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What About Bob?

Author: Bob Wainwright Since it's the time of year that the College offers a couple days for prospective students to visit Middlebury, I thought I'd do my part by telling you the proper criteria on choosing the right school.When deciding what college is best for you, it's not the students that matter, ...


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Helping Kids Spring into Reading

Author: Andrea LaRocca Spring has once again arrived in Middlebury, but instead of just bringing flowers, it has brought something a little different this year: books. On Sunday afternoon, Middlebury College students and Addison County children celebrated reading at "Spring Into Literacy."Spring Into ...


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Pornography Perpetuates Sexual Violence

Author: Gillian Wood We live in a culture in which being raped and murdered is women's biggest fear and every four days a woman is beaten to death by a man she knows. The celebration of the sexual exploitation of women is the biggest entertainment industry in the nation."The very heartbeat of violence ...


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War Dominates Weekly Lunch Debates

Author: Josh Carson The Student Government Association (SGA) has started holding weekly lunchime debates centering on current events. These discussions are designed to proceed in an informal but intellectual environment. Every Tuesday afternoon, students, faculty and staff are invited to discuss and ...


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NESCACs Looming for Women's Tennis

Author: Dan Shea While its male counterparts trekked to Maine, the Middlebury women's tennis team made the time-honored Grand Tour of Southern New England this past weekend, making stops at Amherst College and Connecticut College. The group called upon Amherst as their first destination. Foregoing the ...


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Tuning Out Where WRMC Falls Short

Author: Erika Mercer Since its beginnings in 1949 in a dilapidated "Chicken House" at 14 Adirondack, WRMC has made major strides in defining, developing and bolstering its role within the Middlebury College community. Still, as recent poll results prove, fewer than half of current students tune in to ...


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Lilly, May Seek Refuge in Hepburn Zoo

Author: Suzanne Mozes In a culmination of their senior work, Ami Formica '03 and Alaina Buckland '03 performed "Lilly and May," written by Patricia Cornelius, strove to accomplish quite a lot this past weekend in the Hepburn Zoo. Originally, the two seniors planned on directing themselves in a collage ...


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Middlebury College Stages Refugee Camp Simulation

Author: Charlie Goulding Last Saturday, while many students supported Middlebury's athletic teams, rehearsed for an upcoming play, or simply basked in the clement weather, over 100 people partook in Middlebury's very first Refugee Camp Simulation. The simulation, which took place from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m, ...


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Clown Parade Improv Festival A 'Creativity Love Fest'

Author: Erich Kahner The Otter Nonsense Players hosted the First Annual Clown Parade last weekend at Middlebury College. Improvisational comedy groups from six colleges, along with four professional improv comics and one adult group, participated in the two-day comedy festival.The event coordinators, ...


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College Cafeterias Above Average in 21 of 23 Categories

Author: Samuel Wilson Every two years Middlebury College participates in the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) survey. Earlier this past fall, students were asked to complete questionnaires at dining halls. These rated the quality of various aspects of dining at ...


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Hamilton Baseball Sent Packing in Last Inning

Author: Jacob Heller The estimated driving time from Middlebury, Vt., to Clinton, N.Y., is four hours. This weekend the Middlebury baseball team ensured that drive would be a long four hours for the Hamilton Continentals. Middlebury won all three games by scoring a run in the final inning - 7-6, 8-7, ...


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Invisible Classroom Online Alumni Course Addresses September 11

Author: Campus Editor in Chief Last Wednesday, Secretary of the College and Professor of Political Science Eric Davis gave an encore telecast of his enormously popular online alumni class, "September 11: Causes and Consequences." The class, offered to alumni, parents of Middlebury students and their ...


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SARS Spreads Schools Abroad Remain Cautious

Author: Andrea Gissing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a disease associated with the signs and symptoms of pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses, has been spreading around the world since late last year and has now been reported in 22 countries.According to the World Health Organization ...


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Chaplain's Office Sets Ball Rolling on Iraq Fundraiser

Author: Dan Phillips College Chaplain Laurie Jordan sent an e-mail to all faculty, staff and students Friday, April 11, announcing the start of "Middlebury Cares," a coordination of humanitarian fundraising efforts intended to address the human needs of both the Iraqi people and the American troops. ...


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April Child Abuse Prevention Month

Author: Greg Duggan With the support of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAV), Governor James Douglas '72 recently proclaimed April "Child Abuse Prevention Month." A non-profit organization, PCAV works year-round to curb abuse. Based in Montpelier, the organization has sites throughout the state that strive ...


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Inaugural Film Festival Turns College Attention to Human Rights

Author: Caroline Stauffer A South American dictator, prostitution in southeast Asia, a Civil Rights activist, and Henry Kissinger. While this may appear to be a random collection of topics and personalities, they are all applicable to the subject of human rights. Last week, Middlebury College hosted ...


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Fantasio Charms Francophile Audience

Author: Alexandra Hay On Thursday and Friday evenings, a devoted Francophile audience filed into the McCullough Social Space for the presentation of the French circle's play, "Fantasio." As the play was performed entirely in French, spectators were mostly limited to French professors, students and exchange ...