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MiddBrief Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Twelve

Author: Andrea Gissing, Joshua Carson, Myra Palmero Twelve students were inducted into Middlebury College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Saturday, Nov. 1, at a ceremony held in the Redfield Proctor Room. Professor of History and President of the Middlebury Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Don Wyatt gave the welcoming ...


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Field Hockey Team Finishes Perfect Regular Season in Style

Author: Tom McCann Perfect. No word can better describe the regular season from the Middlebury women's field hockey team. At the start of the season, the Panthers wanted to take it each game at a time and try to improve on the away form that hindered them last year. Well, 14 regular season games later, ...


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MiddBrief Middlebury Fan on ESPN

Author: Andrea Gissing, Joshua Carson, Myra Palmero In late November, ESPN Sports Center will showcase "Pick Up Butch," a 42-year-old tradition of the Middlebury College football and basketball teams. For the last four decades, two first-years on the football and basketball teams have been picking up ...


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'Fowl' Ending to Midd-Williams Mathematics Rivalry

Author: Caroline Stauffer "Among 27 identical-looking coins, one is counterfeit weighing slightly less than the others. Using a double pan balance, identify the counterfeit coin in as few weighings as possible." This was one of six problems tackled by students from Middlebury and Williams Colleges ...


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Sex Crime Statistics A Sign of Progress

Author: Daniel Phillips Statistics can be misleading. Such is the case with recent sex offense statistics released by the Middlebury College Department of Public Safety on Oct. 20. Crime as a whole - robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and arson - has gone down on campus, but before the College breathes ...


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Blowin' Indie Wind

Author: Erika Mercer When I say this album puts you to sleep, I mean it in the best sense possible. On my first listen, I wasn't even able to make it beyond the third song before my eyes started closing, but ever since that moment, I haven't wanted to listen to anything else - or do anything else, ...


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More Than a Difference of Opinion America's 'War' with France

Author: Grace Kronenburg When, in March of last year, restaurants on Capitol Hill and around the nation renamed French Fries and French Toast "Freedom Fries" and "Freedom Toast," it was clear that French bashing had reached a new level in America. While little blatant anti-American sentiment existed ...


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Act 250 Rethinking and Reform

Author: Greg Duggan One of Vermont's most controversial laws may finally change both for the better and for the worse. Vermont's Land Use and Development Law, known as Act 250, stipulates that developers must follow certain rules when they wish to build new sites in Vermont, from subdivisions to roads ...


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Home in the Green Mountains

Author: Megan Michelson "Going back to Somalia would be to plunge back into the flames. Going to America is a dream. It is the choice between the fire and paradise," says Abdullahi Ali Ahmed in the magazine Refugees, published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Ahmed is one of 12,000 ...


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The Reel Critic

Author: Matthew Clark The three girls are beautiful - the courageous, defiant, yet innocent beauty of youth. The Australian landscape is blistering yet sustaining. Hot, powdery dust coats faces and the camera lens. I should have loved it, this story of triumph and tragedy, but "Rabbit Proof Fence" was ...


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Pop Rocks

Author: Lanford Beard What do you get when you mix a former NFL cheerleader, Kathy Griffin and 15 walking advertisements for beer goggles?Hint: It's a reality show, and the title "Mr. Personality" was already taken.That's right, folks, Monday night marked new highs in dating game lows with "Average ...


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The Local Flavor

Author: Andrea Gissing Just as its name implies, the Bobcat CafÈ is a restaurant that marries Vermont's rustic personality with its refined palate. It boasts a casual atmosphere, from the storefront entrance to the wood-backed booths and long family-style tables, but there are hints of sophistication ...


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College Shorts

Author: Joshua Carson Prospective BU President Steps Down with $1.8 MillionOne day before he was scheduled to assume the job of president of Boston University, Daniel S. Goldin, the former NASA administrator walked away from the commitment with $1.8 million. Goldin had been heard on campus threatening ...


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College Continues Citizen Medal Tradition

Author: Benjamin Salkowe Addressing families at the second Fall Family Weekend, President John McCardell noted that Middlebury College shares a special relationship with the local community, having been "founded by and named after the town." The following day, he made actions of his words when he presented ...


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Languor, Lassitude, and Laughter DeLuca's Recipe for Success

Author: Hans Manzke Hypnotist Tom DeLuca knows how to play to his talents. His polished show last Friday night had the McCullough Social Space in stitches for the entirety of his two hour performance, revealing both DeLuca's sharp wit and some things that we never thought we would know about our peers. ...


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P.E. Bill Gains SGA Support

Author: Ilyse Mehlman In a unanimous vote of 14-0, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed the "Physical Education Requirement Resolution" on Nov. 2, sending to the administration for consideration a bill that will afford student-athletes more flexibility to fulfill Middlebury's two required ...


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Overseas Briefing

Author: Edward Pickering Having travelled relatively little in my life, I am unqualified to discuss the comparative drinking habits of countries. I have only the United States, Scotland and perhaps Australia to work with. Well, let's temporarily forget Australia. Various statistics, all equally astounding, ...


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Men's Soccer Tames Tufts in Quarters

Author: Dave Freedman One rip from co-captain Jason Griffiths '04 was all Middlebury's men's soccer team would need to top Tufts University 1-0 in the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Tournament on Sunday. The Jumbos goalkeeper deflected senior Andrew Stewart's ...