https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=141.154.148.164&feedformat=atomWillipedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:26:07ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.1https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Easy_classes&diff=5098Easy classes2005-11-12T07:55:00Z<p>141.154.148.164: /* Philosophy 102 */</p>
<hr />
<div>I know, know, we all came to Williams to take four to six challenging and rewarding classes every semester. Then we found how much we liked working for the newspaper or playing a sport or singing a capella or doing plays. Anyway, sometimes you need an easy fourth course. Let's make a list of guts. '''Please comment only on the size of the workload, and not on the quality of teaching.''' If there's not universal consensus that a course was easy, it would be relevant to mention whether you've had previous coursework in the subject, or if you're just a genius. If you want opinions about the quality of particular professors, please visit [http://wso.williams.edu/Factrak Factrak]. Not to be confused with [[Hard Classes]]<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (if you can do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 110===<br />
<br />
'''Bartlett's section''': There are daily homework assignments, but you can actually complete them ''during the class that it's due''. You'll probably have time to finish the next day's assignment, too. There were no projects or papers; just a mid-term and final exam. Bartlett is an adjunct from Smith, so he is only brought in when Econ 110 is overenrolled.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
===Psych 201===<br />
<br />
'''Kirby's section''': If you are not good at math, this class will be hard. But if you have a sound grasp of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and occasionally division, and if you have a sort of understanding of how math works, this class is easy. You don't need to do any reading to do the course, which is good since the texts and reading assignments are really dense. Classes are small, so the professor will notice if you are not there.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? yes, since it's a small class<br />
Extra credit? No<br />
<br />
Not easy with Ari Solomon.<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (even if you can't do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 120===<br />
<br />
Sporadic problem sets that can be done at the last minute. Attendance is not necessary as the entire lecture (at least in one prof's section) is contained within a powerpoint presentation available through blackboard - print this out, don't take any notes. Readings from the course packet are assigned but not necessary. Exams are easy, especially if you've taken 110 before.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
Note: This is just my personal experience, but econ 120 with Betty Daniel involves weekly problem sets, 2 papers, a presentation and debate on one of the papers, and two really hard tests and a final exam. Just to give you a good idea of how hard the tests are, the first one had a curve of over 20 points.<br />
<br />
===Ling 101===<br />
<br />
Not only is Introduction to Linguistics easy, but it's probably one of the most fun and interesting classes you could ever take at Williams. It's taught by a knowledgeable professor who's willing to explain any and all details of a subject, and also willing to get into discussions of related (or even not very related) material. Most of the class is spent learning the International Phonetic Alphabet...go to lecture, sit back, relax, and listen to the funny noises as all the members of the class try to mimic Professor Sanders' pronunciations. This class is also great for picking up fun facts: where else can you learn to properly use phrases like "bilabial fricative," "spread glottis," or "plosive?" Ling 101 is a problem set class and requires a good memory, but if you have basic quantitative reasoning abilities, it's easy to handle.<br />
<br />
Note: I never attended this class, but learned I.P.A. elsewhere, and it is not at all difficult to learn within the course of a few classes, tops, if you have a reasonably good ear for sounds. It is, also, a useful class for anyone who plans to go into singing, since terms like "plosive" come up fairly often there too.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
<br />
===Psych 101===<br />
<br />
It is not really that the material is easy, but this class is the only class I am aware of at Williams that has extra credit, in the form of participating in psych experiments that oftentimes are extremely interesting anyway. I got an A in the class and very rarely went to class on Friday mornings. The only section that you need to pay close attention in the lecture is Neuroscience, which many people have considered to be the most interesting set of lectures, anyway, and thus easy to pay attention to. Even if you don't do well on that test, you will surely ace the Cognitive Psych or Social Psych part and make up for it. This class is light on the reading, and since there so many people in it, you can find a study partner easily. <br />
<br />
I would also add that there is very little in the lectures that cannot be found directly from the book. In fact, despite the fact that I attended almost every lecture, the notes I took down were basically just repeating what I'd read the night before.<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, '''do not buy the textbook.''' It was revised three times while I was a student, and every time Kassin would claim "students must have the recent edition." Bullshit. If you don't believe, grab copies of your favorite two editions and check the text side by side. I'll be damned if I didn't find, my freshman year, that precisely the same text and figures were present in the 3rd and 4th editions, with a two page difference between editions. If you are lucky enough to take the class in a revision year, check out the free book table in the [[1914 Library]], even if you are not on [[financial aid]]. They'll be liquidating their "old" editions.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? no<br />
Extra credit? Yes!<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: A great number of people have failed this course. Do not be misled by this information. It is necessary ''either'' to attend class or to do the readings. You can get away with skipping one or the other, but if you skip both, you will suffer.<br />
<br />
Also note: Ok, although I know someone who has failed this course, I feel strongly that this is a result of a complete lack of understanding about what an easy or "low-maintainence" class is and what it isn't. i.e. you still have to study for the exams, and the material is still on par with college-level academics.<br />
<br />
(Seconded. This class is easy to fail if you decide not to do the reading or if you regularly skip class, but easy to pass if you simply do the reading and pay a reasonable amount of attention during lectures. Most lectures are also fairly interesting, and most reading material easily comprehensible, so this should not be at all difficult for anyone smart and motivated enough to be at Williams in the first place.)<br />
<br />
===Math 175: Mathematical Politics: Voting, Power, and Conflict===<br />
<br />
Very light on actual math.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 1-3 hours (problem sets)<br />
<br />
===Geos 104: Oceanography===<br />
<br />
Well-illustrated powerpoint lectures, an often fun and incredibly easy lab for two hours ever other week, pretty much no homework (though looking at your textbook doesn't actually hurt), and a field trip in the spring! This was one of the easiest and most entertaining classes I've taken here. <br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours <br />
Mandatory attendance? I don't remember, but it's actually worth going<br />
<br />
===Theatre 101===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been very easy, but this seems to depend to a fairly significant degree on which professor is currently teaching it. Has tended to involve minimal reading, a moderate amount of class participation, and little in the way of homework.<br />
<br />
And it no longer exists.<br />
<br />
===Philosophy 102===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been fairly easy provided you find philosophical discussion interesting. There are typically two sections, of which I only have experience with Professor White's version. Involves significant and frequent reading, but only page-long response papers twice a week, only one of wich was graded, while the other was reviewed by a TA. Class participation is important; do not <br />
take this curse if you are shy about offering opinions. (It should be noted that it has been several years since I took this course, so it may have changed by now.)<br />
<br />
....'''''vastly''''' depends on the prof which you have. Cruz, Gerrard, White, Dudley, Mladenvoic and probably others, have all taught this course. Each prof injects their own special flavor into 102. This class is "easy" in being light on the workload, ''depending on the professor'', but sometimes piecing together a coherent philosophical argument can be quite a bear, if it's not your thing. One might go so far as to say that this is an easy class for philosophy majors, but if you're a Div1 or Div3 major looking for an easy and mindless Div2 to fill your distribution requirement, this is not your best bet.<br />
<br />
===Astronomy 101===<br />
<br />
Easy (for me, at least, though I've heard that some others have disputed this) if you do the reading and show up for tests and labs. Missing tests, has, in the past, resulted in almost automatic failure, though, even if you have good excuses, so be careful about that.<br />
<br />
===English 115===<br />
<br />
Taught by Prof. Murphy, the king of witty and dry sarcasm, this class is the simplest writing intensive course ever brought to Williams. "Writing intensive" really means, one page (double spaced!) response to the weekly reading. By "response" I mean, how did you feel? Did you like it? The biggest paper is a 3-5pager. Only thing is you can't miss more than 2 classes. But you can easily get by without reading a thing.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Easy_classes&diff=5097Easy classes2005-11-12T07:53:28Z<p>141.154.148.164: /* Psych 101 */</p>
<hr />
<div>I know, know, we all came to Williams to take four to six challenging and rewarding classes every semester. Then we found how much we liked working for the newspaper or playing a sport or singing a capella or doing plays. Anyway, sometimes you need an easy fourth course. Let's make a list of guts. '''Please comment only on the size of the workload, and not on the quality of teaching.''' If there's not universal consensus that a course was easy, it would be relevant to mention whether you've had previous coursework in the subject, or if you're just a genius. If you want opinions about the quality of particular professors, please visit [http://wso.williams.edu/Factrak Factrak]. Not to be confused with [[Hard Classes]]<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (if you can do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 110===<br />
