The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
Sarah Says: The cult of beauty
By Sarah Miller | March 7, 2024Membership in the cult of beauty is a prerequisite for girlhood. I can’t remember when beauty became my governing power, can't remember an age when I did not look at myself with the eye of an appraiser. If there’s escape from the cult, I’ve yet to find it.
“Up For Discussion”: a salon series at Town Hall Theater
By Katrina Schwarz | March 7, 2024In a modern twist on old-fashioned salons, the Up for Discussion lecture series, hosted by the Vermont Book Shop and taking place at Town Hall Theater, aims to create a space for open community conversation this spring. The series, originally an idea hatched by Vermont Book Shop owner Becky Dayton, ...
Middlebury returns to typical enrollment this spring, with plans to sell Inn on the Green in 2025
By Susanna Schatz | March 7, 2024Middlebury has returned to a more typical student enrollment number this semester following a surge in the number of students on campus in the fall and overall elevated enrollment since fall 2021. This decrease in enrollment has taken some of the strain off of on-campus housing, and the college does ...
Spring sports preview
By Lexi Linafelter, Charles Crounse and Jack Mcguire | March 7, 2024The snow is melting, the ice is thawing and students are busily hurrying to and from midterms. Spring has arrived at Middlebury, and with it comes the return of Middlebury’s spring sports teams. In this edition of team previews, we take a look at all the Panthers in action this spring — athletes ...
Le Consort in concert
By Makeda Hevrin | February 29, 2024Music lovers from the college and Middlebury community alike gathered on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Mahaney Arts Center for an evening of Baroque chamber music brought to Middlebury by Le Consort, a quartet of talented French string musicians that formed in 2015.
Trustees talk tuition, construction, finances for 2023-2024
By Katie Futterman | February 29, 2024A winter weekend at Middlebury was host to important decisions by the Board of Trustees. On Feb. 9 and 10, the Board increased tuition and named the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building plaza, among other discussions of finances, construction projects and language learning.
Middlebury Art Museum unveils new spring exhibits
By Aine Powers | February 29, 2024Staff, students and faculty recently gathered at a reception on Thursday, Feb. 22 to celebrate the opening of The Middlebury Museum of Art’s two new spring exhibitions: “David Plowden: Portraits of America” and “Derrick Adams: Sanctuary.” Both exhibitions will run until April 14, offering ...
Black Student Union holds Apollo Night, Soul Food Sunday and other celebrations for Black History Month
By Cole Chaudhari | February 29, 2024In celebration of the month of February as Black History month, the Black Student Union (BSU) has held events including Apollo Night and Soul Food Sunday, along with the upcoming Night of Black Culture.
“Either/Or,” a student’s patchwork search for how to live
By Madeleine Kaptein | February 29, 2024In the summer after my first semester at Middlebury, I read “The Idiot” by Elif Batuman, the novel to which “Either/Or” is the sequel. Both books center Selin, a Turkish American woman at Harvard beginning in the year 1995.
Winter Carnival returns to Middlebury with ski races, ice sculpture contest and more
By Liv Sanchez | February 29, 2024The annual Winter Carnival returned to campus at full capacity last weekend, following a brief ski race hiatus last year. The weekend included Middlebury Carnival ski races as well as on-campus activities organized by Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) such as an ice-sculpting competition outside ...
It’s spring cleaning time: our ins and outs list
By The Editorial Board | February 29, 2024As we trudge through the final week of February and see some glimmers of sunlight, it’s worth considering what intentional decisions we can make about how to spend the rest of the semester. What habits do we wish to leave behind in the winter and fall, and what lessons and goals do we wish to bring ...
Men’s basketball falls to Tufts University in NESCAC Tournament
By Jonathan Buchholz | February 29, 2024It was a year of growth for the Middlebury men’s basketball team. After a stellar 2022-23 campaign which saw them advance to the second round of the national tournament, the team endured a dip in form as they bowed out to Tufts University in the first round of NESCAC play this year. Despite matching ...
Makes Ya Feel: February New Music Roundup
By Ellie Trinkle | February 29, 2024Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, book worms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel! Check back every other week for recommendations, reviews and discussions. ...
Middlebury named top producer of Fulbrights for 2023-2024
By Caroline Jiao | February 29, 2024Middlebury has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs for the 2023–2024 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program. Four out of 23 student applicants and three faculty members at Middlebury were selected for the awards. With seven ...
Addison West and Sparrow Arts Supplies relocate to downtown Middlebury
By Mandy Berghela | February 29, 2024Addison West, a local home decoration business, relocated to the Stone Mill Public Market on Mill Street in January after nearly three years at its Main Street location. Sparrow Art Supplies, an art supplies stores and gallery, will take its place on Main Street after two years at their underground ...
I’m forgetting my mother tongue
By Yuvraj Shah | February 29, 2024My go-to response to any icebreaker question is that I speak four languages. It piques peoples’ interest, allows me to organically share the many places I call home and reminds me of my history. “I speak four languages.” This is not false, but I have to confess that it is not entirely true either. ...
Panthers take third place in EISA Championships with impressive showing at Middlebury Carnival
By Lexi Linafelter | February 29, 2024Amidst the excitement of an electric home atmosphere, Middlebury tallied 739 total points in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Championship this weekend, securing third place behind University of Vermont and Dartmouth College to conclude the regular season. The alpine and nordic races ...
Reel Critic: “Human Flow”
By Charlie Deichman-Caswell | February 29, 2024On the plush red seats of Axinn 232, attendees perched last week for a screening of “Human Flow,” Ai Weiwei’s 2017 visual exploration of human displacement. Co-sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and Middlebury History of Art and Architecture department, the event drew a mix of community ...