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Saturday, Dec 20, 2025

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Dorm Damage Declines in First Quarter

The first two months of the fall semester saw a reduction in overall dorm damage, with just 24 student damage work orders being placed. Dish damage, however, continues to be problematic, as less than 15 percent of the College’s initial stock of bowls remain. Of the 24 work orders placed this semester, ...


The Setonian

One Dean's View

Anyone who knows me knows that I believe strongly in the value of dialogue. I believe that sharing ideas, opinions, and feelings directly with others is what keeps people connected—to their communities and even to themselves. Lately, it seems as if there is an unusually high level of frustration ...


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Community Council Update

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Community Council met to discuss hard alcohol policies, party registration and party monitors. In the previous meeting, Dean of Students Katy Smith Abbott and Coach Bob Ritter, co-chairs of the 2011-2012 Task Force on Alcohol and Social Life, spoke about Task Force’s report, the ...


The Setonian

1 in 8700: Nancy Weber-Curth of Sparkles Champagne Bar

In the middle of the town of Middlebury, along Main Street, sits a row of restaurants and bars all within 50 yards of each other: Two Brothers Tavern, Otter Creek Bakery, Samas Café and the Champagne and Sparkling Wine Bar. The Champagne and Sparkling Wine Bar catches the eye, and not just because ...


The Setonian

Controversy Surrounds Town Offices

At first the decision looks simple — Middlebury’s town offices are outdated and something needs to be done. Renovation? Relocation? As it turns out, the problem is not so simple, nor is the solution. The town offices are currently located across the street from Alexander Twilight Hall and are, ...


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Foote, Sadik-Khan Connect in Senior Day Blowout

McCallum Foote ’14 threw five touchdown passes and just four incompletions in the final home game of his decorated career, leading Middlebury to a 40-13 blowout victory over Hamilton on senior day and improving the Panthers’ record to 6-1 on the season. Tight end Billy Sadik-Kahn ’14 caught three ...


The Setonian

Dirty Water

The mark of a powerful moment is how it affects us when we reflect upon it. Sometimes we cannot predict the effect something will have down the road. Other times we know immediately that we have witnessed something great. The night of Wednesday, Oct. 30 was one of the latter. Standing on my charming ...


The Setonian

Cross Country Cruises in NESCAC Title Races

On Saturday, Nov. 2, the cross country teams traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn., to run in the NESCAC Championships hosted by Connecticut College. The women’s team gained NESCAC supremacy for the first time since 2010, winning the meet by a mere 29 points while the men put ...


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Women’s Soccer Hosts Conference Finals

A year after suffering a first-round upset against Wesleyan in the NESCAC tournament, the Middlebury women’s soccer team learned from previous mistakes to record a comfortable 3-1 victory over Colby on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Panthers will host the semi-finals and finals of the NESCAC tournament for ...


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Field Hockey Returns to NESCAC Semis

Middlebury crawled over the Colby Mules on Saturday, Nov. 2 by a score of 3-0 to win the quarterfinal round of NESCAC tournament play.  With their season hanging on the Kohn field scoreboard, Lauren Berestecky ’17, Bridget Instrum ’16 and Katie Theiss ’14 hustled to hammer home the difference-making ...


The Setonian

Williams Downs Men’s Soccer With Second Half Surge

Middlebury saw its season end in a frenetic final few minutes at Cole Field at Williams in the NESCAC quarterfinal, as the third-seeded Ephs bested the sixth-seeded Panthers 3-2 on Saturday, Nov. 2. After Harper Williams ’15 blasted a penalty into the lower left-hand corner of the net in the 84th ...


The Setonian

Beyond the Bubble

Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto, the largest city in Canada and fourth-largest in North America, found himself fighting for his political life last week after the Toronto Police recovered a video that allegedly showed the mayor smoking crack cocaine. Ford was elected mayor of Toronto in October 2010 on a ...


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Chance Brings Energy, Controversy

It is Saturday night, roughly 11:50 p.m., and the crowd facing the Chicago-born Chance the Rapper in Nelson Stadium is getting antsy. The show thus far has been nothing if not a tad bizarre, and Chance is running out of concert staples to fill the venue’s echoey crevices. “Smoke Again” and “Juice” ...


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Vinegar Tom Disturbs, Bewitches

The Department of Theatre and Dance celebrated Halloween with a presentation of Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom, a subversive tale of witchcraft and female power running from Thursday, Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 2. Audience members entered the Seeler Studio Theatre in the Kevin P. Mahaney Center ...


The Setonian

Science Spotlight: Alchemistry pHun!

The fact that each chemical equation scribbled on a blackboard often translates into a spectacular, real life occurrence is easily underappreciated. For instance, eyes may glaze over when they see the equation 2H2O2 -> 2H2O + O2, and one would not expect to be amazed to witness the reaction. But ...


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The Reel Critic: Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips is at its core a story about leadership – the weight that any captain or leader must bear to do their job. It is first about the titular Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) and his responsibilities on an American cargo ship: breaking in a new crew and then getting them to follow his lead ...


The Setonian

One Life Left: Pokemon X

“So, are you a boy or a girl?” Moments after being asked this question by a suave man in a lab coat, I was tossed out into Kalos to begin my adventure in Pokémon X. I picked my starter, a Froakie (obviously), and soon found myself giggling like a kid again as I tromped through the world, capturing ...


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Who Is Responsible For Rap?

Like many other students on this campus, I went to the Chance the Rapper over the weekend. I danced and yelled and had a great time. I even listened to him perform the controversial lyric in his performance of “Favorite Song.” And so, now that Chance has come and gone, let us assess: what has changed? ...


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Cutting Down on Political Anemia

We know that preservation of the South American rain forests is a necessary step in ensuring our future a stable climate. Why, then, is illegal logging in the Amazon still so prevalent? Two weeks ago, the New York Times published a story explaining a recent chapter of Peru’s struggle to combat the ...




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