(crossposted at the WSA blog)
Tonight, the WSA will discuss the shortened exam/reading week schedule that was put in place last semester and determine what's best for students as we negotiate the academic calendar with administrators. Did it help or interfere with your ability to get your work done? Please drop by to share your thoughts.
What: Discussion of the most recent Fall Exam Schedule
When: Tonight, 7pm
Where: Usdan 108
Daniel Selsam '09 writes in to tell us that there will be two special Reading Week writing workshops:
On Writing Clearly
Bring your tough sentences.
Host: writing tutor Daniel Selsam
When: Tuesday, December 9th 3:45 pm
Where: PAC 104
On Writing Poorly
Struggling between vagueness and obfuscation? Come to this workshop.
Host: writing tutor Max Krafft
When: Tuesday, December 9th, 4:45 pm
Where: PAC 104
Editor's note: I find this a little goofy - I mean, really - if you're going to go to just one workshop, and your choices are "On Writing Clearly" vs. "On Writing Poorly," well, it seems kind of self-evident. But Calvin seems to have other ideas...
Devon Hopkins '11 tells us about Wesleyan Spirits' fall jam this coming Friday:
Singing. Songs. A cappella. Men. Wesleyan. Cloaks. Daggers. Horse Monsters. What else could you ask for on a Friday night? Come see the Wesleyan Spirits, Wesleyan's oldest all-male a cappella group, sing songs of agony and ecstasy- songs from Wesleyan's past, songs from the Ben Folds' catalog, songs spiritual, songs of obscure origin, songs of the Republic of Georgia including from the hit native Georgian pop group "The Beetles," songs for a new world, and a special surprise appearance...When: Friday, December 12, 2008 at 9:00pm
Mary Lauran Hall '10 sends in some info about the tomorrow night's GR show:
Gag Reflex is once again having a reading week show, which should maybe be called a "reading two days and then two days of exams and then reading weekend then more exams" show. Come on down to the science center lobby at 9:30 on Tuesday night! There will be improvisation, there will be laughing, there will be a battle about who has the most stuff to do. And the most work-laden audience member wins a bottle of SoCo. What more could you ask for?What: Gag Reflex reading "week" show
Since there are a good number of events going on in the next few days, I figured I'd do a quick roundup of all of the ones that have been sent to us so far:
Monday, May 5th:
7:00pm: The Imam and the Pastor film screening
8:00pm: Music at Alpha Delt
8:00pm: Ebony Singers Concert
8:00 pm: No Eggshells\Outside
8:00pm: New Teen Force concert in WestCo Cafe.
Tuesday, May 6th:
7:30pm: First Person film screening
8:00pm: WesWinds spring concert
8:00pm: Usdan Night Festival
8:00pm: Contradance in the World Music Hall
8:00pm: Concert at WestCo (AuralWes link)
8:00 pm: No Eggshells\Outside
8:00pm: Waiting in Line final concert (Facebook link)
9:00pm: Lunchbox show
9:00pm: Vocal Debauchery Presents: A Lifetime Original Movie
10:00pm: Prometheus End of the Year show
10:00 pm - 2 am: Naked Party at Earth House
12:00am: Rocky Horror Picture Show screening/performance
Wednesday, May 7th
Noon: Feet to the Fire Festival
Noon: SPRING FLING!!
If you have any other events, post 'em in the comments and I'll get them up here as fast as I can. (Other contributors, feel free to add to this!)
Maria Pia "Imma Cutchoo" Gekas '09 sent me this link like months ago and I forgot about it. But in the midst of writing a massive research paper I have again remembered it.
Ottobib.com allows you to plug in the ISBN of a book and it'll spit out the citation. It doesn't work for all books and sometimes has errors, but it's useful.
Also, I recommend Easybib. That's fun, too.
Happy finals.
Remember, summer is only a week away! In the meantime, you could be thinking about all the things you could be doing right now instead of, like, reading Durkheim.
There are two types of people that exist during Finals Week. These two types of people are depicted through the following scenarios:
Scenario One:
Person 1: "Yes! I FINALLY finished my CSS paper! Ugh, I don't even want to look at these notes again"
::rolls notes into paper balls and throws them into wastebasket. misses::
"Fuck"
ThrowPaper
Scenario Two:
Person1: "DONE with finals, bitches! Let's get crunk!"
Person 2: "HELL YES! Let the merrimaking ensue!
::later on that night:: "Man...now I have to walk this sorry drunk home."
Walk The Drunk Home
Either way, A Complete Waste Of Time knows your woes.
WARNING: Do not go to the above website if you have work to do!
If you havn't checked your mail in a while, now would be a good time to go. The Alumni Association has sent everyone little pill bottles full of M&M minis with their best wishes.
The labels say: "Take 3 for instant stress relief, it's almost over. From: Alumni Association". The best part are the pseudo-warnings:
Do not take with Alcohol. Use only as prescribed. Beware of the green ones. If consumed in vast quantities drug may cause a sugar rush. If the tablets start talking back to you, please call your Physician immediately.Next year, they should include just the blue M&Ms. If you're going to make a passing reference to study drugs, might as well go all the way. Or even better: Free Xanax for everyone immediately after their last exam!
Someone sent in an anonymous tip to destroy you all:
You thought Winter Bells was fun?
Try Mission in Snowdriftland.
Please list your gripes about reading week here so we may all suffer communally like the communists.
Here are some of mine (Many are lab related. Last year, before I could afford a laptop, I suffered in computer lab hell quite a bit, especially during finals. I'm sure there are plenty of you still out there.):
Gripe #24526: People streaming sports games in the PAC Lab when it's obvious everyone else is trying to get a computer.
Gripe #2502: Vegan not being open.
Gripe #2503: Summerfields not being open.
Gripe #98552: Olin not being open 24 hours like Sci Li.
Gripe #105481: Olin's thermostat being perpetually stuck at 34 degrees.
Gripe #999282242: Computer lab camping. (When you claim a computer, pile all your shit around it and then leave for hours.)
Gripe #10588: Last-minute emails from professors essentially changing what they want out of your final paper two days after you've finished it.
Gripe #100003: The development of an immunity to caffeine.
Gripe #338582: People who carry on extremely audible cell-phone conversations telling the person on the line that they are in a library, working on a final paper, what the paper is on, what they want for dinner and that they had sex last night. Thanks for sharing!
Feel free to add your own in the comments.
| Olin Library | Science Library | Art Library | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M- Fri | 8:30am-2am | 24 hours | 9am-midnight |
| Sat-Sun | 10am-2am | 24 hours | 1pm-midnight |
| Dec. 21 | 8:30am-6pm | 12am-6pm | 9am-5pm |
Here is a so-far incomplete list of all the campus events going on at Wesleyan during reading week. As always, fucking tell us when we miss something grand and spectacular (for example, DM's 24 hour show is...when?).
Monday, December 11
Donate to the Food Drive!
Onomatopoeia Final Concert
Steel Band Explosion
Vocal Debauchery: The Real World
Hanukkah Party
Tuesday, December 12
Donate to the Food Drive!
Digital Photo Exhibition
Waiting in Line Final Concert
The Banquet
Painting I Show
Making Flippy Floppy
Wednesday, December 13
Donate to the Food Drive!
Wes Sex
Thursday, December 14
Donate to the Food Drive!
Stress Free Zone
Lunchbox
Friday, December 15
Donate to the Food Drive!
Wesleyan Spirits Fall Jam
Amy Crawford at GSAC
Saturday, December 16
