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THE HUNT is Back!

Middlebury’s epic J-Term scavenger hunt is officially underway! The team competition, which ends on Saturday at 9AM, consists of more than 100 challenges, ranging from Midd history trivia questions to the near impossible “Get an actual Canadian Mountie to throw a Frisbee to you.” The winning team can receive up to $1,700 in Middlebury Money- money, that is, that can be spent at over 100 retailers in the Middlebury area.

May the best team win! The rest of us look forward to your public humiliation as you Eskimo kiss the CRAs and grovel in front of faculty members to star in your pilot episode of “Dancing with the Faculty.”

Check out the  2012 clue list and some clips from last year’s competition:

 

MiddBlog “Blacks Out” to support the anti-SOPA movement

In solidarity with the anti-SOPA movement, this will be MiddBlog’s only post on January 18th. Why are we and thousands of other sites shutting down for the day?

The Stop Anti-Piracy Act, a bill currently under review in Congress, will not only be ineffective in stopping illegal online activity, but it will also threaten online freedoms. By “blacking out” today, websites and search engines around the world (including Google, Reddit, and Wikipedia) hope to show Congress what the Internet would be like if this legislation passes.

Learn more by watching this video, provided by the SOPA Blackout movement.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

First Episode of “Legacies” Web Series Released

The team that brought us last year’s mockumentary-style series “Public Safety” is back in action this J-Term with a new online show entitled “Legacies.”

The series, directed by Brad Becker-Parton ’11.5 and produced by Rebecca Tharp ’12 and Matt Yaggy ’12, stars Adam Benay ’13.5, Greg Dorris ’13, and Ben Orbison ’12.5 as Chet, Zach, and Kevin, three college losers bumbling through the pledging process for Kappa Omega Chi. Tom Califra ’13 stars as the frat’s weird president with a cottage cheese fetish, and Ele Woods ’11.5 plays his girlfriend.

Episodes are released every Sunday night (prime procrastination time), and the first ep received over 400 views in just over 12 hours. Check out the first episode here:

Fire Reported Outside of Le Chateau

According to Middlebury staff member Sopheak Chheng ’11, a fire started outside Le Chateau on Sunday night. The fire apparently started in an electrical box located on the east side of the building and  spread to the trees located next to the box. The building itself, however, did not suffer any serious damage.

The Middlebury Fire Department responded to the fire at approximately  10:30 PM, at which point students were temporarily evacuated from the Atwater Suites. Campus also experienced a power outage.

Check out the rest of Sopheak’s photos of the event here.

Real World: San Diego Episodes 11 & 12 Recap

Finals and the Finale collided with equal and opposite force this week, twice-baking my brain like a potato. My apologies for an overdue recap of the Finale and a short recap of last week’s double feature! Read the full season saga here.

Episode 11: Tick, Tick, Cabo-oom!

In last week’s second ep, the gang took a south-of-the-border vacation from their vacationland beachfront San Diego mansion. Long, drunken, nude story short, Priscilla knocks back quiiite a number of bebidas alcohólicas and just wants to kiss everyone (horny, drunk straight girls! the plight of lesbians everywhere!) Zashley keep to themselves, while the other five housemates bond without them. The episode is still not available to watch online, but it will apparently be up on January 7 for when you’re bored at home and sick of watching WB11 reruns of Two and a Half Men.

Episode 12: An End to the Endless Summer

Before the housemates head their separate ways, they throw one last north-of-the-border fiesta. Frank and Nate are co-hosting a charity event at the House of Blues to benefit the It Gets Better Project, an organization dedicated to serving LGBT youth. Frank keeps his cool during the event’s planning stages, but pre-event jitters get the best of Nate, who in turn gets vreyyy druunknkk. He slurs himself silly onstage, leaves his housemates to run the silent auction by themselves, and is just about as annoying as the TERRIBLE band that plays the event.

The next day, Frank is hard at work on tying up loose ends after the event. Nate resists Frank’s demand for help, and a screaming match ensues, with Frank clad in a howling wolf tee and Nate wearing nothing but American flag compression shorts. Five minutes later, they’re back on good terms. Beautiful.

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