https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=09aka&feedformat=atomWillipedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T14:03:39ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.1https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Dodd_Room_Draw_2010&diff=19837Dodd Room Draw 20102010-04-30T04:07:45Z<p>09aka: </p>
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<div>Help make room draw less stressful - let others know how big your group is and where you're looking to pick into.<br />
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No intimidation of other groups (such as "if we don't get into Thompson third floor, we'll harass whoever lives there all year") is allowed; if you do that, you could get kicked to the end of the room draw. Also, don't post anything during the actual room draw or from the room draw locations, as that is also not allowed.<br />
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Also, putting your class year rather than your class title ("'11" rather than "junior") might make things clearer since the distinction between current sophomore and rising sophomore might make things a little muddy.<br />
-copied from last year's room draw page-<br />
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If you want to learn more about your room options, see information about [[Dodd Neighborhood]] houses. <br />
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2. 1 '11 - somewhere in Dodd circle<br />
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9. 3 '11s - excited to see how big the groups ahead of us are!<br />
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10. 1 '11 - Hubbell<br />
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83.</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=In_Support_of_the_Log&diff=19302In Support of the Log2010-02-08T15:50:59Z<p>09aka: </p>
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<div>On January 27, College Council passed the following resolution in support of re-opening the log. If you support the following resolution, please add your name to the petition.<br />
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2009-2010 Williams College Council<br />
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Resolution 08-0910<br />
Introduced on January 13, 2010<br />
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Author(s): Ifiok Inyang ’11<br />
Co-Sponsor(s): Michael Tcheyan ’10 and Emanuel Yekutiel <br />
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A statement of support and sponsorship for the reopening of The Log<br />
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WHEREAS The Log is a College institution steeped in tradition that has been enjoyed and cherished by several generations of students.<br />
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WHEREAS The Log has been closed since late 2007 and had been operating in a reduced capacity for the 5 previous years.<br />
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WHEREAS A reopened Log could serve as a venue for a diverse array of students, faculty, staff, and authorized guests to come together and share in an eclectic blend of positive social activities.<br />
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WHEREAS A reopened Log will have a subdued, pub-like atmosphere that encourages moderation: Programming plans include events such as open mic nights and literary readings along with pub quizzes and other creative events – no dance parties. <br />
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WHEREAS Along with a selection of alcoholic beverages, the bar will also serve juices, soft drinks, coffee, tea, gourmet sandwiches, baked goods, and light snacks.<br />
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WHEREAS A wristband ID system and highly trained staff will ensure that the venue, which will be open from Thursday to Saturday between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight, operates in a safe, responsible, and successful manner.<br />
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LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Williams College Council:<br />
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1. Supports the reopening of the Log as a bar for the benefit of Williams students, faculty, staff, and authorized guests.<br />
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2. Endorses and agrees to sponsor the reopened Log as a vital and beneficial student space.<br />
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3. Commits up to $20,000 to financially supporting the reopening of the Log through the means at its disposal should the operation run a deficit. This guarantee is contingent upon the College administration’s approval of a plan to reopen the Log as a bar as well as the administration’s support for the startup costs of this project. The amount of guaranteed financial support is significant in relation to the semester operating costs of the Log. <br />
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4. Will devise a means for financing deficits should the Log run them, to be determined by the Treasurer in consultation with other Council members.<br />
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5. Will assess its support of the Log at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, and does not guarantee financial support for the operation beyond this point.<br />
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First Reading: January 13, 2010<br />
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Adopted by Council on January 27, 2010, by a vote of 14-2-3<br />
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In support of the Log:<br />
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:#Elizabeth Brickley<br />
:#Leah Lansdowne<br />
:#Emily Rockett<br />
:#Jason Copelas<br />
:#David Moore<br />
:#Katie Blankshain<br />
:#Chandler Sherman<br />
:#Alex Beecher<br />
:#Abigail Martin<br />
:#Tim Lengel<br />
:#Adam Century<br />
:#William Harron<br />
:#Elizabeth Jimenez<br />
:#Veronica Rabelo<br />
:#Hannah Rosenthal<br />
:#Michael Semensi<br />
:#Alyson Hoffman<br />
:#Stephanie Brooks<br />
:#Christina Liu<br />
:#Danielle Diuguid<br />
:#Steve Mendoza<br />
:#Omer Khalayleh<br />
:#James Ray<br />
:#Michelle Almeida<br />
:#Shinelle Edwin<br />
:#Samuel Brinkley<br />
:#Javier Mariscal<br />
:#Margaret Richmond<br />
:#Jack Wadden<br />
:#Nicholas Lee<br />
:#Daniel Gura<br />
:#Stefan Ward-Wheten<br />
:#Joe Skitka<br />
:#Fiona Wilkes<br />
:#David Michael<br />
:#Dae Selcer<br />
:#Zeb Levine<br />
:#Matt Sullivan<br />
:#Jake Levinson<br />
:#Ralph Morrison<br />
:#Christopher Liguori<br />
:#Allie Goldberg<br />
:#Adam Baron<br />
:#Andy Quinn<br />
:#Maria Claudia Galvez<br />
:#Sarah Franklin<br />
:#Janna Gordon<br />
:#Rebecca Shoer<br />
:#Melissa Kemp<br />
:#Xiomara Pinto<br />
:#Thomas Coleman<br />
:#Wilson Barr<br />
:#Will Piereson<br />
:#Cat Vielma<br />
:#Steph Berger<br />
:#David Blitzer<br />
:#Madeleine Nyhagen<br />
:#Kate Gallagher<br />
:#Sylvia Molina<br />
:#Mary Beth Daub<br />
:#Sarah Caitlin Eley<br />
:#Noah Wentzel<br />
:#Peter Huang<br />
:#Heath Pruitt<br />
:#Kwame Poku<br />
:#Evan Skorpen<br />
:#Meg Steer<br />
:#Aras Holden<br />
:#David Gold<br />
:#Eliza Elliotte<br />
:#Sameer Aryal<br />
:#Nancy Wang<br />
:#Jenni Ewing<br />
:#Elizabeth Dorr<br />
:#Emma Pelegri-O'Day<br />
:#Lizzie Barcay<br />
:#Jacob Walls<br />
:#Kathryn Zipps<br />
:#Felix Owusu<br />
:#Kristen Sinicariello<br />
:#Emily Maclary<br />
:#Jimmy Nguyen<br />
:#Patrick Rhine<br />
:#Alexandre Massicotte<br />
:#Michael Moss<br />
:#Jonathan Galinsky<br />
:#Kevin Wandrei<br />
:#Ellen Song<br />
:#Glenn Yong<br />
:#Jessie Herzer<br />
:#Lauren Sinnenberg<br />
:#Christine Jones<br />
:#Chelsea Kubal<br />
:#Jessica Ray<br />
:#Andrea Scioscia<br />
:#Brianna Wolfson<br />
:#Sachi Siegelman<br />
:#Samim Abedi<br />
:#Lindsay Olsen<br />
:#Daniel Perez<br />
:#Cameron Nutting<br />
:#Teresa Hoffman<br />
:#Julian Fernandez<br />
:#Brian Simalchik<br />
:#Steve Arenas<br />
:#Kristen Layden<br />
:#Aditi Chaturvedi<br />
:#Maria Tucker<br />
:#Stephanie Kim<br />
:#Jane McClellan<br />
:#Nat Hewett<br />
:#Adam Stoner<br />
:#Mohamed Musthag<br />
:# Joey Samuels<br />
:#Annie Coe<br />
:#Casey York<br />
:#Chloe Brown<br />
:#Deonarine Soogrim<br />
:#Andrea Park<br />
:#Antonio Lorenzo<br />
:#Tess Bingham<br />
:#Will Slack<br />
:#Chris Willey<br />
:#Laura Huang<br />
:#Sarah Clark<br />
:#Emily Spine<br />
:#Jimi Morales<br />
:#Jeff Stenzel<br />
:#Brian Shepherd<br />
:#Austin Stanley<br />
:#Maya Hislop<br />
:#Ian Murphy<br />
:#Alex Ambros</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Unix_ID_underscore&diff=14411Unix ID underscore2007-02-23T17:09:44Z<p>09aka: /* _3 */</p>
