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The Setonian

College to offer MOO-style trips to all first-years

Author: Patrick Jobson The administration will reduce the amount of activities in orientation and create an outdoor experience for every incoming student who was not accepted for Middlebury Outdoor Orientation (MOO) beginning next fall. According to Tim Spears, dean of the College, and Katy Abbott, ...


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overseas briefing Some abroad, all aboard

Author: Angela Evancie Like many of Rio´s older neighborhoods, Santa Teresa wears on its sleeve as much of its history, an imposed love affair with European culture and architecture, as its present: the development of a new tourist economy in the face of rampant poverty. Narrow cobblestoned streets ...


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Walter Massey to address graduates

Author: Zamir Ahmed Dr. Walter E. Massey, the former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and President Emeritus of Morehouse College, will deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of 2008 on May 25, the College will announce later today. Massey and nine others will also ...


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CSO sees rise in underclassmen visits

Author: H.Kay Merriman Winter Term is one of the busiest months for the Career Services Office, reported Executive Director of Career Services Jaye Roseborough, and this Winter Term has been the busiest in recent years. The increase in students to the office is not just upperclassmen as younger students ...


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SGA supports Queer House

Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate approved a proposal from the three executive board members of Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) to add a Queer Studies Academic Interest House to campus for the upcoming fall semester. Community Council, which has already met to discuss ...


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Struggling café pursues renewal

Author: Tamara Hilmes John Melanson, owner of Carol's Hungry Mind Café, thought his days spent running a coffee shop were numbered. He began to tell his friends and patrons that Carol's would soon be closing its doors unless he managed to find an extra $70,000 a year. It seemed that only a miracle ...


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Pro turns organization into fun

Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe In celebration of National Get Organized Month, the Ilsley Library played host to Porter Knight '89, a professional organizer and Middlebury alum, and her troupe of multi-talented performers for the town of Middlebury's first ever Organizing Variety Show. Armed with plate-spinners, ...


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middbriefs

Author: H.Kay Merriman Springsteen visits Midd with son on college tourBruce Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and their 17-year-old son Evan visited Middlebury on Dec. 6, 2007. Evan, the eldest son of the famous musician, interviewed with Assistant Director of Admissions Scott Atherton. Student tour ...


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IHC proposes The Mill eviction

Author: Brian Fung Members of the Inter-House Council (IHC) issued a recommendation to administration officials on Jan. 8 that, if ratified, would render on-campus social house The Mill a "non-residential organization" for the spring term. The recommendation comes nearly a month after a fire with an ...


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Applications reach record level

Author: Annabelle Fowler The Office of Admissions has received a record 7,680 applications for the Middlebury Class of 2012, a seven-percent jump in the number of applicants compared to last year. Admissions officials expect the pool to grow to roughly 7,800 as they continue to receive applications ...


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Teen party damages Frost summer home

Author: Kelly Janis "He loved it there," said Donald E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing Jay Parini - author of Robert Frost: A Life - of the Homer Noble Farm in Ripton, Vt., where Robert Frost resided during his stay at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. "It was isolated. It had wonderful ...


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Faculty approves judicial board changes

Author: Aviva Shen At the December 10 faculty meeting, the faculty voted unanimously to approve changes to the judicial system to give students more responsibility in the process for their own behavior. The recommendations called for limited rehearings of an appeal, the prohibition of accused students ...


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Richard O'Donohue, Commons Chef

Author: Thomas Brant When I stand in a long line at Proctor waiting impatiently for the blue-uniformed server to replenish the supply of chicken parmesan, all I can think about is how good chicken parm is, how I cannot wait to eat it and how sad I will be when my stomach tells me there no room for more. ...


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College's plans for Main St. space bring excitement, concern

Author: Tamara Hilmes Over the summer, talk began about the College possibly leasing the space at 51 Main Street, the former home of Eat Good Food, a restaurant that went out of business last spring. In late December, Dean of College Tim Spears that Middlebury College would be opening a "chocolate bar" ...


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Felines fancy 'Best in Show' title

Author: Kelly Janis Cat lovers pounced on a purr-fect opportunity to bond with some of the finest of the fuzzy creatures in question at the 11th Annual Vermont Fancy Felines Cat Show, held Jan. 5 and 6 at the Sheraton Conference Center in Burlington. The show - which each year attracts animals and owners ...


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overseas briefing Seeking a peaceful, easy feeling down under

Author: Kate Dellas SYDNEY-Studying abroad in Sydney, Australia was somewhat of a blissful experience. The 24-hour trip was a long nap, interrupted by timely meals and movie choices. We arrived in Sydney only to be swept up by a group of eager study-abroad counselors with a distinctly Australian approach. ...


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The Face of Service

Author: [no author name found] As Shrek once said to Donkey, "Ogres are like onions. Ogres have layers." In this respect, liberal arts colleges are a lot like ogres and onions: they all have layers. Most students interact with just a few layers of Middlebury: friends, coaches and professors among them. ...