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Friday, Oct 2, 2026

Opinion


The Setonian

Choudhury Slams King's Article as Prejudiced and Irresponsible

Author: Andaleeb Choudhury I find it hard to understand how someone, who, ostensibly, seems to be a perfectly normal, intelligent member of our College community could suddenly, one day, sit down and dash off an irresponsible, baseless and, worst of all, prejudiced article such as the one published ...


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Rape Does Happen in the Middlebury Bubble

Author: Chris Shields Rape happens at Middlebury! Sorry to burst anyone's bubble who believed that a college as quaint and idealistic as Middlebury was free from sexual assault, but as a community we must stand and deal with the issue of sexual assault on our campus. It is in this spirit that I respond ...


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"Pop Quiz" Posters Spread Awareness

Author: Elizabeth Brookbank I too am offended and disgusted by the "pop quiz" posters put up all over campus that Kevin King '02 made the subject of his "gender bashing" editorial last week. In fact, the first time I saw that poster it made me sick to my stomach. I was physically ill at the thought ...


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Violent Sexual Assaults Are a Reality on Campus

Author: Samantha Severin After reading Kevin King's "Pop Quiz: Who's Fighting Here?" in last week's edition of The Campus, I would like to offer the following response.I am far less concerned with offending the men on this campus than I am with coming to the understanding that violent sexual assaults ...


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STAFF EDITORIAL Putting African-American Studies Into Context

Author: [no author name found] The Student Government Association (SGA) petition to establish an African-American Studies major coincides with a renewed national debate about the relevance of such programs at institutions of higher education. In theory, the SGA initiative to create this new major to ...


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Hitting Foul Balls On College Street

Author: Ben Gore On the far fringe of human thought, all divisions are meaningless. When you move beyond Democrats and Republicans, socialism and capitalism, punk rock and boy bands, you move into a realm where all facets of existence are simply about existence. Music is about life. Economics is about ...


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Loving Middlebury, Quirks And All

Author: Michael Stahler Junior Year Abroad. It is an opportunity for Middlebury students to get away from the College and all its quirks, including some interesting late night McCullough dances, and venture out into the larger world for a peek. As I looked into the opportunity, I did not fully understand ...


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Posse Retreat Places Diversity On Common Ground

Author: Athenia Fischer This past weekend about 80 students, including both Posse Scholars and regular students at Middlebury who later became honorary "Posse Plus" students, went on a wilderness retreat. Professor Catherine Wright, mentor of Posse 3, organized the Posse Plus Retreat. The students, ...


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Protest Is Not Politics Clarke Denounces Mud-Slinging Rants

Author: Steve Clarke After reading last week's tirade about energy policy in "Avant-Garde Politics," I was left wondering what about the column was actually "avant-garde" or even "political." By consulting the almighty Oxford English Dictionary, I learned that the "avant-garde" is the forward guard, ...


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The Posse Plus Retreat has affected me so much since I have been back. I feel like that single group of 90 students that I bonded with in two days has totally changed my feelings about being here at Middlebury. I feel like the group is basically Middlebury ...


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Georgians, Seeking Peace, Welcome United States Presence

Author: Giorgi Areshidze The latest news in the war on terrorism concerns the deployment of United States troops in my home country, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, to train the Georgian military to fight the terrorist threat in the Pankisi Gorge. Pankisi is located in northern Georgia and hosts ...


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CAMPUS CARTOON

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Author: [no author name found] A Vote for Universal Accessibility As the time nears for the Class of 2002 to graduate, members of the Senior Class Gift Committee have formed a list of potential gifts to leave Middlebury College once they move on. Gifts in the past have included clocks, benches and endowed ...


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QUICK TAKES

Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH!Winter Carnival festivities enchant the campus thanks to dedicated students and staff. Now if we could just make those coat check lines disappear ...BOO HOO!Sure, wearing shorts in February is a novelty, but where's the snow?BOO HOO!And if spring is really here, ...


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CAMPUS CARTOON

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