Postscript: A Q&A with Midd couples through the ages
By Nora Peachin and Hannah Bensen | April 22, 2020We interviewed seven Middlebury couples about the dating scene at Middlebury, challenges, and their takes on love.
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
Love transported, from Vermont to Michigan
By Nora Peachin | April 22, 2020Alec Richker ’13.5, Dylan Volk ’16, Micah Raymond ’21 and their dog Lou ("part pit bull, part dragon, part cow") tell their love story from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they are currently quarantined together.
Recipe: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
By Izzy Lee | April 22, 2020Try this recipe to share some love (in the form of cookies) with your quarantine buddies.
Full house for faculty
By Rain Ji | April 22, 2020With the whole family stuck at home, professors make the most of the extra time with their kids.
The librarian is in: Love
By Katrina Spencer | April 22, 2020Check out Camille Perri's novel for a popular, if flat, representation of love between two women. Alternatively, Desveaux and Lou's warm graphic novel that connects two women on different continents romantically through art.
Queer love stories: a compilation
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | April 22, 2020“Queer love is so beautiful and powerful and I'm so grateful that I get to experience it, whether romantically or platonically."
Treatises on non-romantic matters of the heart
By John Vaaler | April 22, 2020These three book recommendations offer action, thrill, research, and of course, love and relationships in their various forms.
Bar Night to brewery: Starting a business together post-Middlebury
By Hannah Bensen | April 22, 2020Cayla Marvil ’13.5 and AC Jones ’12.5 first met each other in the basement of Two Brothers Tavern; a few years later, they co-founded Lamplighter Brewing Co. in Cambridge, Mass.
Goodbye
April 22, 2020"This was supposed to be our spring, our few months of peace before saying goodbye."
A lover’s guide to Middlebury
By Will O'neal | April 22, 2020A senior's sage guidance for falling in love and keeping your cool.
Who started Proc Crush Lists, anyway?
By Riley Board | April 22, 2020We tracked down the student behind the Middlebury tradition, which started in 2005.
On being single
By Ben Beese | April 22, 2020"Love is a struggle to understand where we stand vis-à-vis those around us."
What is love (at Middlebury)?
By Sex Panther | April 22, 2020"I reached out to a few senior friends and asked them to answer a couple questions: how they defined love at Middlebury, if there was anything they wish they had realized sooner or done differently with regard to love during college, and when they felt most loved at Middlebury. "
Replicating Middlebury dates, from home
By The Local Team | April 22, 2020Missing strolling through town with your boo? The Local team has got you covered with some virtual date ideas that are almost like the real thing.
Friends by proximity
By Emmanuel Tamrat and Rachel Lu | April 22, 2020First-year friendships are often sources of continuity through paradigm changes. No matter where these friendships lead, “proximity friends” are often essential in helping each other navigate the first weeks of college jitters and confusion.
Students strive to navigate long-distance relationships created by coronavirus
By Ariadne Will | April 22, 2020“There was definitely a shock to [realizing] we weren’t going to see each other for half a year,” said Katelyn Mei '22 about boyfriend Cater Wang '21. “It was like, ‘We have four days we need to spend together, now.’”
Hey Midd, u up? Other schools don’t hook up like we do
By Maria Kaouris | April 22, 2020"In an environment where relationships are stunted by booze, insecurities and a rigid social life structure, no one feels comfortable asking the 'what are we?' question, much less answering it."
Room to breathe
By Rain Ji | April 22, 2020"Solitude is not shameful. In fact, often it is enjoyable."
In my room
By Rachel Rose | April 22, 2020"How could I replicate the heartbeat of the college experience?"
If music be the food of love, listen on
By Nora Peachin and Kenzo Okazaki | April 22, 2020Bring some love to your quarantine with this Spotify playlist.