CCI and CCE move to new locations in Kitchel and Blinn Lane
By Ben Wagner | October 7, 2021The college renovated several office buildings to create more living spaces for students in the last year, including the CCI and CCE's former buildings.
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Art Museum unveils new exhibit on Protest Art
By Orly Berke | October 7, 2021After seeing “An Incomplete History of Protest,” an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Middlebury’s Chief Curator & Director of Engagement Jason Vrooman began thinking about curating an exhibition surrounding Protest Art in the Middlebury Museum of Art.Unfortunately, 2020 became ...
New faculty comment on move to Middlebury, return to in-person teaching
By Rain Ji | October 7, 2021Assistant Professor of Black Studies Viola Huang, teaching African American Activism in Education and Beginning German this semester, missed the new faculty group photo because she arrived at the Middlebury campus only a week before classes started. She moved from Passau, Germany to Vermont after finishing ...
Club sports and student orgs navigate return to competition and new Covid-19 guidelines
By Rachel Lu | October 7, 2021The Student Activities Office emailed student organization leaders last week with updated information about college-sanctioned travel guidelines, including new restrictions on lodging intended to mitigate Covid-19 risks. These standards have the greatest impact on club sports, which resumed competition ...
Women’s club rugby relishes return to competition
By Josh Rosenstein | October 7, 2021In light of the abundance of talent on the team, it may come as a surprise that no one on the women's rugby club (MCWRC) team played rugby before joining the squad. A significant portion of credit is owed to the team’s legendary coach, K.O. Onufry. One of the founding members of Boston’s Beantown ...
Reel Critic: “Transition”
By Sartaj Singh | October 7, 2021Sas Carey’s “Transition,” the latest showing in Middlebury’s Hirschfield International Film Series, is a documentary that details the intense urbanization that Mongolia has experienced through the story of a mother and daughter and their journey from the countryside of Mongolia to its capital ...
John Mead’s name removed from chapel for role in eugenics
By Ideal Dowling | September 30, 2021Mead, a former Vermont governor and alumnus whose monetary gift funded the creation of the chapel, urged legislation based on eugenics theory in the 1900s. A working group convened in May to deliberate the change.
Keeping us in the loop is the minimum requirement
By Editorial Board | September 30, 2021Two weeks ago, we editorialized on the importance of testing as a means to mitigate community spread. Now, Middlebury is offering opt-in asymptomatic testing on Mondays. However, many questions and contradictions remain regarding Covid-19 risk and safety protocols on campus. As a board, we are again ...
On Michael K. Williams and “The Wire”
By John Vaaler | September 30, 2021Several days ago, an autopsy officially confirmed that actor Michael K. Williams died of a drug overdose. After a long battle with addiction that Williams had publicly acknowledged for years, the actor finally succumbed to his disease. He was 54.
Middlebury sends students to schools abroad despite Covid-19 safety concerns
By Ideal Dowling | September 30, 2021As Covid-19 cases rose in countries with low vaccination rates, a number of Middlebury students asked about withdrawing from their international programs and re-enrolling at Middlebury for the fall semester. They were told that — because of over-enrollment — the college could not guarantee them ...
Under new ownership, Vt. Coffee Company remains committed to community-minded goals
By Rachel Lu | September 30, 2021Since Vermont Coffee Company, supplier of coffee to the college, was sold to Maine-based specialty foods producer Stonewall Kitchen last spring, the company has been able to accelerate its growth while maintaining commitments to social causes and sustainability.
Seven questions for Jack Pistorious ’21.5, men’s football
By Jenny Langerman | September 30, 2021Jack Pistorius ’21.5, from Park Ridge, Illinois, is a senior on the men’s football team. In this installment of “seven questions,” Pistorius recalls how he ended up at Middlebury, his favorite memory to date with the football team and what he would tell his freshman self. JL: Why did you choose ...
News in Brief: Campus construction updates include new dorm site preparation
By Charlie Keohane | September 30, 2021Construction projects are taking place across campus, including site preparation near Bicentennial Hall for a new first-year dorm and renovations of Warner Hall and Dana Auditorium.
Henry Sheldon Museum lecture series to shed light on untold history
By Becca Amen and Julia Pepper | September 30, 2021" The main goal of “The Elephant in the Room” series will be to address and acquire new approaches to understanding objects that have gone uncontextualized, as the Sheldon works to decolonize its collections and push conversations on race, gender, class, intersectionality and equity forward. "
Feb and flow: the evolving dynamics of Feb culture at Middlebury
By Charlie Keohane | September 30, 2021The Feb class has been a welcome winter addition to campus for the past 50 years, bringing fresh faces and new energy as students head into the spring semester. In recent semesters, however, an increasing number of students are taking time away from school, moving into and out of Feb class years. Prospective ...
What happened to protecting the most vulnerable?
By Abigail Chang and Anna Metzler | September 30, 2021Things are finally starting to feel normal again here at Middlebury. Proc is bustling, classrooms are full and Atwater residents are throwing ragers again. And with nearly 99% of on-campus students fully vaccinated, the days of universal twice-weekly testing, outdoor masking and close contacts have ...