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Saturday, Dec 6, 2025

Opinion


The Setonian

in my humble opinion Night of the living drunk

Author: Daniel Roberts Last Friday night I was at the Grille, about to enjoy the Chicken Club that somehow, when I have been drinking, tastes like food cooked by Emeril himself. I have no doubt that you all know exactly what I mean about the bliss of Grille food at 1 am on a weekend.Anyway, a girl I ...


The Setonian

notes from the desk Get involved, don't just criticize

Author: Anthony Adragna If I could count the number of reasons students give for remaining apathetic towards social life, I'd be counting for days. The biggest complaint at Midd is that there is never enough to do or that the activities that are available stink. But the vast majority of students do ...


The Setonian

Op-ed Hey Administration! Lieb our Beirut tables alone

Author: James O'Brien The biggest mystery in my life as a Middlebury College student is The Administration. I have absolutely no clue what an "administration" really is. When I close my eyes, I imagine a bunch of business people in powdered wigs. They are sitting at a long, wooden table, yelling at ...


The Setonian

letter to the editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:An article on Middlebury's current overenrollment in the Sept. 26 edition of The Campus contained some important factual errors or misimpressions that deserve correction. One of the most important, that all incoming first-years receiving financial assistance ...


The Setonian

notes from the desk Responsible regurgitation

Author: Kelly Janis Shameless party animal that I am, I spent a raucous Saturday night covering a last-minute shift at Public Safety's recently-launched Residential Life Helpline.The lightly-publicized service directs minor complaints formerly fielded by Public Safety to a student operator, who then ...


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Op-ed A college of success or excess?

Author: Chris Anderson Over the summer, I worked at the College. Two of my friends drove here and visited me, and were parked in the visitor's lot at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. They registered their car (and themselves) at Public Safety, and wanted to verify that they'd parked in the right space."You ...


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in my humble opinion Losing my religion

Author: Daniel Roberts Apparently this past week was Yom Kippur, the most significant Jewish holiday of the year. This had completely slipped my mind until I was walking out of the dining hall and Josh Wessler (you may know him as the Reel Critic) saw me munching a bagel and said, "You're not fasting?" ...


The Setonian

Skeptical Sisson Environmentalists? Capitalists.

Author: Douglas Sisson Middlebury College is a unique, environmentally conscious campus. The recycling bins furnished in every student's room have never failed to make the quintessential college punch bowl. What's more, on Monday, the royal blue plastic mold goes back to its daytime job in the form ...


The Setonian

editorial

Author: [no author name found] In an article published this Sunday in the New York Times Magazine, writer Andrew Delbanco asked, "What makes the modern university different from any other corporation?" Not much, the author concluded. Competing for global prestige and "brand-name positioning," more universities ...


The Setonian

letter to the editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:On a campus where you must wait in line to use gym equipment in the afternoon and where the line at the Proctor salad bar stretches farther than the hot food line, the message and the implications of "Eluding the 'Freshman 15'" in last week's The Middlebury ...


The Setonian

in my humble opinion Parking Problems

Author: Daniel Roberts Because I have seen my car towed a record four times in two years, costing me $90 each time, I feel I have a special bond with Public Safety. I have dialed ext. 5911 so frequently in my time here that I even have the number on speed dial.Somehow, no matter where I park, it turns ...


The Setonian

Skeptical Sisson Ditch "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

Author: Douglas Sisson The Department of Defense (DOD) has returned to campus to defend the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. It was during my first year at the College that Middlebury's open invitation to the military was questioned under the Handbook policy regarding employer recruiting on ...


The Setonian

editorial "4/2" compromise no quick fix

Author: [no author name found] Believe it or not, it would seem that the end of what one former editor of The Middlebury Campus dubbed "Middlebury's own Vietnam War" is in sight. After investing millions of dollars in infrastructure and personnel, College administrators have at long last listened to ...


The Setonian

Livin' the Dream Dolla dolla bills for the College, y'all

Author: Dean Atiyia I walked into the dining hall this evening, picked up a plate, some silverware and a bunch of napkins (I eat like a savage), but when I went to set the contents on my tray, they fell to the floor in a flurry of broken glass and broken promises. Middlebury College rates among the ...


The Setonian

op-ed 'Never Forget' rhetoric breeds ignorance

Author: Andrey Tolstoy It is an old rhetorical trick to turn a debate of principle into a debate of detail, and vice versa. If successful, it drags the unwitting opponent into a battle he did not intend to fight, and which he is unlikely to win. In its magnanimous commentary on the defacing of a College ...


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letter to the editor

Author: Heather Pangle To the Editor:On Sept. 10, the College Republicans put up posters around campus commemorating the tragedy of 9/11, the murder of Daniel Pearl, the attack on the USS Cole, the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the Iranian Hostage crisis and the hatred manifested ...


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notes from the desk Saturday snakes

Author: Aylie Baker "You wanna buy a snake?" ventured the shorter of the O'Brien brothers, emerging from behind a rack of fluorescent bathing suits and puce-colored dresses to poke his head into the tent. Too quickly, Dave looked up from the pile of '80s gym t-shirts he was pouring through and found ...


The Setonian

in my humble opinion Accident, up ahead

Author: Daniel Roberts Earlier this summer, after picking up my Jeep from the repair shop - ironically - I was sitting at a red light and watched in amazement as a car accident happened right before my eyes. A woman on the other side of the street was attempting to take advantage of the "right on red" ...