Rebecca

Hi all,

I'm Ashley Diamond, a senior here, and I've been taking the same field work program every semester since I arrived. If you've seen the title and are thinking "but I'm not musical," you have no problem. Musical skill is unimportant, as this program aims to use the social and life-enhancing qualities of music to assist those in need in the community.

If you're worrying about taking on a volunteer duty, you actually get 1/2 a credit for this (through Field Work). And fuel reimbursement (I can also provide some transport).

In a nutshell what participants initially do is learn an audience-specific repertoire (the songs are very easy to pick up, and it really doesn't matter if you have to fudge it a little). In this case we intially learn a lot of old jazz and pop standards to go into a couple of local adult and nursing homes and sing (and dance if you want) with the residents. The "with" is important, because it is their active participation that is most helpful. You may think "Singing with old people? That's about the opposite of fun.", but in my experience the participants get at least as much, if not more, out of it.

As of now, the planned meeting time would be 2pm - 3pm on Saturdays, but that is entirely negotiable. The session would alternate between singing the songs between ourselves at Vassar, and going on outreach. Initially the outreach would take place at Green Briar in Millbrook, but also at The Fountains in Millbrook.Once the group settled in there would also be an opportunity, for those who are interested, to go to outreaches PARC (mentally impaired adults) run, or one led by a group of impaired and autistic youth.

On the academic side, this goes through Field Work, but the program was initiated by the Center for Personal Development through Music in Verbank. They have info on themselves and on outreach on their site: http://cpdmusic.com/community-outreach/

I have never seen a program before that makes such a difference to both groups of participants. I certainly credit it with keeping me sane during hectic periods at Vassar! If you want to give it a shot you can email me: atdiamond (at) gmail (dot) com

Thanks!

According to my schedule on Banner, I have a class today in "DF", and for the life of me I can't figure out which building this is.  Anyone know?

**Edit**

Man, you guys are awesome.  Thanks!

yo!

hey so i have a Q.

for those of you who have ever run into the situation where, say, on class ends goes from 12:00 to 1:15pm and then the other class you have starts at 1:00 to 3:00pm... what did you do about that 15 minute overlap? do i just discuss this issue with the professors and make some sort of arrangement? luckily the classes are in the same building. i just don't know what protocol for this is.

also i have so many hangers. if you want any let me know. i think i can spare a few.

jecabot@vassar.edu

Hi,

I've heard to steer clear of Kozloff, but anybody have a recommendation who to take out of the other two? They are Vincente Ortega and Sophia Harvey.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks,
Ash

Hi everyone,

I am posting my books on the Vassar journal before placing them for sale online.  Please send an email if you are interested: wasabi.smyth@gmail.com.  Thanks!!

POLITICS
How democratic is the american constitution	0300095244	$5.00	like new
Force and statecraft	0195162498	$23.00	very good
Race to incarcerate	1595580220	$9.00	very good
Justice and the politics of difference	0691023158	$20.00	like new
Words that wound	0813384281	$15.00	very good
Courtroom 302	0679752064	$8.00	like new
A trial by jury	0375727515	$5.00	very good
Resource wars	0805055762	$8.00	very good
The handmaid's tale	038549081x	$6.00	very good
The wretched of the earth	0802141323	$8.00	very good
Blood justice	9780195054293	$8.00	very good
The trial	0805209999	$7.00	like new
The moral compass of the american lawyer	0449006719	$6.00	very good
The future of freedom	0393324877	$5.00	very good
PHILOSOPHY
Aristotle: The nicomachean ethics	019283407x	$5.00	very good
Aristotle's metaphysics	1888009039	$23.00	very good
Plato: Five dialogues	9780872206335	$6.00	brand new
Aristotle's physics	0813521920	$20.00	brand new
The republic of plato	465069347	$8.00	very good
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
galatea 2.2	0312423136	$5.00	like new
Can animals and machines be persons	0872200027	$6.00	very good
Snow crash	0553380958	$7.00	like new
Paycheck	0806526300	$7.00	like new
Wider than the sky	9780300107616	$6.00	very good
Action in perception	0262640635	$15.00	like new
Rhetorical grammar	0321103386	$10.00	very good
Ants at work	0393321320	$7.00	very good
Language, mind and brain	1589010477	$30.00	very good
Rethinking innateness	9780262550307	$25.00	very good
On intelligence	805078533	$6.00	like new
The illusion of conscious will	262731622	$14.00	like new
The language instinct	0060958332	$5.00	good
Descarte's error	014303622x	$9.00	very good
Matter and consciousness	0262530740	$11.00	very good
Turing's world	1881526100	$10.00	very good
Darwin machines	0674192818	$6.00	very good
Vehicles	9780262521123	$15.00	very good
Behavior-based robotics	0262011654	$77.00	brand new
Exercises in rethinking innateness	0262661055	$30.00	like new
FRENCH
Workbook and laboratory manual part 1	072897562	$9.00	very good
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
A basic course in american sign language	0932666337	$15.00	very good
ECONOMICS
Law and Economics	0321064828	$14.00	very good

Is anyone taking the Green Haven/Otisville Prison class this semester (AFRS 290)? If so, I've got two of the three textbooks (Doing Time and Lockdown America) if you'd like to buy 'em. You COULD pay $34 new or $25.50 used at the bookstore, or you can totally get them from me, gently used, for a mere $14. If you're interested, please reply here with yo' email address.

