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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

Word on the Quad

Gigi Gamez March 11, 2020

How would you drop out of the 2020 presidential race? “Announce a self quarantine.” - Nate Jones ’20 “Appear on SNL and announce it.” - Ángel Ibarra ’21 “Renegade.”...

Word on the Quad

Word on the Quad

Gigi Gamez March 4, 2020

If you could share a flex triple with any two people in the world, who would they be?  “Bert and Ernie.” -Hunter Wieman ’20 “Fred and George Weasley.” -Eli Miller ’21 “Wendy...

Word on the Quad

Gigi Gamez February 26, 2020

What are you most looking forward to this spring? “For my skin to stop being so dry and crusty.” - Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí ’20 “Grabbing a meal with you ;) unix: adm3.”  - Afoma...

Word on the Quad

Gigi Gamez February 19, 2020

What is the least romantic place on campus? "The music practice room that I go in to cry."  -Hannah Gruendemann '20  "The Lasell reception desk." -Seungmin Park '21 "Wege."...

Word on the Quad: If you could invite anyone to be next year’s Claiming Williams keynote speaker, who would it be?

Gigi Gamez February 12, 2020

"Feminista Jones" -Mia Herring '20 "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" - Nelly Lin-Schweitzer '21 "Sonia Sotomayor" - Clarissa Dominguez '22 "Greta Thunberg" - Raphael Rakosi-Schmidt '23

Word on the Quad: Do you pass the vibe check? Why?

Word on the Quad: Do you pass the vibe check? Why?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu November 20, 2019

EMMA EGAN '20 I don't pass the vibe check but I administer the vibe checks. MICHAEL GIBSON-PRUGH '22 I barely passed... thank God for the curve. SURABHI IYER ’21Can I pass/fail the vibe check? ...

Alum on the Quad: What's the weirdest thing you saw during your time at Williams?

Alum on the Quad: What’s the weirdest thing you saw during your time at Williams?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu November 13, 2019

"I once saw a bike stuck in the trees by Sawyer. "-Emily White '19 "The rock fan in front of Chapin."-Issac Pesin '97 On right: "On St. Patrick's Day, there were several guys streaking down to...

Word on the Quad: What's the best tailgate food?

Word on the Quad: What’s the best tailgate food?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu November 6, 2019

"Chicken nuggets."-Joelle Troiano '20 "Chili"-Peter Zhao '21 "Hotdogs."-Gina Al-Karablieh '22 "Popcorn."-Vanessa Silva '23

Word on the Quad:What's the most cursed place on campus?

Word on the Quad:What’s the most cursed place on campus?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu October 30, 2019

"Probably Maud's basement."-ABDULLAH NASIR ’20  "The new water machine in Whitmans'."-JACK ELLERT-BECK ’21 "The Div. III requirements."-HANNAH MOORE '22 "Besides the members of the lacrosse...

Word on the Quad: What's your Appalachian Trail Name?

Word on the Quad: What’s your Appalachian Trail Name?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu October 23, 2019

"Brain Guys' Guy"-Johnny Lamont '20 "Shivering Seyna"-Seyna Diop '21 "I don't think I'm crunchy enough for this question."-Hannah Morgan '22 "Trail Mix-a-Lot."-Natalie Jean-Michel '23

Word on the Quad: Compliment each other!

Word on the Quad: Compliment each other!

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu October 9, 2019

On left: Iris Park '21On right: Ana Park '22"Ana is such a great dancer" - Iris"Shut up!" - Ana On left: Cynthia Masese '23On right: Emily Kondo '23"You're an amazing friend who can anticipate my needs."...

Word on the Quad: What was your favorite thing you bought at the tag sale?

Word on the Quad: What was your favorite thing you bought at the tag sale?

Ethan Dinçer and Nicky Wu October 2, 2019

"An oversized blazer for $4 and an iconic hand-stitched Williams bucket hat for $1."- CAITLIN HAN '23 "A guitar that I never played – but it looked cool in my common room for a year."- FI VAN...

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