Professor Jeff Byers will be taking an immediate leave of absence from his teaching duties for the rest of the semester, the Chemistry department announced in an email to Byers’ students on Wednesday afternoon, following campus-wide outcry over an offensive question he posed on a midterm exam last ...
“The Baltimore Waltz” was a loving tribute and political statement by Paula Vogel on the complications of AIDS.
Fresh out of three wins over spring break, the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team has not looked back, securing two more wins this week as they head into the second half of the season. With a dominating 9-1 record, the team has continued to develop their skills and competitive edge. Over spring break, ...
Three men, one moon and a comical number of American flags.
As a parent of a Middlebury student watching the Noodle kerfuffle from the outside, I am appalled.
The college’s Hebrew program will no longer offer upper-level Hebrew classes on campus.
While the length of tennis games are confined to sets and matches, its benefits last over the course of a lifetime. On Saturday, April 6, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) hosted an on-campus, one-day workshop open to girls in grades nine through twelve. The workshop, which is part of the ...
We write to acknowledge and offer deep apologies for an egregiously inappropriate question that one of our departmental faculty members included on an exam earlier this semester.
While it is not directly referenced in the book, I feel certain that the title of this graphic memoir refers to the common parlance phrase we use, “to lose one’s marbles.” It’s a euphemism used to avoid saying things like “schizophrenic episode,” “hormonal imbalance,” “depression,” ...
The college offered admission to 1,175 regular decision applicants, it announced on March 23, bringing the overall acceptance rate for this admissions cycle to 15.8 %. Prospective students were chosen from a pool of 9,750 applications, the largest in the college’s history. This year’s rate is the ...
The Middlebury Cycling Club hosted its first Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference (ECCC) race in recent history, with over 200 cyclists from schools around the Northeast descending upon the Champlain Valley for a day of racing along Vermont’s picturesque country roads. This race was the second in ...
The Middlebury baseball team (13-6, 2-1) improved to 13-6 on the season after splitting a double-header with Tufts University (15-4, 2-1) on Saturday, April 6, and picking up a win versus Plymouth State University (9-11, 2-3) on Sunday, April 7. With no conference matchups this past week, the Panther ...
The New York Times Student Editors Conference was like a small, hopeful oasis in the middle of busy Manhattan.
Krista Tippett, creator and host of the national public radio program and podcast “On Being,” will deliver the college’s commencement address on Sunday, May 26. On her show, she explores broad cultural and spiritual questions about what it means to be human. Her wide range of guests have included ...
Middlebury will welcome all of its language schools back to Vermont next summer. Beginning with the 2020 summer session, Bennington College will host the three schools that are currently held in Oakland, Calif., joining the eight schools that are already held on the Middlebury campus. President Laurie ...
As you probably know, NCAA March Madness is officially over as Virginia beat Texas Tech 85-77 on Monday night. If you’re looking for a technical recap of the game, look elsewhere. We here on The Campus will leave the hard-hitting Division I reporting to the professionals because we know what our readers ...
I’m vegan and I went abroad for my febmester. Sometimes I struggle figuring out which of these to tell someone first when I meet them.
After starting the season 7-0, the Panthers are coming off of a tough stretch, winning two matches and losing five since March 25. This past weekend the Panthers fell to steadily improving No. 7 Wesleyan and No. 3 Emory, each by a score of 6-3. The No. 2 ranked Panthers started off uncharacteristically ...
Amid efforts from the college to decrease its deficit in the coming years, the Middlebury Board of Trustees announced at the end of last month that it will raise undergraduate tuition and room and board costs for the 2019-2020 academic year. Cost of attendance will increase 3.25%, or $2,261, resulting ...
Dear Tré, How do I deal with the fact that everything has to have a label? Sexuality is fluid but I feel pressured to “decide” what I am. -Anonymous Dear Reader, Thank you for your submission! I want to address what you said about sexuality. You said “sexuality is fluid, but I feel pressured ...