On March 9, President Ian Baucom welcomed 55 students from the Middlebury College Democrats (MCD) and the Middlebury College Republicans (MCR) into his home for the third joint meeting between the two groups. Students gathered around tables to share a meal and engage in conversations about their political ...
Take a trip to Texas: ‘Valentina’ brings El Paso to Middlebury
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‘Nothing to Hide’ art exhibit on display at Middlebury Congregational Church through end of March
By Phoebe Adler | March 12, 2026“Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family,” a photo-text exhibit showcasing images and stories of families affected by mental illness, recently opened at the Congregational Church of Middlebury (MiddUCC). The exhibit is on display outside of the church’s offices and its Unity Hall, where ...
Men’s lacrosse pulls off comeback win against Connecticut College
By Simon Schmieder | March 12, 2026Down 5-1 with less than five minutes gone in the second quarter, the Middlebury men’s lacrosse team was losing control of the game. Connecticut College (Conn) scored two goals in under 30 seconds, sending the baby blue half of the sideline into a frenzy. The Panthers immediately called a timeout, ...
Our preference for male tears: the case of Cameron Winter
By Sailor Kabeary | March 12, 2026Cameron Winter, Gen-Z’s most recent alternative-rock-indie-folk, sunken-eyed, socially awkward, too-cool-for-instagram, boyishly charming, musical darling, has risen to the coveted rank of being called a genius by both elite music critics and youthful fans. From what he has shared with the world so ...
A Middlebury alum’s journey from Vermont to Congress
By Kai Arrowood | March 12, 2026 Connor Williams ’08.5, a current lecturer and first-year seminar instructor at the college, has taken a roundabout path back to Middlebury. Before returning to his alma mater to teach during the 2025 J-Term, Williams served as lead historian for Congress’ Naming Commission. In that role, he ...
Crossword Solutions 03/12/2026: Shamrock 'n' Roll
By Egan Turner | March 12, 2026Crossword Solutions 03/12/2026: Shamrock 'n' Roll!
A forgotten trailblazer: Remembering Alice Guest Howson, one of Middlebury's first women trustees
By Eleanor Roth | March 12, 2026In June 1948, the Middlebury Board of Trustees voted to elect two women to the board for the first time: Gertrude Cornish Milliken and Alice Guest Howson. While the name Milliken may be familiar to many students on campus, Howson is not. In current blog posts, articles and published materials, Gertrude ...
The Moth story SLAM brings live storytelling to Town Hall Theater
By Violet Wexler | March 12, 2026On Tuesday, March 24th, The Moth, a non-profit organization based in New York City, will host an open storytelling competition at the Town Hall Theater, as part of their StorySLAM series. The event itself will be recorded and potentially broadcast on “The Moth Radio Hour”, offering audiences the ...
The team behind the statistics
By Theodore Maniatis | March 12, 2026In Chip Kenyon ‘85 Arena, all eyes are trained on the ice, waiting for Middlebury to slip by the defenders and score a goal. But if you happened to look up to the press box behind the away team’s bench, there’s a complex operation taking place.
Language Tables: A taste of language immersion
By News Desk | March 12, 2026At one point or another, most Middlebury students will walk up the stairs in Proctor Dining Hall and sit down for lunch in the Redfield Dining Room. There, they’ll take off their coats and backpacks, sit down at one of the round tables, and immerse themselves in an experiential part of the college’s ...
Crossword 03/12/2026: Shamrock 'n' Roll
By Egan Turner | March 12, 2026Crossword 03/12/2026: Shamrock 'n' Roll!
Protect and empathize with our international students
By The Editorial Board | March 12, 2026International students make up an integral part of Middlebury’s student body. The college has a long and proud history of welcoming international students. It was a founding member of the United World College Davis Scholars program, which has become the largest private scholarship for international ...
Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center hosts annual ‘Pig Race’
By Lester Chong | March 12, 2026This past Sunday, the Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center hosted “The Pig Race” in the neighboring town of Goshen, welcoming more than 90 children and adults for a day of fun in the snow. Despite the name, the event is not a race between pigs; it is instead a self-timed ski-and-snow obstacle course, winding ...
Middlebury Women’s Hockey campaign comes to an end at Kenyon
By Thie Harthono | March 12, 2026On Saturday, the Middlebury women’s hockey team hosted Colby in the NESCAC semifinals. It was a Kenyon Arena marathon, with the Panthers fighting valiantly for over four hours before conceding the winner in the third period of overtime. The loss brings Middlebury’s postseason campaign to a close; ...
International students navigate uncertainty under new immigration policies
By Noor Khan | March 5, 2026In the 2025–2026 academic year, around 13% of Middlebury students were non-residents, hailing from more than 70 countries. For those students — and for all students in the United States without American citizenship — this means something very different from what it did before the second Trump ...
“How to Get to Heaven From Belfast”: A mysterious thriller disguised in Irish humor and early 2000’s smash hits
By Phoebe Adler | March 5, 2026Picture this: you’re watching the final minutes of episode six of Netflix’s newest murder mystery – and after 45 minutes of suspense, you’re on the edge of your seat. Dead silence on screen – until t.A.T.u’s “All the Things She Said” starts blasting and the credits start rolling.
An open letter from your SGA president
By Nicole Meyers | March 5, 2026In response to the op-ed published on Feb. 19th, I would like to highlight some of SGA’s current initiatives. I am aware of how important transparency is in effective governance, and in our last semester together, I will make an effort to improve SGA’s communication with the student body.
Recontextualizing and reckoning: Middlebury Black film series screens “Foxy Brown”
By Kiara Dookie | March 5, 2026“The film(s) the man doesn’t want you to see” is printed boldly across the poster, cueing a familiar logic in Black film history: exposure does not guarantee legitimacy. It gestures toward the 1970s film landscape, a decade often canonised through the rise of New Hollywood auteurs, even as a parallel ...
Starr and Painter to be Sophomore dorms, paving way for Feb housing in Coffrin
By Met Ly | March 5, 2026In a campus-wide email on Feb. 16, Middlebury’s Residential Life (ResLife) team announced housing updates for the 2026–27 academic year, including a reshuffling of sophomore housing and changes to Feb residential placement.
From Middlebury to Sarajevo: students must turn values into action
By Alem Hadzic | March 5, 2026Imagine a family in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina. They have a four-year-old child who has just recently been diagnosed with cancer. The nearest hospital cannot provide the treatment their child urgently needs. The best pediatric oncology care is in the capital, Sarajevo, which is hours away. They are ...
Conversational art: June Su
By Christy Liang | March 5, 2026Conversational Art is a column of artist interviews (faculty & students alike) that foregrounds the personal voice, the creative process and moments of insight springing from the resonant space in between.











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