88 Express Car Service

                       NYC <-> Northampton, Amherst & Hadley

Pick up and drop off are at the same place. Be there at least 5-10 min earlier than the schedule provided.  Visit your school’s dailyjolt.com for more information (Smith, Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire, and UOFMA)

Schedule

Monday –Sat

11:00 a.m pick up-110 Lafayette St (Between Canal and Walker), NYC

2:45 p.m pick up at Boltwood ave and College St (Amherst College bus stop)

3:00 p.m pick up at route 116 South (on the side of the post office, close to Mt. Holyoke College)

3:30 p.m pick up at the corner of John M Greene Hall (Smith College bus stop, at route 9)

Sun

4:00 p.m pick up-110 Lafayette St (Between Canal and Walker), NYC

7:45 p.m pick up at Boltwood ave and College St (Amherst College bus stop)

8:00 p.m pick up at route 116 South (on the side of the post office close to Mt.Holyoke)

8:20 p.m pick up at the corner of John M Greene Hall (Smith College bus stop)

11/25 &26

Northampton Schedule

9:30 a.m pick up-110 Lafayette St (Between Canal and Walker), NYC

2:00 p.m pick up at the corner of John M Greene Hall (Smith College bus stop, at route 9)

 Amherst Schedule

9:30 a.m pick up-110 Lafayette St (Between Canal and Walker), NYC

1:30 p.m pick up at the corner of John M Greene Hall (Smith College bus stop, at route 9)

Starting on October 9,2009.  We do pick up at the corner of Boltwood ave and College St at 8:00 a.m.  We will drop you off at Grand and Essex at NYC.  We also do pick up at 7 p.m at Grand and Essex to go back to Boltwood ave and College St.  The cost for a one way trip is $35.  This service is on everyday.  Call 917-664-3735 to reserve a seat.

News that divestment advocates at Hampshire have been forced to admit the college DID NOT divest in Israel (but that they will still continue to believe that it did with all their hearts), turned my post-vacation thoughts to parody:

For those that know me, it does take a lot to get me off my bum and into a movie theatre. Being a poor college student and all does that to you. But, every so often the trek does happen, and I did do just this. I'm glad I did. Today's subject: Coraline.

Being a huge fan of the book (Seriously, go read it), and hearing that a (single, not Tim Burton) director of The Nightmare Before Christmas was directing it, I decided to go see it. I did thoroughly enjoy it, I will start off with. Would I recommend making a solid effort to get to it in time to beat whatever rush there may be? No, but I wouldn't recommend avoiding it either.

Granted, Coraline's target demographic is aimed at a younger crowd. The downside to this strategy is that the motif of Coraline is darker, which may offput young Jimmy and Jenny. However, the movie does contain beautiful animation very carefully constructed to make you smile, laugh and, in a few scenes, go "0_o". The story is easy to follow for those of you without attention spans, and the time seems to go by quickly. The characters are loveable, and I personally hope this gets a lot of audience generated for the book (put down the Harry Potter, please).

If you happen to be at the mall with a couple hours to kill or are spending some time with the family, this is a thoroughly enjoyable way to do so.

Pros: Beautiful animation, a visual masterpiece. Effort was clearly put into this. Well thought-out and planned. Will make you smile, laugh, and enjoy a casual day at the movie theatres not seen since The Dark Knight decided to be epic (see this, too). Faithful to the tone and spirit of the book.

Cons: You know how it's going to end part way through the movie (although this doesn't really ruin anything for you, ultimately). Slow-starting. Has a tendency to make the audience say "What did I just see?", though this shouldn't always be taken as a negative thing.

All in all, see it with friends, family, or when you have hours to kill for some reason. Or see it alone if you're into beautifully done movies that will make you happy and fuzzy somewhere on the inside. Just don't pass it up just because it's rated PG. We won't judge you.

TODAY Come to the Social Justice Art Gallery-hosted by 3rd Wave

Where: The Tavern

When: Today 12/5 & Sat. 12/6 from 9 PM-1 AM

Come see student arwork, listen to slam poetry and spoken word and hear Shira Erlichman, the Crazy Pitches and more performances.

Performances will begin at 10.00 PM

FOOD & DRINKS PROVIDED!!!!!!

 To see the results of our Daily Jolt Halloween Contest go here: http://www.dailyjolt.com/contests/halloween/

There was no place I'd rather have been last night than Hampshire College. That was a beautiful, beautiful thing. If only I could save those minutes in front of the library lawn, permanently, in my brain, and in my heart. However, your recordings will have to make do! Please, please post your documentation and share the link--on hampsters.livejournal.com, or here, or anywhere else. But share it!

My friend who worked about 60 hours/week for the Obama campaign (not even paid!) called me last night from Chicago and described it as "the most amazing night of her life."

I am excited that he won, but reluctant to announce us saved just yet. We'll see where this goes.

Anyway, I just woke up, have to go obtain some caffeine and get my day together but...

Oh my God, you guys. We did it!

Love,

therunaway

(COPIED AND PASTED, as usual, from http://yawanur.livejournal.com)

Seriously, you guys.

