Mote alert!

UMD President Dan Mote, who apparently has never been to the campus farm before, has decided to pay us a visit tomorrow (Thursday) around 3:15 pm. My ag professors have been encouraging all of us to go to the farm that afternoon to work with the animals, say hey to Mote, and generally show how enthused we are about agriculture. One of my professors told us that there have been proposals in recent years to reallocate the farm space for other things- projects like redoing part of Regents Drive so that it doesn't curve, which would allow the big "Comcast" sign on Comcast Center to be seen from as far away as the traffic circle. While I'm sure that's vitally important to some people, I am not so much concerned with the visibility of Comcast's logo as with the existence of our dairy barn. So if you feel like hanging out with sheep and cattle on Thursday afternoon, consider stopping by and showing that people other than ag majors care about the farm. This would be a great time to come, especially if you've never been to the farm before. I work on Thursday afternoons so I'll definitely be there, and you should be too.

Stella wants you to come visit her tomorrow

Oh, and I don't know much about the proposal to take out the dairy barn or how likely it is that something like that will actually happen, but I will most certainly be looking into that and updating when I find out more!