In 2020, the then-President of MiddVotes submitted an op-ed to The Campus arguing that Middlebury students should create a more robust culture of voting. It’s been four years since then, and as the current President of MiddVotes, I am proud to say that we not only has Middlebury a culture of voting, ...
"How was study abroad?" It’s the first question everyone asks when you return to Middlebury's campus after studying away for a semester. When my friends describe their semesters in Chile, Germany or Japan, their eyes light up with stories of cultural and language immersion. When I mention that my ...
For those of us who are on the left of the political spectrum, patriotism tends to have a negative reputation. It is commonly associated with conservative thinking, nationalist policy and imperialist tendencies. Yet, I fiercely believe a patriotic society can, and must, co-exist with a liberal and forward-thinking ...
As our school and communities across the country consider the use of cell phones and laptops in academic settings, we chose to reflect on what policies the college may implement to mitigate the distractions screens pose, both in and outside of the classroom.
Since the beginning of October, Israel has invaded Lebanon, killing 2,367 and wounding 11,088, overseen the one year anniversary of its genocide in Gaza whose death toll likely soars above 100,000, and begun the ongoing siege of northern Gaza described by one United Nations envoy as “a genocide within ...
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With the brisk mornings and bright foliage of autumn finally sweeping across campus this week, we wanted to reflect on the most memorable parts of the season and what parts of life we could really do without. Your personal fall ins and outs list may look different, but we hope this provides some inspiration ...
“In the arsenal of diplomacy, economic sanctions are crude weapons, slow-acting and unpredictable. When they work, innocents suffer. The bad guys, after all, are usually the ones with the bunkers and gas masks — or, in this case, the power and cash — to endure a war of attrition.”
Almost all of us would do better in class if we took notes on paper and did our readings from physical books. I will be the first to admit it: I love to take notes with my laptop in class. It stores them all in one place, I do not have to worry about deciphering my writing after the fact and it means ...
As conversations on campus and in the national discourse continue on the value of a liberal arts education, we chose this week to reflect on what the liberal arts can and should provide to Middlebury students in the 21st century. A distinction has emerged in the past decade between those who find the ...
Sometimes I think I would have been better off at the University of Minnesota. I was apprehensive, coming to Middlebury: I was worried about the rural setting — I’m a city kid — as well as the cost and the potentially stifling small size. I have seasonal depression, so I was also worried about ...
I’ve been Jewish my whole life. Coming from a very non-Jewish part of the United Kingdom, I have always been open and loud about my Jewish identity. I’ve experienced my fair share of anti-semitism. I remember, without fondness, the swastikas drawn by fingers on early morning bus window condensation ...
Middlebury is a distinctly rural college. Ensuring a signature bucolic charm while trying to cater to an expanding student population with developing needs is an immense challenge. Hence, as the college prepares to open its new 298-bed, 87,000 square foot first year residence hall as early as this spring, ...
We have a wealth problem at Middlebury. The students here are among the wealthiest people in the U.S., and we don’t talk about it nearly enough. Our inability to broach this uncomfortable topic with peers and family hinders us from being authentic people and changemakers. There is a massive amount ...
Over the course of this semester, a group of Super Senior Febs and I will publish a series of op-eds detailing what Middlebury used to be like and what it could be.
SPECS Panther is a mascot for SPECS (sex-positive education for college students) and serves the Middlebury community. As a part of Health & Wellness Education, SPECS Panther seeks to educate and spark independent dialogue, not be the end-all be-all resource on campus. We encourage Midd Kids to ...
My car broke down three weeks ago in Erie, Pa. I loved my 2013 Jetta Hybrid, but it had a lot of problems. The transmission leaked, it was hard to put in gas and the “check engine” light was always on. Still, I was proud of that car because I worked my butt off to pay for it. But when my Jetta and ...
Middlebury has released the demographic information for the newly enrolled class of 2028 and the soon-to-matriculate class of 2028.5. These cohorts mark the first admissions cycle since the Supreme Court's June 2023 decision prohibiting the consideration of race as a factor in the admissions process. ...
The recording room at Summit Sound Studios, located in Southeast suburban Nashville, Tenn., looks like it could be the living room in your typical home: a worn leather couch against one wall, a piano by the other, with tapestries and houseplants for decoration. The only thing that gives away the room’s ...
I’m often incensed by my peers’ behavior here. My buddies all know how I love to rant— they probably wish I’d quit talking about it. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the fact that people have a remarkable lack of spatial awareness on this campus— a problem which is easily ...
Sixty-seven million people watched the Presidential Debate last Tuesday, which is 15.8 million more than who watched the one with Biden. I was one of those 15.8 million. It did plenty to reinforce my sense of disillusionment with American politics. But, I am attempting to fight back against the pull ...