Archive for February, 2008

Friday, February 29th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 66

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Friday, February 29th, 2008

Tips Revisited

This Chronicle of Education article from 6 years ago allows us to review the history of “tips” — significant admissions preferences for athletic excellence — and speculate on the future. Previous discussion here. Join us below.

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Friday, February 29th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 65

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 64

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Exploratory Committee for Community Ethics

First off, I hope that you alumni had a chance to read what your executive committee placed as a full page ad in the Record this week. Credit also to Neil for catching the titles error in the 17th comment.
The Stand With Us Social Honor Code group is proposing:
A committee called the “Exploratory Committee on [...]

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

EphsChoose Again

Some kooky alum has an op-ed in the Record on EphsChoose. Other discussion here. Even though I think that this is a great idea, my prediction is that nothing meaningful will come of it because Williams administrators will be able to cajole/trick the interested students into dropping the project. The College is happy to have [...]

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Necessary Disciplinary Actions

The student who started the WSO thread (mentioned here) now wants the University of Colorado to punish the offensive student.
From: Sarah.S.Lee@williams.edu [mailto:Sarah.S.Lee@williams.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:52 PM
To: G.P. “Bud” Peterson
Subject: Response to Racist Article
Dear Chancellor Peterson,
My name is Sarah Lee and I am currently a sophomore at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. On [...]

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 63

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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Boy, how did we miss this?

Has it been almost 6 weeks since the last update about Ephblog’s favorite CNBC anchor and the Keely Smith to Jim Cramer’s Louis Prima (how does that grab you, jazz lovers?), Erin Burnett? I only mention this because Dealbreaker had linked to a video of EB98 riding around on a hobby horse during a CNBC [...]

 
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 62

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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Representing Williams at CRASH-B

This past weekend, I went to BU for the CRASH-B World Indoor Rowing Championships. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only Williams alum there — at least, the only person who listed Williams as their affiliation.* And I represented Williams well, because I won (results):

I had gone to CRASH-B with the Williams [...]

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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

This Is My Gift

The mens basketball team was embarrassed in the first round of the NESCAC tournament, losing to Middlebury by 37 (!) points. Even worse, star guard Chris Shalvoy ‘08 is graduating. Recall Dave Fehr’s fears about the future of Eph hoops and the “Nesbitt Net.”
The Ephs, meanwhile, started 12-0 but are finding it difficult to [...]

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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 61

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 60

Click below for full image. Note how Jim Duquette ‘88 started out his career in sports management by working with the women’s basketball team. There is a lesson there for younger Ephs who want to become professional general managers some day . . .

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Ask The Trustees

Wick Sloane ‘76 writes:
Having trouble finding out who decides what percentage of the student body at any given university should be on scholarship? Or how many students will have Pell Grants? Or that tuition will rise, again? Who decides, as Williams College just did, to tear down a sound student center and to build [...]

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 59

Click below for full image. It shows the 1987-1988 mens basketball team. Comments:
1) Note Dave Clawson ‘89, now football offensive coordinator for the Tennessee after a series of head coaching jobs. Baring a major screw up, you can be sure that Clawson will get a shot at leading a Division I program in the next [...]

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

Anti-Boob

Some readers are quick to claim that my relish in anticipating PC Buffoonery in the context of Stand With Us is unseemly. Perhaps! But PC Buffoonery there will certainly be. Consider Anna Weber’s story:
So there’s this cartoon/letter-sized printout that’s posted in the computer lab of Clark Hall, along with a bunch of other [...]

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

Stamp, Stamp, Stamp, the Boy’s are Marching!

Welcome, Eph Stamp-lovers to the exciting world of Philately! Yes “lickin’ and stickin” grows in popularity every year. So let’s just jumpr right in!
The metric system has evolved from the French (“metre”)units of 1790 to be officially recognized by the Eleventh General Conference on Weights and
Measures as the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. [...]

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

This old gentrified House!

Yes. this is a place for all Ephs to talk over those pesky problems that come up all to oftern as one is gentrifying that great inner-city buy!
Lets start with those pesky drains:
Plumbing problems normally become self-evident pretty quickly: drains clog up, faucets drip, broken pipes spray, and so forth. Most minor plumbing problems are [...]

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

It’s All about Cooking!

Welcome to the world of Eph-proven recipes. Your opportunity to exchange those treasured recipes handed down from generation to generation of food-loving families!
And here to start us out:
Madeleines!
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (6 ounces)
2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter (for greasing pan)
3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
a pinch fine-grain sea salt
2/3 cups sugar
zest of one [...]

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 58

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

Eph Ambassador

The man on the right is an Eph ambassador. Can you name him?

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 57

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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 56

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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Social Pressures

On our way to Dartmouth, the gender mix of the Williams trustees came up. Five of the 25 current trustees are women. (By the way, kudos to Williams for making public the terms of trustees. EphBlog gets results! But it would be even better if they listed which trustees were elected directly by the alumni. [...]

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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 55

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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 54

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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Windmill History

Do any readers know the history of the College’s forays into renewable energy? Leave your thoughts in the comments. This article provides some background.
After trying for a couple of years to test a site in Petersburgh, Williams College in August 2004 canceled plans to erect electric-generating windmills near the scenic Petersburgh Pass four months [...]

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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 53

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Friday, February 22nd, 2008

1988 Yearbook: Page 52

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