https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=10tac&feedformat=atomWillipedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T21:18:42ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.1https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=In_Support_of_the_Log&diff=19223In Support of the Log2010-02-07T21:23:13Z<p>10tac: </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 />
<br />
:#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 />
:#Dae Selcer<br />
:#Zeb Levine<br />
:#Matt Sullivan<br />
:#Jake Levinson<br />
:#Ralph Morrison<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</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Students_with_language_skills&diff=15718Students with language skills2007-11-13T06:52:24Z<p>10tac: /* French */</p>
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<div>You don't have to be good at it. Just say what you know.<br />
<br />
==='Merican===<br />
[[Sam Doyon '05 ]] Dey terk ur jerbs!<br />
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<br />
===Bahasa Indonesia===<br />
<br />
[[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]] lived in Jakarta for seven years, still has an okay grasp of the language.<br />
<br />
===Bambaiya===<br />
<br />
[[Rahul Shah]]<br />
<br />
[[Nikhar Gaikwad]]<br />
<br />
[[Ridhima Raina]]<br />
<br />
[[Sandy Nandagopal]]<br />
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===Bengali===<br />
[[Ameeda H. Chowdhury '07]]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09am_4 Aroop Mukharji]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07am Auyon Mukharji]<br />
<br />
[[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07ra Rowena Ahsan]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjh Thunny Khaft] learnt from his Bangla friends back in the former Soviet Union<br />
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===Catalan===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] learned a bit while abroad in Barcelona and completed a phonetic study of it as his final project for LING 111.<br />
<br />
===Chinese===<br />
<br />
====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_%28linguistics%29 Cantonese]====<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jl Jason Law] '06 can get by, but not as well as with Mandarin (though Cantonese was his first language...).<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jwc_2 Jing Cao] 08's first language<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung '07] (Wishes she had Cantonese soap operas to watch.)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08js Jennifer Sit]has transformed her Cantonese into Chinglish.<br />
<br />
Timothy Cheng, If there's one essential phrase in Cantonese, it's: "ng ho gai gan ngor!" (My Norweigian roomate can testify) Everything else you can survive without.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08slh Son '08] knows some bad words, thanks to Jing.<br />
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====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_%28linguistics%29 Mandarin]====<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jl Jason Law '06] can get by.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jwc_2 Jing Cao 08's] second language. <br />
<br />
[[Jason Ren '08]], but only after disgusting losses in Beirut.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08kch Katherine Huang '08] <br />
<br />
Kim Fassler '06<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06kjb Kristyn Bretz '06], but only when drunk<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06esm Estalyn Marquis] has some awesome skills <br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09lcj Lauren Johnson]<br />
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[[Lars Enwereuzor Kana Ojukwu '07]] <br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07enm Elizabeth Macek] passable<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07ryz Richard Zhang] I'm counting on it to get me a job<br />
<br />
Ted Haley '07<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08xjh Jerry He] back in the days ...<br />
<br />
Jessie Yu '07<br />
<br />
====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghainese Shanghainese]====<br />
Zhichun Ying '08<br />
<br />
Lingwei Gu '07<br />
<br />
Richard Zhang '07 You wish you could speak this exclusive dialect<br />
<br />
Jessie Yu '07<br />
<br />
====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_language Taiwanese]====<br />
Rachel Ko '09<br />
<br />
Shea Chen '07<br />
<br />
====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishan_dialect Toisanese]====<br />
Amy Chin '08, but not really.<br />
<br />
Jason Law '06 can understand it almost as well as Cantonese.<br />
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====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Hokkien Penang Hokkien]====<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09tk Teng Jian Khoo] '09 can speak it tolerably, but will not be understood by pretty much everyone on campus. Bar the Taiwanese.<br />
===Croatian===<br />
Noemi Fernandez '09 can fake it pretty well while ordering you a drink at a cafe or bar, your choice. <br />
<br />
===Danish===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06hdc Heather Casteel] '06 (drunkenly)<br />
<br />
===Dutch===<br />
<br />
[[Jason Leith|Jason Leith '03]] lived in the Netherlands for a few months, and can tell you what "neuken in de keuken" and "let op zakkenrollers!" means. He had little opportunity to actually speak the language, though, which was probably actually a good thing, as he values the integrity of his velum.<br />
<br />
===English===<br />
'''British Accent'''<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08cjl Christina Lee '08] thought that she had the greatest British accent evar but her hopes and dreams were shattered when her entrymates told her in '04 that her British accent actually sucks. ) =<br />
<br />
'''Canadian Accent'''<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson '08] knows a funny joke that makes fun of the Canadian accent. Ask her aboot it sometime, eh?<br />
<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09mlg Mallory Green '09] knows that no one who is "impersonating" a Canadian accent actually sounds Canadian, no joke about a Canadian accent is funny to a Canadian, there isn't only one 'Canadian' accent and finally, you are all jealous of how cute we sound.<br />
<br />
'''Chinese Accent'''<br />
:[[Jing Cao]] speak Proper Chinese Flavor English<br />
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'''Hong Kong Accent'''<br />
:<br />
:Timothy Cheng, You can't get much more Hong Kong than this. <br />
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<br />
'''Indian Accent'''<br />
:[[Nirmal Deshpande '07]] occasionally speaks with a British-tinged Indian accent, specifically responding "You can make me drink, but you cannot make me get you a beer!" to demands that he wait hand and foot upon someone. <br />
<br />
:[[Sean Milano]] '09 tries to immitate his neighbour upstairs, but fails miserably. He just isn't cool enough.<br />
<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08rmr RHAAAD!] '08 Genuine, proper Indian accent!<br />
<br />
:[[Aditi Chaturvedi '10]] has an accent that beats any imitation. It's the real thing!<br />
<br />
'''Japanese Accent'''<br />
:[[Diana Davis '07]] spent a month speaking English with a Japanese accent, so she can still do it very convincingly.<br />
<br />
'''Pittsfield Accent (including, but not limited to, Berkshire County)'''<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09emf Emily Flynn '09] grew up in the P-unit as people (I swear to God) seriously call it. She had a mad deece time at THS and was wicked excited to come to Williams. She could often be heard saying "Do it, you won't!", especially on the miniature golf course, at the b. mall, or at ken's bowl. Yee.<br />
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<br />
'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish Singlish]'''<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10hln Mike Nguyen '10] come tok to him lor.<br />
<br />
'''Southern Accent'''<br />
:Evelyn Robinson '05 has an occassional native Southern accent so sudden and endearing you'd swear she is joking, but she aint.<br />
<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09wem Will McClain '09] speaks with a Southern accent on and off during regular conversation (something out of his control), but can speak Mississippian at will.<br />
<br />
:[[Wes Johnson '09]] somehow doesn't have one.<br />
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:[[Walker Matthews '08]] has a consistent, strong Georgia drawl, even though he himself can't hear it or most other American accents.<br />
<br />
'''Wisconsin Accent'''<br />
<br />
:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson '08] can't speak it that well, but she can make fun of it like no one else.<br />
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:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma '09] hates it, and reminds people that Chicago is universes apart from the rest of the grand ol' Midwest<br />
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<br />
"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglish Manglish]"<br />
:Teng Jian Khoo '09 speaks this at home. Somemore now got Singaporeans here dee, can tok crap with them liao - so shiok!<br />
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===Esperanto===<br />
<br />
[[Joe McDonough '06]] visited the International Esperanto Museum in Vienna, but by that time he had forgotten most of the Esperanto he had learned in a fit of boredom during Winter Study two years previously.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] thinks that, despite its structural flaws, Esperanto is basically the coolest concept ever. Interlingua, however, is prettier.<br />
<br />
===French===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] used to be much better, but he now inserts random Catalán words in French conversation.<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] is still pretty good at French.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08kch Katherine Huang] '08 took a lit course with Professor Martin and scored well on the SAT II and AP exams, but that doesn't mean her accent isn't atrociously American...<br />
<br />
[[Joe Hutchinson '06]] was once accused of speaking French from the 18th century<br />
<br />
[[Kathryn Lindsey '07]] speaks decent French. <br />
<br />
[[Lindsay Long-Waldor '08]] has not spoken in a while, but she might still have some skills.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Tosin Adeyanju '08]] third language I can kinda speak.<br />
<br />
[[Vlado Nedkov '06]] spent last year in Paris. He can say a lot more than 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir', althought that phrase comes in handy quite often.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06itj Ikem.T.Joseph] after 5 yrs of study can pretty much read and write with good understanding. In terms of speaking, that's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
[[Carl Vos '09]] mom is french, and I know a lot, but havn't spoken it in a while. I can get by alright.<br />
<br />
[[Jack Nelson '07]] took it for 9 years before getting bored. Now speaks French like a Russian or Norwegian immigrant who speaks no French at all.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] owes much of his sanity to the fact that dead French men write better books than most people.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson '08] agrees wholeheartedly with Brian Kim, but finds herself occasionally (and accidentally) speaking 18th and 19th century French because of it.<br />
<br />
[[Ben Grant '09]] took French for a while and has a pretty decent accent. Shows a flair for making fun of random French Canadians in bars because they sound so funny.<br />
<br />
[[Robin Allemand '10]] speaks French fluently thanks to his loving parents, but only while wearing capris and playing WUFO.<br />
<br />
Chaedria Robinson '07 has a complicated relationship with the French she refuses to speak.<br />
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===German===<br />
<br />
ich wuerde kimis film sehr gern anschauen. machen wir das, ge? <br />
und was lustiges fuer euch- wenn ihr jemanden um eine cigarette bitten wollt, sagt mal einfach-"chill mir eine cigarette." ohne scheiss. funktioniert hervorragend. die deutschen...<br />
<br />
[[Steve Hunter '07]]<br />
<br />
[[Jono Dowse '06]]<br />
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[[Joe Hutchinson '06]] thinks in and sometimes thinks he's German<br />
<br />
[[Kimi Gilbert '06]] spent more than a year in Berlin. Hence, she is legitimately badass. Her German skills are unbelievable. And she starred in a Deutsch Schei�e Video. Go figure.<br />
<br />
[[Kat Jong '07]] Is currently spending the Year in Munich and can thus speak enough to get by, read books she'd already read in English, and play an entire game of [[Magic The Gathering]]. <br />
<br />
[[Vlado Nedkov '06]] used to kick ass in German. Unfortunately, he's a sell out and has moved on to romance languages.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Daniel P. Rooney '06]] Speaks mean Deutsch. Very creative. Need help writing a german essay about a funny picture? Daniel is your man!<br />
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*Swiss German<br />
<br />
[[Jono Dowse '06]] has a German-language textbook on Swiss German and really wants to be able to speak it authentically. At this point, he knows the numbers and some basic vocabulary and grammar. (TAs swoon when he counts to ten.)<br />
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<br />
[[Joe Gangestad '06]] speaks a mad Munchen Deutsch, and will one day teach astrophysics to unassuming little German children.<br />
<br />
Teng Jian Khoo '09 reads children's books in German.<br />
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[[Toby Hall]] is a German major, and is living in Deutschland during the summer of 2006<br />
<br />
[[Carl Vos '09]] is taking German and will be spending the summer of 2006 in Munich and Berlin.<br />
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===Greek===<br />
<br />
====Ancient====<br />
Hazen (As in I can write in it and tell you how to pronounce the letters of their alphabet. I didn't write this.)<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04<br />
<br />
[[Aditi Chaturvedi]] '10 knows more Greek than just the alphabet. Knows more grammar and vocabulary than she wants to, as does anyone in CLGR 101.<br />
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Math nerds know the Greek alphabet.<br />
<br />
So do Classics majors. (And in order. What comes after phi, oh my math and physics friends?) (the "$" comes after "\phi", unless it's on its own line, in which case you'll put "$$")<br />
<br />
Shawn Woo '09<br />
<br />
====Modern====<br />
<br />
[[Jono Dowse '06]] thinks Modern Greek is cool and spent some time in online lessons for it his sophomore year. His study has since lapsed. He knows the order of the Greek alphabet well despite being a math major.<br />
<br />
[[Jim Prevas]] knows all the bad words.<br />
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===Hebrew===<br />
Robert Streicker '07<br />
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Zachary Ulman '06<br />
