Films broke new ground in the sixties, and we were engrossed in them. Being cool and insightful young adults, we were not content to embrace the same old Hollywood fare all the time. We hungered for cinema which was new, different, controversial, and thoughtful. In our quest, some of us ventured to Expo ’67 in […]
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Freshman Week 1964
We converged on campus in the Purple Valley traveling by plane, by train, and mostly by car. From points to the south, the Taconic Parkway north provided a pastoral ride with a hint of cooler fall weather and the color of leaves beginning to turn. From the East, the Mohawk trail offered its own beauty. […]
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Demakis v Sawyer, Round 1
An editorial written by Tom Demakis in the Williams Record in January of our senior year about the antiquated and inadequate athletic facilities existing at the College, the second tier academic status of the coaching staff, restrictive rules, and decline of the Williams Athletic Council as a sounding-board for students set in motion a series […]
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Operation Match
Blame it on HAL. In 1965 some of us paid three bucks each and entrusted our romantic fantasies to a computer dating service, Operation Match, which played Cupid for us. It was the brainchild of three Harvard entrepreneurs, with the assistance of one Douglas Ginsburg from Cornell (who later became Chief Judge of the D.C. […]
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“Snuggled in the Warm Cleavage of the Peaceful Purple Valley…”
So began the iconic opening line of the introduction to the Ephman series broadcast on the Williams College radio station, WMS/WCFM. For those in our class in need of entertainment, or background companionship while studying, the campus radio station was a high-tech source of collegiate humor and sophistication in the heavily forested, mountainous wilderness that […]
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