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Middlebury Officials To Discuss Natural Gas Project
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Vermont Gas Systems is inching forward with its plan to expand natural gas service to Addison County and points south, with the support of town officials.VPR News
Hoax Press Release Authors Call For Middlebury Divestment
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Last Friday as the Dalai Lama prepared to speak at Middlebury College an emailed press release announced that the college would be quote "fully divesting its endowment from war." Without providing many details it suggested that Middlebury had decided to use the occasion of the Tibetan leader’s visit to announce it would no longer invest in companies working in the defense industry.VPR News
Dalai Lama Speaks To Nearly 3,000 At Middlebury College
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The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, took a message for young people to Middlebury College on Friday. He told young people that this was their century and urged them to make it one of peace, which he said can only come through educating the heart to learn generosity and compassion.VPR News
Dalai Lama Visiting Vermont
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The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists is visiting Vermont for two days of appearances at Middlebury College.Vermont Edition
A Profile Of Playwright Dana Yeaton
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We check in with Vermont Democratic Party Chairman Jake Perkinson from the Democratic National Convention and Middelbury playwright Dana Yeaton on his latest works and we sort through our listener mailbag.Vermont Edition
The Green Campus
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We check in with Vermont colleges on how important sustainable efforts are on and off campus, and learn about an Essex High School group that won an MTV contest.VPR News
Social Change Through Entrepreneurship
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Middlebury College Professor Jon Isham about the goals of the school’s new Center For Social Entrepreneurship.VPR News
Middlebury College To Install Solar Panels
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Middlebury College is going to install 34 solar energy trackers on campus that will produce 200,000 kilowatt hours of power a year.VPR News