Author Archive
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
How to Podcast, A Beginner’s Guide: Part 1, The Sound File
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Shot in the Back
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
CGCL IV: Education’s End
This years Winter Study seminar (EphBlog’s annual experiment in the possibilities of creating, in Professor Robert Jackall’s phrase, a “cross-generational community of learning” (CGCL)) will cover Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony Kronman ‘68.
Those new to CGCL can check out last year’s version here. [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Questbridge ‘12
Although early decision results are not due for another 10 days, applicants who applied through Questbridge apparently know whether or not they are the newest members of the Williams class of 2012. Previous Questbridge blogging here, here and here.
Welcome to our newest Ephs!
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Holiday Cards
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
South Academic Building
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
EphBlog 2.0
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Five Best EphBlog Posts Ever?
Dan Drezner ‘90 reports on his five favorite blog posts and notes, quoting Matt Yglesias, that “there are so many newcomers to the blogosphere that, ‘the aggregate audience for blog commentary is enormously larger than it was a few years ago, so it’s quite possible that there are people reading this blog right now who [...]
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Monkey in the Middle
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Hail to the Chief: Wynn ‘93
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Dr. Krissoff Goes to War
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
People Familiar
Everyone catch the Eph in the lead story in the Wall Street Journal today on Citadel’s investment in E*Trade?
On Monday, Nov. 12, Kenneth Griffin was boarding a plane to New York when he received an urgent call from Joe Russell, a lieutenant at Mr. Griffin’s big hedge fund, Citadel Investment Group. Shares of online [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Panty Raid
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Debating Class Requirements and Public Speaking
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
How To Get Into Williams
There are many “chances” posts on College Confidential, requests from potential applicants for comments on their chances of getting into Williams and advice on how to do so. See here, here and here for recent examples. I am often tempted to reply: “Take a genetic genealogy test and, if it comes back black, join the [...]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Gaudino Wikipedia Page
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Getting E-mail
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Williams Cameo on the Sports Guy’s Chat
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Details and History for WNY
Many thanks to Professor Robert Jackall for providing these documents and history on the Williams in New York program in response to this post.
1. The WNY program is still officially a PILOT program, limited to eight (8) spaces a semester. But it is offered in both fall and spring and the College is committed [...]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Professor Peter Lipton, RIP
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Tutorial Training
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Choose Education’s End
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
W@NY
The website for Williams in New York is extremely slick. Kudos to all involved. W@NYC (is that acronym still in use?) seems like an amazing program. Can any readers provide more details? For example, how many people apply? Are syllabi available on-line?
