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Election 2020

Black Lives Matter and racial justice

Same storm, different boats

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It’s been a tough year. After being evacuated from campus last spring, we had to finish the semester from bedrooms and dining room tables instead of Davis Library carrels. Stability was no longer a given as our lives seemingly changed on a daily basis. But something remained constant: our love for ...

The Last Five Days

Which Way Home? International students navigate the pandemic world

When Middlebury suddenly announced it was shuttering the campus on March 10, 2020, international students were faced with a difficult decision. Should they stay or should they go home? Where would they live and how would they get home? The decisions were particularly difficult for first years, who had ...

New places, old faces

I almost rear ended the car in front of me last week when I saw it on the back window — a “Middlebury Crew” bumper sticker. You don’t see Middlebury memorabilia much here. I live in Kenai, Alaska, a small town three hours south of Anchorage on the world-famous Kenai River. It’s known for ...

Logged off

Besides Panopto lectures and PolicyPath surveys, one of the most drastic changes to Middlebury College life in the pandemic has been the digitization of Middlebury’s social scene and community spaces. For students, many of these online spaces are familiar: the all-powerful meme page, topical Twitter ...

What we watched/What we read

The things we left behind

A Year in Headlines

America’s Normal: A Tragedy

On Jan. 1, 2020, many of us rang in the new year with booze in one hand and our best friend in the other. On Jan. 9, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a mysterious coronavirus related to pneumonia. This announcement proved an unassuming start to a devastating year. On Jan. 21, 2020, ...

First-year Feb’s whiteboard defaced to display homophobic slur

First-year Feb Isabeau Trimble ’24.5 returned to their room on Tuesday morning to find the contents of the whiteboard on their door edited to display a homophobic slur. A resident of Forest Hall, Trimble had originally written “FAQ” on the board followed by a few personal fun facts. On Tuesday, ...

Trevor Noah talks comedy and culture with Middlebury

Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” joined Middlebury, Smith, Union, Skidmore and Amherst colleges in a live-streamed interview on Feb. 23. Heidi Gardner, an actor and comedian for “Saturday Night Live,” moderated the event over Zoom. While the evening included plenty of jokes and discussion ...

Colby Morris ’19 signs minor league contract with the New York Mets

Colby Morris ’19, a star pitcher at Middlebury College, signed with the New York Mets organization in January.

Middlebury 101: Your crash course from The Campus

For new students, the first few weeks at Middlebury can feel like a crash course in knowing everything you can about life here — and playing off the things you don’t. We remember what it’s like to show up for class in Twilight when you’re supposed to be in Axinn, so let us help you avoid that ...

Thin Ice

Addison County races to administer vaccines under evolving guidelines

Roughly a year after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the vaccination process in Vermont is in full swing. Those older than 65, healthcare workers and long-term care residents and staff are currently eligible for the vaccine. The state moved to inoculate those that were most vulnerable first, a ...

Supporting staff means supporting fair wages

Long-time workers at Middlebury deserve to be paid more than new hires and should see a one-time increase in pay under our pay-by-tenure system.

Board of Trustees approves tuition hike, takes steps toward balanced budget

After a year of financial uncertainty amid the pandemic, the Trustees raised tuition by 2.5% and limited the endowment draw to 5% with the goal of the college operating at a surplus by fiscal year 2022.