JSU BBQ

Thank you to everyone for coming to the JSU BBQ yesterday on the swamp. It was definitely an enormous success. Here are a few pictures I took--my apologies for some of the pictures that seem a bit hazy. The smoke from the grills was at times overpowering. I also tossed in a picture of my brother and my dog. Luckily, my dog's cuteness outweighs my brother's hideous beard that he decided to grow over the summer. Thanks again to everyone from stopping by!

Count down to Move-in Day

For all you freshmen out there, move-in day is upon us! Just want to give you all a heads up as to where you can find JSU and Hillel people on the South 40 on Thursday. We will be in the campus ministries tent  from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. amongst the rest of the groups tabling by the clock tower. We'll have bagels and cream cheese from 8:30-12, so stop by and say hello and eat a free breakfast. There will also be staff and students in the Wohl Center ready to answer any questions you may have. And finally, there will be over 20 CDF's (Community Development Fellows, otherwise known as the amazing group that organizes the Into the Wild retreat) all over the 40. You'll be able to spot them by the awesome "Wash Jew" shirts they'll all be wearing. Plus, they're going to have popsicles, which you're definitely going to want if it's anything like last year's move in day (110 degrees, need I say more?).

We are all sooo excited to meet the class of 2012. We hope to see you on Thursday and again on Friday at the Shabbat dinner at Hillel at 6 p.m.

Have a safe trip to St. Louis!!!! See you soon........

The Dreyfus Affair Part Two?

This interesting Op-Ed from the NY Times reminded me of a good friend of mine who once had a fake ID with the name Alfred Dreyfus. I wish I was joking. He did have a rather "successful" three month run using the alias of the infamous victim of late 19th century French anti-semitism. That is, until he attempted to buy a six-pack of Blue Moon from a liquor store run by a scholar of post-revolution France. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.