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<div>[[Category:Students]]<br />
Looking for a place to stay in Timbuktu? Planning your next transcontinental overland trek? Want to know what winter is like in Mongolia, or Paris in the spring? Here are some people who can help you out, and a general information on places that Williams students typically go, rarely go, and are proud to have been the only ones among us to go to.<br />
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==Perennial destinations==<br />
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Beyond what could be called the [[Williamstown]] area of [[North Adams]], [[Pittsfield]], and the like, there lie somewhat more distant lands that exert their various pulls on Williams students, and draw groups of us each year. The stories of these, that we could perhaps call traditional destinations, are told here.<br />
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'''[[Montreal]]''' is a popular destination for Williams students for a few-days trip, especially during [[reading period]]s and [[dead week]]. [[ACE]] has organized trips there in the past, but more often [[entry|entries]] and small groups of friends make plans to visit, often motivated by the drinking age, strip clubs, and the city's culture.<br />
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'''[[Hilton Head]]''' is the traditional destination of a plurality of the outoing senior class during [[senior dead week]]. Typical activities include golf, beach activities, and strippers and other debacuhery that you do and don't hear about afterwards.<br />
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==Study abroad==<br />
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See [[study abroad]] for information on destinations and programs frequented by Williams students.<br />
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==Unusual places==<br />
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Here are some places we've visited that we'd call "unusual." It's a qualitative, subjective term, but certainly tourist spots don't belong here. If the name doesn't say it all, make your case below, and celebrate your globetrotting to the rest of us.<!--alphabetically, please!--><br />
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===Australia===<br />
* '''Darwin'''(has saltwater crocodiles in the ocean): Katherine Gorge, Kakadu National Park: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jak Jessie Kerr]<br />
* '''Perth'''--[[User:08dsj|08dsj]] <br />
* '''Tasmania'''--[[User:08dsj|08dsj]]<br />
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===Austria===<br />
* '''Sölden, Obergurgl, Kitzbühel, Kauntertal'''(and many places in between): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]<br />
* '''Saalfelden, Ramsau:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* '''Krems, Linz, Vienna''' (and other random places): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]<br />
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===Canada===<br />
* '''Sudbury, Halifax, Gaspe, Calgary, Banff''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* '''Nova Scotia, Vancouver, Whistler''' (I don't think Toronto counts) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
* '''Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall]<br />
* '''Vancouver''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
*'''Conche, Newfoundland''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery]<br />
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===Chile===<br />
* '''Atacama Desert''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jwg Joseph Gangestad], [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jak Jessie Kerr] ,[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma]<br />
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===China===<br />
* '''Xinjiang''': (Mainly Urumqi, Turpan, and Kashgar) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jl Jason Law]<br />
* '''Yunnan''': (Mainly Kunming, Zhongdian, Shangri'La, Xi'An, Beijing, Dali, Ruili, and Lijiang) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
* '''Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'An, Hong Kong, Dunhuang, Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert''': Philip Arnolds<br />
* '''Xi'an, Huashan, Beijing, Shenzhen, HongKong, Tianjin''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
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===Costa Rica===<br />
* '''Cloud forest''': [[Diana Davis]]<br />
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===Czech Republic=== <br />
* '''Harrachov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* '''Ceske Krumlov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08eap Liz Pierce]<br />
* '''Prague, Ceske Krumlov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jpp Jim Prevas]<br />
* '''Prague''': [[Diana Davis]]<br />
* '''Prague''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]<br />
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===Dominican Republic===<br />
* '''La Romana''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
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* '''Santo Domingo''', Santiago, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Higuey, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, San José de las Matas, Jánico, La Vega, Jarabacoa, Bonao, and Moca.: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
