Day II. Bring on the candles.

In light of the country’s current economic challenges and the impact of those challenges on Skidmore, I have asked all members of the campus community to consider ways to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. — President Glotzbach

Well, well, well. Just when you thought the election and that whole stand up and “be heard” democratic thing was over, Skidmore opens up the floor for you to give your two cents. As we’ve mentioned before, our budgets are being cut, and frankly, I’m concerned that there won’t be enough hoison sauce next semester to fill my bowl of Vietnamese pho. Now Skidmore is turning to you, the creative elite, to come up with some totally new suggestions — ones that don’t include implementing deregulated mortgage policies because, as it turns out, they ruin everything. When you’re done watching aforementioned Judge Judy in your underwear, check out the handy dandy new economic crisis page on the Skid homepage. There’s a suggestion box where you can tell Glotzy how to save some precious Benjamins, as well as links to the college’s budgets and planning, family financial planning, career help for students/alumni, and employment resources.

So at this point I assume everyone is done with finals and papers and caring about creative thought, and has moved on to more important things like watching Judge Judy in their underwear. Unless there is some totally juicy gossip, or something fun going on, posting will be pretty light. I know you wont have any procrastinating to do but the ACB will still be open.

The ACB has become a pretty regular hangout for spam robots looking to sell you cheap Russian Viagra, and porn kings looking to hook another user so we hope things dont get too out of control. If one day you wake up and are just start innocently browsing the forums only to come acorss some hardcore smut just ignore it, we are sorry.

After stories on Wesleying and MadsVassar about their Class of 2013 facebook groups filling up with excited early decision-ers we decided to check things out for ourselves. And looky here, just as we suspected, a group on DaFacebook. Welcome class of 2013, we suggest you start reading our blog now because we are totally the shit around campus and everyone thinks we are mad funny.

Can’t get enough new arrival action? Don’t worry, a group of fashionably late london freshmen will arrive post winter break.

xoxo

-gossip girl

Unless you are absolutely fucking insane, or made of fire, chances are you haven’t been doing much bike riding recently. That leaves those of us living in the dorms with two options: either tether our foot powered babies outside in the unforgiving night or lock them to one of the campus’ many beautiful indoor staircases. If you are like me and chose not to subject your bicycle to the torture chamber commonly referred to as New England winter you should take note of this quote taken from the Student Announcements Digest a couple of weeks back:

“If you have a bicycle on campus, please take it home with you when you leave for break.  Any bike found on campus during the break may be removed if it is in a place that presents a fire code or other safety violation or interferes with snow removal.”

That means most of our bicycles (unless locked to one of the campus’ rare bike racks) will be pulled from their roosts while we are gone. May we suggest keeping your bike in your room during this winter break.

I don’t really understand the rainbow spilled across this map, but The National Weather Service has issued a “winter storm warning” for Saratoga Springs until tomorrow at 1pm. The NWS warns “one-half to one inch of ice is possible from the Capital Region north into the Saratoga region.  There is the possibility of widespread power outages across the region as well as property damage due to falling tree limbs.” Perhaps tonight will see a repeat of last years fabled campus wide power outage/snowball fight?

Professor Sandy Baum

When Colleges have the chance to make their case in front of Congress for their share of the billions of dollars in economic stimulus money who do they send as their representative? Skidmore economics professor Sandy Baum of course.

Baum, who has been getting a lot of attention recently as the “senior policy analyst” for the CollegeBoard and who is acting on behalf of colleges nationally, argued this morning for additional Pell Grant aid to maintain student financial aid support. “I urge you to make higher education a clear focus [in crafting a stimulus bill],” said Professor Baum.  Baum’s plea also called for more money for the states, after many have been forced to scale back on education spending in the wake of plummeting tax revenues.

While those who call for increased education spending during this recession have been criticized as taking advantage of the economic stimulus plans in order to secure funds requested long before we fell from grace Professor Baum maintained “Our economy will reap the benefits for a long time,” and if Congress doesn’t expand access to higher education, “we will feel that pain far beyond the time the economy begins to recover.”

So things are pretty busy over here at Skidmore Unofficial Headquarters, we are taking some tests and stuff, no big deal. Sorry if the posting is light these next few days.

When we started this whole blog thing we were a little skeptical. But, over these past few weeks we have surpassed our goals for the semester, and we want to thank you for stopping by the blog and participating on the ACB.

Adios,
The Head Honchos

Tomorrow is a sad day for anyone who takes pride in their battered yet functioning ID cards. Beginning tomorrow, the Dining Hall swipe staff has been advised to deny any students whose cards are less than complete. And with the cronies in Starbuck charging 20 bucks for a replacement, it seems the recession will finally be hitting us card-deficient undergrads (man, life is getting tough). Glotzbach was serious when he said Skidmore is looking in all directions for places to save, as if next years profound budget cuts won’t be enough. For any of you who feel the sanctity of your card is being threatened, march on into Starbuck tomorrow and protest. For the rest of us, we suggest you save $20 for a replacement. But don’t worry, it can be charged to your perpetually increasing tuition.