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What we have in Commons: on the intellectual community at Middlebury

By Gage Schrier and Daniel Allen | November 7, 2024

 Every other week in the second half of the 1980s, students gathered for what began as a book club. As Associate Professor of Political Science Sebnem Gumuscu tells the story, students and faculty packed onto sofas and rugs to socialize and discuss what they had read. The event, which inspired ...

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What I have learned through a year in grief

By Mandy Berghela | November 7, 2024

 For me and many other students, this past year has been a journey through a grief that feels endless. There are moments when sadness resurfaces unexpectedly, bringing the painful reminder that one of my closest friends is no longer here. Nov. 7 marks a year since the passing of my good friend ...

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SPECS Panther Column — Myth Busters Series: IUDs & Birth Control Misinformation

By Sophie Schuele and Zoe Gregg | November 7, 2024

Birth control can be an overwhelming topic. Social media, news reports and day-to-day conversations are rife with false information surrounding contraception. SPECS is here to break down some misconceptions and provide accurate resources for students, although we acknowledge that we are NOT medical ...

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Letter to the Editor: Can the left re-embrace patriotism without losing its soul?

By Delphine Wu | October 31, 2024

“A patriotic society can, and must, co-exist with a liberal and forward-thinking population.” I was surprised to find such a statement on Thursday after my IGST 101 lecture where I can conveniently grab an issue of The Campus leaving the auditorium. To me, such an op-ed provided an overgeneralizing ...

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Navigating Nov. 5: A reflection on the election

By The Editorial Board | October 31, 2024

On Nov. 5, many of us will be casting ballots for the first time to determine the next president of the United States. In keeping with our special election issue for this week, we discussed the presence of the election and this tumultuous period of American politics in our personal lives and here on ...

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A conversation with an undecided voter in Wisconsin

By Haydn Suske-Funk | October 31, 2024

All across middle America, a handful of undecided voters will decide the fate of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. My friend Jordan is one of those voters. Jordan is 21 years old, lives in northern Wisconsin and is the proud owner of a small marine service business which he started after ...

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Stop getting your political news from social media

By Violet Wexler | October 31, 2024

 When I open my Instagram, I’m instantly reminded of the election. Whether it’s candidate advertisements, reposted information or celebrity endorsements, my feed is flooded with politics.  Especially around election time, political content can often appear on your phone regardless of your ...

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A crisis of conscience on Election Day

By Jeffrey Teh | October 31, 2024

From collecting petition signatures for a new fire station to calling my representative in Congress, political participation has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember. Voting in every special, midterm and presidential election has become a given. But this year, things are different. ...

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Why an Election Issue?

By Cole Chaudhari, Ryan Mcelroy and Madeleine Kaptein | October 31, 2024

 In light of the upcoming election on Nov. 5, 2024, The Campus has published a special edition devoted to the election as it manifests on campus and across Vermont. In these pages you’ll find the product of dozens of hours of work from our reporters and editors, who covered statewide and local ...

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I was anxious, but now I am confident: Middlebury students will vote.

By Daniza Tazabekova | October 31, 2024

In 2020, the then-President of MiddVotes submitted an op-ed to The Campus arguing that Middlebury students should create a more robust culture of voting. It’s been four years since then, and as the current President of MiddVotes, I am proud to say that we not only has Middlebury a culture of voting, ...

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My semester in D.C. did not live up to my dreams. But I don’t regret it.

By Ting Cui | October 31, 2024

"How was study abroad?" It’s the first question everyone asks when you return to Middlebury's campus after studying away for a semester. When my friends describe their semesters in Chile, Germany or Japan, their eyes light up with stories of cultural and language immersion. When I mention that my ...

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It’s time for the left to re-embrace patriotism

By Yuvraj Shah | October 24, 2024

For those of us who are on the left of the political spectrum, patriotism tends to have a negative reputation. It is commonly associated with conservative thinking, nationalist policy and imperialist tendencies. Yet, I fiercely believe a patriotic society can, and must, co-exist with a liberal and forward-thinking ...

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Notifying you anyways: how Middlebury students can cut the cord

By The Editorial Board | October 24, 2024

As our school and communities across the country consider the use of cell phones and laptops in academic settings, we chose to reflect on what policies the college may implement to mitigate the distractions screens pose, both in and outside of the classroom.

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Our investments are killing Palestinians. We must divest.

By Phoebe An, Merih Etgu and Joshua Glucksman | October 24, 2024

Since the beginning of October, Israel has invaded Lebanon, killing 2,367 and wounding 11,088, overseen the one year anniversary of its genocide in Gaza whose death toll likely soars above 100,000, and begun the ongoing siege of northern Gaza described by one United Nations envoy as “a genocide within ...

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