https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=06le&feedformat=atomWillipedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:56:18ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.1https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Laura_Effinger-Dean&diff=12813Laura Effinger-Dean2006-06-09T14:32:43Z<p>06le: graduated!!!!!</p>
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<div>A native of Saratoga Springs, NY, Laura's time at Williams was divided between being awesome, being wickedly smart, [[Elizabethans|singing]], and a further quantity of being awesome.<br />
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According to [http://www.facebook.com thefacebook.com], she is enjoyed by [[Rachel S. Selinsky '06|Rachel Selinsky]].<br />
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And she has GRADUATED at last! She heads to Seattle in the fall to start graduate study in computer science at UW.<br />
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[[Category:Students]][[Category:Class of 2006]]</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Graduate_school&diff=10231Graduate school2006-04-27T17:56:40Z<p>06le: </p>
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<div>Add your name/institution! Please alphabetize the names of the universities, the names within a given university, and capitalize the courses of study.<br />
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* Benjamin N. Cardozo<br />
** Maurice Robinson '06 - Law '09<br />
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* Brown University<br />
** Matthew Spencer '05 - Mathematics<br />
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* Caltech (California Institute of Technology)<br />
** Ersen Bilgin '06 - Physics<br />
** Hang (Grace) Song '06 - Chemistry<br />
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* CMU (Carnegie Mellon)<br />
** Brian Hirshman '06 - Computer Science<br />
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* Columbia University (see also [[3-2]] for students in the 3-2 Joint Degree BA/BS program)<br />
** Sebastian Sorgenfrei '04 - Electrical Engineering<br />
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* Cornell University<br />
** Joe Shoer '06 - Aerospace Engineering<br />
** Sarah Iams '04 - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics<br />
** Sean O'Brien '05 - Chemical engineering<br />
** Joe Stember '02 - Chemistry<br />
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*George Mason University<br />
** Lowell Jacobson '03 - Law '07 <br />
** Max Kaganov '05 - Law '09<br />
** Bill McGrath '04 - Law '08<br />
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* GWU (George Washington University)<br />
** Teresa Martinez '06 - Masters in Museum Studies<br />
** Alison B. Peet '03 - Asian Studies<br />
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* Harvard University<br />
** Andres Schabelman '06 - Kennedy School of Government, Public Policy<br />
** Payap (Gob) Pakdeelao '06 - Graduate School of Design, Architecture<br />
** Rachelle Hassan '03 - Graduate School of Design, Architecture<br />
** Keith Marzilli-Ericson '04 - Economics<br />
** Sarah Croft '04 - Education and Technology<br />
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* Johns Hopkins University<br />
** Nick Yates '06 - Education courses (while teaching in Baltimore City through [http://www.baltimorecityteachingresidency.org BCTR])<br />
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* McDaniel College, MD<br />
** Reka Daroczi '04 - MS in Human Services Management in special education <br />
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* MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br />
** Dave Butts '06 - Aerospace Engineering<br />
** Robin Stewart '06 - Computer Science<br />
** Andrea Burke '06 - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (?)<br />
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*Northeastern<br />
**Beth Ann Barnosky '06 - School Psychology<br />
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* Northwestern<br />
** Eric Cheung '06 - Master's in Education (while teaching through ICTC)<br />
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* Ole Miss<br />
** Lisetta Shah '06 - Master's in Education (while teaching through the Mississippi Teacher Corps)<br />
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* Ohio State University<br />
** Amanda Van Rhyn '06 - Neuroscience<br />
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* New York University<br />
** Nadia Moore '06 - Law<br />
** Joe Hutchinson '06 - Law<br />
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* Princeton University<br />
** Justin Brown '05 - Physics<br />
** Matthew Kugler '05 - Social Psychology<br />
** Andrew Lee '06 - Interpretive Dance<br />
** Rob Cooper '06 - Molecular Biology<br />
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* Purdue University<br />
** Joseph Gangestad '06 - Aerospace Engineering<br />
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* Stanford University<br />
** Vojislav Šešum '06 - Graduate School of Business, Finance<br />
** Ya Xu '06 - Statistics<br />
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* Suffolk University<br />
** Brad Brecher '06 - Law<br />
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* Temple University<br />
** [[Dave Letzler '06]] - Creative Writing<br />
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* Tufts University<br />
** Erika Latham '06 - School of Veterinary Medicine<br />
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* UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)<br />
** Justin Lavner '06 - Clinical Psychology<br />
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* University of California, San Francisco<br />