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* [[Jonathan Landsman]] '05 spared Joanna L. Lloyd '05 from an _2 fate by never telling Williams his full legal name. He got 05jl, she 05jll, and the two were able to become friends -- if always with some mutual wariness.</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Running&diff=14225Running2007-01-31T03:07:09Z<p>09aka: /* THE Greylock Run */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Guides]]<br />
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There are lots of great places to run nearby, and you don't have to be on the [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] or [[Nordic Ski Team|ski team]] to enjoy them. Here is a good mix of both tried-and-true runs and lesser-known runs. All distances depend on where you start on campus; routes can vary in distance by up to a mile depending on whether you start at [[Carter House|Carter]] or [[Fitch House|Fitch]]. Routes are ordered from shortest to longest.<br />
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==Runs from Campus==<br />
Most of the great places to run are reachable by foot.<br />
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===Cemetery===<br />
Run down Water Street about 100 meters until you see a road to the left. Go past the playground on your right, and continue to the cemetery. There are multiple roads in the cemetery; all eventually lead to the bottom, to Rt. 2. Turn left and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 0.5 miles<br />
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===Golf Course===<br />
Go down to [[Weston Field]], go to the far end of the track, and keep going until you find yourself on the golf course. The golf course is a great place to run because it's all grass, so it's easy on your legs, and it's also quite pretty. Out of deference to the golfers and groundskeepers, run only on the rough (which looks like grass) and stay off of the green (which looks like astroturf). '''Warning''': Only attempt this run when the golf course is closed, because otherwise you will get kicked off. Good times to run are winter and evening. Note that this run is not flat; there are more hills than you would think. Distances vary based on how many loops you do.<br />
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Distance: 1+ miles<br />
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===River Path===<br />
Run down Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about half a mile until you get to a power plant on the left, just before the bridge. Turn left and go around the left side of the power plant; you will find a trail that goes along the river for about 3/4 mile. At the end of the path, go straight down the road in front of you (don't turn left or right onto the street that goes perpendicular to the path). At the end of this road, turn right onto Cole Avenue (or see alternative, below), and then cross the road and about 50 meters later, just before the bridge, and turn left onto Cole Field. Run up Cole Field and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 2.5 miles<br />
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Alternatively, at the end of the short road, turn left onto Cole Avenue and run along it until you reach the traffic light on Rt. 2. Turn right and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 2.5 miles<br />
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===Linear Park===<br />
Go down Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about a half mile until you see Linear Park (a road that looks like a driveway) on your left. Turn down this road, which turns to dirt almost immediately, until you find a bunch of trails. Pick whichever trails suit your fancy; they mostly go either through the woods or through fields, and one of them leads to the trailer park with the lions. You can do many loops, or go out and back, so distances vary.<br />
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Distance: 3+ miles<br />
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===Ide===<br />
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Ide on the right side of the road. Go up the hill and follow the road until it intersects another road in a T at the bottom of the hill; turn right and go past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.<br />
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Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road until you see Ide going up a steep hill on your left, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 at the bottom of a hill in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 3 miles<br />
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===Gale===<br />
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Gale on the right side of the road, about 100 meters after Ide. Go up the hill and follow the road past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.<br />
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Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 3.2 miles<br />
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===Cozy Corner===<br />
Head down Rt. 7 north until you see Cozy Corner Restaurant. Turn right (at the cozy corner) onto Bridges Rd, which becomes North Hoosac Road and takes you to the bridge at the bottom of Cole Field. At the bridge, turn right onto Cole Avenue and cross the bridge, and then either continue up Cole Avenue to the traffic light by the bank, or turn right after crossing the bridge and go up Cole Field.<br />
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Distance: 5 miles<br />
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===Hopkins Forest Short===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about half a mile until you see Bulkley Street going uphill on your left. Go up Bulkley, and at the top, turn right. Under 100 meters later, you will see the entrance to [[Hopkins Forest]] on your left. Go in the entrance, and then face your decision: either go straight up the steep way, or go right and go up the more gradual way. [[Diana Davis|This author]]'s preferred route is to go straight up the steep part, then come back down the gradual way. Whichever you choose, you will eventually get to a four-way intersection. Since you are doing Hopkins Forest Short, simply take the path back down. If you feel especially chipper, add on the 2.5-mile upper loop (see [[#Hopkins Forest Long|the longer run]] below). <br />
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Distance: 5.5 miles<br />
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===Blair===<br />
"Forwards": Run down Water Street and continue for about two miles until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. Then it's all downhill. When you meet Rt. 2 in a T, turn left, which will bring you right back to campus.<br />
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"Backwards": Run along Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about half a mile, until you see a road going up to your right, just before the Orchards restaurant. Follow this up, up, up a long hill until the pavement ends and it flattens out. At the top of a gradual hill, look to your right and see the amazing view described above. Then go down three hills, turn right when you hit Rt. 43 in a T, and end up at the top of Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 5.6 miles<br />
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===Pine Cobble===<br />
A run only for the crazy and the stubborn, this is usually considered a [[Hikes#Pine_Cobble|hike]]. Run down Cole Field, turn left onto Cole Avenue, cross the bridge, go right for a few paces and then cross the road and go up the very steep paved driveway on the left. Follow it up, go around the gate, continue past the mailboxes (don't go up the hill into the housing development) and soon come upon a trail on your left that mentions Pine Cobble and the AT. The trail is pretty easy to follow; it even has blazes. When you get to the top, look at the beautiful view, then turn around and run back down, being careful not to trip on the rocks and roots and such.<br />
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Distance: 6 miles<br />
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===Chestnut===<br />
Follow Pine Cobble about halfway up, then take a left onto the Class of '98 trail. You'll know it from the sign that says "Class of '98 Trail" on it. This cuts sideways along the mountain and is fairly rocky, but also fairly flat. Follow for about a mile, then take a left down a wide, grassy trail (the Chestnut Trail). At the bottom of this trail is a 4 way intersection. Take a left here back into the woods- after about a mile, you will end up at the top of Chestnut Rd. Follow this down to North Hoosac Rd., then take a left back to Cole Ave, or a right to finish the Cozy Corner loop.<br />
