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Fall 2004
  Articles on this page: • Public Transportation • Williams campus organizations: Public Transportation "The B" Berkshire County's bus service operates Monday through Friday from 5:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 7:15 a.m. to 7:10 p.m. There are bus routes traveling in North Adams, Adams, Williamstown, Cheshire, Lanesboro, Hinsdale, Dalton, Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, and Great Barrington. For more information, call (800) 292-2782 or 499-2782. J.T. Buslines, Inc. 663-7021 North Adams Chartered buses, coaches, and mini-buses are available to groups. Bonanza Bus Lines 800-556-3815/458-2665 Peter Pan Bus Lines 800-343-9999/458-2665 College Van Use Students who want to use college vans should complete requests through respective administrative offices. For example, SGA organization - SGA Office Greeks - Dean of Students RAs and OSL employees - Office of Student Life Veteran's Taxi 663-8300 North Adams Norm's Airport and Limousine Service 663-8300 North Adams A-1 Airport Limousine Service 443-7111 Pittsfield Lyons Aviation–Pittsfield 443-6700 Air taxi and charter service Transport The People, Inc. 664-3200 Pittsfield Amtrak 800-USA-RAIL nearest stop, Pittsfield Williams campus organizations: Many have connections to off-campus At Williams College, more than 100 campus organizations exist to serve the extracurricular needs of Williams students. Their leadership changes yearly, and many operate with significant autonomy. But all are monitored and supervised by the College Council. Williams has produced this year a new Campus Life Guide, with listings current as of July 11, 2003. What follows are selected excerpts of information about some of the campus organizations with activities that may extend to off-campus constituencies. The excerpts were written by the organizations themselves. Notations in parentheses after names are email addresses which preceed @williams.edu.) For the most up to date information, visit the Dean of Students website at: www.williams.edu/dean/activities College Council (Student Government) The College Council is the governing body of the Williams College student body. Its members are elected by dormitories and by students at-large and represent their constituencies in campus issues of interest to students, such as the policies of administrative bodies,the actions of student organizations and aspects of residential life. In addition, College Council collects a Student Activities Tax. By this tax, all student organizations and Club Sports teams may be funded. Homepage: wso.williams.edu/cc and List Office: Goodrich Hall, 2nd Floor Lead Officers: Ilunga Kalala (05ik) and Veronica Mendiola (05vmm) Finance Officer: Alexander Bal (06asb) Williams College Daily Calendar www.williams.edu/dean/calendar/index.html Community Building Program (WCBP) Williams WCBP is a student-run organization that organizes workshops on campus and in the outlying community to deal with issues of race,sexuality,and other differing defining characteristics.Through its workshops on campus for first years and student leaders,WCBP seeks to increase the campus discourse on contentious issues like community respect and dialogue. Homepage: www.williams.edu/MCC and Lead Officers: Marie-Adele Sorel (05ms) and Funmi Olosunde (06oo) Advisor: Kareem Khubchandani (kkhubcha@williams.edu). Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating pover t y housing worldwide. We bring together people with resources, volunteers and the families themselves to build decent and affordable housing.No experience is necessary. Every Saturday morning we lead a trip (and if possible, multiple trips) to the surrounding Pittsfield, North Adams and Bennington areas to help deserving, poverty-stricken families to build or rehabilitate their homes. Meetings: Saturdays, 9 a.m. - Chapin Steps Lead Officer: TBA Initiative for Student Health in Elementary Schools Williams Initiative for Student Health in Elementary School (WISHES)is focused on improving communit y health for children in nor thern Berkshire Count y schools.We assist in teaching health lessons in elementar y school both through one-day health fair events and continuous work as teachers'assistants.We have a par tnership with REACH communit y health foundation to pilot a comprehensive health study and series of new health programming for this county's children.With this local organization which has received state funding to improve health education, we are working to improve children's early exposure to understanding and choosing a healthy lifest yle. We work most closely with the local Williamstown Elementar y School for many of these projects,although the scope is much broader and continues throughout the county. Lead Officer:Marie-Adele Sorel (05ms) and Finance Officer:Margaret Demment (05mmd). Record, The Williams (and The Record Wired) The Williams Record, founded in 1885, publishes the College's only weekly newspaper.It focuses particularly on issues pertaining to the campus and provides a forum for people to express viewpoints through opinions pieces and letters. The Record covers news, sports,and arts events on campus and has a features section that highlights various college-related people, places and events. The newspaper is published every Tuesday with the exception of holidays and during reading periods and exams. Homepage: www.williamsrecord.com Office: Intersection of Spring and Walden Streets Meetings: Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Record office Lead Officer: C Bart Clareman (05cbc) WCFM 91.9 FM Broadcasting at 91.9 megahertz with 1.1 kilowatts of antenna power, WCFM's signal can be heard quite clearly in that special place where Vermont, New York and Massachusetts meet . . . the Berkshires. And,what is there to hear? Commercial and format-free radio. At WCFM,we don't preprogram. We don 't tell our DJs what they can and can't play. We don't play the hits to capture our market and we don 't force our programming into bland blocks of similar style. This is freeform. It 's not the next big thing, it 's not trendy and it's almost certainly not the future of radio. At any given time you might hear Acid Jazz, Classical,Heavy Metal or Novelty. DJs do this because they love the music,and they want to share. Homepage: wcfm.williams.edu Office: Basement of Prospect Meetings: Sunday's at 8pm WCFM Production Studio Lead Officer: Adam Ain (06asa) Finance Officer: Yariv Pierce (06ysp). All Campus Entertainment (ACE) All Campus Entertainment is the social headquarters of Williams College. ACE is open to anyone and everyone, and it constantly seeks to enlarge its membership. ACE is comprised of three committees, each of which is responsible for a different area of social planning: the Campus Concer ts Committee is responsible for concerts, all on-campus, ranging from student bands to touring professional bands; the General Entertainment Committee is responsible for a variety of smaller events, ranging from monthly comedians to the Homecoming bonfire and weekly film series; and the Social and House Events Committee is responsible for weekly all-campus social events and for putting on the three big celebratory weekends (Homecoming,Winter Carnival,and Spring Fling). Homepage: ace.williams.edu Office: Goodrich Hall (Student Activities Office),x.4191 Meetings: EBoard -TBA Lead Officer: Evan Shutz (05eds). Finance Officer: Eric Hsu (ech). Advisors:Jessica Gulley (jgulley@williams.edu)and Nate Gill (ngill@williams.edu), Goodrich Hall. Anti-War Coalition Taskforce (ACT) ACT is a group located on campus made up of students, staff, faculty, and community members who come together to educate and inspire discussion within the larger Williams College and Williamstown community about specific, mainly political, issues of international and domestic importance. Our role is largely educational with an action component. We will educate the student body and then facilitate their action upon the issue in question. Our goal is to concentrate on one specific issue, which is current and relevant, and to build a campaign around it. We bring speakers to the College, set-up educational displays and distribute educational materials throughout the campus and community. Homepage: wso.williams.edu/orgs/ Lead Officer: Martin Neider (06msn) and Finance Officer: Alan Cordova (06arc_2). Berkshire Symphony The Berkshire Symphony, conducted by Ronald L.Feldman, is comprised of approximately 55 student and professional musicians and performs four times annually. Homepage: www.williams.edu/music Contact: Ron Feldman (RFeldman@williams.edu),BMC and Ernest Clark (EClark@williams.edu),BMC Brass Ensemble Quintets and a larger ensemble of ten to fifteen players rehearse weekly for performances on Department Recitals, at various campus events, and in area churches.  RETURN TO TOP |
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