Following the success of last weeks Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron concert WSPN is hosting two events this Thursday night. Firstly the Saratoga “psych/electro amazingness band extraordinaire” Charlie Everywhere is performing on the roof the Tang museum. The concert is early (7-9pm), so hopefully it wont be a repeat of last year’s world record breaking up of the Snakes Say Hiss concert in the same location. Opening for Charlie Everywhere are the boys behind Thursday nights at MARE so come early. Once you’ve had enough “psych/electro amazingness” (or the clock strikes 9) head over to Case Gallery for WSPN ON-AIR a WSPN sponsored art exhibit featuring program guides, clouds and 24 hours of WSPN broadcasts. Facebook encourages a “mass exodus” of people from the Tang to Case so maybe you can tag along.

P.S. Tons of art show goodies like cheese and stuff at the exhibit. so yea…

Charlie Everywhere @ Tang (fbook)
ON-AIR (fbook)

Skidmore Unofficial recently heard from a source at reslife that some disgusting person has been poking tiny holes in the free condoms distributed on the doors of HCs and RAs. Obviously this sordid behavior can have some serious consequences so we thought we would let you guys know: even if it is just a rumor better safe than pregnant and infected sorry. In case you are a little new to the game, a hole in a condom would render it as useful as a fishing net. The Center for Sex and Gender Relations has condoms for sale as well as tons of other “stimulating” gifts so why don’t you head over there and make momma proud. In the meantime keep your eyes out for the culprit.

This weekend, inter-hall council will be producing its first event of the year. The event will run all weekend, and will not be cut short by freshmen, or anyone, being taken to the lovely Saratoga Hospital because there will be no alcohol provided. Instead, sober up and go catch some balls at dodgeball with Lucy Scrib’, and take a trip to Candyland. And if you want to spice things up a bit on your own, bring your friend JD. I hear he knows how to party…

Here’s a list of the events going on at Oktoberfest ‘08:

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Go and break the Ramadan fast with Hayat, Skidmore’s Muslim culture club. Hayat is sponsoring a Ramadan dinner tomorrow night at Falstaff’s at 7pm. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, and a time to fast. During Ramadan Muslims concentrate on their faith and spend less time on the concerns of their everyday lives. It is a time of spiritual reflection, contemplation, prayer, doing good deeds and spending time with family and friends. Hayat will celebrate and break the fast during the Ramadan dinner.

Sundown tonight begins the celebration of the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah and campus is offering a series of services tonight, and tomorrow, at JKB. Rabbi Linda Motzin from the campus Chaplin’s office explains “All are welcome to join members of the Skidmore Jewish community and the local Saratoga Springs Jewish community in religious services in observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.”

Monday
Rosh Hashanah Services 8-10pm JKB Theater
Tuesday
Morning Services 10am-1pm JKB Theater.

Just in time for swimming season (jklol) an anonymous tipster recently warned SkidmoreUnofficial that everybody’s favorite local swimming hole, affectionately known as the Fiddlers Elbow Quarry, has recently begun taking their previously unenforced “No Trespassing” signs pretty seriously. RIP.

So folks, let the search begin for a swimming hole that doesn’t result in a court date. Also if you’ve been holding out on us and have the perfect summer weekend cliff jumping spot let us know in the comments, everyone will forget by the time the snow melts anyway.

For me, nothing says Creative Thought Matters like off season basketball training, and apparently New York Knicks President Donnie Walsh, and whoever is in charge of Skidmore, couldn’t agree more. September 30th through October 4th we will be hosting the New York Knicks off-season training.

Tuesday as we awake from Monday night’s beauty sleep a bunch of really impressive looking coach buses will probably drop of a bunch of really impressive looking basketball players. While this may seem like the perfect opportunity for you to “bro out” with Allen Houston or confirm rumors that Patrick Ewing’s third leg runs in the family, I assume Mr. Walsh and head coach Mike D’Antoni will be keeping these boys pretty close. The team will meet twice a day in the “Sports and Recreation Center” with practices being held closed to the public.

The Knickerbockers have a pretty interesting media policy but we do anticipate at least a small media presence on campus this week. The Knicks also have a pretty interesting Carmelo Anthony policy, but we do not anticipate any Denver Nugget presence on campus this week.

Did you watch last night’s debate? Congratulations, you astute, politically aware citizen. Also, you’re a moron. See, there was no point in even tuning in at all – and we mean beyond what the “thoroughly disillusioned” (his words) and “totally annoying” (our words) kid on the ACB is whining about. Anyone with the internetz knew who was going to win 11 hours ahead of time. Check it out…

(Not picking up what we’re putting down, here? Check the screenshot’s time and date, chief.*)

For those of you who care about having your say on such issues as the fate of the global economy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s creepy shit-eating grin, and the career of attractive albeit frighteningly ill-prepared hockey moms, voter registration continues on campus for the next two weeks. The table, sponsored by Skidmore Democrats,  has been outside of Case all week and is trying to make its hours a bit more uniform, so any time you can offer would surely be appreciated.

Email Mariale Renna, Skidmore Dems Secretary, at mrenna@skidmore.edu with whatever time 12-4 Monday through Thursday you can offer.

*Insult to injury addendum: Gentleman Johnny hadn’t even decided on whether or not he would attend the debate at 10:16 AM. Yikes.

SARATOGA SPRINGS—A new precedent was set today in tangential story-telling, when a History Professor’s boring, off-topic tale of a time he got lost in a Circuit City was interrupted by a student’s even more boring tale, which also had something to do with Circuit City.

“Professor Dougal was talking about the fall of the Roman Empire and said something about the Roman Empire getting too big, and then he made a joke about how if the Emperor tried to find his way around it, he would have gotten lost,” said senior Danielle Gomez.  “Then all of a sudden, he got this wry smile on his face and just launched into this whole story about one time when he was eight and he got lost in a Circuit City.”

Although it has been reported that Professor Dougal does this sort of thing two or three times per class meeting, what happened next was truly extraordinary.

“Then this girl who sits behind me raises her hand,” Gomez said.  “I thought she was going to say something to get us back on track, but instead she started telling a story about a time she saw two men fighting over a shopping cart outside of a Circuit City in her home town.  It was crazy!”
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Don’t forget to head over to the SGA page and vote for your hall representatives and all that democratic jazz. Think of it as practice for November. You can click here and avoid all that bothersome skidmore.edu stuff.