Throwback Thursday: the Archive Issue
By The Middlebury Campus | April 4, 2019We have no new content this week—instead, we dove into the archives, and are reprinting some of the best stories we found in decades-old editions of The Campus.
News
College May End Commons System 'As It Exists Now'
By James Finn | March 21, 2019A steering committee has released recommendations that, if implemented in full, “would effectively mean the end of the commons system at Middlebury as it exists now.”
Two Years After Murray, Students Reflect on the Disciplinary Process
By Sarah Asch | March 21, 2019Two years ago, students protested and shut down a lecture by Charles Murray, a controversial sociologist whose attempts to link race with intelligence have led many to consider his work racist. The day after the March 2 protest, President Laurie Patton sent an all-school email expressing her disappointment. “We ...
Trump Threatens to Deny Funds from Colleges Not Upholding ‘Free Speech’
By Sabine Poux | March 21, 2019Middlebury and other private universities could be targeted by an executive order that President Donald J. Trump proposed earlier this month, which would withhold federal funding from any institutions that do not uphold “free speech.”
SheFly Launches at Stonecutter
By Meredith Robertson | March 21, 2019Stonecutter Spirits teemed with life on Thursday, March 14 during the launch of the SheFly Apparel crowdfunding campaign. Faculty, students and town members gathered to celebrate and support the emerging business, which is moving into its next phase following years of hard work from founders and colleagues ...
10 O’Clock Ross and Social Spaces Top SGA Agenda
By Porter Bowman | March 21, 2019Below is an update on the initiatives, both proposed and passed, of the Student Government Association (SGA). Senate meetings run from 7-8:30 p.m. on Sundays in Axinn 220 and are open to the public. 10 O’Clock Ross After months of planning with Dining Services, the SGA Senate has finalized and ...
Senior Fellows Make Midd Admissions Stand Out
By Hannah Bensen | March 21, 2019At most colleges and universities, professional admissions officers deliver information sessions to prospective students and their families. Not so at Middlebury, where each year, eight seniors are tasked with serving as the face of the college to the more than 10,000 visitors that come to campus. The ...
Snow Bowl, Rikert Slash Prices for Students
By James Finn | March 14, 2019Staff at the Middlebury Snow Bowl and Rikert Nordic Center just made skiing twice as affordable for students. Administrators at both ski sites decided in late February to cut pass prices in half, according to an email sent to students on March 2. Under the new pricing plan, a season pass at the Snow ...
White Allies Asked to Support Eliminating White Supremacy in Curriculum
By Nicole Pollack | March 14, 2019The Hillcrest Orchard was filled to capacity for the “White Allies: It’s Your Turn” meeting last Thursday evening, with students lining the windowsills and crowding onto the floor as organizers Treasure Brooks ’21 and Wengel Kifle ’20 spoke about the need to eliminate racial violence from ...
Munroe Hall to Undergo Long-Awaited Renovations
By Gigi Hogan | March 14, 2019When Munroe Hall was built in 1947, accessibility, air conditioning and general safety standards were not a priority. All of these problems will be addressed in the building’s yearlong renovation, set to begin in June. Although Munroe has been around for over 70 years, the college has made few ...
Map Project Marks Locations of 108 Campus Sexual Assaults and Harassments
By Caroline Kapp | March 7, 2019Red dots cover the map of Middlebury’s campus. Nine on Battell, four on Proctor and one each on Axinn, Twilight, Munroe and the Admissions Office. Each dot represents one person’s experience of sexual assault or harassment
Alumnus Streep wins $100,000 Journalism Prize
By Chloe Fleischer | March 7, 2019Freelance journalist Abe Streep ’04 received the $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism prize last month for his coverage of marginalized communities in the American West.
Midd Named Top Fulbright Producer
By Nicole Pollack | March 7, 2019The U.S. Department of State has named Middlebury a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students and Fulbright U.S. Scholars.
Students Talk Inclusivity, Environment at Symposium
By Kayla Lichtman | March 7, 2019Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG) and other environmental justice groups celebrated the college’s decision to adopt Energy2028 and divest from fossil fuels last month.
Economists Visit College to Debate Future of Capitalism
By Gigi Hogan | March 7, 2019Two influential economists debated whether capitalism is worth saving in today’s world in a debate last Thursday, Feb. 28, in Dana Auditorium. Free-market economist Michael Munger spoke in support of capitalism, while Marxist economist Richard Wolff argued for socialism. Their exchange was part ...
Remembering Thibault Lannoy ’20
By Elaine Velie | February 28, 2019“He had a unique spirit. There’s no one like him,” said Matt Ravichandran ’20, a close friend of Thibault’s who lived with him in Allen Hall his first year and played soccer with him. Ravichandran was one of many friends, family and members of the college community who remembered Thibault ...
Bill Burger to Leave College
By Sarah Asch | February 28, 2019Bill Burger, the college’s vice president for communications and chief marketing officer, will leave his position on April 30. President Laurie L. Patton announced Burger’s departure in an all-school email on Feb. 14.
New Dining Initiative Brings Students, Faculty and Staff Together for Meals
By Porter Bowman | February 28, 2019After several months of work last fall, Sophomore Student Government Association (SGA) Senator Eun Ho Lee ’21 created a new program: The Faculty/Staff Student Tables.
Former CRA Steve Zatarain Returns as New Atwater CRD
By Caroline Kapp | February 28, 2019To the excitement of many students, Steve Zatarain ’15 returned to campus last week to serve as the new interim Atwater Commons Residence Director (CRD). Students in Atwater Commons received notification of his arrival in an email last Monday from Atwater Dean Scott Barnicle, announcing that Zatarain ...
Divesting Middlebury: An Interactive Timeline
By Bochu Ding, Catherine Pollack and Caroline Kapp | February 23, 2019Campus reporters have compiled an interactive timeline walking through some of the most important events along Middlebury's six-year path to fossil fuel divestment.