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[[Danny Fischler '06]]<br />
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Davida Kutscher '03<br />
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Elissa Brown '09<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07dpg Daniel Gross '07]<br />
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===Hindi===<br />
[[Ameeda H. Chowdhury '07]]<br />
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[[Ananda V. Burra '07]]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ng Nikhar Gaikwad]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rsr Ridhima Raina]<br />
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[[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nn Sandy Nandagopal]<br />
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[[Aditi Chaturvedi '10]]<br />
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Harsh Sodhi '10<br />
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===IPA===<br />
is not a language; it is an omnipotent alphabet.<br />
<br />
[[Jono Dowse '06]] is to the [http://wso.williams.edu/~jdowse/ipa.html International Phonetic Alphabet] as Al Gore is to the Internet.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] learned the IPA incredibly well as Jono Dowse's (who's Nate Sanders?) student in LING 111<br />
<br />
[[Jason Leith]] rejects the notion that a velar trill is impossible. It is, however, so ugly a sound that not even languages like Dutch and Danish have adopted it. He uses IPA when indicating pronunciation in his music.<br />
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===Italian===<br />
<br />
[[Lucy Cox-Chapman '06]] spent a semester in Italy<br />
<br />
[[Katie Josephson '07]] is dying in Italian 103<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson '08] speaks Italian with a sexy French accent.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] knows all of the great insults and generally vulgar phrases.<br />
<br />
Davide Carozza: born in Roma baby!<br />
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Chaedria Robinson'07: Is morally opposed to speaking Italian without a glass of Chianti.<br />
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===Japanese===<br />
<br />
[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] now knows how to say "my husband got drunk and hit me."<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] frequently mutters small phrases in Japanese. People think she is mumbling, becuase they don't understand Japanese. In addition to randomly speaking in Japanese, she also randomly speaks English with an excellent Japanese accent.<br />
<br />
[[Leah Weintraub '06]] spent a semester in Japan. Ergo, she probably speaks Japanese.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08cvw Charlotte White] rocks at Japanese, and is easily distracted by pretty things from Japan. She also says "WTF Japan" rather often. As should we all.<br />
<br />
[[Ebonie Little '07]] can karaoke most hit Japanese pop songs...albeit in an unflatteringly squeaky voice. She's also in Japan for a year leveling up on language skills.<br />
<br />
[[Sam Doyon '05]] took Japanese for 3 1/2 years at Williams, lived in Tokyo for two months before he forgot every word of Japanese.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] took this in high school but now retains little more than the ability to pretend he is speaking Japanese by inserting whatever he wants to say in English between "watashi wa" and "desu."<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09atr Alex Ratte '09] knows how to talk like a middle-aged woman from Tokyo because that's what his mom is.<br />
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===Korean===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08dpr Dawn Robinson '08] is Korean. She can read and write Konglish, and say, "Hello, my name is Dawn" in Korean. :)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ayl Angela Lee] '06 can speak, read and write Korean surprisingly well, even though she emigrated at the age of 6. She also has a (dare I say) encyclopedic knowledge of Korean pop culture.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06if Ilya Feldsherov '06] can count to 8 in Korean, say "attention," "master," and "bow."<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jkk James Kim '08] obviously sucks at Korean, but does get by. Do not be fooled by his genuine Korean features.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ehc Hannah Cho '09] seconds the posting above. dear james, don't be discouraged jae doesn't let miss cho speak korean either<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] is a disgrace to Koreans everywhere. This is also reflected in his speaking ability. Oh, and he can't spell to save his life.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08cjl Christina Lee '08] takes pride in speaking, writing, and reading Korean pretty damn well and thanks her mom who sent her to Korean school once a week since she was 4 years old. THANKS MOM! ( =<br />
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Shawn Woo '09<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09atr Alex Ratte '09] tries to quote Lee Jung Hyun lyrics except ends up speaking Japanese, saying "as for the fleeing tiger."<br />
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===Latin===<br />
<br />
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1882926250/002-7919228-6835221?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance The Devil knows Latin]. So do [[Joe McDonough '06]] and [[Richard Rodriguez]].<br />
<br />
A rather cool internet program created by Lee Butterman of Brown University is a text to speech program that will read any latin poetry or verse aloud and give you a decent pronunciation of it. Find it [http://www.poetaexmachina.net/ Here]<br />
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===Lojban===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] is at once terrified of this language and somehow strangely attracted to it.<br />
<br />
===Love, the Language of===<br />
<br />
[[Marilyn]] is quite fluent. She lives in [[Dodd House|Dodd]] 201 if you need lessons in this language.<br />
<br />
[[Hoai Chung Truong Pham]] '09 wows the Elizabethans with his compositions in the vernacular of amour.<br />
<br />
===Malay===<br />
<br />
Another one on the list of Teng Jian Khoo's lonely languages, although Ronit may be able to get most of it.<br />
<br />
===Middle Earth (assorted languages)===<br />
<br />
[[Laurie Brink]] was the "official unofficial" translator and pronunciation expert for the NYC area premiere of the Lord of the Rings Symphony, and, as such, can say a variety of things in Quenya, Sindarin, Ad&ucirc;naic, Rohirric, Khuzdul, and the Black Speech. It also helps that she has, in a certain sense, been speaking Quenya since the day she learned her own name.<br />
<br />
===Middle English===<br />
Rumor has it that [[Shane Bobrycki '07]] is fluent in Middle English. Also, he's a total nerd :)<br />
<br />
===Mongolian===<br />
<br />
If you use the word "hoorah" or "hurray," then you already know some Mongolian because hurray is a Mongol "exclamation of joy, victory, or excitement."<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10ab Achbold Battogtokh] '10 A-Boo-Yeah!<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10bt Bolor Turmunkh] '10<br />
<br />
===Norwegian===<br />
<br />
[[Jack Nelson '07]] speaks relatively fluently, especially when inebriated on some good ol' Mack Øl, due to an exchange year there before Williams. Continues to delight in the fact that Norwegian includes the words fart, snart, fred and slut which means things entirely different. <br />
<br />
===Oppish===<br />
<br />
[[Alden Robinson '06]] whopat dopo yopou thopink opof thopat?<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06sdb Sara Beach '06] propetty swopeet, Opalden.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09emf Emily Flynn '09] is very jealous.<br />
<br />
===Pig Latin===<br />
<br />
[[Seth Brown]] taught a course on Pig Latin during Winter Study 1997.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06sdb Sara Beach '06] isay uentflay.<br />
<br />
===Polish===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] can say "What's up, sweetheart?"<br />
<br />
[[Jono Dowse '06]] knows how to pronounce written Polish and has quite a few audio samples of Polish phrases on his iTunes account courtesy of [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/ladefoge/ Peter Ladefoged].<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] used to speak this quite well over a few glasses of Tyskie or Żywiec (but never Lech); alas, język rosyjski wszystko zepsuł.<br />
<br />
===Portuguese===<br />
<br />
'''Brazilian'''<br />
<br />
O Marcos Gouvea '05 fala português. E você?<br />
<br />
Chaedria Robinson '07: Sim, eu falo um pequeno do Portugues.<br />
<br />
===Rumanian===<br />
<br />
[[Laurie Brink]] knows just enough to sing the entirety of "Dragostea din Tei" (a.k.a. the Numa Numa song).<br />
<br />
[[Toby Hall]] Also knows just enough to sing "Dragostea din Tei"<br />
<br />
[[Andana Streng]] Born in Romania but speaking a funky kind of Romanian called "ardeleneste" which I mix with English when I'm really tired. And no, I don't like "Dragostea din tei".<br />
<br />
===Russian===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tmg Michael Gallagher]<br />
<br />
[[Emily Button '07]] can say "I've seen more women than you've seen sparrows!" <br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08ik Ilya Khodosh] does an excellent drunk old Russian man impression.<br />
<br />
[[Suzanne C. Walsh '05]] can say, "Her breasts are as big as pineapples" and can translate for fiends who lose the ability to speak English and can only speak in Russian while drunk. She is also known to mutter things in Georgian. And we're not talking about, "y'all."<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07dpg Daniel Gross '07]<br />
<br />
[[Anna Tsykalova '08]] says that all good things come from Mother Russia.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06sdb Sara Beach '06] (a.k.a. Zlaya Antonovna)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08evb Eugene Berson '08] puts the hammer together with sickel.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06if Ilya Feldsherov '06] can do a Ukrainian accent, but no one would know the difference.<br />
<br />
[[Joe Hutchinson '06]] pretends to have a Russian grandma back in the old country<br />
<br />
[[Jack Nelson '07]] lived in Siberia for a semester. He thinks. He has largely blocked it from his memory. Has somehow retained the ability to sneer in Russian, but not much else, which, as a major, may prove problematic.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] used to beg his Russian teacher for borscht in the middle of the night. It was delicious, by the way.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nyi Nina Ivanova '09] рулез!<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08slh Son '08] knows one phrase: "ну Заяц погоди!"<br />
<br />
[[Andrew Triska '10]] makes baby Jesus cry with his Russian obscenities.<br />
<br />
===Spanish===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09mm_2 Monsie Muñoz '09] speaks Mexican Spanish- is slowly adopting a chilanga accent<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09adr Alejandro RodrÃguez-Prieto '09] also speaks Mexican Spanish- but can speak an even more special subversion- the Chihuahuan accent<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08lmg Luz M. Gómez '08] speaks paisa Mexican Spanish, can speak "proper spanish" when needed and can do a messed up chilanga accent----oh, and a beatiful Xicana accent<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07ps Pablita Santos '07] speaks Mexican Spanish and has a beatiful Chicana accent when slightly intoxicated<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David RodrÃguez] speaks Dominican Spanish to his fellow Dominicans and a more comprehensible Latin American Spanish to others, but often swears like a Spaniard for no good reason. <br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (budding bachatero)<br />
<br />
[[Alan Cordova '06]] - like your high school Spanish teacher.<br />
<br />
When traveling in non-Hispanophone countries, [[Alexander Lavy|Alex Lavy's]] brother pretends he is from Spain, where he "fights the bools" and "stoodies the art".<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bry Bernard Yaros]<br />
<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jk Joanna Korman] speaks Spanish <br />
like her high school "pasos y puentes" textbook. She speaks and reads, but <br />
comprehension of real-live-native-speakers is not her gig. <br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08pmr Paulette RodrÃguez] can speak Spanish without consonants (also known as Puerto Rican--similar to Dominican)<br />
<br />
Sarah Steege can speak with or without the sexy Spanish lisp.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma] speaks spanish with an American accent even though she was born in Chile. She truly has no "hispanic talents" whatsoever.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07sm Sara Morrissey] can speak Mexican spanish and slang. She improves her accent and dirty word vocabulary after she's downed some tequila.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jkb Julia Brown] speaks Ecuadorian Spanish with an American accent.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06if Ilya Feldsherov '06] with a lisp that offends most Puerto Ricans, despite dropping his "s"s.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06itj Ikem T. Joseph] can get by with the few years of study he has but don't ask him to carry a convo, it's for your own good!<br />
<br />
[http://www.gerlanc.com Daniel Gerlanc] speaks Spanish with a peninsular accent. His accent cannot be traced to any particular country; however, most Spanish-speaking Europeans guess that he's from northern Europe.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08xjh Jerry He] lo habla<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook.view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall] spoke spanish in high school, but he's forgeting it as he learns german.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jjm Julian Mesri] speaks "castellano" a form of argentine spanish that uses sh for ll and y, and to many sounds more like italian than spanish... and we use vos- yeah that's right, vos.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09emf Emily Flynn] took 6 years, an A.P., & taught it in her hometown to overenthusiastic middleschoolers. Su palabra favorita esta sacapuntas.<br />
<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08eaa Evelyn A. Aguilar ]<br />
speaks salvadorean spanish but with a peruvian accent (traveling messes with one's native accent).<br />
<br />
Shawn Woo '09<br />
<br />
===Tamil===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rlw Rachel Winch]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nn Sandy Nandagopal]<br />
<br />
===Thai===<br />
"Pad Thai" is not pronounced with a hard 'a' like in 'paddy', but more closely resembles the 'a' in 'father' (but shorter).<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07spt Sarun Peter Tosirisuk] has what some might call "non-volitional fluency" (he also just made that term up). Like a Thai person with Broca's aphasia, Peter can understand speech but cannot produce it, for the language is locked away in some deep part of his brain. Also, he doesn't know any words that wouldn't have been said in his house when he was growing up.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09yl YaWen Lu] is known to plot with the owners of Thai Garden, usually over a hot bowl of wonton soup.<br />
