oh mount holyoke we pay thee tuition's Journal

10:25AM - Worlds Apart Games is hosting a Magic 2010 Prerelease tournament this Sunday!

Magic 2010 Prerelease Sealed Deck Tournament


Where:

Worlds Apart Games

48 N. Pleasant St (Down town Amherst between the ABC and the fire station)

Amherst, MA 01002

413-259-6893

When: Sunday, July 12th 1pm

What: Sealed deck tournament with prizes

Entry Fee for this event will be $25.00

Tournament Structure:
The format for this event is a Swiss Rounds Sealed Deck using Boosters of Magic 2010. Each player will build their decks from their boosters adding as much basic land as they wish, to construct a deck of at least 40 cards. We will have basic land on site that may be borrowed for this event, just please make sure that you return any land that you borrow.

Prizes:
For this event, we have the following up for grabs....

The first 24 attendees receive a free receive mythic foil promo card Vampire Nocturnus!

Magic 2010 Packs based on attendance (3 packs per entry!). 90% of the Prize pool will be split among the top placers (Based on attendance).

The remaining 10% of the prize pool will be given out as random door prizes throughout the tournament. Playmats and other merchandise will also be given out as door prizes and to the top placer(s).

Open Dueling -
Players who are new to the game may want to join in the festivities without being in a tournament. That Cool! There is open dueling all Sunday with brand new intro packs,and booster draft sets. Plus, a promo card will be awarded if you fill out your open dueling card!!! (While supplies last)

1:34AM - Worlds Apart Board Game League

The much awaited Worlds Apart Games Board Game League has begun. Participation is free, and players have the chance to win a portion of $100 in prizes to the store!

The League is will run through Sunday, August 16th when we shall wrap up with a final tournament!

You may join at any time, but the sooner you start, the sooner you can start earning league points.

Don't worry if you are not very experienced with board games. You get points for every game you play, so you can make up for a lack of practice with enthusiasm and tenacity.

2:23PM - Twittered!

Yesterday, the person who maintains the Mount Holyoke College Twitter feed put a link to this photograph on my website, and asked which building was in the background. (It's a photo from May Day in 1921.)

Within 15 minutes, I had three email messages identifying the building, and within an hour had four more, plus a query about putting it up on a Facebook page with a link to my website. The power of Twitter! I was delighted to get all the email about it. It turns out that someone in the Communications Office at MHC maintains the Twitter feed, and she wants to tweet about other items on my website in the future. Yay!

It inspired me to update the mystery photo and the featured photo on my website this morning. I have great intentions of changing them once a week, but it usually is longer than that.

7:34PM - does anybody even read this anymore?

Can anyone tell me what the singles in 1837 look like? Or better yet, does anybody have some generic pictures of them? (I'm so thrilled to have gotten a single that I don't even care about the negative aspects of 18.)

Thanks!

9:54AM - anyone else?

Just curious if anyone else is all of a sudden getting loads of mystery-shopper or regional-representative-needed spam in their MHC email inboxes. I got 3 today, 6 yesterday, and 1 the day before.

I forward my mhc email to my gmail account, and usually gmail's spam filter is good at picking this stuff out... all of a sudden it's failing :( I'm tempted to just turn off the forwarding because this is starting to bother me.

2:36PM - Protests at MHC

As an alum who feels terribly out of the loop, I was wondering if folks could shed some light on recent protests on campus. I ask after seeing this pic -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhc/3486295812/ on the mhc flickr page.

Thanks!

8:09PM - Washington Post Article on MHC Alum Mona Sutphen, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy

From today's Washington Post, an interesting article about Mona Sutphen, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, and also an MHC alumna! Bonus MHC points for Anthony Lake mentions.

The article can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302968.html, but you might need to be a registered online member to read it. So for those who are not, the article follows here in full:

( Another World: Policy Chief Enters a New Phase )

10:02AM - English Department Tea

8:44PM - Mount Holyoke/Smith

Hi!

I was admitted to both Mount Holyoke and Smith, and am going through the very tough process of deciding between them. I'm leaning towards Mount Holyoke at the moment, but I've been going back and forth between them.

Can you guys give me any insight? Maybe on whats best/worst about them or differences to keep in mind about both? Anything would help!

Thank you!

ETA: I've chosen Mount Holyoke :). Thank you all so much!

5:46PM

I was admitted ED, and am very very excited. I'm counting down the days :| unfortunately there are a lot of them left.

I made a community for my class: mhc2013. anybody else lurking here who was recently admitted? or anybody have advice for what to bring/what I should be doing at this point in time to prepare?

4:38PM - riding lessons

Hi!

