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Saturday, Mar 28, 2026

Opinion


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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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" ...


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notes from the desk Super student?

Author: Joseph Bergan I guess this is what I wanted. This is what I get for traveling to Europe in the fall of 2003 while 600 other Middlebury College students in the class of 2007 started their Middlebury careers. This is why I worked all summer long in the Arabic language school gaining extra credits, ...


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Shenanigans Scoring the primaries so far

Author: Alex Garlick The cool crisp weather and changing of the leaves you're feeling this week mean one thing: Soon the airwaves will be filled with ads touting things too good to be true, lavish amounts of money will be spent and, on one cold winter morning, children will wake up early to checkÖ ...


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editorial

Author: Editorial Board Shouting match on campus politics blurs the issuesNot two weeks into the new academic term, political "debate" on campus is manifesting itself in an all-too-common flurry of activity in the McCullough Student Center Mail Room. A poster displayed by the College Republicans on ...


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Weekly cartoon

Author: Sam Dakota Miller [no story text found]


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letters to the editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Sept. 11, 2001 was an incredibly tragic event for both the United States and the world. Three thousand innocent people died, something that can never be undone and which has caused incredible repercussions both for Americans and people all over the world. ...


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editorial Welcome to the 21st century

Author: Campus Staff On a relatively quiet news day in July, we at The Middlebury Campus watched as a few students clamored on Facebook.com about a new logo that appeared on the College's Web site. Invitations to the group were sent out, electronically of course, and our news editors, scattered though ...


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notes from the desk Middlebury is the new Prague

Author: Jay Dolan Spending a semester abroad is a popular part of the Middlebury experience. Many first-year and sophomore students have already decided which semester, as well as what part of the world, they'll be enjoying away from their monotonous college lives. In fact, a minority of students will ...


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Livin' the dream How to keep it fresh like Kanye West

Author: Dean Atyia I sat down the other day at gate C something or the other in Los Angeles International Airport, mashed my earphones into their greasy cubbies and settled into the airport anonymity that we all know and love. As I debated whether or not to doze off, worried about the possibility of ...




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