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Opinion

Fall-ing into place: our ins and outs this season

By The Editorial Board | October 10, 2024

With the brisk mornings and bright foliage of autumn finally sweeping across campus this week, we wanted to reflect on the most memorable parts of the season and what parts of life we could really do without. Your personal fall ins and outs list may look different, but we hope this provides some inspiration ...

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Sports

PFL Weekly: 10/10/2024

By Deco Siefer and Greg Wilhelm | October 10, 2024

Welcome back to PFL Weekly! Week three has come upon us already, and we discussed yet ANOTHER undefeated week of Middlebury sports. We highlighted a few sportscaster-worthy plays, good performances across the charts, records being broken or close to being broken and much more. We welcomed Molly Harrison ...

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News

Students mail in ballots, register to vote ahead of November election

By Phoebe An | October 10, 2024

As conversations about the upcoming presidential election build on campus, Middlebury students continue to register to vote and request absentee ballots from their home states across the country. Historically, Middlebury students have had a widespread interest in voting: During the previous presidential ...

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Opinion

“Boycott, Divest, Sanction” is not the answer

By Claire Shapiro | October 10, 2024

“In the arsenal of diplomacy, economic sanctions are crude weapons, slow-acting and unpredictable. When they work, innocents suffer. The bad guys, after all, are usually the ones with the bunkers and gas masks — or, in this case, the power and cash — to endure a war of attrition.” 

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Multimedia

Photo of the Week: Twilight over Twilight

By Delphine Wu | October 10, 2024

Delphine Wu ’28 captured a gloomy autumn evening over Twilight Hall, with autumnal colors in full display. On Oct. 10 through Oct. 16, the Green Mountain State will be flushed with warm foliage, when the changing of the leaves is expected to crest before subsiding into late October and November.

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Local

Former police chief assumes role as Interim Town Manager

By Mandy Berghela | October 10, 2024

On Sept. 23, the town of Middlebury welcomed back a familiar face to take over as the interim town manager. Tom Hanley — who retired in February 2024 from his 32 years in service to the Middlebury Police Department as police chief — took over the chief executive officer position after former Town ...

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Opinion

In defense of banning screens

By Daniel Allen | October 10, 2024

Almost all of us would do better in class if we took notes on paper and did our readings from physical books. I will be the first to admit it: I love to take notes with my laptop in class. It stores them all in one place, I do not have to worry about deciphering my writing after the fact and it means ...

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News

Middlebury falls to 19th in U.S. News & World Report ranking

By Hugo Zhang | October 3, 2024

On Sept. 23, U.S. News & World Report released its 2025–2026 national liberal arts colleges rankings, which dropped Middlebury to 19th place — eight positions lower than last year, tied with Grinnell College and Washington and Lee University. This ranking is Middlebury’s lowest since its first ...

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