Binghamton Update:

In case those of you who are former residents with Binghamton, Jewel of the Southern Tier, ever wonder what is going on there, these emails from the Anthropology Department will give y'all a little local flavor:

Subject: Building Stench Sent Date 09-27-2007 4:32:39 PM From Heidi Kenyon Reply-To Anthropology Graduate Students To ANTHGRAD@LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU

Everyone, I spoke to the building administrator (again!!) today about the unpleasant smell in the building. He hasn’t been able to find a source for it, so he is having Environmental Health & Safety send someone over tomorrow. We are aware of the issue (believe me!!) and I wanted you to know steps are being taken to resolve it. Thanks, Heidi Heidi Kenyon, Secretary Department of Anthropology & Linguistics Program Binghamton University PO Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Science 1, Room 137 607-777-2737

From: andy merriwether [mailto:andym@binghamton.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:27 PM
To: Andym@binghamton.edu
Subject: Open House: National Alpaca Day

Please post this on the faculty and grad student lists for the department:

Saturday is National Alpaca Day, and Andy and Ann Merriwether of Nyala Farm Alpacas are having an open house from 10-5pm this saturday and sunday. All are welcome. You can see, feed, lead and pet soft wonderful alpacas. There will be activities for kids and adults, including felting, spinning, and leading alpacas through obstacle courses. We have a new cria (baby alpaca) that is less than 2 weeks old. Nyala Farm also features Wensleydale sheep, Jacob's sheep and Angora rabbits.

We are located at 104 Rockwell road in Vestal. Directions are available on the Southern Tier Alpaca Association web site http://www.southerntieralpacas.com/Home/ under the Member Farms Section (choose Nyala) then choose "directions"

http://www.southerntieralpacas.com/MapPage/NyalaFarmAlpacas.asp

All are welcome, hope to see you there.

I told you guys that National Alpaca Day was blowing up!