The College recently reopened the pool, with COVID restrictions. (Michael Gibson-Prugh/The Williams Record)
When I received the email on Nov.
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Sports teams celebrate Mountain Day
Cider donuts, apple cider, casual hikes with friends — for most people, Mountain Day is a time for procrastinating on homework and enjoying the natural beauty of a Williamstown fall. However, for a certain group of students at the College, Mountain Day also brings sweat, exhaustion and sore legs.
Well, group may be an overstatement.
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College selectively opens indoor spaces and facilities as winter approaches
Selected indoor athletic facilities reopened on Friday to receive small groups of students under strict public health measures, as announced by an all-campus email from the COVID-19 Operations and Business Continuity Committee last Thursday. While the Lasell Gymnasium will remain closed, varsity athletes and students enrolled in relevant PE classes can now access the pool, squash courts, rink and Chandler Gym.
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Competing together: Ephs respond to NESCAC 100 percent voting challenge
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is promoting voter registration among student-athletes through digital campaigns as part of a NESCAC challenge. The image above was designed by programming committee chair Jo Kim ’22, a junior on women’s golf.
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Gotta catch ‘em all: Pokémon Go trends among students
Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game, hit a new peak of popularity among students on campus amid the pandemic. (Stephanie Teng/The Williams Record)
Tap.
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Water polo dives into a season unlike any other
In past years, club water polo trained and competed in the Samuelson-Muir pool; this fall, the team dove into the Hoosic in search of a place to bond. (Photo courtesy of Galen Cassidy ’22.)
Anyone willing to make the trek down to the Hoosic this fall may see a group of Williams students tossing a ball around in the river, hidden away behind the trees dotting the riverbanks.
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NESCAC cancels competitions for winter sports
Varsity teams will not compete this winter, President Maud S. Mandel and Athletic Director Lisa Melendy announced in an all-campus email this afternoon, half an hour after the presidents of the 11 NESCAC institutions released a unanimous decision to cancel competitions within the conference.
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Mike Greenman ’18 reflects on working inside NBA bubble
“They were looking for a couple extra people to fill in the last five or six slots, because they didn’t have enough people, and they asked me if I would be interested, and I didn’t really think twice about it,” Greenman said. “I was like, ‘Yeah absolutely!’”
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Selected athletic resources reopen to all on-campus students
The weight tent is one of the many new outdoor facilities open to the general student body, offering more options for non-athletes to keep fit. (Tina Zheng/The Williams Record)
It is always a race to grab the most desirable time slots at the new weight tent.
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Checkmate, quarantine: Chess Club thrives in the Zoom era
A Wednesday night of wistful longing–Blue-black in Autumnal bliss.Here you hear a voice of calling”come play chess!”, and that is this:Chess club tonight from 9 — 10:30 @ Eco cafe, everyone welcome, no experience necessary! Newcomers/beginners/people who want to learn how to play especially encouraged to come!
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For fall athletes, the decision to reopen campus brought another choice: Whether to take time off
“For me, I never really processed the idea of not having a fall season until Maud’s email, so that was kind of the point where I was like ‘Crap this is actually happening,’” said Jake Saudek ’22.5, a rising junior on men’s soccer who ultimately decided not to enroll.