<br />
'''Bartlett's section''': There are daily homework assignments, but you can actually complete them ''during the class that it's due''. You'll probably have time to finish the next day's assignment, too. There were no projects or papers; just a mid-term and final exam. Bartlett is an adjunct from Smith, so he is only brought in when Econ 110 is overenrolled.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
===Psych 201===<br />
<br />
'''Kirby's section''': If you are not good at math, this class will be hard. But if you have a sound grasp of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and occasionally division, and if you have a sort of understanding of how math works, this class is easy. You don't need to do any reading to do the course, which is good since the texts and reading assignments are really dense. Classes are small, so the professor will notice if you are not there.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? yes, since it's a small class<br />
Extra credit? No<br />
<br />
Not easy with Ari Solomon.<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (even if you can't do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 120===<br />
<br />
Sporadic problem sets that can be done at the last minute. Attendance is not necessary as the entire lecture (at least in one prof's section) is contained within a powerpoint presentation available through blackboard - print this out, don't take any notes. Readings from the course packet are assigned but not necessary. Exams are easy, especially if you've taken 110 before.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
Note: This is just my personal experience, but econ 120 with Betty Daniel involves weekly problem sets, 2 papers, a presentation and debate on one of the papers, and two really hard tests and a final exam. Just to give you a good idea of how hard the tests are, the first one had a curve of over 20 points.<br />
<br />
===Ling 101===<br />
<br />
Not only is Introduction to Linguistics easy, but it's probably one of the most fun and interesting classes you could ever take at Williams. It's taught by a knowledgeable professor who's willing to explain any and all details of a subject, and also willing to get into discussions of related (or even not very related) material. Most of the class is spent learning the International Phonetic Alphabet...go to lecture, sit back, relax, and listen to the funny noises as all the members of the class try to mimic Professor Sanders' pronunciations. This class is also great for picking up fun facts: where else can you learn to properly use phrases like "bilabial fricative," "spread glottis," or "plosive?" Ling 101 is a problem set class and requires a good memory, but if you have basic quantitative reasoning abilities, it's easy to handle.<br />
<br />
Note: I never attended this class, but learned I.P.A. elsewhere, and it is not at all difficult to learn within the course of a few classes, tops, if you have a reasonably good ear for sounds. It is, also, a useful class for anyone who plans to go into singing, since terms like "plosive" come up fairly often there too.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
<br />
===Psych 101===<br />
<br />
It is not really that the material is easy, but this class is the only class I am aware of at Williams that has extra credit, in the form of participating in psych experiments that oftentimes are extremely interesting anyway. I got an A in the class and very rarely went to class on Friday mornings. The only section that you need to pay close attention in the lecture is Neuroscience, which many people have considered to be the most interesting set of lectures, anyway, and thus easy to pay attention to. Even if you don't do well on that test, you will surely ace the Cognitive Psych or Social Psych part and make up for it. This class is light on the reading, and since there so many people in it, you can find a study partner easily. <br />
<br />
I would also add that there is very little in the lectures that cannot be found directly from the book. In fact, despite the fact that I attended almost every lecture, the notes I took down were basically just repeating what I'd read the night before.<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, '''do not buy the textbook.''' It was revised three times while I was a student, and every time Kassin would claim "students must have the recent edition." Bullshit. If you don't believe, grab copies of your favorite two editions and check the text side by side. I'll be damned if I didn't find, my freshman year, that precisely the same text and figures were present in the 3rd and 4th editions, with a two page difference between editions. If you are lucky enough to take the class in a revision year, check out the free book table in the [[1914 Library]], even if you are not on [[financial aid]]. They'll be liquidating their "old" editions.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? no<br />
Extra credit? Yes!<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: A great number of people have failed this course. Do not be misled by this information. It is necessary ''either'' to attend class or to do the readings. You can get away with skipping one or the other, but if you skip both, you will suffer.<br />
<br />
Also note: Ok, although I know someone who has failed this course, I feel strongly that this is a result of a complete lack of understanding about what an easy or "low-maintainence" class is and what it isn't. i.e. you still have to study for the exams, and the material is still on par with college-level academics.<br />
<br />
(Seconded. This class is easy to fail if you decide not to do the reading or if you regularly skip class, but easy to pass if you simply do the reading and pay a reasonable amount of attention during lectures. Most lectures are also fairly interesting, and most reading material easily comprehensible, so this should not be at all difficult for anyone smart and motivated enough to be at Williams in the first place.)<br />
<br />
===Math 175: Mathematical Politics: Voting, Power, and Conflict===<br />
<br />
Very light on actual math.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 1-3 hours (problem sets)<br />
<br />
===Geos 104: Oceanography===<br />
<br />
Well-illustrated powerpoint lectures, an often fun and incredibly easy lab for two hours ever other week, pretty much no homework (though looking at your textbook doesn't actually hurt), and a field trip in the spring! This was one of the easiest and most entertaining classes I've taken here. <br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours <br />
Mandatory attendance? I don't remember, but it's actually worth going<br />
<br />
===Theatre 101===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been very easy, but this seems to depend to a fairly significant degree on which professor is currently teaching it. Has tended to involve minimal reading, a moderate amount of class participation, and little in the way of homework.<br />
<br />
And it no longer exists.<br />
<br />
===Philosophy 102===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been fairly easy provided you find philosophical discussion interesting. There are typically two sections, of which I only have experience with Professor White's version. Involves significant and frequent reading, but only page-long response papers twice a week, only one of wich was graded, while the other was reviewed by a TA. Class participation is important; do not <br />
take this curse if you are shy about offering opinions. (It should be noted that it has been several years since I took this course, so it may have changed by now.)<br />
<br />
....'''''vastly''''' depends on the prof which you have. Cruz, Gerrard, White, Dudley, Mladenvoic and probably others, have all taught this course. Each prof injects their own special flavor into 102. This class is "easy" in being light on the workload, ''depending on the professor'', but sometimes piecing together a coherent philosophical argument can be quite a bear, if it's not your thing. One might go so far as to say that this is an easy class for philosophy majors, but if you're a Div1 or Div3 major looking for an easy Div2 to fill your distribution requirement, this is not your best bet.<br />
<br />
===Astronomy 101===<br />
<br />
Easy (for me, at least, though I've heard that some others have disputed this) if you do the reading and show up for tests and labs. Missing tests, has, in the past, resulted in almost automatic failure, though, even if you have good excuses, so be careful about that.<br />
<br />
===English 115===<br />
<br />
Taught by Prof. Murphy, the king of witty and dry sarcasm, this class is the simplest writing intensive course ever brought to Williams. "Writing intensive" really means, one page (double spaced!) response to the weekly reading. By "response" I mean, how did you feel? Did you like it? The biggest paper is a 3-5pager. Only thing is you can't miss more than 2 classes. But you can easily get by without reading a thing.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Easy_classes&diff=5096Easy classes2005-11-12T07:51:43Z<p>141.154.148.164: /* Philosophy 102 */</p>
<hr />
<div>I know, know, we all came to Williams to take four to six challenging and rewarding classes every semester. Then we found how much we liked working for the newspaper or playing a sport or singing a capella or doing plays. Anyway, sometimes you need an easy fourth course. Let's make a list of guts. '''Please comment only on the size of the workload, and not on the quality of teaching.''' If there's not universal consensus that a course was easy, it would be relevant to mention whether you've had previous coursework in the subject, or if you're just a genius. If you want opinions about the quality of particular professors, please visit [http://wso.williams.edu/Factrak Factrak]. Not to be confused with [[Hard Classes]]<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (if you can do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 110===<br />
<br />
'''Bartlett's section''': There are daily homework assignments, but you can actually complete them ''during the class that it's due''. You'll probably have time to finish the next day's assignment, too. There were no projects or papers; just a mid-term and final exam. Bartlett is an adjunct from Smith, so he is only brought in when Econ 110 is overenrolled.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
===Psych 201===<br />
<br />