Thanks!

longest day evarrrrr.
like being dunked in a huge vat of freshmen EVERYWHERE. [i have a job with RU Student Life Marketing Dept as a photographer and they wanted us to photograph ev-er-ee-thing. that the frosh were doing. ahhhh]

kinda fun, kinda made me reminisce, but mostly i'm sweaty and dirty and overwhelmed with lost children. not that tired actually, so maybe i'll take a stroll thru the shower to wash off Essence of Frosh then look through the million (600?) photos i took today. woo!

it's the little things though, like telling yourself you're going to go out of your way "to meet new people this year", forgetting said resolution, and then meeting new people anyways! ah that surreal conversation with Lisa... anyways. i am so dirty and i need a shower and then to listen to new Valencia cause I'm the only bum in the world that hasn't. i need to check my mail also cause the cd's probbablly in there.


...and i am buying bubble tea tomorrow. [i'm such a college student]

"i'm paying you to play with toys! so just play with them!"
-something like that, Mike A.

This might be a shot in the dark but I'm panicking.

This semester I have two supposedly really, REALLY hard courses lined up: organic chemistry (chem 224) and genetics (biol 238). In an attempt to avoid the overpriced books at our Vassar bookstore, I'm trying to buy the courses' textbooks online. Are the classes so hard that it's not a good idea to take them simultaneously? Because I'd rather take the chance of being able to buy and sell back my books if I end up dropping one of the subjects.

If anyone can let me know, thanks in advance!

Fridge with freezer compartment - Kenmore 4,6 cu. ft.
Bought for $150, will sell for $50.
In very good condition.
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Hey kids,

I am moving into a main suite with three friends this fall, and we are looking for some items to buy or rent for the year (or semester, if that's all you can handle):

Tv table, aka anything that you could comfortably put a tv and dvd on, perhaps with a little storage space. The poor man's entertainment center. You know.

Bookshelf

Futon or couch

If you are looking to get rid of these things, or if you will be abroad first semester and don't know what the heck to do with them (or don't want to pay for storage), please leave a comment and let me know. At this point, we are planning a buying spree once we get on campus, but we would love to find things for cheap if they are nice looking and in good condition.

Thanks, folks!

I am selling a set of wire storage cubes that I bought at Target last year. You can assemble them however you like, and it will make about 6 cubes. It is basically this except there are 6. I used them last year but they're in good condition, and will hold lots of things that aren't too heavy (good for food and dishes). I would like $15 for them but am willing to negotiate. Comment if you want them or email surozier.

I've got the list of books I need for this semester and now I'm on the hunt for them. Can anyone recommend any online sources of textbooks they have used with success?

Go Obama

i'm suuuper boring. yes!

but please excuse my love of 17th century romance stories.

--edit--

and oh dear apparently i can't help being needed. my psyche suckss and brain fits together in the strangest puzzle pieces ever

So, I am thinking about taking Lit Crit/Theory with Jean Kane. I am a philosophy major, and have looked at her syllabus, and really like the looks of what she plans on covering. However, she's not on ratemyprofessors, and past mentions of her on here have been less than flattering, sooo I'm wondering if anyone can help me out. Has anyone had her for this specific class? Does she cover the material well/are discussions engaging/whatever else? It's my senior year and I don't want to be taking something I end up hating. Also, for the record, I'll be NROing this. Thankssss.

Okay, so this fall I'll be visiting Amherst, MA occasionally on weekends. Do you want to join me? I'm looking for passengers because I selfishly want company, and not-so-selfishly thought it'd probs be good to offer.

So, would you like to visit Amherst (or elsewhere in the area)? I bet you do if you have friends at UMass Amherst, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst, or Hampshire! If you and/or a friend are potentially interested in coming with me sometime, reply here or email me (lalubin@vassar), and we'll chat. No stress, I'm just looking now to see if anyone's maybe interested.

Thanks!

how do i move in? last year my stuff was magically brought to my dorm by the storage company with movers.

this year my storage company will not offer such a service.

i am

a) carless
b) a weak 5'3" girl
c) poor

uhaul doesn't seem like it will work because i don't have a means of getting to the cargo truck or really a means of getting the stuff into the cargo truck.

do you know of any moving services that are relatively reasonable?

or, a long shot, do you want to help me out and make a really awesome friend in the process? i wouldn't either. but i would love you a lot. i'd give some monetary compensation, even. i must seem desperate. i am.

anyway! yes. please recommend affordable moving services! that'd be great.

I accidentally ordered 2 of the same rug and was wondering if anyone would like to buy it off me? It's being shipped today so it will probably arrive Saturday or Tuesday

3' x 5'
$28





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