Princeton's Preyer Clinches 4-3 Men's Tennis Win Over Stony Brook Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications Release: 03/07/2008
Freshman Parker Preyer (DA '08, brother of sophomore Ellie) clinched the match for Princeton in his first dual-match appearance of the season to lead the No. 50 Princeton men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over Stony Brook Friday afternoon at Jadwin Gym.
The Tigers (6-3) were challenged in singles after winning the doubles, but Preyer defeated Juan Carlos Cotto 6-1 and 6-4 at No. 6 to clinch the team match. The North Carolina native was one of three freshman playing singles for the Tigers on Friday.
Princeton next plays March 17 against San Diego State on a Spring Break trip to California.
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April 4's DA International Day 2008, though in its streamlined (no workshop) form, should be a treat nonetheless. Victoria Muradi will speak at Morning Meeting about her childhood in Afganistan. We'll enjoy an international lunch on the quad and an end-of-the-day musical performance by participants in the UNC Festival on the Hill (see below).
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UNC's Festival on the Hill 2008 (March 27-30). DA students, faculty and parents have been preparing since September to participate in workshops and performances. Click here for the full schedule of events. Of special interest are the following dates and times where DA will participate:
Saturday, March 29 (4:30 - 6:30) Latin American Strings Concert
DA Chamber Ensemble, + Charanga Carolina
Sunday, March 30 (2:30 - 4:30) Roundtable: Teaching, Service, Research and Latina/o Studies
Participants: Bela Kussin + CSI Members + DA Service-Learning class members
Sunday, March 30 (5:30 - 9PM) Musica Latina in Carolina, Carrboro Arts Center
In the Pocket + DA Salsa Club + other local performer
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Spring Sun and Sand? No thanks! Gerty Ward, MS science teacher (and mother of 9th graders Fred and Carl) spent her spring break in the Arctic Ocean, working on a project of PolarTREC (teachers and researchers, exploring and collaborating). Below is the description of their project. To read more (including pictures and Gerty's journal, click here.
Most of the time, prevailing winds cause a huge area of the Beaufort Sea to circulate in a clockwise (anticyclonic) direction; this circulation is know as the Beaufort Gyre. The Beaufort Gyre contains the major reservoir of fresh water stored in the Arctic Ocean, and learning more about how the Beaufort Gyre accumulates and releases fresh water as conditions change will improve understanding of ocean circulation in the Arctic Ocean.The Beaufort Gyre team will be measuring ice thickness, ocean temperature, salinity, and bottom pressure by deploying and retrieving bottom-tethered moorings. Other moorings, known as ice-tethered profilers, are attached to the sea ice to observe and broadcast ocean properties in real time. The research team has worked in this area on annual cruises with scientists from Canada, the U.S., China, and Japan since 2003.
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Jon Piskor wrote to share a recap of the activities of his Linguistics Group.
Since I’ve been at DA, I’ve been proud to have the opportunity to work on a truckload of different projects. One item in this truckload is the Linguistics Group - another is the Magnificent Community. (I’m sure you will soon hear about the latter!)
The Linguistics Group was started back in November of 2006. I had finished working, with Mr. Teagarden, on the first of many languages I have created over the past few years. For this early meeting, I gathered together a cadre of inspired persons to critique my ideas (all this was part of my independent study). Out of this idea-driven dynamic came the idea to start a conference where others could present their ideas on, truly, anything that is even remotely connected to communication.
The first linguistics conference was held on February 2, 2007, and it was (thankfully) very well attended. A visitor/group member Dr. Mahableshwarkar (Dr. M) started us off with a speech connecting principles from his great love (Neurosciences) to learning and examining language. Mr. Nozick even gave an inspiring/inspired presentation involving his thoughts on Middle Eastern linguistics. Our focus in this conference was truly unfocused, and I know the quality and range of our discussions was greatly enhanced because of this.
Next came a meeting on May 24 of last year, when our beloved Dr. Ferrari gave a truly unique presentation on the “language of mathematics.” Mrs. M (wife of Dr. M) added to the schedule a presentation on the forms, patterns, and traditions of Indian classical music. This conference, as well, was so crammed with high-energy ideas that some had to flea the conference room with nasty head injuries.
This year, too, many colloquiums on a variety of topics have taken place. On November 6, 2007, I gave a speech on my new visual framework for communication that I had been developing over the summer. I presented an extensible meta-system that uses different kinds of visual tricks and two-dimensional gizmos to help individuals communicate effectively.
Also, December 13 saw Claire Burridge’s speech on language in the British Isles and some Germanic patterns influencing American English. (Mr. Ulku-Steiner was her advisor for the project.) This speech was also well attended and was followed by lots of great discussions and swigging of cider.
And that’s about it. If all goes according to plan (“All” has a way of doing strange things) then there will be one more conference before this school year is out. I am also trying to digitize some interviews with our group members from the past… to post on (possibly)
YouTube. To those who have helped with or presented at any of these meetings – a sincere thanks!
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