In memory of Jeff Cason
By Charlie Keohane | October 27, 2022Respected professor, provost and community member, Jeffrey (Jeff) Cason, passed away last July, leaving an indelible impact personally and professionally on the Middlebury campus.
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Trick or treaters gather in town centers to celebrate Halloween
By Charlie Keohane and Maggie Reynolds | October 27, 2022For rural communities like Ripton, Bristol and Middlebury, Vt., town centers and more densely populated neighborhoods become a trick-or-treater’s paradise. Since many houses are farther apart, parents often direct their children to a central area where they can celebrate safely. Some rural communities ...
Crossword 10/13 Answers
By Josh Harkins | October 14, 2022Here are the responses to this week's crossword!
Review: Clayton Stephenson
October 13, 2022The 2022 Gilmore Young Artist Clayton Stephenson performed in Robison hall on Saturday, Oct. 8. His electric performance brought down the house, granting him a standing ovation during the intermission break.
Niche Reads: Novel recommendations for the arts
By Sylvie Shure | October 13, 2022If you struggle to find time for fun reading, this is the spot for you. Niche Reads recommends novels that relate to academic (or other) interests so that you can explore a new book while still feeling productive. Check back each week for more cool books.
Women’s team of Middlebury Club Soccer raises Title IX concerns
By Abigail Chang and Amanda Manoogian | October 13, 2022The Middlebury women’s club soccer team brought complaints to the Title IX Office last spring regarding the Student Activities Office’s (SAO) refusal to grant them official club status separate from the men’s team, where captains said club funding was not being distributed to them. While the current ...
Captain’s Corner: Kenan Ulku-Steiner ’22.5, men’s soccer
By Captain Rudolph | October 13, 2022Welcome to this week’s installment of Captain’s Corner, where I sit down with a captain of a Middlebury College athletics team to talk Captain to captain about the role, the team and their life at Middlebury. This week I got a chance to catch up with Kenan Ulku-Steiner ’22.5 after an impressive ...
Cliff Hanger: In “Edge of the Earth,” climate is no longer a side story
By Maggie Bryan | October 13, 2022In Maggie Bryan’s column “Cliff-Hanger,” she reviews outdoor films and explores the power of adventure as a catalyst to conversations over modern issues.
Ripton votes yes to return to Addison Central School District
By Julia Pepper | October 13, 2022The town of Ripton has decided to remain in the Addison Central School District (ACSD) after a vote at the end of September. After a January 2021 vote to withdraw followed by a year-and-a-half long struggle for the town to establish an independent school district, Ripton residents have now voted to ...
Middlebury School in Kazakhstan to launch spring 2023
By Susanna Schatz | October 13, 2022A new Russian language study abroad program in Kazakhstan will begin next semester, a decision made in July of this year as the Middlebury School in Russia remains suspended indefinitely. Russian is one of the two official languages in Kazakhstan.
PFL Weekly Podcast 10/10
By Ben Wagner, Dan Urchuk, Sam Mcgarrahan and Cole Seifer | October 13, 2022This week, our PFL Weekly hosts dissect a highly successful slate of Fall Family Weekend games. Football advances to 4–0 with a stunner over perennial rival Williams College.
Cocoon, by Middlebury Moth-Up
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | October 13, 2022Middlebury Moth-Up held its 10th annual Cocoon event at Robison Hall on Friday, Oct. 7. Performances are based on episodes of “The Moth” podcast. The organization puts on smaller, student storytelling events monthly. Moth-Up Co-President Elissa Asch ’22.5 explains the concept before each event: ...
Childcare shortage in Vermont means long waitlists for college faculty
By Maya Heikkinen | October 13, 2022On top of balancing classes, meetings and the challenges that come with living in rural Vermont, college faculty with young children face an additional burden: finding and retaining childcare.
Students report difficulties logging work hours in Oracle
By Rachel Lu | October 13, 2022Recently, some student employees have reported difficulties logging their hours via the payroll software Oracle, which Middlebury has been using for the past few years.
Seven questions with Tatum Peskin, women’s cross country
By Charlie Keohane | October 13, 2022Tatum Peskin ’24, an environmental economics major from Basking Ridge, N.J., is amidst a competitive junior cross country season. In this installment of seven questions, Peskin discusses how she got into the sport, her favorite pre-race traditions and her hidden gem running spots.
It’s not just about wages — respect is the bare minimum, too
By The Editorial Board | October 13, 2022This summer, Middlebury implemented a new compensation system for staff that seeks to promote “ownership and impact” for employees. The plan centers on a “skill matrix” which places staff in one of four categories — ‘learning,’ ‘growing,’ ‘thriving’ and ‘leading’— which then ...
Reel Critic: “Breaking”
By Jack Torpey | October 13, 2022After spending the early years of his career known only for playing a severely underdeveloped supporting character in Disney’s fleet of modern “Star Wars” films, Englishman John Boyega has finally received his proper introduction as an actor. It comes in “Breaking,” the debut feature ...
Middlebury Mountain Club to travel to Peru for Thanksgiving trip
By Mars Etgu | October 13, 2022The Middlebury Mountain Club (MMC) has organized a fully funded hiking trip to the renowned Santa Cruz trek in Peru over Thanksgiving Break as part of its efforts to increase involvement and accessibility. The trip will last four days as eight students, including two guides, backpack 30 miles through ...
Vermont State Parks offers guided hikes programming throughout Addison County
By Charlie Fisch | October 13, 2022Vermont State Park employees, in partnership with the Green Mountain National Forest, have organized a guided hikes program for Vermont locals in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, located between Middlebury and Brandon, Vt. New this year, the program ran from Labor Day to Indigenous People’s ...