Spotlight on the South
By James Finn | July 29, 2019In the wake of May’s restrictive abortion laws, southern students contend with peers’ perceptions of their home states
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Eric Masinter, Middlebury junior from Colorado, dies
By Emma Patch | July 12, 2019Eric Masinter ’21 died by suicide last week. Eric took his life during a cross-country road trip returning to his home in Colorado from Middlebury, according to an all-school email from President Laurie L. Patton sent on July 11. Eric is survived by his parents, Rob ’86 and Kathy, and siblings ...
College approves CPT, grants international students option to work in U.S.
By Sarah Asch | June 25, 2019The college approved a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) option for international students last week after major delays from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) left international students around the country unable to begin their summer jobs in the States. CPT, which Middlebury ...
Run, Don't Walk: Two Midd Grads Cross the VCM Finish Line
By Sarah Asch | June 3, 2019While their classmates from the class of 2019 walked across the stage at commencement last Sunday, Chloe Ferrone ’19 and Sam Boudreau ’19 decided to celebrate their graduation a little differently. Ferrone and Boudreau both ran in the Vermont City Marathon on May 26, skipping out on the festivities ...
SGA Decides Against Dissolution as Academic Year Ends
By Porter Bowman | May 23, 2019Since the Student Government Association (SGA) presented its 13 Proposals for Community Healing at a town hall on April 23, the administration has agreed to address several of the SGA’s demands. For now, the administration’s actions appeared to appease the SGA Senate, who ended the academic year ...
Workforce Planning Enters Final Stage
By Miyo Mcginn | May 9, 2019This week, Middlebury is entering the final stage of its yearling effort to shrink staff costs through buyouts. Employees give the process mixed reviews.
College Struggles to Meet Surging Demand for Mental Health Support
By James Finn
| May 9, 2019
Many students struggle with mental health during their time at college. At Middlebury, receiving mental health support can be an obstacle in itself. Over the course of a three-month investigation by The Campus, students voiced frustrations with aspects of the college’s mental health services ranging ...
New Admissions Dean Curvin Outlines Her Goals
By Hannah Bensen | May 9, 2019After growing up in a family of educators, incoming Dean of Admissions Nicole Curvin initially avoided pursuing a career in education. But she soon changed her mind, intrigued by the vitality and constantly changing nature of higher education. “What I realized, ultimately, is that one of the best ...
Faculty Consider Changes to College Protest Policy
By Nicole Pollack | May 9, 2019A committee of faculty, staff and students proposed a new college protest policy at the April 26 faculty meeting. They developed the new policy collaboratively in response to the unpopular draft protest policy published online last November. While the initial draft policy, written by General Counsel ...
Where the Hamilton Forum Gets Its Money
By Caroline Kapp | May 9, 2019The controversy last month over the cancellation of a lecture by Ryszard Legutko threw the organization that invited him, the Alexander Hamilton Forum, into the national spotlight. Student activists and faculty members criticized the Political Science department and Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs ...
Debate Society Wins Big in Panama
By Rose Evans | May 9, 2019In the culmination of a highly successful season, the 2018-19 Middlebury Debate society traveled to Panama City, Panama last week for the Pan American Championships (Pan Ams) and achieved a historic performance for the program. The annual title tournament features teams from North, Central and South ...
MEATLESS IN MONTEREY: MIIS to Hold Vegan Graduation Ceremony
By Sabine Poux | May 9, 2019When the 266 graduates of the Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS) walk at commencement this year, they will be walking at the nation’s most sustainable graduation yet. The school will make history as the first institute of higher education to hold a 100% vegan graduation ceremony, ...
Through Student Trading Service, Bookstore to Sell Books Again
By Lucy Grindon | May 9, 2019As this semester comes to an end, the college bookstore has taken over MiddBooks, a book-trading website set up by students Pete Palumbo ’20 and Marty Williams ’20 at the beginning of this academic year to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange after the bookstore stopped carrying books. The MiddBooks ...
Introduction: The Spirit of the Times
By Bochu Ding | May 2, 2019“Would you support the construction of a swirly slide inside the Great Hall of Bicentennial Hall? We're talking a 6-story curling slide that has entry points on all floors and ends on the second floor, open for use after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all weekend, or whatever else we can secure as a compromise.” This ...
SOAN Department Proposes Split Into Individual Sociology and Anthropology Departments
By Nicole Pollack | May 2, 2019The Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) proposed splitting into two individual departments, offering two separate majors, during the faculty meeting last Friday.
Students Talk Sexism and Racism in STEM Departments
By Sarah Asch | May 2, 2019After a two-week period in which an offensive chemistry exam question came to light and a problematic cartoon was shown in a geology class, increased attention has been focused from students, parents and faculty on the sciences — specifically on the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry — to ...
Student Panel Discusses Next Steps After Legutko Drama
By Riley Board | May 2, 2019A week after a lecture by Polish politician Ryszard Legutko was canceled by administrators, Quinn Boyle ’21 asked those gathered in Dana Auditorium for the “Moving Forward” panel discussion to turn to their neighbors and answer a question: What was at stake for you last week?
Student Activists Hold Solidarity Rally
By Gigi Hogan | May 2, 2019In the wake of the controversy stirred by Ryszard Legutko’s visit to campus two weeks ago, members of the Middlebury community gathered in Mead Chapel to support marginalized groups. The small crowd that gathered on Friday evening included members of the college’s faculty and student body alike, ...
Dickinson Hands off Weekly Politics Lunches to Students
By Hannah Bensen | May 2, 2019Just minutes after Professor of Political Science Matthew Dickinson announced his decision to take a hiatus from his weekly politics luncheons, a group of students who regularly attend the lunches created a group message with the aim to continue them in his stead. The luncheons, which occur every ...
Student Campaign Assesses Food Waste
By Cecelia Scheuer | May 2, 2019A new student-led initiative, sponsored by the SGA Environmental Affairs Committee, is trying to change that by assessing and publicizing data about quantities of food waste that students left behind in Proctor Dining Hall last week. From Monday through Friday, Middlebury dining staff weighed all uneaten ...