Crossword 10/12/2023: Solutions
By Josh Harkins and Aaron Cohen | October 13, 2023Here are the solutions for this week's crossword puzzle!
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
News In Brief: Former Middlebury professor Honoree Fleming killed in Castleton, Vt.
By Catherine Goodrich and Susanna Schatz | October 12, 2023Former Middlebury faculty member and retired Dean of Vermont State University Castleton Honoree Fleming was fatally shot last week on the Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail just south of Castleton’s campus and 30 miles south of Middlebury, according to the Vermont State Police.
Knolci: A fusion of flavors celebrating 20 years at the Knoll
By Maggie Bryan | October 12, 2023This past Friday’s Dolci dinner, cleverly coined “Knolci,” merged two Middlebury favorites: Dolci, Middlebury’s student-run restaurant, and the Knoll, the college’s farm. The Knoll’s bountiful harvest served as the inspiration for the event and provided most of the meal’s produce, which ...
Education over erasure: The chapel and cancel culture at Middlebury
By The Editorial Board | October 12, 2023It has been two years since Middlebury removed the name of John A. Mead from the Middlebury Chapel following a unanimous vote by the College’s Board of Trustees. In 1914, Mead and his wife made a donation — equivalent to more than two million in today’s dollars — to build a new chapel on the ...
First-Year show dares us to “Look, Dream, Begin” fighting for our climate
By Arthur Romero Da Veiga Martins | October 12, 2023How does one tackle an anxiety-inducing, over-saturated and apocalyptic issue like climate change with wit, heart and a commitment to action? The answer for the team behind “Look, Dream, Begin” — the 28th-Annual First-Year Show performed at the Hepburn Zoo this past weekend — was a bold, theatrical ...
Extraordinary Ordinary: Molly Hawley’s paintings exhibit in town
By Sophia Shen | October 12, 2023Amidst midterm stress and unpredictable weather, art serves as a means of relaxation. Local artist Molly Hawley’s exhibition “Extraordinary Ordinary: Landscapes and Portraits,” currently on display in the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, beautifully captures vivid fall foliage, seaside scenery ...
Middlebury Equestrian Team shines in the Vermont doubleheader weekend
By Ting Cui | October 12, 2023Despite the persistent rain over the weekend, the Middlebury Equestrian Team made a shining start to their season by participating in the Vermont doubleheader. A total of 19 riders competed across a variety of events at University of Vermont’s show at Imajica Farm in Williston, Vt. on Saturday, followed ...
Sarah Says: What comes next?
By Sarah Miller | October 12, 2023There’s nothing quite like your final parents weekend to hammer home the fact that undergrad is coming to a close. As I toured my parents around campus one last time, I found myself thinking about the girl I was four years ago. I was a senior in high school the last time my future would feel secure. ...
Middlebury Skatepark Project hosts movie screening fundraiser to fundraise for building town skatepark
By Katrina Schwarz | October 12, 2023Every day, Middlebury students on skateboards, scooters and other forms of wheels spend hours flying back and forth on the asphalt outside of Proctor Dining Hall, rain or shine. While this space on Hepburn Road provides a location for these activities for college students, the town of Middlebury does ...
Men’s soccer remains undefeated after 10 games
By Andre Peirovi | October 12, 2023After 10 games of play, Middlebury men’s soccer remains undefeated with seven wins and three ties so far this year. They have earned four wins and two ties in the NESCAC after starting off conference games at home against Amherst on Sept. 9, where Harper Nicholl ’27 scored his first career goal ...
Loneliness and the built environment at Middlebury and beyond
By Joshua Glucksman | October 12, 2023I have recently been thinking a lot about alienation at Middlebury. All of you are aware that Ev, who was a friend of mine, died in Forest Hall, but some of you may not know that Yan, another student and beloved teammate of mine, died in the same building over two years ago. The eeriness of two deaths ...
Challenging and transcending norms with Dreamers’ Circus
By Joshua Glucksman | October 12, 2023An aura of anticipation filled the air last Saturday evening as a nearly full house packed into McCullough Student Center for the return of Nordic music group Dreamers’ Circus.
Seven questions with Winnie Wang ’24, women’s cross country
By Charlie Keohane | October 12, 2023Winnie Wang ’24 is in the thick of her final cross country season with the Middlebury Panthers. In addition to running, Wang, a neuroscience major and linguistic minor from Newton, Mass., is leading the pack as one of the captains of women’s cross country. In this installment of seven questions, ...
MacKenzie Scott donates $20 million to Champlain Housing Trust, aiding Vermont’s housing crisis
By Madeleine Kaptein | October 12, 2023The Champlain Housing Trust — the largest community land trust in the U.S. — received a $20 million donation from MacKenzie Scott through her philanthropist fund, Yield Giving. The contribution marks the largest donation the trust has received in its nearly 40 years of work towards providing affordable ...
Four Stars for Inn on the Green
By Bea Parr | October 12, 2023Last spring during the housing draw, the class of 2025 nervously refreshed the housing portal to watch incoming seniors swiftly claim Forest doubles, Kelly suites, and Chateau rooms — options once called “junior housing” — right before their eyes. With only one Lang suite and eleven Chateau ...
La Montagne sculpture brings early American Modernism to Middlebury
By Asa Stone | October 12, 2023Originally created in 1919, “La Montagne” is a clay sculpture of the artist’s wife and muse, Isabel Dutaud Nagle Lachaise. The version of “La Montagne” on campus is a replica of the clay original.
Liv, Love, Local: Minifactory
By Olivia Mueller | October 12, 2023On a recent Saturday morning in Bristol, every bright-yellow chair in Minifactory was occupied as the brunch crowd queued up to order their weekend treats. Minifactory opened in the spring of 2022 as a market and café that also serves as a home for the jam manufacturing of owner V Smiley’s jam company, ...
Freddy Mosier ’23 pitches for Great Britain in the European Baseball Championship
By Ryan Heinzerling | October 12, 2023Few athletes get the distinct honor of representing their country in sport. Even fewer of those athletes are from Division III colleges. Yet on Sept. 26, Freddy Mosier ’23 took the mound for Team Great Britain in the European Baseball Championship, helping the British to an 11-10 victory over Italy. ...
Middlebury's Black Student Union builds community, seeks to improve experiences of Black students
By Mandy Berghela | October 12, 2023For decades, the Black Student Union (BSU) has been a critical organization at Middlebury, dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for Black students. The BSU meets every Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the Coltrane Lounge to foster meaningful conversations surrounding racial equity while addressing ...
Sandy Robinson, director of Middlebury Health Services, retires after eight years
By William Reed | October 12, 2023Middlebury Health Services Director and nurse practitioner Sandy Robinson is retiring after eight years with the college. Robinson’s departure is met with both gratitude for her service and anticipation for the future under the leadership of her successor, Alison Finch.