'''Kirby's section''': If you are not good at math, this class will be hard. But if you have a sound grasp of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and occasionally division, and if you have a sort of understanding of how math works, this class is easy. You don't need to do any reading to do the course, which is good since the texts and reading assignments are really dense. Classes are small, so the professor will notice if you are not there.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? yes, since it's a small class<br />
Extra credit? No<br />
<br />
Not easy with Ari Solomon.<br />
<br />
==Easy classes (even if you can't do math)==<br />
<br />
===Econ 120===<br />
<br />
Sporadic problem sets that can be done at the last minute. Attendance is not necessary as the entire lecture (at least in one prof's section) is contained within a powerpoint presentation available through blackboard - print this out, don't take any notes. Readings from the course packet are assigned but not necessary. Exams are easy, especially if you've taken 110 before.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-2 hours<br />
Mandatory attendance? No<br />
<br />
Note: This is just my personal experience, but econ 120 with Betty Daniel involves weekly problem sets, 2 papers, a presentation and debate on one of the papers, and two really hard tests and a final exam. Just to give you a good idea of how hard the tests are, the first one had a curve of over 20 points.<br />
<br />
===Ling 101===<br />
<br />
Not only is Introduction to Linguistics easy, but it's probably one of the most fun and interesting classes you could ever take at Williams. It's taught by a knowledgeable professor who's willing to explain any and all details of a subject, and also willing to get into discussions of related (or even not very related) material. Most of the class is spent learning the International Phonetic Alphabet...go to lecture, sit back, relax, and listen to the funny noises as all the members of the class try to mimic Professor Sanders' pronunciations. This class is also great for picking up fun facts: where else can you learn to properly use phrases like "bilabial fricative," "spread glottis," or "plosive?" Ling 101 is a problem set class and requires a good memory, but if you have basic quantitative reasoning abilities, it's easy to handle.<br />
<br />
Note: I never attended this class, but learned I.P.A. elsewhere, and it is not at all difficult to learn within the course of a few classes, tops, if you have a reasonably good ear for sounds. It is, also, a useful class for anyone who plans to go into singing, since terms like "plosive" come up fairly often there too.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
<br />
===Psych 101===<br />
<br />
It is not really that the material is easy, but this class is the only class I am aware of at Williams that has extra credit, in the form of participating in psych experiments that oftentimes are extremely interesting anyway. I got an A in the class and very rarely went to class on Friday mornings. The only section that you need to pay close attention in the lecture is Neuroscience, which many people have considered to be the most interesting set of lectures, anyway, and thus easy to pay attention to. Even if you don't do well on that test, you will surely ace the Cognitive Psych or Social Psych part and make up for it. This class is light on the reading, and since there so many people in it, you can find a study partner easily. <br />
<br />
I would also add that there is very little in the lectures that cannot be found directly from the book. In fact, despite the fact that I attended almost every lecture, the notes I took down were basically just repeating what I'd read the night before.<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, '''do not buy the textbook.''' It was revised three times while I was a student, and every time Kassin would claim "students must have the recent edition." Bullshit. If you don't believe, grab copies of your favorite two editions and check the text side by side. I'll be damned if I didn't find, my freshman year, that precisely the same text and figures were present in the 3rd and 4th editions, with a two page difference between editions. If you are lucky enough to take the class in a revision year, check out the free book table in the [[1914 Library]], even if you are not on [[financial aid]]. They'll be liquidating their "old" editions.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours<br />
Mandatory attendence? no<br />
Extra credit? Yes!<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: A great number of people have failed this course. Do not be misled by this information.<br />
<br />
Also note: Ok, although I know someone who has failed this course, I feel strongly that this is a result of a complete lack of understanding about what an easy or "low-maintainence" class is and what it isn't. i.e. you still have to study for the exams, and the material is still on par with college-level academics.<br />
<br />
(Seconded. This class is easy to fail if you decide not to do the reading or if you regularly skip class, but easy to pass if you simply do the reading and pay a reasonable amount of attention during lectures. Most lectures are also fairly interesting, and most reading material easily comprehensible, so this should not be at all difficult for anyone smart and motivated enough to be at Williams in the first place.)<br />
<br />
===Math 175: Mathematical Politics: Voting, Power, and Conflict===<br />
<br />
Very light on actual math.<br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 1-3 hours (problem sets)<br />
<br />
===Geos 104: Oceanography===<br />
<br />
Well-illustrated powerpoint lectures, an often fun and incredibly easy lab for two hours ever other week, pretty much no homework (though looking at your textbook doesn't actually hurt), and a field trip in the spring! This was one of the easiest and most entertaining classes I've taken here. <br />
<br />
Estimated weekly workload: 0-3 hours <br />
Mandatory attendance? I don't remember, but it's actually worth going<br />
<br />
===Theatre 101===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been very easy, but this seems to depend to a fairly significant degree on which professor is currently teaching it. Has tended to involve minimal reading, a moderate amount of class participation, and little in the way of homework.<br />
<br />
And it no longer exists.<br />
<br />
===Philosophy 102===<br />
<br />
Has, in the past, been fairly easy provided you find philosophical discussion interesting. There are typically two sections, of which I only have experience with Professor White's version. Involves significant and frequent reading, but only page-long response papers twice a week, only one of wich was graded, while the other was reviewed by a TA. Class participation is important; do not <br />
take this curse if you are shy about offering opinions. (It should be noted that it has been several years since I took this course, so it may have changed by now.)<br />
<br />
....'''''vastly''''' depends on the prof which you have. Cruz, Gerrard, White, Dudley, Mladenvoic and probably others, have all taught this course. Each prof injects their own special flavor into 102. This class is "easy" in being light on the workload, ''depending on the professor'', but sometimes piecing together a coherent philosophical argument can be quite a bear, if it's not your thing. One might go so far as to say that this is an easy class for philosophy majors, but if you're a Div1 or Div3 major looking for an easy Div2 to fill your distribution requirement, this is not your best bet.<br />
<br />
===Astronomy 101===<br />
<br />
Easy (for me, at least, though I've heard that some others have disputed this) if you do the reading and show up for tests and labs. Missing tests, has, in the past, resulted in almost automatic failure, though, even if you have good excuses, so be careful about that.<br />
<br />
===English 115===<br />
<br />
Taught by Prof. Murphy, the king of witty and dry sarcasm, this class is the simplest writing intensive course ever brought to Williams. "Writing intensive" really means, one page (double spaced!) response to the weekly reading. By "response" I mean, how did you feel? Did you like it? The biggest paper is a 3-5pager. Only thing is you can't miss more than 2 classes. But you can easily get by without reading a thing.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Philosophy&diff=4950Philosophy2005-11-10T23:27:18Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
<hr />
<div>*Literally: "Love of Wisdom"<br />
*Basically: "Thinking"<br />
*Idealistically: "The Meaning of Life"<br />
*Pejoratively: "The Art of Making Stuff Up"<br />
<br />
[http://www.williams.edu/philosophy Williams Philosophy Department Webpage]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Philosophy&diff=4949Philosophy2005-11-10T23:26:59Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
<hr />
<div>Literally: "Love of Wisdom"<br />
Basically: "Thinking"<br />
Idealistically: "The Meaning of Life"<br />
Pejoratively: "The Art of Making Stuff Up"<br />
<br />
[http://www.williams.edu/philosophy Williams Philosophy Department Webpage]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=North_Adams&diff=4718North Adams2005-11-09T09:00:43Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div># Go to Village Pizza. It's open remarkably late.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown&diff=4303Seth Brown2005-11-06T17:43:46Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Seth Brown '01 did small things in the service of humor while at Williams. Among them:<br />
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*Co-founding the [[Mad Cow]].<br />
*Writing a humor column for the [[Williams Record]].<br />
*Giving impromptu rhyming floor speeches at the [[Oxford Debates]].<br />
*Forming a Classical Kazoo Quintet which performed at [[Driscoll]].<br />
*Delivering a silly poem to his graduating class after being elected [[Class Poet]].<br />
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Seth graduated in 2001, but has remained in the area due to an affinity for the people, and still oft helps write and read the [[Homecoming Halftime Show]]. He also wrote a [http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/limerick.html limerick] about [[Anchor housing]] which is also called [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Anchors_Away Anchors, Away!]<br />
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His website is [http://www.risingpun.com RisingPun.com].</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Stuff_Morty_Should_Definitely_Do&diff=4284Stuff Morty Should Definitely Do2005-11-06T09:15:56Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div># Stay as cool as he is because no other college president knows how to keep it real the way our Morty does.<br />
