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Posse expands to Chicago

By Middlebury Campus | March 24, 2011

Beginning in the fall of 2011, the College will recruit 10 Posse Scholars from Chicago in addition to the roughly 10 students selected each year from New York City. For the past 12 years, Middlebury has been a partner school to The Posse Foundation, offering full four-year scholarships to students ...

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Middlebury flower shop moves to new location

By Middlebury Campus | March 24, 2011

On March 1, The Blossom Basket, previously located at 56 College St. next to Sama’s Café, moved to 8 Bakery Ln. The store, which was vacant when owner Jennifer Hill bought the space, sits across from Jackson’s on the River. Sandy and Jack Burkholder opened The Blossom Basket in 2001, but Hill will ...

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One in 8700

March 24, 2011

Trent Campbell can often be seen around town and on the College campus with a camera around his neck, taking photos for the Addison Independent. “People are shocked when they don’t see me with a camera,” said Campbell, who grew up in Deluth, Minn. Photography has been a constant presence in his ...

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Decathlon starts construction

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

On Tuesday, April 5, the Solar Decathlon team hopes to gather members of the College and local community as well as sponsors and donors to celebrate an “Up-Rising” — the beginning of construction for their solar-powered home to be featured in the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Solar Decathlon ...

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Professor charged with embezzlement

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

Associate Professor of Political Philosophy Kateri Carmola has been charged with embezzling $4,500 worth of funds from the Salisbury Historical Society. Carmola will appear at the Addison County District Court on April 4 for a status conference on the case. The offense caries felony charges under Vermont ...

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College community fundraises for Japan

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

Following the recent earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis in Japan, Middlebury students and faculty at the College’s partner university, the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo have decided to evacuate the island. The College community, consisting of many with close ties ...

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No country for Marlboro Men: students smokers face challenges

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

It would be hard to name a legal activity as thoroughly reviled, passionately embraced, socially segregated or emotionally charged as the practice of cigarette smoking. Cigarettes are both antiquated and obscene — on the one hand, a symbol of freedom and rebellion; on the other, of death and stupidity. ...

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Old Chapel announces all-gender restrooms

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

Old Chapel announced the upcoming establishment of all-gender restrooms in non-residential buildings on campus in an email to students, faculty and staff sent on March 16. The conversion will begin this summer and is estimated to be complete by the beginning of the 2011- 2012 academic year. Administrators ...

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Overseas Briefing

March 23, 2011

VALPARAÍSO — Since I first started studying Spanish I’ve had this passion for it. Spanish is fluid, Spanish is round; in my mouth Spanish curls loosely yet precisely, blossoming like loops drawn in India ink. I’m a synesthete, so for me words are colors, and Spanish is rich, vivid; Spanish is ...

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Reaccreditation seeks student input

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

Every decade, American colleges and universities must go through a rigorous examination to prove their effectiveness as an institution. The College is now in the midst of this reaccreditation process. For the past 18 months, the Reaccreditation Steering Committee and numerous subcommittees have investigated ...

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College Shorts

March 23, 2011

SAT essay question stirs controversy Online discussion forums such as College Confidential have been filled with complaints about an essay question on the most recent SAT. One-third of the test-takers were reportedly asked about reality TV and its influence on modern society. Students who are not familiar ...

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Symposium focuses on race, enviornment

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

From April 7-9, the College will host “Land and Justice: A Symposium on Race, Ethnicity and Environment.” The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Environmental Affairs, Middlebury College Organic Garden, the American studies program and ...

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Two Students awarded Watson fellowship

By Middlebury Campus | March 23, 2011

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship announced its 2011-2012 recipients on March 15, among whom are two Middlebury students. Austin Davis ’11 and Sarafina Midzik ’11 will begin their fellowships this summer after surviving the application process, which began with their nomination from a pool of 34 Middlebury ...

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Tart Revenge

By Middlebury Campus | March 22, 2011

Recently, I was lucky enough to be one of the 200 people to attend a Monday Atwater dinner. In this case the theme was French Cuisine. As a lover of any sort of French fare, I was hoping for a feast of steak and frites, baguettes with decent cheese, coq au vin, ratatouille, savory crepes, chestnut soup, ...

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Jimmy Wong

By Middlebury Campus | March 21, 2011

While Rebecca Black, thirteen-year-old YouTube love/hate sensation, was dominating the viral airwaves with her prepackaged hit “Friday,” another Internet sensation was brewing, this one far smarter and far more important to the Middlebury community. If you’re not one of the million people who ...

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Standard Deviations — 3/17/11

By Middlebury Campus | March 17, 2011

In honor of losing an hour to the cruel, cruel design of Daylight Savings Time, let me say this — everyone’s clock runs differently. For some of us, this means that we end up an hour late everywhere we go, awkwardly sidling in, smelling of liquor and shame. (Sorry, Professor.)  Others end up sitting ...

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Policy violations shut down Bunker

By Middlebury Campus | March 16, 2011

As of Sunday, March 6, operations of the student group running the Bunker have been suspended for the year, but the space in the Freeman International Center will likely be available in the future for events similar to those it has hosted in the past. This administrative decision came as a result of ...

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Dorm damage increases

By Middlebury Campus | March 16, 2011

With $53,879.19 in dorm damage already billed and what are traditionally the most destructive months still to come, the 2010-2011 academic year is shaping up to be the most costly on record. This fall, the College saw over $16,000 of damage in both October and November, making the two months the second ...

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"F Word" symposium opens

By Middlebury Campus | March 16, 2011

Discussion of feminist topics will take center stage on March 17 and 18 as the symposium “The F Word: Feminist Texts, Feminist Lives” comes to the College. The symposium, which hopes to rekindle interest in feminism by connecting it to many other disciplines and movements, is sponsored by the May ...

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