The Middlebury Off-Campus Project

March 18, 2021 Issue

Today, The Campus presents its third issue of the spring semester. The stories [post_grid id='54292'] Today's Front Page 

Migrant Justice calls upon Hannaford to join Milk with Dignity program

Migrant Justice, a nonprofit organization advocating for the rights of dairy farm workers in the northeast, organized a mass call-in day on March 3. Supporters phoned the Maine-based corporate office of Mike Vail, the president of Hannaford Supermarket, to demand that the grocery chain join the Milk ...

The rise and fall of go/snitch

Last fall, go/snitch, the website shortcut for Middlebury’s Covid-19 violation reporting page, was ubiquitous on campus. The college sunsetted the page for the spring semester, citing the “unhealthy atmosphere” of surveillance and anxiety it had created among students.

Thin Ice

Middlebury performance groups adapt auditions for the pandemic

Limitations on gatherings and indoor space capacities have not only put a damper on the performance arts at the college but have also altered the audition process for student organizations. Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, performance groups are finding creative ways to meet these goals and ...

Erin Quinn ’86 named Athletic Director of the Year

Erin Quinn '86 was named by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) as a 2020-21 Division III Athletic Director of the Year.

Let’s get used to twice-a-week testing 

asymptomatic.  During a year marked by uncertainty, one of the powers we do have is simple: continue consistent testing and following other protective measures.

Daylight Savings

Why Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) worries me

In this op-ed, I do not deny the merit of their arguments for the rights of the Palestinian people, but I do draw attention to a harmful blind spot in their activism.

‘Solidarity is the political version of love’

I fight for justice in Palestine for many reasons. On August 28, 1939, at the age of 16, my Jewish grandfather boarded a ship at Le Havre in Northern France bound for the United States. He was entirely alone. His family was already in the U.S., but he had waited months for his visa to be approved. In ...

Local businesses safely welcome students back to town

Following the end of campus quarantine on March 5, local businesses are enthusiastically welcoming students back and encouraging them to safely frequent their shops.  Abbey LaMay-West, owner of Vermont’s Own Gifts and Goods, a small business that sells foods and other specialty items made in Vermont, ...

Ellie Greenberg ’20 signs professional contract with Israeli soccer team

Ellie Greenberg ’20 has seen her soccer career flourish following graduation, recently signing a deal with the ASA Tel Aviv women’s team in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Destruction of Proctor milk machine injures employee

The Department of Public Safety is investigating the incident but has no suspects as of Tuesday afternoon.

Addison County shelters & homes adapt to challenges of Covid-19

Since the start of the pandemic, Addison County's robust network of nonprofit organizations has been reworking its services to comply with Vermont’s social distancing protocols and continue collaborative, volunteer-based service. Covid-19-induced challenges, Vermont’s worsening opioid crisis and ...

Direct your attention: Van Neistat pioneers the Industrial Essay Film

There is an old adage — as old as one about the internet can be — that a YouTube creator is judged not based on any individual video they produce, but by their entire body of work. This is not how the Neistat Brothers approach YouTube.  When Casey Neistat, the younger half of the Neistat Brothers, ...

Jewish faculty support Students for Justice in Palestine

To be clear, this group has never singled out anyone for religion or race or nationality.

Jane Earley ’23 tabbed USLM DIII Lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year

Prior to the start of the Spring 2021 NCAA lacrosse season, U.S. Lacrosse Magazine named Jane Earley ’23 its Division III Women’s Preseason Player of the Year.

Language Schools bring eight programs back to Vermont after summer online

After running fully virtual programs last summer, in-person instruction will resume for the Abenaki, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish schools.

WRMC Radio Roundup: Mid-March Mixtape

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 ...

Michael McCormack ’20 earns prestigious award for University of Vermont men’s lacrosse

Just two weeks into his graduate season, Michael McCormack ’20 picked up an award for the University of Vermont Catamounts.