Achievement unlocked: I have ridden a bicycle with square wheels. This is from earlier this week at our department's "block party" for our majors and interested students.
I'm proud (and a bit intimidated TBH) to work in the same department as Stan Wagon, the mathematician who made the square wheel bike -- and the surface on which you can ride it.
https://www.macalester.edu/mscs/multimedia/squarewheeledbike/squarewheelbike/
Today at Macalester's convocation, one of the speakers mentioned the Andrea Gibson poem "What Sucks About the Afterlife" and oh my, it is a lovely, lovely poem:
https://breathoffreedompoetry.substack.com/p/what-sucks-about-the-afterlife-andrea
"On Earth, everyone loved butterflies,
but I trusted the caterpillars more.
I trusted the ones who knew
they were not done growing.
On Earth, I was a work in prograss,
was comforted in knowing
that I had a million mistakes still in me
to learn from."
Professors United Against Student Housing
Hey @[email protected], I’m a Saint Paul resident/alum who cares deeply about providing ppl with places to live. Please ask staff to refrain from opposing new housing using their college emails. It’s embarrassing for all of us. #heymac https://twitter.com/mikesonn/status/1148236954636607488
“Justin's wife, ANOTHER PROFESSOR - of GEOLOGY, writes another letter for their household (3 letters of opposition from this address). If you're an earth science prof of any stripe & you're against more urban housing, I think your professional creds should be challenged.”
Dan Drake 🦆
Bill Childs
Wedge LIVE!