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College Shorts

Green Mountain College Slaughters Beloved Ox (Vermont Public Radio) Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt. euthanized its retired farm ox Lou on Sunday, explaining that the 11-year-old ox’s hind leg injury was worsening and was expected to continue to deteriorate during the harsh winter. The school ...


The Setonian

The Campus Interviews the Otter Nonsense Players

The Otter Nonsense Players recently released a second College Quickie on mtvU, following an initial posting to the site in early September. In addition to profiling the improvisational group, the Campus' Jess Berry interviewed Adam Benay ’13.5, Greg Dorris ’13 and Ben Orbison ’12.5, as mtvU ...


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Action, (Public) Reaction

For six hours, the members of the Dalai Lama Welcoming Committee (DLWC) sat on the stage of Dana Auditorium facing charges of handbook violations and defending their highly visible call for divestment from arms and fossil fuels. For the first time in recent memory, the inner-workings of the Community ...


The Setonian

Faculty Strive for Meeting Quorum

On Monday, Oct. 1, Associate Professor of Mathematics John Schmitt objected to the quorum that was called during the monthly faculty meetings. When the moderator deemed the quorum was in fact not met, the meeting was adjourned until the following month. The quorum for the monthly faculty meetings requires ...


The Setonian

Open Hearing Finds Students Guilty

Just past 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, the five students that stood before the Community Judicial Board (CJB) were found guilty of two violations to the College Handbook, and sanctioned with an unofficial reprimand. The hearing — the first open CJB proceeding in over five years — drew a capacity ...


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College Offers Online Education to Alumni

On Nov. 29 Professor of Economics and Director of the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship Jon Isham will teach an hour-and-a-half long online course for alumni called “What is Social Entrepreneurship?” Isham was approached by the Alumni Office in September to lead a course on social entrepreneurship. ...


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Local Food Served in the Gamut Room

LOCALmotive, a new shift in the Gamut Room on Monday nights from 7 – 9 p.m., aims to bring local food to campus in an affordable and fun way. Annalise Carington ’15 and Jordan Collins ’15.5 started this initiative and are the main cooks. They coordinated with the Middlebury College Organic Farm ...


The Setonian

From the President's Desk

Just two days ago, hundreds of millions of Americans exercised their right to vote — they cared enough about the issues at stake to take the time to make their voices heard. As SGA president this year, I’ve dealt with campus issues that run the gamut — including student programming, funding, ...


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Community Council Update

On Monday Nov. 5 the Community Council met to finalize the creation of the Residential Life Committee and speak with representatives of the Honor Code Review regarding its plans for this year. The constitution of the Honor Code mandates that a committee be created every four years with the purpose ...


The Setonian

Beyond the Bubble

On Oct. 20 the Bahrain government issued a temporary ban on all public rallies and gatherings, citing recent episodes of violence in the West Asian country. Bahrain, which has been trying to control mass protests since the Arab uprisings in spring 2011, has come under criticism from the international ...


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Overseas Briefing

The mackerel pike is a long skinny fish that is quite common to Japanese cuisine. Arriving in Tokyo in early fall, I was presented with the opportunity to eat this delicacy, often burned black, at what seemed to be every other meal. Breakfast, lunch or dinner — it made no difference — Sanma, as ...


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New Community Forum Discusses Sexual Assault

The Office of the Dean of the College, Community Council and the Student Government Association (SGA) will hold the first Community Open Forum on Wednesday, November 7th at 7:30 in Crossroads Café. The Community Open Forums will take place once a month and are designed to be an additional open space ...


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Dickinson Finds Election Too Close to Call

During his lecture “Who Will Win the 2012 Election?” on Oct. 31, Professor of Political Science Matt Dickinson tentatively predicted that Barack Obama will win the 2012 presidential election. However, Obama’s lead in the polls falls within the margin of error, pointing to a presidential race that ...


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DLWC Given Reprimand by Judicial Board

UPDATE: Just past 1 a.m. — over 10 hours after the beginning of the proceedings — the students were found guilty by the Community Judicial Board and given a reprimand. They will not be subject to any official College discipline. ---------- At 3 p.m. a capacity crowd was in attendance in Dana Auditorium ...


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College Tries Students in Public Hearing

On Thurs. Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. in Dana Auditorium, the five students charged by the College for their involvement in the distribution of a mock press release on Oct. 12 will go before the community judicial board — the College’s first public hearing in over five years. Four of the students, Molly Stuart ...


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College Closes Due to Storm

On Oct. 29, Vice President for Academic Affairs Timothy Spears sent out an email to the entire college community to announce that the College would close from 3 p.m. that day until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, due to predicted inclement weather caused by Hurricane Sandy. All classes, lectures, events, ...


The Setonian

GlobeMed Hosts First Hilltop Event

This past weekend, the College hosted over 14 global health professionals as part of the annual GlobeMed Hilltop conference during which students, healthcare professionals, professors and community members gathered to discuss global healthcare in the context of sustainability and connectivity, which ...


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Taskforce Aims to Improve Community

On Oct. 22 Dean of Students Katy Smith Abbott sent an all-student email inviting students to participate in the new Community Working Group. In her email, Smith Abbot explained that the decision to form this group ­— which will be comprised of students, faculty and staff — is a result of a recommendation ...


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LIS Launches New Platform For Discussions

On Monday, Oct. 29 Library and Information Services (LIS) announced the launch of a new online discussion board. The online forum is intended to serve as a way for the campus to communicate through a less formal medium than all-school emails. The forum allows for members of the college community to ...


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Candlelight Dinners Push For Sustainability

Candlelit dinners, which the College’s Campus Sustainability Coordinators (CSCs) began last year, are continuing to be held in Proctor or Ross every Wednesday night this semester. The dinners initially occurred once every other week. Last spring, in order to have a greater impact on the college community, ...




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