<br />
===Turkish===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07dcs Dave Senft] can count to four in turkish, and also knows six through eight, and ten.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06mml Marisa Lau] spent a semester (Spring 2005) in Turkey so she knows numbers and greetings and maybe a bit more<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06eb Ersen Bilgin '06]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09atr Alex Ratte '09] knows that "Tea sugar and Cream" means "thank you".<br />
<br />
===Urdu===<br />
<br />
All these students are fluent in written and spoken Urdu, the national language of Pakistan. Urdu is a unique language adapted from Persian and written in Arabic text, though it sounds identical to Hindi, the national language of India, which is written in Sanskrit script. (It's Devanagari script not Sanskrit)<br />
<br />
Aatif Abbas<br />
<br />
[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/player/56149.html S. Waqqas Iftikhar]<br />
<br />
Uzaib Y. Saya<br />
<br />
Ali Moiz<br />
<br />
Samreen Kazmi<br />
<br />
Murtaza Hussain<br />
<br />
S. Kashif Akhtar<br />
<br />
===Vietnamese===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10hln Mike Nguyen '10] native, but with a messy accent somewhat.<br />
<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08slh Son '08] what does "phuc" mean? - It's pronounced different than what you think; but it means "happiness" (kinda make sense ;-))<br />
<br />
===Yiddish===<br />
<br />
[[Toby Hall]] speeks yidish-English. "Look at those Goyem kvetching. Now that [[Morty]] over there, he's a ''real'' Mensch."<br />
<br />
===Yoruba===<br />
<br />
Tosin Adeyanju<br />
<br />
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Tell everyone where you're living next year. <br />
<br />
Also, a lot of people want to know what rooms and areas fill up first. It might be helpful to future room draw-ers if you put your group's pick number next to your name.<br />
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==Currier==<br />
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* B15: Jeff Stenzel '10<br />
* B2: Sean Hayes '08<br />
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* C35: Matt Law<br />
* C36: Arjun Narayan<br />
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* N11: Tracey Vitchers '10<br />
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* N20: Laura Walls '08<br />
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* S11: Allie Gardner '10<br />
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==Fitch==<br />
* 101: Brookes Clemmons '10<br />
* 101: Liza Curtiss '10<br />
* 102A: Sarah Riskind '09 (whee! we're going to be like a married couple!)<br />
* 102B: May Hunter-Smith '09 (awesomest girl ever)<br />
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* 209: Wicked cool '10<br />
* 209: Even cooler '10<br />
* 211: Hella cool '10<br />
* 211: Way cooler '10<br />
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* 302A:Sam Tarnasky '09<br />
* 302B:Mallory Green '09<br />
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* 306A:Julie Wyman '08<br />
* 306B:Didem Ilter '08<br />
* 308: Meredith Gansner '08<br />
* 309: Chris Liguori '10<br />
* 309: Mike Marchinetti '10<br />
* 311: Jacob Kravetz '10<br />
* 311: Kieran Brennan '10<br />
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==Prospect==<br />
* 1: Adam Benjamin '10<br />
* 2: Sam Blum '10<br />
* 3: Ann Marie Zollo<br />
* 5: Meredith Nelson<br />
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* 7: Gabrielle Woodson/Kristan McIntosh<br />
* 8: Amanda Nicholson<br />
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* 122: Dan Fast '10 (pick #82)<br />
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* 132: Eben Hoffer '10 (pick #82)<br />
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* 205: Tanya Pramatarova '09<br />
* 206: Brianna Wolfson '10<br />
* 208: Lauren Sinnenberg '10<br />
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* 201: Yeaaa Boyyy<br />
* 202: Elspeth MacMillan '08<br />
* 204: Caralyn Quan '08<br />
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* 207: Hannah Rosenthal '10, Madeleine Nyhagen '10<br />
* 208: Nora Mitchell '10, Mia DeSiimone '10<br />
* 209: Edmund Rucci 08<br />
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* 315:</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Restaurants&diff=15155Restaurants2007-05-04T04:07:00Z<p>10tac: /* Little Anthony's Pizza */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Guides]] [[Category:Dining]]<br />
Where's there to eat around here? Don't want to eat at the [[dining hall]]? Here are some restaurants that are nearby, cheap, or good. <br />
== 6 House Pub ==<br />
<br />
The 6 House Pub, just three minutes south on [[Route 7]] next to the 1896 House, is legend amongst old Williams alum for the place to be to hang out. Re-opened this past July of 2005, the 6 House offers a very simple menu of [[Great sandwiches|sandwiches]], salads, pasta, and burgers for your dining pleasure. The burgers are just plain awesome, probably the best in town, and the wings are certainly on a level comparable to [[#Ye Olde Forge|Ye Olde Forge]], but much closer to town. The [[beer]] selection, while not as expansive as the Forge's, is still decent in its own respect. Perhaps the greatest trait of the 6 House is that it is close to campus and just a great place to hang out with a quaint bar area (including a big screen and 6 tvs) and very pleasant dining room with fire place and outdoor terrace with fire pit. The prices are also very fair for the amount of food you get. Try it some time, you won't be disappointed. Especially if you get the warm brownie sundae...<br />
<br />
910 Cold Spring Rd<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-1896<br />
<br />
== Angelina's Subs ==<br />
<br />
A cheap alternative to [[Subway]], Angelina's is located in Colonial Plaza just next to [[Guide to Off-Campus Dining#Desperado's|Desperado's]]. The hoagies are generally quite good, and there are far more options than you find in Subway. Angelina's is best known for its daily and weekly specials, when prices are even lower. It generally varies from day to day, but of particular interest is the 8" original sub (bologna, genoa salami, provolone) for $2.29 every Sunday.<br />
<br />
240 Main St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2524<br />
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== Antonio's Pizza ==<br />
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If you're passing through [[Amherst]] to watch the Ephs defeat the dirty 'herst, do yourself a favor and stop in here for some of the BEST pizza in Western Massachusetts. They offer big portions (by the slice) and a huge and interesting variety of toppings. According to Dennis the security officer, the guy who runs it is a millionaire. Just from selling pizza by the slice in a college town. The spicy chicken blue cheese and the sicillian pizzas come highly reccomended. Definitely worth the drive.<br />
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31 N. Pleasant St<br />
Amherst, MA <br />
(413) 253-0808<br />
[http://www.antoniospizzas.com/ Website]<br />
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== Blue Benn Diner ==<br />
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Located in Bennington (Keep driving up Rt. 7 through Bennington.) You'll see an authentic, tiny diner on your left. An amazing variety of food available, from meatloaf to french fries. Not high class, but still delicious. The harvest pancakes are especially good. No one should leave Williams without going here.<br />
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102 Hunt St<br />
Bennington, VT<br />
(802) 442-5140<br />
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== Cafe Latino ==<br />
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Located on the Mass MoCA campus, this swanky restaurant is owned by the same people who run Mezze. The food is good, if a bit pricey. Its funky atmosphere, interesting menu, and quality food make it a nice change of pace from time to time, for dates, special occasions, or just a burning desire for something different, but with a rather small selection of main dishes, it's difficult to go there frequently without getting bored.<br />
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1111 MASS MoCA Way<br />
Building #11, North Adams, MA<br />
413-662-2004<br />
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== Chef's Hat ==<br />
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Great and Cheap Diner, with a laid back, homey atmosphere. For 10 dollars a person you can get a feast - for 5 a solid meal. I recommend their homefries, reuben, country fried steak (the gravy has sausage in it and is a meal in itself), and peach and walnut waffles. For Sunday brunch you can't beat it - though you may have to wait a few minutes to get a table, the service is quick and the apple-cinnamon french toast is well worth it.<br />
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905 Simonds Rd., Rt. 7 north<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-5120<br />
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== Chopsticks ==<br />
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Mediocre, extremely greasy Chinese food, but it's fairly cheap and the portions are huge.<br />
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Sake sake sake BOMB!<br />
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The "party room" in the back lefthand corner of Chopsticks is the scene of many sake-bombing experiences. [[Frosh Revue]] and the [[Men's Golf Team]] are frequent partakers of the messiest fun that can be had in the beaded, soundproofed area. Make sure to ask for Sharon as a waitress, who may bang the table with you, or at least bring her cute daughter out to watch.<br />
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One time Bibby ordered from here and attempted to get sushi, and they weren't having it. For some reason, he kept asking the foreign phone answerer for more and more complex types of sushi, much to everyone's surprise. Finally, they agreed on some bizarre kind of sushi. Needless to say, Bibby wound up with 6 spring rolls. He called to complain, but it was OK because nobody who he was talking to spoke English. The end.<br />
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A word of warning: when they tell you how long to wait for delivery, double it. It usually takes them about an hour and a half to deliver, so ORDER EARLY!!!<br />
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412 Main St<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-5750<br />
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== Colonial Pizza ==<br />
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[[Constantine]], the proprietor, is a minor [[Route 2]] celebrity. This pushy flirt almost invariably concludes his phone exchanges with "OK, I take care of you" in a Greek immigrant accent. Anyway, the pizza is pretty good and not too pricey, although not many people swear by the crust. The calzones aren't bad, either. Colonial's delivers to Williams, and closes at 1am on weekdays and 2am on the weekend. Why do they still answer the phone when they're closed? They bring your hopes up, then crush them. Possibly the best late night drunk food in town. Beware the famous Colonial Hangover.<br />
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The chicken parm calzone with blue cheese is real good.<br />
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234 Main St.<br />
Williamstown, MA 01267-2641 <br />
(413) 458-9009<br />
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/imap.html?asin=B0003SOERO&ostr=&ocity=&ostate=&ozip=&destlat=42.702002&destlong=-73.184498&storePhone=4134589009&storeState=MA&storeZip=01267-2641&storeCity=Williamstown&storeStr=234%20Main%20St&storeName=Colonial%20Pizza map]<br />
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== Coyote Flaco ==<br />
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The newest offering in off-campus dining, Coyote Flaco is a short drive away on [[Route 7]] South, not far from [[Sheep Hill]]. Upon entering, you'll immediately encounter the congenial hostess who will take you to your table. She'll hand you the drinks menu, which is an impressive collection of different kinds of margaritas. They have over 50 kinds of Tequila, ranging from the house brand to the likes of Cuervo Reserva de la Familia; make sure to bring a designated driver along in order to enjoy some tasty drinks. Although the sign outside reads that the restaurant offers "Mexican and Spain cuisine", there is sadly only one Iberian offering--the Paella Valenciana. <br />
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If you sit really still while you're reading the menu, you might notice the Mariache music playing in the background at about 4 decibels. This is really a New England restaurant with a Mexican veneer as thin as their salsa. Burritos, nachos, and fajitas are described in an illegible "fancy script" font, and the food will almost certainly disappoint your "Mex-pectations". It's tasty, to be sure, but the average spiciness level is somewhere between Gerber and Baked Potato. And the portions will make you thank God for [[dinner points]]. For example, the "Deluxe Nachos" consists of exactly four circular nachos, neatly arranged in a square. I wish I were kidding. The only thing Mexican about the experience is the speed of service, which makes the [[1914 Library]] seem like [[Wal-Mart]]. There was approximately a one-year interval between when we were seated and when we placed our orders. The waitstaff is generally helpful, and both the manager and the hostess will periodically check on you to make sure that you are enjoying your petite, well-mannered, New England meal.<br />
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I have to disagree with the previous post. The service at Coyote Flaco was wonderful, other than the fact that they brought us a full pitcher of margaritas instead of the half-pitcher that we ordered. They were prompt, the food was delicious, the margaritas were tasty, and the sweet, guitar-playing man walked around and played a little something at each table, in addition to chatting with everyone around.<br />
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Agreed. While not incredibly authentic it is certainly delicious. The portions were satisfying, the service was great and prompt on a busy night, and you can always ask them to spice it up<br />
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I absolutely agree that Coyote Flaco is excellent. It isn't the MOST authentic Mexican food, but I will defend that it has the most authentic Enchiladas Suizas I have ever had North of Austin, Texas. I think of it as the best food in Williamstown, certainly.<br />
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I also agree with the positive reviews. Though the food may not be true Mexican cuisine, it is very tasty in an upscale New England college town sort of way. The service is excellent because, unlike many places in Williamstown, the waiters/waitresses seem to realize that your business actually supplies their paycheck. If you're torn between here and Desparados, Coyote Flaco is the clear winner.<br />
