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SARAH STROUP

The Setonian
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Tolerance and forbearance in hosting outside speakers

By Sarah Stroup | February 20, 2025

In 2017, controversial speaker Charles Murray came to Middlebury a few weeks after the inauguration of President Trump. Our liberal campus was feeling quite raw. Minorities were under scrutiny by a new presidential administration. In that environment, a group brought a speaker to Middlebury to talk ...

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Challenging Ideas, Listening Across Differences

By Sarah Stroup | April 26, 2019

On a busy Wednesday night, almost 100 people showed up to Dana Auditorium to listen to a panel of Middlebury College students talk about “Moving Forward” – how and why they each approached the visit of another controversial speaker, Ryszard Legutko, to our campus last week. With very little guidance, ...

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