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Students, community members gather to celebrate Día de los Muertos

By Michaela Lawsky | November 7, 2024

On Saturday, Nov. 2, the college hosted its third annual Día de los Muertos (DDM) celebration. The procession began in front of the Anderson Freeman Center (AFC), where a group of about 30 Middlebury students, faculty and residents from the town gathered to learn about and celebrate the holiday. Programming ...

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Jewish-Israeli journalist Amira Hass reflects on three decades in Gaza

By Phoebe An | November 7, 2024

As a Jewish-Israeli journalist embedded in the long-term historical conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, Amira Hass lives between worlds. Hass has lived and reported in Gaza for the past three decades, including the first six months of the current conflict; in her role as a reporter, she documents ...

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Talking Trash: How much does Middlebury really recycle?

By Asa Stone | November 7, 2024

The inner workings of Middlebury’s 30-year-old Recycling Center on College Street is a mystery to much of the Middlebury community. Whether Middlebury actually recycles, how it recycles and how one should effectively recycle on campus remain common questions even 30 years after the Recycling Center ...

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International students hold their breath as American classmates cast their votes

By Lemona Xu and Hugo Zhang | October 31, 2024

As a global learning community, Middlebury College brings together international students, staff and faculty from over 50 countries each year. Fourteen percent of the student body are international students, and although many of them cannot cast votes on Nov. 5, they are closely following the election, ...

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Watch parties, punditry and pizza: How Middlebury spends Election Night

By Sam Lueke | October 31, 2024

After months of preparations, the 2024 presidential election is finally closing in on Election Day. For many, this will be their first time casting a ballot; others will be old pros. Regardless of experience, all elections are, of course, different —  but this does not mean we do not  have ...

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Panthers in Politics: Meet the Middlebury alumni running the U.S. government

By Ryan Mcelroy | October 31, 2024

While only seven percent of Middlebury graduates go on to pursue careers in government, law and policy, those who do have a considerable influence on the direction of federal, state and local policymaking. Alumni of one of the college’s most popular departments lead Supreme Court confirmation battles, ...

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Debates, door-knocking and free Doritos: College Republicans and College Democrats

By Cole Chaudhari | October 31, 2024

If you walk into Hillcrest 103 at 8 p.m. every other Wednesday or Axinn 229 at the same time on alternating Mondays this semester, you’ll find students taking a break from their busy academic and personal schedules to discuss current events, the latest news out of Washington and American popular culture ...

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On a largely liberal campus, how is the election talked about in classrooms?

By Madeleine Kaptein | October 31, 2024

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election quickly approaches, classes at Middlebury covering American politics and economics are focusing on contemporary election-related material, whether by design or due to the election’s increasing prevalence across disciplines. In this year’s particularly contentious, ...

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Bill McKibben discusses the election and climate

By Maggie Bryan | October 31, 2024

In an era marked by climate change and unprecedented environmental disasters, the topic of climate has been notably absent from this year’s presidential campaigns. Although the majority of Americans support some form of action, climate change is one of the most politically divisive issues in American ...

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Can Professor Matthew Dickinson tell us who will win the presidential election?

By Luke Power | October 31, 2024

On Oct. 16, Middlebury Professor of Political Science Matt Dickinson gave a talk in the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest analyzing the factors that influence the 2024 presidential election and offering his predictions on its outcome as part of the Carol Rifelj Lecture Series. Dickinson has ...

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Armstrong Science Library to close by January as new quantitative center opens

By Rachelle Talbert | October 24, 2024

For students who frequent BiHall, it is hardly a secret that changes are happening to the Armstrong Science Library space this fall. The library’s main floor — now an extension of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTRL) called the Armstrong Quantitative Center or “Q-Center” — ...

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Vermont Superior Court declines to restore Mead’s name to the Middlebury Chapel

By Hugo Zhang | October 24, 2024

Vermont Superior Court Judge Robert A. Mello ruled against the Mead estate on Oct. 3, 2024, deciding that it would not be entitled to restore the original name of the chapel or receive monetary compensation for the name’s removal. The lawsuit began 18 months ago when Jim Douglas ’72, former Vermont ...

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Black Studies Program celebrates five-year anniversary

By Caroline (Xiaoyuan) Jiao | October 24, 2024

On Friday, Oct. 18, a dinner celebration hosted by the Black Student Union (BSU) at Coltrane Lounge welcomed the Black Studies Program as well as many interested students and returning alumni to gather and commemorate the department’s fifth year anniversary. More than 30 people showed up to the event.  ...

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Bridport resident charged with D.U.I. after hitting student on College Street

By Phoebe An | October 24, 2024

A Middlebury College student was struck by a vehicle on Sept. 26, 2024, leading to the arrest of Bridport, Vt. resident Jordyn Walker, 26, for driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle on a public highway in a negligent manner. Concerns about pedestrian safety on campus have prompted ...

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