** Maggie Carr '06 - Neuroscience<br />
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* University of Illinois at Chicago<br />
** Tamara Springle '06 - Community Psychology<br />
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* University of Michigan<br />
** Michelle Lee '06 - Mathematics<br />
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*University of Pennsylvania<br />
** Christopher Sewell '05 - Secondary Education (while doing Teach for America)<br />
** Steven Myers '06 - Law '09<br />
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* University of Washington at Seattle<br />
** [[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] - Computer Science<br />
** Robert Hahn '05 - Atmospheric Science<br />
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* University of Wisconsin at Madison<br />
** [[Rachel S. Selinsky '06|Rachel Selinsky '06]] - Chemistry<br />
** Mary Beth Anzovino '06 - Chemistry<br />
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* Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U)<br />
** M. Esa Seegulam '06 - Molecular Cell Biology</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Graduate_school&diff=9998Graduate school2006-04-22T01:44:44Z<p>06le: </p>
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<div>Add your name/institution! And please alphabetize.<br />
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* Caltech (California Institute of Technology)<br />
** Ersen Bilgin '06 - Physics<br />
** Hang (Grace) Song '06 - Chemistry<br />
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* CMU (Carnegie Mellon)<br />
** Brian Hirshman '06 - computer science<br />
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* Cornell University<br />
** Joe Shoer '06 - aerospace engineering<br />
** Sarah Iams '04 - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics<br />
** Sean O'Brien '04 - Chemical engineering<br />
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* GWU (George Washington University)<br />
** Teresa Martinez '06 - Master's in Museum Studies<br />
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* Harvard University<br />
** Andres Schabelman '06- Kennedy School of Government, Public Policy<br />
** Rachelle Hassan '03 - Graduate School of Design, Architecture<br />
** Keith Marzilli-Ericson '04 - Economics<br />
** Sarah Croft '04 - Education and Technology<br />
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* MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br />
** Dave Butts '06 - aerospace engineering<br />
** Robin Stewart '06 - Computer Science<br />
** Andrea Burke '06 - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (?)<br />
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* Ole Miss<br />
** Lisetta Shah '06- earning a Master's in Education while teaching through the Mississippi Teacher Corps<br />
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* Ohio State University<br />
** Amanda Van Rhyn '06 - neuroscience<br />
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* New York University<br />
** Nadia Moore '06 - law<br />
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* Princeton University<br />
** Justin Brown '05 - physics<br />
** Matthew Kugler '05 - social psychology<br />
** Andrew Lee '06 - Interpretive Dance<br />
** Rob Cooper '06 - Molecular Biology (wait... wasn't he a physics major? Did he ever take a biology class? Do audits count?) on the Quantitative and Computational Biology track<br />
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* Purdue University<br />
** Joseph Gangestad '06 - aerospace engineering<br />
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* Temple University<br />
** [[Dave Letzler '06]] - creative writing<br />
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* University of California, San Francisco<br />
** Maggie Carr '06 - neuroscience<br />
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* University of Illinois at Chicago<br />
** Tamara Springle '06- community psychology<br />
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* University of Washington at Seattle<br />
** [[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] - computer science<br />
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* University of Wisconsin at Madison<br />
** [[Rachel S. Selinsky '06|Rachel Selinsky '06]] - chemistry<br />
** Mary Beth Anzovino '06 - chemistry</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Graduate_school&diff=9936Graduate school2006-04-20T19:20:34Z<p>06le: </p>
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<div>Add your name!<br />
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* CMU (Carnegie Mellon)<br />
** Brian Hirshman '06 - computer science<br />
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* Cornell University<br />
** Joe Shoer '06 - aerospace engineering (rocket science)<br />
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* MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br />
** Robin Stewart '06<br />
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* Ohio State University<br />
** Amanda Van Rhyn '06 - neuroscience<br />
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* Purdue University<br />
** Joe Gangestad '06 - aerospace engineering<br />
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* University of Washington at Seattle<br />
** Laura Effinger-Dean '06 - computer science<br />
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* University of Wisconsin at Madison<br />
** Rachel Selinsky '06 - chemistry<br />
** Mary Beth Anzovino '06 - chemistry</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Stuff_WSO_Definitely_Should_Do&diff=9762Stuff WSO Definitely Should Do2006-04-16T19:24:55Z<p>06le: </p>
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<div>[[Category:To-Dos]]<br />
