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    Flat Street Flood 50 Come Hell or High Water
    An alumni couple's business faces the wrath of Hurricane Irene.

      mckibbenwater Water Matters
      A noted environmental journalist—and Middlebury scholar in residence—weighs in on a matter of utmost importance.

        gaga Download: Why I Love Lady Gaga
        Ok, I don't really. But here is something to admire about her.

          BlackHole The Black Hole Outburst
          Boom! Did you hear that?

            Ponzi Editor’s Note
            Matt Jennings and his water epiphany

              dalai His Holiness Returns. Again.
              This fall, Middlebury welcomes back the Dalai Lama to campus.

                vignette Vignette: Inside the Halls of Science
                Four times a year, The Observer will illuminate a corner of Middlebury, offering a glimpse of life in Vermont, at a school abroad, or along the coast of California. For this issue, our chronicler visits McCardell Bicentennial Hall and records these scenes.

                  Click on image to enlarge Fact Finder: Top of the Heap
                  Middlebury captures its first Directors' Cup.

                    Click on image to enlarge Numbers: Internship Funding
                    The skinny on internship funding.

                      Click on image to enlarge. Dialogue: Recycle This
                      Digging deep into the recycling bin.

                        Click on image to enlarge Map: Middlebury in the World
                        An artist's rendering of Middlebury in the world.

                          ellen Colophon: Ellen’s Page
                          The significance behind this Bread Loaf "classic."

                            limperis_student_speaker_12 One Moment, Please (video)
                            A glimpse at the 2012 commencement

                              worley Pursuits: Motherboard
                              Meet Becky Worley '92, the consumer's guide to all things tech.

                                yore Almost Famous
                                Astri von Arbin Ahlander ’07, Lucas Kavner ’06, and Evan Dumouchel ’06 take us behind the scenes and beneath the hood of the Days of Yore.

                                  sophiedean In the Queue: A House Divided
                                  New music, new books for the summer.

                                    Click to enlarge cartoon. Short Story: Old Glory
                                    What did flagpole duty entail for Chris White '63 in the 1960s? The first of our "Short Story" cartoons.

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                                    Picture 3 A Wedding in Haiti (Audio)
                                    Listen to Julia Alvarez '71 read from her latest book A Wedding in Haiti.

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                                    Alfonso How did you get here, Sydney Alfonso ’12
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    How did you get here, Felix Klos ’14
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    jackman How did you get here, Alexandria Jackman ’14?
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    Moses How did you get here, Leo Moses ’14
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    How did you get here, Iracema Drew ’13
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    How did you get here, Cooper Redpath ’14
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism

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                                    Coates How did you get here, Veronica Coates ’14
                                    An annual series produced by the Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism