Bernie returns to Vermont roots after competitive Super Tuesday
By Ariadne Will | March 5, 2020“[This campaign] is about transforming this country,” Bernie Sanders told the crowd on Tuesday. “This movement started right here.”
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All schools abroad in Italy canceled due to coronavirus concerns
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | March 5, 2020Middlebury canceled the three C.V. Starr Schools in Italy for the spring semester due to concerns over the coronavirus COVID-19. Assistant Director of International Programs Alessandra Capossela said the decision was prompted by concerns that students might face more difficulties leaving the country ...
Beloved Ferrisburgh camel, Ollie, dies at 17
By Hattie Lefavour | March 5, 2020Oliver “Ollie” the camel, for years an unlikely Route 7 celebrity and Vermont’s resident two-humped treasure, died on the evening of Feb. 21 at his farm in Ferrisburgh, Vt. He was 17 years old. Ollie, a seven-foot-tall, 1,500-lb Bactrian camel often described as a “ham for the camera,” prompted ...
School consolidation: how did we get here?
By Ariadne Will | March 5, 2020This is the second article in a series on school consolidation. Read the first article in that series here. Over the last three years, Middlebury and the surrounding towns have shifted from conversations about district consolidation to school mergers and closures. Act 46, the 2015 legislation that ...
40th on 100th: David Finckel and Wu Han grace Robinson Hall once again
By Emma Tzotchew | March 5, 2020Last Friday, the cellist-pianist couple came to campus to deliver the tenth performance of the Performing Arts Series' 100th season, featuring a piece by contemporary composer Pierre Jalbert commissioned especially for the event.
College staff brace for summer road closures in town
By Lucy Townend | March 5, 2020The Middlebury Bridge and Rail Project, promising a passenger rail from Rutland to Burlington by 2021, will necessitate road closures on Merchants Row and Main Street between May 4 and Aug. 5. The town is currently working with Middlebury College administrators, in conjunction with the College’s 15-member ...
'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.
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.