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By Norah Khan | April 25, 2024Spring Student Symposium launches 17th year with a bang — and a balloon
By Julia Pepper | April 25, 2024Latest stories
Evolution Dance hosts its 10th birthday party
By Jonathan Eaton | April 25, 2024Evolution Dance Crew — better known as Evo — celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 20 with two sold out shows featuring 24 student-choreographed dances. The group’s first performance was sponsored by the Distinguished Men of Color at their Spring 2014 art showcase. Since then, the group has ...
What are Middlebury students “fluent” in, anyways?
By The Editorial Board | April 25, 2024The newly launched Middlebury website now features what the college has labeled as the “Four Fluencies”: “Solving the Climate Crisis,” “Analyzing Data,” “Transforming Conflict” and “Understanding Cultural Difference. If you are surprised to hear that these are the four pillars of a ...
Community rallies around Royal Oak Coffee, raising over $30,000 in GoFundMe campaign
By Olivia Mueller | April 25, 2024In a true demonstration of the power of community support, a GoFundMe page for Royal Oak Coffee has raised over $30,000 since it was created last week. The page’s current goal is to raise $60,000 “to help Royal Oak Coffee overcome a devastating financial hit,” according to the website description. ...
Guest lecture tells the legacy of Black life and art in the Holocaust
By Maya Alexander | April 25, 2024A recent lecture on “Black Life in a Nazi Internment Camp: The Art of Josef Nassy,” examined the invisibility of the Black wartime experience and highlighted art as a form of memory that helps us better understand Black perspectives of Nazi internment. The April 17 talk was led by Sarah Phillips ...
Track and field team celebrates its seniors, gears up for NESCACs
By Charlie Keohane | April 25, 2024The men’s and women’s track and field teams celebrated their seniors at the final home meet of the season. While the April 20 meet was not scored, the teams reported many personal records (PRs) and high spirits heading into the NESCAC championships at Tufts University this coming weekend.
“Don’t Forget Me” is unforgettable
By Charlie Keohane | April 25, 2024“Don’t Forget Me,” Maggie Rogers’ junior album finds the singer-songwriter moving in a clearer direction than ever, with songs that feel particularly apt for a graduating senior. Composed of just ten tracks, “Don’t Forget Me” is an intimate and introspective album that showcases Rogers’ ...
Addressing recent vandalism at the Knoll
By Sheila Camacho and Caitlin Sheen | April 25, 2024The Knoll is a place to slow down. At Middlebury, life is constantly moving a hundred miles an hour. For many students, it is a place to breathe and step back. As Knoll interns, we have a lot of love for the space, and as such, it makes us incredibly sad to learn of the vandalism at the end of March. ...
Students, town residents flock to trivia night at the Marquis
By Izzy Ronda | April 25, 2024On Thursday nights at 7pm, the Middlebury Marquis Theater comes to life. Town residents, Middlebury students and people from neighboring areas come together for trivia night, eager to partake in some friendly competition.
New England Review hosts student reading series
By Olivia Mueller | April 25, 2024Five Middlebury student readers showcased their original essays, short stories and poetry in the most recent event in the New England Review (NER) student reading series.
Women’s golf hits the ground running in first two competitions of spring season
By Brooke Friberg | April 25, 2024The women’s golf team traveled to Cortland, N.Y. to compete in the Martin and Wallace Invitational, hosted by SUNY Cortland. Despite the first day, April 13, of the tournament being canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Panthers demonstrated resilience throughout the weekend. The team ...
In deep waters: “Airswimming” dives into life and love in an asylum
By Ellie Trinkle | April 25, 2024“Airswimming” left the audience with laughter, tears and a whole lot of Doris Day songs stuck in their heads. As I left the Hepburn Zoo last weekend, I wiped away the few tears I had shed (a very rare occurrence for me) and ran to tell my friends that it had been a long time since a piece of art ...
SPECS Panther Column #5: Our Reading List
By Zoe Gregg | April 25, 2024SPECS Panther is a mascot for SPECS (sex-positive education for college students) and serves the Middlebury community. As a part of Health & Wellness Education, SPECS Panther seeks to educate and spark independent dialogue, not be the end-all-be-all resource on campus. We encourage Midd kids to ...
Vermont Flannel Company acquires Vermont Teddy Bear
By Katrina Schwarz | April 25, 2024The Ohio-based ownership group of Vermont Flannel, USA Brands, announced on April 9 that it had acquired Vermont Teddy Bear. Vermont Teddy Bear simultaneously sold its apparel divisions, which include a variety of clothing products, to an affiliate of New York City-based investment firm Lionel Capital. ...
Land planning sessions reimagine 3,000 acres of college land
By Isla Mitchell | April 25, 2024The college is seeking public input for their development plan for 3,000 acres of college land in the Champlain Valley in various Vermont towns including Middlebury, Cornwall and Weybridge, with smaller amounts in New Haven and Bristol. Throughout April, the college has hosted a series of four land ...
Seven Questions with Abby Jankowski ’25, softball
By Brooke Friberg | April 25, 2024Abby Jankowski ’25, originally from Methuen, Mass., is a pitcher for the Middlebury Softball team. Jankowski was named an Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association All-American Scholar Athlete in 2022 and 2023, and a member of the NESCAC All-Academic team in 2023.
“The Tortured Poets Department”: a slow-burn epic
By Acadia Klepeis | April 25, 2024Since the news of Taylor Swift’s new album broke at the 2024 Grammy Awards, April 19 has been the most important date on my calendar (although graduation day is perhaps a close second). Published at midnight, the 16-song album “The Tortured Poets Department” (TTPD) was followed at 2 a.m. by the ...
Students need to support the Ilsley Public Library renovation bond vote
By Andrew Mueller, Mohamed Noor, Gavin Gattuso and Macy Daggitt | April 25, 2024The Ilsley Public Library has been a cornerstone of the Middlebury community for a century. It’s time the town of Middlebury gives back to the library for all it has done — serving as a public gathering space and providing resources for the town — by passing a bond to fund its expansion and improvement. ...
Haymaker Bun Company to open second location in Burlington this summer
By Julia Pepper | April 25, 2024Haymaker Bun Company, a Middlebury favorite and a former semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation Award for “Outstanding Bakery” is expanding to Burlington.
Haymaker Bun Company to open second location in Burlington this summer
By Julia Pepper | April 25, 2024Haymaker Bun Company, a Middlebury favorite and a former semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation Award for “Outstanding Bakery” is expanding to Burlington.
Join the Club fundraiser falls $80,000 short of goal
By Cole Chaudhari | April 25, 2024The inaugural Join the Club initiative concluded after having raised $18,568 of its $100,000 goal. The fundraising period officially ran April 11–19, but will remain open through the end of the academic year due to the fact that not all student groups garnered support during the campaign, according ...