The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
New solar panel array to provide 40% of college’s electricity
By Evan Weiss | November 7, 2024Middlebury College President Laurie Patton cut the ribbon to officially open the South Street Extension solar array on Thursday, Oct. 24, unveiling a project that will now provide 40% of the college’s total electricity. The college hosted the event along with the developer, Encore Renewable Energy, ...
“Far Out” empowers student landscape of visual art
By Anthony Cinquina | November 7, 2024Mark McGoey ’26.5’s visual art exhibit “Far Out” opened on the evening of Oct. 25 to a warm crowd of friends and faculty. The collection is modest, and each individual work is made all the more memorable for it.
Jerusalem Quartet returns to campus with rousing program
By Yuhan Zhang | November 7, 2024On Nov. 2, the Jerusalem Quartet flooded the Mahaney Arts Center with passionate string music ranging from classical to modern. Celebrating their 30th season, Jerusalem Quartet returned to Middlebury with a program of Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorák.
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A message to faculty voting in tomorrow’s credit reduction motion
By The Editorial Board | November 7, 2024 Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 8, faculty members will vote on whether to decrease the credit requirement needed to graduate from 36 credits to 34 credits. Additional changes would allow students to declare their majors later in their Middlebury careers and prevent future classes of students from using ...
The double dream of American Football
By Cole Chaudhari | November 7, 2024Two Saturdays ago, I traveled to Brooklyn to see the band American Football on their tour commemorating the 25th anniversary of their first album’s release. “American Football” — sometimes nicknamed LP1 — was released on Sept. 14, 1999, and changed emo music forever. Though there have been ...
PFL Weekly
By Deco Siefer and Greg Wilhelm | November 7, 2024Welcome back to PFL Weekly! We had a great episode this week, discussing NESCAC playoff excitement, the upcoming Saturday of all Saturdays and the Battell Bike Bandit strikes again! We talked with Ally Kennedy ’27 and Megan Fuqua ’27, sophomores on the no. one nationally-ranked field hockey team, ...
Vermont bats, facing serious decline, thrive in Middlebury area
By Langan Garrett | November 7, 2024Vermont’s bat population, like many across the country, is in trouble. For over a decade, a fungal disease called White-nose syndrome (WNS) has devastated bat populations nationwide. The disease has spread from the east to west coast in both the U.S. and Canada, killing 90% or more of certain bat ...
The search for Middlebury’s next president starts with its staff
By Ali Salem | November 7, 2024Up front, to address the orange elephant in the room after Tuesday: It has never been more critical for Middlebury to properly invest in the staff that calls our college on a hill home. I recently read an excellent article by Madeleine Kaptein ’25.5 about Middlebury's 44% turnover rate in college ...
Shawn Ryan ’88 is rooting for you
By Catherine Goodrich | November 7, 2024If Shawn Ryan ’88 has anything in common with the hard-nosed shows that make up his acclaimed career, it’s that he’s as easy to talk to as a seasoned officer by the water cooler. Ryan is the award-winning writer, showrunner and producer of shows including “The Shield,” “The Chicago Code,” ...
Students, community members gather to celebrate Día de los Muertos
By Michaela Lawsky | November 7, 2024On Saturday, Nov. 2, the college hosted its third annual Día de los Muertos (DDM) celebration. The procession began in front of the Anderson Freeman Center (AFC), where a group of about 30 Middlebury students, faculty and residents from the town gathered to learn about and celebrate the holiday. Programming ...
What we have in Commons: on the intellectual community at Middlebury
By Gage Schrier and Daniel Allen | November 7, 2024 Every other week in the second half of the 1980s, students gathered for what began as a book club. As Associate Professor of Political Science Sebnem Gumuscu tells the story, students and faculty packed onto sofas and rugs to socialize and discuss what they had read. The event, which inspired ...
Crossword 11/07/2024: Solution
By Avery Goldstein | November 7, 2024Crossword 11/07/2024: Solution!
Jewish-Israeli journalist Amira Hass reflects on three decades in Gaza
November 7, 2024As a Jewish-Israeli journalist embedded in the long-term historical conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, Amira Hass lives between worlds. Hass has lived and reported in Gaza for the past three decades, including the first six months of the current conflict; in her role as a reporter, she documents ...
Seven questions with Madaket Rzepka ’26, field hockey
By Jonathan Buchholz | November 7, 2024Madaket Rzepka ’26, originally from Reading, Mass., is in the midst of her third season on the Middlebury field hockey team. In this edition of Seven Questions, she explains how she landed at Middlebury, what it’s like to be part of such a successful program and how Middlebury has changed the trajectory ...
Buy Again Alley aims to bring young people into the world of thrifting
By Noor Khan | November 7, 2024In the center of downtown Middlebury, the thrift store Buy Again Alley caters its clothing selection specifically to young people, distinguishing it from the town’s four other thrift stores. As a nonprofit, its mission is to support young people in their creative endeavors and bring them into the ...
What I have learned through a year in grief
By Mandy Berghela | November 7, 2024 For me and many other students, this past year has been a journey through a grief that feels endless. There are moments when sadness resurfaces unexpectedly, bringing the painful reminder that one of my closest friends is no longer here. Nov. 7 marks a year since the passing of my good friend ...
Middlebury Cross Country Competes at NESCAC Championship Meet
By Simon Schmieder | November 7, 2024“DIMOG.” The confused jumble of letters painted on their chests spelled out nonsense. “I thought Middlebury students were smarter than that,” one of the course officials joked. Eventually the final “D” ran across and the message was rearranged: “GO MIDD.”