Have an unsolicited feature request? This is the place! Also perhaps a good place to discuss how changes should be implemented and whether they are a good idea. <br />
==Additions==<br />
# Google-esque theme changes on holidays?<br />
# Add a "most recently added comments" function to Factrak. It is impossible to figure out whether Factrak's even been updated at all this semester since you have to manually search by prof.<br />
# Make a preview feature on comment/blog/forum postings, to avoid the weird characters people get for cutting and pasting from Word.<br />
#* But only if it works better than the one on Blackboard, which doesn't show weird characters in the preview pane.<br />
# WSO Hot Or Not? <br />
# Add a Daily Advisor feed.<br />
#*RSS DA/DM?<br />
# Create a public archive of all WSO all campus e-mails and all campus-wide e-mails sent by the administration. Future historians will praise you!<br />
# In Photoshare, when you're looking at a specific picture, there's no "Next" button. So you have to go back to the thumbnails, just to get to the next photo! That seems silly.<br />
# Make the blogs automatically link keywords to wiki entries like some online references.<br />
# Add code to the Announcements section that sends an electric shock through the keyboard if a person tries to post an announcement in all caps.<br />
==Fixes==<br />
# The WSO Student Homepages link is buggy on both IE and Mozilla Firefox. It repeats people several hundred times.<br />
# Get the menu and weather scripts working again.<br />
#*Definitely should be done, but it is not as easy as one may think. <br />
# Fix the facebook so it'll search by parts of names rather than whole/beginning of names<br />
#* Search by male/female<br />
# Restrict RideBoard to one- or two-day listings so semester-long 'offers' don't clog the home page feed.<br />
# Fix the Daily Messages feed.<br />
# In the wiki login, put the "Log In" button on the same line as the dropdown menu, so that when you tab from one to the next you get to select WSO or Unix before you press the Login button, thereby not getting an error message.<br />
#Work with alacrity at providing shell accounts for the use of maintaining a student organization's webpage.<br />
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Stuff that WSO definitely did:<br />
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# Added new 2005-06 profs to Factrak.<br />
#*Also, if you want to help maintain the factrak databases, (it's really easy I promise, there's a really sweet admin interface) e-mail me at 06cks. E-mail me even if you aren't in WSO, and especially if you are an underclassman, someone has got to look after this once I'm gone. <br />
# Create or [http://obiblio.sourceforge.net install] a catalog system for books & DVD's that students have (usually lying around in their common rooms) that libraries don't (comic books, course books, etc.) that other people could borrow. Students could lend to each other and track who has what.<br />
#* Done! See [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Books_You%27re_Welcome_to_Borrow books] and [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/DVDs_You%27re_Welcome_to_Borrow DVDs] you're welcome to borrow.<br />
# Require log-ins to use the wiki (to reduce wiki abuse). <br />
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Stuff that WSO is definitely not doing:<br />
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#change the background to pink<br />
#*Um, no.<br />
#*but this is actually an easy fix...</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Summer_in_Williamstown&diff=9761Summer in Williamstown2006-04-16T18:58:00Z<p>06le: /* Jobs at Williams */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Guides]]<br />
== So you're thinking about summering in Williamstown ==<br />
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It seems that many scoff at the idea of spending any more time in this rural haven than is absolutely necessary, but summers in Williamstown can be quite enjoyable. The school itself offers a variety of lucrative employment positions and there is plenty to do in the surrounding area as well.<br />
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===Jobs at Williams===<br />
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A large percentage of the students who stay in williams for the summer are employed through various academic departments doing research for their theses, although working on campus doesn't exactly require a such a project. Many departments will provide housing but no meal plan or perhaps the other way around, housing is generally around $35 per week and meals in packages of 5, 10, 14, and 21. Inquire to the department of your major for summer job opportunities; usually to get the job you must stay here for most of the summer. Another employer during the summer at Williams is the Conference Office. Although application deadlines have passed for Summer '06, information about the Summer Conference Office can be found on their website: http://www.williams.edu/admin/conference/. After spring break each year, the conference office jobs are posted on the website, daily messages and through campus mailings.<br />
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Research jobs include:<br />
*[http://www.williams.edu/Mathematics/small_CES.html SMALL] math research program (students live in [[Garfield House|Garfield]])<br />
*[http://www.williams.edu/Physics/programs/info.html physics] research<br />
*[http://www.williams.edu/Biology/Research/Honors_Independent/Form/form.shtml biology] research<br />
*[http://www.williams.edu/Chemistry/research.html chemistry] research<br />
*[http://www.cs.williams.edu/ifg/fullguide_11.html computer science] research<br />
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Apart from research, there are plenty of other jobs on campus:<br />
