From farewells this fall to faring well this spring
By Editorial Board | November 19, 2020While we may have survived this semester, the sustainability of this new normal has yet to be seen.
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Siefer's Scoop Podcast: A semester in review
By Blaise Siefer | November 19, 2020A semester in review of The Siefer's Scoop Podcast!
College installs eighteen security cameras at McCullough, Bicentennial Hall
By Roya Touran | November 19, 2020Although Community Council approved the installation of security cameras with the understanding that they would only be located outside, the college installed cameras both inside and outside buildings.
Mara Strich ’22 competes for Miss Vermont as Miss Otter Creek
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 19, 2020Cooped up with her family in upstate New York and facing an interminable period of quarantine boredom, Mara Strich ’22 searched for a project she could focus her restless energy on. She decided to apply to the Miss Vermont competition in early September and was accepted a week later.
RIDDIM World Dance Troupe Zooms in on Hip-hop, Kathak, and more
By Rain Ji | November 19, 2020Audiences joined the RIDDIM dance crew for their fall end-of-semester show “RIDDIM World Dance Troupe Zooms In” on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Direct Your Attention: Dave Chappelle isn’t joking anymore
By Owen Mason-Hill | November 19, 2020It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of comedian Dave Chappelle’s imprint on our zeitgeist. Even calling him a comedian feels like the wrong title; perhaps activist or social commentator is more apt. This week, for the second time, Dave Chappelle hosted “Saturday Night Live” immediately ...
How did Middlebury complete 10,000 Covid-19 tests this semester?
By Tony Sjodin | November 19, 2020The college set a goal of testing 750 individuals per week throughout the semester, with some weeks surpassing and some weeks dipping below that tally. Middlebury has less stringent testing measures than some other colleges.
Vermonters turn to home births and midwifery during the pandemic
By Florence Wu | November 19, 2020The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the demand for innovative approaches in midwifery work, according to Chenoa Hamilton, a local Vermont midwife.
MASK OFF, MIDD: Asking for what you want
By Maria Kaouris | November 19, 2020If you can’t ask for what you want, you’ll never get it.
Students gear up for the first remote winter term
By Julia Pepper | November 19, 2020J-term is an unusual time at the college, but even more so this year. Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, J-term has been moved entirely online.
“Hostile Terrain 94”: Middlebury spotlights the death of migrants crossing the border
By Katie Futterman | November 19, 2020When the U.S. implemented a 1994 policy that increased border patrol presence in urban areas, migration routes were redirected through the harsh desert environments across the southern border. Middlebury’s Hostile Terrain 94 video commemorates the migrants who have perished attempting to cross the ...
Reel Critic: “Objector”
By Nina Ng | November 19, 2020“Objector” provides a new view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following 18-year-old Atalya Ben-Abba.
Campus returns to modified Phase One as Vermont Covid-19 cases surge
By Charlie Keohane | November 19, 2020The college adjusted Covid-19 protocol at the end of last week, confining students to campus quarantine on the evening of Nov. 13 and implementing a number of restrictions on social gatherings in line with new Vermont guidelines.
Room and board costs to remain unchanged despite fewer on-campus weeks, remote J-term
By Lily Jones | November 19, 2020Kim Downs-Burns, the associate vice president for Student Financial Services, told the Campus that explained that there is a common misconception that J-term room and board cost is built into the fall and/or spring fees. Costs are actually covered by endowment earnings and other sources outside tuition. ...
The insider’s guide to moving out during a pandemic
By Emily Hogan | November 19, 2020What do you need to pack and take with you? What can you leave behind? All of your move out day questions, answered.
Students, professors wait in anticipation as Inauguration Day inches closer
By Abigail Chang | November 19, 2020Though the media declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race, President Donald Trump has yet to concede. As the President’s lawsuits and claims of election fraud drag on, students and faculty consider the results and the trajectory of the next few months.
New mentorship program reaches out to remote first-years
By Will Anderson | November 19, 2020Françoise Niyigena ’21 designed and implemented a program to help remote first years navigate Middlebury from afar, connecting groups of new students with mentors that serve similar roles as the First Year Counselors that typically guide students in college residence halls.
News in Brief: Class of 2024 formed with higher acceptance rate, lower yield, greater racial and economic diversity
By Adil Alvi | November 19, 2020Though 602 first years matriculated this fall, the college saw a lower yield rate and an uptick in deferrals, who will join the class of 2025.5 and 2026.
Breaking: One student tests positive for Covid-19 on second day of exit testing
By Bochu Ding | November 18, 2020One student tested positive for Covid-19 on the second day of exit testing, according to an email from Director of Health Services Mark Peluso. The school moved eleven students into quarantine after contract tracing, bringing the total number of quarantined students to 24. The new cases were from the ...
Two students test positive for Covid-19, 17 quarantined
By James Finn | November 17, 2020Two Middlebury students tested positive for Covid-19 according to early results from Covid-19 testing held Monday, the school announced in an email Tuesday morning. The cases were the first among students at the college since two tested positive in early September during entry testing. They were ...