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Distance: 6 miles<br />
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===Gale-Blair===<br />
Go up Rt. 2 to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn right and follow it for about half a mile, until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. Then it's all downhill. When you meet Rt. 2 in a T, turn left, which will bring you right back to campus. Fun fact: [[Diana Davis]] once did this run three times in a row, without stopping.<br />
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Distance: 6.5 miles<br />
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===Hopkins Special===<br />
Run down Rt. 7 N about half a mile, turn left and run up Bulkley Street, turn right, pass the entrance to Hopkins Forest on your left, and keep going over a small bridge. Just over the bridge, a trail takes off to the right. This is the Hopkins Special trail. [[Diana Davis|I]] don't know where it goes because I've only gone out and back on it, which was a nice run, but I've heard good things.<br />
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===Blair-Luce===<br />
Run down Water Street and continue for about two miles until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. From the top of the hill, it's about a half mile downhill, then turn right onto Longview Terrace. Work your way through the residential development until you intersect Luce Road in a T; then turn left onto Luce Road (or see alternative), and when you get to Rt. 2 in a T, turn left to return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 7 miles<br />
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Alternative: Turn right onto Luce and follow it up, up, up to the top of [[Mount Greylock]]. <br />
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Distance: 15 miles (one way)<br />
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===Stone Hill===<br />
Go down Water Street for about two miles until you see a steep road called Scott Hill Road on your right. Go up the hill and after a few hundred meters you will see a road to your right. This turns into dirt and becomes more like a trail. Follow this road until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus.<br />
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Distance: 7.5 miles (?)<br />
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===Hopkins Forest Long===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about half a mile until you see Bulkley Street going uphill on your left. Go up Bulkley, and at the top, turn right. Under 100 meters later, you will see the entrance to [[Hopkins Forest]] on your left. Hopkins Forest paths are shaped like a figure-8, so you have 2x2=4 different ways to do your run. The first choice is to either go straight up the steep way, or go right and go up the more gradual way. Either way, you will eventually get to a four-way intersection. There, you can once again turn right or left to choose your desired orientation for the upper loop. [[Diana Davis|This author]]'s preferred route is to go straight up the steep part, then go around the upper loop counter-clockwise, and come back down the gradual side of the lower loop. Whichever way you choose, get to the bottom (or see alternative, below) and return to campus either by Bulkley or West Main.<br />
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Distance: 8 miles<br />
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Alternative: On the upper loop there is a trail going off to the right that will lead you to the [[#Taconic_Crest_Trail|taconic crest]]. This is steep uphill for a long time, and [[Diana Davis|I]] have never done it, but there are great views at the top.<br />
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Distance: 15 miles (?)<br />
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===RRR Brooks===<br />
Pronounced "Triple-R Brooks," and named for a guy whose name was R.R.R. Brooks, in the sense that it was actually Robert Randolph Raymond Brooks or some such thing. Anyway, follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up for perhaps a quarter of a mile, cross a small bridge, and then find a path going off to the right, labeled RRR. I don't know where it goes, but the men's [[Cross Country Running|cross country team]] runs it often.<br />
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Distance: 8 miles (?)<br />
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===Mountain Meadow===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about two miles. The road curves to the left, with the [[Restaurants#Chef's Hat|Chef's Hat]] restaurant inside the curve. Do not curve to the left; instead, take the dirt road to the right on the outside of the curve. Cross the little parking lot and follow the trail up, up, up through the field and gaze at the gorgeous view. Then follow the path into the woods. Eventually the path turns into more like a road. At intersections, follow the signs that will take you to Vermont. You will go downhill a lot, and eventually end up on North Hoosac Road. When you get to the bridge that is Cole Avenue, turn right and either go up Cole Avenue to campus, or turn right shortly after crossing the bridge and go up Cole Field to campus. <br />
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Note: These directions are not very good and you might get lost if you follow them. However, the view at the top of the meadow is worth it.<br />
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Distance: 9 miles (?)<br />
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===Bee Hill - Stone Hill===<br />
Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, go straight across and down the trail on the other side (Old Bee Hill Rd: once a part of the Boston-Albany Turnpike, though upkeep on it by the town stopped in the 80's, and it has been returning to nature ever since). Take this for about a mile until you get to Berlin Mtn. Rd.; turn left (downhill) and follow Hemlock Brook down the mountain until you reach Oblong. Take a right here, go past the Novitiate Carmelite, and then a left onto Woodcock Rd. Follow this across Rt. 43, up Scott Hill Rd, and then a left onto Stone Hill Rd. at the top. At the top of the hill this turns into more of a trail than a road (although this is more of the previously mentioned Boston-Albany Turnpike). Follow the trail until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus.<br />
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Distance: ?<br />
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===Bee Hill - Oblong===<br />
Great for those who prefer dirt roads. Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, turn left and go about a half mile until you see Torrey Woods Road on the right. Take this for a very short time and then turn left on Oblong Road. Follow Oblong (which is all dirt) until you hit Rt. 43; turn left onto Rt 43, which will take you to [[Five Corners]]. There you can choose whether to take Rt. 7 or Rt. 43 back to campus; Rt. 7 is shorter but has more traffic.<br />
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Distance: 11 miles (?)<br />
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===[[THE Greylock Run]]===<br />
Run along Rt. 2 towards [[North Adams]] for a little over a mile, turning right onto Luce Road. Go up Luce Road and follow it up; when you get to a slight intersection, bear left, which will take you past a farm with cows. Continue up the road; you will eventually see a reservoir (which looks like an earthen wall on the right if you don't get up onto it and see that there's water in it). Near the end of the reservoir, you will get to an intersection with one road going down to the left and one going up to the right. Go up to the right. From there, it's about eight miles to the top. Get to the top, look around, climb the tower, and then run back to campus.<br />
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Distance: ~25 miles (12-13 each way)<br />
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''or'' start from the Berkshire Mall outside of Pittsfield, run up rt 8 until Cheshire, find the AT trail on the left side of the road, hike over Greylock back to school. Best time of day to do it: 7pm-2am.<br />
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Distance: ~25 miles (but it feels like a lot more) ask Alex Ambros '09 [http://williams.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3903447] about details if you're interested.<br />
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==Runs to drive to==<br />
Of course, you ''could'' run to them, but why would you want to? The good part is when you get there. <br />
