Mark your calendars everyone. On April 30th, one of the world’s most famous ex-engineering students will be gracing our campus. Gregg Gillis, better known as the mash-up artist Girl Talk will be up in the brand-spankin’ new ECAV with his laptop all set to go. Gillis’s last album, Feed the Animals was number four on Time Magazine’s Top 10 Albums of 2008 and is very popular as party and dance music.
Girl Talk shows tend to get a bit sweaty, but that doesn’t stop the party. A lesser known tech school newspaper had this to say about a previous performance. Last year, Gillis visited our neighbors to the north at Skidmore College too.
First of all, thank you to everyone who submitted songs for the contest! After much deliberation (between the hundreds of entries), we have settled on:
So I was reading the Poly yesterday and I got to page 14. I saw a large ad for the 18 on 86 Winter Carnival. I really like the idea, and think that it probably will be a lot of fun. (What is a synthetic skating rink?!) There is something that bothers me every time I hear about it though. Specifically in the Poly ad, it says the following: “Sponsored by the President and the Cabinet and supported strongly by personal donations from the President and members of the Cabinet.”
You think we don’t get it the first time? You have to say it twice? You’re making it happen. Got it. Paying out of your pockets to do so? Got it.
But what funny timing… Perhaps it is coincidence (it is certainly a possibility,) but if Dr. Jackson wasn’t being criticized for exorbitant compensation would this still have happened with this much backing? Could the administration have used their generosity towards something more pragmatic? The Student Senate attempted to hold it’s own winter carnival (although on a smaller scale) last winter, and it wasn’t perceived to be a great success.
I’m grateful that the administration is taking a direct interest in student life by – sponsoring/paying/making extreme personal sacrifices - so that we can have this carnival. I’ll certainly be there. But there is something about this timing that makes me think that there are ulterior motives. But who knows? Maybe this is all just poor timing.
Vampire Weekend (This post has nothing to do with them)
It’s that time of the week! Where you are like: man, I’ve been working so hard this whole week, I don’t have any plans for this weekend! Oh wait! The Superbowl! So some other things to do:
So our friends down at Revolution Hall and the crew over at goodship are hosting a little dance party on the Friday after classes start (Jan 16th). What better way to spend a Friday night before you start worrying excessively about diffy-q?
Doors at 8:30PM, the first act goes on at 9. It costs 5 bucks, but for an all night dance party with goodship, it’s quite a bargain.
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