Hello WOC! Below are our events for the week of 1/18/10 – 1/24/10: ANNOUNCEMENTS The Winter Study equipment room hours are weekdays 12-2pm, Saturday 10am - 12pm. Check out some cross-country skis, snowshoes, or sleds! Just return them by 1pm the next day for the PE classes. Reply to this email if you’d like to share excitement about these events or let us know of any other outdoor happenings! We would love to hear! MONDAY - Martin Luther King Day! No ski buses to Jiminy Peak. TUESDAY - Polar Bear Swim, come for a refreshing dip in the Green River! Meet on Paresky steps at 10PM and don’t forget to bring warm clothes and a towel. Questions to Fiona at few1. - Kayak rolling is back 7pm – 8:30pm in the pool - come and go as you please! - Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall. Hours are 7-9 PM in the Field House. WEDNESDAY - Sports and Journalism Brown Bag Lunch with Bob Nutting 12:30 -2:00 PM in Weston 10. Meet Bob, Chairman of the Board and Principal Owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and President/CEO of Ogden Newspapers, Inc. and discuss athletics and the newspaper industries. Bob is also an avid fisherman, skier and conservationist. - WOC weekly meeting; 7 PM in Schapiro Hall 141, all members are welcome! Contact Ali at 10ahd to know more. - Singer-song writer and nature enthusiast Dar Williams performs in Goodrich Hall 8 PM. THURSDAY - Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall from 7 – 9 PM in the Field House FRIDAY - Sunrise Hike up Pine Cobble. Meet at Chapin Steps at 6:00AM, we will return to campus by 8:45AM - World renowned explorer MIKAEL STRANDBERG visits Williams! 7 PM in Books Rogers, Mikael will be sharing his story of his amazing 2004 ski and canoe expedition along the Kolyma River in North Eastern Siberia, globally hailed as one of the coldest explorations in history! DON'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Check out his website at http://www.mikaelstrandberg.com/about-me-the-human-being-mikael-strandberg/ SATURDAY - Staff Appreciation Day! 1-4 PM Hopkins Forest. All Williams staff are invited for an afternoon of nature art, games, hot chocolate, snowshoeing and snowman building! - Snowshoe race at Greylock Glen! Contact Jon at 10jll_2 if interested. SUNDAY - Advanced snowshoe race at Greylock Glen! Contact Jon at 10jll_2 if interested. Enjoy winter study! -Your friends at WOC To remove yourself from this list send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message body "signoff outing-news-l" or go to http://listserv.williams.edu and follow the instructions there. Note that if you are subscribed with your [log in to unmask] style e-mail address, you may need to get a password for this address as well.