Letter to the editor: Feb. 13, 2020
By James Marc Leas | February 13, 2020James Marc Leas, a patent attorney in Vermont, weighs in on Charles Murray returning to campus.
Opinion
Charles Murray, once again: Undoing three years of community healing
By Center For The Comparative Study Of Race And Ethnicity | February 9, 2020Faculty on the advisory board of the college's Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity opine on Charles Murray's impending visit to campus.
On engaging with Charles Murray
By The Committee On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion | January 31, 2020"Jim Douglas and the College Republicans are, of course, free to invite whomever they wish," writes the CDEI. "However, they should be clear about why they are inviting certain people, and what the implications for these invitations are."
Revisiting speech and inclusion
By Faculty Members Of The Committee On Speech And Inclusion | January 23, 2020The faculty members of the Committee on Speech and Inclusion write about the re-invitation of Charles Murray to campus.
The crisis in Iran: An oppressive regime and its voiceless people
By Niki Kowsar | January 23, 2020What has unfolded since the morning of January 3 has been incredibly difficult for me to unpack as an Iranian-born Canadian citizen and a U.S. permanent resident.
Taking sex off the table
By Sex Panther | January 23, 2020By choosing to not have sex, even though that was clearly his expectation for the night, she felt that she had messed up her chance to be with him.
Studying in a bushfire
By Emily Chu | January 23, 2020When I stepped out of the Sydney International Airport, the smell of ash immediately entered my nose.
An invitation from the Scott Center
By The Scott Center | January 23, 2020World events, as well as the struggles of building a society free from hate, can weigh heavily on us.
How Middlebury College can help Vermont workers
By Dan Golstein, Emma Mckee, Chloe Mcnamara and Ife Onuorah | January 23, 2020One of the first things that a new student notices upon joining the Middlebury community is the common fidelity to social justice.
Your input matters to Community Council
By John Gosselin | January 23, 2020A committee appointed by Community Council will soon conduct a review of specialty housing at the College.
An invitation to reengage
By Dominic Aiello | January 22, 2020The presidents of the Middlebury College Republicans write about their decision to reinvite Charles Murray to speak at the college this spring.
Open letter on staff wages
By Kevin Moss, Laurie Essig, Gloria Gonzáles Zenteno, Ellery Foutch, Ellen Oxfeld, Patricia Saldarriaga, Shawna Shapiro, Michael Sheridan, Yumna Siddiqi, Daniel Silva, Rebecca Tiger, Max Ward and Catharine Wright | January 14, 2020In an open letter, some members of the Middlebury faculty ask the college to address pay compression for long-time staff.
The skinniest college in America
By Quinn Boyle | December 5, 2019About a month ago, Quinn Boyle '21 decided to take a medical leave from Middlebury mid-semester to seek treatment for my bulimia nervosa. She found that the college was "too blinded by liability to evaluate what is in a student's best interest."
When it comes to open expression, keep the conversation open
By Editorial Board | December 5, 2019A couple weeks ago, an email popped up in your Middlebury inbox from the Office of the President introducing the student handbook’s new Policy on Open Expression and revised Demonstration Regulations
International diversity as a mindset instead of a number
By Florence Wu | December 5, 2019International students reflect on the loaded nature of the question: "Where are you from?"
In support of Middlebury’s history
By John Gosselin | December 5, 2019Middlebury College has a deep commitment to history.
This is a f***ing emergency, Middlebury
By Emily Thompson | December 5, 2019This rising global tension is proof of the urgency of our current socioeconomic and environmental reality.
Ask Tré
By Tré Stephens | December 5, 2019As someone who has experienced trauma, I find that I put myself in unhealthy situations and relationships with people more often than I should.
Middlebury is failing its students with disabilities and injuries
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | December 5, 2019I’m sobbing, furiously wiping tears from my eyes with the back of my sleeve as I push myself on a KneeRover scooter in a mad dash to make my orthopedics appointment.
New student group calls for sensible drug policies
By Maria Bobbitt-Chertock, C Green, Kineret Grant-Sasson, Amy Egan and Lily Shale | December 5, 2019Our friends have been punished for drug use, or have had nowhere to go for adequate treatment and counseling.