What is the Senior Leadership Group?
By Hannah Ross | November 21, 2019The Senior Leadership Group (SLG) is made up of the college’s senior-most administrators, responsible for all the major areas of Middlebury.
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The Librarian is in: 'How To Be Parisian'
By Katrina Spencer | November 21, 2019Though this enjoyable read touches on feminism and offers a perspective of one side of Paris, it falls short on other fronts.
Letter to the editor
By Sabine Poux | November 20, 2019Editor, The excellent article by Hannah Bensen on Middlebury College activism detailed how college activists have made an enormous impact on progressive issues such as fossil fuel divestment and sexual assault. I heartily applaud these efforts for both their societal and educational value. It’s ...
Roll Pants: Exploring school spirit at Middlebury
By Blaise Siefer and Captain Rudolph | November 14, 2019It’s fourth and goal and the crowd rises to its feet. The student section screams so loud the opposing players can’t even hear the play call. The center snaps the ball, and the quarterback rolls out to his right. He throws! The pass is dropped! The football team wins the title! Hundreds of fans ...
As popularity increases, YouPower strives for inclusion through spin
By Benjamin Glass | November 14, 2019Hidden among the grey folds of the Freeman International Center — a bunker-like building known for its brutalist exterior — the YouPower spinning studio might just be a quintessential “diamond in the rough.” The blacked-out 1500 square foot studio has everything you’d expect in a fully-functioning ...
Jenny Moss: November 14, 2019
By Jenny Moss | November 14, 2019FROM THE CLUTTERED DESK OF JENNY MOSS Jenny Moss
Sexual and Relationship Respect Committee develops interactive consent training workshops
By Nora Peachin | November 14, 2019Middlebury is the only school in the NESCAC that does not include a non-online mandatory consent training program in its first year orientation. Elissa Asch ’22.5, head of the SGA Sexual Respect and Relationship Committee (SRR), is changing that.
What does it mean to be an activist at Middlebury?
By Hannah Bensen | November 14, 2019Students engaged in a variety of change-making efforts, both on-campus and off, report unique challenges that come with navigating activism at the college.
Rocket ’14 moves to “Love Town” in a Tesla
By April Qian | November 14, 2019Working with co-owner Marshall Hodge, Rocket documents his new life in a Tesla, an effort towards showing a more authentic way of life in pursuit of love, through his YouTube channel, "Love Town."
Students honor anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall
By Sophie Hiland | November 14, 2019The German Department, along with other language departments, commemorated the event by constructing, then destructing, a replica of the wall.
Social houses still seeking identities, three decades later
By Cecelia Scheuer | November 14, 2019The social house system was implemented in 1991 as a more-inclusive alternative to fraternities. The five social houses each have distinct missions, but some students and staff question the extent to which they have served their intended purpose.
Pre-season deer hunting event gives opportunity to young riflers
By Kaitlyn Girouard | November 14, 2019From sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Nov. 9 and Sunday, Nov. 10, local Vermont youth took to the woods all across the state in hopes of a successful deer hunt. This Youth Deer Weekend is one of the three hunting weekends in Vermont geared toward younger generations of hunters. The event precedes the ...
The Stone Mill’s grand opening attracts crowd
By Rain Ji | November 14, 2019After months of anticipation, The Stone Mill had its grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 9. By 10 a.m., Stacey Rainey and Mary Cullinane, owners of The Stone Mill, were ready to welcome customers from Middlebury and nearby towns. According to the Community Barn Ventures website, the building now has five ...
Student podcast 'BLCKGRLMGC' discusses the experience of being a woman of color at a predominantly white institution
By Rain Ji | November 14, 2019Destini Armstrong ’21 and Megan Job ’21 started the podcast during the spring of their first year. Since its beginning, it comprises 38 episodes, has received high ratings and recognition, grown in production quality and expanded topics of discussion.
Faculty express discontent over partner inclusion policies
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 14, 2019A new survey shows that professors feel the college does not do enough to offer employment opportunities and options to their significant others. So much so, that many faculty have left or considered leaving the college.
Haymaker Bun Co. and The Arcadian reflect on a year
By Haeun Park | November 14, 2019This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of both the Arcadian and Haymaker Bun Co., a milestone that Caroline and Matt Corrente are celebrating by hosting a special four-course dinner.
Committee proposes switch to credit hour system
By Becca Amen | November 14, 2019The college currently uses a credit unit system in which every class counts as one credit, regardless of the amount of weekly class time required. The Educational Affairs Committee has proposed that the college switch to the credit hour system, meaning that more time-consuming classes would be worth ...