Autumn leaves
You think you've got a yard full of leaves to rake?
Try gathering 40 truckloads of 15 cubic yards each to be hauled off to the county compost facility, which is what staffers from grounds do each fall.
Granted, they use machinery. But as Tom Heisinger, director, readily admits, “that's a lot of leaves.”
The rite of autumn starts in early October and usually lasts until mid-December, Heisinger says. And after that, it's time to move some snow. Notes Heisinger, “It goes from one thing to another.”
Checking Rennes
If you'd like to check on the Union contingent in Rennes, France, this term, Prof. Charles Batson has developed a Web site (www1.union.edu/~batsonc/RennesWeb/index.html) in which he writes:
“An early excursion took us to the chateau of Fougères, a fortified castle meant to defend Brittany from its many invaders. Our own invading forces of 17 students …were met not with boiling water and burning arrows but with a guided tour; yes, times have changed.”
The site contains a full itinerary, descriptions of tours and photos of the Union group.
Ka-boom
Admissions veep Dan Lundquist, rarely at a loss for colorful expressions, said the following in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education story about admissions measures that institutions take to try to improve their standings in the rankings: “I get the impression that it takes a stick of dynamite and a whole lot of money to move in the rankings.”