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Students Contribute To Elderly Independence

Author: Alison Hertel Playing Scrabble, taking a walk, reading a book, playing the guitar — these do not sound like the activities of a volunteer, but for many Middlebury students they are. Those are just some of the things that students do when they volunteer at Project Independence, one of the ...


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Sensitive Show About Vaginas Provokes Laughter and Tears

Author: Yvonne Chen We have no idea what wonders lie hidden in the people around us. Nor do we have any idea of the wonders that lie hidden in the women around us. Compelling, in addition to courageous, racy and funny, Middlebury College's recent production of Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play, "The ...


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Community Service Opportunities

Author: [no author name found] Additional information and contact phone numbers can be found online at www.middlebury.edu/~slse/.Addison County Chamber of Commerce: Needs assistance with project research, publication development and developing community profile.Addison County Community Action Group: ...


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Learning the ABCs of New York Teaching

Author: Crystal Belle As I walked through the heavy brown doors of Brooklyn's Prospect Heights High School on Jan. 2, the first day of my Winter Term internship at the school, I immediately noticed the gray metal detectors placed there to ensure student safety.Although many people who have never attended ...


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Board Approves Atwater, Library Construction Projects

Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee On Feb. 16, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the Library and Technology Center (LATC) and Atwater Commons projects. This authorization is the final step before beginning construction of the LATC in mid-April. Meanwhile, the Atwater Commons construction ...


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Faculty Ratifies Modified Version of New Honor Code Language

Author: Claire Bourne The Middlebury College Faculty approved new Honor Code language Monday after much debate over whether the word "morally" should be used to define students' obligation to report instances of academic dishonesty. While the ratified language retains the "moral obligation" clause originally ...


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QUICK TAKES

Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH?Trustees undercut the estimated comprehensive fee for next school year by $5. Students celebrate by treating themselves to deluxe sandwiches at The Grille.BOOYAH!Winter Carnival: A real life fairy tale with no class on Friday and a ball to conclude the weekend.BOO ...


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Author Frank Lentricchia Chases 'Moby-Dick'

Author: Molly May Introduced by D.E. Axinn Professor of Creative Writing Jay Parini as one of the "most celebrated, attacked and lionized critics of our time," Frank Lentricchia, professor of English at Duke University, faced an audience of eager students and countless literature professors last Thursday ...


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New Englands Bittersweet for Indoor Track Team

Author: David Lindholm The Middlebury College indoor track teams competed in the New England Open Championships last weekend at Boston University, with both teams finishing in the lower half of the pack but featuring many strong individual performances. The women, led by Jess Kosciewicz '04, finished ...


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CAMPUS CARTOON

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COLLEGE SHORTS

Author: Peter Simon & Nicha Rakpanichmanee University of Texas Dean Resigns from Enron BoardUniversity of Texas School of Law Dean William Powers Jr. resigned from Enron's Board of Directors last Thursday. In a letter of resignation to Enron executive John Duncan, Powers said he had finished investigating ...


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Spending Sunday Night Riding With Middlebury Ambulance

Author: Lindsey Whitton I was just sitting down to my computer at 8 p.m. Sunday when the ambulance beeper went off. The sound was piercing — loud enough to wake even the deepest sleeper. As I threw on my coat and ran down the hall a few people opened their doors, wondering if the fire alarm was going ...


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Successive Slippery Sidewalk Spills Adding Insult to Injury

Author: Nate Marcus (Disclaimer: the author does not accept any liability should the general public choose to follow the advice listed herein.)I can think of nothing funnier (when it happens to you) and nothing more embarrassing (when it happens to me) than falling flat on my face. I believe it's time ...


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Faculty Band Gets National Airplay

Author: Laura Rockefeller Although most Middlebury students only know Matthew Dickerson, Daniel Scharstein and Bill Frey separately in the classroom as professors — associate professors of mathematics and computer science and former professor of psychology, respectively — together these three men ...


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Dance Festival Spotlights College Choreography

Author: Kate Prouty When a friend congratulates and compliments you after a performance, it is difficult to tell whether he is truly impressed and being sincere or just being your friend. This is the perpetual downfall of always performing in your own safe academic setting.Middlebury College dancers ...


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Celebrated Pianist Frank Plays Concert Hall

Author: Kate DeForest Claude Frank is a man who deceives in appearance but exceeds expectations.At a performance last Friday night at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Frank walked onto the stage, a smallish man in a slightly wrinkled but elegant tuxedo. With neither a prelude nor a personal introduction, ...


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End Emotional for Squash, Seniors

Author: Alison Hertel It was an up and down weekend for Middlebury women's squash at the Howe Cup, the national championships held at Yale University. Middlebury came in sixth in the B-Division out of eight schools (behind the University of Pennsylvania, Bates, Amherst, Saint Lawrence and Colby colleges, ...


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A United Way to Serve State Communities

Author: Meghan Michelson Serving local communities for 60 years, United Way of Chittenden County, Vermont's largest United Way organization, acts in partnership with over 400 agencies and businesses in Vermont in order to make these communities better places to live. The mission statement of the independent ...


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History, Controversy and Solidarity Encompass 2002 Games

Author: Bob Wainwright With the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics drawing to a close this Sunday, there have been many memorable moments that will be etched in our memories. The Opening Ceremonies were unforgetable as the tattered United States flag from ground-zero was cause for a moment of silence ...


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MUSINGS AND MISHAPS

Author: Lindsey Whitton I've often wondered what it would be like to be an anthropologist: to ponder the science of man, to examine the psychophysical, the relationship between the human body and the mind, to observe first hand other foreign cultures.Over winter break, my friend and I had the rare opportunity ...