Gone Green Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/pegasusyearbook22009wash WASHINGTON COLLEGE Pegasus 2009 Volume 83 Yjijiig Created by and published forthe students ofWashington College 300 Washington Avenue Chestertown,MD 21620 Contents Organizations/Index pg.256 Closing pg.318 ,02 Contents College President Baird Tipson Dedication In April 2009, five-yearWashington College President Baird Tipson announced his plans to retireattheend ofthenextacademicschoolyear,in2010. "When I came to Washington College in the summer of2004," Tipson announced in an official message, "I was determinedtocontinuethe remarkable progressthatthe College had madeoverthepreviousdecade...Iamtremendouslyproudofourachievementsoverthepast fiveyears and convinced that, despite the currenteconomic crisis, Washington College v»/ill continuetothrive." Tipson, who planned to retirefrom his postatage 67, looked forward to havingmore time to "enjoy reading, writing and perhaps volunteering in some area of higher education, in additiontospendingtimewith mynewgrandson." DuringhistimeatWC,TipsonoversawtheinstallationofaPhi BetaKappachapter, inclusion inthe Princeton Review'sGuidetothe Best366Colleges,andthelaunchandearlysuccessof the George Washington Book Prize. Hefacilitated the largestenteringclass, and launched a new Presidential Fellows initiative. Newacademic initiatives resulted in re-imaginingthefirst- yearexperience,theadditionofminorsin BlackStudies, Dance,andJustice, LawandSociety. These contributions representonly afew ofthe impacts reflective ofTipson's shorttime as CollegePresident. "While I lookforwardtothe nextstageofmylife, I know I will missall ofyou,"stated Tipson. "I expect to seize every chance in my remaining time on campus to participate in the activities-academic,athleticandartistic-thathaveenriched mesincemyarrival." Plant The Seeds Just as all plants startwith a seed, so mustour lives at college have a beginning. Though each person hasa reason uniqueto him orherselfforpursuingajourney beyond high school, all Washington College students share a part ofthe same seed -adesirefortheworldofhighereducation. With a liberal arts education, that initially planted seed, watered in the pursuit of knowledge, can grow in many different paths. As we enter new social lives, new academic lives and new extracurricular lives, we have the chance to plant new seedsanddevelopnewinterests. And while we as students plant academic and social seeds, Washington College plants its own seeds as an institution and community. "Green," environmentally friendly initiatives have earned WC national note; a new center for the fine arts promises to promote music, theater and art in a small community; a new set of dorms has been opened for residence, and the groundwork fora new dining hall andstudentcenterlurks inthenearfuture. 04 Opening k 06 StudentLife