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April 16,
2006
Hello on this balmy almost-summer night. Some Notes and News.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
Room Draw: No Slide Draw. All TD rooms are fully occupied; therefore, no rooms to slide.
Quiet Please in TD on Friday night because many TDers will be taking the MCAT the next day, Saturday, April 22. Much rides on the MCAT for these TDers. I thank you in advance for your help and understanding.
ACADEMICS
Deadline: Monday, April 24, 5 PM: Last day to withdraw from a spring term course. The form is in you TD dean’s office.
Freshmen: Remember to choose your sophomore year adviser by April 26. Choosing your adviser for next year is not choosing your major, although you may decide to choose a sophomore adviser who is in the department of a possible major. Mainly, ask a teacher whom you are comfortable talking to. The form on line:
http://www.yale.edu/yalecol/forms/freshman_adviser.pdf Hand in the signed form to my office. I you need advice on whom to choose, I can help you.
Sophomores: Remember to consult with a faculty member of your choice about a tentative plan of study for your next two years. That consultation may or may not be a faculty member in the department of your current or prospective major; it is not the same as declaring your major, which you are expected to do on line at the start next year.
The form on line: http://www.yale.edu/yalecol/forms/sophomore_adviser.pdf Hand in the signed form to my office. If you need some advice about whom to choose, I can help you.
Examination Schedule for Spring Term 2006:
http://www.yale.edu/sfas/registrar/exams.htm
In order to view a list of the classroom locations, please click on the link "Yale College Spring 2006 Exam Locations" which is located at the top of the page, just below the header "Yale College Final Examinations 2005-2006." This link will display a static list of all courses that are currently scheduled to hold a final examination. The list contains the day, date, start time, and assigned classroom, or classrooms in the case of larger courses, of each final exam. In order to decipher building codes, there is a link to the list of building codes with street addresses located just below the link to the exam locations.
Senior Art Show: Graduating seniors will be having their final show in the School of Art Gallery, 1156 Chapel Street, beginning Tuesday, April 18 through Wednesday, April 26. The Opening is set for Friday, April 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Photography Department Open House: On wed April 19th there will be an open house in the photography department. Anyone interested is invited to meet three of the photo teachers, Lisa Kereszi, Phipoip Pisciotta and Sarah Johmson, tour the darkrooms, see a student photography show, and learn about the program. Refreshments. It will take place in the Photo Pool, Ground level, 1156 Chapel Street, Wed. April 19th , 7-9 P.M. All are welcome!
NOTES
Surprises -- starting with the really warm weather and everyone out on a summer-like day, playing or studying or sort of one or the other. And the trees are releasing their leaves, and our Magnolias, their flowers, too. A friend suggested that leaf and flower buds may be shy about coming out and wait thus for just the right time. That is a comforting thought that brings nature to us and us to nature. I do not think there is anything shy about our older magnolia, though, or about the TDers who made their photographic vignettes in the flowering branches.
And today -- short sleeves, shorts, and sandals -- that skimpy trio of summer. Better times are starting to show through. And walks under the full moon. The warm breeze; people out and about. Somewhere, someone is snapping a throw rug; someone is hanging laundry on the line. Some acoustic guitars and a drum filled our warm air on Saturday night, on the wall and playing through. We could use some rest, but in the meantime, we turn out, as we do, for an unexpected surprise. Unexpected and unplanned, as some pleasures must be (some pain, too, but enough of that!).
It's the welcome sweetness of surprise that belies (thank goodness) our efforts always to anticipate, to know, and to control. There is a point somewhere about leaving well enough alone so that simply living can show up and show through. Maybe this story helps: On her birthday, a third grade teacher's class decorated her room before school. She walked in to a chorus of "surprise" and said, "I knew you were going to do that." The son of a candy store owner brought her a present. The teacher held it and announced, "This is a box of candy." She opened it and it was. The daughter of the bookstore owner gave her a present. The teacher handled it and said, "This is a book." It was. The son of the liquor store owner gave her a box. "This is a bottle of champagne." "No," said the boy. The box was leaking a little, so the teacher put her finger to it and then to her tongue. "This is a bottle of white wine," said the teacher. "No," said the boy. "It is a puppy."
Surprise. Laughter is good, yes? We cannot plan and know everything, now or in advance; furthermore, we need not. It is sweet that life has a way of releasing itself uninvited and unannounced. When we get that sour taste in our mouths from trying to know and anticipate everything, maybe it's because we need to let up a little so that life can leak through.
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