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Why don’t more women run for office at Middlebury?

Among the 13 candidates on this year’s Student Government Association (SGA) election ballot, only two were female-identifying.

The Librarian Is In: "Meaty" by Samantha Irby

What’s easy to recall about this collection of autobiographical essays is that blogger Samantha Irby is frustrated with dating and 21st-century sexual economies and mores.

Turner House, Homer Harris revoked from rising juniors

In response to anger from the rising senior class, Turner House and Homer Harris House are no longer available as superblocks for rising juniors.

New committee folds faculty, staff, student into budgetary process

A committee that the college convened this winter to democratize financial decision-making is now helping it work through coronavirus-related financial woes.

Light a candle for Will Nash '20 today

Will had family and friends around the world who will be lighting a candle and remembering him today at 7:47 p.m. PDT, 10:47 p.m. EDT.

Join Our Staff

The Campus is currently hiring Fall 2021 editors for the following positions. Information about how to apply is listed under each position. Applications are currently accepted on a rolling basis.  Positions are not open to incoming students (members of the class of 2025) at this time.  Business ...

Notes from the desk: To prospies, from The Campus

During Preview Days every year, The Campus invites prospective students to our office to give them a sense of how we covered the college that year. If we were all on campus together, prospies, this is what we'd share with you.

Keith Chatinover ’22.5 in Edgartown, Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard)

I am lucky enough to serve as an elected official here at home on Martha’s Vineyard. Since I am frequently up at school for our meetings, I have long been a tele-communicator

Katelyn Mei '22 in Brooklyn, New York

For the first time, I wasn't excited about returning home, not because I didn’t miss it but because I was leaving another.

Kaleb Patterson '21.5 in Stanwood, Washington

I am blessed to live in a place with outdoor spaces and trails immediately available, allowing me to exercise and spend time outside which has made everything a little more bearable.

Genevieve Herron '23 in Westford, New York

We are not connected to the electrical grid and receive all of our power from our solar panels or a small gas-powered generator.

Diane Meyer Lowman ’81 in Westport, Connecticut

Only shadows now / Of what life used to look like / The new abnormal

Charlotte Sullivan in Starksboro, Vermont

I will likely never know if I had it, which feels very strange. I am grateful to feel OK now, though it took about a month for my lungs to feel normal again. 

Notes from the desk: A return to “Street Haunting”

"Nine decades before I’d heard the term 'coronavirus,' Woolf anticipated not only the necessity of escaping, but the literal and figurative refuge found by returning."

College Instagram campaign features sanctioned student protester, reviving Murray tensions

The Instagram story, which was later deleted, featured a photo of Austin Kahn ’17.5 protesting Murray’s visit in Wilson Hall.

What is a writing center?

I have been in and around educational spaces as a TA, teacher, volunteer, educator and professor for 20 years. Long before I knew that the job of “professor” existed, I was an educator, or, at least, an aspiring one. However, as I was a first-generation college student, writing centers, much like ...

Alone, but not lonely: five socially-distant love languages

"Chances are, we’re all in need of a little love right now."

The Love Issue

Welcome to a special edition: The Love Issue! Click here for a suite of stories on love and all its forms.

This is a special issue, in the time of coronavirus, entirely dedicated to love in all its many forms.

Zeitgeist takes on love

The Campus asked Middlebury students to participate in the second annual Zeitgeist survey in November, looking to gain insight into campus culture by asking the questions that are often not discussed. This year’s survey included an exploration of love, relationships and the ever ill-defined “hook-up ...