Crossing into New Jersey on the Betsy Ross Bridge
I made it up to New York for lunch on Saturday. Exploring Central Park was fun, though quite wet in the rain. I went to lunch at La Palapa, a good Mexican place in the Village. I’m pretty sure I’m addicted to their vegetarian chalupa appetizer.
Conservatory Garden in Central Park
Megabus from 30th Street to Penn Station was punctual as usual and I made good use of the Wi-Fi. My SEPTA train from Swarthmore, on the other hand, was late and arrived at 30th Street when my bus was supposed to be leaving. I sprinted down the steps and out the front door, barely making the bus.
Read Full Post | November 18 2008 | Anson and The Swat Fit |
Why I miss having my own bathroom
Read Full Post | November 13 2008 | The Swat Fit |
On the way to Chester
I recently had the honor of driving the Engineering Department’s 1986 Suburban Scottsdale. I first encountered this vehicle, a veritable institution of the Department first acquired as a chase car for a solar car race, in my freshman year trips to Chester to tutor with the Engineering Department. Until being instructed to drive to a water quality sampling site the other day, I never thought I would have the honor of driving this esteemed vehicle. (Esteemed meaning that the brakes are questionable, there’s no power locks or windows, and the lining on the back ceiling is falling down so as to obstruct the view out the rear-view mirror).
My Small Liberal Arts College Unexpected and Possibly Too Close for Comfort Vehicle and Professor Accessibility Index (SLACUPTCCVPAI) is now currently:
- Number of Faculty/Administrators I’ve been driven by: 8
- Number of Faculty/Administrators’ houses I’ve dined at: 3
- Number of Faculty/Administrators’ vehicles I’ve…
Read Full Post | November 08 2008 | The Swat Fit |
Fountains at the Bellagio
I had a great time in Las Vegas for the 2008 International Writing Centers Association and National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing joint conference. A fellow Writing Associate and I presented a poster of some research we have done on diversity in Swarthmore’s Writing Center. We went to a great workshop on anti-racist work in the writing center and heard a great keynote address by Nancy Grimm, a scholar whose work we drew on. I also got to meet and hang out with some writing consultants from the Harvey Mudd Writing Center. It was quite fun, and Halloween on the strip was grotesquely intriguing.
My first destination was the monorail station, of course
Lights and confusion
Our band of engineers was fascinated by the spiral escalators
Pirate seductresses singing "let's go all the way"
Read Full Post | November 02 2008 | The Swat Fit and Updates from Swarthmore |
Las Vegas from the air
Later this evening, I will be flying to Las Vegas for a joint conference of the International Writing Centers Association and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. Tomorrow afternoon, a fellow WA and I will be presenting a poster detailing some of our work here at Swarthmore. Updates to follow…
Read Full Post | October 30 2008 | The Swat Fit and Updates from Swarthmore |
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