* The environmental studies department provides positions for Caretakers in Hopkins Forest, librarians in the CES library, and occasionally a gardner for the grounds around Kellog house. <br />
*Both [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Sawyer_Library Sawyer] and [[Schow]] have student positions, although obviously fewer than during the school year. Library work is tedious and pay is decent, but at least it's all air conditioned.<br />
*[http://oit.williams.edu/oit/ OIT] conducts the summer [http://cf.williams.edu/oit/wit/ Williams Instructional Technology (WIT)] program<br />
*[[Facilities]] (B&G) has some jobs, mostly what you would expect: Lots of hard work clearing brush or trash or whatever.<br />
*The Admissions office hires anywhere from 5-10 student representatives for the summer. It's one of the most sought-after positions on campus year round, but the summer is pretty competitive and unbelievably fun. The summer peaks in July and August where they really need people. Also, if you have other traveling plans, this is a great option for someone who wants to be in Williamstown for part of the summer instead of the entire time.<br />
*The Theatre department holds the Summer Theatre Lab for six weeks June-August, in which students work with alumni and members of the Williamstown Theater Festival to workshop original material.<br />
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===Non-Williams jobs in the surrounding area===<br />
[[Mass MoCA]], various non-profits in North Adams and Williamstown, [[Tanglewood]], [[Peace Valley Farm]], the [[Clark Art Institute]], and [[Overland Adventures]] all provide summer employment or internships. For many of these you'll need a bus pass or a car, the bus is reasonable and quick for North Adams. This is by no means an exhaustive list, the OCC probably has much more information. Many people who work in the surrounding area get [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Fellowships_and_other_cool_opportunities alumni sponsored grants].<br />
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* Many recently graduated Ephs (and also not too recent) work at Waterfront Media in North Adams' Mass Moca.<br />
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===Housing, etc.===<br />
Summer on campus housing starts with a smaller scale room draw late in spring semester. Usually there will be only 2 or 3 dorms availiable. In past years, these have included Sage Hall, Morgan Hall, the Greylock dorms, Mission Park, and East. As mentioned earlier, past summers it's cost $35 per week, so if you want to stay away from home it's budget friendly.<br />
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Off campus housing can be found on Meadow street, above Goff's and elsewhere on spring street, Hoxsey, and where ever else people with yearlong leases will be trying to fill up summer space. <br />
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Some departments (i.e., all of the sciences) will subsidize housing costs with purchase of a meal plan, or subsidize meal plans with purchase of housing.<br />
====Meals====<br />
Often students living in summer housing will have to purchase a meal plan; 5 is the smallest. Meal plans cost $5 per meal; i.e. the 5-meal plan is $50 per two week pay period (the cost is automatically deducted from your paycheck). Every summer there is some upset about the lack of [[Kitchens|kitchen]] facilities; people who want to cook for themselves can us the CES kitchen in Kellog, the kitchen in Rice, and if they are in use the kitchen in whichever Greylock dorm.<br />
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One dining hall is open for student use over the summer, and Grab-and-Go provides their usual lunch options during the week. Dining halls are shared with WTF staff as well as summer sports students. Dining services has been known to try out new menu options over the summer.<br />
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===Students here for summer '06===<br />
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====Other people on campus====<br />
Anyone content enough to stay here will find that beside other college students there are plenty of other youths around, some from the [[Williamstown Theater Festival]] and some from various sports camps. You'll know the latter have shown up when you see loads of blinging mercs and lexuses cruising around piloted by trophy mothers.<br />
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There are also a number of incoming freshman participating in the [[Summer Humanities and Social Sciences]] program or the Summer Science Program.<br />
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Also the Mellon Mays rising juniors and seniors live in Doughty House.<br />
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===What to do===<br />
Surprisingly, the Berkshire region offers a fair amount of things to do during the summer. The most popular activities include:<br />
*[http://www.wtfestival.org/ Williamstown Theater Festival] (Free tickets for ushering)<br />
*Concerts at [http://www.tanglewood.org/ Tanglewood]<br />
*[http://www.steeplecats.net/ Steeple Cats] games and other summer fun in [[Things to do in North Adams|North Adams]]<br />
*Fourth of July! (the fireworks in North Adams are awesome)<br />
*River kayaking or tubing (for example, at [http://www.zoaroutdoor.com/ Zoar Outdoor] on Rt. 2)<br />
*[[Green River]] swimming<br />
*[[WUFO]] maintains a summer pick-up listserv (last year: vindiesel@wso)<br />
*Eat every flavor of ice cream at [[Lickety Split]] at least once.<br />
*Eat at Lickety Split for 16 straight days.<br />
*Watch every movie that comes to [http://www.imagescinema.org/ Images]<br />
*Lots of [[good beer]] drinking outdoors, during the most beautiful time of the year<br />
*Play the empty [[Taconic Golf Club]] every day at dusk until 9pm<br />
*Karaoke in North Adams at Gringo's Restaurant on Friday nights<br />