Things I would absolutely love to see you do more (or less)--both as jolt posters, and Hampshire College students:

1) Don't let the MAN-- whether that be the institution or the pagan, genderqueer, person of color next door-- tell you what you should think. Decide for yourself.

2) Stick up for your friends. They're your friends.

3) Learn what tolerance means. IE, have more respect for people whose politics are to the right of yours.

4) Engage. If I overhear/read one more person saying "Well obviously you are ignorant, end conversation," I may just give up on you altogether.

5) Get used to the idea that just because you understand something to be part of your identity does not mean it can't be understood as a concept as well. Atheists can talk about religion, straight people can talk about homosexuality, etc. Various opinions can be legitimately held and unless you're insecure, you can accept those opinions as things you disagree with, as opposed to personal attacks. 

6) Be passionate. As in, not boring.

7) Post more on the Hampshire form, plz. Consider submitting pictures of your costume to the Jolt costume contest at this link:

http://hampshire.thejolt.com/pictures/submit_picture.html?album_id=1454
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8) GET PUMPED FOR HAMPSHIRE HALLOWEEN. It's going to be incredible! Things I, personally, am looking forward to: Gin and Tonics (first show of the year!), fireworks, Circus Fire Show, Ukulele Loki/Primate Fiasco/Circus show, Soul Live, Exit Ghost, and of course, midnight breakfast. There will be lots of other awesome stuff, and a complete schedule will be posted soon. This year's event will take place on Halloween itself--Friday, October 31st.

I was going to do 10 things, and do like a 10 commandments analogy, but now that I think about it, that sounds pretty lame.  In my next post, I would like to present a list of links to student webpages, webcomics, public blogs, etc. If you have stuff on the net you want to show off, send it to me at jtp05. <3
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So my recent internet procrastination method has been googling/ebaying/otherwise finding haunted ("haunted?") objects. This came from discovering Robert The Doll (http://www.robertthedoll.org/http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.52.0.2/theme/silver/palette.gif via thequestionclub (http://thequestionclub.livejournal.com). Then I found out that there are tons of "occult objects" out there. Who knew? Can you even imagine having a house full of creepy haunted shit?  Do you believe in ghosts? In high school, I worked for IT, and one of the guys there was an experienced ghost hunter. How cool is that?

I am excited that Hampshire Halloween is actually on Halloween this year. Who knows what will happen!

Love,

therunaway

NOTE: This is a poor substitute for the livejournal RSS feed which will hopefully work soon. This was posted on Thursday 9/25/08 at 5:36 PM from http://yawanur.livejournal.com

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JTP, reporting in. I know, I know, how typical. But just remember it's because I love you, not because I love me.

So, first thing's first: Div Fucking III

Here I am, a new div II passee (as of this morning, zomg), looking at the wednesday deadline for passing into Div III and thinking: What about the people who don't have the amazing CS professor to save you when the SS professor fucks you over? (I feel like SS has made a profession out of fucking people over).

What do I mean by that, you ask? I mean absolutely this: Finding a committee is a political process, the most qualified faculty members probably won't work with you if you don't know them, and if you're terribly unlucky, they might turn out ot be rude, disrespectful individuals who would be perfectly happy to wait until the day before the Div III deadline to tell you they won't chair your committee ( i navigated around that awful fate, but it was damn close). Div II, students, two fuckin' huge pieces of advice: 
1) Do something related to your Div II for your Div III, because then you'll know people.
2) Make people like you NOW. Drop the words "Div III" around with a few of your favorites NOW.

Trust me, you do not want to be on the phone with Anne Downes less than a week before deadline.  Nothing makes you feel like your screwed more than a conversation on the phone with Anne Downes (actually, that's not true, people who have met with her in person tend to burst into tears of despair,  which is sight worse than a phone conversation).  I mean for shits sake, her last name is Downes.  No, no, in all seriousness, she helped me out tremendously. If you're a Div III student who has no committee, or only half a committee, call her up ASAP, so you DON'T ACTUALLY get screwed.

And speaking of getting screwed, my div III is on love and intimacy between heterosexual couples in U.S. cities (ok, and some non rural suburbs?) over the last century. Some of you are surely thinking: Will this in any way involve JTP getting screwed in the happy sense? The answer is no. I am a rock. I am an island.

So. God, what else? I'm gonna go to the ABC tonight and do that thing where I ask "what's that drink that's melon flavored?" Why? Because before I am tipsy, I can't ask for a drink called "nice melons" without blushing. Which is retarded (OH NO SHE SAID "RETARDED" IN  REFERENCE TO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T A MEN

The Daily Jolt is back with a new site and a new lease on life.  The new Daily Jolt give students more options to:

• Post your thoughts, content or stupid videos for the whole campus to see
• Start a conversation in our tried and true forums
• Post events, announcements, and marketplace items to the Flyerboard
• Add professor quotes, polls, and events
• Add your own blog to our RSS feeds for someone other than your roommate to read

Oh yeah, The Daily Jolt is still run by students on campus , so if you would like to be one of our "jolter gods", email us. 

Happy Jolting!

-The Daily Jolt