Have you ever used a library Subject Guide? What are Subject Guides (also referred to as LibGuides), you ask?
Board of Trustees Meeting
CORe Update from the Finance & Facilities Committee
The Board of Trustees Finance and Facilities Committee meets quarterly with some members of Olin College to discuss the college’s finances and receive updates on facilities. I sat in on this quarter’s meeting and want to share the important topics with the rest of the student body.
not xkcd: Hippie Cannibals
Argument Against Marriage
When Oklahoma proposed a bill to make all marriage illegal, I was beyond ecstatic. Granted, the reason for this bill was to ensure the LGBT community never got a chance to tie the knot without infringing on anyone’s rights. However, I was still ecstatic. Forget about same-sex marriage, I genuinely wanted it to happen. Why? Because in my mind, the concept of marriage is kind of a joke.
Airplane Approximation
“What percent of humans who have ever lived on earth have flown in an airplane?”
Raw Responses
0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.35%, 0.325% – 0.442%, 1%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 29.4%, 40%
CORe Updates
Newspapers
We received a lot of positive feedback on the newspapers in the dining hall and are continuing to provide them. Based on feedback, we are getting the New York Times as well as the Boston Globe.
Weight rooms
CORe and OSL teamed up to get a new set of weights for the EH gym. We now have a dumbbell set that goes up to 55lbs. Enjoy!
Speakers for team rooms in EH
We got a set of usb speakers for a team room in EH. Think this a good idea? Let us know and we’ll set up the rest of the team rooms.
Kitchens
Major kitchen rehaul coming up! After taking stock of the kitchens, we’ve decided that it’s time to replenish the supplies. We’ll be getting a lot of equipment based on the feedback from surveys.
Poolroom
In the next few weeks we’ll be replacing the old, very broken, and now disposed of ottomans in the pool room with better storage/seating/things you can stand on.
Voter Registration on Campus
CORe is working with nonprofit TurboVote to see if integrating a voter registration into an already existent Olin system makes sense.
<3 CORe
Awesome or Important Skills
“If you could choose one skill to rock at, what would it be? Why?”
Communicating with people. Talking to people is hard. If you can communicate effectively, you can accomplish so much more and get people to work with you. Without this skill, you’ll constantly face opposition and frustration. – Anonymous
Honor Board MadLibs
Cases before the Honor Board are wide and varied. Topics range from personal differences and academic dishonesty to misuse of public materials. Above all, the Honor Board is a means for Olin Community members to work out their differences safely and confidentially. Find a friend and fill out the MadLibs in the paragraphs below to learn about a past case.
Meet the Oliner: Jens Veulemans
Class of 2015
Foreign Exchange Student from Leuven, Belgium
- Frat party hops with his bandmates playing the snare drum or trombone
- Likes watching American war or Disney movies with cute girls
- Recently ordered the 5,000 page paper McMaster catalog just in case the internet goes down
A Puzzle by Midnight Math
New Puzzle
A prince is surveying his kingdom. No matter where he stands, if he walks 100 paces forward in a straight line, turns to the left 90 degrees and walks 100 paces forward again in a straight line, again turns 90 degrees to the left and walks 100 more paces in a straight line, he arrives where he began walking. Where is he? (Bonus points, who is he?)