If you ever pass by the loading dock of the Freeman International Center (FIC) to catch an 8 a.m. morning class, you might notice a group of students riding stationary bikes. This group is YouPower, Middlebury’s free spin club. As the Vermont winter quickly approaches, the group is desperately looking ...
A new Covid-19 vaccination site has opened up to the community as part of a state and national effort to increase vaccine accessibility.
Michael Lewis’ critically acclaimed novel Moneyball famously highlighted the advent of analytics and the relentless pursuit of efficiency in baseball management. In the 18 years since the book came out, the baseball community has continued to embrace new technology and data, and Middlebury’s baseball ...
Dear Vice President for Student Affairs Smita Ruzicka, Vice President for Administration and Chief Risk Officer Mike Thomas and Public Safety Director Dimitria Kirby,
On Nov. 1, YouPower was informed via email that there is not a suitable space for riding indoors on campus at this time.
I fumbled around the bottom of my bag, frantically removing notebooks and opening zippers in hopes of grasping the one thing I am most insecurely attached to: my phone. Our relationship is not always mutually beneficial, one might say. I mean, two hours of Instagram reels and Pokémon GO is hardly a ...
Urine in the elevators, smashed pumpkins, spilled trash, spit on the doors, shattered glass and vomit in the stairwell confronted custodial staff in the Atwater A and B residences in the morning after Halloween weekend.
From its roots in down-home New Orleans bands, Harlem swing and bebop, jazz is constantly evolving. It pays homage to its early icons and bases its musical substance on their characteristics, and yet it takes on new forms that react to the world beyond the practice room. The Middlebury College community ...
In 2020, the town of Ripton voted to withdraw from the Addison Central School District, with the Vermont State Board of Education (VSBE) approving that move in the summer of 2021. However, VSBE reversed this decision in September, issuing a directive requiring Ripton and other towns of the district ...
Ellie Bavier ’22.5 (#3) protects the ball in the NESCAC quarterfinal against Connecticut College.
We are writing in response to your Letter to the Editor, published in today’s issue of The Campus, which claims that The Campus’ Nov. 4 article “Student suffers near-critical medical emergency at Marriott Hotel without support from Public Safety” contains factual inaccuracies.
Last Thursday, Nov. 4, the Vermont Agency of Transportation, in collaboration with the Regional Planning Commission, held a public meeting to discuss truck traffic in the town of Vergennes and the surrounding area.
This week, Cat Harrison ’19 joins the Siefer’s Scoop podcast. A four-year center on the women’s basketball team at Middlebury, Harrison was a two-time captain and ranks second in program history in blocked shots (105) and fourth in rebounds (746).
While many of these students have taken advantage of being home, they have also faced difficulty finding classes in their major and staying connected to their friends on campus.
It certainly feels like November on campus: there’s a chill in the air and the first snow in the mountains is already behind us. These four books all hail from a variety of genres but have a wintery feel, making them perfect for rainy afternoons or snowy nights. I’ve found that winter books often ...
Student organizations and environmental groups are working with the migrant farm worker advocacy group, Migrant Justice, to promote the Milk with Dignity program in Vermont and New England. Representatives from several campus advocacy groups convened on Oct. 28 with organizers from the Milk with Dignity ...
Middlebury is supposed to provide a system in place to protect their minority students from bigotry, and not implement more discriminatory systems to further disadvantage minorities like putting them on the Bread Loaf campus.
Harlem makes sloppy, grimey, stain-your-shirt punk music, but they do it on purpose. “Hippies” hits you right in the face with fast-paced, high-intensity licks and steady percussion, sketchily thrown together over angry vocals. The Austin-based three piece band hasn’t had much commercial success ...
There are a number of “firsts” that students experience when they arrive on Middlebury’s campus that leave them with a sense of place and belonging; the first Vermont fall, the first day of classes, or their first ride down the Snowbowl.