Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Happy New Year

September is an academic's new year.  It's a special time with returning students, new students, profs getting ready for the start of classes, folks getting back into the University groove, and so on.  This wondrous quirky place is beautiful in the Fall, a unique environment for all committed and engaged members of our community. 

Today's top ten things about Trent:

  1. A river runs through it
  2. The Seasoned Spoon
  3. The word “critical” appears more than any other word in course descriptions
  4. Transformations happen regularly on campus
  5. Arguments are free
  6. Research has an impact
  7. My (microscopic) office has a view
  8. We have trees instead of concrete office blocks
  9. People--from OPSEU, CUPE and TUFA--all give a damn
  10. Trent students think around corners and look at the world unblinkingly
Best wishes to all colleagues.  Have an excellent 2011-2012.  Have a happy new year!

GB
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  1. newhouse2 September 2011 at 05:56

    Autumn falls. Days shorten.
    Students gather. Professors scurry.
    Talk. Talk. Talk. Wisdom rises.

    Otonabee sparkles. Champlain shines.
    Eaton catalogues. Traill blazes.
    Gzowski glows. Trent rocks.

    Provost muses. Deans deliberate.
    Students sleep. Professors point.
    Staff wonder. Order reigns.

    New year rising. Hope beckons.
    Curtains flutter. Stage brightens.
    Show begins.

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  2. Anonymous8 September 2011 at 07:28

    Professors point
    Students sleep?

    Staff wonder?
    Like stunned sheep?

    Gosh

    Look who is active and who is passive
    Same patronizing show
    Order reigns indeed

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