A love letter to The Campus, from the executive team
By Abigail Chang, Rain Ji and Tony Sjodin | May 11, 2023Notes from the desk.
Rain Ji '23 is a managing editor of The Campus. She previously served as an Arts & Culture editor.
She is majoring in International and Global Studies with a concentration in the Middle East and North Africa. Previously, she studied abroad in Amman at the University of Jordan. Outside of academics, she enjoys watching Criminal Minds and skiing.
Notes from the desk.
When thinking about how to make classrooms or other settings more accessible to students with color deficiency, try to imagine that colors don’t exist.
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We’re writing to you as the new executive team of The Campus, Middlebury’s only student-run newspaper.
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