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Photo Essays
Proctor Dining Hall: community, cooking and connection
By Amelia Colder | April 18, 2024The Creperie: Providing you a Wednesday night treat
By Maya Alexander | April 11, 2024All walks of life, All for ceasefire
By Aren Lau, June Su and Kana Decoste | January 25, 2024Through our lens: foliage, fall, and the unexplored
By Dylan Taylor and Sam Roubin | October 26, 2023Latest stories
Getting up, falling down, and doing it all over again: A comprehensive look at Middlebury College’s skateboarding scene
By Devin Santikarma | September 21, 2023The thunderous rolls of tiny urethane wheels down Middlebury’s hills can be heard from dorm room windows across campus at virtually any time of day. Balancing precariously on top of an eight inch wide wooden plank while going down rails and jumping down stairs whose architects never envisioned them ...
Staying rooted: a guide to Middlebury wildflower identification
By Dorian Lamb | April 27, 2023These past few weeks have been especially stressful at Middlebury, from false alarms and reduced dining options to upcoming final exams. One of the many outlets that has helped me maintain peace during these times has been grounding myself in the natural world, looking above these difficulties and down ...
Stone Leaf Teahouse: a bridge between two worlds
By Katherine Michaelson | April 20, 2023I’m a very big fan of tea, and the Stone Leaf Teahouse is one of my favorite places in Middlebury. I visit the store regularly, as I find it to be the best place to spend some good, quality time with my school work or friends (or both). With this in mind, I can’t quite tell if my motivations behind ...
Conversations with custodians
By Annalise Johnson | March 16, 2023Since the pandemic, custodians have been faced with new challenges, from shifting hours, shifting staff, and decreased connection with students. Members of the custodial staff share their experiences.
The three days that took a hundred years
By Katherine Michaelson | February 23, 2023Last weekend marked the 100th anniversary of the celebrated Middlebury Winter Carnival, one of the college’s most beloved traditions. The Carnival came and went in true Middlebury fashion, including most of its quintessential events. But not every winter carnival tradition could be reanimated. ...
Spring Student Symposium returns in person
By Emmanuel Tamrat | April 28, 2022The Spring Student Symposium returned in person for the first time since spring 2019 on Friday, April 22.
Musicians at Midd: Conversations with Yawny, Jocular William and Mickmaster Fresh
By Devin Santikarma | April 21, 2022For this article, I wanted to spend time documenting students who identify as musicians at Middlebury, whose rich musical history extends from Tony-award winning Anaïs Mitchell to the infamous viral “MiddKid” music video. Though hailing from different backgrounds and styles, they are all brought ...
Photographer Spotlight: Dylan Schmeling
By Atticus Coates | April 14, 2022Dylan Schmeling ’24.5, a Biology and Physics double major and an international student, finds inspiration in his home country of Tanzania. His photography shows the Tanzanian countryside, and thus documents the people, animals and landscape he grew up around.
Insights from Students with Disabilities at Midd
By Nadia Hare | April 7, 2022As a photojournalist, I acknowledge the historical role the media has played in perpetuating ableism through representations of disability. I would like to emphasize the various ways students with disabilities exist on this campus, and the extent that Middlebury as an institution comes to support us ...
The Unsung Heroes of the Snow Bowl
By Devin Santikarma | March 10, 2022As the parking lot starts to clear out and the lift chairs hang suspended in the air, Snow Bowl staff are able to call it a day, enthusiastic for the weekend splitboard festival ahead. For some staff, though, their day on the mountain is just getting started.
Middlebury’s 99th Annual Winter Carnival: The Middlebury Ski Races Return
By Emily Hogan | March 4, 2022After a year-long hiatus due to Covid-19, ski racers, students and spectators once again took to the slopes at the Middlebury Carnival. The races were one event in the larger 99th Annual Winter Carnival, which consisted of on-campus events such as a bonfire, fireworks, trivia and several activities ...
The Yellow Deli: Rutland's connection to a global religious community
By Atticus Coates | January 27, 2022Catchy yellow paint announces a “Market and Lounge” past a corridor. Walking through leads to a shop selling yerba maté, handmade soap and body care products. While it may seem like a typical, if off-beat, restaurant, the Yellow Deli is actually part of an alternative religious community that spans ...
Greg’s Meat Market: Middlebury butcher follows 40-year-old vision
By Devin Santikarma and Lynn Yan | December 9, 2021Located at the central intersection, a couple of hundred feet away from the newly constructed Amtrak station, Greg’s Meat Market holds an array of surprises. The grocery store has a local, mom-and-pop atmosphere. As I step inside its produce-packed door, I’m welcomed by a cashier and roam the aisles ...
Three stories on queerness and the LGBTQ dating scene at Middlebury
By Nadia Hare | December 2, 2021Walking into Elizabeth’s bedroom located in the Chinese house, I was met with vibrant arts and crafts pinned to the walls and scattered across the floor. Elizabeth Austin ’24 (she/her) is my partner in our Oceanography course and I met Lily Shannon ’23 (they/them) during a pre-orientation Zoom ...