# Play [[Beirut]] with me<br />
# Better, sponsor "Forties with Morty." On his front lawn.<br />
## That is the best idea I've heard in a long time. College council should put it to a referendum.<br />
## Seconded. They have to bring it now, right?<br />
## College council has been officially petitioned.<br />
# Splash some crazy colored paint on those black jeans.<br />
# Three words: water-slide (the third word is just a Napoleon accent).<br />
# Make Mountain Day a daily event<br />
## Come to Stoney Ledge on Mountain Day!<br />
# Deep-six anchor housing. Like, literally. Strap the idea to a big ol' anchor and chuck it in the briny deep.<br />
# Move New York City 30 mins from campus.<br />
## Seconded, in the biggest way.<br />
# Make a public speech announcing that he henceforth wishes to be referred to as "The Hammer".</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown&diff=4283Seth Brown2005-11-06T09:11:33Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Seth Brown did small things in the service of humor while at Williams. Among them:<br />
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*Co-founding the [[Mad Cow]].<br />
*Writing a humor column for the [[Williams Record]].<br />
*Giving impromptu rhyming floor speeches at the [[Oxford Debates]].<br />
*Forming a Classical Kazoo Quintet which performed at [[Driscoll]].<br />
*Delivering a silly poem to his graduating class after being elected [[Class Poet]].<br />
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He graduated in 2001, but has remained in the area due to an affinity for the people, and still oft helps write and read the [[Homecoming Halftime Show]]. His website is RisingPun.com.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Julianne_Shelby&diff=4272Julianne Shelby2005-11-06T08:35:53Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Julianne Shelby '06 is a spiffy senior who lives in Fitch. Born in bucolic Bridgeport, CT, Julianne was probably raised by monkeys or mad scientists, but luckily, enough of her gigantic, pulsating brain remains intact for her to generate complete sentences upon request. She's doing a thesis in the [[Cognitive Science]] department, on the philosophy of science and conceptual development. She is majoring in [[Philosophy]] and [[Biology]] and concentrating in [[Neuroscience]] and [[Cognitive Science]]. When she isn't procrastinating, she writes cynical, acerbic or pseudoscientific articles for the [[Mad Cow]]. She's a self-proclaimed [[Deviants | deviant]] for life, and greatly enjoys petting [[Aaron Redfern '07]]. And moon coffee.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Mad_Cow&diff=4270Mad Cow2005-11-06T08:17:34Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>The Mad Cow is Williams' premier humor magazine, and its second oldest student publication ([[Literary Review]] being the oldest). It puts out issues once a semester, hopefully before finals, and can be picked up for free at a dining hall near you!<br />
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History: <br />
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<i>It started in 1907 with a group of literary gents and that infamous poem. <br />
The [[Purple Cow]], the original Williams humor magazine with the harlequin and holstein cover, was loved proudly for half a century. Somewhere in the 40s, it paused for WWII, and somewhere in the 50s picked up a few colors of ink beyond the original purple. In 1960, all vestiges of a humor magazine at Williams mysteriously went extinct. They stayed that way into the early 90s, which briefly served up the spoof magazine Beeph. <br />
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Jump ahead a few years to [[Winter Study]] of 1998. Inspired by Paul Park's parody class, an intrepid band of idealistic young whippersnappers with time on their hands decided to try and bring back the glory days of old. Sure enough, later that spring, an elite cadre Scotch-taped their idea of a humor magazine over the depths of cyberspace. And there was much rejoicing, among the three people who read it.</i><br />
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These words come to us from the ancestors who lived through the historical days of the inception and birth of the first Mad Cow. The Spring 1998 issue was published only on the internet, and the first printed issue was published in Winter 1998. After that, there has been an issue published on nice shiny paper every semester, with perhaps one exception. We can’t really figure out which semester went Cow-less, because some issues have the unfortunate tendency to print years on the cover that don’t necessarily match those on the title page.<br />
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It was for the Mad Cow that the word "derecognize" was coined in 2001. In the Spring of that year, the magazine published a list of departmental pick-up lines that were of questionable taste. The staff worried that campus would not take kindly to this crude humor, and to some degree they were right. However, most concentrated on an article (written by the now-infamous 'Hans Oji') that satirized the then-new position of College Council MinCo Rep. For this, CC threatened to derecognize the whole organization. While the magazine continued the next year, it began publishing a disclaimer in the front of every issue. In addition, the Cow began seeking volunteers to test-read its articles. If you would like to test-read for the Mad Cow, please e-mail the editors' listserver at madcow@wso.williams.edu to volunteer.<br />
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The Mad Cow has gone through several editorial dynasties, beginning with the reign of David Ramos '99, who soon turned the reins over to [[Seth Brown]] and Art Munson (both ’01). Their illustrious reign was followed by [[Josh Ain]], Rachelle Hassan, and Jenny McElroy (‘03s), who passed control to the ’04 triumvirate of Neil Anderson, Al Gordon, and Dan Bahls. Upon their graduation in Spring 2004, responsibility passed to [[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06]] and [[Katherine L. Dieber '07]], who will soon add some names to their administration. Watch this space for exciting editorial developments!<br />
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The Mad Cow accepts submissions from the entire campus: articles, illustrations, funny quotes from professors, and anything else original and funny. Submissions should be e-mailed to madcow@wso.williams.edu for consideration. Any and all students are welcome to join the Mad Cow staff and help in writing and formatting of the final publication.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Josh_Ain&diff=4269Josh Ain2005-11-06T08:17:07Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Josh Ain was a dangerous man. As editor of the [[Mad Cow]], he had many anagrammatic pseudonyms like Jon Hais and Hans Oji. He is currently at large in Boston.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=The_Greatest_Game_in_the_World&diff=4266The Greatest Game in the World2005-11-06T08:15:03Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>The Greatest Game in the World, also known as "Greatest Game" or "Telepictionary," is a party game similar to [[Telephone Oracle]] both in that it involves papers being passed around and in that it is enjoyable regardless of intoxication level, talent level, or... well, basically anything besides sense of humor, which is a must.<br />
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== Equipment ==<br />
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* At least six people (twenty is about the max; fewer than six, or more than twenty, creates issues)<br />
* A piece of paper for every player<br />
* A writing implement for each player (different colors optional but fun)<br />
* Adequate flat surfaces<br />
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== Rules ==<br />
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Players sit in a circle, each with a piece of paper and a writing implement. To begin, each player writes a sentence on the top of their paper, then passes it in an agreed-upon direction. Then, upon receiving a sentence, each player will attempt to draw a picture that depicts the actions of the sentence. After drawing this picture, they will fold over the paper so only the picture is visible, then pass the paper again. Upon receiving a picture, each player will then write a sentence to describe the picture. This continues, sentence-picture-sentence-picture-sentence, until the paper is full (or nearly full). Each paper must end with a sentence.<br />
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After all the papers have been finished, players find their own papers, and then in a circle read their initial sentence and what it turned into along the way. Sharing of the pictures attached is also highly encouraged, since often they will be hilarious (and the sentences inexplicable without visual aids).<br />
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== Tips, Tricks, and Strategies ==<br />
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* Don't worry about your level of artistic talent. Usually a mix of players of different drawing skills produces the best games, with a higher level of artistic incompetence producing more hilarity. (The author has never observed a game in which all participants were skilled artists but imagines it would be substantially different.)<br />
* Starting with a sentence that has several blatantly undrawable concepts ("the thermal coefficient of expansion," "zero-sum game," statements related to time, etc.) tends to yield funnier results. Other starting sentence types that work well are song lyrics, quotations, and ending sentences from previous games.<br />
* One sneaky strategy common in groups of mixed sensibilities is conscious censoring of "inappropriate" content. (Conversely, some people will consciously inappropriatize formerly clean content.) Also seen in [[Telephone Oracle]], it is not quite fair in Greatest Game but can often lead to funny contrasts.<br />
* Don't use technical jargon, because people will look at you funny. (It's okay if you're passing to people within your field, though.) <br />
* Being upstream of [[Sean A. Carollo '07]] may be deleterious to your mental health and general sense level.<br />
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== Theory and Principles (or, Overthinking) ==<br />
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For those who like to think too much about their Greatest Game, several interesting principles present themselves during an average game: <b>conservation/mutation</b> and <b>visual vocabulary.</b><br />
