On Jan. 20, the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) hosted an Alumni Career Conversation featuring Philip Consentino ’00, a retired agent in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The event took place at the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room and was advertised ...
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Letter to the Editor: Response to “A spineless party in and outside the college”
By Vyas Nageswaran | February 19, 2026 This article is a response to a Jan 22. letter written by Noah R. Groves titled, “A spineless party in and outside the college,” where Groves criticizes the Middlebury College Democrats (MCD) for co-hosting an event with the Middlebury College Republicans (MCR). Groves’s letter merits a ...
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Community panel explores children’s mental health
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First Year Foundations: Lillian Tracy ’29 Wins Oratory Now’s Spencer Prize Speech Competition
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Freedom of Speech, Responsibility to Listen
By Elisabeth Dellit and C. Genevieve Stone | February 19, 2026We were at dinner on January 19th when Elisabeth Dellit received a message from her Migrant Justice group chat alerting the club’s members about a meeting that night to organize a protest against a career conversation with Phillip Cosentino ’00. Cosentino recently retired after 25 years in the Central ...
A Life in Full Gear
By Theo Maniatis | February 19, 2026Bob Spaulding is the bus driver for the men’s soccer and hockey teams and is among the most hardworking people out there. “You look out the window at 7 a.m., and he’s cleaning the bus, wiping down the windows,” Alex Elias ’08, the men’s soccer head coach, said. “We can barely keep our ...
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Waterfront Diving Center to offer certification classes for students this spring
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College will end: Career choices after graduation
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Haymaker Bun & Co. hosts fundraising Galentine’s event with Atria Collective
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Letter to the Editor: A spineless party in and outside the college
By Noah R. Groves | January 22, 2026Middlebury College Democrats have recently emphasized their bipartisanship. They have consistently invited College Republicans to partake in joint meetings. This has been discussed in a Jan. 15 Campus article co-written by the leadership of Middlebury Democrats and Middlebury Republicans. This development ...
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Notes from the Desk: Signing off
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