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Despite last week’s snowfall, the 2024 spring athletic season is in full swing, and the Middlebury women’s tennis team is here to prove it. The Panthers are acing the competition, currently holding a 4–0 record and #2 standing within the NESCAC.
The Middlebury men’s hockey team has a rich tradition of success, with eight national titles, eight NESCAC championships and 47 All-American selections on its resumé. Despite these accolades, the Panthers have struggled in recent history. The team has not had a winning record since the 2012-13 season, and has not won the NESCAC championship since the 2009-10 season.
44 Main Street was abuzz with the happy chatter of a crowd of art-lovers on Friday, April 5 at Sparrow Art Supply’s Grand Reopening Party. Since the store’s opening two years ago, it has occupied a lower-level space at 52 Main Street.
Kacey Musgraves is embracing simplicity on her new album “Deeper Well.”
“Found Dog Ribbon Dance,” a play by Brooklyn, N.Y.–based playwright Dominic Finocchario, opened at the Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre on Thursday, April 4, as the first of the two spring faculty theater productions.
Denis Villeneuve has never been shy about his adoration for “Lawrence of Arabia.” The 56-year-old Canadian filmmaker first saw David Lean’s 1962 epic when he was 19, and the film, which Villeneuve calls “the perfect movie,” has held a grip on his imagination ever since.
Proctor Dining Hall has a new neighbor. On April 6, a vibrant and enthusiastic crowd of people swarmed the common room of the college’s newest space on campus: The Prism Center for Queer and Trans Life. Located in the Farrell House at 24 Hillcrest Road, the building was packed from wall to wall with students, faculty, and town residents and task force members who played a major part in the building’s development and construction. Attendees were eager to celebrate the center’s official integration into the Middlebury community.
Crossword 04/11/2024: Solution.
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We are excited to endorse Josh Harkins ’25 for Student Government Association (SGA) president for the 2024-25 academic year. Harkins, who plans to appoint Freddi Mitchell ’25 and Ahmed Awadallah ’26 as vice presidents, has clear and pragmatic goals for his term as SGA president.
As reported earlier this year in The Campus, the lawsuit contesting the removal of the Mead name from our chapel has now moved to the discovery phase, during which each party must provide to the other whatever evidence and testimony it has and intends to present in a trial. Given Middlebury College’s professed commitment to open dialogue, it is ironic that a legal proceeding is needed to bring full disclosure to the process that led to removing the Mead name.
Ah, spring break—a cherished time for us Midd students to escape the routine and unwind. Little did I anticipate that my decision to participate in a InterVarsity Christian Fellowship service trip to New Orleans would expose me to profound human tragedy and adversity. Yet amidst these challenges, I witnessed the remarkable resilience of the human spirit.
Grade inflation is a contentious issue on campus, as seen from the news article released on Feb. 22 titled “Average GPA rose to 3.65 last spring, prompting concern over sustained grade inflation” and The Campus’ editorial that week: “Inflated grades, deflated egos: tackling Middlebury’s problematic grading culture.” Both articles have sparked debate on grade inflation’s implications for student evaluation and educational integrity. I hope to shed light on an alternative perspective by proposing that accepting the holistic and growth-oriented educational model that Middlebury, and a liberal arts education, have cultivated is overwhelmingly positive for the student body.
The Addison Central School District (ACSD) experienced a number of behavioral incidents within the student population from August 2023 to March 2024, a March 25 report revealed.
Eva Vekos, the state’s attorney for Addison County, faces ongoing criticism and calls to resign from Vermont citizens, including ten of the 11 members of the Vermont legislature who represent Addison County. Vekos was charged with a DUI when she arrived at a crime scene intoxicated in January. The charge led to a suspension 0f her law license on March 27, according to the Addison Independent.
Middlebury and large swathes of northern Vermont experienced a total solar eclipse for seconds to minutes on Monday, April 8. To commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, communities and individuals across the state have undertaken extensive preparations for months or longer — Brandon, Vt., for instance, started planning for the eclipse a year ago. Events spanned the entire weekend leading up to eclipse day, aiming to create a memorable experience for locals and visitors.
Since David Dolginow ’09 and Colin Davis ’03 founded Shacksbury Cider in 2013, they have been focused on crafting dry, easy-to-drink ciders that highlight the full, complex flavors of the apples from which they are made.
Unknown perpetrators committed vandalism at The Knoll over the weekend of March 29 and 30, damaging tools, materials and projects. Numerous items were burned in The Knoll’s fire pit, and live branches were broken off of nearby cherry and poplar trees. Other items burned included an Adirondack chair, gardening supplies, birch wood and bark.
Middlebury was abuzz Monday afternoon with post-eclipse excitement as students, faculty, staff and community members reflected on the much-anticipated solar eclipse. This eclipse marks the first time since 1932 that Middlebury has been in the path of totality of a solar eclipse. The next time Vermont will experience a total solar eclipse will be in 2079, and Middlebury will not be in the path of totality.
Middlebury recently participated in Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week, a global initiative of hundreds of educational institutions around the world that encouraged conversations about climate change and justice across college campuses.