Quick Campus Visit

On my way to NC for a Methodist event on Thursday, I stopped on campus for some appointments, meetings and a visit to the library. Since it is Tuesday, 5PM means there is an Ultimate Frisbee game on the Quad of Union Presbyterian Seminary.

Ultimate Frisbee is taken very seriously here at UPSem. It has a competitive edge that culminates in a spring tournament that involves several other seminaries from as far away as Pittsburgh. The last two years, UPSem has been victorious and defeated the competition in the day long event. Community members are regularly practicing Tuesdays and Thursdays in all sorts of weather - just not the pouring rain which began a few hours after this photo was taken.

My overnight accommodations were at the M&M B&B where Mevin was downright insistent to be the center of attention. My reservations were in the bag as the Hokies are on the road and Cindy Lee elected not to travel for the game this weekend.

Call Numbers

I don't blog much about my thesis/dissertation and I can't decide if that is a good or a bad thing. Really it just is. Regardless, today I spent the day making a list of call numbers of books and texts that I want to check out of the school's library while I make a visit to campus this week. I've secured some texts through my alumni privileges here at local university and seminary libraries but these are texts I want for longer borrowing times which comes with my current student status. Also as a current doctoral student I can check out more books than most normal people ever even want to check out of the library. Yes, individuals at the upper end of graduate studies and beyond have personal neurosis that are intricately weird and defy explanation. Maybe that is a reason why I don't blog very much about my dissertation work.

Alumni Privilages

My one year degree from Princeton Theological Seminary gives me life time alumni borrowing privileges from the library. Not a bad deal. These days, I often camp out here at the Speer Library on the corner of Mercer Street and Library Place to do my own reading between tutoring sessions. However, I am actually uploading today's blog from the public library as I wait to meet a student this evening. The public library has a food court where I can eat my dinner so my tummy isn't rumbling while tutoring physics.

Miller Chapel and Stuart Hall

Nothing against PTS, but of the three seminaries I have attended, it has nothing to try to preserve any sense of cohesiveness with regards to campus architecture.