*Outdoor [[beirut]]! The rooftop stadium behind the Harrison Gallery is a perfect spot.</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:A_cappella&diff=9431Talk:A cappella2006-04-11T12:41:10Z<p>06le: </p>
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<div>Awesome call on Fat Bottom Girls.--[[User:05jl|05jl]] 23:36, 10 April 2006 (EDT)<br />
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So, we tend to keep the whole "singing in" thing a secret - frosh are told they'll get an email. And I remember this being the case when I tried out for other groups as a freshman. Hence, I don't think it should be in here. Perhaps we could find a suitably sneaky compromise? Discuss. --06le</div>06lehttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=A_cappella&diff=9430A cappella2006-04-11T12:37:45Z<p>06le: Cut out "singing in" - see talk</p>
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There are seven a capella groups at Williams, which does not include other [[singing]] groups that may perform many pieces a capella. Many Williams students have been cried that this seems like many for a college of 2000, yet it is [[Amherst]] that claims the nickname of the "singing college" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_College#Amherst_trivia].<br />
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The seven are:<br />
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'''Female-only:''' [[Ephoria]], [[Accidentals]]<br><br />
'''Male-onle:''' [[Octet]], [[Springstreeters]]<br><br />
'''Co-ed:''' [[Good Question]], [[Ephlats]]<br><br />
'''Special interest:''' [[Elizabethans]] (co-ed)<br />
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== Traditions ==<br />
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Here are some traditions of Williams a capella in general (specific group traditions are on group pages).<br />
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=== Auditions ===<br />
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Because of the number of a capella groups that all wish to recruit primarily freshmen, at around the same time (at the start of the fall, starting with the [[Purple Key Fair]]), auditions for all a capella groups are usually held in two weeks. Audition times overlap, but applicants choose time slots and are given enough choices that they may try for all the groups they wish.<br />
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When applicants to groups are called back to multiple groups, they rank their order of preference of the groups they are trying for. If accepted by multiple groups, this ranking will determine which they join. It is unknown for a person to be a member of more than one a capella group concurrently.<br />
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It is tradition to notify new inductees of their membership by "singing them in." In this ritual, the current members of the group taking them will take efforts to find a time that the person will be in a certain place, often their [[entry]], and sometimes while they're asleep. The whole group will then gather outside the door, or otherwise near the person, and sing an often-traditional song of their choosing. When the entry of the inductee also contains a rejectee, efforts are taken to ensure that the latter is not at home. --><br />
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== Songs Groups Should Do ==<br />
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Here's what the masses are demanding from Williams a capella. Add songs it would be cool to hear. If applicable, include what group should do it, who should solo, link to an arrangement, encouraging words, etc.<br />
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:'''Fat Bottom Girls''' by Queen. Springstreeters or Octet.<br />
:'''Lady Marmalade''' (''Moulin Rouge'' version. Elizabethans.) [While it would be interesting if the 'Bethans did this song, it should be noted that the Ephlats performed the "Moulin Rouge" version this fall.]<br />
:'''My Heart Will Go On''' Streeters or Octet.<br />
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== Songs Groups Should Never Do/Stop Doing ==<br />
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Yeah, maybe that five-minute guitar solo won't ''really'' sound too hot as a human voice ensemble. Here are the songs people want to warn groups away from, for whatever reasons.<br />
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<div>The Elizabethans is nominally a madrigal group, but in truth they don't sing too many madrigals. They're really a group that sings an almost completely non-pop repertoire, focusing on anything that they find beautiful, intriguing, or humorous from the wide world of music outside of a beatbox.<br />
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Founded in Winter Study 1993, the 'bethans (as they call themselves) are the unofficial official a cappella group of the [[Odd quad|Odd Quad]]. They perform several times a year and tour New England every spring break. They are known for their quirkiness, their frequently challenging repertoire, their Renaissance performing garb, and their unfathomable obsession with sheep. CD titles include "The Food of Love," "Live From Albert Square," "Madrigal Inferno," and their latest, "Set Me as a Seal." <br />
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Check out [http://www.elizabethans.org/ The Elizabethans]' web site for pictures, concert dates, and other information.<br />
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See also [[Dave Letzler '06]], [[Joe McDonough '06]], [[Johannes Pulst-Korenberg '06]], [[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]], [[Rachel S. Selinsky '06]], and [[Ariel Heyman '08]].<br />
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Alumni: [[Alaya Kuntz '04]], [[Laurie Brink]].</div>06le