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Grade inflation: Is it really so bad?
By Cheryl Liu | April 11, 2024Grade inflation is a contentious issue on campus, as seen from the news article released on Feb. 22 titled “Average GPA rose to 3.65 last spring, prompting concern over sustained grade inflation” and The Campus’ editorial that week: “Inflated grades, deflated egos: tackling Middlebury’s problematic ...
Liv, Love, Local: Shacksbury Cider
By Olivia Mueller | April 11, 2024Since David Dolginow ’09 and Colin Davis ’03 founded Shacksbury Cider in 2013, they have been focused on crafting dry, easy-to-drink ciders that highlight the full, complex flavors of the apples from which they are made.
Student-run MiddNight Food Truck prepares for launch of late-night food, pop-ups
By Olivia Mueller | April 11, 2024A student-run late-night food truck serving tostadas, street corn and more is set to open in mid-April.
From the Archives: Viola Chittenden White, the college’s first Abernethy Library Curator
By Charlie Keohane | April 4, 2024During the 2022-2023 school year, over 2,000 students visited Special Collections with a class, but few know the history of the collection and the woman who began curating it.
Proc playlist: dinner and a song
By Acadia Klepeis | April 4, 2024When we think about music at 58 Hepburn Road, minds jump to the WRMC radio station. But let us not overlook the other musical hub at the same address: Proctor Dining Hall itself.
College will hold events, provide glasses for total solar eclipse on April 8
By Ellie Trinkle | April 4, 2024For the first time since 1932, Middlebury will be in the path of totality for a solar eclipse. Starting at 2:14 p.m. on Monday April 8, the moon’s shadow will slowly move until it fully covers the sun, which will occur at 3:27 p.m.
Popping the question: Middlebury staff’s defining pop culture memories
By Jack Torpey | April 4, 2024Popular culture. It’s the music we listen to, the movies we watch and, in this media-saturated twenty-first century, it seems to be the very air we breathe. There’s no escaping pop culture — just ask the Middlebury staff.
SGA passes resolution to lower number of credits needed to graduate
By Cole Chaudhari | April 4, 2024The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution to reduce the number of credits needed to graduate from 36 to 34. The change, proposed on March 14, has not been implemented and would need faculty approval to become the new graduation criteria at the college.
The staff who review the New England Review
By Catherine Goodrich | April 4, 2024Across from the swing set outside of Twilight Hall, in the New England Review office, a box of newly minted issues of Volume 45.1 sits beside a shelf of archival issues dating back to the magazine’s founding in 1978. Led by Editor Carolyn Kuebler ’90 and Managing Editor Leslie Sainz, NER delicately ...
First units of new Middlebury affordable housing development expected to alleviate housing burden for staff
By Ben Wagner | April 4, 2024A new affordable housing project in Middlebury, planned as a collaboration between the college, Summit Properties and the town of Middlebury, is set to see its first units go on sale in May 2025.
The woman who revolutionized the dining hall experience
By Katie Futterman | April 4, 2024Kathy Swan’s warm, cheerful voice turned a dining hall into a home. All it took was picking up a microphone.
With a pinch of Saltveit
By Acadia Klepeis | April 4, 2024“Good afternoon, the Davis Family Library will be closing at 5 p.m. today. Should you want to continue working, Crossroads Cafe is open 24/7, although I don’t know why you would want to continue working when it’s such a beautiful day outside,” his voice bellows across the library intercoms on ...
Rumi & Ramadan
By Zahra Moeini Meybodi | April 4, 2024“Rumi” — a name that has become increasingly recognizable in American classrooms, literary circles and spiritual movements. With popular renditions and interpretations of Molānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad al-Balkhi al-Rūmī, or simply Rumi’s writings in English, the 13th century Persian Muslim ...
A home in New York, a job in Vermont
By Katrina Schwarz | April 4, 2024Vermont’s high costs of leading lead many employees to make long commutes to work, often from New York State. Only 39.5% of staff members live within the town of Middlebury, according to data the college Human Resources department sent to The Campus. The same data highlights that 21.7% of staff live ...
Understaffing still poses challenges for employees in dining halls, Davis Family Library
By Tejas Srinivasan | April 4, 2024Days when the usual dishes are replaced with paper plates and utensils in Ross Dining Hall are a sign that the dishroom is overwhelmed, and when the pizza station is shut down, it is a sign that the cooks are occupied at other stations. Students lining up for food can easily spot the understaffing that ...
Players, coaches, community: insights into the world of varsity assistant coaches
By Gavin Randolph | April 4, 2024To be an assistant coach requires a unique skillset: interpersonal skills, an ambition for impact and little desire for recognition. Assistant coaches play critical roles in the success of their teams, yet often get less appreciation for the mentorship and value they provide.
We can’t live without our staff. So why doesn’t Middlebury pay them a livable wage?
By The Editorial Board | April 4, 2024Middlebury College is the largest employer in Addison County. The role of the college as an employer and lifeline to many workers in the community remains essential to building a stronger campus for staff and students alike. Despite improvements to wages and compensation systems, there remain structural ...
Local construction company reaches major milestone for new first year residence hall
By Julia Pepper | April 4, 2024As college students start to roll out of bed and slowly trickle into morning classes, contractors from the local community are already hard at work on campus building the future of the college. Every Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., around 75 employees from Naylor & Breen, a construction ...