Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Logo of The Middlebury Campus
Saturday, Mar 28, 2026

Opinion


The Setonian

Letters to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:September 14th's Middlebury Campus lead article ("Administration cutting back on Feb admissions") may have generated some unnecessary concerns and I write to add perspective.Adjustments to the Feb program will continue to be made very gradually, and the results ...


The Setonian

Editorial Saving Student Governance

Author: [no author name found] Our Student Government Association (SGA) is in trouble. With only one competitive race in the upcoming senate elections, the campus-wide indifference towards this institution seems to have reached a new high. While we give the SGA leaders credit for the energy and enthusiasm ...


The Setonian

Notes from the Desk

Author: Polly Johnson It was a beautiful Monday morning in September. Being an enthusiastic MiddKid, I decided to wake up at 6 a.m., fix myself a steaming mug of hot chocolate, and sit out on the porch of the beautiful house I am fortunate enough to live in as the result of my seniority and take in ...


The Setonian

West Nile Virus fears exaggerated

Author: Emily Kilborn The recent hysteria over West Nile Virus (WNV) in the American media has been largely unfounded, and last week's sensationalist Middlebury Campus article ["Blood-thirsty bugs out of control"] was no exception.In truth, only 119 Americans died of WNV last year, out of a national ...


The Setonian

Editorial The Facebook thing and what you like to do with it

Author: [no author name found] Meet Joe Midd. Or wait, maybe you already have. Joe is a sophomore international studies major with an economics minor. He hails from Pasadena, Calif., his mailbox number is 6739, and he currently lives in Brooker 403. This semester he is only taking three classes - West ...


The Setonian

Letters to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Having two daughters who entered Midd as Febs, I am most sorry to hear thi s ("AdministrationCutting Back on Feb Admissions," Sept. 14, 2006. Febs seem to have a special pride, and their numbers, well over 100, give merit to the program yet do not lead them ...


The Setonian

An offer you cannot refuse voting

Author: May Boeve It's lawn sign season again. Anyone of us who drove to campus last week probably noticed any number of them adorning the lawns of our college community. Tarrant, Bernie, Welch and Rainville are among the names you might have seen. But heck, it's a midterm election. Nobody really pays ...


The Setonian

WomenSafe is open for business

Author: Christine Neeb As another semester at Middlebury begins, students often find themselves looking for worthwhile volunteer opportunities. WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social ...


The Setonian

Notes from the desk

Author: Jake A. Kuipers So I have this friend - let's call him Trevor - who graduated from high school in spring 2002. After two short months he began his college career on the east coast. Four years later he graduated from college, got a job in Boston, and has moved there recently. He now works ...


The Setonian

Letter to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The Middlebury Campus has a right to know only what the office of the Vermont District Attorney can lawfully issue about the pending investigation. Frankly, The Campus cannot be trusted even with accurate information. Please note that a rape charge - violent ...


The Setonian

In My Humble Opinion Tennis, anyone?

Author: Daniel Roberts So did you watch the men's final Sunday night? You know, Roddick vs. Federer? You have no idea what I am talking about? No surprise there. Apparently even the U.S. Open, the biggest event in Tennis, is unable to draw as many viewers as any World Series game or Superbowl. It is ...


The Setonian

Editorial challenge us to challenge you

Author: [no author name found] President Ronald D. Liebowitz cleared his schedule on Tuesday for a series of seven open lunch meetings with students in the coming weeks. The President's invitation came only hours after Student Government Association (SGA) President Alex Stanton announced the creation ...


The Setonian

Editorial A right to know (May 4)

Author: [no author name found] This is a special edition featuring Middlebury Campus coverage of the Delta House investigations and suspension decision. The following editorial is a reprint from May 4.In light of charges pressed upon members of the Duke University lacrosse team, which have resulted ...


The Setonian

Abstention, what it can mean

Author: AUSTEN LEVIHN-COON '07 I was disappointed to hear the condemnation of the abstention votes in last week's Campus [Applause for Transparency 5/4/06]. While the necessity for abstentions is disappointing, these votes are not counterproductive. There is much that can be learned from the large ...


The Setonian

Middlebury, as told from the victory lap

Author: TREVOR SHOLLY '05 '06 A wise friend once told me that leaving college in four years was like leaving the party at 10 - it's just getting started. I spent this past year testing his hypothesis as a 5-year senior here at Middlebury College. I am what the Administration labels a "special student" ...


The Setonian

Editorial

Author: [no author name found] College-Police relations: a two-way streetThe relationship between College students and the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) seems to have gone drastically downhill this year. The College-MPD relationship is an important one, and all efforts should be made to maintain ...


The Setonian

Notes FROM THE DESK

Author: Caroline S. Stauffer and Thomas C. Drescher As our final production cycle draws to a close in the glorious fluorescent dungeon that is Hepburn Basement, we realize wistfully that it will soon be time to pack up the PCs, stash the red pens and strip the walls and bulletin boards of an amusing ...


The Setonian

Inaction is easy, but not worth it

Author: ROBERT LEVINE '08 Over the last few weeks, the issue of climate change has been attracting lots of attention on campus. Andrew Revkin, a reporter for The New York Times who spoke this past Thursday, was just the most recent of the many authors and experts who have come to Middlebury to discuss ...


The Setonian

Mental illness at Midd

Author: CHRIS LIZOTTE '07 At Middlebury, where concern for sensitivity and diversity is paramount, I am shocked by the persistent tolerance for a certain set of myths about a certain type of difference. Let me elaborate: perhaps prompted by an increase in dialogue about mental health brought to Middlebury ...




Popular