Well, here's the next best thing. WeSquash (good one, Shona) is in the midst of a weeklong trip to Puerto Vallarta (through the 14th), and both teams have collaborated on a daily online trip log, including pictures. 
Check it out here.
Those of you who read the Wayside School trilogy likely remember Mrs. Jewls' belief that if her students learned three new things every day, they would eventually learn everything there is to know. Here at Wesleying, we heartily endorse that belief as part of our efforts to combat winter break brain rot. So without further ado, we present not three, not four, but five(!) facts of our own:
The first and last clips are from my own tapes; the middle two are from YouTube. Also, the second clip is not from Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, but its significantly lamer successor, Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
And to those of you fretting about the GPA carnage of last semester, this should make you feel much, much better about yourselves.
[EDIT] Whoops. I didn't realize you couldn't view a private embedded video. Problem solved.
For anyone still on campus and planning on having a delicious dinner at Red & Black Café, beware: your options are limited. They've got no soups and no grill, so basically you can get a turkey or tuna sandwich.
Also, they will not be open as scheduled tomorrow, due to the impending snowstorm.
Our classes are out. Our finals are, with any luck, complete. We've partied till sunup, despite the University screwing with Reading Week. And we're one semester closer to graduation... sad as that may be, for some of us.
Welcome to Winter Break, Wesleyan!
As Wesleying co-founder Xue Sun '08 wrote back in 2007:
It is Winter Break. We are rotting away at home, recovering from finals, nursing hangovers, playing Snood in our underwear and watching Judge Judy.That still rings true... well, maybe, without the Judge Judy part. So, in the grand Wesleying–Winter Break tradition, we'll be focusing less on Wesleyan, and more on things we call "totally unrelated to Wesleyan."
This Wednesday, P-Plant will be cleaning out 190 High, our student group building. Maintenance will be performed over Winter Break that will allow student groups more spaces to gather, create, and succeed.
All materials in the building that have not been claimed by student groups will be discarded on Wednesday.
If your group has materials in the building but did not attend the Community Outreach Committee's mandatory cleanup event on November 22, please email Justin LaSelva '09 immediately, at jlaselva@wes, for instructions on how to claim any materials your group has in the building.
[Via Justin LaSelva '09... oh, hey, that's me!]
The kindly people over at Weswings/R&B have sent us their winter break schedules. Also, it turns out you can keep using leftover points from fall semester (if you have any) at Red&Black throughout winter break?? Ridiculous and awesome! (You also can use Middletown cash).
Red & Black Cafe
Through 12/16 - Regular Hours
12/17-12/18: 8am-6pm
12/19: 8am-4pm
12/20-1/5: CLOSED
1/6-1/9: 9am-6pm
1/10-1/11: CLOSED
1/12-1/16: 9am-6pm
1/17: Begin regular hours
Wes Wings
12/17-1/17: CLOSED
1/18: Re-opens for Sunday dinner
The WSA Transportation Committee will be running buses to and from Boston and New York for Winter Break:
The buses will leave Wesleyan on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 10:00 AM and will leave Boston and New York on Monday, Jan. 19 at 3:00 PM.
In Boston, the buses will drop off and pick up outside of South Station, at 700 Atlantic Avenue. In New York, they will drop off and pick up outside of Grand Central Station, at the corner of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
The cost is $20 each way, and tickets can be purchased at the Box Office located in Usdan starting Tuesday, Dec. 2 and running through Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The blog of our beloved Mikey Roth '78 has some good advice:
The multiplicity of groups ["communities that make up the Wesleyan world"] is exciting, but it also creates challenges for bringing people together in shared purpose, study, even celebration. There are conflicts among our diverse groups over politics, economics, food, personal choices. But we should remember also what we have in common: a devotion to the freedom (and affection) in which education can thrive.As your final exams wind down and your sleep pattern inches back to normal, let's remember what unites us as students here at Wesleyan.
