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Three Faculty Members Granted Tenure

Last month, the College awarded tenure and the title of associate professor to three faculty members – Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Chong-suk Han, Associate Professor of Spanish Enrique Garcia and Associate Professor of German Natalie Eppelsheimer. Han and Garcia both expressed ...


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Proposed Bill Allows Warrantless Cell Phone Searches

On Jan. 8, Senator Martin LaLonde (D) of South Burlington introduced bill H.527, an amendment to the 2014 ban on using electronic devices while driving on the highway. This bill allows policemen and other law enforcement officers to inspect phones and other electronic devices without a search warrant. ...


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Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal in Vermont

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) players in Vermont may soon earn something they hadn’t bet on: a substantial fine. On Jan. 15, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office said that betting on DFS was illegal in Vermont. Popularized on websites Draft Kings and FanDuel, players of DFS accumulate points based ...


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Meet Doug Sinclair: Director of Middlebury's Charter House

Middlebury’s Charter House Coalition currently helps house and feed over 500 people per year through a number of ever-expanding programs. The non-profit has come a long way since the organization started hosting monthly community dinners back in 2004. “If someone had told any of us back in 2004 ...


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Middlebury Railway Renovation Sparks Debate

The train tracks that run through town, seemingly broken down décor, are scheduled for a substantial improvement. The Vermont Agency of Transportation plans to lower the railroad beds to accommodate double-decker trains and renovate the two rail bridges in town. The replacement of deteriorating bridges ...


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From Iron to EDM, Workshops Run the Gamut

BLACKSMITH: BACK TO BASICS Warren Rinehart has been teaching Blacksmithing 101 workshops since Winter Term 2014. Students in his class last Saturday worked on small projects – metal spoons and hooks – that could be completed in the one-day course. Rinehart said that blacksmithing is simple, ...


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Eighth Annual Hunt Starts Today

For 72 hours, starting this morning, the campus will be consumed by an unusual tradition: a massive scavenger hunt. The stakes: $1,000 in cash. The Hunt is a three-day competition that might be better described as a team-based search-and-discover creative improvisational game. Two Hunt masters compile ...


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Shakespeare’s Renowned First Folio Arrives at College Museum

Just as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men playing company once toured England over 400 years ago to perform the plays of William Shakespeare, the First Folios of the man regarded as the most influential writer of the English language are about to embark on a grand tour of their own. As part of this yearlong, ...


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Soule Monde Charms Crowd at 51 Main

Music has long been a source of community. Concerts have a way of bringing a cross-section of people together to appreciate the art unfolding before them. Middlebury is no exception to this tendency. With a population made up of those associated with the College and those who have never been involved ...


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Poetry Celebrates Interfaith Traditions

Last Thursday, Jan. 21, above the faint hustle and bustle of Crossroads Café, students, faculty and staff took the stage to take part in a night of poetry and spoken word performances. Organized by MOSAIC, Middlebury’s Interfaith Programming Board, and co-sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual ...


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One Life Left: Dungeon of the Endless

Your ship is shot down in orbit over an uncharted planet. You and one other shipmate manage to make it onto one of the remaining escape pods and are sent careening toward the planet’s surface. Unlucky for you, the escape pod doesn’t stop when it hits the surface. The escape pod buries itself deep ...


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New Electric Car Charging Station

The College installed a charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) in the parking lot behind Proctor Dining Hall this Nov. The station is a level two charging station that can service two cars at once and charge an EV battery in three to six hours, depending on the EV model and other factors, such ...


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Booking It: The Looking Glass Wars

Alice in Wonderland has been done a thousand different ways. From the original fantastical children’s book to Disney’s version to Tim Burton’s strange 2010 movie, we have a rich selection of Wonderlands to explore, all of them colorful, topsy-turvy lands in their own way. Something about the freedom ...


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Performing Arts Spotlight: Dance Company of Middlebury

Join your peers this Saturday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. or Sunday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. in the Mahaney Center for the Arts Dance Theatre to enjoy the Dance Company of Middlebury’s annual performance. From Somewhere culminates the two-semester creative process of the group, guided by Artistic Director Tzveta ...


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Track Places Second and Third at Smith Invitational

As the indoor season begins to pick up more steam, the Middlebury men’s and women’s track and field teams both had remarkable showings at the Smith College Benyon Invitational this past Saturday. En route to a second-place team finish for the women and a third-place finish for the men, a number ...


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Swimming Falls to Top-Ranked Ephs in Last Dual Meet

Middlebury Swimming and Diving had their last dual meet of the season at Williams on Saturday, Jan. 23. The Panther men and women fell to the Ephs 186-94 and 211-83, respectively, struggling to keep up with Williams’ nationally ranked teams. Head Coach Bob Rueppel explained back in Nov. that swimming ...


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Panther Skiers Combine to Place Fourth at Colby Carnival

Senior Nordic captain Kelsey Phinney ‘16 picked up her second win of the season as the Alpine and Nordic teams combined for a fourth place finish last weekend, Jan. 23-24. Alpine events took place at Sugarloaf Mountain while the Nordic team took to the trails at the Quarry Road Recreational Area in ...


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Men’s Squash Records First-Ever Win Against Williams in Program History

Last Saturday, Jan. 23 marked a historic day for the men’s squash team: their first-ever match victory against Williams, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, no less. The men’s team won 7-2, while the women’s side fell 7-2 for their third-straight loss. This team-first for the men’s side came just ...