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‘Cac Admissions Facebook Group Roundup
Remember the “official class of 20_ _” facebook group where SUPER EXCITED incoming freshmen wrote things that, most often, caused you to face-palm? If your memory is a bit clouded, you’re in luck. A new website called accepted2017.com has compiled all the ridiculous facebook posts of over-eager college newbies from all over the country. The [...]
Weekend round-up: Darty edition
If you’re like us, you probably glanced at your nerdy assignment notebook this morning and felt a pang of ‘Oh shit’ wash over you like so much hangover nausea. If you were too busy attending one of the classic NESCAC parties held this weekend (or otherwise just basking in the glorious New England weather we [...]
Williams Alum Drags Bowdoin’s Name Through The Mud
This past Wednesday, the National Association of Scholars released a 359-page report criticizing the academia, policies, and practices at Bowdoin College. The report was generously funded by Thomas Klingenstein, a Williams graduate. Why, one might ask, would a wealthy suit expend money towards digging into Bowdoin’s curriculum and social dynamics? The story goes that Bowdoin [...]
Amherst apology begins reset of ties with Williams
APRIL FOOLS. Duh. After nearly two hundred years of tension, competitive rivalry, and back-channel negotiations, Amherst’s president Biddy Martin has formally apologized to Williams for the theft of the Williams library and president. On behalf of the Ephs, President Adam Falk accepted Amherst’s apology. In 1821, then-Williams President Zephaniah Swift Moore was convinced by Amherst [...]
One More Way Amherst Tops Williams
We get their concert instead of them. Yup. After canceling on their Apr. 14 concert at Williams to play for MTV, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are coming to the ‘Herst. The Spring Concert Chair Peter Crane ’15 sent out an email yesterday prepping students of this “special announcement” to be made today (3/12), which has [...]
ConsentFest Recap
View as slideshow Men For Consent@MenforConsent ConsentFest is tomorrow! We’ll be tweeting about it with the hashtag #consentfest See you there! facebook.com/events/5719830… Fri, Feb 22 2013 07:16:27 ReplyRetweetFavorite On February 22nd and 23rd, representatives from Bennington, Hamilton, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith, and School of the Art Institute Chicago made their way to rural MA to meet [...]
Things That Last Longer Than Williams’s Macklemore Concert Took to Sell Out
Yesterday, tickets to Williams College’s spring fling Macklemore concert went on sale at 9:05pm. By 9:09pm, all 850 tickets were sold out. Acknowledging that it was not the organizers’ fault that a larger venue would have been prohibitively expensive, we’ve compiled a list of things that last longer than it took for Macklemore tickets to [...]
Remembering NESCAC Presidents
On this President’s Day, let’s take a moment to reflect on the three leaders of our nation who graduated from a school now part of the ‘Cac: Franklin Pierce, Bowdoin c/o 1824, 14th President of the U.S. Notable for: Generally being regarded as the fourth-worst president Cool literary friend: Nathaniel Hawthorn Other friend: the South [...]
