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Thursday, Feb 26, 2026

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Questioning the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson

Author: Charles Goulding In 1998, a startling genetic revelation made its way to the front page of The New York Times: DNA testing all but proved Thomas Jefferson fathered numerous illegitimate children with Sally Hemmings, one of his slaves. The tests breathed new life into an ongoing debate over the ...


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Loving Middlebury, Quirks And All

Author: Michael Stahler Junior Year Abroad. It is an opportunity for Middlebury students to get away from the College and all its quirks, including some interesting late night McCullough dances, and venture out into the larger world for a peek. As I looked into the opportunity, I did not fully understand ...


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TOWNIE TALK

Author: Elizabeth Lathey The other day while enjoying a meal in a Middlebury dining hall my friend and I were talking about Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Being a Vermonter, I know a thing or two about Ben & Jerry's, and I guess I had assumed that most other people have the same innate knowledge about ...


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Hoopsters Fall in Heroic Surge to NESCAC Throne

Author: David Lindholm Bowdoin College proved too strong for the Panthers as the Middlebury women's basketball team fell in the finals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. Bowdoin, one of the top teams in the nation, got out to an early lead with exceptional shooting ...


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Trail Around Middlebury Offers Local Recreation, Education

Author: Megan Michelson Winding its way around Middlebury and surrounding towns is a 14-mile footpath called the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) that offers students and members of the local community a source of outdoor recreation and a physical landscape in which to learn about the natural environment. ...


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Scandal Tarnishes Olympic Gold

Author: Drew Pugsley I deeply regret to inform the Middlebury College community that my dear friend Estye Ross '04.5 and I will not be writing again this semester because Estye has sold her soul to the Theater Department. However, Thas been gracious enough to keep me on as Olympic figure skating analyst.The ...


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ART IN THE BIG APPLE

Author: Elizabeth Logue As a classically trained ballet dancer, admittedly I've had a longstanding rivalry with the institution of figure skating. While I've never skated myself, I've spent my life defending ballerinas because they are, in my view, as much athletes as figure skaters. Both require stamina, ...


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Panther Hockey Looks North for Inspiration

Author: David Lindholm Finally showcasing my skills as a master prognosticator, here are my picks for this weekend's tournaments to be held in Kenyon Arena, as the Panthers try to duplicate Team Canada's dual gold medals in hockey.Women's Semifinal: Colby vs. Bowdoin – Friday, 4 p.m.Despite their ...


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Scharstein Garners Perkins Award

Author: Craig Szela At Middlebury College teaching excellence measured through student evaluation is a criterion for promotion and pay raises. It is also a criterion for the Perkins Award. This award, established in 1993 by the Perkins family, recognizes teaching excellence in the natural nciences. ...


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On Wings of Alpine Ascendance, Team Off to Great White North

Author: Andrew Zimmermann With everyone attentive and watching over Winter Carnival weekend, the Middlebury ski team as a whole turned out its best performance of the year, aided significantly by motivated racing from the alpine team. Having finished in third place for the majority of the carnival circuit, ...


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Faculty Authors Honored at Annual Reception

Author: Kate Prouty Unable to find a literary quotation more appropriate for the occasion, Dean of the Faculty Robert Schine wittily welcomed those in attendance at the Faculty Authors Reception with Eccliastes's fateful promise: "Of making many books there is no end." Faculty authors who were present ...


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Middlebury Expands Study Abroad Horizons

Author: Tim McCahill In light of recent efforts to create new language programs in China and Latin America, it appears that Middlebury College expansion is not exclusively limited to the confines of its Vermont campus.The past four years have been somewhat of a watershed era for development of the College's ...


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Adrian Rocks Competition at New England Championships

Author: Erich Kahner While the majority of the Middlebury Indoor Track team's season ended a few weeks ago, several panthers are still on the prowl. Last weekend a handful of Middlebury athletes took to the track at Tufts' Gantcher Center to compete in the Open New England Championships. Seven Middlebury ...


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John Scofield Shifts to New Musical Style

Author: Kate DeForest John Scofield has been an innovator throughout his career. As one who has played with some of the best jazz performers of the last century, performers noted for their inventiveness and eclecticism, Scofield has deeply rooted musical references and a densely packed library of song ...


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Lively Second Day Defines Nordic's Carnival Run

Author: Andrew Zimmermann After its best result of the season in the Middlebury Carnival, the nordic ski team will send six of its members to the NCAA National Championships in Anchorage, Alaska. Shams Helminski '02, Colin Rogers '04 and Tim Weston '03, who played an integral role in the weekend's success, ...


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Lyon Photos Chronicle Civil Rights Protest

Author: Yvonne Chen Now on display at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Danny Lyon's photographs document the telling times as well as the human struggle that lie hidden beneath the politics of racial oppression. The exhibition consists of nine images from the photographer's Southern Civil Rights ...


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SGA Emergency Meeting to Address Room Draw

Author: Anne Jennings At an emergency Student Government Association (SGA) meeting scheduled for 4:15 p.m. today, Residential Systems Coordinator Mariah McKechnie '01 will present several scenarios of how block housing may be distributed among the commons. The SGA will pick one of these scenarios to ...