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===Ecuador===<br />
* '''La Hesperia''' 2hrs west of Quito: [[Kate Majzoub]]<br />
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===Egypt===<br />
* '''Students who have studied at AUC'''<br />
* '''Philip Arnolds'''<br />
* '''John Chatlos'''<br />
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===Finland===<br />
* '''Rovaniemi (Santa's village and Arctic Cirle), Turku, Helsinki''': Ersen Bilgin and Grace Song<br />
* '''Voukatti''' (year round indoor ski tunnel) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
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===Germany===<br />
* '''Kernen-Im-Remstal''' [[ Elizabeth Pasipanodya]]<br />
* '''Schonack''' (in the Black Forest) [[Morgan Goodwin]]<br />
* '''Freiburg im Breisgau''' [[Toby Hall]]<br />
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===Georgia===<br />
* '''Students who went on the Georgia [[Winter Study]] class'''<br />
* '''Philip Arnolds'''<br />
* '''Jason Ren -2006'''<br />
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===Greece===<br />
* '''Athens, Santorini, Crete, Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
* '''Athens, Sparti, Corinth, Mycenae, Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes, Santorini, Chania (Crete), Heraklion (Crete)''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jpp Jim Prevas]<br />
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===Hungary===<br />
* '''Budapest''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]<br />
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===India===<br />
* '''Himachal Pradesh''' (specifically McLeod Ganj/Dharamsala), [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06kmm Kate Majzoub]<br />
* '''Srinagar, Leh, Kargil, Manali''' - know most of these towns, [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
* '''Mahabaleshwar, Panchgini''' - know like the back of my hand, [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah], [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08dsj Diana Jaffe]<br />
* '''Chennai, Tamil Nadu''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sas Sesh Sundararaman]<br />
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===Japan===<br />
* '''Osaka, Kyoto''': [[Diana Davis]]<br />
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===Lebanon===<br />
* '''Beirut''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kal Kathryn Lindsey]<br />
* '''(...)''':Lucy Thiboutot '05<br />
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===Lesser Antilles===<br />
* '''Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
* '''British Virgin Islands''' (Tortola): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
* '''Dutch Territories''' (Sint Maarten, Aruba): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
* '''French Territores''' (Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
* '''U.S. Virgin Islands''' (St. Thomas, St. Croix, Saint John): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
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===Mexico===<br />
* '''Chihuahua''': [[Alan Cordova]]<br />
* '''Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sonora, Chihuahua, Michoacan, Durango, Zacatecas, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Colima, Baja California, Nayarit, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nf Noemi Fernandez]<br />
* '''Colonia Azucenas, Oaxaca''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
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===Mongolia===<br />
* '''(...)'''[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gegb Gana Badamgarav]<br />
* '''Ulaanbaatar''':[[Alan Cordova]], [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07scw Stephen Wills]<br />
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===Morocco===<br />
* '''(...)''':[http://www.soldrinero.net Ryan Carollo], students who went on the '05 Winter Study trip<br />
* '''Tangier''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
* '''Tangier''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] <br />
* '''(...)'''[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lcc Lindsey Corbin]<br />
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===New Zealand===<br />
* '''South Island''' (Christchurch, Wanaka, Franz Josef, Queenstown): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick], Diana Jaffe<br />
* '''Christchurch, Dunedin''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09rfa Ruth Aronoff '09], Diana Jaffe<br />
* '''Ninety Mile Beach''': Peter Nunns<br />
* '''Hokianga Bay''': Peter Nunns<br />
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===North Korea===<br />
* '''(...)'''Roy Liu<br />
* '''(...)'''Ji Ae Rhee<br />
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===Norway===<br />
* '''Trondhiem''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* '''(...)''': Margit Sande-Kerback '05<br />
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===Russia===<br />
* '''Irkutsk:''': [[Sara Beach '06]], [[Jack Nelson '07]], [[Emily Button '07]], [[Casey Drosehn '07]]<br />
* '''Ulan-Ude:''': [[Sara Beach '06]], [[Emily Button '07]], [[Casey Drosehn '07]]<br />
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===Serbia===<br />
* '''Belgrade''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]<br />
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===Sweden===<br />
