Blog Archives - Telluride Association https://tellurideassociation.org/category/blog/ Telluride Association Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:43:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Tellurider Book Exchange https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/tellurider-book-exchange/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:28:36 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=4288 This past holiday season, Telluride members and a group of Michigan Branch alumni participated in an informal book exchange. If anyone is looking for a good read during this long winter, here are some ideas! Severance by Ling Ma Life on Mars by Tracy K....

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]]> Harry Clor (1929 – 2018), Liberal Educator https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/harry-clor-1929-2018-liberal-educator/ Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:48:20 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3828 by Fred Baumann | August 31, 2018 Harry Clor, beloved professor of Political Science at Kenyon College, taught Telluride Summer Programs in 1975, 1979, 1985, 1995, and 1998. He died in 2018 and his friend and Kenyon colleague Fred Baumann CB62 TA64 wrote this moving...

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]]> California Workers Have A Legal Right to Reasonable Seating https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/california-workers-have-a-legal-right-to-reasonable-seating/ https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/california-workers-have-a-legal-right-to-reasonable-seating/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:12:08 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3792 Editor’s Note: Telluride welcomes blog submissions from associates about issues they care about and would like to share their personal perspectives on. By Annia Koroliak SP04 This week, news broke that grocery store workers in Southern California are preparing to strike. As these workers get...

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]]> https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/california-workers-have-a-legal-right-to-reasonable-seating/feed/ 2 Telluride Dreams https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/telluride-dreams/ https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/telluride-dreams/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:06:07 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3728 by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 To my mild chagrin, I confess to having another dream about Telluride last night. As a long-time alum and current staffer, I probably shouldn’t be surprised that Telluride haunts some of my sleeping as well as waking hours, and...

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]]> https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/telluride-dreams/feed/ 3 50 Years Ago in the Telluride Newsletter https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/50-years-ago-in-the-telluride-newsletter/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:06:27 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3715 by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 Reading old Telluride Newsletters often affords interesting perspectives on commonalities—and differences—with the Telluride of today.  The March 1969 issue is no different! Here are a few highlights. We invite you to click on the link and take a walk...

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]]> Nunn on the Moon https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/nunn-on-the-moon/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:30:57 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3659 by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 It turns out that Deep Springs is not the only arid, dusty valley memorialized by a Nunn. Joseph Nunn, who was L.L. Nunn’s nephew and a CBTA member in the 1920s (and later DS Ranch manager) has the lunar...

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]]> Learning Millions https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/learning-millions/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:05:05 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3652 by Grace Wang MB18 I wasn’t a foreigner to the number of zeroes on the Excel spreadsheet… the summer before, I had interned at a hedge fund and gotten used to how the word “millions” could be casually thrown around. However, for the first time,...

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]]> Freedom of education – a core Telluridean value – comes under threat in Hungary https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/freedom-of-education-a-core-telluridean-value-comes-under-threat-in-hungary/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:51:59 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3640 by Nate Sibinga DS07 CB16 A generation before L.L. Nunn founded Telluride Association and Deep Springs College, John Stuart Mill argued for the necessity of a diverse educational landscape to a free society: “A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to...

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]]> Board Games https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/board-games/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:33:23 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3631 by Puneet Singh MB16 TA17 The Board of Custodians met for their quarterly meeting and conducted some on-site Manager visits in beautiful Boston this weekend. Currently, one of the major issues that is on everyone’s mind is how to incorporate our values as an Association...

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]]> Ithaca is Gorges–And So Is Telluride https://tellurideassociation.org/blog/ithaca-is-gorges-and-so-is-telluride/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:54:31 +0000 https://tellurideassociation.org/?p=3607 by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 The Fall Creek and Cascadilla Creek gorges flanking Cornell University’s campus are a signature attraction for visitors, and have also been popular destinations for generations of Cornell branchmembers, TASPers, and TASSers. Perhaps lesser known to outsiders, Cornell Branch has...

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