Photo story: 'Untitled Romantic Comedy'
By Emmanuel Tamrat | February 20, 2020“Untitled Romantic Comedy,” unofficially titled “Stop Kiss,” is an independent artistic venture that explores young love in the big city.
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Middlebury, magnified: reframing 'J-Term play term'
By Editorial Board | February 20, 2020Touring Middlebury, prospective students are told to be excited about J-term.
Sitting down with the new Director of Addison County Restorative Justice Services
By Courtney Crawford | February 20, 2020Jean Stone, Addison County Restorative Justice Services’ (ACRJS) new executive director, hopes to recruit new volunteers to help with the organization’s rehabilitative practices. Restorative justice, at its core, grapples with the concept of community and every citizen’s role in it. As a process ...
Racism in the time of coronavirus
By Rain Ji | February 20, 2020What’s the secret to my newfound social status? The coronavirus.
McKibben talks arrest, upcoming mass action
By Nicole Pollack | February 20, 2020Bill McKibben was arrested in a D.C. Chase Bank branch last month, ahead of a national mass action planned for April 23
The Middlebury Independent: Koch or woke?
By Ellis Glickman | February 20, 2020I’m editor-in-chief of The Middlebury Independent. I won’t play coy: I’m aware of the sentiment against us.
Comic relief in the time of controversy
By Lily Laesch | February 20, 2020“The growth [of the meme page] has just been crazy to the point where it has become a major source of information for students,” said page administrator Torre Davy '21.
Student Ambassadors broaden admission office’s reach
By Gigi Hogan | February 20, 2020Maya Gee, Roni Lezema, Dennis Miranda-Cruz, Cynthia Chen and Myles Maxie of the class of 2022 developed Midd Ambassadors in an effort to address the lack of diversity on campus.
In defense of the Hamilton Forum
By Joey Lyons, Quinn Boyle, Rati Saini, Akhila Roy, Max Taxman and Maddy Stutt | February 20, 2020As students who have been actively involved in Alexander Hamilton Forum lectures, debates and dialogues, we write to defend deliberating on the Green New Deal.
The Librarian is in: 'How to Read the Air'
By Katrina Spencer | February 20, 2020Dinah Mengestu's book deals with themes of immigration and domestic violence.
Thoughts on the SGA’s new look
By Ariadne Will | February 20, 2020As the student body will soon vote on whether to keep the five SGA commons senator seats, I would like to argue in favor of these representative positions.
Writer, activist Naomi Klein talks justice and hope in a warming world
By Nicole Pollack | February 20, 2020Acclaimed writer and climate activist Naomi Klein spoke to a packed Wilson Hall about justice and hope in a warming world, but fire was the key theme of the night.
SLG corner: Provost Jeff Cason
By Jeff Cason | February 20, 2020I love working at Middlebury. I’ve been here 26 years, and have seen a lot of changes over that time.
News flash! SGA brings free digital newspaper subscriptions back to students
By Abigail Chang | February 20, 2020All Middlebury students will now have access to free digital New York Times and Wall Street Journal subscriptions, the SGA announced in an email to the student body on Sunday.
‘There was a day when like half the class was gone’: Flu season hit Middlebury hard this J-Term
By Abigail Chang | February 20, 2020This flu season was worse than usual due to an inaccuracy in this year's flu vaccine that reduced its effectiveness.
Empty bookstore shelves make room for Amazon
By Hattie Lefavour | February 20, 2020When the Middlebury College Bookstore stopped stocking physical books in 2018 — some say the ensuing collective groan still echoes in the hills — a large part of its rationale was students’ increasing use of Amazon.
Men’s squash rounds out break on top
By Max Padilla | February 13, 2020The Panthers lost to Bates, MIT and Virginia over February break, but pulled out wins against Bowdoin, Colby and Tufts. Though they redeemed themselves last week, the Panthers are having a less successful season compared to last year. At this point last season, they had played 18 matches and only lost ...
Track and field shuffles its way to the finish line at Cupid Challenge
By Jordan Howell | February 13, 2020The Panthers recently competed in the Tufts Cupid Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 8. Even though this meet was non-scoring, the men and women still came out with solid performances. Some impressive results for the women included a first place finish by Cassie Kearney ’22 in the 800 -meter run with a ...
Swimming and diving gets hot this winter
By Miguel Espinosa | February 13, 2020Although the chilly Vermont winter freezes water into lifeless ice, such rules don’t apply to the Middlebury Natatorium; the swimming pool, rather, teems with heated competition. The natatorium was especially reinvigorated when the University of Vermont, St. Michael’s and Williams gathered on campus ...
Women’s hockey leaves February Break untouched
By Max Padilla | February 13, 2020The second-ranked Panthers took a few hits over winter term, having lost to Plattsburgh State, 4–1, on Jan. 21 and to Hamilton, 2–0, on Jan. 31. The blue and white, however, turned the tables on Hamilton the following day and won 3–0. The Panthers rounded out the break with a two-game win streak, ...