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The Setonian

Editorial What's the point of crime alerts?

Author: [no author name found] Sexual assault is a crime often committed but rarely reported. According to an estimate from the University of Chicago, less than five percent of all sexual assaults are ever reported to authorities. In other words, for every rape case the public hears about, as many as ...


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MiddBriefs

Author: [no author name found] Gargeya, Stephens, Nardini win SGA electionsIn the Student Government Association (SGA) elections held last week, Ashwin Gargeya '08 took the Junior Half-Year Senator position, Emily Stephens '10.5 became the Feb Senator and Max Nardini '08 was elected Wonnacott Commons ...


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Letter to the Editor

Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Middlebury's very own sex columnist may be lapsing into the grasp of underground femi-nazism. In the interest of preserving sexual truths, it is every man's solemn obligation to debunk her repugnant slander of man's dearest companion, the penis, in last week's ...


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Reaction to Feb scaleback mixed

Author: Tom Brant When Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett took the floor for questions at last week's faculty meeting, one professor raised his hand to ask about the scaleback of the College's February (Feb) admissions program. Specifically, the professor asked, is the program being scaled back to zero?While ...


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B-Town tips its hat to Mardi Gras

Author: Andrea Glaessner The notoriety associated with Mardi Gras in the United States has given the pre-Lenten holiday a bad rep to say the least. Tales of debauchery, lewd conduct and women flashing their assets up and down Bourbon Street have made the annual event in New Orleans an X-rated affair ...


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Spotlight on... Amanda Kleinman

Author: Sara Jameson Amanda Kleinman '09 is a joint Music and History major from Texas. She has already made an impressive mark on the vibrant Middlebury College arts community through her involvement with musical theatre. She took a few moments to talk with The Campus about her past experiences and ...


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Middlebury trumps peers in fundraising

Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury raised more money than any other liberal arts college in 2006, signaling a robust start to the likely $500 million Middlebury Initiative to be announced next fall. The $61.5 million total exceeded the College's fundraising goal by more than $10 million.The year's ...


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Exhibit explores the secret life of knick-knacks

Author: Colin Foss Walking through the bottom floor of the main library, you might notice a strange phenomenon: inside glass cases, resting on largish pedestals, there are assortments of little trinkets, mundane baubles that seemingly hold no aesthetic value beyond the fact that they are presented much ...


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Men wage water war on Williams

Author: Allison Ortega Over Winter Carnival weekend, the men's Middlebury swimming and diving team headed to Bowdoin's Leroy Greason Pool for the grueling three-day NESCAC Championships. Waiting there was the four-time defending champion Williams, who had provided the lone blemish on Middlebury's otherwise ...


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Hockey had udder control

Author: Jeff Patterson "At forward, a sophomore from Lake Placid, New York, number 24 Jamie McKenna," said public address announcer Dave Sears as he finished introducing the Panthers' starting lineup for the opening game of the NESCAC Tournament versus Williams. And right on cue, number 14 Jamie McKenna ...


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Meet the staff that keeps Midd going

Author: [no author name found] They clean your dorm, wash your dishes and sort your mail. You see their faces everyday, but rarely do you get a glimpse into their lives. The Campus has torn down the wall between student and staff to reveal the stories, interests and hobbies behind Midd's everyday heroes.Kirk ...


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JC program to be overhauled

Author: Kerren McKeeman Beginning next year, Junior Counselors (JCs) will receive a stipend of $2,500 instead of an extra room draw housing point, according to a Feb. 26 e-mail to sophomores and juniors from Dean of the College Tim Spears. In addition, the position will be renamed "First-Year Counselor" ...


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As Told by A.S.

Author: Andrew Schlegel The NBA Draft has always been a menace to NCAA basketball. Fans and commentators alike have thought that the competition of college basketball is destroyed when the premiere players leave school early to play professionally.Before the most recent NBA draft, many of the top college ...


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Wikipedia debate carries on

Author: Brian Fung Members of the College faculty joined students and staff in an open forum Monday to discuss the role of Wikipedia in higher education. Two presentations sponsored by Ross Commons offered differing treatments of the online encyclopedia and debated the value of open-source technology ...


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Middle'buried' under Valentine blizzard

Author: Kelly Janis The whir of snow plows. The scrape of shovels. The exasperated sighs of snowbound homeowners, suffocated by a whirlwind of white fluff.As Middlebury College students basked snugly in the reprieve of a snow day, the Northeast pulled out all the stops to wrench itself out from under ...


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Female student sexually assaulted at social house

Author: Derek Schlickeisen [CORRECTED FEB. 21] Two men are alleged to have assaulted a female student late Friday night at Brackett, the home of Tavern social house, according to a campus-wide crime alert sent by the Department of Public Safety on Monday evening.The assault, described as a sex offense ...


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Guster to play spring concert

Author: Melissa Marshall Guster will headline the Middlebury College Activity Board's (MCAB) spring concert on April 27 after an opening by up-and-coming indie band The Format, according to MCAB officers. The Spring Concert will be a part of Guster's Campus Consciousness Tour, a project sprouting from ...


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Musical horizons are expanded, if not improved

Author: Kelsey Smith You know that option when you create a Facebook invite that says you are promising a "night of mayhem?" Well it was promised and wholly delivered Saturday night at the Gamut Room, which played host to Fat Worm of Error - a costume-wearing, pandemonium-causing noise-rock group from ...


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Squash trips at tourney

Author: Simon Keyes The Middlebury women's squash team was unable to repeat their promising NESCAC Tournament performance at this weekend's Nationals. Even with the return of two recently graduated Senior Febs, the women's team suffered multiple defeats. The Panthers were competing in the Kurtz Cup, ...


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Sitting Shouldn't Sting

Middlebury College has chairs for almost every academic department, three chairlifts at the Snow Bowl and even a hockey goaltender named Cherry. But we're missing two things: a conference-contending basketball team and consistently comfortable chairs in our classrooms. With yet two more first-round ...