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505 Cold Spring Rd.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-4240<br />
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== Cozy Corner ==<br />
Unknown to most students, probably because it doesn't deliver, but possibly the best pizza place in Williamstown.<br />
take Rt. 7 north<br />
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850 Simonds Rd.<br />
Williamstown, MA <br />
(413) 458-3854<br />
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== Desperado's ==<br />
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Located in Colonial Plaza, probably ''just'' too far to walk (though you can certainly do that if you want to). It looks kind of like a hole in the wall, but Tex-Mex makes for a nice change from the Spring Street restaurants.<br />
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Pretty standard American fast food type tex-mex fare-- Nothing too well seasoned or too savory. Frankly, the food is downright mediocre. Just a basic alternative to wrap night.<br />
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It's pretty easy to get served alcohol here, perhaps easiest at the Desperados in North Adams.<br />
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If you show your driver's license, they'll give you a free dinner on your birthday.<br />
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Colonial Shopping Plaza, Route 2<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2100<br />
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== Dunkin' Donuts ==<br />
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Two convenient locations!<br />
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'''Williamstown''': A few minutes' walk east of campus on Route 2 (on the right, opposite Cumberland Farms). Best [[coffee]] in town, but closes at 10. Now accepting credit and debit cards.<br />
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'''North Adams''': Further east on Route 2, at the intersection with 8A. Open 24 hours!<br />
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== Elizabeth's ==<br />
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Some call it the best dining within an hour's drive of campus. For a full four course meal -- and you'll be wanting it -- expect $30 per person (''cash or check only''), including soup, appetizer, entree, and complimentary salad and bread. Don't bother with dessert -- it is not as special as the other courses, and you won't have room (but if you do, ask for the Nun's Cheesecake. Every time I go, they're out of it).<br />
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This small Italian restaurant is run out of what seems to be a small house by the side of the road in Pittsfield, about a 45 minute drive from campus. Reservations are recommended, and do not blow one off without calling them, or come significantly late, as you may be blacklisted. Show up, and the service here is unsurpassed, an absolute joy. The cook, Tom, may serve you personally, lay a meaty hand on your shoulder and chat with you, and occassionally brings Williams students free appetizers. They love us there.<br />
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Everything is made fresh to order and freshly acquired that morning. No one I've eaten with has ever had one single complaint. The salad is a mix of fresh everything-you-can-imagine yet perfectly harmonious to the taste, delighting even to non-salad enthusiasts (eg, [[Jonathan_Landsman|me]]). The spicy tomato corn soup is a balance of light spice and bold tomato flavor that will astonish you with its subtle perfection -- go for the full bowl, you'll be wanting it. Hot bread is brought out constantly (though you may have to remind the cute waitress if you don't fear filling up on it) and is warm, chewy, and thick. For an appetizer, be sure to get the goat cheese "chevre-deux," though some favor the fried onion with a little salt.<br />
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I won't even speak about entrees. You can't go wrong. Though this is not a vegetarian restaurant, most meals happen to be meatless, so this place is very friendly to eaters of that ilk. Be sure to listen to the specials before deciding, as there is always something to make you want to change your mind.<br />
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Tips:<br />
* Lactose intolerant? Bring the Lactaid along. <br />
* 21? Go for the 22 ounce BBC Steel Rail... and try to finish it. <br />
* Freshman? Ash your JA to take your entry here on dues (pay your dues!). <br />
* Think you like cheese enough to eat the whole gorgonzola dish in one sitting? You don't. <br />
* Go on a date here. Get the Lizzy's Mushrooms appetizer. Eat it. Kiss.<br />
* They don't take credit cards. Bring cash or a check.<br />
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Elizabeth's, 1264 East St.<br />
Pittsfield, 01201<br />
(413) 448-8244<br />
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== Gideon's ==<br />
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CLOSED!!!<br />
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On route 2 across from the Big Y in North Adams. Great service compliments a good menu and a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. Think in terms of a classy, but not overly formal, date place. The prices are higher than one will find at most other local restaurants, but there are also a couple of reasonably priced dishes on the menu (like the pasta dish for 10 dollars).<br />
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34 Holden St.<br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 664-9449<br />
23 Eagle St.<br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 664-0404<br />
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== Gramercy Bistro ==<br />
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A small, cozy bistro right near Mass MOCA. Excellent appetizers (especially the crab cake with a light wasabi sauce) and pretty nice desserts (the chocolate cake with raspberry hits the spot), but the entrees themselves were on the weak side. Reservations recommended. [http://www.gramercybistro.com/ Website]. <br />
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24 Marshall St.<br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 663-5300.<br />
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== Helen's Place ==<br />
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The professors' [[Guide to Off-Campus Dining#Subway|Subway]] -- twice the quality at twice the price.<br />
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In [[Jonathan_Landsman|this author's]] opinion, not really practical for students unless you are getting treated by a prof. Think yuppie. Light and interesting [[Great sandwiches|sandwich]] options that will meet a standard appetite, but you pay for it. Bidding starts at ~$7.50. Tasty, with freshest ingredients of all local sandwich shops.<br />
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If Subway's not good enough, better you stop walking at [[Guide to Off-Campus Dining#Pappa Charlie's Deli|Pappa Charlie's]]. If you want that touch of class with the meal, hit up their juice bar downstairs.<br />
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60 Spring St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-1360<br />
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== Hickory Bill's Bar-B-Que ==<br />
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A small restaurant set up like a take-out joint, Hickory Bill's is known to Williams students for providing a solid rendition of a cuisine unavailable anywhere else in the area. Bill's is the best place in the area for delicious and satisfying barbeque, and few other restaurants in the area serve up such high quality food at these prices. <br />
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Try the brisket (it's delicious), or the ribs, and don't forget to add a liberal helping of BBQ sauce (comes in "hot" and "mild" flavors; both are fantastic.) Dinner meals are around eight or nine dollars and come with a large portion of meat, a choice of two sides (beans, coleslaw, potato salad, etc...) and a peice of their amazing Mexican cornbread. You can get a lunch special for around $5. The portions are large and satisfying, and well worth it. If you've got room left, finish the meal off with a piece of their homestyle sweet potato pie. If you're in a rush, call in advance and stop by for take out, but if you have time, sit at a table and talk to Hickory Bill (a very chill guy). He'll give you a student discount (something around 10%) if he likes you.<br />
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The family meal (I forget what it's called exactly) that claims to serve 6 indeed does and is an excellent value. The potato salad is good too.<br />
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20 Holden St (Right next to Gideon's)<br />
North Adams, MA, 01247<br />
(413) 663-6665<br />
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== Hobson's Choice ==<br />
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Located on the west side of [[Water Street]] between Latham and Meacham, Hobson's Choice offers excellent "American cuisine and seafood" for moderate prices. It features a make-your-own-salad bar, and the cozy atmosphere is highlighted by lots of those little hand-crafted puzles where you have to get a metal ring off some convoluted intertwining of other metal rings and triangles and bars. You know the sort. [[Brent Yorgey|I]] highly recommend the Cajun blackened swordfish/tuna.<br />
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On the other hand, other people find the prices exorbitantly high for either small portions or mediocre food. It used to be better, now it's a pretentious, overpriced restaurant with nothing special.<br />
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Not to be confused with [http://afactor.net/hcf/index.html Hobson's Choice in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia]. You may also be interested to know the [http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorh.htm#Hobson's origin of the phrase] (a "hobson's choice" is a supposed choice where there is really no choice at all; presumably, in this context the implication is that one has no choice but to eat at the restaurant, since the food is so good).<br />
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159 Water Street <br />
Williamstown, MA 01267 <br />
(413) 458-9101<br />
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== Hot Tomatoes ==<br />
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Simply the best pizza you are likely to find anywhere in Western Massachusetts (assuming you have a rare audiovisual disorder that somehow places [[#Little Anthony's Pizza|Little Anthony's]] tantalizingly beyond your field of perception (and also assuming that you don't suffer from a complete lack of taste and judgment when it comes to pizza, since Little Anthony's is nowhere near as good as Hot Tomatoes)). Somewhat expensive ($20 for a large pie), no side dishes, they often don't deliver, and they close too early. However, the pizza makes it all worthwhile. The crust beats [[#Colonial Pizza|Colonial's]] any day. Get adventurous: try the pizza with pesto (instead of tomato sauce) and shrimp, or try eggplant as a topping.<br />
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Of the people I know, about half prefer Colonials to Hot Tomatoes and vice versa. One of its criticisms is its sweet and chunky tomato sauce which they use a good deal of. But for others, the sauce is one of the highlights of Hot Tomatoes pizza.<br />
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Located at the intersection of Latham St. and Water St., near the [[#Water Street Grill|Water Street Grill]]. Just start walking south on Water St. at the bookstore, and the smell of fresh pizza will guide you.<br />
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100 Water St., Route 43<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2722<br />
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== House of India ==<br />
Amazing Indian restaurant in Pittsfield. Blows Spice Root right out of the water.<br />
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261 North Street<br />
Pittsfield, MA<br />
(413) 443-3262<br />
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== Isabella's ==<br />
Isabella's serves up convenient, tasty, slightly upscale Italian food just minutes from campus. Located in front of Stop'n'Shop, this restaurant can seem a little pricey, but the solidly delicious food (with salad and yummy bread included) is worth it. The best bet for students is a mix'n'match pasta menu where you choose from a variety of pastas, sauces, and toppings. An even better bet is to go on Tuesdays, when your student ID will get you 10% off.<br />
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The portions are large, generally enough for lunch the next day. Service is generally found to be attentive and fast, but some have found it disappointing. Consensus is that it's no [[#Elizabeth's|Elizabeth's]], but at slightly cheaper and much closer it might not have to be to be worth visiting. You may miss the clam sauce linguini, but a variety of other sauces and the calamari and spinach-stuffed eggplant are recommended in lieu.<br />
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The food isn't bad, but in this poster's opinion, not worth the price. Not enough variety on the menu, and the food was distinctly average. The service was good and the atmosphere was nice, but in the future I'd stay home and make my own pasta, since with an online recipe and about 30 minutes I'm sure I could come up with something more interesting. <br />
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Affordable wine is served, once in some months, the restaurant has a wine and food-tasting event -- call for dates and rates.<br />
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896 State Rd. (Rt. 2)<br />
North Adams, MA 01247<br />
(413) 662-2239<br />
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== Jack's Hot Dog Stand ==<br />
What a place. Located at 12 Eagle Street in North Adams, this hot dog stand is famous among locals for its chili cheese fries and 95 cent hot dogs and "hamburgs" (as they're called in North Adams). All items on the menu are cheap and delicious. Probably the best choice for lunch or dinner in [[North Adams]], especially when you're in the mood for something greasy and delicious. Jack's can't be beat, especially because Chef Mike, the infamous carrot-topped chef, has an impeccable memory and remembers exactly what each of the regular clientele eats. Be wary of the time however, as Mike's prima donna personality increasingly becomes an issue as it nears closing time and the hot North Adams's party scene (where he is a huge player). The best way to go for dinner is one chili cheese dog, two double bacon "cheeseburgs", and an order of chili cheese fries.<br />
Open since 1917.<br />
They do deliver to Williamstown, but it's probably best to get your food fresh. No credit cards accepted--cash only.<br />
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12 Eagle St.<br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 664-9006<br />