* '''Solleftea''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* Picked up our Volvo in '''Goteborg''' and drove all over (even to '''Legoland in Denmark''') [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
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===Switzerland===<br />
* '''Zermatt''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]<br />
*'''Zurich''' and '''Kleine Scheideg''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
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===Turkey===<br />
* '''Kucukkabaca, Isparta, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Istanbul, Antalya, Denizli''': Grace Song<br />
* '''Goreme, Istanbul, Pamukkale, Cappadocia''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
* '''Ephesus''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jpp Jim Prevas]<br />
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===United States===<br />
* '''Alaska''' (Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay Oil Field): Mary Haas<br />
* '''Alaska''' (Kupreanof Island, Kake): Danny Fischler<br />
* '''Alaska''' (Denali National Park): Alexandra Ambros<br />
* '''Alaska''' (Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Anchorage): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
* '''Hawaii''' (Honolulu): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick] <br />
* '''Hawaii''' (Molokai: The most Hawaiian island/not a tourist spot): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jak Jessie Kerr]<br />
* '''47 of 50 states''' -- needless to say, involves some out-of-the-way places, seeing as how you drive from one to the other: [[Diana Davis]]<br />
* '''Nevada'''(Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America): Jay Cox-Chapman<br />
* '''Colorado to Vermont''' one month by bike. (Kansas '''is''' as flat as they say it is) Alex Ambros<br />
* Evan Miller once asked for directions to a nearby campsite at a gas/lotto station in '''Uniontown, Kansas''' (population 283) [http://www.ku.edu/pri/ksdata/census/stf3a/Places_z/uniontow.pdf]. The overalled, bug-eyed proprietor with a John Deere hat perched on his head told him, "Oh it's real easy to get there. Go over the hill right here and take a left at the church, and then take your first right, then left-right-left-right-left-right, and it'll be there on your left. Can't miss it." And he didn't. You can verify the directions from Uniontown to the camp entrance for yourself:<br />
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37.79812,-95.062637,Bourbon County State Park<br />
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===U.S. Territories===<br />
* '''Puerto Rico''' (San Juan) :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
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===Uzbekistan===<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gezi Zakhidjon Ishmukhamedov] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=geak Akhadbek Khaydarov]<br />
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===Venezuela===<br />
* '''Caracas''' :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
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==Obscure places==<br />
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This is a special section. Getting in here is kind of like getting a point in Boggle -- your destination can only be on this list if no one else has been here. If you see a place you've been to here, make an edit and move that person and place to "[[#Unusual places|Unusual places]]" (and add yourself). Please choose to add destinations of a reasonable size, so that they will be a meaningful achievement. No [[restaurants]] and the like, however good, but the jury's still out on whether something like "Lindsay Lohan's bedroom" should count.<br />
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:'''Angola:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sas Sesh Sundararaman] (Luanda)<br />
:'''Antarctica:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
:'''Argentina:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (San Juan, Ushuaia, and Buenos Aires)<br />
:'''Austria:''' [[Joe McDonough]] (Kalwang)<br />
:'''Belize:''' Megan Bruck (Placencia)<br />
:'''Bolivia:''' [[Concert Choir]], 2005 (Urubicha, The World's Most Dangerous Road<!--let's get a link here !-->)<br />
:'''Canada:''' (Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuak) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall]<br />
:'''Colombia:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (Medellin, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali) <br />
:'''Croatia:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nf Noemi Fernandez] (Zagreb, Opatija)<br />
:'''Hungary:''' [[Elizabeth Pasipanodya]] (Dombovar)<br />
:'''Kenya:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (Nairobi, Mt. Kenya, Samburu, Masai Mara)<br />
:'''Kyrgyzstan:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gekl Lilia Kadyrberdieva]<br />
:'''Tajikistan:''' [[Alan Cordova]] (Dushanbe)<br />
:'''Northern Ireland:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick] (Belfast)<br />
:'''South Africa:''' Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe<br />
:'''Space:''' Jonathan Ohueri. His father is an astronaut for NASA and took him into orbit around the Earth as a young child.<br />
:'''Sri Lanka:''' Ananda Burra (Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Anuradhapuram etc)<br />
