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The Setonian

'Favour' Finds Tom Stoppard Production Deservedly So

Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," directed by Professor of Theatre Richard Romagnoli, opened late Friday evening in Wright Theatre, allowing ample time for the audience to gaze at the entire Middlebury College Orchestra assembled onstage. With glistening instruments, ...


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Five Shutouts in a Row for Women's Hockey

Author: David Lindholm Another game, another shutout. The Middlebury women's hockey team extended their run to five straight games to start the season and have not yet allowed a goal. The latest victory came at the expense of the Sacred Heart Pioneers, who came into the game with a 3-1 record on ...


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Pranksters Make National Debut at North Carolina Tourney

Author: John Oliver The Middlebury Ultimate Frisbee Pranksters made their mark on a national level three weeks ago in a tournament that concluded the fall season. Electing to pass on "Frozen Disc," a regional, co-ed tournament held at Dartmouth, the Pranksters instead undertook a thirteen-hour drive ...


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Elderly Deserve Equal Human Rights Too

Author: Namik Kirlic '05 Our first year, all students here at Middlebury College must take their first-year seminar class. My class is Human Rights in Post-Colonial Societies, where we read and learned a lot about human rights, always had very powerful discussions, and touched upon difficult topics, ...


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Women Ruggers Emerge Third in Northeast Rugby Union

Author: Bridget Dungan Staff Writer The Women's Rugby team emerged from their first fall season ranked third in the North East Rugby Union. They finished their regular season undefeated (5-0-1) and came in second place in the playoffs at Holy Cross, which sent them to the Final Four Championships. ...


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Council Debates Posting Photos on Web

Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor At its last meeting of the semester on Monday, Nov. 26 Community Council tabled a motion sponsored by Kevin King '02 proposing that student photos be placed on the Middlebury College Web site. Students' photos would come up along with the information currently ...


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Czech Pianist Moravec Stuns with Virtuoso Performance

Author: Sasha Gentling Audience members were left spellbound by the performance given by the great Czech pianist, Ivan Moravec, last Sunday in the CFA Concert Hall. For those who had seen Moravec's outstanding performance of all 24 Chopin Preludes at Middlebury in 1999, their presence at this recital ...


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Students Endorse Changes to College Honor Code

Author: Devin Zatorski News Editor Community Council's proposed changes to the Honor Code passed in a widely publicized student referendum on Monday, Nov. 19, garnering the approval of 61 percent of voters. In an e-mail to the College community last week, Student Government Association (SGA) Elections ...


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'Rockin Relief' Concert Benefits Sept. 11 Victims

Author: Karen Acheson Staff Writer Devin Green '04.5 has gone beyond the call of duty and has truly made a difference in helping people affected by the Sept. 11 tragedies. by organizing the 'Rockin' Relief' Concert Sunday, Nov. 18 in Mead Chapel. The concert was a collaboration of 10 individual performers ...


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Lucid Lyrics, Intricate Harmonies on the 'Verge'

Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer In November of 1998, Erin McKeown, Beth Amsel, Jess Klein and Rose Polenzani — four young, talented and eager musicians — found each other. They were, as they explained later, "voices on the verge"; that is, young performers ready to make it big on the folk scene. ...


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Men's Hockey Gets Off to Fast Start with Three Easy Wins

Author: Peter Yordan Staff Writer The five-time national champion Middlebury Men's Hockey team began another season this past week with three easy victories and one disappointing loss. With several new faces joining a host of veterans, the Panthers are confident that they have once again put together ...


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Unauthorized Mass E-mails Draw Ire from Students

Author: Lindsey Whitton Staff Writer On Nov. 10 and 16 three students sent unauthorized and unrelated mass e-mails. None of the students who wrote the e-mails were aware of the policy forbidding mass-mailings without permission from the Dean of Student Affairs Office. Each of the three students received ...


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'State of the Art' Secured in Play

Author: Freeman Lee White Staff Writer To those of you who did not see this Hepburn Zoo production, you missed out. The story of the play starts almost 500 years after August 1945, when earth's inhabitants were forced by nuclear fallout to take their culture below ground. The plot shows how the intertwining ...


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SGA Shuttle Service 'Trial Run' Meets Student Approval

Author: Gale Berninghausen Staff Writer On Tuesday, Nov. 20, Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 25, the Student Government Association (SGA) introduced its shuttle service to Burlington International Airport. According to SGA President Brian Elworthy '02.5, approximately 100 students took advantage ...


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Afro-Caribbean Show Addresses Issues of Diversity

Author: Yvonne Chen Staff Writer Last week at the McCullough Social Space, Middlebury's Pan Caribbean Student Organization and Umoja came together to put on an original student performed play. This variety show, with 13 acts consisting of everything from student written and produced plays to African ...


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Uprising Result of Israeli Supression

Author: Hosam Mekdad In a desperate attempt to defend Israeli occupation, David Schwartz and Amichai Kilchevsky threw around random and baseless accusations, only to support them with even worse analogies that were hurtful, inappropriate and totally out of place. And while claiming to speak for Middlebury's ...


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Women's Cross Country Finishes Season as NCAA Champs

Author: Chris Eberly Staff Writer It was a balmy Saturday on the rolling greens of the Augustana College golf course in scenic Rockport, Ill. It was hot, very hot. It was humid, very humid. All of the necessary criteria for just one thing: Panther Country. It was here that the Middlebury Women's Cross-country ...


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De Gray to Retire After 50 Years of Service

Author: Ashley Elpern Editor-in-Chief After over 50 years of service to Middlebury College, Rodney De Gray, administrator of Dining Services employment, will retire on March 1, 2002. At the College's annual Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 15, Student Government Association (SGA) President Brian Elworthy ...


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Wave of Patriotism Sparks Discussion of ROTC

Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Staff Writer In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, a new wave of patriotism has sparked proposals to revive the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program on many college and university campuses. Here at Middlebury College, the main question appears to be whether ...