Crossword 04/10/25: Seder Time Solution
By Josh Harkins | April 10, 2025Crossword Seder Time solution!
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Middlebury panics as Trump rolls the dice on tariffs
By Joe Gerebi | April 10, 2025If you’re anything like me, you’ve watched what little you have invested in the stock market shrink dramatically over the past week. Turmoil has rocked U.S. markets as President Trump rolled out a sweeping set of tariffs — most notably the “Liberation Day” tariffs announced on April 2. The ...
Scott Lecture Series highlights rise of Christian nationalism in U.S.
By Evan Weiss | April 10, 2025This April, Middlebury’s Department of Religion is hosting a four-part lecture series on Christian nationalism, bringing journalists, Christian ethicists and scholars of religion to campus. The first two lectures focused on the implications of this movement for American democracy and how social media ...
‘Hands Off!’: Vermonters demonstrate against Trump administration in Vergennes
By Noor Khan | April 10, 2025On Saturday, April 5, an estimated 400 people gathered in downtown Vergennes along Main Street outside City Park as part of the approximately 1,300 nationwide Hands Off! protests against the Trump administration. Beginning around noon, the protest lasted roughly two hours through wind and rain. At its ...
The Side Hustle: student-led women’s ultimate frisbee team builds national dynasty
By Theo Maniatis | April 10, 2025The sport of frisbee can be traced back to Middlebury College students in the fall of 1939. The story goes that a group of brothers from Delta Upsilon — Middlebury still had fraternities at this time — were traveling to a fraternity convention in Nebraska, devouring Frisbie Fruit Pies in the car. ...
Bristol moves forward with new skatepark project
By Ariella Frommer | April 10, 2025After 25 years of local skaters practicing their flips and kicks turns in a skatepark with simple wooden and metal features, the town of Bristol, Vt. is fundraising to start construction on a new and improved 12,000-square-foot concrete skatepark.
Why Middlebury should care about the Red Cross in Bosnia and Herzegovina
By Alem Hadzic | April 10, 2025When I arrived at Middlebury College in the fall of 2022, I never thought that I would run a half marathon, organize a fundraising soccer tournament or raise over $3,500 in just three weeks for a humanitarian organization that is over 4,000 miles away. However, that is exactly what I am doing because ...
Federal scrutiny over antisemitism complaints renewed at Middlebury
By Izzy Ronda | April 10, 2025Middlebury College was one of 60 colleges and universities that received a letter from the Trump administration on Monday, March 10 informing the school that prior allegations of antisemitism on campus would be reinvestigated. The renewed scrutiny on the institution’s treatment of Jewish students ...
Future of DEI office left uncertain after college reorganization, vice president’s resignation
By Hugo Zhang | April 3, 2025Khuram Hussain, vice president of equity and inclusion and professor of Education Studies, announced in early March that he will step down from his current administrative role on June 30 and return to the classroom as a full-time faculty member in the fall.
Makes Ya Feel: March movie madness
By Ellie Trinkle | April 3, 2025Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel!
So-Full Sisters food truck offers new dining option as Bihall kiosk closes
By Phoebe An | April 3, 2025Students returned from spring break to a new dining option officially available on campus: a food truck operated by So-Full Sisters will now be parked outside BiHall and the Freeman International Center every weekday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting Monday, March 24. The email announcing the food truck’s ...
Reel Critic: “Pelikan Blue” is a masterpiece of post-Iron Curtain freedom, forgery and hope
By Wendy Wang | April 3, 2025The first full-length animated Hungarian documentary “Pelikan Blue” directed by László Csáki greeted an eager audience of town members and students in a packed Dana Auditorium on March 27. The film shares its name with a type of ink, Pelikan Blue, which plays a critical role in the plot due to ...
Anticipated cuts to Fulbright programs prompt concern in Middlebury community
By Madeleine Kaptein | April 3, 2025Middlebury has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the 15th consecutive year, with nine alumni teaching, researching and interning abroad on a Fulbright scholarship for the 2024–25 academic year. These Fulbright recipients have experienced recent uncertainty over their funding following ...
Men’s baseball splits opening NESCAC series against Amherst
By Theo Maniatis | April 3, 2025In Friday’s opener, Middlebury jumped out to a 3–0 lead through a two-run double by Gus Parker ’27 and a sacrifice fly by Brayden Mathews ’26. The Panthers added two more in the fourth, while Kunal Handa ’25 hurled four dominant shutout innings for his second win of the season. The Mammoths ...
Good things come in fours: Isidore String Quartet makes a captivating debut on campus
By Yuhan Zhang | April 3, 2025The Isidore String Quartet made a memorable debut at Mahaney Arts Center’s Olin C. Robison Concert Hall on March 28. The ensemble, comprising violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon, presented a program with works by Mozart, Billy Childs and Beethoven. ...
Black Student Union launches campaign to reclaim Adirondack House
By Norah Khan | April 3, 2025Last month, the organizations Black Student Union (BSU) and Black Students Heard (BSH) launched a public initiative to reclaim the Adirondack House (ADK) as an affinity space for Black students, citing historical promises by the college and what they see as an urgent need for community building at Middlebury. ...
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Middlebury may be next on Trump’s chopping block. What now?
By The Editorial Board | April 3, 2025Since our last editorial on the topic of the Trump administration and its impact on Middlebury College, the onslaught against higher education has continued. One of the most concerning actions has been the withdrawal of federal funding from several colleges and universities under the rationale of open ...
Local school districts express concern over funding cuts to Department of Education
By Violet Wexler | April 3, 2025Recent cuts to the Department of Education by the Trump administration have shaken local school districts across the country, reaching Addison County schools that have faced declining student enrollment and currently rely on federal funding for a variety of purposes. Superintendents of local school ...
Hannah Smith Allen goes “Beyond Walls” to uncover American landscapes and political systems
By Maya Alexander | April 3, 2025Hannah Smith Allen’s photography exhibition “Beyond Walls” opened on Tuesday, March 11 with a lecture and opening reception in Johnson Memorial Building. The exhibition — which will run until April 5 — includes works made during President Donald Trump’s first term as a method of interpreting, ...