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Victory for Political Scientists

By Gregory Woolston | November 9, 2012

After monitoring and analyzing election returns with students on Tuesday evening, Professors Matt Dickinson and Bert Johnson discussed the election with Middlebury Magazine, as part of their "Professor Pundits" series. It’s all about the data. Wrapping up their year-long series of commentaries ...

Vermont Collegiate Choral Consortium

By Maggie Cochrane | November 9, 2012

On Thursday, Nov. 8 five local choral groups joined together to sing at Mead Chapel. Each group performed a piece of their own before combining for Fauré's "Requiem" with a live Orchestra. The Middlebury College Choir, University of Vermont College Choir, Saint Michael's College Chorale, Johnson ...

The Campus Interviews the Otter Nonsense Players

By Maggie Cochrane | November 8, 2012

The Otter Nonsense Players recently released a second College Quickie on mtvU, following an initial posting to the site in early September. In addition to profiling the improvisational group, the Campus' Jess Berry interviewed Adam Benay ’13.5, Greg Dorris ’13 and Ben Orbison ’12.5, as mtvU ...

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Field Hockey Wins NESCACs in Shootout

By Fritz Parker | November 7, 2012

It took 100 minutes of play and five penalty shots, but the first-ranked Middlebury field hockey team defeated Bowdoin in the NESCAC championship game on Sunday, Nov. 4, to remain undefeated and claim the Panthers’ first conference championship since 2003. Cat Fowler ’15 came up with the game-winner ...

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Panthers Rebound in Historic 50-21 Victory

By Damon Hatheway | November 7, 2012

After a disappointing performance in Hartford, Conn. gave the football team its first loss on Oct. 31, the Panthers rebounded with a resounding 50-21 win over Hamilton in the “Old Rocking Chair Classic” on Saturday, Nov. 3. Quarterback Mac Foote ’14, who earned NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week ...

Day 54

By Owen Teach | November 7, 2012

The day is January 1, 2013. A jaw-dropping 100,000 spectators pack Michigan University’s football stadium to see the annual NHL Winter Classic contested between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. This is outdoor hockey, the way the game was meant to be played. Over the past five seasons ...

Women’s Soccer Receives NCAA Tournament Bid

By Tom Clayton | November 7, 2012

The Middlebury women’s soccer team was informed that it had received a bid to the NCAA tournament on Monday. The Panthers will host an NCAA regional bracket at Dragone Field this weekend. Play begins on Saturday, Nov. 10 when the Panthers (12-2-1) play Castleton State (15-4-1) at 11 a.m. Later in ...

MCRC Fall 13-11 to Boston College

By Tom Clayton | November 7, 2012

Boston College (BC) edged the Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) 13-11 at Burlington Tree Farm on Saturday, Nov. 3. The loss drops the Blue to 5-1 on the season. They trail BC at the top of the East Coast Rugby Conference (ECRC) standings by two points, though BC’s season is over, and the Blue have ...

Women’s Cross Country Team Wins ECAC Championship, Men’s Team Claims Fifth

By Gabe Weissmann | November 7, 2012

Despite sitting many of their top runners, both the Middlebury men’s and women’s cross country teams competed successfully at the Eastern College Athletic Conference this past Saturday. The Middlebury women captured the win in a 41-team race finishing with an overall point score of 31, well ahead ...

Irish Company Buys Woodchuck Cider

By Conor Grant | November 7, 2012

Vermont Hard Cider, a Middlebury, Vt.-based beverage company, was recently sold to the Irish beverage company C&C Group for $305 million dollars. Vermont Hard Cider, which was started in a garage in Proctorsville, Vt. in 1990, is the producer of Woodchuck Cider, the most popular hard-cider brand ...

Volleyball Runs Table in NESCAC Tournament, Receives NCAA Bid

By Mary Claire Ecclesine | November 7, 2012

The Middlebury women’s volleyball team celebrated their fourth NESCAC Championship on Sunday after winning three games in a span of three days to clinch the title. The Panthers played Trinity on Friday, Bowdoin on Saturday and Connecticut College in the finals on Sunday. The final victory marked the ...

Snow Geese Population Booms, Migration Shifts

By Anna Stevens | November 7, 2012

The splendor of autumn in Vermont is always something to look forward to, especially in a small corner of Addison County where an annual fall visitor comes to roost. Each fall around mid-October, thousands of strikingly white snow geese flock to Dead Creek, a wildlife management area in Addison County, ...

Sandy Dusts Vermont, Ravages the Coast

By Isaac Baker | November 7, 2012

Despite the bleak forecast and closures throughout Vermont prior to Sandy, the state experienced only minor flooding and high winds in the aftermath of the storm. Meanwhile, areas along the northeast coast were not so fortunate, and like Vermont after Irene, have a long road ahead to recovery. With ...

Science Spotlight: Computer Vision

By Will Henriques | November 7, 2012

The hallway of the sixth floor of the McCardell Bicentennial Hall, home to the computer science department, is lined with posters with titles like “3D Capture of Complex Real-World Images” and “Game Development in Java.” The department proudly displays the accomplishments of past and present ...

Students Bring New Life to Shakespeare Classic

By Santiago Azpurua-Borras | November 7, 2012

Starting Nov. 15 and running until the 17, The Theater department will be running a production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It, as well as hosting events with both the cast and audience members. On Nov. 13, there will be a behind-the-scenes lunch and discussion at 12:30 p.m. where ...

Honored Professor Inspired by Electronic Music

By Deirdre Sackett | November 7, 2012

Department of Music Chair Peter Hamlin ’73 was honored on Tuesday, Nov. 6 with the title of “Christian A. Johnson Professor of Music.” In addition to receiving this honor, Hamlin presented an accompanying inaugural lecture that focused on his interest in electronic and computer music. Hamlin’s ...

For the Record: Hands of Glory

By Guest Contributor | November 7, 2012

Earlier this year this brilliant man released Break It Yourself, to which this Hands of Glory serves as a companion. Perhaps less experimental as 2010’s Useless Creatures, Hands features some of Bird’s least erratic vocals and neatest fiddling. He puts a delightful, atmospheric spin on songs by ...

Science Departments Seek Three New Faculty

By Ben Anderson | November 7, 2012

Both the neuroscience and biology departments are looking to add faculty members to start in the fall of 2013. The two departments are working together to find a single candidate to fill positions in both departments. The biology department is looking for a candidate independently who will fill the ...

Booking It: This Is How You Lose Her

By Michael Gaffney | November 7, 2012

This Is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz’s latest work of fiction since his widely-acclaimed, Pulizer-Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, consists of nine beautifully interrelated, confessional short stories. They do not disappoint. Most of the stories occur at different points ...

Race, Class And Hurricanes: The Inequality Of Disaster

By Guest Contributor | November 7, 2012

In the past few days, I have read headline after headline detailing the damaging effects of Hurricane Sandy on the New York metropolitan area. Millions are still without power and dozens have been killed; countless homes and businesses have been destroyed. In scanning through the headlines, however, ...