The following statement was sent to members of the college administration, as well as the Board of Trustees, on May 8. Signatories are listed at the bottom of this piece. The piece has been lightly edited in accordance with The Campus’ style guidelines. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the ...
Middlebury’s official Instagram account recently shared a photo of me protesting an invited lecture from the racist pseudoscientist Charles Murray in 2017, accompanied by the caption “At Middlebury, we don’t just talk about social justice; we also act on it.” The caption did not mention how ...
In times of either crisis or laziness, it’s easy to fall back on cliches. I try and avoid them, but sometimes they apply perfectly, and one I’ve been using lately is “punching above your weight class.” Thanks to Covid-19, I’ve seen example after example of this from across the Middlebury community. ...
As with pretty much every other aspect of life, Ramadan celebrations in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic have changed significantly. In many cultures, Ramadan has typically been characterized by the unity of the “ummah” (community), as everyone bonds over shared experiences. In this holy month, ...
As the Covid-19 curve flattens, many of us are compelled to celebrate the fast-approaching end of hardships. But for Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, the hardships will continue. Today they face unemployment and malnutrition; tomorrow, further discrimination. In the 14th century, Māori ...
"The human experience was never meant to be replicated digitally."
"Let’s be real. Grades are reductive."
"While the economic crisis is a reality out of our control, our reaction to it and its outcomes are not."
"Our mission statement claims to welcome change. But we were so caught up in trying to preserve our grading system that we were unable to think of creative solutions to this problem."
If nothing else, lockdown has shown us is that no one really has it all figured out.
"Moments of crisis — like the current pandemic — tend to bring out preexisting hatred and prejudices. All minority groups, including the Jewish people, have experienced that backlash at points throughout history."
During Preview Days every year, The Campus invites prospective students to our office to give them a sense of how we covered the college that year. If we were all on campus together, prospies, this is what we'd share with you.
"Nine decades before I’d heard the term 'coronavirus,' Woolf anticipated not only the necessity of escaping, but the literal and figurative refuge found by returning."
I have been in and around educational spaces as a TA, teacher, volunteer, educator and professor for 20 years. Long before I knew that the job of “professor” existed, I was an educator, or, at least, an aspiring one. However, as I was a first-generation college student, writing centers, much like ...
"After reading the open letter to faculty on the opt-in policy yesterday, I felt the need to respond with counter-arguments."
The editorial board is proud to endorse John Schurer ’21 for SGA president.
Our senior sports editor writes about a world without sports.
"It was with dismay that we read Professor Swenton’s 'Sense of the Faculty Motion' calling for the immediate sale of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey."
"I believe that representation demands connection," writes SGA presidential hopeful Arthur Martins '22.5
"Over the past several months, we have been working with our classmates not only to assess the prevalence of food insecurity among our peers ... but to put together a resource guide for those who are hungry."