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* <b>Conservation/mutation</b> refers to which concepts tend to remain the same throughout a game (<i>conserved concepts</i>) and those which tend to change wildly (<i>mutating concepts</i>). As might be expected, the best-conserved concepts are usually those that are easy to draw. The best-conserved concept in the author's experience was "dreidl," which managed to survive an entire game. Other examples of well-conserved concepts include "toaster" and various phrases involving camels. Mutating concepts, on the other hand, tend to involve things that are tricky to draw or obscure; time, in particular, tends to go very mutated very fast. (One memorable game established that Greatest Game players could not accurately report or draw the time on an analog clock.) Special cases in conservation include non-obvious things that are still well known within the playing group; an example was one game in which "don't threaten me with that giraffe!" remained intact for nearly half the game, as a result of the phrase being very prominent in the collective consciousness of that group.<br />
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* <b>Visual vocabulary</b> denotes the code of pictures that tend to develop in a given group over many games; over time, simple representations will become coded for common objects, which increases conservation of those concepts. The most common additions to visual vocabularies seem to be individual people or groups of people, for whom a stick figure represented with a specific object usually suffices. (For example: a stick figure with glasses will often end up representing "nerd," while the "nerd" stick figure with various accessories will represent individual nerds in the group consciousness.) Visual vocabulary is usually built up over many games and represents a distinct difference between groups of Greatest Game players.<br />
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As both of these concepts suggest, the enjoyability of Greatest Game is often enhanced by playing it often with the same people. Once a visual vocabulary has accumulated, any number of strange game permutations can arise.<br />
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== Where To Play ==<br />
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With your friends, in your common room, probably. If for some reason you don't have friends who want to play this, the [[Deviants]] are usually up for a game.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Prospect_House&diff=4265Prospect House2005-11-06T08:11:05Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Prospect House is on the south side of the [[Odd Quad]] and was original built in 1962 at a cost of $1,200,000 by the architectural firm <i>Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott</i>.<br />
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It was renovated in 2004-05 with these costs:<br />
Student Life Improvements: $2,000,000 <br />
Renovation: $5,100,000 <br />
Radio Station: $650,000 <br />
Architect: Black River Design <br />
General Contractor: MLB<br />
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These renovations also removed the fabled [[Crows Nest|Crows Nests]], common rooms for just two doubles that used to span the width of two full rooms.<br />
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Prospect comprises [[Green Up]] in addition to eight other residential half-floors and a sweet basement with a sprawling common area and a space-age kitchen. The house has some great views of the area to the south of campus. [[Prospect Abs]] are a weeknightly ritual on the 4th floor (see the XC team for details).<br />
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The floor plan is not up to scale. Some of the rooms are much smaller. Or so assumes [[Daniel Klein '06]], but he may be trying to cover for his own inability to accurately compare room sizes in floor plans.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Skills&diff=4263Skills2005-11-06T08:03:26Z<p>141.154.148.164: /* I Can Get a Cool/Rare/Weird Disease */</p>
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<div>'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.<br />
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==Automotive Skills==<br />
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===Drive Stick Shift===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erotically)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)<br />
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Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.) (So she has problems making right turns.)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman](Better than her brother)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](Worse than his sister)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik] (I have two driving licenses, one for each side of the road. Yeah that's right- I can use either hand to shift. That makes me 2x more stick-savvy than everyone else)<br />
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[[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]] (Only ever driven stick shift; now I just wish I could drive on the right side of the road)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amr_2 Anne Royston '08] (can shift from both driver's and passenger's seat; working on backseat)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mse Matthew Earle '07] (Double-clutch downshifts saves wear on synchros, but may have caused the expensive timing chain misalignment he just had fixed)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (Including sketchy old truck clutches)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06chh Clara Hard] (West Coast style)<br />
<br />
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dsf Danny Fischler] once pulled a k-turn, maxing at around 20mph, across the width of a freeway entrance. With [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rmb Becky frickin' Burditt] in the back seat. Ca-raaaaaazy.<br />
<br />
===Sweet Jumps===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] likes to go as fast as he can when he sees speed bumps and likes to think he gets an inch or two of air in his 2-ton SUV every time.<br />
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===Change a Tire===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has changed more than his fair share of tires and learned that salt+rust will effectively glue a wheel onto the axle. Solution? Wedge the flat edge of your hubcap-removal tool into the jammed area and whack the crap out of it with a hammer. Eventually, if you're lucky, that wheel will pop right off.<br />
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===Jumpstart a Car===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has also had his fair share of car jumpstarts and knows not to connect the black plug to red and red plug to black. If you do, you will blow the battery fuse in your fusebox and burn out some expensive component in your car. Through his learning processes, he found just how costly it is to replace the stock amp that powers your stereo.<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman]] (who's been zapped)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
<br />
=== Parallel Park ===<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman]], native New Yorker, has parked in spots so tight that getting in and out depended on using room provided by nudging cars parked in front and behind, counting on the flexibility of their shocks. His record in Williamstown was set when moving into his [[Morgan#East|Morgan East]] room for the [[Summer 2004|Summer of 2004]], when he parked at the top of [[Spring Street]], leaving enough room on either end of the car to fit one finger, but not two.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] is also a native New Yorker and often takes it upon himself to giggle at the non-city folk that have such a tough time parking in huge spots on Spring Street.<br />
<br />
===Get Parking Tickets ===<br />
[[Chris St.Cyr]] (5 tickets and the infamous car boot to the front tire in first two months here as a freshman)<br />
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[[Evan Miller]] (6 in as many days)<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] two in three days in Queens, NYC. Both while at the vehicle, one while inside it.<br />
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==Oral Skills==<br />
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===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (Mr. Bubbles)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (I can catch it, too)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08smc Sara Carian]<br />
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===I can curl my tongue into a W===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]<br />
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===I can touch my tongue to my nose===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jfm Jake Manley]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons] (Without even having to strain.)<br />
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[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]]<br />
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===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] <br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (gimme 40 seconds)<br />
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[[Julianne Shelby '06 | Julianne Shelby]]<br />
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Liz Macek, '07<br />
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===I can turn my tongue so it's vertical instead of horizontal===<br />
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[[Diana Davis '07]]<br />
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===I can turn my tongue past vertical, until it's upside down===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
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==Manual Skills==<br />
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===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (both hands)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrd Jonathan Dahlberg] - amazingly well<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
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===I can snap without my thumb.===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons] (right hand more audible...my ticket to fame.)<br />
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===I can pull my fingers back to touch the back of my hand===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jgc John Chatlos] can.<br />
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[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can pull her thumb back to touch her forearm, which is almost as good.<br />
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==Other body skills==<br />
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===Face Tricks===<br />
