Tag Archives: NESCAC
Tufts ’72 Grad Named BIG EAST Commissioner
Mike Aresco ’72 (Fletcher ’73) becomes the BIG EAST conference commissioner next month. He is currently serving as an Executive Vice President at CBS sports where his contributions to the station’s college programming are immense. “He is responsible for managing the division’s college sports properties, including contract negotiations and future acquisitions for the NCAA Men’s [...]
From Boast: Discount for ‘Cac Students
Have you always wanted to dress like Richie Tenenbaum? Will you be in the Portland, ME area on Labor Day? If you answered yes to one and a half or both of those questions you’ll be excited to know that Boast is offering NESCAC student ID card carriers (it has a ring to it, ok?) [...]
SHOW US YOUR BACON
A GQ writer recently berated so-called Instagram “Foodie Photographers” who capture, filter, and share what’s on their plate–whether it’s delectable or not. “No one needs this much information about us,’ Zaleski writes, “And, in the future, sociologists will look back at this trove of poorly lit food photos and reason that Planet Earth was populated [...]
Advice For The Freshmen From A Senior
It’s a strange and exciting feeling driving through campus, car filled to capacity, moving into what will be the last undergrad dorm I will inhabit. It’s an even stranger feeling returning to a campus after traveling and living real life for a semester, confronted with the faces of scared and anxious freshmen. I remember my [...]
‘More Top-Siders than you could shake a stick at’
Stetson (incoming Bantam) e-mailed us to point out heavy ‘Cac references within Saturday’s post on The Daily Prep. Guest blogger “Sartre” and his daughter have taken the obligatory college road trip around the East Coast, and now dad has blogged their impressions. He also reflects on the moniker “New Ivy” and the state of the traditional [...]
For That Special Freshman In Your Life
The sooner they learn the lingo, the better. Do your frosh (sorry, “first years”) a favor and point them in the direction of our ‘Cactionary. And, as always, if you have a definition to contribute contact inthecac@gmail.com. Amherst Bates Bowdoin Colby Conn Hamilton Middlebury Trinity Tufts Wesleyan Williams
‘Cac DREAM TEAM Results
The Olympics wrapped up last night with as much nostalgia, neon, and esoteric British humor as one could expect. Before we put it to rest for another four years (Helloooo Rio) here are the results of our ‘Cac DREAM TEAM. Katie Yates e-mailed us to nominate that “kid from midd who won the cross country [...]
‘Fearless’ness Of Olympic Proportions
Jim Morrison said: “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” Jeff Sheng spent years as a closeted athlete, his fear of being exposed so great that he would not continue with athletics in college. Although he declined to surmount [...]