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===Mount Hope===<br />
Drive down Water Street about 2.5 miles until the road curves sharply to the right. Don't curve sharply to the right; go straight, across a small bridge, and park in the parking lot. The trail is to the right, and leads you through the woods up to the beautiful roads of [[Mount Hope Farm]]. Run around, out and back, up and around, find the nice trail through the woods, and look forward to [[Senior Week]].<br />
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Distance: 3+ miles<br />
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===Oblong===<br />
Drive to Mt. Greylock Regional High School, park in the parking lot, and then run back out the driveway. Turn left and then turn left again on the first road you get to, Woodcock Road. Keep turning left and follow Oblong (don't turn left onto Sloane Road unless you want to cut off distance) until you get to Rt. 43; turn left and go to Five Corners; then bear straight/left up Rt. 7, up the hill and then turn left back into the parking lot.<br />
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Distance: 4 miles<br />
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===Taconic Crest Trail===<br />
Take Rt. 7 S and then turn right a few miles later where Rt. 2 splits off to the right and goes uphill. Drive up the hill, and shortly past the Welcome to New York sign that tells you to quit talking on your cell phone, there is a parking area on the left. Park there. Now you have two choices. <br />
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The most popular is to cross the road (carefully!), climb up the steep part of the trail, and then run along the Taconic Crest. There are beautiful views, and after about a half hour of running you will see a small sign that points you to the [[Hikes#Snow_Hole|snow hole]], a cave with snow in it even in the summer. There is some trail on the right that will take you down to [[Hopkins Forest]], but [[Diana Davis|I]] have never done it so I don't know where it is. Then turn around and go back. <br />
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The second option is that from the parking area, go away from the road and find the trail. This trail leads similarly along the Taconic Crest, but there is no snow hole. Also, it can be quite muddy and steep.<br />
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Distance: 6+</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Running&diff=14224Running2007-01-31T03:00:50Z<p>09aka: /* THE Greylock Run */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Guides]]<br />
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There are lots of great places to run nearby, and you don't have to be on the [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] or [[Nordic Ski Team|ski team]] to enjoy them. Here is a good mix of both tried-and-true runs and lesser-known runs. All distances depend on where you start on campus; routes can vary in distance by up to a mile depending on whether you start at [[Carter House|Carter]] or [[Fitch House|Fitch]]. Routes are ordered from shortest to longest.<br />
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==Runs from Campus==<br />
Most of the great places to run are reachable by foot.<br />
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===Cemetery===<br />
Run down Water Street about 100 meters until you see a road to the left. Go past the playground on your right, and continue to the cemetery. There are multiple roads in the cemetery; all eventually lead to the bottom, to Rt. 2. Turn left and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 0.5 miles<br />
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===Golf Course===<br />
Go down to [[Weston Field]], go to the far end of the track, and keep going until you find yourself on the golf course. The golf course is a great place to run because it's all grass, so it's easy on your legs, and it's also quite pretty. Out of deference to the golfers and groundskeepers, run only on the rough (which looks like grass) and stay off of the green (which looks like astroturf). '''Warning''': Only attempt this run when the golf course is closed, because otherwise you will get kicked off. Good times to run are winter and evening. Note that this run is not flat; there are more hills than you would think. Distances vary based on how many loops you do.<br />
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Distance: 1+ miles<br />
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===River Path===<br />
Run down Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about half a mile until you get to a power plant on the left, just before the bridge. Turn left and go around the left side of the power plant; you will find a trail that goes along the river for about 3/4 mile. At the end of the path, go straight down the road in front of you (don't turn left or right onto the street that goes perpendicular to the path). At the end of this road, turn right onto Cole Avenue (or see alternative, below), and then cross the road and about 50 meters later, just before the bridge, and turn left onto Cole Field. Run up Cole Field and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 2.5 miles<br />
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Alternatively, at the end of the short road, turn left onto Cole Avenue and run along it until you reach the traffic light on Rt. 2. Turn right and return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 2.5 miles<br />
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===Linear Park===<br />
Go down Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about a half mile until you see Linear Park (a road that looks like a driveway) on your left. Turn down this road, which turns to dirt almost immediately, until you find a bunch of trails. Pick whichever trails suit your fancy; they mostly go either through the woods or through fields, and one of them leads to the trailer park with the lions. You can do many loops, or go out and back, so distances vary.<br />
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Distance: 3+ miles<br />
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===Ide===<br />
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Ide on the right side of the road. Go up the hill and follow the road until it intersects another road in a T at the bottom of the hill; turn right and go past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.<br />
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Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road until you see Ide going up a steep hill on your left, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 at the bottom of a hill in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 3 miles<br />
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===Gale===<br />
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Gale on the right side of the road, about 100 meters after Ide. Go up the hill and follow the road past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.<br />
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Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 3.2 miles<br />
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===Cozy Corner===<br />
Head down Rt. 7 north until you see Cozy Corner Restaurant. Turn right (at the cozy corner) onto Bridges Rd, which becomes North Hoosac Road and takes you to the bridge at the bottom of Cole Field. At the bridge, turn right onto Cole Avenue and cross the bridge, and then either continue up Cole Avenue to the traffic light by the bank, or turn right after crossing the bridge and go up Cole Field.<br />
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Distance: 5 miles<br />
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===Hopkins Forest Short===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about half a mile until you see Bulkley Street going uphill on your left. Go up Bulkley, and at the top, turn right. Under 100 meters later, you will see the entrance to [[Hopkins Forest]] on your left. Go in the entrance, and then face your decision: either go straight up the steep way, or go right and go up the more gradual way. [[Diana Davis|This author]]'s preferred route is to go straight up the steep part, then come back down the gradual way. Whichever you choose, you will eventually get to a four-way intersection. Since you are doing Hopkins Forest Short, simply take the path back down. If you feel especially chipper, add on the 2.5-mile upper loop (see [[#Hopkins Forest Long|the longer run]] below). <br />
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Distance: 5.5 miles<br />
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===Blair===<br />