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Some people can hang a spoon from their nose.<br />
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Liz macek can hang 4 spoons on her face simultaneously<br />
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===Ear Tricks ===<br />
Katie Montgomery can move her ears independently of one another. <br />
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Margit Sande-Kerback '05 can wiggle her ears.<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] can wiggle his ears, but he can only move his left ear independent of his right, not vice-versa.<br />
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[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can wiggle her left ear. Just her left ear.<br />
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Andrew Meador can wiggle his ears separately or together.<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate my...===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bro Bonnie O'Keefe] can dislocate her right hip.<br />
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[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can dislocate her right shoulder. (Also, judging by the number of stupid body tricks she's signed up for, she might be a circus freak.)<br />
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=== I Can Get a Cool/Rare/Weird Disease ===<br />
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[[Seth Brown|Seth Brown '01]] (scurvy)<br />
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==Computer Languages==<br />
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===Assembly Language===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (kind of...)<br />
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===Befunge===<br />
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Steve Winslow '04<br />
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[[Brent Yorgey]] '04<br />
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===C===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] <br />
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[[Brent Yorgey]] '04<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
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===CSS===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (like butter) (it's not a language)<br />
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===Haskell===<br />
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[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (the most beautiful language ever -- don't give me this Ruby crap)<br />
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===HTML===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (like margarine)<br />
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[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (not a language (despite the fact that it's called HyperText Markup Language?))<br />
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A ridiculously large number of other people.<br />
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===Java===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (shamefully well)<br />
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[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (I frickin' TEACH this language)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (not bad either.)<br />
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===JavaScript===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (just a pinch)<br />
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===LaTeX===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (too good for word processing)<br />
<br />
===Lisp===<br />
<br />
(cons '[[Brent Yorgey]] (cons '04<br />
(cons '[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] '07)))<br />
<br />
===Mathematica===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (is too a real language)<br />
<br />
[[Joe Shoer '06]] (it's my thesis, and I can do more with it than the math nerds can)<br />
<br />
[[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] (I make pretty pictures for my thesis!)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06nsy Nick Yates '06] (Pretty spirals! Ooh!)<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] (I'll isoperimeterize you!)<br />
<br />
===PARI/GP===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06nsy Nick Yates '06] (For a number theoretic software called [http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/ PARI]; similar to C)<br />
<br />
===Perl===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06cks Kai Steverson] (competent)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (wizardly)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jwc_2 Jing Cao] (kind of)<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (JAPH)<br />
<br />
===PHP===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07yfh Young Hahn] (godly)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08kch Katherine Huang] (sort of)<br />
<br />
===Python===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
===R===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (it makes statistics fun!)<br />
<br />
===Ruby===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (the most beautiful language ever)<br />
<br />
===WC237 Microcode===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (well, at one point at least...)<br />
<br />
===XML/XSLT/XPath/XQuery===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (hey, at least I'm not claiming CSS + HTML to be languages)<br />
<br />
==Software==<br />
<br />
===ChemDraw===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (Don't make me clipware you.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons]<br />
<br />
===PowerPoint===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (godly)<br />
<br />
===AppleWorks===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (fears no page/margin/line spacing/font size requirement)<br />
<br />
==Human Languages==<br />
<br />
===Bengali===<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 />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya]<br />
<br />
===Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)===<br />
<br />
===Cyrillic===<br />
<br />
===French===<br />
<br />
===German===<br />
<br />
===Greek===<br />
<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 />
Math nerds know the Greek alphabet.<br />
<br />
===Hebrew===<br />
<br />
===Hindi===<br />
<br />
[[Ananda V. Burra '07]]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nn Sandy Nandagopal]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rsb Ronit Bhattacharyya]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ng Nikhar Gaikwad]<br />
<br />
===Italian===<br />
<br />
===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 />
===Latin===<br />
<br />
===Pig Latin===<br />
<br />
[[Seth Brown]] taught a course on Pig Latin during Winter Study 1997.<br />
<br />
===Polish===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] can say "What's up, sweetheart?"<br />
<br />
===Portugese===<br />
<br />
===Spanish===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (budding bachatero)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bry Bernard Yaros]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09st Sofia Torres] (but apparently she speaks Mexican, a variation of Spanish)<br />
<br />
==Other Languages==<br />
<br />
===Caveman Talk===<br />
<br />
[[Chris St. Cyr]]<br />
<br />
===Dog Bark===<br />
<br />
===Cat Meow===<br />
<br />
===Cow Moo===<br />
<br />
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==<br />
<br />
===I can ride a unicycle!===<br />
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)<br />
<br />
Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)<br />
<br />
Abby McBride can too!<br />
<br />
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.<br />
<br />
===I can slackline===<br />
Elissa Brown (shakily)<br />
<br />
Alex Ambros<br />
<br />
Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)<br />
<br />
Evan Bick<br />
<br />
===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===<br />
Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)<br />
<br />
Elissa Brown (see above. We'll get it eventually)<br />
<br />
Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jcr Jason Ren] (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rss_2 Robin Stewart] (He's the master)<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mcp Margaret Pigman] can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] I can write by holding a pencil in my toes.<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.<br />
<br />
==Luck==<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]<br />
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Mad_Cow_Humor_Society&diff=4262Mad Cow Humor Society2005-11-06T07:58:52Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Mad Cow]]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown&diff=4260Seth Brown2005-11-06T07:56:31Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Seth Brown did small things in the service of humor while at Williams. Among them:<br />
<br />
*Co-founding the [[Mad Cow]].<br />
*Writing a humor column for the [[Williams Record]].<br />
*Giving impromptu rhyming floor speeches at the [[Oxford Debates]].<br />
*Delivering a silly poem to the graduating class after being elected [[Class Poet]].<br />
*Forming a Classical Kazoo Quintet which performed at [[Driscoll]].<br />
<br />
<br />
He graduated in 2001, but has remained in the area due to an affinity for the people, and still oft helps write and read the [[Homecoming Halftime Show]]. His website is RisingPun.com.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_Record&diff=4259Williams Record2005-11-06T07:55:07Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Record]]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown&diff=4258Seth Brown2005-11-06T07:54:25Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Seth Brown did small things in the service of humor while at Williams. Among them:<br />
<br />
*Co-founding the [[Mad Cow]].<br />
*Writing a humor column for the [[Williams Record]].<br />
*Giving impromptu rhyming floor speeches at the [[Oxford Debates]].<br />
*Delivering a silly poem to the graduating class after being elected [[Class Poet]].<br />
*Forming a Classical Kazoo Quintet which performed at [[Driscoll]].<br />
*Punnery so bad that professors would occasionally stop class to express their disgust at the pun.<br />
<br />
He graduated in 2001, but has remained in the area due to an affinity for the people, and still oft helps write and read the [[Homecoming Halftime Show]]. His website is <a href="http://www.risingpun.com">RisingPun.com</a>.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Skills&diff=4257Skills2005-11-06T07:51:57Z<p>141.154.148.164: /* Human Languages */</p>