Could anybody tell me what Beginning Riding is like? I've ridden before, but it was a long time ago (like 5th grade) and I was thinking it might be fun to start again for the PE requirement, but I don't know anybody who's taken it before. Any general information would be great. Thanks!

3:44PM - Gaelic langauge classes?

Hi, I'm a first year student at MoHo and have been planning out how to fulfill all of the distribution requirements.

I've always wanted to learn Irish Gaelic and thought that since I HAVE to take a language, I might as well learn something that I'm actually interested in.

So my question: does anyone know if a Gaelic class is taught anywhere in the 5 colleges? I've tried looking at the 5 college course catalog but that site confuses the heck out of me.

Thanks!

9:39AM - Ride to Amherst?

If anyone is taking a class in the 5 college area, I need a
ride from MHC to Amherst College every weekday for a class.
I need to get to Amherst by 1pm every weekday, and back to
Mount Holyoke by 3:30pm. Anyone? Will pay for gas. Thank
you!

saman20l@mtholyoke.edu

1:15PM - knitters?

hey everyone! does anyone have circular knitting needles i can borrow/buy from them? OR is anyone going to the mall this weekend/has extra tickets, to give me a ride so i can get these needles? thanks!

4:39PM

What Would Frances Perkins Do?

I just thought the community would be interested in an article about one of Mount Holyoke's most famous alumnae.

8:59AM - Mod post

I deleted the last post that was up here, so I thought I would just post a quick review of what I consider to be acceptable material here.

This is a group for and about Mount Holyoke College. Posts should therefore have bearing on the college. I vehemently am against spam advertising for assorted Pioneer Valley happenings. Just because it's in the area does not make it on topic in my eyes.

Thank you.

7:42PM

Hey all! I just got back from leave and have been meaning to get a couple questions answered, if you'll be so kind: 

1. We get $15 a semester on our One Cards for printing, right? Is this money used solely for printing, and does it carry over to the next semester if you don't use it all? 

2. I know we're only allowed one bottled beverage from Blanchard on our meal plan, but I could have *sworn* those soy milks and juice boxes didn't count! Am I just crazy, or am I getting swindled here? 

3. Is the senior thesis a full-year project, and if so, would it ruin my chances of studying abroad senior year? How do you go about picking a topic? Are you in full control of what you want to write about, or does your adviser steer the direction for you? I'll prolly browse the website for more info, but if someone could inform me on the basics, I'd be ever so grateful.

Thanks guys, and hope you're enjoying the semester! 

10:16AM - Rocky Horror Picture Show At the Academy of Music!

It is tonight!

Both 8pm AND Midnight shows! -- Be there!




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Ticket Info: ONLY $10 for students! (and Only $12 for everyone else!)

7:48PM - October Break

I know that someone posted about this a little while back, but I commented and never got a response... so here it goes again!

I was looking for a ride to BDL on Friday, October 10... any time during the day really, as long as I get there around 3:30 or 4. I get back on Tuesday, landing at 4:25.

I would be completely willing to chip in for gas... and I'm ok with getting to the airport a little early and waiting, if that's how things work out.

Please email me if you think you could help out!

Thanks,
Amy Plunk!
plunk20a

12:47PM - I would like, if I may, to take you, on a strange journey

at the



The Come Again Players are celebrating their 5th Anniversary by having TWO shows at Northampton's Academy of Music!!

When: Oct 4th
First show: 8:00pm

AND!

Second Show: At Midnight the same night!

(run time aprox 2 1/2 hours)

Come join in the Mayhem and be part of the most fun show you will ever go to!! We will have Live cast performing the movie, pre shows, pre pre shows, Give Aways! A (free) Raffle! Guest Casts from across the state doing preshows with/for us!, DeVirginizations! Dancing! Singing! Shouting! Throwing Things! (yes we actually do encourage those last two!) and of course getting off your ass' and doing the Time Warp!!

We will have crap kits full of everything you need to Throw, Blow, And put over your head. ( its your mom in a bag!) (this does mean please dont bring your own stuff to throw, we will have what is allowed in the theater)

So, bring your friends, bring your family, hell bring your enemies (it's fun to laugh at them)!! Grab your fishnets or any other crazy outfit you cant where anywhere else and get ready for the most amazing Rocky Horror Picture Show you will EVER SEE!!!!!!

Ticket Info: ONLY $10 for students! (and Only $12 for everyone else!)

How to Purchase Tickets: You can Purchase tickets through cast members or through Worlds Apart Games (Amherst Center, WAG)

You can also buy tickets directly through the online store on our awesome Website!

Let's do the Time Warp Again!