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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Opinion


The Setonian

STAFF EDITORIAL

Author: [no author name found] An Ivory Tower of BabelThe strength of Middlebury College's language program — grounded in the academic year course offerings, the summer Language Schools and the C.V. Starr Middlebury Schools Abroad — continues and has been buttressed by an increased interest in the ...


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Scandal Tarnishes Olympic Gold

Author: Drew Pugsley I deeply regret to inform the Middlebury College community that my dear friend Estye Ross '04.5 and I will not be writing again this semester because Estye has sold her soul to the Theater Department. However, Thas been gracious enough to keep me on as Olympic figure skating analyst.The ...


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STAFF EDITORIAL

Author: [no author name found] Housing Equality in a Time of ExpansionThe Commons Administration Team has proposed a restructured room draw system that aims to streamline the process and ensure greater equality in the distribution of rooms within each commons. If passed by the Community Council, it ...


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Successive Slippery Sidewalk Spills Adding Insult to Injury

Author: Nate Marcus (Disclaimer: the author does not accept any liability should the general public choose to follow the advice listed herein.)I can think of nothing funnier (when it happens to you) and nothing more embarrassing (when it happens to me) than falling flat on my face. I believe it's time ...


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CAMPUS CARTOON

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QUICK TAKES

Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH?Trustees undercut the estimated comprehensive fee for next school year by $5. Students celebrate by treating themselves to deluxe sandwiches at The Grille.BOOYAH!Winter Carnival: A real life fairy tale with no class on Friday and a ball to conclude the weekend.BOO ...


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Author: [no author name found] WRMC Hosts Apologizes for Offensive CommentaryTo the Editor:Towards the end of Winter Term, we, Andrew Zrike and John Joy, were on WRMC, Middlebury's radio station, hosting a two-hour show along with a few friends. During this time, a few comments were made that deeply ...


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Fee Hike A Necessary Climb

Author: [no author name found] Last Saturday the Middlebury College Board of Trustees set the 2002-2003 comprehensive fee at $35,900, a 4.66 percent increase over the current year's figure. The Comprehensive Fee Committee, part of the Student Government Association (SGA), presented a recommendation ...


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Avant-Garde Politics Osama bin Laden Wants YOU to Get High

Author: [no author name found] I was only half-watching the Superbowl the other day because I'm only a half-hearted football fan. Something caught my attention pretty solidly at one point, though, and it wasn't Britney Spears. It was an ad with kids talking about kidnapping tourists and murdering judges. ...


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CAMPUS EDITORIAL

Author: [no author name found] Making it MeaningfulWith the ascension of the Class of 2005.5 and the graduation of the Class of 2001.5, the Feb program at Middlebury College is as prominent as it has ever been, attracting more students each year who specifically apply to enter in February. Yet despite ...


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CAMPUS CARTOON

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'Lockdown' Protesting the Protest

Author: Margaret Aleks '03 In many ways, I'm being a hypocrite by writing this. But I'm proceeding to do so anyway. While coming back from Bicentennial Hall to my dorm this afternoon, I walked past numerous signs protesting the College's current 'lockdown' policy. I don't know how many; I have better ...


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Potential Schedule Change Would Hurt, Not Help Athletes

Author: Nina Cotton '04 After reading President John McCardell's proposition for starting the school day later and having sports teams' practices in the mornings before class, I considered what an average fall day would be like for me, a member of the varsity field hockey team. This is what it would ...


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Mutual Disrespect Hinders SGA, Administion Progress

Author: Chesley Thurber ’04 President John McCardell ended his opinion in last week's issue of this paper with the sentence, "And let it begin now." He was referring to discussion he wanted to promote over his proposed policy of shifting classes later into the day and holding athletic practices in ...


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CAMPUS STAFF EDITORIAL

Author: [no author name found] Prolonging the LockdownA compromise has been reached between Middlebury College administrators and representatives of the student body in the debate over the decision to lock all residence halls at night. Following the Student Government Association's (SGA) student referendum, ...


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QUICK TAKES

Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH!Cook Commons reenacts traditional high school dances with prom party over weekend. Nostalgic Campus editors re-lived the experience by staying home.BOOHOO!Continuing its gradual increase of the Comprehensive Fee, next year the College will raise tuition from $35,000 ...


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Editorial Perfecting the 'Lockdown' Policy

Author: [no author name found] Perfecting the 'Lockdown' PolicyA month after the Department of Public Safety responded to an armed burglary on campus by locking the doors of the College's residence halls, the implementation of this response has remained erratic as entrances are locked at varying times ...