middlebury complete 10,000 Covid-19 tests this semester?
By Tony Sjodin | November 19, 2020The college set a goal of testing 750 individuals per week throughout the semester, with some weeks surpassing and some weeks dipping below that tally. Middlebury has less stringent testing measures than some other colleges.
“Hostile Terrain 94”: Middlebury spotlights the death of migrants crossing the border
By Katie Futterman | November 19, 2020When the U.S. implemented a 1994 policy that increased border patrol presence in urban areas, migration routes were redirected through the harsh desert environments across the southern border. Middlebury’s Hostile Terrain 94 video commemorates the migrants who have perished attempting to cross the ...
Campus returns to modified Phase One as Vermont Covid-19 cases surge
By Charlie Keohane | November 19, 2020The college adjusted Covid-19 protocol at the end of last week, confining students to campus quarantine on the evening of Nov. 13 and implementing a number of restrictions on social gatherings in line with new Vermont guidelines.
Room and board costs to remain unchanged despite fewer on-campus weeks, remote J-term
By Lily Jones | November 19, 2020Kim Downs-Burns, the associate vice president for Student Financial Services, told the Campus that explained that there is a common misconception that J-term room and board cost is built into the fall and/or spring fees. Costs are actually covered by endowment earnings and other sources outside tuition. ...
The insider’s guide to moving out during a pandemic
By Emily Hogan | November 19, 2020What do you need to pack and take with you? What can you leave behind? All of your move out day questions, answered.
Students, professors wait in anticipation as Inauguration Day inches closer
By Abigail Chang | November 19, 2020Though the media declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race, President Donald Trump has yet to concede. As the President’s lawsuits and claims of election fraud drag on, students and faculty consider the results and the trajectory of the next few months.
New mentorship program reaches out to remote first-years
By Will Anderson | November 19, 2020Françoise Niyigena ’21 designed and implemented a program to help remote first years navigate Middlebury from afar, connecting groups of new students with mentors that serve similar roles as the First Year Counselors that typically guide students in college residence halls.
News in Brief: Class of 2024 formed with higher acceptance rate, lower yield, greater racial and economic diversity
By Adil Alvi | November 19, 2020Though 602 first years matriculated this fall, the college saw a lower yield rate and an uptick in deferrals, who will join the class of 2025.5 and 2026.
Breaking: One student tests positive for Covid-19 on second day of exit testing
By Bochu Ding | November 18, 2020One student tested positive for Covid-19 on the second day of exit testing, according to an email from Director of Health Services Mark Peluso. The school moved eleven students into quarantine after contract tracing, bringing the total number of quarantined students to 24. The new cases were from the ...
Two students test positive for Covid-19, 17 quarantined
By James Finn | November 17, 2020Two Middlebury students tested positive for Covid-19 according to early results from Covid-19 testing held Monday, the school announced in an email Tuesday morning. The cases were the first among students at the college since two tested positive in early September during entry testing. They were ...
Middlebury residents, students mobilize in support of counting every vote
By Abigail Chang | November 12, 2020Students and residents of the town of Middlebury engaged in rallies on the three days following the Presidential election to advocate that every vote should be counted.
Students of color face increased fear as presidential election comes to a head
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 12, 2020“Being Brown in America, you always have to be careful”: During election week, as the nation waited on edge to hear the results of the presidential election, many of Middlebury’s students of color feared that tensions could explode into racialized violence on campus.
Students weigh pros and cons of returning for spring semester
By Charlie Keohane | November 12, 2020As the deadline for declaring spring enrollment intentions loomed, students longing for normalcy grappled with the question of whether to return for another socially-distanced semester.
Spring modalities: Proportion of in-person classes to double this spring
By Benjy Renton | November 12, 2020A Campus analysis of teaching plans for the spring semester found that 241 of the 518 courses — or 48% — will be offered completely in either “scheduled online” or “flexible online” modalities, with no in-person components at all. 67% of classes will be taught online in some capacity.
Angela Davis talks activism and action at Middlebury
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 5, 2020“I want to create the framework for forms of justice that will be more compelling and that will help us rid our world of racist violence," said renowned activist Angela Davis in an event attended by nearly 500 people.
Unable to vote, non-citizen students watch election with bated breath
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | October 29, 2020International and immigrant students who are unable to vote in the upcoming election have found ways to participate in an electoral process that will have substantial consequences on their future.
Hamilton Forum debate contends with the power of the Supreme Court
By Will Anderson | October 29, 2020Guest speakers Adam J. White and Suzanna Sherry ’76 debated the topic, “Has the Supreme Court Become Too Powerful?”
Students reflect on voting in two consecutive “elections of a lifetime”
By Catherine Mclaughlin | October 29, 2020The Campus sits down with Brent Edwards ’20.5, Kaleb Patterson ’21.5 and Julia Sinton ’20.5 to discuss their thoughts on the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.