10 month ago
gleuschk : Memo to the Reed College community from Lisa Moore, assistant dean for multicultural affairs - The Oregonian Extra - OregonLive.com - jesus h. christ.
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14 month ago
nelson : Hood River day - I had a lovely Saturday outing with some friends from college
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30 month ago
gleuschk : USATODAY.com - What you say online could haunt you - Admissions dean Paul Marthers at Reed College says the school denied admission this year to one applicant in part because his LiveJournal included disparaging comments about Reed.
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31 month ago
gleuschk : Reed Magazine: Supporting Reed, from Geek to Google - Nelson is "the first former scrounger to bestow a major gift on his alma mater" (the print version has 'six-figure gift' and names the figures). also a nice photo of him and Jemiah (and is that Celeste?)
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34 month ago
gleuschk : Long Live College Rankings - a response to Diver in the Washington Post
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gleuschk : Reed College President Colin Diver looks back on 10 years of ignoring the US News and World Report college rankings - in Atlantic Monthly (PDF)
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37 month ago
gleuschk : 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship Live updates - Dave's one won, lost two so far -- you can play the games sequentially. (ABCEISS -> SCABIES)
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37 month ago
jkottke : Non English speaking Scrabble champs - The competitive Scrabble world is starting to see some top-notch players for whom English is not their native language. At he highest level of competition, "Scrabble's secret is that it's a math game: board geometry, strategic decision making, probability
gleuschk : Dave Wiegand in the National Scrabble Championship Finals! - Go Dave!
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37 month ago
gleuschk : links for 2005-08-24 | A Whole Lotta Nothing - hah -- Reed comes in high on the list on both of Matt's links
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38 month ago
gleuschk : Reed Reunion 2005 all-class picture - with a weird flashy interface, where you can also download the (7MB) full jpg
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39 month ago
gleuschk : One Media Group - the interval and the interstice re-exist
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39 month ago
philgyford : David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University - Basically, "learn to think for yourself." (And the page is crying out for more leading.)
gleuschk : David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University - Reed has been on my mind a lot lately, and this is a great addition to the swirl of thinking I've been doing
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