Opinion
Notes from the Desk: An issue for an election like no other
By Bochu Ding, Riley Board, Nora Peachin and Hattie Lefavour | October 29, 2020This is why we’re publishing an election issue.
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Second Black Lives Matter vigil exceeds first, draws 500 participants
By Nora Peachin | June 15, 2020“Protests Work!” read the flyer handed out at a vigil in downtown Middlebury last Sunday night. Roughly 500 people gathered at College Park and along Cross Street to denounce police terror against Black communities and bodies.
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Vermont State Police condemn police brutality in death of George Floyd
By Nora Peachin | May 30, 2020As VSP expressed condolences to those touched by the death of George Floyd, it reiterated its commitment to "fair and impartial policing" and is in the process of reviewing its own training protocols regarding the use of force.
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From the 1950s to 2020, couples recount falling in love at Middlebury
By Nora Peachin and Hannah Bensen | April 22, 2020It’s exam week in the early 1950s and the endlessly ringing pay phone outside of Mary Peterson’s* room in Battell South is interrupting her studies. Determined to end the disturbance, Mary finally answers the phone. “I’d like to speak with Mary Peterson,” says the voice on the other end. “You’re ...
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Postscript: A Q&A with Midd couples through the ages
By Nora Peachin and Hannah Bensen | April 22, 2020We interviewed seven Middlebury couples about the dating scene at Middlebury, challenges, and their takes on love.
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Love transported, from Vermont to Michigan
By Nora Peachin | April 22, 2020Alec Richker ’13.5, Dylan Volk ’16, Micah Raymond ’21 and their dog Lou ("part pit bull, part dragon, part cow") tell their love story from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they are currently quarantined together.
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If music be the food of love, listen on
By Nora Peachin and Kenzo Okazaki | April 22, 2020Bring some love to your quarantine with this Spotify playlist.
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New protest policy incorporates student and faculty input
By Nora Peachin | December 5, 2019After multiple drafts and much debate, the new policy went into effect on Nov. 21, 2019.
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Sexual and Relationship Respect Committee develops interactive consent training workshops
By Nora Peachin | November 14, 2019Middlebury is the only school in the NESCAC that does not include a non-online mandatory consent training program in its first year orientation. Elissa Asch ’22.5, head of the SGA Sexual Respect and Relationship Committee (SRR), is changing that.
Opinion
To college staff: notes from the desk
By Nora Peachin | November 7, 2019We, as students, stand in solidarity with you in your unionization efforts.
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MiddVote
By Nora Peachin | September 26, 2019NORA PEACHINMiddVote members (from left to right) Kayla Lichtman ’21, Neta Kafka ’22.5, Paige Dickson ’21, Sophie Levine ’23, and Abby Denis ’21 run voting drive outside of McCullough Student Center for National Voter Registration Day.