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Why you should make art!

By Olive Austin | April 30, 2026

Finding a creative outlet can help reduce stress, strengthen community and promote mental health without demanding too much of your schedule. Arts engagement on campus is an important way not only to build connections but also to take care of ourselves, and you should get involved!

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What’s better than watching people suffer?

By Zach Marcus | April 30, 2026

A couple weeks ago, the professional basketball player Jaden Ivey went live on Instagram and criticized the NBA’s promotion of Pride Month, resulting in his dismissal from the Chicago Bulls. The video starts with him driving in a car, criticizing the league for celebrating “unrighteousness.” As ...

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So you want to go into private equity?

By Ella Beebe | April 30, 2026

As we all trudge through the chore that is the summer internship search, inevitably regretting not having put in more effort towards it during J-Term, I can’t help but notice how Middlebury’s finance recruitment culture always seems to take center stage. Why does securing an internship in private ...

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Do you have faith in the future of Middlebury?

By The Editorial Board | April 30, 2026

Middlebury College has stood for two hundred and twenty-five years. It has weathered civil wars, financial crashes and global pandemics without disappearing. For most students, that permanence feels like a given. However, it is clearly at a crossroads. An impending demographic cliff, the unprecedented ...

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Anina Dentel-Pham ’27 for SGA President

By Editorial Board | April 23, 2026

We are excited to announce our endorsement of Anina Dentel-Pham ’27 to serve as the next Student Government Association (SGA) President. With deep-rooted experience in SGA and an action-oriented plan, The Campus believes that Dentel-Pham and her vice presidents, Jeffrey Teh ’28 and Connor McClellan ...

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Read more Addison Independent, Less New York Times

By Lily Jensen | April 23, 2026

As a Middlebury student, you have access to the Addison Independent – it’s time to use it. Reading the news is a ritual many of us take very seriously. Almost always, I hear the same publications over and over: the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, etc. ...

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Reviving a tradition, rekindling a community

By Jeffrey Teh and Namrita Ghani | April 23, 2026

At a small liberal arts college, “community” is more than just a buzzword we repeat on tours to prospective students — it is a promise we make to one another. Community is what draws students to campuses like Middlebury in the first place: the idea that learning extends beyond the classroom into ...

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Recentering learning when we talk about grades

By Linus Owens, Kemi Fuentes-George, Greg Pask, Jason Mittell and Catherine Combelles | April 23, 2026

This spring, The Campus has seen numerous articles and editorials discussing grading, ranging from coverage of the Economics department’s new grading policies, to calls for addressing grade inflation with campus-wide grade quotas and caps. The draft of our new strategic plan explicitly calls for action ...

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SPECS Panther Column — Let’s talk about attraction

By Laila Almefty-Hernandez and Emilia Zenker | April 23, 2026

At SPECS, we talk a lot about sex — the importance of regular STI testing, the nuances of consent, birth control choices, pleasure and more — but not as much about attraction and how it manifests beyond sexual experiences. In celebration of Asexuality Awareness Day, which took place on April 6, ...

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It’s your planet too

By Sga Environmental Sustainability Committee | April 16, 2026

Insurance companies have begun to pull out of entire states. Homeowners in Florida, Louisiana and California have found themselves uninsurable through no fault of their own. Climate-related disasters meant that the actuarial math no longer worked, and the people pricing this risk were not environmental ...

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The potent power of SGA

By Jonathan Eaton | April 16, 2026

The Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) has long struggled with growing student apathy. Most students view it as a performative body utilized by ambitious students to puff up their resumes rather than a vital community organ. This past year, very few students followed public SGA ...

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The potent power of SGA

By Jonathan Eaton | April 16, 2026

The Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) has long struggled with growing student apathy. Most students view it as a performative body utilized by ambitious students to puff up their resumes rather than a vital community organ. This past year, very few students followed public SGA ...

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Letter to the Editor: Combatting grade inflation requires a campus-wide approach

By Gabriella Gerig | April 16, 2026

The Middlebury Campus recently reported on the Middlebury Economics department’s new department-wide policy instituting a 95% threshold for receiving an A grade. Previous to this development, grades were up to the professor’s discretion, and there was little standardization across the department.  ...

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Blurring the line between campus and town

By Editorial Board | April 16, 2026

It is a cold Saturday afternoon in January, and Middlebury’s ice hockey team faces off against its fierce NESCAC competitors. The arena is full of excitement and tension. Fans wear oversized hockey jerseys, clutching hot dogs in one hand and blue-and-white pom-poms in the other, as they root for the ...

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