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Students to receive Census survey soon

In the coming months, students living on and off campus will receive forms from the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. The Census, which is required by law every 10 years, includes questions regarding primary residence, age and ethnicity. Students will receive a shortened form of seven ...


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College Shorts - 03/18/10

Hamilton adopts need-blind admissions While tough economic conditions have caused many colleges to favor applicants who do not require financial aid, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., has decided to swim against the current by adopting a need-blind admissions policy. Admitting those students who ...


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Housing debacle sparks student anger

The College is exploring options for expanding the number of student rooms on campus in the wake of this year’s contentious super block process. No final decisions have been made about where these new housing options would be, but the outcome may change where the 2010-2011 super blocks will be housed ...


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Beyond the Bubble - 03/18/10

On March 13, a suicide attack in Pakistan killed 13 people and injured dozens. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed that his organization was responsible for the attack. In his statement, the spokesman condemned the Pakistani government for becoming “a colony of Blackwater,” referring ...


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MPD charges suspect in thefts

On Sunday, the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) reported that they had cited Adrian Moore, a 19-20 year old man living in the Middlebury area, for attempted grand larceny, unlawful mischief and unlawful trespass. Chief Tom Hanley of the Middlebury Police Department stated, “Adrian Moore has been ...


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SGA Update: Dining opts for two midnight breakfasts

Last week, the Campus reported that Midnight Breakfast had been expanded to three nights. However, although the SGA approved three nights, Dining Services is currently comfortable with providing only two nights due to staff reductions. There will therefore be only two nights of Midnight Breakfast this ...


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Middbrief: Brainerd Dean Pacholec announces departure from Midd

Dean of Brainerd Commons Matthew Pacholec announced that he will be leaving Middlebury College at the end of the academic year, the second commons dean to do so since the beginning of the spring semester. Pacholec’s decision comes just weeks after Dean of Cook Commons Karl Lindholm made public his ...


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Dining model subject to change

President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz asked for input from students on the College’s current dining plan, in a blog post March 10. He asked students to describe what they value most about the current system. The dining model may change following the review process. In order to achieve the ...


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College excludes Febs from diversity stats

Every year, Middlebury College releases statistics about its student body diversity in publications, government agencies, surveys and other databases. These statistics, however, do not factor in the diversity of students who matriculate to the College in February. According to Dean of Admissions Robert ...


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LIS reports printing decrease under quota

Even as the newly implemented printing quota system has already reduced the use of printers across campus, students find themselves nearing the end of their free allowance of pages. By making students pay for additional printing, the College seeks to cut down on waste and trim its budget however. ...


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SGA Update - 03/11/10

Members of the Student Government Association (SGA) committed $12,000 to expand Midnight Breakfast this spring at its meeting on March 7. Based on high student attendance in the fall and positive feedback from the student body, the Student Government Association has decided to continue and expand Midnight ...


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Liquor inspector describes duties

For four Middlebury College students living at Quarry Road, October 30 is a day that will live in infamy. The day marked the first, though to the dismay of some, not the last, time the Vermont liquor inspector would take action against collegiate underage drinking. That night the Vermont liquor inspector, ...


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Middbrief: Public Safety purchases new SUVS

The unmarked SUV students may have noticed Public Safety officers driving around campus in recent weeks is simply the department’s newest addition to its regular fleet of two vehicles. It has not yet been marked to identify it as a Public Safety vehicle because the department is awaiting a price ...


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Beyond the bubble - 03/11/10

For two decades, chaos has engulfed the nation of Somalia. The United States government has been a key player in the rehabilitation effort in this nation, and recent government policies indicate that this trend will continue. In a New York Times article published on March 5, it was reported that the ...


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Language RAs reassigned

The Dean of Students’ office will restructure the distribution of Residential Advisors (RA) for the 2010-11 academic year in order to achieve a more balanced ratio of RAs to the students they oversee. Under the new system, the administration will retain the same number of RA positions. Many of the ...


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Overseas Briefing - 03/11/10

ALEXANDRIA — Prior to traveling to Egypt, I had never been out of the United States (Canada doesn’t count), so I really wasn’t sure what to expect from a land as exotic as the Middle East. When I arrived, culture shock was my first reaction, but, like all who go abroad, I had expected this. What ...


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Councils thrive despite low funds

Due to the recent economic crisis and Middlebury’s current financial balance, executives of the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) imposed major budget limitations on commons councils at the beginning of the 2009-10 year. In spite of these loses, as the College enters the midway point of the ...


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College shorts - 03/11/10

Lecture example sparks media frenzy on Roberts What started out as a simple law lecture turned into a media frenzy on Thursday at Georgetown University. Professor Peter W. Tague started his criminal law course in the morning by telling students that the Supreme Court’s chief justice, John G. Roberts, ...


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Close to 8,000 fight to join Class of 2014

Applications to the College have increased by 16 percent compared to last year, with 7,976 prospective students vying for entry into the Class of 2014, according to Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett. The increase in popularity could be attributed to the College’s gradual climb in The U.S. News and World ...




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