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Friday, Apr 24, 2026

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The Setonian

Lyons Proves Student Activism Alive and Well

Author: Caroline Stauffer While most Middlebury College students were resting up for mid- terms or doing some last minute cramming, Wellington Lyons '04 had others issues on his mind. Four days before the attacks on Iraq actually began, war seemed inevitable as Bush announced a 48-hour deadline.After ...


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Holt's Harangue

Author: Christain Holt Wanted: room with bed, windows and heating. Willing to trade: tent down by Otter Creek. Okay, so I didn't exactly get the best room for room draw. Actually, I didn't get a room at all. I plan on just living in the tent, dining on whatever fish swim by in Otter Creek and maybe ...


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Destruction of Iraq is Not Liberation

Author: Wellington Lyons Saddam Hussein is a ruthless dictator who has maintained power by murdering and torturing many thousands of his political opponents. And yet I am still ashamed at what our government is doing in Iraq. As we inflict our unparalleled military might on one of the weakest armies ...


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Feminism Reaches Japan

Author: Grace Armstrong Nanako Kurihara, producer of the documentary "Ripples of Change," spoke on April 2 about the Japanese women's movement. Drawing on her experience with social issues, journalism and filmmaking, Kurihara related events in her own life to broad topics such as the goals and significance ...


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Men's Lacrosse Dismantles Union

Author: David Freedman The Middlebury men's lacrosse team has had its schedule delayed three times in one week by the latest winter storm, playing only one game in 10 days on the original date in the original venue. Playing in a constant and heavy rain reminiscent of the Gettysburg loss, the Panthers ...


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Midd Briefs Spate of False Fire Alarms Scorches Campus

Author: Emily Thaler On Monday, March 31, several false fire alarms were reported in Gifford, Ross, Forest, McCullough, Voter and Starr Halls. The alarms were caused by tampering with the pull boxes within each of the buildings. A report on the incident also noted that in addition to the false alarms ...


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Honorary Degree Recipients Named, Faculty Lauded for Achievements

Author: Dan Phillips President John McCardell called the second of three Faculty Meetings of the 2002-2003 academic year to order on Monday afternoon to address issues tabled at last December's meeting as well as releasing new announcements. The first announcement was the identity of this year's commencement ...


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Alumna Helps Iraqis Build New Life in the United States

Author: Claire Bourne Picture this. It is your wedding night. The ceremony is over, and you and your betrothed have returned to your Baghdad apartment. Suddenly, your residence is rocked by an explosion, as a bomb from a passing warplane meets the city landscape. Debris rains down on you, and you are ...


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Facing Criticism, Middlebur Continues to Strive for Diversity

Author: Charlie Goulding The history of racial discrimination and prejudice in the United States dates back almost as far as the history of the nation itself. Despite the fact that slavery had been formally abolished in 1865, a tradition of racial discrimination and hatred continued to pervade much ...


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New Mexico Governor to be 2003 Commencement Speaker

Author: Edward Pickering At Monday's faculty meeting President John McCardell named New Mexico Governor William Blaire Richardson as this year's commencement speaker.In the course of his long and varied career Richarson has held public office, worked in the private sector and taught in academia. Best ...


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Freyer's Bat Helps Softball Knock Down Ephs

Author: Kate Nerenberg The Middlebury softball team made history on Sunday. For the first time in its four-year existence, it beat perennial New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) powerhouse Williams in the first game of a doubleheader. Although the Panthers dropped the second of these ...


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Kronos Quartet Keeps Its Sound Fresh

Author: Trevor Snapp Last Saturday, post-performance, the members of the Kronos Quartet sat in illuminated blue plastic chairs grinning and smiling. David Harrington's hair lurched toward Dartmouth's Spalding Auditorium's high ceiling. Next to him, John Sherba sat happy and eager behind a long mustache. ...


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Blowin' Indie Wind Beck Dissappoints with Boring Cliches

Author: Erika Mercer "Sea Change" is comparable to your family's Christmas tree after all of the lights and ornaments have been removed - bare, bummed out and bland. Of course, it's still beautiful simply as a tree (as trees naturally are), yet in some ways it's too late - you've seen it in all its ...


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Women's Lacrosse Thrashes Number Two Amherst

Author: Zach Foster As we push further into a snow-covered spring, the women's lacrosse team continues to melt competition while extending its blistering winning streak. In two games that promised to test the back-to-back national champions, the Panthers asserted their dominance with remarkable efficiency ...


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War Hits Home Two Vermont Men Die on Active Duty in Iraq

Author: Megan O'Keefe Erik Halvorsen, 40, an Army pilot from Bennington, Vt., was killed on Wednesday when the Black Hawk helicopter he was piloting crashed near the Iraqi city of Karbala. The Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class was a career soldier who had fought in the first Gulf War and had been stationed ...


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College May Discontinue Advanced Placement Course Credit

Author: Dan Phillips At the April 7 faculty meeting, the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) proposed restricting the use of Advanced Placement (AP) exam scores to admissions and placement only, thereby preventing students from receiving AP credit toward degree requirements. The EAC brought before the ...


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A Continuing Debate North Korea Proves Threatening

Author: Michael Crowley It was with great interest that I read Sara Yun's article in last week's edition of The Middlebury Campus ("America's Focus on Iraq Neglects a North Korean Threat," The Middlebury Campus, April 2, 2003). However, I found the article to be disappointing, one sided and presenting ...


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Room Draw Leaves Almost 200 Rising Sophomores Homeless

Author: Tom Drescher April is here, and with it comes the stressful process of room draw. This year, almost 200 members of the class of 2006 left Room Draw on Thursday night without rooms for the fall. "This is not particularly unusual," explained Residential Systems Coordinator Mariah McKechnie, who ...