Much like the first years who arrived in the fall, the usual orientation experience was replaced by a room quarantine, online floor meetings and socially distanced gatherings. Plans for gap semesters were uprooted; for many students, this semester is their first time venturing from home since the onset ...
Erik Arvidsson ’21 finished eighth in the World Cup downhill race on March 6 in Saalbach, Austria.
March 10, 2020 demarcates a very clear “before” and “after” in my life, and everything in the “after” has been a case study in extremes.
Thomas Phifer ’14, a former member of the men's crew team at Middlebury, recently competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
It’s Friday night. Through a hazy memory of Middlebury of ancient times (well, a year ago), you can picture what you would normally be doing: getting dressed up in ridiculous outfits, gathering friends from near and far into teeny tiny rectangular dorm rooms, and going out to all of the best spots ...
“Ultimately, our end goal is that in each of the workshops, people are able to leave with one thing, and take one step further in their own learning,” JusTalks program coordinator Jasmin Animas-Tapia ’21 said. “We hope that these conversations can be part of someone’s own learning and actions, ...
After a year of the pandemic, many are still searching for new avenues of entertainment and ways to pass the time. Film and Media Culture professors Jason Mittell, Chris Keathley and Nikolina Dobreva have found some, and they’ve compiled a list of their favorite books, shows and movies to help you ...
Ali Nullmeyer ’23 has enjoyed success with Team Canada this winter.
Though the national vaccine rollout is still in its early stages, some Middlebury students have already received their jabs because they work with high-risk individuals.
As traditional academics have been disturbed by the pandemic, some professors are using this opportunity to adopt unconventional grading systems in their courses.
Have your Spotify playlists become stale? Is your weekly mix just not cutting it? Maybe it’s time to branch out and listen to something new. The Executive Board of WRMC, Middlebury College’s radio station, has selected a wonderfully wide range of albums, spanning time and genre, for your listening ...
Middlebury baseball player Beau Root '23 talks about his college recruitment process, his background as a baseball player and his optimism for the team.
Today, The Campus presents its second issue of the spring semester.
Unprecedented. Challenging. Uncertain. These words have become staples in the past year — so prominent and ubiquitous that they have almost lost their meaning. But, in truth, this year has been all of those things. Some of us continue to grapple with the lasting pain of losing a loved one. Others ...
Here we are, a year in. A lot has changed in the past year and it seems like we’ve almost achieved a certain milestone. For us, it’s been a time to reflect. It’s been a time to make sense of the chaos, turmoil and loss that we’ve experienced in the past 365 days and to look ahead. Our staff ...
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests that spread throughout the nation last summer, many Middlebury students and organizations called for institutional change, demanding the school take action against racial injustice and create a more equitable community. Through letters, testimonials ...
We asked Campus writers to tell us about their most 2020 memories — the anecdotes that could have only happened this year — in around 100 words. This is what they had to say. Charlotte Crutchlow In mid-July, I was in a slump. I was angry at Covid, the lockdowns and the entire world. ...
I have such a spectacular talent for making a fool of myself that, when it happens, I’m hardly surprised anymore. Take, for example, the dashing Scottish server at Molly Malone’s Irish pub who definitely — and I mean definitely — was not into me. Egged on by my friends to flirt with him (bad ...
“what if we kissed on battel beach?” reads the bio of Middlebury Missed Connections (@middmissedconnections), the fun and light-hearted platform for students to publicly — and anonymously — reveal their secret crushes. Making its debut shortly after the traumatic evacuation from campus and ...
Middlebury’s trees and their caretaker recount a year of change and endurance