"Forwards": Run down Water Street and continue for about two miles until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. Then it's all downhill. When you meet Rt. 2 in a T, turn left, which will bring you right back to campus.<br />
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"Backwards": Run along Rt. 2 towards North Adams for about half a mile, until you see a road going up to your right, just before the Orchards restaurant. Follow this up, up, up a long hill until the pavement ends and it flattens out. At the top of a gradual hill, look to your right and see the amazing view described above. Then go down three hills, turn right when you hit Rt. 43 in a T, and end up at the top of Water Street.<br />
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Distance: 5.6 miles<br />
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===Pine Cobble===<br />
A run only for the crazy and the stubborn, this is usually considered a [[Hikes#Pine_Cobble|hike]]. Run down Cole Field, turn left onto Cole Avenue, cross the bridge, go right for a few paces and then cross the road and go up the very steep paved driveway on the left. Follow it up, go around the gate, continue past the mailboxes (don't go up the hill into the housing development) and soon come upon a trail on your left that mentions Pine Cobble and the AT. The trail is pretty easy to follow; it even has blazes. When you get to the top, look at the beautiful view, then turn around and run back down, being careful not to trip on the rocks and roots and such.<br />
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Distance: 6 miles<br />
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===Chestnut===<br />
Follow Pine Cobble about halfway up, then take a left onto the Class of '98 trail. You'll know it from the sign that says "Class of '98 Trail" on it. This cuts sideways along the mountain and is fairly rocky, but also fairly flat. Follow for about a mile, then take a left down a wide, grassy trail (the Chestnut Trail). At the bottom of this trail is a 4 way intersection. Take a left here back into the woods- after about a mile, you will end up at the top of Chestnut Rd. Follow this down to North Hoosac Rd., then take a left back to Cole Ave, or a right to finish the Cozy Corner loop.<br />
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Distance: 6 miles<br />
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===Gale-Blair===<br />
Go up Rt. 2 to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn right and follow it for about half a mile, until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. Then it's all downhill. When you meet Rt. 2 in a T, turn left, which will bring you right back to campus. Fun fact: [[Diana Davis]] once did this run three times in a row, without stopping.<br />
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Distance: 6.5 miles<br />
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===Hopkins Special===<br />
Run down Rt. 7 N about half a mile, turn left and run up Bulkley Street, turn right, pass the entrance to Hopkins Forest on your left, and keep going over a small bridge. Just over the bridge, a trail takes off to the right. This is the Hopkins Special trail. [[Diana Davis|I]] don't know where it goes because I've only gone out and back on it, which was a nice run, but I've heard good things.<br />
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Distance: ?<br />
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===Blair-Luce===<br />
Run down Water Street and continue for about two miles until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. From the top of the hill, it's about a half mile downhill, then turn right onto Longview Terrace. Work your way through the residential development until you intersect Luce Road in a T; then turn left onto Luce Road (or see alternative), and when you get to Rt. 2 in a T, turn left to return to campus.<br />
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Distance: 7 miles<br />
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Alternative: Turn right onto Luce and follow it up, up, up to the top of [[Mount Greylock]]. <br />
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Distance: 15 miles (one way)<br />
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===Stone Hill===<br />
Go down Water Street for about two miles until you see a steep road called Scott Hill Road on your right. Go up the hill and after a few hundred meters you will see a road to your right. This turns into dirt and becomes more like a trail. Follow this road until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus.<br />
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Distance: 7.5 miles (?)<br />
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===Hopkins Forest Long===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about half a mile until you see Bulkley Street going uphill on your left. Go up Bulkley, and at the top, turn right. Under 100 meters later, you will see the entrance to [[Hopkins Forest]] on your left. Hopkins Forest paths are shaped like a figure-8, so you have 2x2=4 different ways to do your run. The first choice is to either go straight up the steep way, or go right and go up the more gradual way. Either way, you will eventually get to a four-way intersection. There, you can once again turn right or left to choose your desired orientation for the upper loop. [[Diana Davis|This author]]'s preferred route is to go straight up the steep part, then go around the upper loop counter-clockwise, and come back down the gradual side of the lower loop. Whichever way you choose, get to the bottom (or see alternative, below) and return to campus either by Bulkley or West Main.<br />
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Distance: 8 miles<br />
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Alternative: On the upper loop there is a trail going off to the right that will lead you to the [[#Taconic_Crest_Trail|taconic crest]]. This is steep uphill for a long time, and [[Diana Davis|I]] have never done it, but there are great views at the top.<br />
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Distance: 15 miles (?)<br />
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===RRR Brooks===<br />
Pronounced "Triple-R Brooks," and named for a guy whose name was R.R.R. Brooks, in the sense that it was actually Robert Randolph Raymond Brooks or some such thing. Anyway, follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up for perhaps a quarter of a mile, cross a small bridge, and then find a path going off to the right, labeled RRR. I don't know where it goes, but the men's [[Cross Country Running|cross country team]] runs it often.<br />
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Distance: 8 miles (?)<br />
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===Mountain Meadow===<br />
Run along Rt. 7 north for about two miles. The road curves to the left, with the [[Restaurants#Chef's Hat|Chef's Hat]] restaurant inside the curve. Do not curve to the left; instead, take the dirt road to the right on the outside of the curve. Cross the little parking lot and follow the trail up, up, up through the field and gaze at the gorgeous view. Then follow the path into the woods. Eventually the path turns into more like a road. At intersections, follow the signs that will take you to Vermont. You will go downhill a lot, and eventually end up on North Hoosac Road. When you get to the bridge that is Cole Avenue, turn right and either go up Cole Avenue to campus, or turn right shortly after crossing the bridge and go up Cole Field to campus. <br />
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Note: These directions are not very good and you might get lost if you follow them. However, the view at the top of the meadow is worth it.<br />
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Distance: 9 miles (?)<br />
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===Bee Hill - Stone Hill===<br />
Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, go straight across and down the trail on the other side (Old Bee Hill Rd: once a part of the Boston-Albany Turnpike, though upkeep on it by the town stopped in the 80's, and it has been returning to nature ever since). Take this for about a mile until you get to Berlin Mtn. Rd.; turn left (downhill) and follow Hemlock Brook down the mountain until you reach Oblong. Take a right here, go past the Novitiate Carmelite, and then a left onto Woodcock Rd. Follow this across Rt. 43, up Scott Hill Rd, and then a left onto Stone Hill Rd. at the top. At the top of the hill this turns into more of a trail than a road (although this is more of the previously mentioned Boston-Albany Turnpike). Follow the trail until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art Museum|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus.<br />
