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Now, the quiz.
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Here's today's stumper:
Where was this picture taken? And why the flowers?
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| What a nice gesture. |
Monday: An Interview on Interviews with Prof. Erik Jones
Nelson Graves
11 comments:
Teachers' mailboxes, on Saint Valentine's day.
Was this a surprise from Ivo Rossetti??? I would guess that this is a photograph capturing the Mail Room, and the flowers, judging from the pink and red, were part of the modern day celebration of St. Valentines's Day???
Do two 1/2 lunches make one full lunch? Both Anonymous and NVM were right about these being flowers offered on Saint Valentine's Day (Feb 14). Like Anonymous him/herself, they were given by an unknown giver(s). The roses were put in the female students' mailboxes, which are located in the Locker Room in the basement of the Bologna Center. (Which in addition to lockers and mailboxes, has a ping-pong table, table football (foosball) and a drum set....) In Japan, where I last lived, the custom is for women to offer men dark chocolate on Feb 14 and for the men to reciprocate a month later with white chocolate. Well done, Anonymous and NVM (who mounts the winner's podium for a second time). P.S. We'll have to ask Ivo if he had a hand in this. Also, I've updated the post with a photo of some of the recipients of the flowers.
As Anonymous was the one who technically won this one, I would like to leave this decision in her/his capable hands. That is interesting about Japan, I knew that women made the first gesture but wasn't aware that males reciprocated a month later. I wonder what other traditions exist!
NVM - Very magnanimous of you, but in this case, without knowing who Anonymous is, it's hard to set a place at the luncheon table!
Anonymous - Would you like to come forward?
Nelson
Nelson, do you contact all the applicants or only those ones who were selected for an interview?
Anonymous - We interview all applicants. Amina and I are in the process now of (1) checking to make sure each candidate's application is complete (and communicating the status of the applications to the candidates) and (2) arranging interviews. Each candidate will be contacted on points 1 and 2. If you have not been contacted yet, I can only ask for your patience. We're working as quickly as we can!
Nelson
Thank you very much, Nelson! Just one more question: when are you planning (approximately)to finish the checking process?
Anonymous - We hope to finish checking the status of the applications by mid-week. Everyone will have been contacted with respect to an interview by the end of this week. Thanks to all for your patience and understanding.
Hi! Did anyone answer correctly the weekly quiz posted Friday 11th?
SAIS Europe said...
Yes, as noted in the comments following the Feb 11 quiz, butz33 won -- her second time since the quizzes were launched.
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