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by Kevin Berry: Luv Meh, H8 Meh, Say Whatchu Want About Meh
05/24/2013 4:29 AM
Hi friends! Just got home from my internship. Sleepy as pie. 1. Hot yoga is going well. Back in the swing of things. 2. I really missed great NYC pizza. I found this GREAT place on 76th and Lex. 3. Internship going well. 4. Got a job running food at a restaurant at the [...]
by Kevin Berry: Luv Meh, H8 Meh, Say Whatchu Want About Meh
05/24/2013 4:29 AM
Hi friends! Just got home from my internship. Sleepy as pie. 1. Hot yoga is going well. Back in the swing of things. 2. I really missed great NYC pizza. I found this GREAT place on 76th and Lex. 3. Internship going well. 4. Got a job running food at a restaurant at the [...]
Summertime and the living?s easy
by WhySkidmore
05/21/2013 3:23 PM
Ah, summer. A lot of people associate summer with down time: cookouts with friends, hanging by the pool, no homework. Well, for the Admissions staff here at Skidmore, that’s not necessarily the case. Every summer, we host an open house where hundreds of families visit from across the country. Students are able to tour campus; [...]
by WhySkidmore
05/21/2013 3:23 PM
Ah, summer. A lot of people associate summer with down time: cookouts with friends, hanging by the pool, no homework. Well, for the Admissions staff here at Skidmore, that’s not necessarily the case. Every summer, we host an open house where hundreds of families visit from across the country. Students are able to tour campus; [...]
Posterized!
by Scopedish
05/07/2013 12:58 PM
Academic Festival — the all-day, all-campus showcase of student presentations and papers and performances — was a big hit last week. This year it had a tougher selection process and offered fewer sessions concurrently, though there were still about 40 choices, covering every conceivable field. One jam-packed poster session was a real smorgasbord of research [...]
by Scopedish
05/07/2013 12:58 PM
Academic Festival — the all-day, all-campus showcase of student presentations and papers and performances — was a big hit last week. This year it had a tougher selection process and offered fewer sessions concurrently, though there were still about 40 choices, covering every conceivable field. One jam-packed poster session was a real smorgasbord of research [...]
Mary Skinner ?33
by Scopedish
05/06/2013 4:47 PM
Jean McLaren Sharpe shared photos of her late mother, Mary Skinner McLaren ’33, from her Skidmore days. I didn’t find much about Mary online, as she died in 1970, before we computerized our alumni database, but these photos sure give a feel for her and her era, don’t they?
by Scopedish
05/06/2013 4:47 PM
Jean McLaren Sharpe shared photos of her late mother, Mary Skinner McLaren ’33, from her Skidmore days. I didn’t find much about Mary online, as she died in 1970, before we computerized our alumni database, but these photos sure give a feel for her and her era, don’t they?
Buyback time and why you should sell your books back to The SkidShop
by The Skidmore Shop
05/01/2013 3:39 PM
It’s Buyback time. We know you have lots of choices, there’s all those sites on-line….but do you want to wait two weeks for your money? There’s the kid down the hall who’s working for a company that claims they were started by students for students….but do you really think students are bankrolling that cash? Of course not, it’s just a front for another corporation looking to work the shell game on you. Is the SkidShop different? We think so. We work for Skidmore; and quite frankly, we’re here because of you. Does that mean we are going to give 75? on the $1.00 for your books? No, we can’t….it’s that whole economics thing you heard about in class. But what we can promise is that we’ll give you the best price that we can, we will buy every one of your books, and we’ll have some fun in the process. Look, your books are never going to be worth what you think they should….but is your used car? Have you ever tried to sell your old computer? Check our prices….we don’t hide them, they’re all right here. We’ll give you cash to fold and put in your pocket, a box to pack your stuff in, and a shot at some pretty cool prizes. If it’s a book we know will be used at Skidmore in the fall, we’ll keep it on campus and save someone a few bucks next semester. Those are the promises that we’ll make to you….and we’ll keep them. If you’d like to understand how textbook buyback works, stop in and talk to us. We’ll gladly explain the process to you.
