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Henry Sheldon Museum hosts final stop of Addison County traveling book club

By Sage Keller | April 23, 2026

On April 25, the Henry Sheldon Museum will host the final session of the Historic Addison County Traveling Book Club, featuring “Deep North,”, an edited collection of stories by Brad Kessler about Somali resettlement in Vermont.

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Sports

Women’s lacrosse team extends unbeaten streak against Hamilton

By Thie Harthono | April 23, 2026

The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team breezed by Hamilton at home on Wednesday April 15. The dominant 17-3 win is proof of the Panthers’ top form as they enter the final stretch of the regular season, with just two remaining matchups before the NESCAC tournament. 

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Opinion

Reviving a tradition, rekindling a community

By Jeffrey Teh and Namrita Ghani | April 23, 2026

At a small liberal arts college, “community” is more than just a buzzword we repeat on tours to prospective students — it is a promise we make to one another. Community is what draws students to campuses like Middlebury in the first place: the idea that learning extends beyond the classroom into ...

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News

Office of Admissions revamps visuals, renews focus on student life in advertising materials

By Yuvraj Shah | April 23, 2026

For the 11,458 students who applied to become members of the class of 2030 and 2030.5, a range of new visuals, written materials and communication styles met them, whether they visited the college in person or only interacted with Middlebury online. 

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Sports

Middlebury baseball eyes playoffs with sweep of Wesleyan

By Theo Maniatis | April 23, 2026

Middlebury men’s baseball struggled the past two weeks, losing series to both Amherst and Hamilton. Playoff hopes hung in the balance, and something had to be done. On the second floor of Proctor Dining Hall, the team’s small cohort of juniors and seniors met to inspire an end to the skid. Then ...

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Arts & Culture

Crossword Solutions 04/23/26: Bookends

By Avery Goldstein | April 23, 2026

Crossword Solutions 04/23/26: Bookends

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Local

The Jack Langerman Community Foundation: Honoring a legacy

By Anna Doucet | April 23, 2026

For the Middlebury community and all those who loved him, the name Jack Langerman is one held close to their hearts. Jack Langerman ’19.5 was a member of the Middlebury Baseball team and a beloved member of the community. Although Langerman passed away in 2021, his legacy at Middlebury and beyond ...

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Opinion

Recentering learning when we talk about grades

By Linus Owens, Kemi Fuentes-George, Greg Pask, Jason Mittell and Catherine Combelles | April 23, 2026

This spring, The Campus has seen numerous articles and editorials discussing grading, ranging from coverage of the Economics department’s new grading policies, to calls for addressing grade inflation with campus-wide grade quotas and caps. The draft of our new strategic plan explicitly calls for action ...

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News

A home away from home: Friends of International Students marks 25 years

By Ava Reiser | April 23, 2026

Last week, the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) office hosted a reception marking 25 years of the Friends of International Students (FIS) Host Program — a quarter-century of fostering cross-cultural connections at Middlebury. The event brought together voices from across the program’s ...

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Sports

On the move: Meg Simon ’26 receives Hockey Humanitarian award

By Simon Schmieder | April 23, 2026

With her dad playing professional hockey, Meg Simon ’26 moved over 50 times growing up. Between trade deals and being called up to the NHL, Simon’s mom made sure the family always followed along. “It was really important to my mom that we moved as a unit,” Simon explained— a luxury that many ...

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Arts & Culture

Crossword 04/23/26: Bookends

By Avery Goldstein | April 23, 2026

Crossword 04/23/26: Bookends

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Local

Golden Rule Mead sources local ingredients to create unique beverages

By Katrina Schwarz | April 23, 2026

"Brew unto others" is more than just a clever play on words for Middlebury’s Golden Rule Mead; it is a founding principle of respect for the land and the community. Golden Rule Mead, a meadery located at 8 Elm Street next to Fire & Ice, focuses on producing sustainable, thoughtfully curated meads ...

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Opinion

SPECS Panther Column — Let’s talk about attraction

By Laila Almefty-Hernandez and Emilia Zenker | April 23, 2026

At SPECS, we talk a lot about sex — the importance of regular STI testing, the nuances of consent, birth control choices, pleasure and more — but not as much about attraction and how it manifests beyond sexual experiences. In celebration of Asexuality Awareness Day, which took place on April 6, ...

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News

College pitches lower annual donation to the town amid PILOT agreement re-negotiation

By Kai Arrowood | April 16, 2026

In June 2024, the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement — which set a fixed annual contribution from Middlebury College to the town  — expired. Over the past two years, local town government and college financial managers have been negotiating a new agreement that accounts for the college’s ...

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Arts & Culture

‘A Hall of Mirrors’: layers of performance in ‘The Maids’

By Rachelle Talbert | April 16, 2026

In a mirror maze of performativity, reality blends into fantasy until the two become nearly indistinguishable. This is on full display in Jean Genet’s absurdist play, “The Maids,” which was produced by the Middlebury Theatre Department this past weekend. It depicts two sister maids engaging in ...

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Arts & Culture

Feeling things: Amanda Ugorji and Sophie Chien with ‘just practice’

By Prosper Castelli | April 16, 2026

Designers Amanda Ugorji and Sophie Weston Chien like things soft — which is interesting because their work addresses hard issues: immigration, redlining, the climate crisis, flooding and injustice. 

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News

Middlebury named one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers

By Mandy Berghela | April 16, 2026

 In an April 7 press release from the Peace Corps, Middlebury College was ranked No. 7 among small colleges nationwide on the agency’s 2026 list of top volunteer-producing institutions. Since its founding in 1961, the Peace Corps has sent nearly 250,000 Americans abroad to work on locally driven ...

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Opinion

It’s your planet too

By Sga Environmental Sustainability Committee | April 16, 2026

Insurance companies have begun to pull out of entire states. Homeowners in Florida, Louisiana and California have found themselves uninsurable through no fault of their own. Climate-related disasters meant that the actuarial math no longer worked, and the people pricing this risk were not environmental ...

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Arts & Culture

Watching the wings grow: Proc knitter Marin Melchior

By Zhan Zhu | April 16, 2026

Marin Melchior wears the standard college dining services uniform, but beneath the regulation fabric, the markers of a creator remain: a streak of vibrant blue bleached into her hair, a pair of delicate earrings and a blue bow pinned neatly behind her work hat. As the dining servery supervisor at Middlebury ...

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News

Caught between travel restrictions and summer housing costs, pressure mounts for some international students

By Cole Chaudhari | April 16, 2026

As the summer approaches and students continue to solidify summer employment plans, a number of concerns have been raised by international students who cannot return home.  For students studying at the college from other countries, the vast majority of whom are holders of F-1 visas, options for ...