In the first installment of The Closet Report, I made a dig at the prevalence of Vermont’s flannels and hiking boots, but I also said there’s nothing wrong with embracing the maple… So for this last article, I would like to pay homage to the crunchy granola people in a way they best deserve: by ...
Photo Essays
Painting Professionals: A conversation with Brian Cirmo
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Middlebury Cross Country Competes at NESCAC Championship Meet
By Simon Schmieder | November 7, 2024“DIMOG.” The confused jumble of letters painted on their chests spelled out nonsense. “I thought Middlebury students were smarter than that,” one of the course officials joked. Eventually the final “D” ran across and the message was rearranged: “GO MIDD.”
The Closet Report: Celeste Marrero ’27
By Aren Lau | October 31, 2024You know that girl who just looks like she’s the embodiment of having your life together? You know, ‘That Girl’? If you do, then you’ll know that her name is actually Celeste Marrero ’27, and my afternoon with her began at Adirondack House as we walked the path to the Knoll together for her ...
2024 MiddPride: Reflections on authenticity
By June Su | October 31, 2024It was finally Oct. 12, and I was walking towards the town green for the third annual MiddPride, hearing cheers of children and live music getting louder, and seeing flashes of rainbow shine under the autumn sunshine. Having recently attended a Pride parade in Hollywood, overrun with corporations such ...
A day in the Adirondacks: Middlebury Mountain Club hosts inaugural 46 Peaks Day
By Simon Schmieder | October 24, 2024As we headed west on Vermont Route 125, the sun was still yet to fully rise. A layer of fog shrouded much of the landscape, so dense and defined you felt you could almost grab it. Minutes later, rays of sun bathed the valleys and farm fields in sleepy hues of orange and yellow. The fog reluctantly lifted, ...
Photo of the Week: Twilight over Twilight
By Delphine Wu | October 10, 2024Delphine Wu ’28 captured a gloomy autumn evening over Twilight Hall, with autumnal colors in full display. On Oct. 10 through Oct. 16, the Green Mountain State will be flushed with warm foliage, when the changing of the leaves is expected to crest before subsiding into late October and November.
The Closet Report: Abeera Riaz ’27
By Aren Lau | October 3, 2024In a place like Middlebury, it can be hard to sift through the flannels, jeans and hiking boots that serve as the state’s style monopoly — not that there’s anything wrong with embracing the maple. Still, every once in a while, a splash of something different draws attention amongst the waves of ...
West Cemetery: An overlooked corner of campus
By June Su | September 19, 2024While some may view the Middlebury West Cemetery as just a spooky shortcut to the Fitness Center, or a smoke-stop before a night at the social houses, others treasure the grounds as a trove of local and national history. This corner of campus represents an obscure enterprise of Middlebury College and ...
Outraged at Middlebury’s complicity in genocide: Community, movement, education at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment
By June Su and Kana Decoste | May 2, 2024A bubble of frustration and grief among the student body burst when the Middlebury Gaza Solidarity Encampment began on Sunday, April 28. The momentum grew as many students felt that the ongoing genocide in Gaza — with 35,000 dead, 8,000 missing, and 7,000 injured has been swept under the rug on the ...
Get to know the Middlebury Anime scholar: Film & Media Culture Professor Nikolina Dobreva
By Ross Davis | April 25, 2024How well do you truly know this film professor? Find out the history and in-depth opinions of Professor Dobreva in this video expose!
Proctor Dining Hall: community, cooking and connection
By Amelia Colder | April 18, 2024Both college staff and students have long enjoyed the sense of community within Middlebury dining. However, policy adjustments that affect staff employment and autonomy represent a steady shift in dining over the past 15 years that is changing this pillar of campus life.
The Creperie: Providing you a Wednesday night treat
By Maya Alexander | April 11, 2024If you’re near Gifford Hall on a Wednesday night, you are likely to stop and wonder what that delectable brown sugar, buttery scent is — the irresistible smell of crêpes. The Creperie at Wednesday Night Open Mic Party (WOMP) has been providing dessert to fulfill students’ cravings when the dining ...
Into the Archives: the staff at the heart of Middlebury Special Collections
By Ryan Mcelroy | April 4, 2024The Special Collections Reading Room is, by design, a quiet space. Researchers pore over the college’s archives, marking discoveries in an excited, hush tone only possible in a library. The space — frequented by college students and varied visitors — is marked by a single glass door as the threshold ...
All walks of life, All for ceasefire
By Aren Lau, June Su and Kana Decoste | January 25, 2024They had most likely seen our own keffiyehs as they passed by. Instantly, a connection was made between strangers all intending to confront our nation’s leaders over continuing to fund Israel’s genocide with our tax dollars. It was January 13th and the weekend of 100 days of war in Gaza, an anniversary ...