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The Setonian

Student-Athletes on Block Again

Author: Peter Yordan In the wake of another controversial book chronicling the discrepancies between student-athletes and non-athletes in elite liberal arts institutions, attention is once again being focused on Middlebury's admissions policies."Reclaiming the Game", the follow-up to the ground-breaking ...


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Middlebury Students Take Action for Dean

Author: Megan Michelson At a time when young people are often criticized for being politically inactive and uniformed, it may come as a surprise that former Vermont governor Howard Dean's presidential campaign is based largely on the actions and contributions of college-age students. The Dean for America ...


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VSO Shifts Audience into Autumn

Author: Karen Stahlheber Saturday night at the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO), I was surrounded by people who knew a lot more about music than I did. The other students were mostly there to fulfill music class requirements or because of some past affiliation with music. They talked about their AP ...


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News of Colby College Murder Ripples to Middlebury

Author: Andrea Gissing In the past weeks much headway has been made in the investigation of the murder of Colby College senior Dawn Rossignol. Charges were filed on Sept. 25 against Edward Hackett, 47, a previously convicted felon. The arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 2 in the Waterville District Court ...


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Lyons Tames Lips to Perfect Beat-Boxing Style

Author: Chris Grosso Beat-boxing, a relatively new hip-hop art form, rapidly emerged in the music industry right around the time that Rahzel popularized this style in the late 90s. His use of merely lips, cheeks, gums and throat to create fascinating rhythms has stretched the limits of vocal creativity. ...


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Blowin' Indie Wind

Author: Erika Mercer "I'm from Chicago, but now I live in the country in a barn." When Andrew Bird, with his tall melancholy stature and moody brown eyes, uttered this sentence from atop the stage at Higher Ground last Wednesday, the simple words sounded profound. Now, what he meant was that he grew ...


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Middlebury Residents in Stride for Diabetes

Author: Andrea LaRocca This weekend, Middlebury citizens not only took a stand but also took a walk - for five miles in the pouring rain - to show their support for continued diabetes research. About 40 walkers participated in the Middlebury Walk for Diabetes, which began at Porter Medical Center at ...


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Football Suffers Heartbreaker

Author: Andreas Apostolatos Despite a strong overall performance, the Middlebury football team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 15-13 loss to Colby on Saturday Sept. 27. In what can only be called a game that could have gone either way, a Colby player managed to deflect a 34-yard field goal attempt ...


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Field Hockey Still Perfect at 6-0

Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey team recorded their fifth and sixth consecutive victories of the season this weekend against Colby and Bowdoin. All three teams were perfect before the games this weekend, giving both games an added importance for all of them. As it turned out Middlebury ...


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Community Council Holds First Meeting, Gears Up for New Semester

Author: Ben Salkowe In its first meeting of the year, Community Council set an agenda that will tackle student concerns in the commons system and continue discussion of social life issues.Dean of Student Affairs and Faculty Co-chair of the Community Council Ann Hanson opened the meeting with a review ...


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Hurricane Hampers Men's Golf Panther's Outdone by Ephs Again

Author: Jack Donaldson There are few things more frustrating for an athlete than a lack of cooperation from above. Such was Middlebury's experience this weekend at Taconic Golf Club, Williams College's home course, for the NESCAC Championship. In fact, the Northeastern tear of Hurricane Isabel that ...


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ZOO Shows Determination to End Probation Term

Author: Virginia Harper Members of Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO) are working this semester with the office of Student Affairs and the Community Council in order to better their standing in the social house community and in the hopes of coming off of social probation by spring.Every year, the Community Council ...


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Middlebury's JC Tradition Spans Half of a Century

Author: Caroline Stauffer It seems ironic that the "junior counselor," program at Middlebury was implemented in 1958 as "a constructive alternative to hazing." In the first 100 years of the College's history, hazing was a "neutral" term, according to Dean of Advising Karl Lindholm '67. Even the faculty ...


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Rural Realities

Author: Crystal Belle If you have ever been in New York City and purchased an overpriced, salty hot dog, you've certainly discovered one of the Big Apple's hidden treasures. Sometimes you wonder how long the great American frankfurters have been resting in the yellowish hot water. Yet you eat every ...


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Greens, Progressives Blaze Campaign Trail

Author: Kate Doorley Breaking away from its traditional issues, the Green Party declared that it supports a reduction in defense spending and opposes the Patriot Act and mass media corporations. While these elements would not seem to be related to the Green Party on the surface, they have become key ...


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McCullough Center Vies for Social Hub Status

Author: Joshua Carson A little over five years ago, The Grille was a swimming pool. Since its reconstruction, the McCullough Student Center has been trying to establish itself as one of the central social spaces on campus. But what has it really become? A mailroom, a coffee house, a community center? ...


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SGA Has Slow Start Out of the Gate

Author: Megan O'Keefe Student Government Association (SGA) President Samuel Rodriguez '04 has big plans. But with his energetic campaign speeches still fresh in their minds, students are waiting for action."Right now," admitted Rodriguez, "what we are in the process of doing still is research and building ...


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College Investment Choices Could Buoy Local Economy

Author: Hilary Eisen There is a Community Investment (CI) initiative on campus working to persuade Middlebury College to invest some of its endowment in our local community. As students, are very fortunate to attend Middlebury and reap its benefits. One of the great things about Middlebury is its location ...


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Museum Unplugged Another Music Outlet

Author: Suzanne Mozes Keeping the lights on a little bit longer, the Middlebury College Museum of Art presents its inaugural "Museum Unplugged" Thursday, Oct. 2 from 8 to 11 p.m. Caleb Elder '04 and the Bittersweet String Band, featuring Caleb Elder and Charlotte Carlson '05 on the fiddle, Alex Reiser ...