by The Skidmore Shop
05/01/2013 3:39 PM
It’s Buyback time. We know you have lots of choices, there’s all those sites on-line….but do you want to wait two weeks for your money? There’s the kid down the hall who’s working for a company that claims they were started by students for students….but do you really think students are bankrolling that cash? Of course not, it’s just a front for another corporation looking to work the shell game on you. Is the SkidShop different? We think so. We work for Skidmore; and quite frankly, we’re here because of you. Does that mean we are going to give 75? on the $1.00 for your books? No, we can’t….it’s that whole economics thing you heard about in class. But what we can promise is that we’ll give you the best price that we can, we will buy every one of your books, and we’ll have some fun in the process. Look, your books are never going to be worth what you think they should….but is your used car? Have you ever tried to sell your old computer? Check our prices….we don’t hide them, they’re all right here. We’ll give you cash to fold and put in your pocket, a box to pack your stuff in, and a shot at some pretty cool prizes. If it’s a book we know will be used at Skidmore in the fall, we’ll keep it on campus and save someone a few bucks next semester. Those are the promises that we’ll make to you….and we’ll keep them. If you’d like to understand how textbook buyback works, stop in and talk to us. We’ll gladly explain the process to you.
Blue ribbons
by Scopedish
04/19/2013 3:46 PM
The riding team is heading to nationals. The $20,000 top prize in the Frierich Business Plan Competition went to a student-devised placement service to help Chinese youngsters attend American summer camps. The selection of news commentator David Brooks and mining CEO Cynthia Blum Carroll ’78 to get honorary degrees at Commencement has stirred controversy among [...]
by Scopedish
04/19/2013 3:46 PM
The riding team is heading to nationals. The $20,000 top prize in the Frierich Business Plan Competition went to a student-devised placement service to help Chinese youngsters attend American summer camps. The selection of news commentator David Brooks and mining CEO Cynthia Blum Carroll ’78 to get honorary degrees at Commencement has stirred controversy among [...]
Blue Note ? very cool
by Scopedish
04/12/2013 8:43 PM
Don Was, the musician who’s now CEO at the Blue Note record label, was this spring’s Carr Lecturer, and he was a big hit. A few remarks from students after his residency:”I thought the moderated talk was great, but the small group discussion was an incredible experience.” “It was nice to hear/see that Don Was [...]
by Scopedish
04/12/2013 8:43 PM
Don Was, the musician who’s now CEO at the Blue Note record label, was this spring’s Carr Lecturer, and he was a big hit. A few remarks from students after his residency:”I thought the moderated talk was great, but the small group discussion was an incredible experience.” “It was nice to hear/see that Don Was [...]
Zombiemail
by Scopedish
03/27/2013 4:37 PM
Best e-mail of the week so far: So… no campus lockdown needed for shambling zombie shooters on the loose — whew! More photos from the HvZ club are here.
by Scopedish
03/27/2013 4:37 PM
Best e-mail of the week so far: So… no campus lockdown needed for shambling zombie shooters on the loose — whew! More photos from the HvZ club are here.
CSI, Hurwitz, Scribner Village?
by Scopedish
01/16/2013 3:40 PM
The winter ’13 Scope magazine is off the press and on the Web. Click here to follow student interns from the Hudson Valley to the New Delhi ghettos and to check out a Tang Museum show that’s more a citizens’ debate club than a bunch of artworks. Plus Prof. Dan Hurwitz, two alumni profiles — [...]
by Scopedish
01/16/2013 3:40 PM
The winter ’13 Scope magazine is off the press and on the Web. Click here to follow student interns from the Hudson Valley to the New Delhi ghettos and to check out a Tang Museum show that’s more a citizens’ debate club than a bunch of artworks. Plus Prof. Dan Hurwitz, two alumni profiles — [...]
Waterlogging!
by Scopedish
12/03/2012 7:19 PM
Who knew? Skidmore has more than a couple students interested in competitive log-rolling. Middlebury does too, so the schools held probably the first-ever intercollegiate log-rolling competition last weekend. Skidmore fielded a star performer in Will Hoeschler ?14, a nationally ranked champ, but Middlebury has had three experts in his three sisters?all thanks to their mom, [...]
by Scopedish
12/03/2012 7:19 PM
Who knew? Skidmore has more than a couple students interested in competitive log-rolling. Middlebury does too, so the schools held probably the first-ever intercollegiate log-rolling competition last weekend. Skidmore fielded a star performer in Will Hoeschler ?14, a nationally ranked champ, but Middlebury has had three experts in his three sisters?all thanks to their mom, [...]
