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Thursday, Oct 31, 2024

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The Setonian

She Said...

Author: Jen LaRosa Staff Writer "Hooking up" or "going out": what exactly happened to dating? Isn't that the thing you do between these two extremes? You know, where customarily the guy takes the girl to dinner and conversation ensues. Then, after a lovely evening of good old-fashioned fun, they drive ...


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Women's Cross Country Aims for Another Title

Author: Michael Kirkland Staff Writer On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Westfield State to race in the NCAA New England Regional Championships. The women won the race of 35 schools, edging conference rivals Williams and Amherst (second and third place, respectively). ...


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America Can't Ignore Domestic Needs

Author: Estye Ross I have nothing to write about. When I agreed to do bi-monthly political point-counterpoint column, it was on the assumption that Congress would provide my material. But of late, only one thing has been streaming through senators' mouths, through press conferences, through CNN in ...


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Middlebury Sweethearts Live Happily Ever After

In addition to producing highly successful and well-educated students, Middlebury College has had a reputation for many years as a school known for providing the foundations for high quantities of romantic relationships that evolve into marriage. Students share similar interests, and as a result the ...


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Alumna Poet Turns Life into Verse in 'Leaving'

Author: Becca Kaufman Staff Writer As part of the Library Program in the Abernathy Room on Wednesday, Nov. 7, Sue Ellen Thompson read a selection of poems from her most recent publication, "The Leaving." A Middlebury alumna and a frequent attendee of the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a Robert Frost ...


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Oysterhead Technically Inpressive, Lacking Live Unity

Author: Bryan McQuade Staff Writer Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Primus bassist Les Claypool, and drummer Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, performed as Oysterhead on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. The group has been performing nationally for the last month ...


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Constructive Debate May Untangle Complicated Policy Debate

Author: Becky Ruby I am writing in direct response to Brian Ashley's column, "The Embattled Bipartisan," in the Nov. 7 edition of The Middlebury Campus. However, the gist of my response does not solely address Ashley's article. There has been a surprising and upsetting increase in one-sided accounts ...


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Despite Low Profile, Squash Teams Prove That They Do Exist

Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor The women's squash is off to a strong start with three new first-years and three returning senior players. Last year's team finished well at 10 games won, four lost in their league, the "B" flight, that includes such rivals as Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin and Williams. ...


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World Bank' Planet Pollution

Author: Wellington Lyons In Cajamarca, Peru lies Yanacocha, the most profitable gold mine in South America. It is also one of the most environmentally destructive operations on the planet. Already one of the largest mines in the world, Yanacocha got the go-ahead on expansion in 1999 when the World ...


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College Questions Validity of NESCAC Report Data

Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Data revealed by William Bowen and James Schulman in their recent study on athletics and academics at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member schools has called into question admissions policies as well as student-athletes' academic performance ...


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'Harry Potter' Novels Mystify, Delight Students of All Ages

Author: Laura Rockefeller Staff Writer It was on a train journey from Manchester to London in 1990 that J.K. Rowling created the little boy who has cast a spell over readers on both sides of the Atlantic: Harry Potter.Rowling was a struggling single mother living with her young daughter in Edinburgh, ...


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Afterlife Emptiness, Faith Fulfillment

Author: Sam Rodriguez The following article expresses pretty controversial ideas with respect to Christianity, and religion in general, today. I ask that those Christians that are especially sensitive to criticism of their religion keep an open mind during the course of this article. For those curious, ...


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Student Musician; Mitchell Articulates Her Artistry

Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor Allison Quady: I'm sitting here with Anais Mitchell '04 in the radio station which we thought would be fitting, or inspirational, so Anais…Anais Mitchell: So, Allie...AQ: Tell me when you started playing.AM: Guitar? When I was a freshman in high school I started ...


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SGA Grapples with Representation of Minority, Majority Voice

Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee A month ago, the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate passed its first resolution of the year with an overwhelming majority of 13 to one with one abstention. Atwater Commons Senator Kevin Sullivan '04.5 cast the lone dissenting vote.The resolution referred to "the ...


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One Side of Debate Hides Two Sides of Middle East Truth

Author: David Schwartz and Amichai Kilchevsky For a year and a half, we have watched as Middlebury students have presented blatantly one-sided arguments about why Israel is oppressive, how the Palestinians are being slaughtered for no reason, and how American foreign policy continues to perpetrate these ...


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Revamped Crest Room Opens for Student Use

Author: Peter Simon Staff Writer To accommodate the growing needs of Middlebury College's 120 student organizations, the Crest Room in the McCullough Student Center has been converted into an all-purpose leadership center, including meeting space, a conference room and office equipment. "It's great ...


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Faced with Building Issue, New Hotel Seeks to Fill Market Gap

Author: Devin Zarkowsky Staff Writer With seasonal regularity, Middlebury College parents inundate local lodgings with reservation requests only to find themselves relegated to various potluck room drawings. Proximal temporary living space for popular College events, such as graduation and the twice-annual ...


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Theater Restoration Hopes to Invigorate Community

Author: Anne Dewitt Local News Editor Beginning its early descent toward the horizon, the sun beams through the stained glass windows of the red brick building at the corner of Pleasant Street and Merchant's Row, illuminating a huge, empty space that Town Hall Theater, Inc. hopes will soon serve again ...


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Senior Hurdles

Author: Alison Hertel Associate Editor The end of the semester is approaching. After Thanksgiving it's practically finals and then it's J-term and then it's spring term and before you know it it's graduation and then it's … the real world. Yes, I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself. But the ...


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Students Can Honor the Code

Author: Lisa Jasinski The Honor Code referendum strives to undercut the principles of academic honesty at Middlebury College. Minimal and incidental language changes aside, the referendum seeks to dismantle the current judicial system. It will sacrifice student influence, peer representation and end ...