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David Breashears: Himalayan Glacier Melt
Tonight at 7 in Dana, accomplished mountaineer and founder of the non-profit organization GlacierWorks David Breashears will be giving a talk about the disappearance of the Himalayan glaciers, some of...
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German Artists during Nazi Rule
From Arts mail: Lecture by Paul B. Jaskot of DePaul University. Gerhard Richter, one of the foremost German artists of the late 20th century, produced a few explicit depictions of the Nazi past in his...
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Kate Clopeck: From Rocket Science to Rural Ghana
Did you know… Over 884 million people across the world lack access to an improved water supply. Approximately 2.5 million children die each year from waterborne diseases. In Africa, approximately...
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Xi Chuan Poetry Reading
Tonight at 7 PM, influential Chinese poet Xi Chuan will be reading from his work Notes on the Mosquito in Axinn 229. Chuan’s translator Lucas Klein ’00 will guide those of us unable to understand...
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Ambassador Dennis Ross to Speak in Mead Chapel
Dennis Ross has played a big role shaping US policy in the Middle East Don’t judge this talk by the uninspired posters hung around campus. Ambassador Dennis Ross is a really big deal. He has played an...
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The Politics of Freshwater: Access and Identity in a Changing Environment
Into savin the environment? Love you some politics? Check it out. Nico DeGolia ’15 writes in: “Water is not always available where and when it is needed. At times, too much water wreaks havoc on our...
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Why Jonathan Safran Foer is Going to Give an Awesome Commencement Address
Jonathan Safran Foer will give the commencement address for the class of 2013 If you haven’t heard yet, the Campus released who will give the commencement address for the Class of 2013 earlier this...
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Fred Beckey: Dirtbag Climber Talks About The Life You Want to Live
Tonight CORRECTION: WEDNESDAY at 7 in RAJ, Fred Beckey will be giving a talk about his wild ride through the mountaineering world. Three reasons to go: 1) He’s 90 years old and has put up gnarly...
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Editors of n+1 Literary Magazine Give Talk
On Thursday afternoon, three editors of the literary magazine n+1 are hosting a reading and discussion. If you’ve never heard of n+1, notes from people who like it: “The best goddamn literary magazine...
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Islam in Turkey
Religion isn’t normally a hot topic on campus, but tomorrow at 4:30 there will be an awesome lecture on Sufism and Popular Islam in Turkey. To be honest, I had to google Sufism before writing this post...
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Body Parts Symposium This Week
BOOBS. BUTTS. HIPS. LIPS. PENIS. WENIS. ABS. FLAB. © 2012 middbeat If you enjoyed this outrageously intellectual reductionist middbeat poetry, chances are you’ll enjoy the The 2013 Gensler Family...
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Public Speaking Workshop
If this is how you feel about public speaking then… Public speaking is terrifying for many of us. Yet, my sources disclose it’s a gem of a skill to have in the “real world”, which many of us hope to...
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Smallville actress opens Spring Symposium
She’s the one on the far right Cassidy Freedman ’05 from Smallville, that show from a little while ago about Superman, is going to to give the keynote address for the Spring Symposium. She’s also...
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Stop Traffick Lecture AND Atwater Dinner
Stop Traffick, a student organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness to combat human trafficking world wide, might be relatively new on campus, but they are quite active. If you’ve never...
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TEDxMiddlebury 2013 Videos Now Available Online
The TEDxMiddlebury organizers wrote in to inform us that all the videos from the March 9th event, “TEDxMiddlebury: The Road Not Taken,” are now available on YouTube. This is great news for all of us...
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Grace Brown of Project Unbreakable
One of many photograph compilations by Grace Brown Last week’s It Happens Here was undoubtedly one of the most powerful events of the year. If you were moved by these stories, you should not miss...
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Apparently this guy is a big deal…
…my professor said in class the other day that Harvard professor Eric Nelson has a better shot than most living people at transforming Western thought forever with his wise thoughts. Apparently he is...
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Pre-release Screening: Syrup
You may know Hunter Nolan from his infamous DJ sets at countless Middlebury parties, but he is also a very talented film-maker, and has been working to bring a feature film that he helped work on to...
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MCAB Speakers Committee Presents: Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder of KIPP Charter...
Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP Eleanor Alldredge ’15 and the MCAB Speakers Committee write in: Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder of KIPP Charter Schools will be giving a lecture entitled, “KIPP to Z:...
View ArticleStudent Anti-Pipeline March
As mentioned yesterday, today is the Anti-Pipeline Day of Action. Many students do not stand for pipelines and fracking, and came out ready to respond to Ron’s all-school email yesterday. Just now...
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