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Distance: ?<br />
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===Bee Hill - Oblong===<br />
Great for those who prefer dirt roads. Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, turn left and go about a half mile until you see Torrey Woods Road on the right. Take this for a very short time and then turn left on Oblong Road. Follow Oblong (which is all dirt) until you hit Rt. 43; turn left onto Rt 43, which will take you to [[Five Corners]]. There you can choose whether to take Rt. 7 or Rt. 43 back to campus; Rt. 7 is shorter but has more traffic.<br />
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Distance: 11 miles (?)<br />
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===[[THE Greylock Run]]===<br />
Run along Rt. 2 towards [[North Adams]] for a little over a mile, turning right onto Luce Road. Go up Luce Road and follow it up; when you get to a slight intersection, bear left, which will take you past a farm with cows. Continue up the road; you will eventually see a reservoir (which looks like an earthen wall on the right if you don't get up onto it and see that there's water in it). Near the end of the reservoir, you will get to an intersection with one road going down to the left and one going up to the right. Go up to the right. From there, it's about eight miles to the top. Get to the top, look around, climb the tower, and then run back to campus.<br />
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Distance: ~25 miles (12-13 each way)<br />
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''or'' start from the Berkshire Mall outside of Pittsfield, run up rt 8 until Cheshire, find the AT trail on the left side of the road, hike over Greylock back to school. Best time of day to do it: 7pm-2am.<br />
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Distance: ~25 miles (but it feels like a lot more) ask Alex Ambros '09 about details if you're interested.<br />
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==Runs to drive to==<br />
Of course, you ''could'' run to them, but why would you want to? The good part is when you get there. <br />
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===Mount Hope===<br />
Drive down Water Street about 2.5 miles until the road curves sharply to the right. Don't curve sharply to the right; go straight, across a small bridge, and park in the parking lot. The trail is to the right, and leads you through the woods up to the beautiful roads of [[Mount Hope Farm]]. Run around, out and back, up and around, find the nice trail through the woods, and look forward to [[Senior Week]].<br />
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Distance: 3+ miles<br />
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===Oblong===<br />
Drive to Mt. Greylock Regional High School, park in the parking lot, and then run back out the driveway. Turn left and then turn left again on the first road you get to, Woodcock Road. Keep turning left and follow Oblong (don't turn left onto Sloane Road unless you want to cut off distance) until you get to Rt. 43; turn left and go to Five Corners; then bear straight/left up Rt. 7, up the hill and then turn left back into the parking lot.<br />
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Distance: 4 miles<br />
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===Taconic Crest Trail===<br />
Take Rt. 7 S and then turn right a few miles later where Rt. 2 splits off to the right and goes uphill. Drive up the hill, and shortly past the Welcome to New York sign that tells you to quit talking on your cell phone, there is a parking area on the left. Park there. Now you have two choices. <br />
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The most popular is to cross the road (carefully!), climb up the steep part of the trail, and then run along the Taconic Crest. There are beautiful views, and after about a half hour of running you will see a small sign that points you to the [[Hikes#Snow_Hole|snow hole]], a cave with snow in it even in the summer. There is some trail on the right that will take you down to [[Hopkins Forest]], but [[Diana Davis|I]] have never done it so I don't know where it is. Then turn around and go back. <br />
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The second option is that from the parking area, go away from the road and find the trail. This trail leads similarly along the Taconic Crest, but there is no snow hole. Also, it can be quite muddy and steep.<br />
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Distance: 6+</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Climate_Action_Goals&diff=13880Climate Action Goals2007-01-23T00:19:43Z<p>09aka: /* Inspired by the Middlebury Conference */</p>
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<div>== 2007-2008 Climate Action Goals==<br />
===Inspired by the Middlebury Conference===<br />
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'''Building Activism on Campus:''' We should inspire a new climate of activism at Williams. We need to strengthen and expand the groups that are working on climate change and incorporate new groups into our movement by reaching out to them. <br />
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1. [[Thursday Night Group]] and [[Greensense]] should be strengthened by continuing to reach out to knowledgeable people from diverse backgrounds. We need to engage people with things they want to do and use their talents in the best possible way. Professors can have a huge influence on students in various classes to encourage them to get involved. Thursday Night Group can ask its members to reach out to professors in every department. The best way to build a group identity is to engage people in projects, especially ones that have visible results. We can include people who don't come to meetings if we bring them projects that are simple but have observable results, thereby "opening the door" to slightly more in depth projects.<br />
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2. Hold periodic brainstorming sessions to include group members ideas and input into the group's direction.<br />
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3. [[CEAC]] should use its unique status as a student/faculty/staff committee to focus on setting policy for the college by listening to input from people throughout the college. CEAC shouldn't focus on projects as much because there are so many other student groups that are motivated and capable of doing projects. It would function much better as a policy setting body rather than a 'doing' body.<br />
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4.Incorporate other groups into our activism. We can set up dinner discussions with groups to talk about climate change as it relates to their issues. We need to let them engage the issue on their own terms.<br />
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5.Encourage students to apply for and serve on important committees like [[CPR]], [[CEP]], [[CC]], [[CSHR]], etc. Emphasize the important work that can and should be done. <br />
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'''On-Campus Education:'''<br />
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1.Use our opportunities when students are in the outdoors to bring up facts about climate change to inspire interest and investment. This could consist a sheet of information that would be read off by leaders to their groups and hopefully inspire some sort of discussion. The sheet would consist of some observable present and future effects of climate change in the Berkshires as well as some prompts of discussion questions. Would be a great addition to the WOOLF and other first-days programs since that is the time that students are most receptive to new ideas and policies.<br />
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2.Create a student position to help events become more sustainable. This person could operate through the co-sponsorship fund and other party throwing groups to provide the extra hands necessary for green events. We could use funds (LUCE grant?) to give money to groups to buy party supplies from more sustainable sources, fund parties if they comply with certain recycling standards, such as recycling signage for cups, bottles, cans, etc.<br />
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3.The cluster system is designed to have a position such as Eco-Reps which could educate dorms about recycling and other issues.<br />
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4.The Flick Me Off campaign. Have a pledge to turn off appliances. Post the list of pledgers in a very visible place online and on campus.<br />