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== Jae's Inn ==<br />
An Asian-fusion restaurant that is better than both Thai Garden and Chopsticks (in my opinion). Jae's Inn is also pricier than Thai Garden. Their pad thai is especially amazing if you prefer your pad thai an Americanized, sugar-filled glob. The sushi is divine as well. <br />
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It's a little far, but definitely worth the drive! It's also an Inn (as you might guess from the name...), so it's a bit nicer, but the ambiance is still very warm and inviting, with an art collection better suited for the Walmart across the street. <br />
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666 Cold Spring Rd. (formerly Le Jardin)<br />
(413) 664-0100<br />
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== Lickety Split ==<br />
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Lickety Split is great for ice cream, of course, but also serves a nice quiche and salad lunch (among other things) during the academic year.<br />
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Lickety Split also has the worst service EVER. Expect to be rushed and to be treated rudely. Speak in extremely simple and explicit language when ordering,<br />
or the ice-cream girl will roll her eyes at you when she gets your order wrong.<br />
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69 Spring Street<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-1818<br />
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== Little Anthony's Pizza ==<br />
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Little Anthony's, located in North Adams, is an establisment relatively unknown among Williams students that is becoming well-regarded for its thick, tasty pizza. The Anthony Deluxe is a winner, they deliver to Williams, and they're open till one. What's not to like? Well, for one, they have a $15 minimum order for deliveries. Usually a pizza and a big bottle of soda will get you there. Also, they stop delivering to Williamstown at 11:30 on weeknights.<br />
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They have a special on Tuesdays - two XL pizzas for the price of one. <br />
There's also the triple nickel: 3 medium 1-topping pizzas for 5.55 each, and crazy eights: 3 XL 1-topping pizzas for 8.88 each. It's just a little ridiculous. They also have <strike>insanely good</strike> calzones for around 6 dollars, as well as wraps, sandwiches, chicken wings, potato skins, pasta, popcorn chicken, cheesecake... and pretty much anything you could ever desire. <br />
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The pizza, breadsticks, and calzones are surprisingly bland and ordinary. Considerably worse than Colonial. Doesn't even begin to compete with Hot Tomatoes. The only redeeming quality is that it's extremely cheap. Unless you're broke, in which case you probably don't need to order pizza, stick to Hot Tomatoes.<br />
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Ok, I completely disagree with this review. I, for once, ADORE, yes, ADORE Little Anthony's. There is nothing like a pizza the size of your desk (literally) for $20. It's ridiculous. The dough on the crust tastes like warm baked bread. If you like your dough flat and with random assorted chunks of tomato unappealingly lying on top of that cardboard dough, by all means, call Hot Tomatoes or Colonials. If you want warm, chewy, delicious dough to go with your pizza, call Little Anthony's. Their prices can't be beat, they'll deliver to you on time, and it's delicious. The end. <br />
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Wait- the calzones are the same price as Little Anthony's, but they're twice as big. Seriously. And they're better, in my opinion.<br />
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1 River St<br />
North Adams, MA 01247-2404<br />
(413) 662-3600<br />
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== McDonald's ==<br />
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Located a block past the overpass on Rte. 2, the North Adams McDonald's is almost always visited by Williams students between the hours of 1:30 and 5 a.m., the time when it's the only hot food in town. Caveat esor.<br />
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17 Union St.<br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 664-7272<br />
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==Mezze Bar and Bistro==<br />
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Located a couple of stores before Water Street Books. The fancy restaurant you get your parents to take you to when they're in town. Nice [http://www.mezzerestaurant.com/ website], too.<br />
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Possibly the most stuck-up place around- there are many other places around that I would go to before I would ever go back to Mezze. Gideon's is a nice alternative for a classy atmosphere minus the snooty attitudes.<br />
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The food at Mezze is hit or miss. I've been blown away by some entree specials, and have returned others to the kitchen.<br />
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16 Water Street<br />
Williamstown, Ma 01267<br />
(413) 458-0123<br />
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== Michael's ==<br />
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Lovely Greek/Italian restaurant located a few minutes' walk east of campus on Rt. 2 (on the left before you get to Cumberland Farms). Solid entrees, priced between $10 and $14. One of the friendliest restaurants in town. Free garlic bread and soup or salad with any entree. Order a carafe of retsina and try the Greek desserts - the baklava and the galaktobouriko are to die for. The malts are also quite good. Their hours can be a bit iffy... do a quick drive-by first to see if they're open or call them before you go.<br />
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460 Main St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2114<br />
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== The Mill on the Floss ==<br />
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This cosy yet refined French restaurant 15 minutes down Route 7 has been around for 30 years. It used to be the only game in town when it came to fine dining, but its star shines less brightly now with so many more options close to Williamstown. That said, it remains a favorite for special occasions, such as graduation. Unlike its newer rivals, the Mill on the Floss knows what it does best - French country cooking - and has a well-trained staff and a consistently good menu. Good wine, too.<br />
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342 Route 7<br />
New Ashford, MA<br />
(413) 458-9123<br />
http://www.millonthefloss.com/<br />
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== Moonlight Diner ==<br />
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East of campus on Route 2, on your left after a few minute's drive. What can I say; it's a diner! Solid but unremarkable food, really exactly what you'd expect. Good, but ten times better if it were at the foot of Spring Street.<br />
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The Pot of Gold, two half potatoes stuffed with scrambled eggs, cheese, and meat, is recommended for breakfast.<br />
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408 Main St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-3305<br />
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== Pappa Charlie's Deli ==<br />
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Tastier than Subway, but also slightly more expensive. Mad crowded at lunch, and whenever any parents are in town. They make all sorts of [[sandwiches]] named after celebrities. Their gyros are surprisingly weak. Don't forget about the tasty juice/smoothie bar in the basement!<br />
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Try the Richard Chamberlain for the delicious turkey/cranberry sauce you've always known belonged together on a sandwich. Oh my gosh, I crave the Chamberlain whenever I'm off campus. Freaking delicious-- can't go wrong.<br />
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One of the cashiers, though, has a terrible attitude. She's been known to rush you through your order and snap at customers who don't know what they want. Not the most charming presence you want as the public image of your deli.<br />
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The Mighty Mathias is hands-down the best sandwich on the menu. Crunchy panini-grilled bread, melty cheese, delicious insides... Yum yum. Eat it hot! (But be warned, it takes a few minutes extra because it's grilled.)<br />
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The cashiers have always been friendly and nice to this poster.<br />
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28 Spring St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-5969<br />
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== Purple Pub ==<br />
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BURNED DOWN<br />
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A friendly and unpretentious pub located behind Subway. Make friends with the staff, and you will get great service. Don't go there to act like a drunken jackass - Williams students have a bad reputation at this place and other bars or pubs in town. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb This author's] favorite place to grab a leisurely Sunday lunch. Burgers and wings are cheaper than at the Red Herring or the Water Street Grill. A hearty meal of a burger (try the tangler) and fries with a good cold draught beer (try the local Berkshire Brewing Company beers on tap) can be had for less than $15 - beats Subway "sandwiches" or dining hall "brunch" on those lazy weekend afternoons.<br />
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[[http://www.thepurplepub.com/ Link to Website]]<br />
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8 Bank Street<br />
Williamstown MA 01247 <br />
(413) 458-3306<br />
Fax: (413) 458-2586<br />
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== Rattlesnake Cafe ==<br />
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Large portions of food and well worth the trip. To get there, take Rt. 7 most of the way through Bennington. It will be hidden back a ways on your left, and very brightly colored.<br />
<br />
Service is usually lightning-fast, but be prepared to wait if you go at busy times. Excellent Tex-Mex restaurant - don't expect anything authentic, but what they do serve they do very well. Buy extra salsa to take home!<br />
<br />
If you're looking for a swankier Mexican restuarant, try Cafe Latino at [[Mass Moca]].<br />
<br />
230 North St.<br />
Bennington, VT<br />
(802) 447-7018<br />
<br />
== Red Herring ==<br />
<br />
Located on Spring Street, below [[Images Cinema]]<br />
(turn left and go downstairs before entering the<br />
cinema). Good beers on tap and a few hearty entrees<br />
and snacks. Decent wings, and probably the best place<br />
in town for burgers. Best to avoid on Friday and<br />
Saturday nights when you will be lucky if the<br />
bartender even acknowledges your existence in the<br />
crowd.<br />
<br />
Or... best to attend on Friday or Saturday nights,<br />
when you won't be the only person there.<br />
<br />
WARNING: DO NOT TRUST your credit card to the bartender by opening a tab. They have "lost" credit cards in the past, offering no compensation. <br />
<br />
Also, go on Sunday and/or Monday nights when Dennis is<br />
bartending. Ask for a Lavelle. It's pretty much the<br />
best drink out there.<br />
<br />
Be sure to ask for the specials. The food is great,<br />
and Mark usually makes some amazing entrees outside of<br />
the norm. He used to be a chef for the Taconic<br />
Restaurant. You might get things like Shrimp Scampi over Angel<br />
Hair, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Chicken Oscar and a few others.<br />
<br />
Some of their main entrees include the Sesame Chicken<br />
Salad, Quesadillas, Pasta Primavera, Thai Wings, and<br />
of course, fantastic burgers/fries. <br />
The prices are more than reasonable for the quality of the food and the atmosphere is very laid-back. Watch tv while you eat at the bar, sit outside if it's a nice night, or eat in the dining area. Definitely go to the Herring for dinner sometime. You won't be disappointed.<br />
<br />
On a related note, don't ever go there with a fake i.d. that has the smallest chance of being taken away. Or for that matter, don't ever go with a real id either. The Red Herring has a twitch that compulsively takes people's i.d.s away (fake or not). You'll cry, we'll all cry, and you'll still be i.d.less.<br />
<br />
46 Spring St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2808<br />
<br />
== Subway ==<br />
<br />
Semi-delicious, cheapest sandwiches in town. Ask about the discounted sandwich of the day. You will have eaten at one of these before. Ask for the special spicy sauce (it's red in colour - I don't remember its name but it's awesome). Ask for extra napkins if you get the sweet onion teriyaki sub because that sauce just goes everywhere. Closes too early though.<br />
<br />
Avoid the meatball sub. Eat the Italian BMT. Savorky turkey breast with bacon is good too.<br />
<br />
51 Spring St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2600<br />
<br />
== Spice Root ==<br />
<br />
Spice Root is a mid sized restaraunt on Spring Street that serves Indian food. The food is as close to authentic Indian that you'll find within a pretty good radius, and tastes quite good. Modestly priced student meals are available ($11 for a sit in meal and $7 for a take away of small proportions) The Naan bread is good, as is the tandoori chicken. The chole (pronounced chho-lay) served with a student meal is excellent.<br />
<br />
Not for the hard-core Indian food fans who might be offended by the mixture of North Indian and South Indian cuisines (note that Indian restaurants ''in India'' often do the same thing), but definitely worth a try. Check out the buffet lunch for $8 -- an excellent deal any day! However, since the buffet tries to cater to everyone, it's terribly bland. Dinner dishes can be ordered extra-spicy.<br />
<br />
Actually, I HIGHLY recommend trying out the chicken jalfrezi with nan (ask them to make it spicier than usual)<br />
<br />
NOT a good idea at all if you're catering for a group. They'll basically rip you off - we got trays with ridiculously small amounts of chicken and paneer swimming in tons of gravy, and none of the regular sides like raita or chole, even though we paid according to regular menu prices.<br />
<br />
23 Spring St<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-5200<br />
<br />
==Sugar Llama==<br />
<br />
One of the greatest places for sugar, spice, and everything nice. This place sells candy, ice-cream, burritos, and stuffed llama (the fake cotton kind), all in a colorful little place next to a toy store! Try anything on the menu and it's good. The atmosphere is wonderful. So, enough of my Zagat review, check it out and enjoy all of its pleasantries.<br />
<br />
15 Eagle Street <br />
North Adams, MA<br />
(413) 662-6887<br />
<br />
==Sushi Thai Garden==<br />
<br />
Down Spring Street, great place for Thai food. They now serve pretty decent sushi, which is fairly pricey considering its quality. But given that we're so far from the ocean, it could certainly be worse.<br />
