Map Project Marks Locations of Sexual Assault On Campus
By Ben Dohan | November 1, 2018The Map Project creates a visual form to display the reality of sexual assault specifically on Middlebury's campus.
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Donahue Leaves After Three Decades at Middlebury
By Kenshin Cho | November 1, 2018Dave Donahue leaves Middlebury, where he was engaged in both the college's administration and the surrounding community, for Florida.
Journalist Sue Halpern on Election Hacking
By Amelia Pollard | November 1, 2018New Yorker Staff WriterSue Halpern sits down to talk about U.S. election security and Russian meddling in 2016. What's changed since the last election?
Financial Services Office Unpacks Aid in MiddWorks Session
By Gibson Grimm | November 1, 2018Middlebury's Financial Aid Office delves into the college's process and statistics in this year's MiddWorks session.
Past College Students Didn't Go to the Polls
By Hannah Bensen | November 1, 2018The college's past with midterm election turn out isn't great. Is that going to change this year post-2016?
Two Candidates with College Ties Battle in State's Attorney Race
By Caroline Kapp | November 1, 2018Also known as Middlebury College's duel of the husbands.
Blockchain technology club established
By Riley Board | October 28, 2018Blockchain technology is intersecting with liberal arts thinking strategies thanks to Pedro Miranda ’19.5 and the college’s new Blockchain Club. Miranda, the founder and president, was inspired to create the club after working at blockchain consulting firm ConsenSys this past summer and wanted to ...
Panther Day: Midd in Two Forms
By Emma Patch | October 25, 2018The first came in the form of Panther Day and a parade from the homecoming football game to the annual Harvest Festival, new college traditions aimed to bolster school spirit. The second came in the form of a protest, one calling for the college to increase support for survivors of sexual assault.
Students Lead Charge to Ban Crisis Pregnancy Center from Campus
By Joanne Park | October 25, 2018A group of students and faculty are circulating a petition to ban a local Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) from advertising and participating in on-campus activities.
Parton, SGA Establish Support Group for Survivors
By Kenzo Okazaki | October 25, 2018The counseling department at the Parton Center for Health and Wellness has formed a support group for students who are survivors of sexual violence. The group will meet every Thursday beginning on Oct. 25. All of the services provided by this group will be free and confidential. The support group ...
Stanger and Callanan Talk Murray at Princeton
By Connor Sloan | October 25, 2018Professors Allison Stanger and Keegan Callanan criticized ideological homogeneity at the college and emphasized empathy and free thinking in response to controversial ideas at a Princeton University panel discussion last month.
Burroughs ’83 Presides Over Major Affirmative Action Case
By Bochu Ding | October 25, 2018The conservative-led group Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought a lawsuit against Harvard, claiming that the university discriminates against Asian applicants. The divisive case has inflamed both opponents and supporters of affirmative action, given the wide impact it could have on higher education. ...
How Midd Works: The Title IX Office
By Kayla Lichtman | October 25, 2018The Title IX Office shed light on its procedures and policies, attempting to make more visible what goes on behind the scenes, in the year’s first MiddWorks presentation on Oct. 10. Title IX Coordinator Sue Ritter and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Karen Guttentag explained that the mission of their ...
News in Brief
By Online Editor | October 25, 2018BILL To address hygiene AND SEXUAL HEALTH PASSED Community Council unanimously approved a Student Government Association (SGA) bill that would supply condoms, tampons and pads in each of the first-year dorms at their meeting on Oct. 8. The bill, drafted by the SGA Sexual and Relationship Respect Committee ...
Demonstrations Continue as Kavanaugh Takes Seat as Nation’s 114th Supreme Court Justice
By Bochu Ding, Eric Kapner and Caroline Kapp | October 11, 2018Across campus, students and faculty publicly expressed their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and survivors of sexual assault with signs, a “Walkout Against the Patriarchy” and chalked messages on pathways.
Mail Center On Track to Beat Package Record
By Lucy Grindon | October 11, 2018Middlebury's mail center experiences its busiest September yet.
Talk Canceled After Activist Awarded Nobel Prize
By Nora Peachin | October 11, 2018Nadia Murad’s talk at Middlebury was canceled last week after the Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist won the Nobel Peace Prize.
FAM Launches Website to Increase Awareness of Sexual Health Services
By Kate Criscitiello | October 11, 2018Members of Feminist Action at Middlebury (FAM) have built a website in an effort to make sexual health resources more accessible, transparent and easier to navigate for students by directing them to available services at Parton Health Center, Porter Hospital and the Planned Parenthood in Middlebury. ...
Security Report Reveals Increase in Some Reported Crimes
By Ariadne Will | October 11, 2018The crime statistics released in the college’s annual security and fire safety report reveals a sharp increase in incidences of rape, stalking and dating violence and a continued decline in discipline for liquor law violations compared to last year’s numbers.