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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
The first time “Zeitgeist” showed up in my inbox, I almost ignored it. It was my first year at Middlebury, and the word meant nothing to me. But I clicked the link out of curiosity. As I read through the questions, I was struck by how different they felt from the ones institutions usually ask. They ...
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As the weather finally warms up (forgetting this Tuesday's snow), students finally begin to trade parkas, mittens and wool hats for lighter layers. The College emerges from its winter routine as Adirondack chairs fill Battell Beach and McCullough lawn once again. Students rush to get a coveted ...
A couple years ago, I had a professor who started each class by introducing an “AI tool” and having us fiddle around with it. Write a nonsense poem satirizing the musical Hamilton in Lewis Carroll’s voice, I’d type in, and the program would barf out some metrically-challenged slop. Make me a ...
Lately, Middlebury College has been acting confused. With the state of the world right now, who can blame it? The cost to provide a liberal arts education continues to rise, which is exacerbated by the Trump administration’s war on higher education. We’re in the process of breaking up with our long-distance ...
This piece has been written by staff members at The Center for Careers and Internships. For students of the class of 2026 preparing to enter a competitive job market, getting an early start on the job search can help you navigate an increasingly competitive landscape. Hiring has become more selective, ...
The last time I wrote for The Campus was in Ramadan 2024. I wrote a piece on the famous Persian-speaking Muslim poet Rumi and his passion for fasting in this month. Two years have passed, and I find myself writing again during Ramadan. This time, however, my pen can hardly string words together on anything ...
Sunday, March 8th, was International Women's Day. In Anne Hathaway's speech to the UN on International Women’s Day, she delivers, “We come together in tribute to the hope and the work and the grit of those who have not yielded to cynicism, who leave the candle of our collective faith in the importance ...
On March 9th, 55 students arrived at President Ian Baucom’s house in style, sporting blazers, collared shirts, khakis and even ties. The students did not fail to follow the strict business-casual dress code, which explicitly stated: “Dress code is business casual — no jeans and DEFINITELY [emphasis ...
U.S.A. and Israel have partially invoked humanitarian reasons such as rescuing protesters to initiate the war. The mass killings and casualties of civilian protesters, internet blackout, imprisonment of activists like Narges Mohammadi and Nasrin Sotoudeh and systematic oppressions against Kurdish and ...
In June 1948, the Middlebury Board of Trustees voted to elect two women to the board for the first time: Gertrude Cornish Milliken and Alice Guest Howson. While the name Milliken may be familiar to many students on campus, Howson is not. In current blog posts, articles and published materials, Gertrude ...
International students make up an integral part of Middlebury’s student body. The college has a long and proud history of welcoming international students. It was a founding member of the United World College Davis Scholars program, which has become the largest private scholarship for international ...