Vermont has recently faced unusual and severe weather events, from a late-May frost that significantly reduced the crops of commercial apple orchards to the record rainfall and flooding in July and August that caused significant damage locally, which have challenged the established sentiment of the ...
After years of planning, the Middlebury College Snow Bowl will finally open for night skiing this winter. In addition to its regular 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours Wednesday through Friday, the Snow Bowl will remain open for night skiing until 9 p.m.
You may see one of the SPECS peer-educators walking around campus, sporting our luxurious navy blue merch and dragging a (slightly broken) cart teeming with goodie bags and sex “supplies,” and think: “Huh?” We get it, but what many of you may not know is that SPECS is more than orientation week’s ...
Solutions will be posted on Friday, October 13th at noon!
While many students and faculty in the humanities, and maybe even some in the science departments, have never interacted with the vivarium in BiHall, its existence is critical to the study of live animals at Middlebury. But the vivarium – an enclosure that houses living organisms, including plants ...
“Slipin Sips” is a wine column written by Staff Writer Sam Lipin (hence the title, “Slipin”). As an amateur sommelier, Sam exists deep in the world of wine, particularly natural wine, and this column seeks to share the joy he finds in fermented grapes with the rest of the world.
This fall, Middlebury welcomed ten new professors and six lecturers to its faculty. New professors were hired in the departments of Black Studies, Chinese, Computer Science, Economics, French and Francophone studies, History of Art and Architecture, Music and Physics.
This week, our Editorial Board reflected on how Covid-19 continues to affect campus life. Trust us, we are just as tired of editorializing on this issue over three and a half years since the start of the pandemic as you are of hearing about it. Unfortunately, however, a recent surge in student cases ...
When pop-up books come to mind, what is the first thing you picture? Maybe the phrase conjures a kindergarten classroom or tiny toddlers sounding out their first words. Yet passersby and visitors to Davis Family Library’s current exhibit “Pop-Up! 3-D Books from Special Collections” will soon learn ...
Midd Xpress has returned to its normal hours of operation from 8 a.m. to midnight this semester after a period of uncertainty last spring caused by staff shortages and retention issues. However, the Grille is only operational from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, creating challenges for student employees ...
A new makerspace in Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building welcomes people of all ages and experience levels interested in turning their ideas into physical objects.
Looking to build upon an already successful history, here is what you need to know about Mandigo as he enters his first season as head coach.
Do you know how hard it is to prank someone who is expecting to be pranked?! Let us set the stage: it was the week before April Fool’s Day, 2021. We were new baby Febs living in Forest and had been challenged by fellow baby Feb Annabelle to prank her for April Fools Day. We knew she was expecting ...
Amidst this year’s Fall Family Weekend bustle of pumpkin rolling, bouncy houses and meals shared at the Knoll, several families, students and members of the Middlebury community made their way to The Chapel to honor a musical tradition that spans five decades.
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The daunting, competitive college admissions process often leaves prospective students struggling to gauge what a school truly offers. For that reason, Middlebury’s admissions team relies on firsthand experiences at Middlebury to overcome this obstacle. Campus tours are in their second year back in ...
Sitting down for a meal with others, especially with strangers, inevitably encourages an element of community amongst the group. Vermont-based business Adventure Dinner strives to foster this connection with unique dining experiences throughout the state.
Leo Urena ’24.5 hails from Cresskill, N.J., and anchors the offensive line on the football team. In this installment of Seven Questions, Leo discusses how he got started playing football, what makes this year’s team special and his teammate’s interesting affinity for milk.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in “The Great Gatsby” that “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” I read the novel as a high school junior and chose this excerpt as my senior yearbook quote. Looking back on it, it seems like an odd and slightly pretentious choice, especially ...