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Staff Blog: Midd professor on The Daily Show

Middlebury College professor Allison Stanger appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last week. Catch our article about the interview and what it's like to be on national television in Thursday's paper, and watch the video below.

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Panthers miss NCAA hockey bid, end season

Posted on February 28, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY – The Middlebury College men’s hockey season came to its earliest end since 1994 on Saturday, when sixth-seeded Colby upset the No. 3 Panthers, 2-1, in a NESCAC quarterfinal.

The loss meant for the first time in the 11-year history of the NESCAC tournament the 11-8-6 Panthers will not reach the final. And for only the second time since 1995, when NESCAC teams first became eligible for the NCAA Division III tournament, the Panthers will not be going.

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College to sell former courthouse to tech incubator

Posted on February 24, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College will sell the former Addison County Courthouse at 5 Court St. to the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies. The organization, known as VCET, will use a portion of the building as a local headquarters to further its mission of helping entrepreneurs establish new high-tech businesses in the state.

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Renowned journalist urges food reform

Posted on February 21, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MIDDLEBURY — Montpelier is the only state capital in the country without a McDonald’s restaurant.

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Video: Students witness Egyptian protests

Posted on February 11, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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Tik Root and Robert Joyce, students studying at Middlebury College's school in Alexandria, explored the city on Jan. 28 and 29, just before being evacuated. They captured the pro-democracy protests and clashes between police and protesters.

Read their story here, then read about how people in Addison County are keeping up with events on the ground in Egypt here.

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Middlebury students evade Egypt turmoil

Posted on February 10, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — Early this week, far from the roar of protesters in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, five students beginning their spring semester at Middlebury College were struggling to find ways to keep up on the historic events that, just two weeks ago, they were witnessing firsthand.

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Locals keep eye on Egyptian news

Posted on February 10, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MIDDLEBURY — In the days since Jan. 25, when Egyptians flooded the streets of their country in protest of President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule, many with ties to the country have been hard at work collecting as much information as they could from overseas.

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Leahy aids Midd. students in Egypt

Posted on February 7, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MIDDLEBURY — Last Thursday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) met with Lara Getz, one of 22 students evacuated earlier that week from Middlebury College’s study abroad program in Alexandria, Egypt.

Getz, a student at Tulane University, visited the senator in Washington, D.C., to thank him for his help in getting the students transportation out of the country in the face of an escalating public uprising against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule in the country.

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Students call for commnity submissions to 'Home'-themed book

Posted on February 3, 2011 |
By Tamara Hilmes



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MIDDLEBURY — A poem about an old Vermont farmhouse and a sustainability-inspired haiku — this is what Middlebury College students have envisioned for an upcoming collaborative project that will get the students and community members working together.

While architecture and physics students muse over the best way to create a solid envelope out of plywood and insulation in an attempt to bring home the gold at the Solar Decathlon competition next fall, two students are thinking more outside the box.

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Community energizes solar home design team

Posted on January 27, 2011 |
By Tamara Hilmes



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MIDDLEBURY — Though Middlebury College’s month-long J-Term has a reputation for being a rather laid-back time of year, the students heading up the college’s Solar Decathlon team have been even busier than usual this January.

Just last week, several students made the trip down to Orlando, Fla., for a Solar Decathlon conference and to attend the International Builders’ Show. And on Tuesday, the team gathered to host a fund-raising event at the Middlebury night spot 51 Main.

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