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JAs react to new  system, larger entries

JAs react to new system, larger entries

Rebecca Tauber and Samuel Wolf October 3, 2018

Last year, the Junior Advisor (JA) system underwent significant changes. Due to gradual decreases in both applications and in students accepting the position, the Junior Advisor Advisory Board (JAAB) changed...

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Survey examines prevalence of e-cigarettes on campus

Nicholas Goldrosen October 3, 2018

  The Record conducted a survey on student electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and vape use, receiving 159 responses. From this data, 42.8 percent of students responded that they had used...

Desrosiers, a professor of French at the College, was beloved by students, faculty and family. She passed away on Aug. 31. 

Photo courtesy of Brian Martin.

Students, faculty remember Professor Desrosiers

Shaheen Currimjee October 3, 2018

On Aug. 31, French Professor Nicole Schott Desrosiers passed away. Her commemoration was held on Sept. 23 at Cranwell Resort & Spa in Lenox, Mass. Desrosiers played many roles in her life – professor,...

Stony Ledge is not Mountain Day: On changing campus dialogue and perceptions of Mountain Day

Jonathan Hall October 3, 2018

Leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping and professors across campus are announcing that “the exam will be next Friday… maybe.” Mountain Day must be coming. This piece will primarily reflect...

Reconstructing Storytime: Taking time off to reflect on a Williams tradition

Chris Avila October 3, 2018

We are Storyboard, the group that organizes and runs Storytime every week. We are non-hierarchical, which means that we do not have a leader and that we make decisions together as a board. In the past,...

Word on The Quad: What does Mountain Day mean to you?

Word on The Quad: What does Mountain Day mean to you?

Katie Brule October 3, 2018

  A Thursday where I risk it all and don't do my work (except I do that everyday). Fernanda Gonzalez '22   Dangling the possibility in front of our faces, then cruelly snatching...

“Unofficial guide” to navigating College life released in email

Rebecca Tauber and Samuel Wolf September 26, 2018

On Sept. 7, the student body was sent an email containing an “unofficial resource guide” to life on campus. This guide, which was spearheaded by Eli Cytrynbaum ’20 and Katie Manning ’20 and included...

Organizations work to mobilize College student voter registration

Rebecca Park September 26, 2018

The 2018 midterm election season has begun in the U.S., and the results of the Nov. 6 general election could have a profound impact on the control of Congress for the next two years and beyond. With this...

Stina Kutzer, owner and farmer of Gammelgården Creamery, pets 14-year-old Babette, the farms first cow. Rachel Scharf/Managing Editor

Gammelgården Creamery adds new autumnal skyr flavors

Haeon Yoon September 26, 2018

Signs of fall are fast approaching: the Purple Valley has a deeper flush, the Patagonia fleeces are out and the pumpkins have made their annual reappearance in dining halls across campus. But my personal...

College Council holds semiannual elections

Rachel Scharf September 26, 2018

This past week, College Council (CC) conducted its semiannual elections. After initial technical issues with the online BigPulse voting system that required elections to be postponed, the voting period...

Construction wraps up in Spencer after continuing into fall

Emily Bleiberg September 26, 2018

Throughout the first weeks of the school year, continued construction in Brooks and Spencer Houses has caused disruptions to some students’ housing ar-rangements and schedules. One senior living in Spencer...

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate proposes tax

Trevor Wertheimer September 26, 2018

Last Wednesday, Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jay Gonzalez proposed a tax on the endowments of the state’s largest colleges and universities, including Williams. The plan calls for...

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