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TODAY’S RIDDLE:
Lose me once,
I’ll come back stronger.
Lose me twice,
I’ll leave forever.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
Yesterday’s riddle was:
When you need me, you throw me away.
When you don’t need me, you bring me back.
What am I?
The correct answer was ANCHOR, which was gotten by Cindy Y– congratulations Cindy! The most creative incorrect answer goes to Jared Bulla with “My Origins Assignments!” Congratulations to you both.
TODAY’S RIDDLE:
When you need me, you throw me away.
When you don’t need me, you bring me back.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
Yesterday’s riddle was:
My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
I bring joy where e’er I go,
Yet wind is my foe.
What am I?
The first correct answer was Bri Mirabile with a candle! The most creative incorrect answer goes to Rachel Zemil with sand! Congratulations to you both!
THIS WEEK’S CONTEST:
This week, we are hosting a VERY SHORT STORY contest! I would like you to write short stories of 200 words or less following the following prompt:
“While doing a quarantine cleaning of your childhood bedroom, you stumble upon something you had forgotten long ago, and it changes your life in ways you could not possibly have imagined.”
The genre on this can be literally anything– high fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, horror…(just keep things relatively PG, this is an official school platform after all!). You can comment it below or send one in to uhp@gwu.edu! Excited to see what you submit!
LAST WEEK’S WINNER:
Last week’s contest was a limerick contest, and the winner is ETHAN GOLDBLATT with the following limerick!
There once was a digger named Gary
who most people found quite scary
but if you’d go and check-in
he’d greet you with a grin
then you’d be the next one that he’d bury.
Congratulations Ethan!
TODAY’S RIDDLE IS:
My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
I bring joy where e’er I go,
Yet wind is my foe.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
Yesterday’s riddle was:
I go around in circles,
but always straight ahead.
I never complain,
no matter where I am led.
What am I?
And the winners are…Bri Mirabile with “wheel” got the first correct answer! And as for the most creative incorrect answer, that goes to Claire Shelby with “A planet traveling in a straight line and only orbiting a star due to the curvature of space time.” Congratulations to you both!
TODAY’S RIDDLE IS:
I go around in circles,
but always straight ahead.
I never complain,
no matter where I am led.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
Yesterday’s riddle was:
I cannot speak.
But when spoken to,
I always reply.
What am I?
And our first correct answer was from (yet again) Cindy Y. with echo! The second goes to Sydni Nadler with “Me in origins having no idea what Plato is talking about but Dr. Ralkowski asks me a question anyways.” Congratulations to you both!
TODAY’S RIDDLE IS:
I cannot speak.
But when spoken to,
I always reply.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
Yesterday’s riddle was “Feed me, I live. Give me drink, I die. What am I?” Sydni Nadler won the first correct answer with “fire,” and Maria Tapias won the most creative incorrect answer with “thirst.” Congratulations to you both!
TODAY’S RIDDLE IS:
Feed me and I will live,
But give me drink and I die.
What am I?
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS:
The first correct answer to yesterdays riddle (“what can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?”) goes to Bri Mirabile with “your right hand” (really any part of the right arm from fingertips to just below the shoulder), and the best incorrect answer goes to Jared Bulla with a delightful series of alliterative puns on the Latin word for “left,” sinister. Congratulations to you both!
Miss hanging out in the front office with Josh and the student staff, and probably Jared as they all do work? Well we’re replicating the same feeling here in the Digital Townhouse! Welcome to the Virtual Front Office– where you can drop by Josh’s WebEx room and just, like, hang out and do work with him and Jared. This will be on Wednesday afternoons throughout the rest of the semester, starting next Wednesday, 4/29, from 1-3 PM EST.
Want to dive into a philosophical story of plague and bravery and determination in the midst of great collective suffering? Well join Professor Theo Christov on Saturdays at 2pm throughout the rest of the month to discuss Albert Camus’ The Plague with him and other UHP students. Sign up by Friday, April 10, at 5pm to join in on this journey! In order to sign up, send him an email at christov@gwu.edu
Worried about your career in the context of the Coronaverse? You and everyone else! But have no fear, Nicky and Brianna are here to give you resume and LinkedIn advice! Nicky will give a presentation on resume tips and tricks (and, if there’s time, can look over some individual resumes!), and then Brianna will give a presentation on LinkedIn and how you can use it to advance your career. This event will be hosted via WebEx this Friday 4/10 at 3pm here. Hope to see you there!
