Inside this Issue: This, That, and The Other. Download the EGSA Digest Baby Iguana Edition We have arrived at, for many of us, the crest of the mighty rolling stress-wave that is the semester. As such, it may well feel as if we are about to be destroyed utterly and that without remedy by the various…
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Inside this issue: Consternation, Edification, Celebration, and Assassination Download the EGSA Digest: Hang Gliding Edition Well, here we are. We’ve bounced like barnacle geese almost all the way to the end of the semester, and I have no doubt that we will all successfully bounce our way to freedom. Nonetheless, the final stage of bouncing…
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Inside this issue: Exciting Activities, Excellent Accomplishments, and Exhilarating Revelations Download it Here: EGSA Digest Thanksgiving Edition Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, friends! In the spirit of this day, I am going to NOT complain about all of the various deadlines conspiring to kill us and instead list some things that all of us in EGSA should…
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Inside this issue: Social Activities! Educative Opportunities! A Horrifying Thetanist Plot! Download the EGSA Digest The Plot Thickens Edition I have kind of run out of time to write much here, since it is that portion of the semester and I spent all of my available time writing super important things at the end of…
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Inside this issue: Various Opportunities, Astounding Victories, and the Shocking Truth about Carroll Science Click Here to Download I am hungry, I am busy, and I don’t have a whole heck of a lot to say here, so I’m not going to say a whole heck of a lot, except Godspeed to the lot of…
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I used to vigorously oppose the playing of Christmas music any time before Thanksgiving, but higher education has gradually changed me. And by changed I mean broken. I still remain true to my convictions about the appropriate time and place for the musically-mediocre but emotionally moving tunes of Yuletide, but I no longer live out…
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In this issue: Rad Parties, This and That, Juicy Gossip Happy Halloween! Admittedly, the holiday isn’t quite the same now that it no longer provides an opportunity to receive vast quantities of free candy, but it does provide us with an opportunity to have a party together where we can all receive vast quantities of…
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Greetings, EGSA, and welcome to “fall,” that mystical season you’ve all been hoping and praying for. #pumpkinspicelatte #letsdoannouncements  (Yes, I know hashtags don’t work in email. Wipe that smug smile off your face.)  19th CRS, TODAY 3:30-4:30 PM, ABL Lecture Hall Dr. Jason Payton (Sam Houston State), “Piracy, Islam, and Nation-Building in Royall…
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Although really, the time to get the Halloween candy is tomorrow morning. See you in the HEB clearance aisle! I hope in the meantime you are all dressing your pets/children/selves in hilarious and completely appropriate costumes.  Interpret “appropriate” however you please.  Announcements  El Jefe (Ryan Womack) relayed the following:  It’s an…
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Greetings, EGSA. For once, the Digest comes to you from right here in the heart of Texas, which is why it is dry, dusty, and heavily armed.  Announcements  From El Presidente (i.e., Ryan Womack): Graduate Seminars: We are trying to gather some information on graduate student preferences for graduate seminar times. Would you…
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