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Saturday, Dec 6, 2025

Opinion


The Setonian

Letter to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the EditorThis is in response to a letter printed on Feb. 28, which was in response to The Campus' sex column: "Sex Sage". Two freshmen males co-wrote the letter accusing Ms. Bierster of being a "femi-nazi" simply because she wrote an article promoting a relationship ...


The Setonian

Editorial Call it 'strike two'

Author: [no author name found] Ten minutes after Paul Rusesabagina's lecture was scheduled to begin last Saturday, a public safety officer poked his head outside the door of Mead Chapel to face the frustrated crowd of students, staff and community members still hoping to get inside."Is there a Mr. McKenna?" ...


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Letter to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Middlebury's very own sex columnist may be lapsing into the grasp of underground femi-nazism. In the interest of preserving sexual truths, it is every man's solemn obligation to debunk her repugnant slander of man's dearest companion, the penis, in last week's ...


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Editorial What's the point of crime alerts?

Author: [no author name found] Sexual assault is a crime often committed but rarely reported. According to an estimate from the University of Chicago, less than five percent of all sexual assaults are ever reported to authorities. In other words, for every rape case the public hears about, as many as ...


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More Matter A forgotten thanks

Author: Matty Van Meter In last week's Campus, a very important number was quietly mentioned in passing: $73,000. This is the approximate annual cost to the College of educating one student. For all the sticker shock associated with the comprehensive fee, the really big number is not how much you shell ...


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Notes from the desk The Cameron Cup

Author: Joe Bergan Here at Middlebury, we have a little thing called "the Commons" system. For the most part, this system is a lot of fun - students get a weekly newsletter, fondue on Fridays, an incredible support team and loads of funding for any good event idea. While the Commons system truly has ...


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Op-Ed Concerns regarding an assualt

Author: Connor Williams As both a student at Middlebury College and a representative of Omega Alpha, I wish to express the membership of Omega Alpha's deepest regret and concern that a sexual assault occurred at a party we hosted last weekend. While it seems that no Tavern members were involved, this ...


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Editorial Middlebury 1, Blizzard 0

Author: [no author name found] Last Wednesday night, Middlebury and the rest of the Northeast bore witness to a blizzard that brought several feet of snow, sub-zero temperatures and strong, gusty winds. In a decidedly Middlebury fashion, the snow brought faculty children sleigh-riding down Mead Chapel's ...


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Op-Ed Lebanon's Tragic Flaws

Author: Theo May I've been in Beirut now for just over one incredible month. Three weeks ago, I was in the city when moderate levels of civil strife broke out, leaving nine dead and a couple hundred wounded. While those days were certainly memorable, the most fascinating days were those that came after ...


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Op-Ed Student Government Can Matter

Author: Max Nardini My experiences last year as Sophomore Senator taught me that we, the Middlebury Community, do not have a common conception of what the Student Government Association (SGA) is, what it does or what it can do. Many define SGA as the voice of the student body. I agree. But what does ...


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More Matter What inflation?

Author: Matty Van Meter "Grade Inflation." Say it and professors get defensive, students get offended and administrators begin throwing figurative smoke bombs. Let us parse the term. "Grade" is pretty easy. "Inflation," in the sense intended by the term, is defined by the OED as "great or undue enlargement; ...


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Letters to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Collegeiate should be spelled "collegiate." Perhaps alcohol was being consumed at the time the editorial was written. It seems the generation preceding those on the Editorial Board has saddled your generation with enough issues of significance, that lowering ...


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Sitting Shouldn't Sting

Middlebury College has chairs for almost every academic department, three chairlifts at the Snow Bowl and even a hockey goaltender named Cherry. But we're missing two things: a conference-contending basketball team and consistently comfortable chairs in our classrooms. With yet two more first-round ...


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Notes from the Desk What I learned over break

Author: Chris Heinrich Middlebury's cherished Feb Break is officially over, and we have found ourselves, once again, jumpstarting the new semester. As with all prior fresh beginnings, I sit here musing over the future and what I can bring with me into the spring that I had not previously realized. ...


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More Matter Action...affirmative

Author: Matty Van Meter Middlebury's entire community deserves a round of applause for the steep rise in applications for the coming year. This level of interest is a broad statement of support for the college at a time when we are rising to new heights, and is a combination of work by students, faculty, ...


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Editorials The College Kid's Campaign and Wiki-Wrangling

Author: The Campus Editorial Board A campaign for the college 'kid'This newspaper is written, reported, edited and published by a body of writers and editors who, for the most part, are under the age of 21. In addition to publishing a newspaper, underage people can serve in the military, adopt children, ...


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Letters to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In Mr. James B. Cowperthwait's recent letter to The Campus concerning the selection of President Bill Clinton as the 2007 Commencement Speaker, he states that Mr. Clinton was impeached "for lying to a grand jury." In fact, there were two articles of impeachment, ...


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Op-Ed Wikipedia ban is a slippery slope

Author: Chandler Koglmeier While I strongly agree that Wikipedia has not been accepted by the academic community due to its free and open nature and any student who pays attention should know this, I take issue with the resolution to ban it as a source. What are your professors scared of? Please tell ...


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In My Humble Opinion Goodnight Midd

Author: Daniel Roberts When I was offered a column with the school paper, my heart leapt. It was the chance I had waited for. I now had a legitimate forum to do what I love. Thirteen articles later, a delicately worded e-mail gently informed me that my column would not be continued into spring. As Joe ...