ASSEMBLY IN BRIEF
Friday, December 6, 2013
Tonight’s performance of ‘night, Mother is sold out, but tickets are still available for Saturday’s
performance. 7:30 curtain tonight, 8:00 tomorrow.
100 Neediest Cases - Case #65 was read.
Robotics Team Competition tonight.
KIVA meeting after school today in Dr. Smith’s room to coordinate CandyGrams.
KUTO Relaxation day is today – have fun, drink cocoa and keep the Commons clean!
MUSIC FRIDAY: Nicholas Kram Mendelsohn ’14 and Daniel Diemer ’14 of the band “Two Strapping
Young Gentlemen” played:
“Love, Love Me Do” – Beatles
“Paranoia in B-flat Major” – The Avett Brothers
“Gravity” – John Mayer
See Campus Candids for a few photos.
Emily Butka read a tribute to Nelson Mandela, who passed away December 5. Mr. Abbott read the
poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley, which Mandela recited to other inmates while imprisoned:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Y Day today.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Dance Squad – if you want to join Dance Squad and dance at halftime during the JBS/MICDS game,
meet at the stage or contact the captains within a week.
Film Club – Friday at 3:00 they will show the animated French film “The Triplets of Belleville”.
KUTO Club – Friday will be winter relaxation day with a holiday theme.
French Club – Meeting on Friday at 7:45 in Ms. Kinney’s room.
There are still tickets available for the play ‘night, Mother.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Announcements
*100 Neediest Cases: A case was read. The six PVC candy canes in the Quad represent the six classes; a
red stripe will be added for each $100 raised – the goal is $2000/class.
*Burroughs Women’s Organization: Meeting at 8 am on Thursday in room 206.
*Classics Club: Meeting at 8 am tomorrow in the classics lounge.
*Cocoa for Cambodia: Resumes tomorrow in the “snack shack” across from the bookstore; dollars
raised benefit a school in Cambodia.
*’night, Mother: Tickets are on sale for this black box theatre production on Friday and Saturday
evenings. General admission; $8/ticket.
*Young Republicans: Inaugural meeting at 8:15 am in the athletic conference room.
Music Wednesday
Paul Salomon ’02 (mathematics) performed an original Christmas song, Isn’t It Nice. Mr. Salomon was
raised in both Jewish and Christian traditions but the song is not about religion – rather about being
with friends and family. See Campus Candids for a very brief clip.
Construction Update
Tomorrow construction is essentially complete.
 The sod will be laid in the Quadrangle today but ropes will be installed, to block foot traffic,
until the grass has really set in.
 The tower stairway (between the Commons and Haertter Hall) is open.
 The new conferences rooms (#1 and #2 off the Commons, #3 across from the bookstore and #4
on the second floor of the Commons) are open for business – contact Debbie Drummond to
reserve space.
 The college counseling offices will move to the east end of the Commons this week.
The new spaces were built LEED certified but they also need to be used properly. We are all asked to
observe the following.
 During cold weather, use the vestibule entries to Haertter Hall and the Commons.
 Use the water bottle dispensers and single stream recycling.
 Flush up for minimal water use and down for maximum.
A few other final use notes:
 During the day the performance gym will be closed. Ball players may use the field house courts.
 No balls in the Commons.
 Students should not be in “back of house” of Haertter Hall unless there for classes.