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Talking Trash: How much does Middlebury really recycle?
By Asa Stone | November 7, 2024The inner workings of Middlebury’s 30-year-old Recycling Center on College Street is a mystery to much of the Middlebury community. Whether Middlebury actually recycles, how it recycles and how one should effectively recycle on campus remain common questions even 30 years after the Recycling Center ...
The Side Hustle: Log Rolling
By Max Myers | November 7, 2024Welcome to The Side Hustle. Inspired by ESPN8: The Ocho — ESPN’s annual segment where the sports network highlights more obscure sports — this column highlights the sports that The Campus typically reports on less frequently… until now.
Middlebury Congregational Church celebrates 100th annual Holiday Bazaar
By Mandy Berghela | November 7, 2024Community members gathered at the Congregational Church of Middlebury (UCC) to celebrate the 100th annual Holiday Bazaar, which ran from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.
SPECS Panther Column — Myth Busters Series: IUDs & Birth Control Misinformation
By Sophie Schuele and Zoe Gregg | November 7, 2024Birth control can be an overwhelming topic. Social media, news reports and day-to-day conversations are rife with false information surrounding contraception. SPECS is here to break down some misconceptions and provide accurate resources for students, although we acknowledge that we are NOT medical ...
Esther Charlestin challenges incumbent Phil Scott as he seeks fifth term as governor
By Mandy Berghela | October 31, 2024As Vermonters prepare to head to the polls on Nov. 5, the race for governor is in its final stretch. Four-time incumbent Republican Phil Scott faces a challenge from Democrat Esther Charlestin.
Letter to the Editor: Can the left re-embrace patriotism without losing its soul?
By Delphine Wu | October 31, 2024“A patriotic society can, and must, co-exist with a liberal and forward-thinking population.” I was surprised to find such a statement on Thursday after my IGST 101 lecture where I can conveniently grab an issue of The Campus leaving the auditorium. To me, such an op-ed provided an overgeneralizing ...
Navigating Nov. 5: A reflection on the election
By The Editorial Board | October 31, 2024On Nov. 5, many of us will be casting ballots for the first time to determine the next president of the United States. In keeping with our special election issue for this week, we discussed the presence of the election and this tumultuous period of American politics in our personal lives and here on ...
International students hold their breath as American classmates cast their votes
By Lemona Xu and Hugo Zhang | October 31, 2024As a global learning community, Middlebury College brings together international students, staff and faculty from over 50 countries each year. Fourteen percent of the student body are international students, and although many of them cannot cast votes on Nov. 5, they are closely following the election, ...
Incumbent lieutenant governor seeks to fend off Republican challenger
By Katrina Schwarz | October 31, 2024The 2024 lieutenant governor race in Vermont is shaping up to be a noteworthy clash between two experienced politicians: incumbent David Zuckerman, representing the Vermont Progressive and Democratic Parties, and Republican candidate John Rodgers.
A conversation with an undecided voter in Wisconsin
By Haydn Suske-Funk | October 31, 2024All across middle America, a handful of undecided voters will decide the fate of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. My friend Jordan is one of those voters. Jordan is 21 years old, lives in northern Wisconsin and is the proud owner of a small marine service business which he started after ...
Watch parties, punditry and pizza: How Middlebury spends Election Night
By Sam Lueke | October 31, 2024After months of preparations, the 2024 presidential election is finally closing in on Election Day. For many, this will be their first time casting a ballot; others will be old pros. Regardless of experience, all elections are, of course, different — but this does not mean we do not have ...
Stop getting your political news from social media
By Violet Wexler | October 31, 2024 When I open my Instagram, I’m instantly reminded of the election. Whether it’s candidate advertisements, reposted information or celebrity endorsements, my feed is flooded with politics. Especially around election time, political content can often appear on your phone regardless of your ...
Panthers in Politics: Meet the Middlebury alumni running the U.S. government
By Ryan Mcelroy | October 31, 2024While only seven percent of Middlebury graduates go on to pursue careers in government, law and policy, those who do have a considerable influence on the direction of federal, state and local policymaking. Alumni of one of the college’s most popular departments lead Supreme Court confirmation battles, ...
“He’s a little too old”: Middlebury students reflect on Sen. Bernie Sanders as he seeks fourth term
By Simon Schmieder | October 31, 2024Sen. Bernard Sanders, better known as Bernie Sanders, will be seeking his fourth term in the Senate this election cycle. In light of his rapid ascension to political fame following his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, Sanders has left an indelible mark upon American politics — and, it seems, ...
Debates, door-knocking and free Doritos: College Republicans and College Democrats
By Cole Chaudhari | October 31, 2024If you walk into Hillcrest 103 at 8 p.m. every other Wednesday or Axinn 229 at the same time on alternating Mondays this semester, you’ll find students taking a break from their busy academic and personal schedules to discuss current events, the latest news out of Washington and American popular culture ...
Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw transfix audience with acoustic poetry
By Christy Liang | October 31, 2024On Oct. 25, Middlebury welcomed Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw for a mind-boggling night of acoustic poetry. With soulful chanting, processional tempo and impeccably layered percussion sounds from novel instruments, the group cast the audience in an enthralled trance.
A crisis of conscience on Election Day
By Jeffrey Teh | October 31, 2024From collecting petition signatures for a new fire station to calling my representative in Congress, political participation has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember. Voting in every special, midterm and presidential election has become a given. But this year, things are different. ...
Why an Election Issue?
By Cole Chaudhari, Ryan Mcelroy and Madeleine Kaptein | October 31, 2024 In light of the upcoming election on Nov. 5, 2024, The Campus has published a special edition devoted to the election as it manifests on campus and across Vermont. In these pages you’ll find the product of dozens of hours of work from our reporters and editors, who covered statewide and local ...
On a largely liberal campus, how is the election talked about in classrooms?
By Madeleine Kaptein | October 31, 2024As the 2024 U.S. presidential election quickly approaches, classes at Middlebury covering American politics and economics are focusing on contemporary election-related material, whether by design or due to the election’s increasing prevalence across disciplines. In this year’s particularly contentious, ...