Sunrise movement hits Middlebury with banner drops
By Erica Bisaillon | January 23, 2020A banner dropped in BiHall on December 6 by Sunrise Middlebury. The nation-wide youth movement advocates for action to combat climate change.
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
These winter term classes will give you chills
By Rain Ji | January 23, 2020This J-Term, visiting professors are teaching unique courses following themes of political advocacy, storytelling and social activism. These individuals teach from lived experience and employ diverse methods in the classroom.
Students charged for damages incurred during the fall semester
By Riley Board and Caroline Kapp | January 23, 2020Damages in Atwater during the fall totaled almost $6,000, an unprecedented amount for a single semester.
InspirASIANal Voices
By Online Editor | January 23, 2020InspirASIANal Voices, a storytelling event arranged by the student organization RAISINS (Radical Asians), kicked off with the following question: “What is your first memory of a circle?” Club members distributed paper and markers to the audience members, who anonymously penned their answers. The ...
Students recieve scam emails and phone calls disguised as PubSafe
By Annabella Twomey | January 23, 2020Students received scam emails from an account posing as Public Safety, requesting personal phone numbers and demanding that students pay a fine.
An insider's look into the Dance Company of Middlebury
By Ariadne Will | January 23, 2020This upcoming weekend, the Dance Company of Middlebury will perform a new work centered on intentionality and simplicity, let by Scholar in Residence Karima Borni and Oregon-based artist Meshi Chavez.
A Throwback for RIDDIM
By Emmanuel Tamrat | January 23, 2020RIDDIM World Dance Troupe's most recent show followed the group's tradition of featuring student-choreographed dances in diverse styles.
Otter Creek Bakery maintains essence among changing leadership
By Hattie Lefavour | January 23, 2020Otter Creek Bakery, a bastion of baked goods and cardinal coffee counter in the town of Middlebury since 1989, is preparing to take its first steps without the guidance of founders Ben and Sarah Wood. After serving as the business’s right and left hands for more than thirty years, the couple has sold ...
Burlington International Airport to receive federal funding to aid expansion
By Haeun Park | January 23, 2020As Burlington International Airport (BTV) celebrates its 100-year-anniversary, it is projected to receive a $10 million federal grant in the fall of 2020, which will be used to expand the size of the airport’s main terminal. In a press release last November, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine ...
The annual creation of an unconventional J-Term catalog
By Cecelia Scheuer | January 23, 2020“We want to bring in some variety relative to what is typically taught at Middlebury”: Each year’s often-unconventional J-Term courses must first undergo an extensive vetting process.
Reel Critic: 'Uncut Gems'
By Owen Mason-Hill | January 23, 2020This film packs a heavy and intense combination of emotion, tension and questions of inner worth and beauty.
Zuckerman challenges Scott in race for governorship
By Hattie Lefavour | January 23, 2020Lt. Governor David Zuckerman announced Monday that he will run for governor of Vermont in 2020 in an effort to oust incumbent Governor Phil Scott. Zuckerman, a Progressive who has served as lieutenant governor since 2017, will join former Vermont Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe on the Democratic ...
Stickers advertising white supremacist organization found on campus and in town
By Riley Board | January 23, 2020The Community Bias Response Team named the incident in an all-school email, but chose not to identify the specific group. Public Safety has opened in investigation, but does not expect to identify any perpetrator.
Student-organized symposium addresses global effects of settler colonialism
By Abigail Chang | January 23, 2020The student-organized ‘Bodies at Borders: The Lived Effects of Settler Colonialism’ symposium brought together speakers who focused on settler colonialism and its impact on Puerto Rican, Palestinian, and Native American people.
The crisis in Iran: An oppressive regime and its voiceless people
By Niki Kowsar | January 23, 2020What has unfolded since the morning of January 3 has been incredibly difficult for me to unpack as an Iranian-born Canadian citizen and a U.S. permanent resident.
The Librarian is in: "Shrill"
By Katrina Spencer | January 23, 2020Lindy West's first collection of essays challenges a number of widespread antifeminist beliefs, with good writing and personal, vulnerable anecdotes.
Vermont Gas to be Zero Emission by 2050
By Jack Summersby | January 23, 2020Vermont Gas Systems, the state’s sole provider of natural gas, announced a plan last year to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from their operations by 2050. The company also unveiled plans to double energy efficiency savings, outlined strategies to reduce home and business emissions and promised ...
Taking sex off the table
By Sex Panther | January 23, 2020By choosing to not have sex, even though that was clearly his expectation for the night, she felt that she had messed up her chance to be with him.
Studying in a bushfire
By Emily Chu | January 23, 2020When I stepped out of the Sydney International Airport, the smell of ash immediately entered my nose.
An invitation from the Scott Center
By The Scott Center | January 23, 2020World events, as well as the struggles of building a society free from hate, can weigh heavily on us.