The Middlebury Independent

A freethinking journal | @Middlebury College. Founded 2019.

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Join us this Thursday, Oct. 1, for an @HamiltonForum webinar @Middlebury on "1619 or 1776: Was America Founded on Slavery?"

Our guests for this counterpoint-style event will be Leslie Harris @ProfLMH and Lucas Morel @LincolnDouglass.

Zoom link at https://t.co/OYQr4FJjfN.

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Editor-in-chief Ellis Glickman ('22): "We knew using the ISI would cause animosity, and we knew the shaming culture that exists on campus. What we didn’t anticipate was such an organized assault of disinformation."

https://t.co/eLKmlILxS5

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After the Ryszard Legutko fiasco, Middlebury ranks as one of the 10 worst colleges for free speech. "Cancelation of Legutko’s speech was one of the most troubling infringements on student and faculty free speech and open inquiry rights we saw last year."

https://t.co/W74wZJ3f9v

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January Edition: Who are you voting for and why? We encourage you to write and advocate for your favorite candidate! You might change some minds

https://t.co/3e95qqE0Ro

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Joey Lyons' 21 on Trump's war on Truth. "Orwell got it right when he described the way authoritarians falsify reality. They do not merely lie. They lie so casually and so repeatedly that fighting the lie becomes more exhausting than repeating it."

https://t.co/LgoKH0X0ys

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Ellis Glickman '22 on why the future of food is bugs

https://t.co/UkA2RGOH3z

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Kaleb Patterson '21.5: "The United States has the highest drinking age of any Western democracy." Kaleb wants to change it!

https://t.co/DXEwGu7oHQ

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Quinn Boyle '21.5 talks about her eating disorder and the (lack of) at Middlebury.

https://t.co/EglL7Zd8UA

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4:30 in Dana tomorrow (11/20)!

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Race or Class? An Affirmative Action Debate. Featuring Harvard Professor Randall Kennedy and Century Foundation Fellow Richard Kahlenberg! Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 4:30-6 PM in Dana Auditorium. Co-sponsored by the Independent, OCI, AHF and the Political Science department.

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Student journalism, what is happening? The @nytimes publishes the names of student activists. @thedailynu apologizes for doing the same. https://t.co/BsocDQ1mo7

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

Students at a *public* *protest* of a visiting official (who I also think poorly of) feel “retraumatized” when the school paper publishes photos of their public protest? And the paper @thedailynu apologizes? https://t.co/gGpZ6VkWjb via @jaynordlinger

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Race or Class? An Affirmative Action Debate. Featuring Harvard Professor Randall Kennedy and Century Foundation Fellow Richard Kahlenberg! Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 4:30-6 PM in Dana Auditorium. Co-sponsored by the Independent, OCI, AHF and the Political Science department.

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The Independent is distributing its first print edition tonight! Pick it up and take a look

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"Should the Democratic Party Have a Centrist or Left-wing Future?"
A Hamilton Forum Dialogue with William Galston and Michael Kazin
Weds., 11/6 @ 4:30, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College
https://t.co/zOOTSO2ac4

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We are now seeking submissions for the Third Edition, Health(care) and Wellness. Everyone has a story to tell or an opinion to share about this subject -- so please share yours!

https://t.co/0Ifj2zH6Dp

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Nicholas Sliter '23: "It should be noted that meritocracy is a lie"
https://t.co/IEaz7738nX

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Charlie Cacciatore '20: "There are two Vermonts. There are two Vermont populations with two different worldviews."

https://t.co/8Ppu2bzE3M

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Ellie Thompson '22: I Almost Forgot I'm not White

https://t.co/WDfiwevwit

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The Independent has released its second edition! Take a gander: https://t.co/2UE2ydBNly

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Justin Cooper '22: The Reality of the Democratic Debates https://t.co/uizXPptlyi