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Arts & Culture

Conversational Art: Liefe Temple

Christy Liang: Who are you as an artist? Liefe Temple ’25.5: I am a dancer. That is my art. I would say I am fairly new to considering myself an artist. Before I started at Middlebury, I wasn’t. I danced for fun growing up, and I thought I would continue doing that here. But then I met the dance ...



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Opinion

Why you should make art!

Finding a creative outlet can help reduce stress, strengthen community and promote mental health without demanding too much of your schedule. Arts engagement on campus is an important way not only to build connections but also to take care of ourselves, and you should get involved!



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Opinion

What’s better than watching people suffer?

A couple weeks ago, the professional basketball player Jaden Ivey went live on Instagram and criticized the NBA’s promotion of Pride Month, resulting in his dismissal from the Chicago Bulls. The video starts with him driving in a car, criticizing the league for celebrating “unrighteousness.” As ...


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Sports

Tapped-in: Steeplechase

Among the more peculiar events of track & field are the javelin, pole vault and triple jump: Launching a spear, launching yourself with a spear of sorts, and tactical skipping into a sandbox. Then there is the steeplechase: roughly seven laps on the track, 28 regular barriers, and seven water jumps. ...



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Opinion

So you want to go into private equity?

As we all trudge through the chore that is the summer internship search, inevitably regretting not having put in more effort towards it during J-Term, I can’t help but notice how Middlebury’s finance recruitment culture always seems to take center stage. Why does securing an internship in private ...






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Opinion

Do you have faith in the future of Middlebury?

Middlebury College has stood for two hundred and twenty-five years. It has weathered civil wars, financial crashes and global pandemics without disappearing. For most students, that permanence feels like a given. However, it is clearly at a crossroads. An impending demographic cliff, the unprecedented ...


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Local

The Stone Mill provides spring alternatives during mud season

April in Middlebury marks the arrival of spring and with it, Vermont’s mud season. Mud season, usually beginning in March and April, refers to the transition period between winter and spring when snow has melted, leaving muddy conditions. For students, locals and visitors looking to stay out of the ...



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Sports

Joyriding: Middlebury College cycling

In Tamar Mayer Professor of Geography Peter Nelson’s ‘Rural Geography’ course last fall, each Monday began with the same question: Did you do anything rural this weekend? Some students shared stories of apple picking, others recapped camping trips, and one at the start of one class that semester, ...