tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808529.post95971721234806769..comments2022-10-25T03:20:30.507-05:00Comments on Shimer College and the Future: Up to SpeedShooBootyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01824125151437862212noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808529.post-37982286858191924862009-11-19T15:41:48.196-06:002009-11-19T15:41:48.196-06:00Eric's link to the pages on the GIS was not wo...Eric's link to the pages on the GIS was not working. I found the one's that do:<br /><br />http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis_66.html<br />and<br />http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis_67.html<br /><br />Interesting reading by someone on the faculty in the 60s. I remember when I went to Shimer in the 80's, the few students who had been in Mt. Carroll were *still* talking about the GIS, nearly 20 years later. Now *that's* college lore.Chris Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769651064845744755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808529.post-53853244761979181182007-12-06T19:42:00.000-06:002007-12-06T19:42:00.000-06:00internecine Main Entry: in·ter·ne·cine Pronun...internecine <BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/>Main Entry: in·ter·ne·cine <BR/>Pronunciation: \ˌin-tər-ˈne-ˌsēn, -ˈnē-sən, -ˈnē-ˌsīn, -nə-ˈsēn; in-ˈtər-nə-ˌsēn\ <BR/>Function: adjective <BR/>Etymology: Latin internecinus, from internecare to destroy, kill, from inter- + necare to kill, from nec-, nex violent death — more at noxious <BR/>Date: 1663 <BR/>1: marked by slaughter : deadly; especially : mutually destructive<BR/>2: of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group "bitter internecine feuds"Eric Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117813145973030299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808529.post-51330512757327527442007-12-06T19:34:00.000-06:002007-12-06T19:34:00.000-06:00Here's a website that includes a nice description ...Here's a website that includes a nice description of what the GIS was, but as to what it means....?<BR/><BR/>http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis_01.htmlEric Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117813145973030299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808529.post-5977473836479177272007-12-05T22:22:00.000-06:002007-12-05T22:22:00.000-06:00"Grotesque Internecine Struggle"I love that and ha..."Grotesque Internecine Struggle"<BR/><BR/>I love that and have no idea what it means. But I like it. <BR/><BR/>Welcome to the blog. I look forward to your points when you get to them. Don't worry, as you can tell from the quietness of late we are all damn busy people. <BR/><BR/>Cheers, <BR/><BR/>SaraSaradevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859386833587528786noreply@blogger.com