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<div>'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.<br />
<br />
==Automotive Skills==<br />
<br />
===Drive Stick Shift===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erotically)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)<br />
<br />
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.) (So she has problems making right turns.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman](Better than her brother)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](Worse than his sister)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik] (I have two driving licenses, one for each side of the road. Yeah that's right- I can use either hand to shift. That makes me 2x more stick-savvy than everyone else)<br />
<br />
[[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]] (Only ever driven stick shift; now I just wish I could drive on the right side of the road)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amr_2 Anne Royston '08] (can shift from both driver's and passenger's seat; working on backseat)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mse Matthew Earle '07] (Double-clutch downshifts saves wear on synchros, but may have caused the expensive timing chain misalignment he just had fixed)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (Including sketchy old truck clutches)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06chh Clara Hard] (West Coast style)<br />
<br />
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dsf Danny Fischler] once pulled a k-turn, maxing at around 20mph, across the width of a freeway entrance. With [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rmb Becky frickin' Burditt] in the back seat. Ca-raaaaaazy.<br />
<br />
===Sweet Jumps===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] likes to go as fast as he can when he sees speed bumps and likes to think he gets an inch or two of air in his 2-ton SUV every time.<br />
<br />
===Change a Tire===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has changed more than his fair share of tires and learned that salt+rust will effectively glue a wheel onto the axle. Solution? Wedge the flat edge of your hubcap-removal tool into the jammed area and whack the crap out of it with a hammer. Eventually, if you're lucky, that wheel will pop right off.<br />
<br />
===Jumpstart a Car===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has also had his fair share of car jumpstarts and knows not to connect the black plug to red and red plug to black. If you do, you will blow the battery fuse in your fusebox and burn out some expensive component in your car. Through his learning processes, he found just how costly it is to replace the stock amp that powers your stereo.<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman]] (who's been zapped)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
<br />
=== Parallel Park ===<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman]], native New Yorker, has parked in spots so tight that getting in and out depended on using room provided by nudging cars parked in front and behind, counting on the flexibility of their shocks. His record in Williamstown was set when moving into his [[Morgan#East|Morgan East]] room for the [[Summer 2004|Summer of 2004]], when he parked at the top of [[Spring Street]], leaving enough room on either end of the car to fit one finger, but not two.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] is also a native New Yorker and often takes it upon himself to giggle at the non-city folk that have such a tough time parking in huge spots on Spring Street.<br />
<br />
===Get Parking Tickets ===<br />
[[Chris St.Cyr]] (5 tickets and the infamous car boot to the front tire in first two months here as a freshman)<br />
<br />
[[Evan Miller]] (6 in as many days)<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] two in three days in Queens, NYC. Both while at the vehicle, one while inside it.<br />
<br />
==Oral Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (Mr. Bubbles)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (I can catch it, too)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08smc Sara Carian]<br />
<br />
===I can curl my tongue into a W===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]<br />
<br />
===I can touch my tongue to my nose===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jfm Jake Manley]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons] (Without even having to strain.)<br />
<br />
[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]]<br />
<br />
===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] <br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (gimme 40 seconds)<br />
<br />
[[Julianne Shelby '06 | Julianne Shelby]]<br />
<br />
Liz Macek, '07<br />
<br />
===I can turn my tongue so it's vertical instead of horizontal===<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]]<br />
<br />
===I can turn my tongue past vertical, until it's upside down===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
==Manual Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (both hands)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrd Jonathan Dahlberg] - amazingly well<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]<br />
<br />
===I can snap without my thumb.===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons] (right hand more audible...my ticket to fame.)<br />
<br />
===I can pull my fingers back to touch the back of my hand===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jgc John Chatlos] can.<br />
<br />
[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can pull her thumb back to touch her forearm, which is almost as good.<br />
<br />
==Other body skills==<br />
<br />
===Face Tricks===<br />
<br />
Some people can hang a spoon from their nose.<br />
<br />
Liz macek can hang 4 spoons on her face simultaneously<br />
<br />
===Ear Tricks ===<br />
Katie Montgomery can move her ears independently of one another. <br />
<br />
Margit Sande-Kerback '05 can wiggle her ears.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] can wiggle his ears, but he can only move his left ear independent of his right, not vice-versa.<br />
<br />
[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can wiggle her left ear. Just her left ear.<br />
<br />
Andrew Meador can wiggle his ears separately or together.<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate my...===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bro Bonnie O'Keefe] can dislocate her right hip.<br />
<br />
[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] can dislocate her right shoulder. (Also, judging by the number of stupid body tricks she's signed up for, she might be a circus freak.)<br />
<br />
=== I Can Get a Cool/Rare/Weird Disease ===<br />
<br />
Seth Brown '01 (scurvy)<br />
<br />
==Computer Languages==<br />
<br />
===Assembly Language===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (kind of...)<br />
<br />
===Befunge===<br />
<br />
Steve Winslow '04<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04<br />
<br />
===C===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] <br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
<br />
===CSS===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (like butter) (it's not a language)<br />
<br />
===Haskell===<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (the most beautiful language ever -- don't give me this Ruby crap)<br />
<br />
===HTML===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (like margarine)<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (not a language (despite the fact that it's called HyperText Markup Language?))<br />
<br />
A ridiculously large number of other people.<br />
<br />
===Java===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (shamefully well)<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (I frickin' TEACH this language)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (not bad either.)<br />
<br />
===JavaScript===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (just a pinch)<br />
<br />
===LaTeX===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (too good for word processing)<br />
<br />
===Lisp===<br />
<br />
(cons '[[Brent Yorgey]] (cons '04<br />
(cons '[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] '07)))<br />
<br />
===Mathematica===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (is too a real language)<br />
<br />
[[Joe Shoer '06]] (it's my thesis, and I can do more with it than the math nerds can)<br />
<br />
[[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] (I make pretty pictures for my thesis!)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06nsy Nick Yates '06] (Pretty spirals! Ooh!)<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] (I'll isoperimeterize you!)<br />
<br />
===PARI/GP===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06nsy Nick Yates '06] (For a number theoretic software called [http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/ PARI]; similar to C)<br />
<br />
===Perl===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06cks Kai Steverson] (competent)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (wizardly)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jwc_2 Jing Cao] (kind of)<br />
<br />
[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (JAPH)<br />
<br />
===PHP===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07yfh Young Hahn] (godly)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08kch Katherine Huang] (sort of)<br />
<br />
===Python===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
===R===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (it makes statistics fun!)<br />
<br />
===Ruby===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (the most beautiful language ever)<br />
<br />
===WC237 Microcode===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (well, at one point at least...)<br />
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===XML/XSLT/XPath/XQuery===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (hey, at least I'm not claiming CSS + HTML to be languages)<br />
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==Software==<br />
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===ChemDraw===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (Don't make me clipware you.)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07whp Hazen Parsons]<br />
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===PowerPoint===<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (godly)<br />
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===AppleWorks===<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (fears no page/margin/line spacing/font size requirement)<br />
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==Human Languages==<br />