<br />
Branch out beyond the usual Pad Thai - try the Tempura Soba Noodles or the Massaman Curry. Or get a ton of sushi in a boat. Try the beef satay or steamed pork dumplings as an appetizer - both are great. <br />
<br />
Thai iced tea is a delicious beverage. Highly recommended.<br />
<br />
For extra authenticity, don't say "Pad Thai" with an 'a' like in 'paddy'. It's more like a cross between the 'a' in father mixed with 'putt'.<br />
<br />
Surprisingly inexpensive for lunch, and quite generous portions (at a higher price) for dinner. Biggest complaint: some of the staff can seem rude and abrupt, though this might be due to a language/culture gap. They've definitely improved their friendliness over the last three years.<br />
<br />
Ask for chilli sauce and/or peanut sauce on the side.<br />
<br />
27 Spring St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-0004<br />
<br />
== Water Street Grill ==<br />
<br />
A pub-restaurant with solid standard American fare at reasonable prices, within a short walk of the [[Odd Quad]]. A [[#Ye_Olde_Forge|Forge]] alternative if you are short on time, or haven't made a Forge reservation on their busy nights. Beware slow service and dropped orders at the Grill, sometimes. Soup can take 45 minutes to arrive; water glasses are never refilled even if they are drained within the first 10 minutes, and the restaurant is freezing cold.<br />
<br />
Prices average $12 for a full entree, or $7 - $10 for anything on the lunch-geared "pub menu." The burger platter, at a reasonable ~$7 with all toppings included, is a favorite for a cheap quick meal for some. Other meals in between. True to expectations for this kind of restaurant, portions are hearty, but again note this is American pub fare: don't seek the flavorful or unique here.<br />
<br />
:'''Entrees:''' Try the chicken pesto over penne or the sizzling platter of fajitas.<br />
:'''Appetizers:''' The potato skins and others are solid.<br />
<br />
123 Water Street<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-2175<br />
<br />
== Williams Inn ==<br />
<br />
The Sunday brunch is not to be missed. Beg, borrow, or steal your way to one of those meals. For the more, but not absolutely, ethically endowed, keep an eye on speakers coming to campus sponsored by departments and special-interest clubs. Many clubs take a speaker who stays overnight out to the brunch the next day, and students are invited to come on [[Uncle Eph]]'s tab. Frequently, there are even more seats than demand! Bring your significant other on a free date!<br />
<br />
In Spring 2006, some students alleged that a brunch at the Inn was responsible for an outbreak of [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=7965 food poisoning], but the cases were never officially tied to the Williams Inn, nor did any more cases develop after the isolated incident.<br />
<br />
1090 Main St.<br />
Williamstown, MA<br />
(413) 458-9371<br />
<br />
== Ye Olde Forge ==<br />
<br />
A restaurant/tavern on Rt. 7 about 20 minutes from campus (14 if Z-Mac is driving). The wings alone are reason enough to make the trip. Also famous for its wide selection of beers and the Beer Card; sample 50 different beers within a year and you'll get an engraved pewter stein (although it may take up to 9 months before you see it as was the case for the Shokstar).<br />
<br />
Don't forget to have a designated driver!<br />
This is a classic getaway, especially for upperclassmen, but over the years it has become increasingly popular among the Williams community. A perfect night at the Forge involves several of their quality beers on tap (they normally have about 15 on tap at any time in addition to almost 300 more bottled varieties available), a cup of chili with cheese and top it off with some Dean's Original wings (the buffalo style). Contrary to popular belief, the Forge also does food other than wings, some of which is also very tasty. Try the foccaccias.<br />
<br />
On the poster above the urinal in the male bathroom you may witness ongoing communication between two 05's (Shokstar and Z-mac) who loved the place more than anything else and still return there every other weekend despite having graduated and living several hours away.<br />
<br />
The butternut squash quesadillas are really good. <strike>But not as good as the Deans, which are great.</strike> It's all about the Buff Orpingtons, baby -- sweet and gooey and a Forge exclusive.<br />
<br />
125 North Main Street<br />
Lanesboro, Massachusetts, 01237<br />
(413) 442-6797<br />
<br />
==Map==<br />
<br />
<googlemap height="500" width="300" lat="42.679407" lon="-73.148346" zoom="10"><br />
42.884958,-73.197184, [[#Blue Benn Diner]]<br />
42.705608,-73.189433, [[#Moonlight Diner]]<br />
42.710191,-73.204179, [[#Lickety Split]]<br />
42.710160,-73.199329, [[#Mezze Bar and Bistro]]<br />
42.701235,-73.174181, [[#Jae's Inn]]<br />
42.882977,-73.196497, [[#Rattlesnake Cafe]]<br />
42.529302,-73.227482, [[#Ye Olde Forge]]<br />
42.452911,-73.223791, [[#Elizabeth's]]<br />
</googlemap><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Coffee]]</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Badtitle/NS100:Currier_Cluster_2007-2008&diff=15070Special:Badtitle/NS100:Currier Cluster 2007-20082007-04-24T16:52:49Z<p>10tac: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Student Housing]]<br />
The second-oldest building on campus, it was constructed in 1798, several years after [[West College]]. They were creative with the building names back when the college was founded, weren't they? East college burned in 1841 and was rebuilt in 1842. The entire interior was gutted and reconstructed during the summer of 1956 using unusual construction methods and utilizing prefabricated steel and concrete slabs and partitions.<br />
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East College was previously one of the first-year dorms in the [[Odd Quad]], along with [[Fayerweather Hall]]. They are now both upperclassmen housing in the [[Currier]] cluster. Both of theses dorms feature horizontal entries, unlike the vertical entries in the other freshman housing [[Morgan]], [[Lehman]], [[Sage]], and [[Williams Hall]]. East is located directly across the quad from [[Currier]], and is thus an excellent position for aspiring [[WARPies]] or [[Deviants]]. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on the day of the week, it is also located directly across the [[eyeballs]] from [[Goodrich]], which can get rather annoying for first-years trying to do work on weekends, but does make stopping for [[coffee]] on the way to class quite convenient. Make sure you check out the [[eyeballs]] at night, when they light up! East is also conveniently close to [[Lassell Gymnasium|the gym]].<br />
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East features relatively large rooms and, in its days as a first-year dorm, had the largest rooms for [[frosh]]. Since the inception of [[neighborhood]]s and renovations to the [[common room]]s, East College is now an upper-class dorm, expanding the housing options for deviants and their kin.<br />
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==East 3==<br />
The top floor of the [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/East_College East] [[frosh]] dorm in the [[Odd Quad]], four of East 3's rooms are probably the most desirable freshman doubles on campus, and one of the [[JA]] rooms (north end) is the largest JA quarters on campus. <br />
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===East 308===<br />
A large corner room whose four windows face the [[Odd Quad]] and [[Fayerweather]]. Always assigned as double.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/East_College East] 308 holds the odd distinction of having housed two of the four generations of [[contradance]] [[contradance#The Band and Caller|callers]] to pass through Williams. If there's still a dark line about the width of duct tape going across the room, it's from the second generation, Bill Sacks '03. If there's a black ring on top of one of the bookshelves, it's from the iced-tea mix cannister of the third generation caller [[Jonathan Landsman]] '05.<br />
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== See also: ==<br />
* [http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/eastcollege.php Williams College Archives history of the old East College]</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Common_courtesy&diff=14220Common courtesy2007-01-30T21:08:25Z<p>10tac: /* Around campus */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Advice]]<br />
Suggestions, accumulated wisdom, and community norms for how to treat strangers with considerately. Please expand.<br />
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==At doors==<br />
# Entering or exiting a building: look behind you to see whether anyone else is coming through the same door in the next 5 seconds. If the door will slam in the face of the person behind you, hold it open.<br />
# If you see someone right outside, and opening the door would involve no more effort than extending your arm, go ahead and give it a push.<br />
#* In particular, let the pizza dude inside, even if it ain't your pizza. We're lucky to get delivery here.<br />
# If there are two doors going into a building, and a large number of people are squeezing through one while the other door remains closed, open and go through the unopened door so as to optimize the flow of traffic.<br />
# If you see someone carrying boxes, ask if there's a door you can open.<br />
# If someone is standing in front of a dorm with a sleeping bag and a prospectus, and appears to be under the age of 20, offer to swipe the person in. It is probably a [[pre-frosh]].<br />
# When [[smoking]], don't huddle right outside the doors to the building. Nobody wants to walk through a cloud of smoke every time they need to enter or exit. There's been a rule against smoking within 25 feet of a campus building since 2003 anyway, not that anyone's ever gotten in trouble for it.<br />
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==Around campus==<br />
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# Say hello to people you meet. If someone else says hello to you, respond in kind. Bonus points for smiling while saying hello.<br />
# Say "excuse me" rather than just pushing past people in a crowd or a constricted space.<br />
# Wave to, nod, or mouth "thank you" to drivers who stop for you to cross on a pedestrian crossing. It's the law for them to stop, but it's still polite when they do because many don't.<br />
#* Look both ways before you cross the street, even if you're at a crosswalk.<br />
# If someone farts in [[Schow Science Library|Schow]], make believe you didn't hear it. (Even though you did and it's hilarious)<br />
# If possible, leave space on the sidewalk so others don't have to walk in water, mud, or snow. If you're walking in a group and one person comes in the opposite direction, move behind someone in your group so the person passing can use the sidewalk as well.<br />
#* And be careful how you maneuver with that umbrella. You almost took my eye out.<br />
# If you are innocently walking around campus in a crowd of people and you suddenly see Jack Bauer running after someone and he yells at you to get down, do it.<br />
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==In Conversation==<br />
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# DON'T interrupt someone while they're talking, no matter how insightful you think what you have to say is. This is one of the rudest things one could do in a conversation, though oftentimes people simply aren't aware that they are guilty of doing it. Instead, 1. make sure they've finished speaking and making their point, 2. *wait a half-second*, and then 3. go ahead and say what you wanted to say. And if you miss your chance because someone else chimed in before you, then oh well, life goes on. You're not as interesting as you think, anyway.<br />
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==Online== <br />
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# Don't write things in ALL CAPS. or all lowercase, for that matter. Ever.<br />
# If you're done using a public computer, close all the windows so people know it's not in use. Log off, unless you want strangers to look through (and potentially modify) the non-public files in your [ftp://achilles.williams.edu Achilles account].<br />
#You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, husband, non-monogamous partner, or simply his/her recent random hookup. Also can be stated as, "Thou shall not covet sloppy seconds."<br />
#You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.<br />
<br />
==In dorms==<br />
# When watching a movie when other people are present, don't talk (unless the movie is awful and the group as a whole wants to).<br />
# Have some discretion when [[making out]]. Avoid egregious public displays of affection.<br />
# If you cook in a [[Kitchens|kitchen]], for God's sake, clean up after yourself. Don't leave your spaghetti sauce on the stove top until spring break. If you cook and "that mess was there when I got here," just take a few minutes and clean it up anyway. Your guests probably don't want to eat in filth.<br />
# Don't throw your old sardines, or any other stinky refuse, into the bathroom trash can. There is a trash room.<br />
# Talk to your janitor. <br />
# Don't destroy or abuse property. Particularly not if it belongs to somebody else.<br />
# If you yak or see someone yak in a place that's a bit out of the way -- a basement, far-off corner, or anywhere that isn't a toilet, really -- make your best effort to tell someone responsible that there's a stinky, biohazardous mess on the floor. <br />
# Don't sample random people's shampoo, toothpaste, face wash, etc just because it's in the bathroom.<br />
# Turn off the television when you leave and no one else is watching, even if it's a TV in a public space. ''Especially'' if it's a TV in a public space.<br />
#Don't steal. Some stealing is okay though, like <strike>stealing food and</strike> [[free stuff]]. Especially free stuff.<br />
#* Stealing food is not okay! Don't steal food that's not yours. Other people get hungry sometimes too, especially for the food they have paid for themselves.<br />
#*But stealing food from dining halls is perfectly acceptable. We already get ripped off enough by our meal plans and the hours of the dining halls.<br />
# Keep in mind that you live with other people. Playing music loudly late at night when people are trying to sleep or study, especially after having been requested to turn it down, is incredibly rude. Be considerate and use common sense.<br />
#*Blasting music in the quad, no matter what time of day, is unnecessary and inconsiderate. Not everyone shares your taste in music (and even if they do, they don't necessarily want to hear it thumping through their closed windows).<br />
# Socializing in halls is a beautiful thing, but not so much at 3 a.m. during [[reading period]]. (Especially in dorms where doors and walls are thin!) Take those extra five steps and walk into someone's room.<br />
<br />
=== In laundry rooms ===<br />
<br />
# Knock the lint out of the lint screen after you use the dryer.<br />
# Don't leave your [[laundry]] in the washer or dryer for hours after it's done. No one wants to touch your wet underwear to move it out of the way and other people like having clean clothes too.<br />
#* If, by chance, the person before you has left laundry in the washer (we all do it once in a while) be so nice as to move the clothes into an empty drier, if available. You might as well, and it keeps them clean and away from the spilled bleach that is inevitably everywhere. <br />
