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Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

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The Setonian

Planning committees prepare reports for College's future

Author: Ben Salkowe The Planning Committee for Middlebury's future is now wrapping up the first phase of its work. President Ronald D. Liebowitz recently announced in an all-campus e-mail that during finals week a forum will be held to preview preliminary findings of the Planning Committee task forces ...


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COLLEGE SHORT Clinton addresses students at Brown University

Author: Dina Magaril While hockey season has long been over, Brown University's hockey auditorium was nevertheless full of screaming fans this past Friday. Thousands of students from all across America came to Providence to hear former President Bill Clinton deliver a speech entitled "Embracing our ...


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Intolerance and oversensitivity incongruent

Author: ANDREW CARNABUCI ’06 "Thus we will be incomprehensible," wrote Jacques Derrida, on the current direction of language in academia. Sadly enough, I believe that Middlebury College will soon prove Derrida's words prophetic. In our dogmatic kow-towing to idol of political correctness, we are also ...


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Seniors give farewell show

Author: Lauren Smith Painting, photography, sculpture and printmaking are all represented this week at a Senior Student exhibit in Johnson Gallery. The show, with works by Tyne Pike-Sprenger '05, Stina Marshall-Parr '05 and Sydney Atkins '05 is the culminating exhibit of the three Studio Art majors.The ...


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You can MIDDance if you want to...

Author: Sixiao Huo Though it was cold and rainy outside, MIDDance's spring performance heated up McCullough Social Space on Saturday night. A standing-room-only crowd cheered, laughed and shimmied in the aisles to the program's 19 pieces, unified under the theme "Old Skool." By the final curtain at ...


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'Falsettos' garners stellar review

Author: Ben Salkowe While Middlebury's Theatre department has made a name for itself putting on first-rate dramas and even the occasional comedy, musical theatre has long been largely absent from the College's performing arts scene. Director Doug Anderson, visiting assistant professor of Music, and ...


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Spotlight on... Dan Smarg

Author: — By Lauren Smith and Jodie Zhang The Middlebury Campus: Tell us about your film.Dan Smarg: I started a film here at Midd sophomore year, but we didn't get to finish it because the two leads went abroad. I ended up going abroad to England the following year. At York University, I didn't ...


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Future election predictions Sam Says

Author: Sam Wilson Well, this is the last Sam Says. I know I had a fun time writing this column and I hope you had a nice time either reading it or skipping over it to find articles with more flavor.As a closing I am going to leave you with a few predictions about the national political landscape for ...


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The Deserted Bandwagon

Author: MATT KUNZWEILER Amazon.com has fallen into the obnoxious habit of greeting me with a "Hello, MATTHEW KUNZWEILER" whenever I visit their site. This personal touch fails to make feel special or warm 'n' fuzzy because there are only two people who call me by my full name in all caps - MasterCard ...


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Men's lacrosse ends season with 17-10 victory

Author: Zamir Ahmed The Middlebury men's lacrosse team wrapped up their regular season this past week on a high note, notching its ninth and 10th straight wins of the season and claiming the top seed in the NESCAC tournament. The Panthers head into this week's tournament with a 12-1 overall record and ...


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New liquor inspector reinterprets state law

Author: By Thomas C. Drescher and Caroline S. Stauffer Middlebury's new state liquor investigator, Michael G. Davidson, met with members of the College community last Wednesday to discuss preliminary plans to curtail on-campus party hosting and modify registration procedures. Davidson's reforms could ...


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The Reel Critic

Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH It's summer 1978, and 10-year-old Michele just wants to be a kid. In the idyllic setting of southern Italy, he and his friends run through the wheat fields and make mischief in their remote village. But when this perfect world is suddenly shattered, Michele soon learns that ...


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Women's tennis set to host NCAA regional

Author: Heather Wright This past weekend the Middlebury College women's tennis team hosted the 2005 NESCAC Championships. They finished third overall, behind Amherst and Tufts, respectively. Amherst dominated the tournament, but Middlebury was hoping to come in second. The tournament does not affect ...


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'Pig's Valise' aims for laughs

Author: Megan O’Keefe After winning laughs on stage last weekend as Joe Farkas in "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," Andrew Zox '05 will try his hand at comedy once again this weekend when he presents "In a Pig's Valise," his senior directing work, in the Hepburn Zoo. The play, a parody of the 1940s detective ...


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Blowin Indie Wind The Worst Albums of 2004

Author: Richard Lawless The role of a music critic is to act as a Virgil to the musical Dante as they journey through hell together. Though most people find critics to be bitter, angry pricks, they still read and listen to them, even if it's only for the sheer entertainment value. I hope that, if anything, ...


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World Briefs

Author: By Caroline Vial Double Trouble If the Poles were to vote tomorrow, the country could be led by a pair of real twins. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, currently in his 50s, still lives with his mother. He is at the head of the conservative party of Law and Justice, that is currently leading in the polls ...


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Midd crew washes away competition

Author: Stephanie Pritchard Middlebury Crew participated in the New England Championship Regatta (NECR) this weekend on Lake Quinsigamond in Worchester, Mass. The regatta is by invitation only and only those teams that have earned a bid can compete. There were 21 total entries for the women's varsity ...


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OVERSEAS BRIEFING

Author: KATE DOORLEY PARIS - Before leaving for Paris I glanced through the handbook that the Study Abroad Office sent me, which talks a lot about cultural differences and how I needed to prepare myself for a totally different value system. "Alright," I said to myself, "I'm going to Paris, the so-called ...