:'''Switzerland:''' [[Jono Dowse]] (Lötschental, Emmental, Diemtigtal, Lower Engadin, Appenzell, Gersau) [http://wso.williams.edu/~jdowse/swzreport.pdf proof in PDF form]<br />
:'''Zambia:''' Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe<br />
:'''Zimbabwe:''' Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe</div>07jgchttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Climate_Initiative&diff=5653Climate Initiative2005-11-27T05:53:07Z<p>07jgc: </p>
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<div>== The Williams College Climate Initiative ==<br />
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Climate change is a preeminent challenge of our time. Its effects will be felt throughout the world for generations to come. Williamstown, the state of Massachusetts, and peer institutions have already set targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. As one of the nation’s foremost institutions of higher learning, Williams College has an obligation to lead by example. '''In signing this petition, we call upon President Schapiro and the Board of Trustees to adopt a Climate Action Plan that would ensure a 10% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010, and a 20% reduction by 2015.''' The Plan would entail compiling an updated, comprehensive carbon emission inventory, laying out a framework and timeline to achieve our reduction targets, and hiring a Campus Sustainability Coordinator to facilitate the Climate Action Plan and all future sustainability projects.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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The undersigned.<br />
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'''Background information:'''<br />
* Williams College is responsible for emitting 34,700 tons of carbon dioxide per year, a quarter of Williamstown’s total emissions. This is approximately 11.5 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per person at Williams College.<br />
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* More than 37 colleges and universities have set an example by meeting or beating the Kyoto Protocol agreement for emissions reductions. <br />
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* Williamstown has already adopted a climate action plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10% percent by 2010. Williams College is a member of this community and an integral part of the town’s plan.<br />
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* Natural variability alone cannot account for the recent changes in global climate. Scientific models can explain climate changes in the last 50 years only by taking into account greenhouse gas emissions attributable to humans. <br />
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* [[Historical Temperature Variations]]<br />
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== Signatures ==<br />
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If you support this initiative, please add your name by clicking the "Edit" link to the right. You must be logged in as yourself for your signature to count (all changes to the page are recorded). Many community members will be tabling in dining halls after Thanksgiving, so you will also have the opportunity to sign then. If you are interested in helping to table, email 06enl.<br />
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* Matt Britton<br />
* Emily Russell-Roy<br />
* Robin Stewart<br />
* Justin Bates<br />
* Keith McWhorter<br />
* Marcus Duyzend<br />
* Sarah Gardner<br />
* John Kleiner<br />
* Ashlee Martinez<br />
* Carolyn Reuman<br />
* Donald Mitchell<br />
* Megan O'Malley<br />
* Betsy Chang<br />
* Alan Cordova<br />
* Chris Ellis-Ferrara<br />
* Alison Davies<br />
* Aston Gonzalez<br />
* Alex Tanton<br />
* Nika Engberg<br />
* Elise Leduc<br />
* Alexis Saba<br />
* Margaret Pigman<br />
* Katherine Montgomery<br />
* Katherine Majzoub<br />
* Jason Ren<br />
* Anne E. Smith<br />
* Abby McBride<br />
* Jonathan Dowse<br />
* Jennifer Messier<br />
* Benjamin Wood<br />
* Ward Schaefer<br />
* Sunmi Yang<br />
* David Weimer<br />
* Morgan Goodwin<br />
* David Letzler<br />
* Lisetta Shah<br />
* Sam Sterling<br />
* Anne Louise Ennis<br />
* Kendell Newman<br />
* Julia Sendor<br />
* Reed Harrison<br />
* Noah Smith-Drelich<br />
* Carol Rosenberg<br />
* Erin Chong<br />
* Matt Simonson<br />
* Becky Davies<br />
* Emily Olsen<br />
* Liz Gleason<br />
* Caroline Plitt<br />
* Elizabeth Atkinson<br />
* Michael Gallagher<br />
* Lucy Cox-Chapman<br />
* Jay Cox-Chapman<br />
* Elissa Brown<br />
* Hannah Gray<br />
* Alex Ambros<br />
* Cary Bearn<br />
* Brenna Baccaro<br />
* Rachel Schneebaum<br />
* David C Schwab<br />
* John Kling<br />
* Chris Carrier<br />
* Daniel Perez<br />
* Carynne McIver<br />
* Allison Seyferth<br />
* Sara Beach<br />
* Clara Hard<br />
* Spike Friedman<br />
* Merritt Edlind<br />
* Natee Pitiwan<br />
* Hanjie Jessie Yu<br />
* Anna Scholtz<br />
* Will Wetzel<br />
* Alejandro Acosta<br />
* Rahul Bahl<br />
* Rebecca Gordon<br />
* Elizabeth Campbell<br />
* Auyon Mukharji<br />
* Nick Yates<br />
* Sarah Martin<br />
* Brendan Dougherty<br />
* Randy Dorf<br />
* Parker Shorey<br />
* Zoe Fonseca<br />
* Jacob King<br />
* Nadia Moore<br />
* Betsy Ribble<br />
* Vickie Fernandez<br />
* Jonathan Stone<br />
* Emilie Voight<br />
* Sean Barker<br />
* David Rogawski<br />
* Emily Brown<br />
* Dave Kleinschmidt<br />
* Josh Goldberg-Sussman<br />
* Meghan Ryan<br />
* John Chatlos</div>07jgc