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Hector Vila: A great awakening in the offing?
Since I have been writing about higher education in these pages, it’s incumbent that I address the current campus protests against the agony in Gaza.
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Letter to the editor: Weapons policy violates the law
Bless me Father for I have sinned. I am a United States citizen. I have paid my federal taxes. Our United States government offers money and weapons to…
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Editorial: If students focused their protests, they could have the world behind them
If others aren’t going to protest America’s support of Israel through its billions in cash and tens of thousands of bombs that have reduced wide swaths of Gaza…
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Ways of Seeing: The irony of policing college students
I have been pondering the relationship between policing and teaching. Initially, one might not see the two as related, but they really are quite intertwined.
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Updated: Middlebury students end encampment, strike deal with administrators
Middlebury College students on Monday struck a deal with administrators and dismantled the pro-Palestinian encampment formed in the center of campus.
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Middlebury students join campus protests for Gaza
Over 100 students at Middlebury College have formed an encampment on campus in solidarity with the people of Gaza, joining a nationwide student movement protesting Israel’s ongoing war…
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Ways of Seeing: Let’s connect the dots for peace
It has now been more than six months since the Hamas attack of October 7, and about six months since Israel began raining bombs onto the people of…
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Letter to the editor: Videos show horrors in Gaza
“If the American public saw pictures and videos of a one year old baby with ten pieces of shrapnel in their one year old forehead and face or…
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Letter to the editor: U.S. actions in Gaza questioned
Senator Bernie Sanders, referring to the war in Gaza, has said, “It is not just an Israeli war. It is an American war. These are our bombs and…
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Vermonters join march for peace
Joanna Colwell and Lindsey Berk have for years faithfully rallied around humanitarian and environmental causes at the local level.
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College probed for alleged antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a complaint of alleged antisemitism at Middlebury College.
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Sing your hearts out for a cause
How do you confront atrocities committed half-way around the world from the comfort of your Vermont bubble? This is a question that Bristol residents Rebecca Ryskalczyk and Nick…
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Editorial: Pull the plug on Israel, Joe
Vermont’s U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, with a handful of other Democratic senators, are right to urge President Joe Biden to use the Foreign Assistance Act…
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Letter to the editor: U.S. policy has fueled conflict in Palestine, Ukraine
Mr. Gleason’s letter in the March 7th Addison Independent regarding U.S. support of the elimination of the Palestinian people from their traditional homeland was a poignant reminder of…
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Letter to the editor: Israel’s violent actions deplored
I want to respond to Angelo’s Feb. 15 editorial regarding our senators’ and representative’s stand on funding more aid to Israel.
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Letter to the editor: No more arms, funding for Israel
I have been actively working to support an immediate cease fire in Gaza and the West Bank. Ending the killing is only a first step towards a permanent…