{"id":1842,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/new-off-ocean-program-brings-whales-to-uchicago\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:58:40","slug":"new-off-ocean-program-brings-whales-to-uchicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/new-off-ocean-program-brings-whales-to-uchicago\/","title":{"rendered":"New Off-Ocean Program Brings Whales to UChicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<h6>By <a href=\"\/search?author=Jacob Johnson\">Jacob Johnson<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>April 23, 2016<\/h6>\n<p><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"2\" data-time=\"1461634140388\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">Due<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><insert class=\"ins cts-3\" data-cid=\"6\" data-time=\"1461634140392\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">Announcing<\/insert><\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"26\" data-time=\"1461634146481\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\"> to<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"> a new <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"4\" data-time=\"1461438546911\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">shared <\/insert><\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">initiative <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><insert class=\"ins cts-3\" data-cid=\"244\" data-time=\"1461634404723\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">between<\/insert><\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"> the <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"3\" data-time=\"1461438544762\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">SHAMU (Society for Humans Meeting Animal Undergraduates) <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"13\" data-time=\"1461438554052\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">University of Chicago and the <delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"251\" data-time=\"1461634542244\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole Massachusetts,<\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-3\" data-cid=\"252\" data-time=\"1461634542246\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">Saint Helena Association for Marine Undergraduates,<\/insert><\/insert><\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"121\" data-time=\"1461438573537\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">association,<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"> the University<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"305\" data-time=\"1461634567579\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\"> of Chicago<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"> will <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"29\" data-time=\"1461634201335\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">soon<\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"> be <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"8\" data-time=\"1461690259823\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><insert class=\"ins cts-3\" data-cid=\"33\" data-time=\"1461634203783\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">offering research opportunities and housing stipends starting this summer for roughly six dozen <delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"554\" data-time=\"1461635213428\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">Humpback<\/delete> whale students from the South Atlantic sea, <delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"7\" data-time=\"1461635478485\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">starting this summer.<\/delete> <\/insert><\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"9\" data-time=\"1461440496214\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\"><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"474\" data-time=\"1461634930886\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\">hosting<\/delete><\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"474\" data-time=\"1461634930886\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\"> <\/delete><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"133\" data-time=\"1461438586476\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">hosting<\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"140\" data-time=\"1461438587980\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\"><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"5\" data-time=\"1461440487738\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">the<\/delete><\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"474\" data-time=\"1461634930886\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\"> approximately six dozen massive, aquatic mammals on its campus.<\/delete> <delete class=\"del cts-3\" data-cid=\"474\" data-time=\"1461634930886\" data-userid=\"26\" data-username=\"Reed Thurston\"><\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"10\" data-time=\"1461690278072\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">Due to a new shared initiative from the University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole Massachu<delete class=\"del cts-4\" data-cid=\"12\" data-time=\"1462313264452\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">&#8211; <\/delete>setts, the University of Chicago will soon be hosting approximately six dozen mas<delete class=\"del cts-4\" data-cid=\"16\" data-time=\"1462313268013\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">&#8211; <\/delete>sive, aquatic mammals on its campus. <\/insert><\/p>\n<p> Beginning May 7th, these gargantuan Leviathans of the Abyss are predicted to be found taking up entire floors of the Reg, accidentally crushing unfortunate students underneath their titanic mass.<\/p>\n<p>\t \u201cI mean, I guess I get what they\u2019re trying to do here,\u201d said Gerald Finkheimer, a third-year econ<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"17\" data-time=\"1461440528977\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">omics<\/insert> major, \u201cI know they sent out a ton of sea-mails in order to entice these guys over here, and I appreciate the effort, but really? Whales? Now the whole place smells like fish and whale shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t Of course, having to provide adequate food for over fifty whales<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"147\" data-time=\"1461438610650\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">, <\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"145\" data-time=\"1461438609882\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\"> (<\/delete>ranging <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"151\" data-time=\"1461438616357\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">in species <\/insert>from Beluga to Blue<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"150\" data-time=\"1461438614072\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">,<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"149\" data-time=\"1461438612960\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">)<\/delete> has put a considerable strain on dining halls, which have now taken to serving students only hardtack, salt pork, and the occasional lime <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"162\" data-time=\"1461438624560\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">wedge <\/insert>to ward off scurvy. <\/p>\n<p>\t \u201cAye, th\u2019 school an\u2019 her crew be in dangerous waters,\u201d said Scorry McTywin, a second year who got through a single chapter of Moby Dick in high school before giving up altogether. \u201cThe beasts of th\u2019 deep aren\u2019t nothin\u2019 to joke at..