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5.Adopt-a-Senator. Make a clothes-line to hang up at TNG holding letters that we've written to congressmen. This can be an ongoing project to make our actions very visible to ourselves and encourage more people to participate. We can focus on issues, such as the upcoming senate vote on the HR 7 (repealing subsidies to large oil companes) as well as campus based, such as emailing Morty.<br />
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6.Continue the CFL exhange project, coordinating through Greensense and Thursday Night Group. Set a goal date for each house to eliminate their incandescent bulbs, and involve the cluster system and Eco-Reps.<br />
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7.Communicate with first-year students before they arrive on campus about buying Energy Star appliances and sharing appliances such as refrigerators. Include a flyer in the freshman packet and add purchasing tips to the Bell Book.<br />
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8. Continue planning for Focus the Nation on January 31, 2008 including trying to get people involved with spreading the word to their secondary schools.<br />
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'''Institutional Buy In:''' <br />
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1.The [http://brightpla.net/ Bright Card] is a credit card which donates 1% of all purchases towards buying carbon credits. It will be available as a college purchase card and will function just like a credit card. If the college spends 4% of its operating budget through these cards it will account for 25% of the college's carbon footprint.<br />
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2.Green Fund (name should denote climate action): Create a fund as part of the endowment to invest in on-campus sustainability improvements, including infrastructure and academic changes. Examples include green building features, retrofitting buildings, transportation (purchasing hybrid security vehicles), funding curriculum development, etc. This fund could be created from a portion of the endowment, as a new fund for alumni to contribute to, as a class of 2008 gift. This part requires research into other school's programs, (Harvard, Middlebury, UNC). <br />
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3.Green Building Policy with real power. Green building certification on all new buildings with a requirement for energy points within the certification. Williams should limit its own building policies in some way. It could either set a maximum or average energy use per square foot, or cap the square footage of campus to prevent expansive (yet green) building projects. We should have a policy of retrofitting buildings to make them more efficient than before. Questions for Steve and Stephanie: How can we get more involved in the building planning process? Is it too late for Stetson/Sawyer? How can we influence the new athletic facilities? What power do we have? How do we find out at the very beginning of the process for a new building? Would it help to use outside sources of loans for efficient buildings (services such as ESCO?) What is the best forum to discuss these issues?<br />
<br />
4.Curriculum Development: There are several ways to integrate climate change into the curriculum in a way that utilizes various discipline's unique perspectives on the issue and its solutions. Talk to Dave Dethier about using the LUCE grant for what it is intended for – curriculum development. Consider global warming in future professor's backgrounds. Upcoming hiring in environmental studies, humanities, economics, etc. Even if professors aren't focused on climate change they should still be asked 'how would you incorporate this into your class' during the interview process. Use Focus the Nation as a program for professors to add climate change to their existing classes and use our knowledge to give professors a resource for making it relevant to their subjects. (look for resources at UNC and other schools)<br />
<br />
5.Involve the [[COOL committee]] in our planning for college action. They are a motivated group of community members who are doing lots of work on their own projects.</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Travels&diff=12570Travels2006-05-20T17:30:18Z<p>09aka: </p>
<hr />
<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 />
<br />
==Perennial destinations==<br />
<br />
{{Section stub}}<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
'''[[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 />
<br />
'''[[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 />
<br />
==Study abroad==<br />
<br />
See [[study abroad]] for information on destinations and programs frequented by Williams students.<br />
<br />
==Unusual places==<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
===Austria===<br />
* Sölden, Obergurgl, Kitzbühel, Kauntertal, and many places in between: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Dominican Republic===<br />
*La Romana [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
<br />
*[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] doesn't think the country with over 700,000 foreign-born immigrants in the U.S. is an obscure place, but he's been to Santiago, Santo Domingo, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Higuey, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, San José de las Matas, Jánico, La Vega, Jarabacoa, Bonao, and Moca, just to name a few major places.<br />
<br />
===Egypt===<br />
* Students who have studied at AUC<br />
* Philip Arnolds<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Germany===<br />
*'''Kernen-Im-Remstal''' [[ Elizabeth Pasipanodya]]<br />
<br />
===Georgia===<br />
* Students who went on the Georgia [[Winter Study]] class<br />
* Philip Arnolds<br />
* Jason Ren -2006<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===India===<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]<br />
<br />
===Lebanon===<br />
* Beirut [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kal Kathryn Lindsey]<br />
* Lucy Thiboutot '05<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] crossed the Strait of Gibraltar for an overnighter in Tangier<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lcc Lindsey Corbin]<br />
<br />
===New Zealand===<br />
* South Island (Christchurch, Wanaka, Franz Josef, Queenstown) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
* Christchurch, Dunedin [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09rfa Ruth Aronoff '09]<br />
<br />
===North Korea===<br />
* Roy Liu<br />
* Ji Ae Rhee<br />
<br />
===Norway===<br />
* Trondhiem [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* Margit Sande-Kerback '05<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Switzerland===<br />
* Zermatt: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Uzbekistan===<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gezi Zakhidjon Ishmukhamedov] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=geak Akhadbek Khaydarov]<br />
<br />
===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 />
*'''Hawaii (Honolulu) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<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 />
<br />
<googlemap zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="normal" lat="37.814937" lon="-95.01646"><br />
37.79812,-95.062637,Bourbon County State Park<br />
</googlemap><br />
<br />
* '''Wall Drug''' (of "450 miles to Wall Drug" fame) Diana Davis<br />
<br />
* '''Nevada (Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America)''' Jay Cox-Chapman<br />
<br />
* '''Colorado to Vermont''' one month by bike. (Kansas '''is''' as flat as they say it is) Alex Ambros<br />
<br />
==Obscure places==<br />
<br />
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 />
<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 />
:'''Bolivia:''' [[Concert Choir]], 2005 (Urubicha, The World's Most Dangerous Road<!--let's get a link here !-->)<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<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<br />
:'''Zimbabwe:''' Elizabeth Pasipanodya</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Travels&diff=12567Travels2006-05-20T17:24:38Z<p>09aka: /* Unusual places */</p>
<hr />
<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 />
<br />
==Perennial destinations==<br />
<br />
{{Section stub}}<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
'''[[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 />
<br />
'''[[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 />
<br />
==Study abroad==<br />
<br />
See [[study abroad]] for information on destinations and programs frequented by Williams students.<br />
<br />
==Unusual places==<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
===Austria===<br />
