Saturday, December 15, 2007

How do they do it?

Believe it or not, there are still plenty of events going on during reading week and even finals. I don't know how the members of these groups manage to handle rehearsal AND studying, but the results are pretty amazing nonetheless.

The Davenport Pops Orchestra playing a medley of Studio Ghibli themes (arranged by a DPops member!), including music from Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, at their concert Fantasie


"Woodland Rituals" from Groove's fall show: World Tour 2007


Each college also has study breaks to help students get through those long hours . Master K had some amazing food at her house (think chicken nuggets, crackers and Brie, fresh sliced apples, homemade cookies, etc.) but we also had a fun gingerbread house-making break in the dining hall one night. My suitemate Sara and I managed to put one together without eating too much of the candy =P

Sara working on our house

Freshmen working on their house

Our completed house (front view)

Sky view (isn't the roof awesome?)

Just a few more exams to go, then home for a nice, long three weeks =)

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Holidays at Silliman

First snowfall, lots of yummy food and good fun at the holiday dinner...how much better can it get?

The lovely Christmas tree in the Common Room

Stu's gingerbread house at the Holiday Dinner

Mmm...sugared fruit!

The festive Silliringers



An interesting version of "Santa Claus is coming to town"


The view from my bedroom window Thursday
(might look a little weird because of the screen)

Just one week of finals to go, then home for the holidays!

Friday, December 07, 2007

Overimitation published!

Major congrats to my grad student mentor Derek, whose paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The abstract is on the PNAS website here:

The Hidden Structure of Overimitation


Derek has also been working very hard on getting Felix's website ready for public launch, and it looks absolutely awesome:

www.hellofelix.com

We've also been written about in the Yale Daily News, which is here

Study: Children 'overimitate' adults


Now on to the next project...