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February 10, 2011

As she walked down Main St. in Middlebury during a lunch break four years ago, Barbara Harding saw a ‘For Sale’ sign in the window of Otter Creek Used Books. She opened the door, walked down the wide stairs and immediately began negotiating a price. Within the month, the store was hers. “I ...

Dance company explores New Orleans in performance

By Middlebury Campus | February 10, 2011

Jan. 21-22 at the Mahaney Center for the Arts the Dance Company premiered their semester long project, “Culture, cash and community: to have or have not.” Students, Artistic Director Christal Brown, and visiting artists Trebien Pollard and Paloma McGregor choreographed the suite of four dances. ...

Visit the Green Mountain National Forest

By Middlebury Campus | February 10, 2011

Have you ever snow shoed up Monastery Mountain, cross-country skied across Bingo Brooke or walked the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail? If not then you have plenty more adventures ahead of you in the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF). A guide to the forest reveals much about its unique history and ...

Local Lowdown

February 10, 2011

A capella concert Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Come hear the University of Vermont a capella group, the Top Cats, perform. The entertaining evening will take place at the Mount Abraham Union High School auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. There is babysitting available, ...

Orientation leaders guide new Febs

By Middlebury Campus | February 9, 2011

During February break, a new group of students was moving in. The class of 2014.5 began orientation on Feb. 2 and to help with their transitions, a group of older Febs worked as their orientation leaders. Planning the week’s activities began early. “[Everyone] had weekly two-hour-long training ...

Under the Raydar

February 9, 2011

While trying to decide how to write A Valentine’s Day Column (yes, all of those words are capitalized), I turned to my foremothers in Features column-writing for inspiration. There is the route of writing about how frustrated you are with the campus dating scene while lifting up the wonderful, talented ...

Campus Character: Bianca Giaever

By Middlebury Campus | February 9, 2011

Life is really just one big story, and no one seems to understand this more than Bianca Giaever ’12.5. Giaever is an independent scholar at Middlebury with a self-designed major: narrative studies. “I’m basically majoring in stories,” said Giaever. “I could hear my dad rolling his eyes ...

MAlt trips take students to four unique locations

By Middlebury Campus | February 9, 2011

A remarkable number of metaphors for an improved understanding of the world involve physical expansion. Whether an opening of eyes, broadening of horizons, or widening of perspective, it seems that figurative growth is an integral part of a worthwhile experience. Through their Februrary Middlebury Alternative ...

The L-Word

February 9, 2011

Valentine’s Day is coming up — don’t everyone get excited at once. In all honesty, though, I do get excited for Valentine’s Day, and not because Valentine’s Day has even gone well for me historically. There was that time in seventh grade when I had the flu but I sent in valentines for all ...