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Monday, Apr 29, 2024

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The myth of the “Chinese” language

Middlebury College has allowed a mistake to face the public and its students since 1966. That mistake is the name of the Chinese department’s language courses: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced “Chinese.” Out of the nearly three hundred Chinese languages in existence, only Mandarin — the most ...


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Liv, Love, Local: The Stone Mill

Mary Cullinane and Stacey Rainey opened the Stone Mill in 2019 with the intention of bringing their different experiences together under one roof and providing a unique hub for the community. The Stone Mill is a mixed-use building located on Mill Street, housing The Mad Taco, office spaces available ...


The Setonian

Nine new endowed professorships to several departments

Over the past year, Middlebury has received more than $11 million to establish endowed professorships, which support a faculty member’s teaching and scholarship within a specific academic department. Since the launch of the “For Every Future” campaign in the summer of 2021, the college has raised ...


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Proctor Dining Hall: community, cooking and connection

Both college staff and students have long enjoyed the sense of community within Middlebury dining. However, policy adjustments that affect staff employment and autonomy represent a steady shift in dining over the past 15 years that is changing this pillar of campus life.


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The Prism Center needs an assistant director

A bell hooks quote lives in the kitchen of The Prism Center and serves as an invitation into the center’s beautiful living spaces: “One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.”


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SGA reopens 10 o’clock Ross

Last month, the Student Government Association (SGA) reinstated 10 o’clock Ross in the Fireplace Lounge, providing bagels, cereal, fruit and more to students from 10 p.m. to midnight on Monday through Thursday.


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B Striker ’25 wins SGA presidential election

Brandon Straker ’25, known as B Striker, has been elected as Middlebury’s next SGA president. Striker, along with vice presidents Talia Chang ’26 and Daniza Tazabekova ’26, beat opponent Josh Harkins ’25 and his vice-presidential candidates Freddi Mitchell ’25 and Ahmed Awadallah ’26 by ...


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Sparrow Art Supply has a new nest

44 Main Street was abuzz with the happy chatter of a crowd of art-lovers on Friday, April 5 at Sparrow Art Supply’s Grand Reopening Party. Since the store’s opening two years ago, it has occupied a lower-level space at 52 Main Street.


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“Found Dog Ribbon Dance” barks up the right tree

“Found Dog Ribbon Dance,” a play by Brooklyn, N.Y.–based playwright Dominic Finocchario, opened at the Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre on Thursday, April 4, as the first of the two spring faculty theater productions. 


The Setonian

News In Brief: Vandalism at The Knoll prompts investigation, anger

Unknown perpetrators committed vandalism at The Knoll over the weekend of March 29 and 30, damaging tools, materials and projects. Numerous items were burned in The Knoll’s fire pit, and live branches were broken off of nearby cherry and poplar trees. Other items burned included an Adirondack chair, ...


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Reel Critic: “Dune: Part Two”

Denis Villeneuve has never been shy about his adoration for “Lawrence of Arabia.” The 56-year-old Canadian filmmaker first saw David Lean’s 1962 epic when he was 19, and the film, which Villeneuve calls “the perfect movie,” has held a grip on his imagination ever since.


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Josh Harkins ’25 for SGA President

We are excited to endorse Josh Harkins ’25 for Student Government Association (SGA) president for the 2024-25 academic year. Harkins, who plans to appoint Freddi Mitchell ’25 and Ahmed Awadallah ’26 as vice presidents, has clear and pragmatic goals for his term as SGA president.


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Total eclipse: basking in the afterglow

Middlebury was abuzz Monday afternoon with post-eclipse excitement as students, faculty, staff and community members reflected on the much-anticipated solar eclipse. This eclipse marks the first time since 1932 that Middlebury has been in the path of totality of a solar eclipse. The next time Vermont ...