With the start of Ramadan — a holy month in Islam that celebrates the gift of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammed — on Feb. 28, many Middlebury students and community members have begun to fast from sunrise to sunset each day, breaking their abstinence from food each day in the evening. Around ...
Tate McRae’s third studio album “So Close to What” (SC2W) is a masterclass in navigating young adulthood under the glare of pop stardom. At first glance, its themes may seem deceptively simple — heartbreak, reinvention and the push-and-pull of self-identity — but McRae depicts them through ...
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Over the past few months, an increasing number of incidents have disrupted shared public spaces on campus and prompted punitive responses from the college.
The Snow Bowl hosted its third annual Middlebury College Student Ski Day on Friday, March 7, a new tradition designed to promote local snow sports. First held in 2023 as an opportunity to provide the student body with easy access to skiing and snowboarding, on Student Ski Day the Snow Bowl provides ...
As the snow melts across Vermont’s mountains, the Middlebury ski team capped their season with a flourish, racing to sixth place at the 2025 NCAA Championships — their best finish since 2008. The four-day competition at Dartmouth College saw the Panthers tally 252.5 points against scholarship powerhouses, ...
Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer delivered a captivating performance to a packed Robinson Hall on March 7, marking the second stop on his first professional North American tour. The performance featured four pieces by four different composers and filled the hall with energy and excitement. ...
I am commonly asked by friends and family at home what the current American atmosphere is like. The past month has proven to be a dramatic shift in what America means to me.
Last Thursday, Middlebury softball held its season opening doubleheader at home against Clarkson University, winning both games. After a strong season last year with a 23–12 record, the Panthers are looking to build on previous successes as they start the 2025 season.
Scrolling through the Middlebury Darkroom Club’s Instagram page is a joy. Moments that would otherwise go unknown or forgotten by the majority of students are captured and immortalized: a magic show, a jiu jitsu match, battle of the bands and even a film projector screening of the one-reel Tom and ...
As Middlebury moves forward in the process of designing its new art museum, the architects responsible for its construction have begun to solicit input from students and faculty. On Tuesday, March 4, architects Chelsea Grassinger and Hannah Bacon of Allied Works — who are spearheading the museum’s ...
Closer to home, on Saturday March 8, around 200 people gathered on the Middlebury town green and marched in support of International Women's Day and against the policies of the current American administration. Among them were professors and members of the college’s senior administration demonstrating ...
Historic. Grand. Monumental. These are the words that can be used to define Alexa Mustafaj ’25’s Middlebury basketball career. Sadly, the era is coming to an end, but it will be remembered forever. She broke the all-time scoring record for Middlebury women's basketball (1,628 points) and then added ...
International Women’s Day as part of Women’s History Month, a celebration every March since the 1980s. From cultural events to group bonding activities, this year’s festivities reflected Middlebury’s commitment to honoring women’s achievements and voices.
For the past five years, the Vergennes Opera House has been working on the All Access Project, which aims to make the historic building accessible to everyone. The project was originally planned to address the absence of an elevator, but its scope has since expanded to include additional accessibility ...
There are few weapons in the world that are more useful unused. What many people don’t realize is that nuclear weapons are most efficient when they remain in the silos. Nuclear weapons provide mobility, leverage and negotiating power. While we tend to focus on their catastrophic physical and psychological ...
Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, Trump has issued at least 128 executive actions, aiming to dismantle federal organizations, slash the budget and disrupt staffing. From threatening the National Institutes of Health (NIH), jeopardizing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, denying ...
Last Saturday, the #15 nationally ranked Middlebury men’s lacrosse team hosted #7 Bowdoin College in its home opener. Despite a chilly breeze dropping the temperature to single digits, fans and families scattered throughout the stands at Youngman Field, rooting for the Panthers to get into the win ...
Approximately 125 Middlebury residents gathered for their annual town meeting on Monday, March 3, where they voted in favor of a $14,548,535 budget for the 2026 fiscal year. Of this year’s 10 articles, four were voted on directly in the meeting and the other six were voted on in a ballot election ...
