science and sport.

I think that this was a tough week for universities all around. We held a well-attended candlelight vigil last night for VT at the chapel and are sending off some condolence notes that people have been working on all week. Here is one pic from last night; the Laurentian Singers are up front. Too much light in the chapel I guess.

There was a lot going on this week. We had the annual Festival of Science where we hear from all the science kids that have been working in labs on and off campus all year. The abstracts are available from that link. It is always good to have friends’ projects explained and clarified in presentations that most can understand. Here is a picture of my friend Kelly who has been working on a pilot project assessing the impact of porcupines on the Kip Tract, a trail system we have around the outskirts of campus.

This week was Habitat’s Act! Speak! Build! week, an international, student-initiated week of activism regarding poverty and substandard housing. We had a lot of facts floating around campus and events going on through the week, and finished off the week with a BBQ at the house. It was finally a beautiful week, everywhere you went there were people laying out in the sun and enjoying the weather.

Other noteworthy events included a dodgeball tournament between ODK, a leadership honorary on campus, and Canton High School’s National Honor Society. Here is at least one picture of a great comeback from one of the games.

More updates later on from the rest of the weekend and this upcoming week.