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===Bengali===<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09am_4 Aroop Mukharji]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07am Auyon Mukharji]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya]<br />
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===Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)===<br />
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===Cyrillic===<br />
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===French===<br />
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===German===<br />
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===Greek===<br />
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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 />
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Math nerds know the Greek alphabet.<br />
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===Hebrew===<br />
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===Hindi===<br />
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[[Ananda V. Burra '07]]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nn Sandy Nandagopal]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rsb Ronit Bhattacharyya]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ng Nikhar Gaikwad]<br />
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===Italian===<br />
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===Japanese===<br />
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[[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06 | Amanda Van Rhyn]] now knows how to say "my husband got drunk and hit me."<br />
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===Latin===<br />
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===Pig Latin===<br />
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[[Seth Brown]] taught a course on Pig Latin during Winter Study 1997.<br />
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===Polish===<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] can say "What's up, sweetheart?"<br />
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===Portugese===<br />
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===Spanish===<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] (budding bachatero)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bry Bernard Yaros]<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09st Sofia Torres] (but apparently she speaks Mexican, a variation of Spanish)<br />
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==Other Languages==<br />
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===Caveman Talk===<br />
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[[Chris St. Cyr]]<br />
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===Dog Bark===<br />
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===Cat Meow===<br />
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===Cow Moo===<br />
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==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==<br />
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===I can ride a unicycle!===<br />
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)<br />
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Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)<br />
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Abby McBride can too!<br />
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Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.<br />
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===I can slackline===<br />
Elissa Brown (shakily)<br />
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Alex Ambros<br />
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Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)<br />
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Evan Bick<br />
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===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===<br />
Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)<br />
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Elissa Brown (see above. We'll get it eventually)<br />
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Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jcr Jason Ren] (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rss_2 Robin Stewart] (He's the master)<br />
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==Communication==<br />
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[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mcp Margaret Pigman] can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.<br />
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[[Diana Davis '07]] I can write by holding a pencil in my toes.<br />
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[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.<br />
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==Luck==<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]<br />
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Game_With_Four&diff=4256Game With Four2005-11-06T07:41:43Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Game With Four, like wiki, very easy. Play game with just sole rule: Only talk with four.<br />
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Some folk very much love Game With Four. Some folk like less. Some, they just hate Game With Four.<br />
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Once, [[Josh Ain|Josh]] with [[Seth Brown|Seth]] went down city, long walk. "Let's kill time," said Seth. "Good idea," said Josh. Thus, they made Game With Four.<br />
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(Wiki: Edit this page!)</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Game_With_Four&diff=4255Game With Four2005-11-06T07:41:12Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>Game With Four, like wiki, very easy. Play game with just sole rule: Only talk with four.<br />
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Some folk very much love Game With Four. Some folk like less. Some, they just hate Game With Four.<br />
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Once, [[Josh|Josh Ain]] with [[Seth|Seth Brown]] went down city, long walk. "Let's kill time," said Seth. "Good idea," said Josh. Thus, they made Game With Four.<br />
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(Wiki: Edit this page!)</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown_%2701&diff=4254Seth Brown '012005-11-06T07:39:53Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Seth Brown]]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Seth_Brown_%2701&diff=4253Seth Brown '012005-11-06T07:37:32Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Seth_Brown]]</div>141.154.148.164https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Mad_Cow&diff=4251Mad Cow2005-11-06T07:32:20Z<p>141.154.148.164: </p>
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<div>The Mad Cow is Williams' premier humor magazine, and its second oldest student publication ([[Literary Review]] being the oldest). It puts out issues once a semester, hopefully before finals, and can be picked up for free at a dining hall near you!<br />
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History: <br />
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<i>It started in 1907 with a group of literary gents and that infamous poem. <br />
The [[Purple Cow]], the original Williams humor magazine with the harlequin and holstein cover, was loved proudly for half a century. Somewhere in the 40s, it paused for WWII, and somewhere in the 50s picked up a few colors of ink beyond the original purple. In 1960, all vestiges of a humor magazine at Williams mysteriously went extinct. They stayed that way into the early 90s, which briefly served up the spoof magazine Beeph. <br />
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Jump ahead a few years to [[Winter Study]] of 1998. Inspired by Paul Park's parody class, an intrepid band of idealistic young whippersnappers with time on their hands decided to try and bring back the glory days of old. Sure enough, later that spring, an elite cadre Scotch-taped their idea of a humor magazine over the depths of cyberspace. And there was much rejoicing, among the three people who read it.</i><br />
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These words come to us from the ancestors who lived through the historical days of the inception and birth of the first Mad Cow. The Spring 1998 issue was published only on the internet, and the first printed issue was published in Winter 1998. After that, there has been an issue published on nice shiny paper every semester, with perhaps one exception. We can’t really figure out which semester went Cow-less, because some issues have the unfortunate tendency to print years on the cover that don’t necessarily match those on the title page.<br />
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It was for the Mad Cow that the word "derecognize" was coined in 2001. In the Spring of that year, the magazine published a list of departmental pick-up lines that were of questionable taste. The staff worried that campus would not take kindly to this crude humor, and to some degree they were right. However, most concentrated on an article (written by the now-infamous 'Hans Oji') that satirized the then-new position of College Council MinCo Rep. For this, CC threatened to derecognize the whole organization. While the magazine continued the next year, it began publishing a disclaimer in the front of every issue. In addition, the Cow began seeking volunteers to test-read its articles. If you would like to test-read for the Mad Cow, please e-mail the editors' listserver at madcow@wso.williams.edu to volunteer.<br />
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The Mad Cow has gone through several editorial dynasties, beginning with the reign of David Ramos '99, who soon turned the reins over to Seth Brown and Art Munson (both ’01). Their illustrious reign was followed by Josh Ain, Rachelle Hassan, and Jenny McElroy (‘03s), who passed control to the ’04 triumvirate of Neil Anderson, Al Gordon, and Dan Bahls. Upon their graduation in Spring 2004, responsibility passed to [[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06]] and [[Katherine L. Dieber '07]], who will soon add some names to their administration. Watch this space for exciting editorial developments!<br />
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The Mad Cow accepts submissions from the entire campus: articles, illustrations, funny quotes from professors, and anything else original and funny. Submissions should be e-mailed to madcow@wso.williams.edu for consideration. Any and all students are welcome to join the Mad Cow staff and help in writing and formatting of the final publication.</div>141.154.148.164