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MIDD BRIEFS

Author: MATTIE GRATCH, RACHEL GREENHAUS, KATIE FLAGG AND CAROLINE S. STAUFFER Library to extend hours for exam period No longer will students frantically studying for final exams find themselves facing closed library doors in the middle of the night. Last weekend, Elizabeth Schaumberg '06, Cook Commons ...


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Brainerd housing expands

Author: Andrea M. LaRocca Changes in the upcoming room draw this year include the conversion of the top floor of Stewart Hall to substance-free, sophomore housing, an increase in Brainerd senior housing and a different format for large block draw. Last Wednesday, Andrea Baier, dean of Brainerd Commons, ...


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Rural banter

Author: ERICA GOODMAN For most people, "cow" means milk for breakfast, hamburger for lunch and a prime rib for dinner. It is not a matter of inhumanity or of heartless recognition that the average person associates cattle with food consumption. Cattle owners themselves generally appreciate a juicy steak ...


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College mourns loss of beloved Proctor supervisor Harrington

Author: Caroline S. Stauffer Cheryl Harrington, servery supervisor at Proctor dining hall, died suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday evening in her home in East Middlebury. Harrington was watching television with her husband at the time of her death.Harrington, who was 45, is survived by husband Chuck ...


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Proctor brunch back on the table

Author: Thomas C. Drescher Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette announced in a campus-wide e-mail last Thursday that Proctor Dining Hall will once again offer Sunday brunch. The surprise schedule expansion, ultimately approved by President Ronald D. Liebowitz, comes in the wake of a surge of student ...


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'Work hard, play hard' philosophy examined

Author: Kimberly Schrimsher Middlebury students and faculty discussed the College's "work hard, play hard" reputation during the Planning and Steering Committee's second open forum on March 30. While the Middlebury community fosters intellectual discourse in and out of the classroom, there is new concern ...


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College loses 'true, blue Middlebury man' Brooker

Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Walter E. Brooker '37, vice president and director of development at the Colege from 1962 until his retirement in 1981, died on March 30 at Porter Hospital in Middlebury. He was 88. As a Middlebury student Brooker was an Economics major and accomplished athlete. After graduation, ...


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MIDDBRIEFS

Author: TAYLOR JOHNSTON AND CAROLINE STAUFFER Sandwick secures 2005 Perkins Award Associate Professor of Chemistry Roger Sandwick was recently named the recipient of the 2005 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching. An award ceremony was held in Sandwick's honor on Tuesday afternoon in McCardell Bicentennial ...


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Rosie's fare gets two thumbs up

Author: Sarah Shaikh Middlebury, Vt. would not be considered by most food connoisseurs to be the gastronomique center of the United States. However, to those of us who live here, the variety of restaurants constantly amazes us. From Storm Café to Taste of India to American Flatbread, the selection ...


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COLLEGE SHORTS

Author: Ben Salkowe Harvard denies admission to Web site hackers For 119 applicants to Harvard Business School, it was a harsh lesson in ethical behavior - the school announced March 7 that it would reject the students who had hacked into the admissions' Web site a week earlier to get an early glimpse ...


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Giuliani graphic elicits widespread condemnation

Author: Nicolas Emery A photographic illustration included in the March 17, 2005 issue of The Middlebury Campus has attracted the attention of major media outlets and prompted President Ronald D. Liebowitz to condemn the illustration in a campus-wide e-mail sent on March 25. The photo illustration, ...


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BEYOND THE

Author: Claire Nieslon and Lisie Mehlman SPRING BREAK WOOHOO!!! While others prefer the crazy debauchery and brouhaha of exotic locales, Claire, Lisie and six of our friends who love us so much they wish to remain unidentified ventured off for a relaxing week of fun in the sun in the city that US Weekly ...


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Rural Banter

Author: ERICA GOODMAN Behold the power of mud.I wonder if the football team would consider running a few spring practices at my house. Instead of hitting the weight room in the off-season, the Panther football squad should hire out their brawn to help those less fortunate who are...stuck in the mud. ...


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OVERSEAS BRIEFING

Author: Jason Siegl I see him every day, all over town. He has followed me from Santiago. Despite that, I tend to forget he's even there. But he never forgets me. I am the only one who can help him.I pass him on my way to the Metro. He sits on the stairs, ragged, cold, lonely. I wonder how long it must ...


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Bed shortage results in fewer first-years

Author: Dina Magaril The "New Faces" book, Middlebury's visual catalogue of incoming students, will feature approximately 30 fewer faces next year. According to Director of Admissions John Hanson, there will be a slightly smaller freshman class next fall. Next year's incoming class, he said, will only ...


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Putnam pulls in Midd community

Author: Andrea LaRocca On Monday afternoon, Robert D. Putnam, author of the renowned book "Bowling Alone" and the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, addressed an overflowing crowd in Dana Auditorium with his talk "Community Engagement in a Changing America." So ...


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Poet Parini to read from new work

Author: Elspeth Pierson Don't miss next week's reading by Jay Parini, D.E. Axonn professor of English and Creative Writing and renowned author, because it just may be your only chance during your time here at Middlebury. Parini, who will read on April 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the basement of the new library, ...




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