This isn’t good enough
By Max Padilla | September 26, 2019I’d like to change the way people at Middlebury talk and think about racial issues and this may be my one shot.
Opinion
What will you do now?
By Emily Thompson | September 26, 2019Though I use alarmist language to describe the climate crisis, I actually don’t think much about this emergency anymore.
Midd: Invite fewer speakers
By John Gosselin | September 26, 2019In J-Term and the spring semester of 2019, 194 lectures occurred at Middlebury College.
An ode to orgs: new (and old) students, get involved!
By Editorial Board | September 19, 2019Whatever you thought you knew about Middlebury College before, you will likely leave having made the following conclusion: To become a Middlebury student is to become involved.
The murky social contract of the DFMO
By Sex Panther | September 19, 2019DFMO stands for “Dance Floor Make-Out”— which, whether we like it or not, is a time-honored tradition at Middlebury College.
Ask Tré: Welcome back, let’s jump in
By Tré Stephens | September 19, 2019I just failed an exam, what do I do?
Some wisdom for beginning college
By The Scott Center For Spiritual And Religious Life | September 19, 2019Dear Middlebury students, You do not have to have things figured out.
For brand promotion, look elsewhere
By Editorial Board | September 12, 2019A college newspaper is not a public relations office.
We need the commons system
By Sandhya Sewnauth | September 12, 2019I’d like to express why I think the commons should be here to stay.
Please, read this newspaper
By James Finn, Sadie Housberg and Sabine Poux | September 12, 2019If you thought you and your friends kept up a lively group chat this summer, you should have seen ours.
You should travel less (or at least try to be better at it)
By Holton Huntington | September 12, 2019Few pastimes have a more direct impact on a place than tourism.
Don’t write off the Peace Corps
By Courtney Cano | September 12, 2019I am currently living in a rural village in the Eastern province of Zambia as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer.
Cartographer’s note
By Emma Brown | September 12, 2019I was so excited and flattered when the Campus reached out and asked for my help with this project.
A call to action: Middlebury, it’s time to prioritize our mental healthcare
By Arthur Martins | August 13, 2019We are often told that college is a seminal period of our lives; that it is the time in which we grow the most because we leave our home communities, live on our own, and are able to fail and thrive in a liberal academic environment. We hold as self-evident that excelling in classes, assignments, and ...
Turns out, words have consequences
By Taite Shomo | August 7, 2019In his recent article for The Guardian, Jacek Dehnel recounts the hatred and violence he and others experienced as part of a Polish Pride Parade in Białystok, Poland, where marchers were outnumbered four to one by protestors. Dehnel describes images of men attacking marchers, burning rainbow flags, ...
Contra Khan: A Response to "Moss Pushes False Narrative...Yet Again"
By Kevin Moss | May 16, 2019First off, I’d like to thank Mr. Khan for that little trip down memory lane! Let me state right off the bat that I have no regrets about standing up for the rights of LGBT people and other marginalized groups at Middlebury. I don’t retract a single comment, especially about Rehnquist, who not only ...
Droit de réponse: French and Francophone Studies Speaks Back
By William Poulin-Deltour | May 13, 2019Last week’s Campus – the last issue of the academic year – contained two disturbing articles concerning the Department of French and Francophone Studies here at Middlebury College, of which I am currently chair. One, a “news item,” dealt with our study-abroad program in Yaoundé, Cameroon, ...
Response to "Moss Pushes False Narrative… Yet Again"
By Matthew Walker | May 10, 2019I may be mistaken, as Alexander Khan's argument in his recent letter to The Middlebury Campus is not always easy to follow and on occasion descends into ad hominem attacks that are frankly below the level of what one should read in a newspaper, but it seems to me that what Khan is basically questioning ...
A Response to the Legutko Visit from the Political Science Student Advisory Committee
By Political Science Student Advisory Committee | May 9, 2019In light of events of the recent weeks concerning on-campus speakers, the Political Science Student Advisory Committee believes it is appropriate to contribute our views to the ongoing conversation. We are disappointed that both the Ryszard Legutko lecture and the planned protest in response did not ...
Our Year in Review
By Editorial Board | May 9, 2019We are proud of the work we have done this year, but we recognize there is room for improvement.