Crossword 04/17/25: Bar Night Solution
By Egan Turner | April 17, 2025Solution to this week's crossword, Bar Night!
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Budget cuts and broken promises: How Middlebury’s financial deficit will impact students
By Josh Harkins and Freddi Mitchell | April 17, 2025In an April 2 email to students, faculty and staff explaining Middlebury’s budget conundrum and laying out proposed changes to cut costs, Interim President Steve Synder, Provost Michelle McCauley and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration David Provost wrote, “The student experience ...
Why is a double latte $6.50 at Crossroads Café?
By Luke Power | April 17, 2025Crossroads Café has raised prices again this year, meaning students now pay over $6 for a specialty matcha, mocha or maple latte from Middlebury’s only student-run coffee shop.
Addison County communities protest against public library funding cuts
By Violet Wexler | April 17, 2025Residents of Vergennes, Vt. gathered in front of the Bixby Public Library on Saturday, April 12 to protest nationwide funding cuts to public libraries. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 14 significantly shrinking the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides ...
One more pitch for The Campus
By Maggie Reynolds | April 17, 2025When I began at Middlebury in fall 2020, I was certain I would major in history, be on the swim team for four years and join a political group on campus. I did indeed study history, but instead of my latter two plans, however, by my junior and senior years, I was spending dozens of hours a week in the ...
Nicole Meyers ’26.5 wins SGA presidency in tight race
By Noah Willson | April 17, 2025After a high-turnout contest on Monday, April 14, Nicole Meyers ’26.5 won the Student Government Association election and will serve as Middlebury’s first female Feb president next year. Together with vice presidents Anna Miller ’26 and Anina Dentel-Pham ’27, Meyers defeated Tony Wang ’26 ...
From NESCAC to NFL: The unlikely story of Thomas "The Tank" Perry
By Ting Cui | April 17, 2025We call him Thomas. His teammates on the football team call him TP. Scouts now call him Thomas the Tank. But soon, the whole country might know Thomas Perry's name.
Middlebury slashes budget by over $10 million, imposes partial hiring freeze
By Hugo Zhang | April 10, 2025The college announced a series of cost-saving measures on Wednesday, April 2 that aim to cut over $10 million from the annual budget through reducing staff and faculty benefits and permanently raising the student enrollment projection to 2,600–2,650. The college attributed the changes to 15 years ...
Remembering sports and celebrating WRMC’s 75th anniversary
By Maya Alexander | April 10, 2025WRMC hosted its annual “Sepomana Spring Concert” in Wilson Hall on Saturday, April 5. In light of WRMC’s 75th anniversary, the concert featured Middlebury student band Soop Spoons and American indie rock band Remember Sports from Philadelphia.
Meet the SGA presidential candidates
By Abhir Suri | April 10, 2025Middlebury is gearing up for its Student Government Association (SGA) presidential election scheduled for Monday, April 14. The student body faces an important decision among three capable and motivated candidates: Nicole Meyers ’26.5, Tony Wang ’26 and Islam Abushareah ’26.5. Each candidate has ...
Faculty show explores Catholic school with a twist
By Christy Liang | April 10, 2025Religious guilt, complex identities and the power of female friendship illuminated the Wright Theatre stage this past weekend in “The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows.” The play was directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Sheila Bandyopadhyay and ran from April 3—5. ...
Nicole Meyers ’26.5 for SGA President
By The Editorial Board | April 10, 2025We are excited to announce our endorsement of Nicole Meyers ’26.5 to serve as the next Student Government Association (SGA) President. Meyers has a composed demeanor and realistic vision for the student body next year. With the intention to appoint well-spoken Anina Dentel-Pham ’27 and thoughtful ...
Seven Questions with Sabrina Kim, women’s ice hockey
By Brooke Friberg | April 10, 2025Sabrina Kim ’25, originally from Los Angeles, California, is a defender for the Middlebury Women’s Hockey team. Recently, Kim was named to the New England Hockey Writers Association Division III All-Star Team and earned AHCA/CCM All-American East First-Team Laurels. During her time at Middlebury, ...
“Dopamine”: Where pleasure meets perception
By Ellie Trinkle | April 10, 2025John McShea ’25 debuted his visual art collection “Dopamine” to an intimate crowd of friends and supporters on April 4. The paintings are complex explorations into how different sources of pleasure affect personal memory and nostalgia.
Panthers on the prowl: Men’s track & field builds momentum for a NESCAC championship win
By Ting Cui | April 10, 2025The Middlebury men's track and field team has been rewriting the record books this season, and the whispers around the NESCAC are growing louder — the Panthers might just be on the verge of claiming their first conference championship in six years.
What Middlebury’s budget cuts really mean for the faculty and staff who clean up after you
By Lily Buren | April 10, 2025When I worked for Middlebury’s Office of Advancement, I routinely ended alumni donation calls with: “As a student on financial aid, I thank you for your donation — it really helps to make the Middlebury experience possible for students like me.” But those calls made me think: Who else makes ...
TEDxMiddlebury speakers “Test the Waters”
By Sarah Li | April 10, 2025TEDxMiddlebury returned to the Mahaney Arts Center Concert Hall last Saturday, April 5 with a series of thought-provoking talks guided by this year’s theme: “Testing the Waters.” The event featured five speakers whose stories explored personal identity, creative reinvention, language, leadership ...
College distributes information about potential for ICE agents on campus
By Maggie Bryan, Julia Roth and Rosella Graham | April 10, 2025The recent detention of over a dozen international students on college campuses across the country has raised concerns among students, faculty and staff about the potential appearance of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on campus. Following these high-profile detention cases, on ...
Men’s golf falters in first spring tournament
By Kanan Clifford | April 10, 2025 In 2015, Spiethsanity rocked the golf world. As the 21-year-old golf prodigy Jordan Spieth won two major championships and five tournaments overall, fans and players alike marveled at the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Middlebury men’s golf had their own Spieth-like run in the 2022–23 season, ...