Year: 2011
A Tale of Two Speeches
The post-Arizona shooting speeches by President Obama and Sarah Palin provide a useful window for viewing their strengths and weaknesses as presidential candidates in 2012. Obama’s speech (see here) was largely (and correctly in my view) praised ……Continue Reading A Tale of Two Speeches
Miscellaneous Jews News, 1/23
Alternative Spring Break During Spring Break, Hillel will be hosting an alternative Spring Break Trip at the Kayam Farm. Kayam is a Jewish educational farm in Maryland, and we’ll spend a few days farming as well as hiking, canoeing, and biking in the Chesapeake Bay Area. If you haven’t yet made plans for Spring Break, […]…Continue Reading Miscellaneous Jews News, 1/23
A New Tree Map
Admittedly, the campus tree map posted on this site can be a little overwhelming, and almost too large to be useful. Google Earth is a wonderful program, but not everyone had access to it. Ben Meader, a digital media tutor from this past summer, toured the campus with me one day, and we picked the 99 […]…Continue Reading A New Tree Map
Snow Days
Luther Tenny (Facilities Snow Guru, and master of the Snow Plan) keeps much better track of snow storms than I. The weather station down at the track records liquid precipitation year round, thanks to a small heater melting snow in the rain guage. This has recorded .91″ so far in January, compared to 1.35″ to […]…Continue Reading Snow Days
Monday Nights of the Round Table
Sign up for dinner? Yes, and you’d better hurry if you want to eat in Atwater on a Monday night in January. Third dispatch in a series about winter term at Middlebury….Continue Reading Monday Nights of the Round Table
MiddFiles file storage server upgrade
January 31 – MiddFiles file storage server upgrade is complete. Please see http://go.middlebury.edu/dfs for frequently asked questions, which include minor changes to accessing files. January 20, 2011 – MiddFiles file storage servers are being upgraded the weekend of January 28th, … Continue reading →…Continue Reading MiddFiles file storage server upgrade