* Sölden, Obergurgl, Kitzbühel, Kauntertal, and many places in between: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Dominican Republic===<br />
*La Romana [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
<br />
*[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] doesn't think the country with over 700,000 foreign-born immigrants in the U.S. is an obscure place, but he's been to Santiago, Santo Domingo, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Higuey, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, San José de las Matas, Jánico, La Vega, Jarabacoa, Bonao, and Moca, just to name a few major places.<br />
<br />
===Egypt===<br />
* Students who have studied at AUC<br />
* Philip Arnolds<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Germany===<br />
*'''Kernen-Im-Remstal''' [[ Elizabeth Pasipanodya]]<br />
<br />
===Georgia===<br />
* Students who went on the Georgia [[Winter Study]] class<br />
* Philip Arnolds<br />
* Jason Ren -2006<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===India===<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]<br />
<br />
===Lebanon===<br />
* Beirut [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kal Kathryn Lindsey]<br />
* Lucy Thiboutot '05<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] crossed the Strait of Gibraltar for an overnighter in Tangier<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lcc Lindsey Corbin]<br />
<br />
===New Zealand===<br />
* South Island (Christchurch, Wanaka, Franz Josef, Queenstown) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
* Christchurch, Dunedin [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09rfa Ruth Aronoff '09]<br />
<br />
===North Korea===<br />
* Roy Liu<br />
* Ji Ae Rhee<br />
<br />
===Norway===<br />
* Trondhiem [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
* Margit Sande-Kerback '05<br />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===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 />
<br />
===Uzbekistan===<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gezi Zakhidjon Ishmukhamedov] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=geak Akhadbek Khaydarov]<br />
<br />
===United States===<br />
*'''Alaska (Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay Oil Field):''' Mary Haas<br />
*'''Alaska (Kupreanof Island, Kake):''' Danny Fischler<br />
*'''Hawaii (Honolulu) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<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 />
<br />
<googlemap zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="normal" lat="37.814937" lon="-95.01646"><br />
37.79812,-95.062637,Bourbon County State Park<br />
</googlemap><br />
<br />
* '''Wall Drug''' (of "450 miles to Wall Drug" fame) Diana Davis<br />
<br />
* '''Nevada (Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America)''' Jay Cox-Chapman<br />
<br />
* '''Colorado to Vermont''' one month by bike. (Kansas '''is''' as flat as they say it is) Alex Ambros<br />
<br />
==Obscure places==<br />
<br />
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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:'''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 />
:'''Bolivia:''' [[Concert Choir]], 2005 (Urubicha, The World's Most Dangerous Road<!--let's get a link here !-->)<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<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<br />
:'''Zimbabwe:''' Elizabeth Pasipanodya</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Travels&diff=12487Travels2006-05-18T02:03:33Z<p>09aka: </p>
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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? Here are some people who can help you out. Please don't include tourist stops.<br />
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===Antarctica===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
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===Argentina===<br />
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* San Juan, Ushuaia, and Buenos Aires [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
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===Austria===<br />
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* Kalwang [[Joe McDonough]]<br />
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===Bolivia===<br />
* Urubicha, also The World's Most Dangerous Road—Concert Choir 2005<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 />
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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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===Colombia===<br />
* Medellin, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
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===Croatia===<br />
*Zagreb, Opatija [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nf Noemi Fernandez]<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 />
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===Dominican Republic===<br />
*La Romana [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
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*[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] doesn't think the country with over 700,000 foreign-born immigrants in the U.S. is an obscure place, but he's been to Santiago, Santo Domingo, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Higuey, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, San José de las Matas, Jánico, La Vega, Jarabacoa, Bonao, and Moca, just to name a few major places.<br />
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===Egypt===<br />
* Students who have studied at AUC<br />
* Philip Arnolds<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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===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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===Kenya===<br />
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* Nairobi, Mt. Kenya, Samburu, Masai Mara [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]<br />
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===Kyrgyzstan===<br />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gekl Lilia Kadyrberdieva]<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 />
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] crossed the Strait of Gibraltar for an overnighter in Tangier<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]<br />
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* Christchurch, Dunedin [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09rfa Ruth Aronoff '09]<br />
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===North Korea===<br />
* Roy Liu<br />
* Ji Ae Rhee<br />
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===Northern Ireland===<br />
* Belfast [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<br />
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===Norway===<br />
* Trondhiem [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
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===Orbit===<br />
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* Jonathan Ohueri. His father is an astronaut for NASA and took him into orbit around the Earth as a young child.<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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===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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===Tajikistan===<br />
* '''Dushanbe:''' [[Alan Cordova]]<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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===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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===United States===<br />
*'''Alaska (Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay Oil Field):''' Mary Haas<br />
*'''Alaska (Kupreanof Island, Kake):''' Danny Fischler<br />
*'''Hawaii (Honolulu) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]<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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<googlemap zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="normal" lat="37.814937" lon="-95.01646"><br />
37.79812,-95.062637,Bourbon County State Park<br />
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* '''Wall Drug''' (of "450 miles to Wall Drug" fame) Diana Davis<br />
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* '''Nevada (Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America)''' Jay Cox-Chapman<br />
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* '''Colorado to Vermont''' one month by bike. (Kansas '''is''' as flat as they say it is) Alex Ambros</div>09akahttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Climate_Initiative&diff=5486Climate Initiative2005-11-20T23:25:48Z<p>09aka: </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</div>09aka