Skidmore alum Emily Lazar, chief mastering engineer at New York studio The Lodge, has been nominated for a Grammy for her work on the album Wasting Light by Guitar Hero band Foo Fighters. The album has been nominated in six categories, including Album of the Year, and apparently it was recorded completely analog, meaning no computers were used.

I didn’t realize the Foo Fighters were still producing music, but that’s pretty cool! That means we’re all only like three degrees separated from Kurt Cobain.

In other news, you now have a reason to watch/care about the Grammys.

• Thursday: Dusty Desert Bonfire and Fireworks. Haupt Pond at 8pm
• Friday: Snow-Deo Rodeo. Case Center 3-7pm. Mechanical bull rides, DDR and more.
• Saturday: Hoedown Throwdown: 10pm-2am  Falstaff’s. Chocolate fountain. DJs Anonymous. Oh yeah.
• Sunday: Gung-Ho for the Donut Show: 8-10pm Case Center. Donuts, Bagels, Coffee, Hot Co-Co.

In the words of our fearless leader, “Stay up, Skidmore”.

….bwahahaha!

Ha Jin

Ha Jin will be on campus this Thursday to deliver the annual Steloff lecture. The Steloff Lecture was established in 1967 by Frances Steloff, a native of Saratoga Springs who became a well-known patron of writers and founded the Gotham Book Mart in New York City. Steloff endowed the series as a way to bring outstanding literary and artistic talent to the college. The lecture often proves to be the academic event of the semester so be sure to try and make it Thursday night.

Jin was born in Communist China and fought in the People’s Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution. He emigrated to the United States after Tiananmen Square and since has written in English. In 1999 Jin won the National Book Award for his novel ‘Waiting’.

The lecture is entitled ‘Personal Story, Historical Event’ and tickets are free. After the lecture Skidmore will be awarding Jin an honorary doctor of letters.  So please, either go to this to hear a great lecture, or to experience firsthand the ridiculousness of academic garb.

Thursday @ 8pm in Gannett

Skidmore Gollege?

Hey seniors – Yeah I know you spend $76,000 a year to go to Skidmore or whatever, but this is important. If you’re not going to give to the WAMC fund drive, you can at least give to your soon-to-be alma mater.

If you give – anything, from $5 to a bagillion – before the Feb 15th deadline, a super secret, honorable, kind-hearted and loaded alum will double your gift. That’s so generous, I can’t even begin to snark it up.

Donate here.

The future!

This is big – perhaps the biggest thing to happen in the Saratoga region since Hattie’s threw Bobby Flay right back down on his chi-faux-tle arse. Three of your classmates have organized the New Energy Economy Forum (NEEF) to do a couple things :

1. help you learn how to build your professional network and make the most of it
2. bring Rolling Stone contributor and best-selling author Jeff Goodell to talk about yucky coal and sexy alternatives
3. teach yall about clean energy, how to pay for it, how to GET PAID to work with it, and to bring in industry experts for you to chat with

Do I smell ‘get a job making green by working with green energy?’ Yes son, I do. Register at the website - it’s easy, free, non-binding, and open to the public.

Feb 15th, 7:00pm @ Bolton 280 – Career Services Workshop
Feb 16th, 7:00pm @ Gannett – Jeff Goodell lecture
Feb 17th, 12:00noon @ Gannett – NEEF panels and networking

All the above info, in propaganda form.

Come on Safari, if you won't upload photos to WordPress, I'm going to run off with Chrome for good!

I swore I’d never reblog, but tonight I break that vow, mostly because I am, ‘ow do you say? le tired and this is quite honestly too important to wait until tomorrow. Never mind the fact that our distant pals (i.e. stalkees) at All Over Albany posted this yesterday…

Megabus is going to add Saratoga and Burlington to their routes with tickets starting at $4. Now you can see Rubblebucket – twice – with ease!

I swore somebody mentioned this to me on Saturday, I just don’t like perpetuating rumors.

I will never not use this picture in a post about books.

If you like books and writing and talking about books and writing, stop annoying your chemistry major friends with all that stuff and join the Skidmore Literary Society. It’s not a literary magazine or book club, but rather a place to take “a few moments out of the day to discuss different strains of poetry and prose” (SkidNews).

The society meets tonight at 8:15pm in Bolton 103. Society creator and literature enthusiast John Maher emphasizes that the organization is open to anyone interested, not just English majors or people who wear glasses.

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this could be you

This Wednesday (February 8th), the Red Cross is coming to campus to take your blood.  They’ll be here from 10-5 in the IM Dance Gym. Click here to schedule an appointment. If you do give, which you should, remember to drink a whole bunch of water beforehand.