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Dalai Lama Campus Visit Stirs Controversy

At midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 12, hundreds of students, packed in libraries, common rooms and dorms across campus eagerly clicked through pages of Middlebury’s online box-office, hoping to score tickets to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s lecture. Since its announcement last spring, the Dalai ...


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Taste Cheese with Chopsticks

I guess there are stages in most of the things happening around us. Two weeks ago I was complaining about the dining hall food, mainly because I just spent more than three months at home with my favorite dishes every day. Now that I have accepted that I will have to live with our lovely dining hall ...


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Distribution Requirements: American Disabilities Studies

In this course we will examine the history, meanings, and realities of disability in the United States. We will analyze the social, political, economic, environmental and material factors that shape the meanings of "disability," examining changes and continuities over time. Students will draw critical ...


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Midd Entrepreneurs Create Startups

As a liberal arts college, Middlebury is not the first school that comes to mind when people think of entrepreneurship and young people working with small, start-up companies. Middlebury may not be Silicon Valley, but that does not mean there are not students right here on our campus doing groundbreaking ...


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Midd Muse: Charlotte Michaelcheck

Having both the New York and London Fashion Week just under our belts, and Milan’s underway, Midd Muse aims to explore the campus for this season's new looks. While Middlebury rests in the depths of the Green Mountains — far from tall buildings, loud noises and lights so bright they cover the stars ...


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Students Take On Spartan Adventure Race

On Sept. 22 and Sept. 23, participants of all ages lined up in Killington, Vt. to test their mettle in the Spartan Race, one of the world’s most physically demanding adventure races. Adventure races, or expedition races, are an increasingly popular type of race in which participants run, jump, climb ...


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1 in 8700: Margaret Brande

Middlebury students enjoy a uniquely flexible and varied dining experience. Unhindered by a restrictive meal plan, students can come and go as the please during the morning, afternoon and evening and enjoy freshly prepared arranged foods from a variety of fresh local sources. Every day, students can ...


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Endowment Hit by Low Returns

The College is seeking to diversify its traditional revenue sources in the wake of a drop in the endowment growth rate during the 2012 fiscal year. The return on the College’s endowment for fiscal year 2012 was only 2.7 percent, falling short of the five percent target rate and dramatically lower ...


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Barrett Smith '13 Wins Election by Six Votes

On Tuesday, Sept. 25 the Student Government Association (SGA) announced the election of Barrett Smith ’13 to the position of Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCOCC) by a margin of just six votes. Smith beat out Kathryn Benson ’13 for the position in a contest that garnered approximately 25 ...


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Jamnesty Mixes Art and Activism

On Saturday, Sept. 22 a multi-arts collaborative event co-hosted by Verbal Onslaught and Amnesty International drew a crowd to the McCullough Student Center to examine the theme of racial injustice in America. Jamnesty, an event that combined spoken word poetry, music, dance and audio-visual content, ...


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Statistics Reveal Drinking Habits in NESCAC Schools

This past Thursday, Sept. 20, administrators, staff and students gathered to discuss the results of the alcohol survey conducted among nine of the 11 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schools in March. This survey was an enhanced and modified version of the alcohol survey administered ...


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College Considers Merits of Online Education

On Sept. 3, The Chronicle of Higher Education posted an article written by Former Provost and Executive Vice President Alison Byerly discussing the issue of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. While the College rejected using MOOCs as part of its curriculum, many institutions across America have ...


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Crossroads Café Opens for New Year

On Monday, Sept. 24, Crossroads Café reopened its doors to the college community, boasting upgraded food and more student-friendly hours. Originally scheduled to open on Sept. 19, the opening was delayed by small technical snafus, but was fully operational for student enjoyment starting Monday. "We've ...


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SGA Update

The Student Government Association (SGA) held their first full meeting of the academic year on Sept. 23. SGA meetings are held in the Crest Room of the McCullough Student Center and are open to the student body. The Campus will provide bi-monthly updates on their proceedings. SGA Launches Website During ...


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Overseas Briefing

Students study abroad for myriad reasons: to travel, cement friendships and experience things otherwise unable to be had in Middlebury, Vt. As many students will find in Europe, the consumption and attitudes toward alcohol are much different than those of Middlebury students. Instead of a tool for weekend ...


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College Shorts

Fraud Schemes Obtain $700,000 From Student Aid (Huffington Post) 21 people in California have been charged with fraud for attempting to steal federal college funding for nonexistent students. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California Benjamin B. Wagner and Inspector General of the U.S. Department ...


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Beyond The Bubble

Over the past two weeks, anti-Western protests have engulfed the Middle East following the circulation of a highly controversial video that mocked the Prophet Mohammed and the religion of Islam. The video was produced and posted on YouTube under the alias “Sam Bacile” July of this year. It did ...


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Johnson Gallery Displays "Living Portraits"

On the second floor of Johnson Memorial Building, there is a place for memories, art and imagination. Just after the entrance, one can appreciate a first glance of a new exhibition named “Living Portraits,” in which a group of students present a significant person using oil painting and ceramic ...