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Raymond Diaz ’23 wins SGA presidential election in close race

With 56.1% of the vote, Raymond Diaz ’23 was elected SGA president for the 2022-23 academic year.

Headlines: Our new radio show

At the very end of last spring — when Riley Board ’22, Lucy Townend ’22 and I (The Campus’ executive team) started planning for this year’s Campus issues — we got really excited about an idea. The idea was creating a Campus radio show where we’d share a little about the stories from each ...

Why a(nother) staff issue?

In January 2019, we published our first staff issue. It detailed the impact of workforce planning — a concerted administrative effort to reduce employee compensation costs by 10% — on the staff of the college. Three years (and one global pandemic) later, we again find ourselves inamidst a critical ...

BREAKING: College reports another 36 cases, moving to remote instruction for remainder of semester

The college is moving classes and exams online and transitioning to grab-and-go meals after 36 new cases were reported on campus, bringing the total number of active cases to 52.

News in Brief: Ten students test positive for Covid-19

This story is currently ongoing. It will be updated as The Campus learns new information or as the Covid-19 situation on campus changes. 

News in Brief: College sees uptick in active Covid-19 cases during week of Thanksgiving break

On Sunday Nov. 28, the day many students returned to Middlebury from Thanksgiving break, the college’s Covid-19 Reporting Dashboard listed 13 active cases — three employee positives and 10 student positives. Just three active cases remained on Monday, according to the dashboard, and there were three ...

News in Brief: Three students, one employee test positive for Covid-19

Three students and one employee have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of active cases to eight.

Notes from the Desk: Reply to Letter to the Editor

Dear Vice President for Student Affairs Smita Ruzicka, Vice President for Administration and Chief Risk Officer Mike Thomas and Public Safety Director Dimitria Kirby, 

What happened to protecting the most vulnerable?

Things are finally starting to feel normal again here at Middlebury. Proc is bustling, classrooms are full and Atwater residents are throwing ragers again. And with nearly 99% of on-campus students fully vaccinated, the days of universal twice-weekly testing, outdoor masking and close contacts have ...

Mead Chapel name removed in acknowledgement of its namesake’s role in eugenics

Middlebury’s Mead Memorial Chapel, named for John Mead, a Vermont governor and member of the class of 1864, lost the name Mead this morning in acknowledgement of its namesake’s role in promoting eugenics in Vermont during the early 1900s. The piece of stone bearing the chapel’s name was removed ...

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Abigail ChangNewman Catholic Club organized a talk and Q&A with Dr. Peter Kreeft earlier this month.

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Abigail ChangCollege librarians have been tasked with managing pandemic-related changes to the library’s resources and operations, including retrieving books for students now that the stacks are closed.

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Abigail ChangApplications surged to a record high as the college piloted a test-optional policy.

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ABIGAIL CHANGIn the old laundry system, students paid $1.25 to wash and $1.50 to dry a load of laundry. Now, students will have free laundry for the rest of the semester.