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Lily Buren

Arts & Culture

A guide of arts and happenings in our brave little state

By Lily Buren | December 4, 2025

Being from Vermont means going to your town bar on Blackout Wednesday with everyone who graduated from your high school in the last 20 years, never learning world geography in your public school education and hiding from your second-grade teacher at the farmers market. It’s about knowing where to ...

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Lily Buren

Opinion

What Middlebury’s budget cuts really mean for the faculty and staff who clean up after you

By Lily Buren | April 10, 2025

When I worked for Middlebury’s Office of Advancement, I routinely ended alumni donation calls with: “As a student on financial aid, I thank you for your donation — it really helps to make the Middlebury experience possible for students like me.” But those calls made me think: Who else makes ...

Lily Buren

A guide of arts and happenings in our brave little state

What Middlebury’s budget cuts really mean for the faculty and staff who clean up after you

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