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The Setonian

Alcohol takes center stage at College forum

Author: Kathryn Flagg In the second of two meetings scheduled for this month, Middlebury College administrators, faculty, staff and students joined community members in discussing the issue of alcohol on and off campus. The forum, designed to discuss the social life on campus in the context of College ...


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Two degrees campaign warms Midd's heart

Author: Haley Gilbert The results of a survey conducted this past fall by the Sunday Night Group, the environmental group on campus responsible for the Two Degrees Campaign, demonstrated that 72 percent of students surveyed support lowering the thermostat set point from 70 to 68 degrees throughout the ...


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The Local Flavor

Author: Sean P. Breen The Black Sheep Bistro is certainly the most "European" of restaurants easily available to Middlebury students. As the former chef of the famed Starry Night Café in Ferrisburgh, Michel Mahe opened Black Sheep Bistro in 2002 with the vision of a simple French bistro and an uncomplicated ...


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Faculty approves Am. Lit. merger

Author: Caroline S. Stauffer The Middlebury College Faculty voted for the creation of a new department and major in English and American Literatures and a new program in American Studies during its December meeting on the afternoon of Monday, Dec. 12. The final count in paper ballots for the proposal ...


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Liebowitz Attends D.C. Summit

Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz joined over 100 other college presidents last week in Washington, D.C., for the Defense Department's Summit on International Education. During the two-day summit, President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to strengthen the foreign language skills of American ...


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MIDDBRIEFS Trustees grant tenure to four professors

Author: ANNIE ONISHI At its Dec. 15 meeting the Board of Trustees granted tenure to four faculty members, promoting them to the rank of associate professor. Professor of Political Science Erik Bleich, Professor of Economics Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Professor of Economics Jonathan T. Isham Jr. and Professor ...


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Planning committee issues draft

Author: Liz Campbell The Planning Steering Committee convened during the holidays to make final revisions to the planning process report, officially releasing its Strategic Plan Draft on Jan. 4. Relying on reports and recommendations from 15 task forces and committees, surveys of several groups in the ...


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OVERSEAS BRIEFING

Author: BERNARDO PURON BUENOS AIRES - On Nov. 2, 2005, the U.S.-based group Youths Against War and Racism called for a nationwide student walkout in opposition to the war in Iraq. Most high schools required students to have their parents sign permission slips in order to "walk out."Following the protest, ...


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SGA crafts local transit plans

Author: Kris Knapp and Jason F. Siegel The Student Government Association (SGA) held its first meeting of 2006 on Sunday night in the Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room to go over its accomplishments from the fall and to set its agenda for the winter and spring terms. SGA President Eli Berman ...


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Town hall tackles alcohol issue

Author: Jason F. Siegel In a sparsely attended meeting in John McCardell Jr. Bicentennial Hall, President of Middlebury College Ronald D. Liebowitz hosted a town hall meeting to discuss alcohol and social life on and off campus and its relation to federal laws, the first of two scheduled for J-Term.The ...


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COLLEGE SHORTS Bowdoin student suffers attack

Author: Jason F. Siegel More than one month after fending off a knifepoint attacker by hitting him across the face with a bottle of Tide, Bowdoin sophomore Joshua Cippel was attacked once again early last month in the same location.Cippel went to open the door in the stairwell leading from the laundry ...


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Rowdy students limit bus options

Author: Rachel Durfee Ironically, much of the buzz on campus this academic year has centered on off-campus parties. Increasingly popular among students, off-campus parties have won bonus points this year because they are free from many of the restrictions placed on campus events. The appeal of no guest ...


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OVERSEAS BRIEFING

Author: LISIE MEHLMAN AND KRISTIN NIELSON This week's Overseas Briefing is brought to you by veteran Campus columnists Lisie Mehlman and Kristin "Claire" Nielson. Mehlman and Nielson co-authored "Beyond the Bubble" last year, a recurring column that documented their adventures beyond Middlebury College. ...


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COLLEGE SHORTS

Author: Daniel l. j. Phillips Undercover police to patrol at ColbyAccording to the deputy police chief of Waterville, Maine, undercover police officers will be dispatched to patrol the Colby College campus to curb underage drinking after another weekend of heavy drinking. Last weekend, five female Colby ...


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MIDDBRIEFS

Author: KATHRYN FLAGG, CAROLINE S. STAUFFER & JASON F. SIEGEL Student vehicle crashes after off-campus partyShortly after 3 a.m. early Sunday morning, Dec. 4, a vehicle carrying several Middlebury students drove off a dirt road after leaving an off-campus party. The tires lost traction on the gravel ...


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The Local Flavor

Author: Joshua Carson As it turns out, wine and cheese isn't just a party theme. Also, Carlo Rossi and American cheese are not the only two options when planning one. A recent trip to Burlington's Smokejacks Restaurant on the corner of Church and Main Streets on the Church Street Marketplace corroborated ...


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SGA textbook bill put to test

Author: Kathryn Flagg In what was heralded as significant legislation from the Student Government Association, the SGA voted unanimously earlier this year to encourage professors to submit textbook requests to the College Store in a timely manner - the main thrust in an attempt to lower the rising cost ...