'Lost Luxuries: Ancient Chinese Gold' now on exhibit
By Rain Ji | March 5, 2020Curated by Professor Sarah Laursen, the new exhibit at the Museum of Art showcases forgotten Chinese gold artifacts.
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The Librarian is in: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
By Katrina Spencer | March 5, 2020Harriett Beecher Stowe's iconic anti-slavery novel provides a perspective into pre-antebellum attitudes towards slavery and religion in America.
An ode to Wodehouse
By John Vaaler | March 5, 2020Two generations after his death, P.G. Wodehouse's smart, funny, character-driven prose deserves a revisit.
Count committee to aid Census Bureau for county-wide enumeration
By Tony Sjodin | March 5, 2020The Campus reported last week that the college was collaborating with a local committee to ensure a complete headcount for the 2020 Census. The Middlebury/Addison Complete Count Committee, established last spring to directly aid the U.S. Census Bureau, is conducting similar efforts across all of Addison ...
Amending the constitution: Vermont senators consider Green Amendment
By Kaitlyn Girouard | March 5, 2020The Vermont Senate read a proposal to add the right to a clean environment to the state constitution this month. This “Green Amendment,” sponsored by Senator Christopher Bray (D-Addison), would give Vermonters the “right to clean air and water and the preservation of the natural, scenic, and cultural ...
Notes from the desk: engagement is a two-way street
By Elsa Korpi | March 5, 2020It only takes a minute on Twitter to read that a liberal arts education is too coddling.
Reel Critic: 'The Whistlers'
By Nina Ng | March 5, 2020Bringing the genre of mafia films to the Hirschfield Series, Corneliu Porumboiu's film blends drama with social commentary, bright colors and beautiful set and sound design.
Student activists lead workshops on organizing, protesting
By Lily Jones | March 5, 2020Leif Taranta ’20.5 and other student activists are leading workshops teaching the Middlebury community how to be more effective activists.
ISO opens conversation on residential space
By Abigail Chang | March 5, 2020As the housing application process kicks off, the International Student Organization (ISO) is eying a residential space for international students that would function as a space for intercultural dialogue across the student body.
It’s time to step up: a letter to the Middlebury College Administration
By Cora Kircher, Claire Contreras, Lily Barter, Cara Levine and Rebecca Wishnie | March 5, 2020To the Middlebury College Administration: We ask that you reconsider your decision to permit Charles Murray’s visit on March 31.
Challenging the American historical narrative
By Izzy Lee | March 5, 2020Middlebury students were given the opportunity to re-learn American history in the form of a talk by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Middlebury alums talk online extremism
By Emmanuel Tamrat | March 5, 2020Middlebury alumni Kris McGuffie ’97 and Alex Newhouse ’17 spoke last Thursday about the dangerous role of artificial intelligence in online extremism, drawing connections between the growth of the Internet to the rise of online extremist communities.
MiddKid Mega Project offers $100,000 in grants for students
By Rachel Lu | March 5, 2020The Student Government Association Finance Committee is dedicating $100,000 of budget surpluses to fund student-run projects through the MiddKid Mega Project, a one-time competition to incentivize creative ideas and expedite the process of funding them.
In low-turnout election, students vote to reduce size of senate, re-brand senators ‘representatives’
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | March 5, 2020Students voted on Feb. 26 in favor of eliminating the position of commons senator, reducing the Student Government Association senate from 17 to 12 members. Only 10 percent of the student body voted in the referendum, which also changed SGA members’ titles from “senator” to “representative.” ...
I am not the debris
By Rachel Lu | March 5, 2020I am not a climate change denier. Still, I struggle to connect with the green movement.
Election Day
By Benjy Renton | March 3, 2020 Monday, March 2, 7:00 p.m. At last night's Town Meeting, residents discussed and debated on a variety of issues, including water system transmission and distribution improvements, flood resiliency measures and funding for police and EMS. Voters will vote on these issues in today's Australian ...
Super Tuesday 2020
By Benjy Renton | March 3, 2020Today’s the day. Polls are open in Vermont until 7 p.m. tonight. Throughout the day, The Campus staff will be reporting from across Vermont on voting news, election events and results as the evening progresses. Check out last week’s Voting Guide for more information on the voting process in Middlebury. ...
Middlebury C.V. Starr School in Ferrara, Italy canceled amid coronavirus concerns
By Benjy Renton | February 27, 2020Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad continue to react to the global spread of Coronavirus. With over 300 cases confirmed in Italy, Middlebury’s host university in Ferrara, Italy has decided to postpone the start of the semester. As a result, the one Middlebury student currently studying in Ferrara ...
