Mail Center relocates to the warehouse to ensure social distancing
By Emily Hogan | October 8, 2020Given social distancing protocol, the Mail Center has moved from its home in McCullough to a warehouse behind the student center.
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Remote professors tinker with course content and build virtual communities
By Charlie Keohane | October 8, 2020Many professors face successes and setbacks as they adjust to a semester of online learning.
SGA Finance Committee allots student activities funding even as ‘activities’ takes on new meanings
By Catherine Mclaughlin | October 8, 2020Despite strict restrictions for clubs and organizations, Middlebury has maintained its $436 student activities fee. The SGA Finance Committee worked with clubs to find creative ways to spend it.
Students face reduced on-campus employment opportunities and new job responsibilities
By Roya Touran | October 8, 2020Departments and students adjusted as various student employment positions faced cuts and restrictions.
Students navigate mail-in voting ahead of contentious election
By Tony Sjodin | October 8, 2020Middlebury 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 8, 2020What 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 1, 2020The 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 1, 2020Campus 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 1, 2020Last 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 1, 2020Two 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 1, 2020MiddView 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 1, 2020First-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, 2020 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 30, 2020A 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 26, 2020A 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 24, 2020New 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 24, 2020As 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 24, 2020Prospective 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 24, 2020This 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 22, 2020For two groups of students, Phase Two festivities came to a grinding halt when Public Safety officers knocked on their doors Thursday night.