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    "It's going to be good viewing tonight," said Frank Winkler. Seeing Stars
    Every visitor to the Observatory Open House gets a good look into deep space. Here's how it happens.

      BL30-8-11-WC-159 Notes from the Mountain: a Summer Series (#2)
      Guest writer and Bread Loaf senior Diana Ling reports from the mountain campus. This week, she writes about students of color on campus.

        IMG_2157 Rails Across America, Part 2
        The second installment in a series of Dispatches chronicling Ryan Kim's journey by rail to small towns across America.

          BL30-8-11-WC-159 Notes from the Mountain: a Summer Series
          Guest writer and Bread Loaf student Diana Ling reports from the mountain campus. This week, meet a two-time game show contestant and scholar.

            photo Rails Across America, Part 1
            The first in a series of summer filings by our correspondent as he makes his way across the country, riding the rails.

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            Keys Here They Come!
            Meet the newest batch of Bread Loaf School of English students and hear what director Emily Bartels has to say about the summer.

              top10 Around the World in 10 Events
              Don’t miss your chance to travel abroad without leaving town!

                Members of the 25th reunion class Emotional Ties
                The past and present meld into something memorable for alumni attending Reunion 2012.

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                pundits_caricature 607x406 Professor Pundits: Watching Wisconsin
                Does Wisconsin's recall election matter in the presidential race? And why didn't President Obama jump into the fray? The Professor Pundits fill us in.

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                splash1 Tell Us One Thing: Advice from the Class of ’12
                What words of advice did the class of 2012 have for incoming first-years? Find out in our newest "Tell Us One Thing" video.

                  2012 Middlebury Fulbright recipients: Front, left to right: Hillary Aidun, Quan Pham, Divya Dethier, Matt Steffens;  Back, left to right: Kristofer Ogren, Arthur Choo, Jarrett Dury-Agri, Tucker VanAken Record Number of Fulbrights for Class of ’12
                  Eight Middlebury students have been awarded Fulbright fellowships for an additional year of international study.

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                  yardsale_0589 Stuff for Sale
                  A group of enterprising seniors stake out a Senior Yard Sale on the patio outside Atwater.

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                  pundits_caricature 607x406 Professor Pundits: Base Hit
                  Romney's base is coming to life, and what will Obama's same-sex marriage pronouncement mean in the election?

                    diplomats Diplomacy and the Arab Spring
                    In discussing the Arab world, two ambassadors—one retired and the other newly appointed—are a study in contrast.

                      dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of April 23
                      Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.

                        dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things To Do, Week of April 16
                        Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.

                          koch_bros_text-65cdead7f213829e6113050f71926ba5 Greater Exposure for Koch Brothers Exposed
                          Bill McKibben and political science professor Bert Johnson added insights to a showing of a new film about the influential industrialists.

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                          imaginary_invalide_2140 Making It Their Own
                          A spring term theatre course did more than just read from the script.

                            clotfelter-2 Love of the Game
                            Big time intercollegiate athletics is a uniquely American phenomenon. In the DK Smith Economics Lecture, a Duke economist put the issue under a microscope.

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                            pundits_caricature 607x406 Professor Pundits: Why GDP is Catnip for Political Scientists
                            This month's GDP report could be a key factor in the general election.

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                            trivia night Trivial Matters
                            Trying to pick Idi Amin out of a photo lineup while taking down some Buffalo wings. It must be trivia night at Middlebury.

                              dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things to Do: Week of 3/26
                              Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon

                                John_and_Mary The Language of Gender Violence
                                The use of terms like "battered woman" and "accuser" have absolved men from taking responsibility for their actions, says educator Jackson Katz.

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                                tractor4802 Tractor of the Future?
                                One winter term class took students from the classroom to the machinery shop to work on a tractor engine.

                                  Martin Beatty '84, track coach Track and Field on the Upswing
                                  The relaxed atmosphere at track practice belies the fact that eight runners are headed to the NCAAs this weekend.