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Community Panel Highlights Local Emergency Plans

Author: Elizabeth Logue Managing Editor Those afforded the responsibility of protecting Addison County are not relying solely on Vermont's numerous mountains to protect its inhabitants from terrorism. Last Thursday, Addison County Emergency Planning hosted a forum on terrorism for the citizens of and ...


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SGA Confronts Apathetic Student Body

Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee While the Student Government Association (SGA) has traditionally been considered the voice of the student body, representing popular opinion on a wide range of issues, its effectiveness as a forum for student grievances periodically comes into question.In the 1970s, without ...


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Intelligence Expert Plans Second Winter Term Visit

Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor Former French Ministry of Defense Official Alexis Debat will return to Middlebury this Winter Term to teach a course entitled "Spies for the New Disorder: The C.I.A. and U.S. Intelligence in the 21st Century." Debat taught a similar course last Winter Term, ...


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Administration Presents NESCAC Report to Student Senate

Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Associate Provost Tim Spears and Director of Institutional Research and Analysis Rebecca Brodigan presented the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) study on the relationship between athletics and academics to the Student Government Association (SGA) ...


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Proctor Panther Statue Presumed Stolen

Author: Becky Ruby Staff Writer The large panther statue, a long-time fixture of Proctor Hall that sat on top of the bagel and toaster station in the food service area, was stolen Thursday night. According to Kit Quesnel, assistant manager of dining services, a person or group of people forcefully ...


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IHC Issues Pledge-Related Proposal

Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor Members of the Inter-house Council (IHC), the governing body of all the College's social houses, convened on Tuesday, Oct. 30 to draft a proposal responding to the actions of an Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) pledge class member during the Homecoming football game ...


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Compliance Check Suspends Grille Alcohol Sales

Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief An employee of The Grille was fined $120 after the Vermont Department of Liquor Control (DLC) Inspector issued a compliance check at The Grille on Sunday, Oct. 28 after the employee served an underage drinker. The Grille will receive a three-day suspension of its ...


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Challenge to Academic Freedom Bypasses Middlebury

Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Since Sept. 11 Middlebury College professors, as well as faculty members from institutions of higher education across the country, have utilized class time to discuss issues related to the terrorist attacks. Some have simply touched upon these topics in class discussion ...


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Future of Page One, Community Friends Hangs in Balance

Author: Lindsey Whitton Community Friends and the Page One Literacy Project, two of the largest community service programs that Middlebury College students are involved with, are simultaneously dealing with unrelated financial uncertainties. Community Friends' DilemmaCommunity Friends is a program that ...


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Town Hall Relocation Project Returns to Where It Started

Author: Anne DeWitt Local News Editor On Tuesday, Oct. 23 John Tenny, chair of the Middlebury Select Board, informed the board that the Middlebury Town Hall will remain in its current location at the convergence of South Main Street and College Street.When the plan of constructing a new building next ...


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Government Issues Warning, Local Case Remains Unsolved

Author: Elizabeth Logue Managing Editor The government issued a televised warning on Monday evening of new terrorist attacks that may surface in the next week. United States Attorney General John Ashcroft stated that the "administration has concluded … that there may be additional terrorist attacks ...


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College Endowment Contracts as Uncertainty Clouds Market

Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor Amidst a broad economic downturn, college and university endowments collectively plunged billions of dollars in the 2001 fiscal year, posting negative returns for the first time since 1984. While signs of economic vulnerability were evident in the summer months, the ...


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College Celebrates Homecoming Weekend

Author: Craig Szela Staff Writer The Bicentennial Campaign raised $213 million dollars, $13 million more than its already ambitious goal, remarked Phil Benoit, director of public affairs. This campaign, which concluded on June 30, was celebrated during Homecoming weekend.President John McCardell said ...


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Pledge Events Suspended After Incident

Following an episode during last Saturday's football game half time show, campus social house pledge events were suspended for two days and are slated to recommence Wednesday evening. The episode, which has been deemed by administrators and some current social house members as an exhibition of poor ...


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Art on Main Shows Mainly Local Artists

Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor Art on Main, a new gallery in Bristol, officially opened its doors on Monday, Oct. 29. The gallery has been a goal of The Bristol Friends of the Arts (BFA), a non-profit organization in support of the arts made up of Bristol community members, for the past two ...


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Study Proves Admissions Preference for Athletes

Author: Claire Bourne News Editor A recent study commissioned by the presidents of New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member schools entitled the "Academic-Athletic Divide" revealed that athletes recruited by NESCAC colleges and universities are accepted at a higher rate than students ...


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SGA Affirms Commitment to Honor Code Reform

Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously approved a resolution re-affirming its commitment to strengthen the Honor Code system at Middlebury College at its meeting last Sunday. As the SGA and Community Council move towards bringing the Honor Code to ...


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Lane Assumes Leadership of CFA

Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer Jennifer Lane has a passion for the arts and the creative process, so it was natural that she would be excited to be offered the job of Director of Middlebury's Center for the Arts (CFA). She assumed her new post in August."I've been extremely impressed by the school ...