Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Logo of The Middlebury Campus
Friday, Nov 8, 2024

The Middlebury Off-Campus Project


The Setonian

New e-mail upgrades expand storage space

Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Starting March 7, students, faculty and staff may have noticed a change in the appearance of the Webmail interface along with an increase in mailbox size. Middlebury's Library and Information Services (LIS) department recently upgraded the College's e-mail system from Microsoft ...


The Setonian

The great eight

Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.


The Setonian

Men's tennis strings together four wins

Author: Tianze Ma After a long off-season of training, the Middlebury men's tennis team finally started another long, yet promising season on March 8. The Panthers kicked off the season with four overwhelming victories, defeating Brandeis, Union, NYU and Bates - all while dropping only one set total. ...


The Setonian

for the record

Author: Melissa Marshall Waking up Sunday morning, I opted for a pair of jeans and Columbia boots - careful to avoid tripping over my abandoned, imitation Manolos that had already caused me enough bodily harm for one weekend. As many fierce Middlebury females have done before me, I faced the ice-storm ...


The Setonian

editorial A month later, the search continues

Author: [no author name found] More than a month after Nicholas Garza's '11 disappearance, the search for Garza himself, and the search for answers for the community, are still underway. Out of respect for Garza's family and friends, and out of concern for Garza himself, we as a community have avoided ...


The Setonian

op-ed Keeping the door open kills local restaurants

Author: Orin Adumas As the Middlebury College leadership, in its infinite wisdom, readies itself to delve into the commercial restaurant industry, one has to wonder if this is an effective use of institutional resources. We see how precarious a situation it is for Carol's Hungry Mind Café and the entire ...


The Setonian

Political writer Loeb previews new book

Author: Austen Levihn-Coon Paul Loeb, author of "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear," winner of the Nautilus Award for the best social change book, is speaking this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in Mead Chapel. Loeb has spent over 30 years working on citizen ...


The Setonian

Council considers early pledge policy

Author: Afsana Liza Community Council convened on March 10 to discuss the topic of early pledging to the social houses on campus. Early pledging would permit first-years to pledge social houses in their spring semester, which would enable them to reside in the social house in the fall of their sophomore ...


The Setonian

the ethicist

Author: Amanda Greene Modern dating is complicated. There comes a time in college student's lives when relationships end, and when squeezing into a twin bed is no longer a routine sleeping arrangement. Break-ups are especially painful, because more often than not, the decision to call it quits is not ...


The Setonian

Professors present latest climate reseach at symposium

Author: Andrew Fuller A faculty and student research symposium on climate change took place on March 10 to discuss issues related to the problem from the viewpoint of different academic disciplines. Organized by Mead Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Steve Trombulak, the symposium consisted ...


The Setonian

Alvarez fetes traditional celebration

Author: Rachael Jennings Julia Alvarez, Middlebury College's acclaimed writer-in-residence, ended her slideshow presentation on Tuesday, March 11, with a powerful image - a black-and-white photograph of an elderly woman, frail and wrinkled, framed by crumbling stucco wall. The woman is dressed humbly, ...


The Setonian

Foundation pledges to end hazing

Author: Rachael Jennings Imagine that your friend is lying still on a hard floor, arms scribbled with Sharpie, facedown. Imagine that, surrounded by crushed cans of beer and empty handles, he is dead, and has been dead for hours. We have all encountered situations involving passed out friends at parties, ...


The Setonian

notes from the desk Searching for the Middlebury balance

Author: Grace Duggan I arrived on campus this past fall knowing that I'd be flying to Córdoba, Spain right after J-term. Fresh off of the non-stop party - and, more importantly, the fantastic learning environment - that was Spanish School, I was pumped to peace-out from Middlebury for the spring semester. ...


The Setonian

op-ed Where is our social responsibility?

Author: Andrew Piccirillo Before continuing reading, I would like you to consider where you obtained this copy of The Campus.I'm a student employee at Proctor Dining Hall and I have a request - please bus your own tables. It's not my job or the job of anyone else in the dining halls to do this for you. ...


The Setonian

The D-spot

Author: Dina Magaril I don't want to jinx it by talking about. It seems too good to be true but I need to share this with someone to make sure I'm not imagining it. Can it be? Middlebury students are dating. While this fact should not be startling news, let's face it, it is. Most Middlebury students ...


The Setonian

Beyond the bubble Middlebury students find ways to make an impact

Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen If you gave your time to a cause you support last year, you are not alone: more than 60 million Americans volunteered in some capacity during the year 2007. Here at the College, most-but not all-volunteers come to the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), an umbrella ...


The Setonian

No new clues in Garza case

Author: Anthony Adragna After locating a man seen walking on Weybridge Street late on Feb 5., the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) saw one of their most promising leads in the disappearance of Nick Garza '11 run dry. MPD officers located and talked to man walking on the street and determined he was ...