The view from my window

The Rest of Orientation Week

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March 2nd 2008
Classes start tomorrow. It’ll take me a couple weeks, and then I’ll be able to tell if they’re harder than NC State or not. Meanwhile, here's what went on this past week. February 28 So I thought during the morning we were going to have “Silly Olympics” but that fizzled and didn’t happen. There was the promised Inter-College Dragonboat Racing, albeit an hour later than the proposed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more