YouPower: All students, not just athletes, deserve spaces for exercise and wellness
By Youpower Leadership | November 11, 2021On Nov. 1, YouPower was informed via email that there is not a suitable space for riding indoors on campus at this time.
Opinion
The Middlebury Romantic: Technological Advances Advancing Romance: The Delicate Art of Tinder
By Edyth Moldow | November 11, 2021I fumbled around the bottom of my bag, frantically removing notebooks and opening zippers in hopes of grasping the one thing I am most insecurely attached to: my phone. Our relationship is not always mutually beneficial, one might say. I mean, two hours of Instagram reels and Pokémon GO is hardly a ...
Letter to the Editor, in response to: “Student suffers near-critical medical emergency at Marriott Hotel without support from Public Safety
By Smita Ruzicka, Mike Thomas and Demitria Kirby | November 11, 2021We are writing in response to your Letter to the Editor, published in today’s issue of The Campus, which claims that The Campus’ Nov. 4 article “Student suffers near-critical medical emergency at Marriott Hotel without support from Public Safety” contains factual inaccuracies.
Hidden struggles at Middlebury
By Mubasshira Ahmed | November 11, 2021Middlebury is supposed to provide a system in place to protect their minority students from bigotry, and not implement more discriminatory systems to further disadvantage minorities like putting them on the Bread Loaf campus.
We demand sufficient care now
By Editorial Board | November 4, 2021While college administrators may be well-intentioned, ultimately, mental health resources remain inadequate — and we haven’t seen a significant push to change that reality.
Notes from the Desk: Why we need to talk about suicide
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 4, 2021If the message when you need help is that you have to search for it yourself, all that many people will hear is that there is no help for them.
Writing and striking from the precipice of the climate crisis
By Emily Thompson | November 4, 2021Content Warning: This op-ed contains mentions of a hunger strike.
Grieving as a community
By Editorial Board | October 28, 2021And as we did, confused and conflicted about what to do and what to feel, no one around us seemed to be talking to it. It became silent grief for many of us, and it remained unclear how or when it would be processed.
The Middlebury Romantic: The Real-Life Horror Movie
By Edyth Moldow | October 28, 2021Whether or not you agree, it does seem like the monsters that creep across our screens sometimes appear in real life. Horror movie tropes represent different types of partners you might find in your life, and certainly here at Middlebury.
Time: Off
By Florence Wu | October 28, 2021The idea came to me while watching a snowboarding movie called “Offline” which started with a neon-coloured, 3D, spinning sign that said: “The Internet Never Sleeps.” In the background was a dizzying collage of memes, likes, emojis and phones. The introduction nauseated me so much that I ...
NFTD: Learning to Redefine Disability
By Daleelah Saleh | October 14, 2021I have anxiety and depression. My favorite color is purple (or blue, depending on the day). I’m happiest in libraries, at concerts, on the beach or watching sunsets. I’m passionate about multimedia storytelling and creating positive representation for marginalized communities. Fall is my favorite ...
Middlebury Students Deserve to Live at Middlebury College
By Sam Lipin | October 14, 2021Bread Loaf should not have been a housing option this year. It should never again be an option. I am a junior Feb, meaning I had five weeks of normal Middlebury life before being dealt a heavily altered college experience lasting the next two and a half semesters. During those two semesters, the undergraduate ...
Playtime with the Doric String Quartet
By Ben Beese | October 14, 2021As I sit down to write this, I ask myself, “why bother?” It is common and far too accurate to joke about the absence of young people in concert halls. Such jokes were made to me at least twice in reference to last weekend’s concert by the Doric String Quartet and Jonathan Biss. Of course, the ...
Letter to the Editor
By Jonathan Isham | October 14, 2021"The Other Pandemic" (October 7, 2021), signed by Professor Jason Mittell on behalf of the AAUP Executive Committee and Working Conditions Committee, contains at least one false statement and one claim that cannot be supported by any known data. "Vermont case counts are currently higher than nearly ...
To Each Their Own Balance
By Editorial Board | October 7, 2021After a year and a half of quarantining, distancing and Zooming, Middlebury is beginning to again resemble what it once was, and the desire to return to a pre-pandemic campus life — pre-dispersion of friends and classmates taking semesters off or learning remotely, pre-seeing close contacts only, ...
The Other Pandemic
By Jason Mittell | October 7, 2021After last academic year offered a notable success story that stood out amongst our peer institutions, achieved through a combination of diligence, planning, and very good fortune, Middlebury has opted to forgo much of what made last year so successful despite the continued prevalence of Covid-19 in ...
Keeping us in the loop is the minimum requirement
By Editorial Board | September 30, 2021Two weeks ago, we editorialized on the importance of testing as a means to mitigate community spread. Now, Middlebury is offering opt-in asymptomatic testing on Mondays. However, many questions and contradictions remain regarding Covid-19 risk and safety protocols on campus. As a board, we are again ...
What happened to protecting the most vulnerable?
By Abigail Chang and Anna Metzler | September 30, 2021Things are finally starting to feel normal again here at Middlebury. Proc is bustling, classrooms are full and Atwater residents are throwing ragers again. And with nearly 99% of on-campus students fully vaccinated, the days of universal twice-weekly testing, outdoor masking and close contacts have ...
The Middlebury Romantic asks: What is love?
By Edyth Moldow | September 30, 2021Ralph Waldo Emerson’s view of love is this: “Human beings are like globes, which can touch only in a point, and, whilst they remain in contact, all other points of each of the spheres are inert.” While he is a controversial figure (for good reason, might I add), this transcendentalist literary ...
Middlebury staff require an overdue sense of urgency
By Editorial Board | September 23, 2021This summer, when it became readily apparent that the student body would be significantly overenrolled for the fall 2021 semester, the college immediately sought out potential solutions. They made arrangements for dozens of students to live at the Bread Loaf campus and the Middlebury Marriott. Most ...