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Human history is scarred by disagreements, from deeply held opposing worldviews to outright war. Even in the 21st century, ancient hatreds still seem intractable. And so far, no philosopher, psychologist or peacenik has an answer to Rodney King’s seemingly simple entreaty: Why can’t we all just get along?... Read more

This fall, colleges and universities that try to pass themselves off as “green” will face an inconvenient truth: It takes more than bathroom stalls stocked with recycled toilet paper, or separate waste bins for glass, paper and plastic, to earn even a passing grade on environmental sustainability. And with each new year, schools will be graded on an ever-steeper curve.... Read more

Although he retired from Middlebury College in December 2007, political scientist Eric Davis is still very much at the head of the class — the political class, that is.

But rather than the best and brightest minds on the Middlebury campus, where Davis taught for 27 years, his current students are reporters, politicians and the public.... Read more

Anne Callahan belongs to a generation that’s supposedly bagged books in favor of electronic media. But the 27-year-old Middlebury College alum remains very much a woman of the printed page. She recently launched an old-fashioned publishing business, Graphic Union Press, from her apartment in Harlem. And its debut book — titled Biking the U.S. of Awesomeness — further flouts the conventional thinking of the Digital Age by putting a collection of email messages into the form Johannes Gutenberg pioneered six centuries ago.... Read more

Few people would be surprised if Middlebury College professor Laurie Essig took the opportunity to say a few choice things about her employer.

After all, until recently, her teaching career was in ruins. A panel of peers had criticized her work in the classroom. Last month Middlebury reversed course, admitting to “procedural errors” in her evaluation, and Essig was put back on the tenure track, which has traditionally been a license to speak freely in academia.... Read more

For the Frost 28, it will be a case of poetic justice. For the scholar, it’s a chance to fill a gap in the educations of the youths who sacked Robert Frost’s summer home.

“My instinct was that if the schools had taught these people about Frost,” Jay Parini, a professor at Middlebury College, said, “this wouldn’t have happened.”... Read more

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Middlebury College freshman Nicholas Garza has been missing without a trace since February 5th.

His family and friends organized a volunteer search to look for leads last Saturday.

Music: Carrigan, "Sunshine Through the Waves," Young Men Never Die

Location: Middlebury, Vermont... Read more

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It costs about 50 grand to spend a year as a student at Middlebury College. Jon Taylor asks Midd kids if they're getting their money's worth.

Tucked away in the southwest corner of the Middlebury College campus, at the end of a poorly paved road 20 yards from the 10th tee at Ralph Myhre Golf Course, Hadley House has the air of a lonely outpost. The two-story cottage, fronted by a circular drive and a small stand of tall trees, usually does stand empty, though a few times a year it’s called into service as temporary lodging for college guests.... Read more

Like their Hollywood counterparts, some of the biggest stars in the Milky Way galaxy capture our attention long after burning out. Considered in this light, Middlebury College physics professor Frank Winkler is a sort of interplanetary paparazzo — his research focuses on supernovas, or, as he puts it, “stars that blow up in the atmosphere.”

The colorful fragments that result from such explosions, termed “supernova remnants,” can hover several light years away from Earth. But high-tech telescopes furnish scientists like Winkler with detailed views.... Read more