ESF FACTS
ESF was originally founded to "help in the solution of forestry problems." It was founded in this year.
When is 1911.
Often known as "the classic that launched the environmental movement," this text is a favorite of ESF students.
What is Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING.
Generally means, "timing" or "the right circumstances".
What is Kairos.
The lake that supplies Syracuse with its water.
What is Skaneateles Lake.
The river and the park in which Cranberry Lake is sandwiched between.
What is the Oswegatchie River and the Adirondack Park.
Author of NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Who is Greta Thunberg.
A rhetorical term that has been defined differently by Aristotle and Ramus, among others; generally, it means using verbal communication to come to an agreement on a topic.
What is dialectic.
The oldest commercial district in the city.
What is Hanover Square.
ESF is ranked number 2. on Princeton Review's list of this kind of college. For bonus, they have been ranked as high as number 3 on Sierra Magazine's _____ list.
What is "Green," and what are "cool schools."
Whose dilemma is it in this 2006 book exploring the natural history of four meals?
What is an Omnivore.
Term used by Stephen Toulmin to establish a link between data and a claim.
What is a warrant.
Syracuse is part of the Onondaga Nation, which is one of the six nations of __________.
What is the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora).
First appearing on campus during the 1940s, _____ is ESF’s unofficial student. His name appears on class rosters and other official College documents (though no one seems to know how).
Who is Eustace B. Nifkin
An interdisciplinary field of study that analyzes how the natural world is portrayed in literature, typically in relation to modern environmental concerns.
What is ecocriticism.
A figure of speech consisting of the contrasting of two structurally parallel syntactic phrases arranged "cross-wise", i.e., in such a way that the second is in reverse order from the first.
What is chiasmus.("if love be rough with you, be rough with love"--Romeo and Juliet)
Green Lake's unusual blue-green color is due to annual "whitings" that leave suspended mineral solids in its water. The mineral content of the water also makes the lake this scientitic term:
What is meromictic. (The term was introduced in 1935 by an Austrian limnologist, Ingo Findenegg, to describe the circulation behavior of subalpine lakes in Corinthia)
The number of undergraduate programs and graduate areas.
What is 54 and 27
The view that all organisms, including humans, are part of a larger biotic web or network or community whose interests must constrain or direct the human interest.
What is biocentrism (Used as a semi-synonym for ecocentrism and in antithesis to anthropocentrism).
Refers to use of a variety of voices or styles within one literary work or context.
This Frankenstein mashup of a tree found near the SU quad is know for its ability to do more than bud just one thing.
What is the Tree of 40 Fruit.