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Mentions of Middlebury College appeared in
the following media in 1997:
Boston Globe
Sunday October 26, 1997: Sunday Magazine feature on Middlebury College faculty member and prolific author Jay Parini in an article titled Jay The Obscure. Writer and novelist Chris Bohjalian profiles Parini noting the importance of teaching to his writing. The National Geographic Traveler.
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Business Week
June 23, 1997: A story entitled Taking the Language Plunge describes the the value of language immersion programs as the best way to learn a language. The article refers to the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Middlebury College as the two most reputable language programs in the U.S. In an addendum to the piece titled "Where to Learn a Foreign Tongue," three programs are profiled in brief: The Montery Institute of International Studies, Middlebury College Language Schools, and the Rassias Foundation at Dartmouth. Under "Benefits" listed in Middlebury's profile the writer notes that "Students must live in dormitory and speak only the language of study the entire time."
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June 30, 1997: A story about Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School's Business Bridge Program describes a summer program designed to provide liberal arts majors with a "megadose of MBA basics." The article states that many businesses have been hiring liberal grads for years and training them inhouse, and that the Dartmouth program is a variation on this model. In explaining the reason the Dartmouth program is in demand, writer Thomas Bartlett notes that "companies want to hire the kind of bright kids who populate schools such as Princeton University and Middlebury College."
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CBS Sunday Morning
November 2, 1997: Profile on Middlebury College's Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent" and ¡YO!, among others. Julia was featured in her home in Weybridge, strolling on campus with students, at book signings, and in the Dominican Republic.
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National Geographic Traveler
July/August, 1997: A story about the charms of the town of Middlebury called Mellow Middlebury notes that the founding of Middlebury College in 1800 had a profound impact on the character of the town. The College is described as "a small but prestigious institution" that serves as a "financial wellspring and social focal point" for the residents of the town. The article notes the fact that over 1000 students attend its eight language schools in the summer. The writer uses the word "renowned." to describe the language schools. The College's grey limestone and white marble buildings and its expansive views of the Green Mountains and Adirondacks are described and the College's "radically modern" Center for the Arts, is characterized as "a building whose gleaming wooden interior, with its soaring spaces, lifts the spirits even before the curtain goes up."
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Newsweek
October 27, 1997: Life at High Tech U. Article and sidebar. The uses of the Internet and World Wide Web at Middlebury College. Quote: "Thanks to the Internet students at Middlebury college in Vermont can communicate with faculty who are teaching at the college's Madrid campus." Sidebar: How to Spot a Cool School. Middlebury qualifies as "cool" because the College "lets selected professors spend the month of January educating themselves about technology."
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November 3, 1997: Story about book entitled "A is for Admission: the Insider's Guide to Getting into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges," by Michele Hernandez. The story mentions her husband, Jorge Hernandez, and that he teaches Spanish at Middlebury.
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New York Times
Wednesday, September 3, 1997: For Some Freshmen, A Course on New Surroundings. Middlebury's first year students learn about Vermont and the communities surrounding the college. Associate dean of students, Matt Longman tells why he established the program.
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Friday, September 5, 1997: Op Ed Page First Teach Them English. By Diane Ravitch. An op ed essay expressing opposition to bilingual education by senior research scholar at NYU and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Ravitch. She uses the immersion programs used by the Middlebury College Language Schools as an example of students' success in learning language quickly when only the new language is spoken. [Ravitch was the commencement speaker for 1997 Language Schools commencement ceremony.]
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Sunday, May 18, 1997: In a Travel Section aritcle called Study Abroad On the Rise, Middlebury is cited as a college where study abroad is so popular that an additional 100 first year students are accepted for February enrollment beyond those admitted for fall enrollment in order to fill the spaces left by students who study abroad during the spring semester. The article quotes Director of Public Affairs, Phil Benoit,. who attributes the popularity of overseas study at Middlebury to the College's strong reputation in languages and overseas study and to an increased student awareness of the global economy. The story was syndicated by Times and was picked up by the Chicago Tribune among other papers.
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June 18, 1997: A story by Louis Uchitelle titled That Was Then and This is the 90s discussed similarities and differences between the period of prosperity that characterized postwar America and today's seemingly booming U.S. economy. Among those quoted in the piece is David Colander a Middlebury College economic historian, who commented on the change in economic thinking that accompanied the upward pressure on prices that accompanied the grain and oil shortages that began in 1973. Colander commented on the popular belief among many at that time that there were limits to the levels of goods and services that could be produced, saying that "When belief shifted, reality did, too. The Times syndicated the story and it was picked up by International Herald Tribune.
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June 22, 1997: Middlebury author and faculty member Jay Parini was quoted in a story titled "Where Poetry Outgrows Hobby Status," which is about the Yale Younger Poet Series, sponsored by the Yale University Press to recognize the work of young poets. Parini commented on the impact on the series of W.H. Auden, its judge for many years. He said of Auden, "He had uncanny taste.... He didn't miss once." The quote is followed by a listing of poets selected by Auden as outstanding young poets for the series and who went on to greater subsequent fame. Parini said that the series has been un-even since Auden's departure. "Many poets of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s have been lost," Parini said.
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June 29, 1997: The New York Times Book Review featured a review by Robert Grudin of Jay Parini's latest novel Benjamin's Crossing. Grudin states, "Parini's story is at once painstakingly researched and dramatically recounted. It locates Benjamin's mystifying traits in a vivid and believable psychology. And it has something important to tell us, not just about Benjamin but about the role of the intellectual in modern Western society." Benjamin's Crossing was also reviewed in The Arts section of the July 3, 1997 edition of the The New York Times.
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July 1, 1997: A news story on page A-12 about the discovery of one of Benedict Arnold's gunboats in Lake Champlain notes that the find came as a result of an ongoing sonar-scan of the lake bottom conducted by Middlebury College geologists Pat and Tom Manley, (not referred to directly in the piece), which is sponsored by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Middlebury College, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and others.
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Sports Illustrated
June 9, 1997: A "Faces in the Crowd" item featured Middlebury senior Amy DiAdamo, an attacker on Midd's women's lacrosse team. SI notes that Amy "led the Panthers to the Division III national crown with six goals and an assist in a 14-9 victory over College of New Jersey, which had won the title for the past four years..." Ran with a photo of Amy.
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