Back by popular demand, today’s Daily Deac is a Five Senses. Today I spent my lunch hour in the Pit (which I will neverneverever call the “Fresh Food Company” because it was then and will always be The Pit). I see… Lots of tables are […]
Today started out quite cool – in the 30s – but is approaching 60s as the afternoon progresses. It’s the kind of day where you have to leave your residence hall with a coat or a sweatshirt but you can shed it once it warms […]
Hope your Deacs are having a great Spring Break – and if they are home, that you have successfully scaled what I refer to as “Laundry Mountain” (or the pile of dirty clothes students always seem to bring home with them). Well, our run in […]
I don’t know about you, but I am still riding the high of the win over Louisville on Wednesday night. A lot of the toilet paper is gone from the rolling, but some of it is still up. And today has been a cold and […]
For longtime readers of the Daily Deac, you will know I often talk about Wake like a buffet, and the more bites you take, the richer and fuller your experience here might be. The buffet extends to faculty and staff as well, and we are […]
Hard to argue with this weather – it was another terrific weekend (and very unusual for February to be near or in the 70s). Today it is sunny and the temperature gauge on my car read 70 at lunch. Girls are wearing summer dresses. The […]
It is a crisp, cold day on campus today. High of maybe 53, but with the breeze my weather app says it feels like 40. It was cold enough that when I was walking the middle part of campus to and from a meeting, there […]
When it is the beginning of February and it is nearly 80 degrees: The daffodils emerge from the soil and the pink trees start to bloom waaaaaaaaaay earlier than expected. This weekend was stunningly good weather. I was here on campus yesterday […]
Seems like I’ve talked to a number of first-years and sophomores lately about whether and when to go abroad. To the question of “should I do it?” my answer is an unequivocal “yes, as long as your family is ok with it” (I can’t make […]
I don’t know what has been up with the weather this week, but we have had a series of unbelievable sunrises. More than once on my way to work, I have thought “I wish Ken Bennett were here to capture this!”, thinking that he was […]
