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13th Annual Muji Muhammad 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on Feb. 28

The 13th Annual Muji Muhammad 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will be held on Friday afternoon, February 28, at the Athletic Center. The following is information about the tournament, about signing up for the tournament, and about Muji 13 t-shirts.

The Muji 3-on-3 tournament is open to all in the Williston community.  The rules are: three players on a team; team must be co-ed; no more than one varsity basketball player per team (male or female); no more than one faculty or staff member per team.  It is a single elimination tournament (seeding is done by a “secret” committee).  Games are played to 11, “straight up,” with alternating possessions.  Volunteer referees will referee the games.

Students and faculty can sign up by Matt Sawyer an email with the team members and team name by Tuesday, February 25 at 10:00 p.m.

Students and faculty who would like to buy a Muji 13 t-shirt can either email Matt Sawyer with the color and size or stop by my office on the English floor (#36) during a free period.  Mr. Sawyer will have different sizes of shirts there to try on.

Please order your shirt between now and Monday, February 17.  Cost is $10 per shirt, and you can pay cash or with your card when you receive your shirt. You can order a royal blue shirt with gold writing or a gold shirt with royal blue writing. Any profit will go towards supporting this year’s baseball trip to Florida. You do not have to order one a tee-shirt to play in the tournament, and you can order one and not play in the tournament.

Green Cup Challenge Video Contest

Remember that video in assembly last week? – the one of me running around and turning off lights and unplugging things and eating carrots?

That video has been submitted into the Video Contest as a part of the Green Cup Challenge! Other schools that are also participating in the Green Cup Challenge have submitted a video, like ours, into the contest.

The way that we win the video challenge is by your vote! So, please – if you want to vote – go to this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/greencup2014energyvideo

If you want to see all the videos entered into the competition, go to this link:

http://www.greencupchallenge.net/nationalenergy/video/video.html

Thanks a lot!! Every vote counts!

Nick Pattison 🙂
Sustainable Life Club!
http://willistonblogs.com/communitygarden/

Janus Poetry Competition

Want to win a Tandem gift card for writing 17 syllables?

Janus now has a monthly Janus Poetry Competition! Every month, there will be a word of the month and a different type of poem.

The February Janus Competition

Word of the Month: Snow

Poem style: Haiku

What is a haiku? A Haiku is a 3 line Japanese poem. It consists of a line of 5 syllables, then a line of 7 syllables, then a line of 5 syllables. (See the examples below)

RULES
​Poem must be in the style of a haiku.
Poem must have the word of the month as its encompassing theme. It does not necessarily need to include the work in the poem. See an examples below.
Poem must be somewhat appropriate. Sorry.

Example:

In Winter

Precipitation,
Sent to impede our walking.
So we stay inside.

TO SUBMIT, please send the email with the subject as ” [Put your name here], FEB Janus Comp ” to janus@williston.com with an attached word document which has in it both your name and the title of your piece.

The winner will get a GIFTCARD TO TANDEM and be put in Janus!

Like us on Facebook to keep up with the progression of the competition.

Good luck to all, and stay awesome.

Janus

The Williston Northampton Literature and Arts Magazine

http://janusmag.wordpress.com/

CID on Feb. 6

Hello Williston!

Our next installment of CID is tonight at 6pm in the Cox Room!
Come hear amazing stories from:

Mr. Charles Raffetto
Julie Lord
and
Gabe Hohmann

Each story is unique and compelling– you won’t want to miss this event!
As always, come with an open mind and heart.

See you there,
Brittany and Ms. Brown

Field Trip to Mass MoCA on Feb. 10

Students in Sculpture I class will head to Mass MoCA in North Adams on Feb. 10, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The field trip is required for the 13 students in the class and will be proctored by Fine and Performing Arts teacher Natania Hume.

Dré Wapenaar: Pavilion; Bruce Odland & Sam Auinger: Harmonic Bridge; Marko Remec: Totally Totem and Jason Middlebrook: My Landscape are among the exhibits currently on display at the museum.

Afternoon Program Schedule for Feb. 5

All games have been cancelled or postponed. Here are adjusted practice times today for those teams that are meeting. Other afternoon programs will meet at the usual Wednesday meeting times unless you hear from your instructor.

Girls V Basketball – 1:30-3:00
Boys V Basketball – 1:30-2:30
Boys JV & 3rd Basketball – 2:30-3:30
Girls V Hockey – 1:30-3:15
Boys JV Hockey – 2:30-3:15 (with Girls V)
Boys V Hockey – 3:30-5:00
Girls V Squash – 1:30-2:30
Boys V Squash  -2:30-3:30
Swimming – 1:30 regular practice time
Wrestling – 1:30 regular practice time

Field Trip to Robbie Heidinger’s Studio on Feb. 7

Students in Natania Hume’s ceramics class are off to Westhampton to visit Robbie Heidinger’s ceramics studio. The field trip is required and will be proctored by Ms. Hume.

According to her website, Robbie Heidinger’s work is “very touchable. It satisfies the urge to feel something attractively “natural,” and more seductively, rewards the user by connecting them with a very potent and tightly focused abstraction of the tissues and structures of organic life.”

Writing Center Hours This Week: BLUE WEEK 2/4-2/9

It looks like that silly groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter; you might as well head on over to the warm and cozy Writing Center!  Here are the hours for this week:

Tuesday
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (G, C, E, F1)
1:40 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. (A)
7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Wednesday
9:05 a.m. to 10:05 p.m. (B)
11:25 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. (A)
7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

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Birch Dining Commons Menu: Feb. 2-8

Sunday
Brunch
Chef’s Choice

Dinner
Special dinner in Reed Campus Center for Super Bowl Sunday. Dining Hall CLOSED.

Monday
Brunch
Chef’s Choice

Dinner
Chef’s Choice

Tuesday
Breakfast
Breakfast sandwiches with or without meat, hash browns, yogurt bar, fried dough, make your own waffle

Lunch
Potato cheddar or calde verde soup, Pizza station: cheese pizza, supreme pizza, vegetarian stuffed grilled portobella mushrooms, chicken and chourico sausage jambalaya, Capri blend vegetables, Cajun style tilapia, dirty rice
Pasta bar: Meat ravioli, marinara or alfredo sauce, broccoli
Dinner
Chicken stir fry, fried rice, edamme stir fry, vegetable spring rolls, spicy orange ginger or sweet and sour sauce, Asian style vegetables
Grill: Crepes with assorted fillings
Pasta bar: Asian or rice noodles, vegetable or chicken broth, tofu or vegetables, pasta, marinara sauce

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Birch Dining Commons Hours: Mid-winter Break

Thursday, January 30
Breakfast 7:15 – 8:15
Lunch 11:15 – 1:30
Dinner 5:15 – 7:00

Friday, January 31
Brunch 11:00 – 12:30
Dinner 5:30 – 6:30

Saturday, February 1
Breakfast 7:45 – 8:45 (Closing after breakfast.)
(Students depart for NYC trip after breakfast.)

Sunday, February 2
Brunch 11:00 – 12:30 (Closing after brunch.)

Monday, February 3
Brunch 11:00 – 12:30
Dinner 5:15 – 7:00