Month: October 2014
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Annual Chili Cook-off and Dessert Bake-off doesn’t disappoint
On a beautiful October day, various staff around LITS gathered in the 1762 parking lot to partake in the Annual LITS Chili Cook-off and Dessert Bake-off. Sponsored by Business and Administration and organized by Kim Comstock (Business and Administration), the event featured 19 chili entries, 11 desserts, and 10 costume contestants. In the chili competition, Wade Moricle (Campus and…
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Halloween stories from LITS staff
The following stories were submitted by various member of LITS: Peter Day (Identity Management) – When I was a kid I put an intercom speaker in a jack-o’-lantern on our front stoop. I surreptitiously watched through a window and when a trick-or-treater came to the door I would say something to them and the sound would come…
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Wade’s Not-So-Texas Style Chili
Often the winner of the chili contest is a marvelous cook who uses perfectly-planned preparation and precision to produce something wonderful to eat. And then there’s me. My first-place chili was the result of a recipe I found that day on the internet, a midnight run to Kroger when said recipe only produced half a…
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Linda’s Bourbon Brownies
Linda Nodine (Business and Administration) won first place for desserts in this year’s LITS Chili Cook-off and Dessert Bake-off. She has graciously provided her award-winning recipe below: For the Brownies: ½ C sugar 1/3 C butter 2 T water 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 t vanilla 2 eggs ¾ C flour ¼ t baking…
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Freshmen Arrival Weekend and Back to School 2014
The 2014 Freshmen Arrival Weekend and Back to School (FAW/BTS) weekend and the week to follow were challenging, busy and successful. By the numbers: the Emory College Class of 2018 numbers 1389 and Oxford College’s 1st year class totals 461. There are students from 45 countries and 48 states are represented; we’ll look for Montana…
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Emory Shared Data reimplementation
In early July, after a long “burn-in period,” Phase III of the Emory Shared Data (ESD) project was closed. ESD is the person registry that supports the Emory identity management system. The very first record entered into ESD was on May 11, 1992. “After 22 years, it was time to bring the service into LITS’…