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2021: A Trash Odyssey
By Anna Hohwü-Christensen | November 18Out of sight, out of mind. That’s what most of us think about our garbage. But what really happens when we throw something away? And who are the people that help reduce our impact on the environment?
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Happy 200th, Dostoyevsky!
By John Vaaler | November 18This Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11, was Dostoyevsky’s 200th birthday. Although my favorite Russian author is Leo Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky is definitely the Russian whose fiendishly entertaining works are most relevant to our tumultuous times.
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After a historic tenure, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy announces he will not run for re- election in 2022
By Local Desk | November 18After a historic tenure, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy announces he will not run for re-election in 2022.
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Faculty reinstate late-semester Credit/No-Credit option and extend drop deadline
By Lily Jones | November 18Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide.
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Prioritize the well-being of students and staff over austerity
By Editorial Board | November 18To receive a school-wide email bragging about our massive endowment growth when there has been no consequential action to put money into the areas that need it most feels frustrating at best and demoralizing at worst.
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Vermont apple orchards wind down following an unusually long fall season
By Emily Hogan | November 18The annual apple-picking season — one that ran particularly long this fall — is winding down at apple orchards across Vermont.
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The Schumann Quartet and Pianist Diana Fanning’s timeless ode to music By Edyth Moldow
By Edyth Moldow | November 18Applause. Deafening, thunderous applause resonated through Robinson Hall, as the crowd called for an encore. On Thursday, Nov. 11 the Middlebury Center for the Arts was graced by the presence of the Schumann Quartet and Diana Fanning. The group stepped proudly onto the stage to perform in what they ...
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News in Brief: Faculty and staff to receive $1500 bonus, two new vacation days
By Katie Futterman | November 18Middlebury faculty and staff who have worked at the college since July 1 will receive two extra vacation days and a $1,500 bonus this December, according to an email sent from the Vice President for Human Resources to all staff and faculty.
Opinion
In Defense of Bread Loaf Staff
By Jennifer Stratman | November 18If I didn’t know these things and read the write-ups about life on Bread Loaf, I would have thought it was the failure of the staff up here, and so I felt I must say something.
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Juice Amour store reopens on Merchant’s Row
By Maggie Reynolds | November 18A local juice shop recently moved locations from Route 7 South to the centrally located Merchant’s Row in downtown Middlebury.
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Maneuvering the endless maze in “Hollow Knight”
By Nicholas Jaccaci | November 18Some of life’s most interesting pleasures are those that are acquired. For me, “Hollow Knight” is one of those acquired pleasures.
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J-Term registration leaves nearly 100 upperclassmen without a course
By Lauren Thompson | November 18A shortage of seats available when upperclassmen registered left many juniors, seniors, and upperclassmen Febs without a class for this winter term.
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The listening role of college chaplains
By Danielle Stillman | November 18Who exactly are the campus chaplains at Middlebury, and what do we do? We raise this question now because “College Chaplains” is one of the resources that is listed when tragedy strikes on campus or elsewhere in the world, and we are certainly all dealing with the repercussions of many such tragedies ...
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ACORN annual meeting
By Maya Heikkinen | November 18On Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN) hosted its annual meeting, where four women from across the Champlain Valley’s food system discussed food insecurity, food service work and activism within the local food system in a virtual panel moderated by Lindsey Berk, the ...
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Reel Critic: “Passing”
By Alexandra Burns | November 18Is race just something we are all performing? This question is explored, though not exactly answered, in the most recent film in the Hirschfield International Film Series, “Passing.” The film ruminates on colorism and identity politics through the story of Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare ...
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College receives two $10 million gifts to fund Black Studies professorship, Johnson renovations, new museum
By William Reed | November 18The anonymous gift will help fund the planning of the new college museum that will be located across from Johnson and Wright Theatre, where Battell Hall currently sits.
Opinion
Kvetching about parking
By Nate Blumenthal and Liam Hahn | November 18We’re two Jews and we like to complain.
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Kvetching about parking
By Nate Blumenthal and Liam Hahn | November 18We’re two Jews and we like to complain.
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“No One Is Forgotten” revels in fragmented information
By Ben Beese | November 18Leave the elaborate set and extensive casts to faculty shows. Theses, in contrast, are the simpler, single-celled protozoa at the root of the theatrical tree of life. “No One is Forgotten,” Gabi Martin's ’21.5 acting thesis and Madison Middleton’s ’22.5 500-level work in directing, revels ...
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Women in U.S. Electoral Politics Class hosts panel of Vermont legislators
By Orly Berke | November 18Vermont State Senator Ruth Hardy's class prepared questions for the panel, which included notable women in Vermont politics, including Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray, several Vermont representatives, and college Community Residence Director Esther Thomas, who also serves as a Middlebury selectboard ...