#** If you spill bleach in the laundry room, wipe it up.<br />
<br />
==In dining halls==<br />
# If there's only one omelet left at the dining hall, ask the person behind you if they want half.<br />
#* Likewise, if you are offered a half of an omelet, ask the person behind you if they would like a quarter... and so on.<br />
# When putting up your tray in [[Driscoll Dining Hall|Driscoll]] or [[Mission Dining Hall]], gently place your silverware into the cloudy blue dishwashing solution, don't throw it in there and splash everyone around you. <br />
# Oh yeah, and don't try to compost paper cups, saltine wrappers, etc. -- there's a trash can for that.<br />
# Compost your napkins and tea bags.<br />
# Thank the cardswiper people in the [[dining hall|dining halls]].<br />
# When putting your tray away at any [[dining hall]], have the courtesy not to cut other people who are waiting in line to do the same thing, even if you are rushed. If you can't resist the urge to cut people when you are rushed, give yourself enough time to put your tray away before you need to leave for class or whatever else you need to go to after a meal. <br />
#*On the subject of busing trays, please do just that. Don't leave random glasses, plates, or even full trays of food at your table, because it's disrespectful (and not to mention degrading) to the people who work hard to feed you.<br />
#* In fact, don't cut people when you aren't rushed; for instance, in the line for [[First Friday]]. Being drunk and not wearing enough clothing on a cold night are not excuses.<br />
<br />
==Sustainability==<br />
# If the room is empty, and you're leaving, turn off the lights. Please.<br />
# When in a [[library]], kindly turn the light off when you leave a [[carrel]].<br />
# If you go outside to [[smoking|smoke]], for crying out loud, throw away your cigarette butts when you're done. Littering is not cool, ever, and this is no exception.<br />
#If you have a plastic/glass/aluminum container to toss, but the nearest public recycling bin is full, hang onto it until you come to one that isn't full rather than making a pile on top of the bin. The [[facilities]] staff should not have to remove dozens of empty bottles sitting on top of the container before they empty it.<br />
==In [[classes]]==<br />
# Don't fall asleep in a discussion class. [[Coffee]] is your friend.<br />
#* If you must fall asleep in any class, try not to snore loudly or jolt awake too hilariously.<br />
#* If you're likely to fall asleep in class, just skip and sleep. You're not likely to get anything useful out of the class period in that state, so you may as well catch up for later in the day.<br />
# When engaged in debate, distinguish between criticisms of your argument and criticisms of your character.<br />
#* Don't make the latter when you're trying to make the former.<br />
#* Don't interpret the former as the latter.<br />
# When you go into the [[language lab]] in [[Weston]], hand your [[ID card]] to the monitor, don't just throw it into the bin.<br />
<br />
==Cell phones==<br />
# Before entering a classroom, a library, a concert, a lecture, a play, or a movie, put your cell phone on vibrate. PLEASE. (How about just turn it off or silence it completely? You can't answer it, why should you care if it's ringing?)<br />
# If you are in the library and feel the need to talk to someone on your cellphone, have your conversation in an area where people aren't studying nearby. Also refrain from having loud, long conversations with other people while in the library when people are trying to study around you.<br />
# Don't leave your cell phone on a table and then walk away. If it rings or vibrates, it will bother everyone.<br />
# If you are in a dark space with others, such as a movie, don't text-message. The light from the screen is bright and very obnoxious.<br />
<br />
==Events==<br />
# If you are at a classical music or [[choir]] performance, or at the [['62 Centre]] or movie theater, shut up during the performance.<br />
# Do not loudly unwrap throat lozenges in the middle of the music or play. If you have a cough, it's best to unwrap one before the music/play/whatever starts, or during a break in the middle.<br />
# Do not clap between movements, or at any point where the conductor asks you not to clap.<br />
# If you are 168 years or older, recall that you've suffered hearing loss. What seems to be an inconspicuous whisper to you is actually quite loud.<br />
#* I'm sure all the senior citizens around [[Williamstown]] read Willipedia...<br />
# Don't bring small children.<br />
# Take off your [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Hats|hat]].<br />
# Turn off or silence your cell phone - do NOT leave it on vibrate.<br />
# Don't send text messages.<br />
# Don't harrass your friends and/or strangers into seeing your sub-par performance. (However, if you are the subject of successful peer pressure, accede gracefully and find something nice to say.)</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Common_courtesy&diff=14219Common courtesy2007-01-30T21:02:10Z<p>10tac: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[Category:Advice]]<br />
Suggestions, accumulated wisdom, and community norms for how to treat strangers with considerately. Please expand.<br />
<br />
==At doors==<br />
# Entering or exiting a building: look behind you to see whether anyone else is coming through the same door in the next 5 seconds. If the door will slam in the face of the person behind you, hold it open.<br />
# If you see someone right outside, and opening the door would involve no more effort than extending your arm, go ahead and give it a push.<br />
#* In particular, let the pizza dude inside, even if it ain't your pizza. We're lucky to get delivery here.<br />
# If there are two doors going into a building, and a large number of people are squeezing through one while the other door remains closed, open and go through the unopened door so as to optimize the flow of traffic.<br />
# If you see someone carrying boxes, ask if there's a door you can open.<br />
# If someone is standing in front of a dorm with a sleeping bag and a prospectus, and appears to be under the age of 20, offer to swipe the person in. It is probably a [[pre-frosh]].<br />
# When [[smoking]], don't huddle right outside the doors to the building. Nobody wants to walk through a cloud of smoke every time they need to enter or exit. There's been a rule against smoking within 25 feet of a campus building since 2003 anyway, not that anyone's ever gotten in trouble for it.<br />
<br />
==Around campus==<br />
<br />
# Say hello to people you meet. If someone else says hello to you, respond in kind. Bonus points for smiling while saying hello.<br />
# Say "excuse me" rather than just pushing past people in a crowd or a constricted space.<br />
# Wave to, nod, or mouth "thank you" to drivers who stop for you to cross on a pedestrian crossing. It's the law for them to stop, but it's still polite when they do because many don't.<br />
#* Look both ways before you cross the street, even if you're at a crosswalk.<br />
# If someone farts in [[Schow Science Library|Schow]], make believe you didn't hear it. (Even though you did and it's hilarious)<br />
# If possible, leave space on the sidewalk so others don't have to walk in water, mud, or snow. If you're walking in a group and one person comes in the opposite direction, move behind someone in your group so the person passing can use the sidewalk as well.<br />
#* And be careful how you maneuver with that umbrella. You almost took my eye out.<br />
<br />
==In Conversation==<br />
<br />
# DON'T interrupt someone while they're talking, no matter how insightful you think what you have to say is. This is one of the rudest things one could do in a conversation, though oftentimes people simply aren't aware that they are guilty of doing it. Instead, 1. make sure they've finished speaking and making their point, 2. *wait a half-second*, and then 3. go ahead and say what you wanted to say. And if you miss your chance because someone else chimed in before you, then oh well, life goes on. You're not as interesting as you think, anyway.<br />
<br />
==Online== <br />
<br />
# Don't write things in ALL CAPS. or all lowercase, for that matter. Ever.<br />
# If you're done using a public computer, close all the windows so people know it's not in use. Log off, unless you want strangers to look through (and potentially modify) the non-public files in your [ftp://achilles.williams.edu Achilles account].<br />
#You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, husband, non-monogamous partner, or simply his/her recent random hookup. Also can be stated as, "Thou shall not covet sloppy seconds."<br />
#You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.<br />
<br />
==In dorms==<br />
# When watching a movie when other people are present, don't talk (unless the movie is awful and the group as a whole wants to).<br />
# Have some discretion when [[making out]]. Avoid egregious public displays of affection.<br />
# If you cook in a [[Kitchens|kitchen]], for God's sake, clean up after yourself. Don't leave your spaghetti sauce on the stove top until spring break. If you cook and "that mess was there when I got here," just take a few minutes and clean it up anyway. Your guests probably don't want to eat in filth.<br />
# Don't throw your old sardines, or any other stinky refuse, into the bathroom trash can. There is a trash room.<br />
# Talk to your janitor. <br />
# Don't destroy or abuse property. Particularly not if it belongs to somebody else.<br />
# If you yak or see someone yak in a place that's a bit out of the way -- a basement, far-off corner, or anywhere that isn't a toilet, really -- make your best effort to tell someone responsible that there's a stinky, biohazardous mess on the floor. <br />
# Don't sample random people's shampoo, toothpaste, face wash, etc just because it's in the bathroom.<br />
# Turn off the television when you leave and no one else is watching, even if it's a TV in a public space. ''Especially'' if it's a TV in a public space.<br />
#Don't steal. Some stealing is okay though, like <strike>stealing food and</strike> [[free stuff]]. Especially free stuff.<br />
#* Stealing food is not okay! Don't steal food that's not yours. Other people get hungry sometimes too, especially for the food they have paid for themselves.<br />
#*But stealing food from dining halls is perfectly acceptable. We already get ripped off enough by our meal plans and the hours of the dining halls.<br />
# Keep in mind that you live with other people. Playing music loudly late at night when people are trying to sleep or study, especially after having been requested to turn it down, is incredibly rude. Be considerate and use common sense.<br />
#*Blasting music in the quad, no matter what time of day, is unnecessary and inconsiderate. Not everyone shares your taste in music (and even if they do, they don't necessarily want to hear it thumping through their closed windows).<br />
# Socializing in halls is a beautiful thing, but not so much at 3 a.m. during [[reading period]]. (Especially in dorms where doors and walls are thin!) Take those extra five steps and walk into someone's room.<br />
<br />
=== In laundry rooms ===<br />
<br />
# Knock the lint out of the lint screen after you use the dryer.<br />
# Don't leave your [[laundry]] in the washer or dryer for hours after it's done. No one wants to touch your wet underwear to move it out of the way and other people like having clean clothes too.<br />
#* If, by chance, the person before you has left laundry in the washer (we all do it once in a while) be so nice as to move the clothes into an empty drier, if available. You might as well, and it keeps them clean and away from the spilled bleach that is inevitably everywhere. <br />
#** If you spill bleach in the laundry room, wipe it up.<br />
<br />
==In dining halls==<br />
# If there's only one omelet left at the dining hall, ask the person behind you if they want half.<br />
#* Likewise, if you are offered a half of an omelet, ask the person behind you if they would like a quarter... and so on.<br />
# When putting up your tray in [[Driscoll Dining Hall|Driscoll]] or [[Mission Dining Hall]], gently place your silverware into the cloudy blue dishwashing solution, don't throw it in there and splash everyone around you. <br />
# Oh yeah, and don't try to compost paper cups, saltine wrappers, etc. -- there's a trash can for that.<br />
# Compost your napkins and tea bags.<br />
# Thank the cardswiper people in the [[dining hall|dining halls]].<br />
# When putting your tray away at any [[dining hall]], have the courtesy not to cut other people who are waiting in line to do the same thing, even if you are rushed. If you can't resist the urge to cut people when you are rushed, give yourself enough time to put your tray away before you need to leave for class or whatever else you need to go to after a meal. <br />
#*On the subject of busing trays, please do just that. Don't leave random glasses, plates, or even full trays of food at your table, because it's disrespectful (and not to mention degrading) to the people who work hard to feed you.<br />
#* In fact, don't cut people when you aren't rushed; for instance, in the line for [[First Friday]]. Being drunk and not wearing enough clothing on a cold night are not excuses.<br />
<br />
==Sustainability==<br />
# If the room is empty, and you're leaving, turn off the lights. Please.<br />
# When in a [[library]], kindly turn the light off when you leave a [[carrel]].<br />
# If you go outside to [[smoking|smoke]], for crying out loud, throw away your cigarette butts when you're done. Littering is not cool, ever, and this is no exception.<br />
#If you have a plastic/glass/aluminum container to toss, but the nearest public recycling bin is full, hang onto it until you come to one that isn't full rather than making a pile on top of the bin. The [[facilities]] staff should not have to remove dozens of empty bottles sitting on top of the container before they empty it.<br />
==In [[classes]]==<br />
# Don't fall asleep in a discussion class. [[Coffee]] is your friend.<br />
#* If you must fall asleep in any class, try not to snore loudly or jolt awake too hilariously.<br />
#* If you're likely to fall asleep in class, just skip and sleep. You're not likely to get anything useful out of the class period in that state, so you may as well catch up for later in the day.<br />
# When engaged in debate, distinguish between criticisms of your argument and criticisms of your character.<br />
#* Don't make the latter when you're trying to make the former.<br />
#* Don't interpret the former as the latter.<br />
# When you go into the [[language lab]] in [[Weston]], hand your [[ID card]] to the monitor, don't just throw it into the bin.<br />
<br />
==Cell phones==<br />
# Before entering a classroom, a library, a concert, a lecture, a play, or a movie, put your cell phone on vibrate. PLEASE. (How about just turn it off or silence it completely? You can't answer it, why should you care if it's ringing?)<br />
# If you are in the library and feel the need to talk to someone on your cellphone, have your conversation in an area where people aren't studying nearby. Also refrain from having loud, long conversations with other people while in the library when people are trying to study around you.<br />
# Don't leave your cell phone on a table and then walk away. If it rings or vibrates, it will bother everyone.<br />
# If you are in a dark space with others, such as a movie, don't text-message. The light from the screen is bright and very obnoxious.<br />
<br />
