Aid, apathy and Middlebury’s unwillingness to pay
By Andrew Sebald ’19 | March 11, 2021He lives in an unstable home with a family who refuses to pay for his college and plans to kick him out by the time he turns 18 years old, leaving him homeless.
Opinion
Notes from the Desk: My week quarantined as a close contact
By Eliza King Freedman | March 11, 2021If I’ve learned anything from being in here, beside the obvious “follow the rules,” it’s that I’ve created a family for myself on this campus, and being away from them has shown me how much I need them.
Notes from the Desk: A case study in extremes
By Daleelah Saleh | March 11, 2021March 10, 2020 demarcates a very clear “before” and “after” in my life, and everything in the “after” has been a case study in extremes.
A Closing Note
By Bochu Ding | March 10, 2021Unprecedented. Challenging. Uncertain. These words have become staples in the past year — so prominent and ubiquitous that they have almost lost their meaning. But, in truth, this year has been all of those things. Some of us continue to grapple with the lasting pain of losing a loved one. Others ...
The View From Here
By Editorial Board | March 10, 2021Here we are, a year in. A lot has changed in the past year and it seems like we’ve almost achieved a certain milestone. For us, it’s been a time to reflect. It’s been a time to make sense of the chaos, turmoil and loss that we’ve experienced in the past 365 days and to look ahead. Our staff ...
Middlebury 101: Your crash course from The Campus
By Editorial Board | March 4, 2021For new students, the first few weeks at Middlebury can feel like a crash course in knowing everything you can about life here — and playing off the things you don’t. We remember what it’s like to show up for class in Twilight when you’re supposed to be in Axinn, so let us help you avoid that ...
Supporting staff means supporting fair wages
By Tim Parsons | March 4, 2021Long-time workers at Middlebury deserve to be paid more than new hires and should see a one-time increase in pay under our pay-by-tenure system.
Welcome home, baby Febs
By Editorial Board | March 4, 2021Get excited for the normalcy that’s to come, but don’t let it put a damper on whatever great memories the next few months hold.
MASK OFF, MIDD: Your first weekend when things were normal
By Maria Kaouris | March 4, 2021The rules of the Game are quite simple: you’ll drink. more than you would have had your roommate not specialized in peer pressure but you’ll do it because you want to, really you’ll have friends. lots of them. group chats, clothing swaps and Venmo requests to prove it ...
It’s time for Middlebury to open the books
By The Middlebury Open The Books Campaign | March 4, 2021Middlebury Open the Books is asking our institution to open its financial books as a means of accountability.
J-term, play-it-safe term
By Editorial Board | February 4, 2021Our remote J-Term comes down to this: responsibility.
Students struggled in the fall. There are ways to fix that this spring.
By Editorial Board | January 28, 2021Two in three students broke Covid-19 guidelines during the fall semester. More than three in four experienced worsened mental health.
Facebook Campus is not Middlebury’s friend
By Jake Gaughan | January 28, 2021The stated mission of Middlebury — and of the other 29 colleges and universities that Facebook has chosen to test Facebook Campus on — is one that revolves around education, not the wealth of corporations.
Biden, when is ‘immediately?’
By Joel Machado | January 28, 2021If Democrats are going to help people at this critical moment where it is so desperately needed, it needs to be done with backbone and it needs to be done now.
MASK OFF, MIDD: Everything on a pedestal falls
By Maria Kaouris | January 28, 2021MASK OFF, MIDD: A hollow statue will always crumble.
Beethoven in the quarantine queue: An unorthodox source of hope
By Tejas Srinivasan | January 28, 2021Here’s my recommendation: the next time you’re stressed or worried during these troubled times...try listening to a piece mentioned in this article, or any piece by Beethoven
Middlebury must rescind Rudy Giuliani’s honorary degree
By Editorial Board | January 10, 2021“...Winning is wonderful. Winning in sports. Winning elections. It beats losing them. But the reality is that winning is only fulfilling if you do it through the rules, and you do it by being able to contribute to other people.” These were the words that Rudy Giuliani spoke in his commencement address ...
We should test like we don’t have luck on our side
By Editorial Board | December 3, 2020We ask that the college implement weekly testing for all students, faculty and staff, no-questions-asked testing upon request and mandatory exit testing in this coming spring semester.
Making space for slowness
By Emily Thompson | December 3, 2020We need to change Midd’s culture so that we can all find the slowness, rest and acceptance we need.
From farewells this fall to faring well this spring
By Editorial Board | November 19, 2020While we may have survived this semester, the sustainability of this new normal has yet to be seen.