E-mail roundup

Author: Tess Russell

Subject: Midd-Rides contact number

Before the weekend, all students received an e-mail reminding them that the proper extension for Midd-Rides is, in fact, (802) 443-7433 and encouraging them to program that number into their cell phones. Apparently a local resident had complained about receiving a number of "late night misdials." We can only imagine what the transcripts of those calls would look like - "Yo, can I get a ride for four from Twilight to LaForce and could you maybe make a quick stop at McDonald's on the way?"



Subject: WRMC All DJ Meeting TONIGHT

An invitation to WRMC's first all DJ meeting of the semester opened by soliciting participation from students who, as children, had called their local FM radio stations to request their favorite "indy, jazz, world music, electronica, bluegrass, prog rock, blues, folk, and Barbara Streisand songs." In other words, people of all cultural proclivities are welcomed - except for Third Eye Blind fans.



Subject: Golf outing Family weekend

On Saturday, Oct. 4, the Baseball team will be "sponsoring" a golf outing and awarding prizes to the top finishers in the following categories - father/son, mother/daughter, father/daughter, mother/son, overall foursome, closest to the pin, longest drive and best "dizzy putter" performance. (Fine, we made the last one up. But they did mention something about a "shotgun start" at 8 a.m., and if they're charging $85 per person, we do not think it's unreasonable to expect a little beer.)



Subject: LIS eNewsSeptember2008.doc

Don't let the title fool you - the week's most entertaining electronic correspondence comes courtesy of the folks over at Library and Information Services. Last spring, they asked students to voice their concerns through participation in a colorful sticky-note collage erected in the lobby of the Main Library. The results of the "Conan the Librarian poster" experiment are now available for public consumption at blogs.middlebury.edu/lissuggestions/tag/conan-poster. Responses span more than a dozen categories including "Creatures/Fauna," "Entrance/Egress," "Hot" and "Cold," and range from the earnest ("The Manga section is really lacking") to the constructive ("Light Switch Raves on Friday!") to the downright sublime ("Smoking room/lounge").