==Events==<br />
# If you are at a classical music or [[choir]] performance, or at the [['62 Centre]] or movie theater, shut up during the performance.<br />
# Do not loudly unwrap throat lozenges in the middle of the music or play. If you have a cough, it's best to unwrap one before the music/play/whatever starts, or during a break in the middle.<br />
# Do not clap between movements, or at any point where the conductor asks you not to clap.<br />
# If you are 168 years or older, recall that you've suffered hearing loss. What seems to be an inconspicuous whisper to you is actually quite loud.<br />
#* I'm sure all the senior citizens around [[Williamstown]] read Willipedia...<br />
# Don't bring small children.<br />
# Take off your [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Hats|hat]].<br />
# Turn off or silence your cell phone - do NOT leave it on vibrate.<br />
# Don't send text messages.<br />
# Don't harrass your friends and/or strangers into seeing your sub-par performance. (However, if you are the subject of successful peer pressure, accede gracefully and find something nice to say.)</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Common_courtesy&diff=14218Common courtesy2007-01-30T20:59:52Z<p>10tac: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[Category:Advice]]<br />
Suggestions, accumulated wisdom, and community norms for how to treat strangers with considerately. Please expand.<br />
<br />
==At doors==<br />
# Entering or exiting a building: look behind you to see whether anyone else is coming through the same door in the next 5 seconds. If the door will slam in the face of the person behind you, hold it open.<br />
# If you see someone right outside, and opening the door would involve no more effort than extending your arm, go ahead and give it a push.<br />
#* In particular, let the pizza dude inside, even if it ain't your pizza. We're lucky to get delivery here.<br />
# If there are two doors going into a building, and a large number of people are squeezing through one while the other door remains closed, open and go through the unopened door so as to optimize the flow of traffic.<br />
# If you see someone carrying boxes, ask if there's a door you can open.<br />
# If someone is standing in front of a dorm with a sleeping bag and a prospectus, and appears to be under the age of 20, offer to swipe the person in. It is probably a [[pre-frosh]].<br />
# When [[smoking]], don't huddle right outside the doors to the building. Nobody wants to walk through a cloud of smoke every time they need to enter or exit. There's been a rule against smoking within 25 feet of a campus building since 2003 anyway, not that anyone's ever gotten in trouble for it.<br />
<br />
==Around campus==<br />
<br />
# Say hello to people you meet. If someone else says hello to you, respond in kind. Bonus points for smiling while saying hello.<br />
# Say "excuse me" rather than just pushing past people in a crowd or a constricted space.<br />
# Wave to, nod, or mouth "thank you" to drivers who stop for you to cross on a pedestrian crossing. It's the law for them to stop, but it's still polite when they do because many don't.<br />
#* Look both ways before you cross the street, even if you're at a crosswalk.<br />
# If someone farts in [[Schow Science Library|Schow]], make believe you didn't hear it. (Even though you did and it's hilarious)<br />
# If possible, leave space on the sidewalk so others don't have to walk in water, mud, or snow. If you're walking in a group and one person comes in the opposite direction, move behind someone in your group so the person passing can use the sidewalk as well.<br />
#* And be careful how you maneuver with that umbrella. You almost took my eye out.<br />
<br />
==In Conversation==<br />
<br />
# DON'T interrupt someone while they're talking, no matter how insightful you think what you have to say is. This is one of the rudest things one could do in a conversation, though oftentimes people simply aren't aware that they are guilty of doing it. Instead, 1. make sure they've finished speaking and making their point, 2. *wait a half-second*, and then 3. go ahead and say what you wanted to say. And if you miss your chance because someone else chimed in before you, then oh well, life goes on. You're not as interesting as you think, anyway.<br />
<br />
==Online== <br />
<br />
# Don't write things in ALL CAPS. or all lowercase, for that matter. Ever.<br />
# If you're done using a public computer, close all the windows so people know it's not in use. Log off, unless you want strangers to look through (and potentially modify) the non-public files in your [ftp://achilles.williams.edu Achilles account].<br />
#You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, husband, non-monogamous partner, or simply his/her recent random hookup. Also can be stated as, "Thou shall not covet sloppy seconds."<br />
#You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.<br />
<br />
==In dorms==<br />
# When watching a movie when other people are present, don't talk (unless the movie is awful and the group as a whole wants to).<br />
# Have some discretion when [[making out]]. Avoid egregious public displays of affection.<br />
# If you cook in a [[Kitchens|kitchen]], for God's sake, clean up after yourself. Don't leave your spaghetti sauce on the stove top until spring break. If you cook and "that mess was there when I got here," just take a few minutes and clean it up anyway. Your guests probably don't want to eat in filth.<br />
# Don't throw your old sardines, or any other stinky refuse, into the bathroom trash can. There is a trash room.<br />
# Talk to your janitor. <br />
# Don't destroy or abuse property. Particularly not if it belongs to somebody else.<br />
# If you yak or see someone yak in a place that's a bit out of the way -- a basement, far-off corner, or anywhere that isn't a toilet, really -- make your best effort to tell someone responsible that there's a stinky, biohazardous mess on the floor. <br />
# Don't sample random people's shampoo, toothpaste, face wash, etc just because it's in the bathroom.<br />
# Turn off the television when you leave and no one else is watching, even if it's a TV in a public space. ''Especially'' if it's a TV in a public space.<br />
#Don't steal. Some stealing is okay though, like <strike>stealing food and</strike> [[free stuff]]. Especially free stuff.<br />
#* Stealing food is not okay! Don't steal food that's not yours. Other people get hungry sometimes too, especially for the food they have paid for themselves.<br />
#*But stealing food from dining halls is perfectly acceptable. We already get ripped off enough by our meal plans and the hours of the dining halls.<br />
# Keep in mind that you live with other people. Playing music loudly late at night when people are trying to sleep or study, especially after having been requested to turn it down, is incredibly rude. Be considerate and use common sense.<br />
#*Blasting music in the quad, no matter what time of day, is unnecessary and inconsiderate. Not everyone shares your taste in music (and even if they do, they don't necessarily want to hear it thumping through their closed windows).<br />
# Socializing in halls is a beautiful thing, but not so much at 3 a.m. during [[reading period]]. (Especially in dorms where doors and walls are thin!) Take those extra five steps and walk into someone's room.<br />
<br />
=== In laundry rooms ===<br />
<br />
# Knock the lint out of the lint screen after you use the dryer.<br />
# Don't leave your [[laundry]] in the washer or dryer for hours after it's done. No one wants to touch your wet underwear to move it out of the way and other people like having clean clothes too.<br />
#* If, by chance, the person before you has left laundry in the washer (we all do it once in a while) be so nice as to move the clothes into an empty drier, if available. You might as well, and it keeps them clean and away from the spilled bleach that is inevitably everywhere. <br />
#** If you spill bleach in the laundry room, wipe it up.<br />
<br />
==In dining halls==<br />
# If there's only one omelet left at the dining hall, ask the person behind you if they want half.<br />
# When putting up your tray in [[Driscoll Dining Hall|Driscoll]] or [[Mission Dining Hall]], gently place your silverware into the cloudy blue dishwashing solution, don't throw it in there and splash everyone around you. <br />
# Oh yeah, and don't try to compost paper cups, saltine wrappers, etc. -- there's a trash can for that.<br />
# Compost your napkins and tea bags.<br />
# Thank the cardswiper people in the [[dining hall|dining halls]].<br />
# When putting your tray away at any [[dining hall]], have the courtesy not to cut other people who are waiting in line to do the same thing, even if you are rushed. If you can't resist the urge to cut people when you are rushed, give yourself enough time to put your tray away before you need to leave for class or whatever else you need to go to after a meal. <br />
#*On the subject of busing trays, please do just that. Don't leave random glasses, plates, or even full trays of food at your table, because it's disrespectful (and not to mention degrading) to the people who work hard to feed you.<br />
#* In fact, don't cut people when you aren't rushed; for instance, in the line for [[First Friday]]. Being drunk and not wearing enough clothing on a cold night are not excuses.<br />
<br />
==Sustainability==<br />
# If the room is empty, and you're leaving, turn off the lights. Please.<br />
# When in a [[library]], kindly turn the light off when you leave a [[carrel]].<br />
# If you go outside to [[smoking|smoke]], for crying out loud, throw away your cigarette butts when you're done. Littering is not cool, ever, and this is no exception.<br />
#If you have a plastic/glass/aluminum container to toss, but the nearest public recycling bin is full, hang onto it until you come to one that isn't full rather than making a pile on top of the bin. The [[facilities]] staff should not have to remove dozens of empty bottles sitting on top of the container before they empty it.<br />
==In [[classes]]==<br />
# Don't fall asleep in a discussion class. [[Coffee]] is your friend.<br />
#* If you must fall asleep in any class, try not to snore loudly or jolt awake too hilariously.<br />
#* If you're likely to fall asleep in class, just skip and sleep. You're not likely to get anything useful out of the class period in that state, so you may as well catch up for later in the day.<br />
# When engaged in debate, distinguish between criticisms of your argument and criticisms of your character.<br />
#* Don't make the latter when you're trying to make the former.<br />
#* Don't interpret the former as the latter.<br />
# When you go into the [[language lab]] in [[Weston]], hand your [[ID card]] to the monitor, don't just throw it into the bin.<br />
<br />
==Cell phones==<br />
# Before entering a classroom, a library, a concert, a lecture, a play, or a movie, put your cell phone on vibrate. PLEASE. (How about just turn it off or silence it completely? You can't answer it, why should you care if it's ringing?)<br />
# If you are in the library and feel the need to talk to someone on your cellphone, have your conversation in an area where people aren't studying nearby. Also refrain from having loud, long conversations with other people while in the library when people are trying to study around you.<br />
# Don't leave your cell phone on a table and then walk away. If it rings or vibrates, it will bother everyone.<br />
# If you are in a dark space with others, such as a movie, don't text-message. The light from the screen is bright and very obnoxious.<br />
<br />
==Events==<br />
# If you are at a classical music or [[choir]] performance, or at the [['62 Centre]] or movie theater, shut up during the performance.<br />
# Do not loudly unwrap throat lozenges in the middle of the music or play. If you have a cough, it's best to unwrap one before the music/play/whatever starts, or during a break in the middle.<br />
# Do not clap between movements, or at any point where the conductor asks you not to clap.<br />
# If you are 168 years or older, recall that you've suffered hearing loss. What seems to be an inconspicuous whisper to you is actually quite loud.<br />
#* I'm sure all the senior citizens around [[Williamstown]] read Willipedia...<br />
# Don't bring small children.<br />
# Take off your [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Hats|hat]].<br />
# Turn off or silence your cell phone - do NOT leave it on vibrate.<br />
# Don't send text messages.<br />
# Don't harrass your friends and/or strangers into seeing your sub-par performance. (However, if you are the subject of successful peer pressure, accede gracefully and find something nice to say.)</div>10tachttps://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Odd_Quad&diff=13363Odd Quad2006-11-28T02:17:15Z<p>10tac: </p>
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The "Odd Quad" is the more commonly used name for the [[Berkshire Quad]], the southeast-most group of dormitories on campus. It is made up of two dorms which previously housed freshmen, [[East College]] and [[Fayerweather Hall]], and three upperclassman dorms, [[Currier Hall]], [[Fitch House]], and [[Prospect House]], as well as the [[Hopkins Observatory]]. East and Fay are on the west side of the quad; Currier and Fitch on the east; Prospect is on the south end and The observatory is on the north end, next to [[Route 2]].<br />
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How the Odd Quad got its name is a mystery shrouded by time. In the 1970s it was known as the Sophomore Quad. Some (e.g., some campus [[tour guide]]s) say the moniker "Odd" arose simply due to having five dormitories (''i.e.'' an odd number). Others suspect it has more to do with the nature of the inhabitants, as the Odd Quad tends to be home to the campus's largest collection of freaks, geeks, nerds, and people who generally consider themselves to part of a Williams subculture of oddness. If you brought a cape to college "just in case," you're likely to fit in well there. (Cape-wearers are still a minority, but a slightly more visible one in this quad than elsewhere on campus.)<br />
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Odd Quadders tend to eat their meals in [[Driscoll Dining Hall]], the most convenient [[dining halls|dining hall]], located just off the southeast corner of the quad, next to Fitch and Prospect. Driscoll was known a few years ago for the [[Driscoll Deviations]], a popular series of [[pranks]] pulled during dinners by a large group of students that named themselves the [[Deviants]], after their own practice.<br />
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Some of the best features of the Odd Quad are the [[Currier ballroom]], which features arguably the best (if the most beer-soaked) [[pianos|piano]] on campus outside of the [[Bernhard Music Center|music building]]; the roof of the observatory, which has a truly lovely view; and the perfect-for-snowball-fights [[Eyes sculpture]] located on the western side of East, in front of the [[Williams College Museum of Art]].</div>10tac