CORe Digest

March 16th 2007

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... receive mail since the section began, but we will see if it comes tomorrow at the Switch. To begin the section, we crossed the Bay of Conception to a peninsula where we found a dog, "El Capitan", who managed to follow us, running down the coast as we sailed. He continued this for several days. He guarded our food from the coyotes, but did not beg us for food or water, even though all he lived in was a desolate desert. We continued down the coast to ome amazing rocky beaches where I caught and learned to skin fish. The water at these beaches was filled with coral, sea urchins, starfish of every shape and size, and the beaches crawled with crabs and the occasional lobster. Most days we see whales at a distance, and dolphins swim relatively near. Manta rays and flying fish occasionally jump into the air, as pelicans swarm to eat them. The amount of life in the sea is an amazing contrast to the desert. We picked up our first re-ration at a local fisherman's house, named Chico. It was his 76th birthday, so we gave him a present of moving palm trees from his yard in exchange for the tortillas and oranges he gave us. He has an awesome collection including a human bone, a dolphin skeleton, and a whale bone (which looks like a tree trunk from a distance.) Soon after, we began island hopping near Loretto. We stopped on one island that had an abandoned village and salt collecting facility. We explored its abandoned buildings, and collected salt from the salt flats, which were mostly covered in water from the recent rain. The wind kicked up white caps such that the inland sea, already white from the amount of salt looked surreal. We became winded in for 5 days on this island due to high winds from the North, blowing 30 knot winds (on land) and pelting us with sand night and day. I found the skull of a local predator similar to a bobcat.

Other than the sporadic wind though, the section has been awesome. We have awesome instructors, one of whom sailed with the best racers in the world. He looks and acts like Morpheus from the Matrix. All but one are not from the US. We are sailing four 21-foot Drascombe long boats. They are good classic ships and great fun.

Tomorrow I hope to be getting mail and sending this out. With any luck then you will receive this before I get back, in about a month Enjoy Boston weather (It's warming up here, no more freezing rain since we left the mountains, and it's even getting hot], and the rest of your semester.

Adios,

Joe [Roskowski]

Good morning Olin ... One day till break! Because we're so close to a great week off, the Digest is pretty short this week, but let's make sure we don't miss anything.

• Starting right after break, participate in an Awesome Community Service Competition between classes! Which class will win? Fill out paper slips in the Dining Hall to log your hours, and we'll see who emerges victorious. [More]
• Make sure you have a safe trip home, or to the city, country, or beach that has your name on it!
• Sign up for Mafia by tonight at 7pm.

:: yawns :: I must be getting lazy! I'm tired already ... I defeinitely need a break. However, there's been no shortage of things on CORe's agenda:

• Mini-Minutes! Check out the full EBoard and GA minutes.
  
  
  • State of the College Address by President Miller was held on 3/14 with great turn out.
  • Honor Board Academic Integrity survey results were discussed on 3/14.
  • Room draw policy almost complete. Zipcars arrived on campus yesterday but needs to be activated on website before use.
  • SAC Masquerade Dance on Saturday 3/31 after Spring Break. Auditions for Expresso Black still open, please participate!
  • Phoenix Fest Planning Committee created and populated for event to be held on 4/7.
  • To think about:
    • Funding DeltaCORe lunches from the Student Activities Fee
    • Club activities held in suites
    • Senior retreat
    • Anonymous mailing lists
    • Running for E-Board
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  • OSL: $500 [GA,NIF] - Senior Retreat Facility
  • ASME: $485.67 [EB] - Design Challenge
  • OpEx: $100 [GA] - Paper Shredder
  • OpEx: $75 [GA] - DeltaCORe lunches for IT
  • Cooking Club: $50 [GA,NIF] - Kitchen Supplies

• 7pm Mafia Signups Deadline!

• Spring Break!

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• Spring Break!

• Spring Brea ... oh wait no. Boo!
• 1pm-2pm SERV - CODA
• 7pm Mafia Begins

I only have 2.5 Digests left! What does this mean? Well, two things -- (a) You should run for E-Board; the student body is always looking for people who are passionate about the school, and (b) You should send me your last bit of feedback -- you know, that little thing you think about every time you read the Digest but are always too lazy to hit [Reply] for. Let's go out with a bang!

Sincerely,

Chris "Danger" Dellin

Your Vice President of Communication