<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"15\" data-time=\"1461692821415\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">. <\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"11\" data-time=\"1461692811129\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">.. <\/delete>We\u2019d best steer clear<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"178\" data-time=\"1461438638925\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">, but<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"174\" data-time=\"1461438638245\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\"> and<\/delete> keep our harpoons sharp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t Still, despite controversy, the project has so far been deemed a great success, and the massive mammalian undergraduates from Starboard University (a member of the Seaweed League) have had only positive things to share about their experiences in research. <\/p>\n<p>\t \u201cMMMMNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRMMMMMM\u201d, said Steve, a visiting humpback, before blowing a massive jet of water from its spout. <\/p>\n<p> Other whales that agreed to an interview gave responses of a similar nature, <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"215\" data-time=\"1461438696242\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">shortly <\/insert>before <delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"223\" data-time=\"1461438701542\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">they al<\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"230\" data-time=\"1461438702895\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">e<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"231\" data-time=\"1461438703271\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">l<\/delete><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"232\" data-time=\"1461438703775\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">ach and every whale<\/insert> <delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"183\" data-time=\"1461438667956\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">eventually <\/delete>succumbed to the stress that being out of water for too long puts on a whale\u2019s bod<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"198\" data-time=\"1461438672611\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">y and died.<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"194\" data-time=\"1461438671599\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\"> y.<\/delete><\/p>\n<p>\t \u201cI\u2019d definitely call it a success,\u201d said Dean John W. Boyer, while directing a team of  forklifts toward the numerous corpses. \u201cSome really great learning took place this week, and I saw some real growth. I don\u2019t know about you, but I had a WHALE of a time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> An E<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"22\" data-time=\"1461440555426\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">nvironmental <\/insert>P<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"35\" data-time=\"1461440560170\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">rotection <\/insert>A<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"45\" data-time=\"1461440562625\" data-userid=\"13\" data-username=\"Matthew Goldenberg\">gency<\/insert> investigation is currently underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacob Johnson April 23, 2016 DueAnnouncing to a new shared initiative between the SHAMU (Society for Humans Meeting Animal Undergraduates) University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole Massachusetts,Saint Helena Association for Marine Undergraduates,association, the University of Chicago will soon be offering research opportunities and housing stipends starting this summer for roughly six dozen Humpback whale students from the South Atlantic sea, starting this summer. hosting hostingthe approximately six dozen massive, aquatic mammals on its campus. Due to a new shared initiative from the University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole Massachu&#8211; setts, the University of Chicago will soon be hosting approximately six dozen mas&#8211; sive, aquatic mammals on its campus. Beginning May 7th, these gargantuan Leviathans of the Abyss are predicted to be found taking up entire floors of the Reg, accidentally crushing unfortunate students underneath their titanic mass. \u201cI mean, I guess I get what they\u2019re trying to do here,\u201d said Gerald Finkheimer, a third-year economics major, \u201cI know they sent out a ton of sea-mails in order to entice these guys over here, and I appreciate the effort, but really? Whales? Now the whole place smells like fish and whale shit.\u201d Of course, having to provide adequate food for over fifty whales, (ranging in species from Beluga to Blue,) has put a considerable strain on dining halls, which have now taken to serving students only hardtack, salt pork, and the occasional lime wedge to ward off scurvy. \u201cAye, th\u2019 school an\u2019 her crew be in dangerous waters,\u201d said Scorry McTywin, a second year who got through a single chapter of Moby Dick in high school before giving up altogether. \u201cThe beasts of th\u2019 deep aren\u2019t nothin\u2019 to joke at&#8230; .. We\u2019d best steer clear, but and keep our harpoons sharp.\u201d Still, despite controversy, the project has so far been deemed a great success, and the massive mammalian undergraduates from Starboard University (a member of the Seaweed League) have had only positive things to share about their experiences in research. \u201cMMMMNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRMMMMMM\u201d, said Steve, a visiting humpback, before blowing a massive jet of water from its spout. Other whales that agreed to an interview gave responses of a similar nature, shortly before they alelach and every whale eventually succumbed to the stress that being out of water for too long puts on a whale\u2019s body and died. y. \u201cI\u2019d definitely call it a success,\u201d said Dean John W. Boyer, while directing a team of forklifts toward the numerous corpses. \u201cSome really great learning took place this week, and I saw some real growth. I don\u2019t know about you, but I had a WHALE of a time!\u201d An Environmental Protection Agency investigation is currently underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}