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Monday, Feb 23, 2026

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To maintain free speech, start listening

The recent uptick in political violence across the country paints a very worrying picture for the future of cross-party dialogue and collaboration, both nationally and here at Middlebury. With the killing of a Minnesota democrat legislator, Melissa Hortman and their spouse this past June, and the killing ...


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Vergennes Laundry to move down the block

This past August, Nadia Dole, owner of the beloved café and restaurant Vergennes Laundry, said goodbye to its original location at 247 Main Street in Vergennes. Fortunately for local residents and college students who treasure the spot, Dole is relocating just down the street to 205 Main Street and ...


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Dream Big, Get Funneled

A career is 80,000 hours of decisions about where your energy goes. It is not just about building a résumé, it is about determining what your one working life will add up to. Choosing whether those hours are spent maximizing comfort or contributing to problems that shape the century is not a neutral ...


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Men’s soccer grinds out two wins to start season

As the leaves change colors on campus, the soccer season is in full swing at Middlebury. The eighth-ranked men's soccer team won twice last week in workmanlike fashion: 2–0 over St. Lawrence at home on Tuesday and 1–0 at Trinity on Saturday, courtesy of Hugo Horowitz's ’27 dramatic winner.


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An ode to aunties

In my return this year to my parents’ motherland, each meal was both an incredible joy and a marathon of appetite. For two weeks at the end of summer, I pilgrimaged to the two sides of the family in China.


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Retro Realm Arcade presses ‘play’

Debbie Gardner of New Haven brought her 4- and 7-year-old grandchildren to Middlebury’s Retro Realm arcade on a recent Thursday so that they could play alongside other kids. But when she spotted familiar games from the arcades of her teen years — including an original 1981 Ms. Pac-Man — she joined ...


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MiddSafe hotline shuts down due to lack of student use

The Center for Health and Wellness (CHW) recently announced the termination of MiddSafe, a student-run mental health and violence prevention hotline that has been in use for almost a decade. Director of Health and Wellness Education Madeline Hope cited a decrease in student use as the reason for its ...


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Environmental humanities belong in every environmental degree

Protecting the natural world will require changing the human world. While science is a powerful tool to inform the choices we make in the future, those choices will be made by humans. Politicians, policymakers, business leaders, and consumers need to be convinced to take action now for the long-term ...


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Summertime soul foods: A book review

Reading for pleasure can feel like an elusive luxury amid the perpetual, cyclical motion of college. Over the summer, however, time regains its elasticity, yielding a sweet languor I’ve already begun to miss.


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Roberto Lint Sagarena appointed new Dean of the Faculty

On June 30, Jim Ralph stepped down from his position as Dean of the Faculty, passing the baton to Professor of American Studies Roberto Lint Sagarena. Ralph had agreed to the transition in the spring of 2023, having served in the academic administration since August 2008.


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What’s Next? Invest in People. Not Projects.

After nearly two decades of polemics, the Monterey campus is set to close in 2027.  As the books are settled, we must ask ourselves: What will Middlebury do with its new windfall of nearly nine million dollars a year?