Waiting to Wading
By Edyth Moldow | April 27, 2023Your limbs look like Pottery shards to me.
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
Letter to the Editor: You can’t have your cake and eat it too
By Sarah Miller and Gage Schrier | April 27, 2023The Editorial Board’s plea that the school help us escape our “academic cage” fails to recognize Middlebury’s mission: the “academic cage” offers more freedom than restraint. Many people have worked their entire lives to come to a prestigious institution like Middlebury and will reap its ...
Staying rooted: a guide to Middlebury wildflower identification
By Dorian Lamb | April 27, 2023These past few weeks have been especially stressful at Middlebury, from false alarms and reduced dining options to upcoming final exams. One of the many outlets that has helped me maintain peace during these times has been grounding myself in the natural world, looking above these difficulties and down ...
Middlebury's frisbee B-Team makes history, advances to Division I Regionals
By Jack Mcguire | April 27, 2023The Middlebury open division ultimate frisbee teams competed in their sectionals tournaments this past weekend. The top team, who call themselves “the Pranksters,” went 2–2 at the North New England Division III Sectionals, giving them a bid to New England Division III Regionals. However, more ...
Student-run on-campus bar offers an alternative to limited nightlife in town
By Mandy Berghela | April 27, 2023For the first time in several years, Middlebury students gathered at an on-campus, student-run bar on Thursday, April 13 on the first floor of the Mahaney Arts Center.
4/20 Crossword Solutions
By Josh Harkins | April 21, 2023Here are the solutions to this week's crossword! How'd you do?
4/20 Crossword
By Josh Harkins | April 20, 2023Here is this week's crossword! Solutions will be posted on Friday, April 21st at noon. Good luck!
Middlebury student, volunteer firefighter sets new world record
By Ryan Mcelroy | April 20, 2023Emily Jones ’23.5 was surrounded by over 100 of her fellow firefighters, friends and Middlebury students as she broke the Guinness World Record for fastest mile run by a woman wearing full firefighter turnout gear — including a respirator — on Saturday, April 8. At eight minutes and 25 seconds, ...
Beyond the page remimagines education in all departments
By Eliza King Freedman | April 20, 2023Beyond the Page (BtP) is an innovative learning collective affiliated with the college that has completed one of its many on-campus residencies, which have evolved and broadened over the years since the last time The Campus visited them. The organization was born from a teaching practice that began ...
"A Woman Left Lonely": A tribute to Tennessee Williams
By Jonathan Eaton | April 20, 2023Victoria Keith’s ’23 senior thesis, “A Woman Left Lonely,” directed by Bri Beach ’23 and Sophie Butler-Rahman ’25, was an amalgamation of three Tennessee Williams plays: “This Property is Condemned,” “Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” ...
George Madison ’26 captures Middlebury Athletics through video highlights
By Jack Mcguire | April 20, 2023At Middlebury sporting events, fans can expect to see a typical cast of characters standing on the sidelines: coaches, bench players and referees. However this past year, a new figure has appeared on the edges of many Middlebury sports games: George Madison ’26.
Staffing crisis in food services causes early closing of the Grille, Crossroads and MiddXpress
By Jessica Li | April 20, 2023Staff shortages at the Grille, Crossroads Cafe and MiddXpress have resulted in limited hours. Former employees cited frustration with student behavior, the local housing market and retirement as reasons for leaving.
On becoming a preachy, pick-me pescetarian
By Bella Burke | April 20, 2023When people ask me why I’m pescetarian, I usually say something like, “I love animals, but it’s just a personal thing, really. I think everyone should eat meat if they want to.” I use those lines to end the conversation as quickly as possible so people don’t think I’m one of those meat-eater-shaming ...
Meet the 2023–24 SGA candidates
By Jonathan Eaton | April 20, 2023This coming Monday, April 24 is the Student Government Association (SGA) presidential election. Next year’s SGA senators and president will work with the administration and advocate for the needs of the student body as well as allocate student activity funding and make appointments to student, faculty ...
Stone Leaf Teahouse: a bridge between two worlds
By Katherine Michaelson | April 20, 2023I’m a very big fan of tea, and the Stone Leaf Teahouse is one of my favorite places in Middlebury. I visit the store regularly, as I find it to be the best place to spend some good, quality time with my school work or friends (or both). With this in mind, I can’t quite tell if my motivations behind ...
Juice Amour serves up smoothies, vegan food in downtown Middlebury
By Mandy Berghela | April 20, 2023On a hot spring day, following a workout or on a walk through town after class, Juice Amour is a go-to destination for both Middlebury students and town residents.
From the Archives: The history of the coronation and royal drama
By Tulip Larson | April 20, 2023“From the Archives” is an opportunity for various writers to visit the Middlebury Special Collections and write about a different artifact each week. The Special Collections boasts hundreds of thousands of historic items, and through this column we encourage writers to explore not only the college’s ...
Spring us from our academic cage
By Editorial Board | April 20, 2023But with the change of seasons also comes a shift in student culture. Students usually find themselves in an environment where it seems like everyone is competing to be the most productive or have the busiest schedule. As the weather starts to warm up, it transforms into a competition to see who can ...
PFL Weekly S.3 Ep.8: Katie Murphy ’23
By Blaise Siefer, Captain Rudolph, Marco Fengler and Eli Dibari | April 20, 2023Women’s golf captain, Katie Murphy ’23, shot two under par in her last round this past weekend to help Middlebury set two new team records. This week, PFL interviews Murphy about her journey to Midd, interesting preseason workouts and rituals and current half marathon training. How much does Murphy ...
Davis library left understaffed with four librarians departing
By Madeleine Kaptein | April 20, 2023Four of Davis Family Library’s librarians have left their jobs in the past four months, leaving the following vacancies in the User Experience Librarian, Science and Data Librarian, Head of Collection Development and Head of Research and Instruction positions. A new User Experience Librarian will ...