Class-action lawsuit against Middlebury seeks spring tuition refund
September 30, 2020
A class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court late last week accuses Middlebury College of not adequately reimbursing students for spring tuition.
Student reports being the target of a racial slur on campus
By Jake Gaughan
September 26, 2020
A day of resistance and solidarity was soured by the actions of a pair of students behind Ross last night. Rodney Adams ’21 and Jameel Uddin ’22 were preparing for a relaxing evening after a day of protesting when two white students confronted and harassed them with a racial slur, according to Ad...
Changes to Title IX alter reporting and investigation procedures
September 24, 2020
New regulations related to the 1972 federal civil rights law which prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs have changed the Title IX investigation and hearing process at Middlebury.
The essential workers among us: MiddKids on the frontlines
By Sophia McDermott-Hughes and Sarah Miller
September 24, 2020
As states across the country issued stay-at-home orders last spring, essential workers carried on working and took on personal risks to keep the country functioning. Among their ranks were several Middlebury students who faced daily concerns about personal and familial health, battled exhaustion, bal...
Prospective students partake in a new age of admissions
By Adil Alvi
September 24, 2020
Prospective students face unique challenges in deciding where to attend college. Middlebury’s Admissions Office has implemented new virtual programming so it can still reach these students.
Student leaders take on an orientation like never before
September 24, 2020
This year’s first year orientation had to be adapted for both on-campus and remote students; the Student Activities Office and student leaders adjusted MiddView to a Covid-19 semester.
College bars 22 students from campus over Covid-19 policy violations
September 22, 2020
For two groups of students, Phase Two festivities came to a grinding halt when Public Safety officers knocked on their doors Thursday night.
Sustainability concerns pile up amid packaged meal protocols
September 17, 2020
“Middlebury does an amazing job prioritizing sustainability and the environment during a typical semester, this semester is not typical, and when the rubber hits the road health and safety has to come first.”
Overlapping crises: Bill McKibben on social solidarity in a world after Covid-19
September 17, 2020
In Friday’s remote lecture, scholar-in-residence Bill McKibben drew comparisons between the pandemic and the climate crisis. “We have this huge mix of crises on top of each other,” he said.
Seeing early success, NESCACs navigate on-campus life during Covid-19
By Lily Jones
September 17, 2020
Middlebury, along with its peers in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, have been able to maintain low Covid-19 rates through a mix of geographical and size advantages paired with stringent health protocol.
School of Abenaki pilots first summer remotely
September 17, 2020
“The Abenaki language needs speakers to help keep it alive,” Jesse Bowman Bruchac said, reflecting on this summer’s two-week pilot program on Abenaki language and culture.
Phase Two start date pushed to Thursday, Sept. 17
By Riley Board
September 15, 2020
The next period in the college’s “phased approach” to a safe reopening will be pushed back to Thursday, Sept. 17, two days after it was originally planned to begin. Phase Two allows for greater freedoms, including leaving campus for other locations in Addison County and relaxing physical d...
