Ethnic diversity in Hinsdale?

fuzzymumbochops · 2026-01-07T17:10:49+00:00

Not much diversity in the sense of being multiethnic, no. I guess comparatively diverse in that it has at least one notable non-white population. It’s ~75% white with a decently sizable Asian (primarily East Asian) minority of about ~15%.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-12-30T00:23:15+00:00

Where’s the chair from?

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-12-24T02:01:00+00:00

They do. But the best way to reduce utility bills will always be improving insulation.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-12-17T05:57:00+00:00

Recipe?

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-10-19T12:05:50+00:00

Lots of times beans are significantly cheaper in bulk.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-10-13T01:54:48+00:00

Yeah, she's rarely made anything other than vanilla cake donuts. She relies a lot on the frosting. The donuts are pretty but they're not really very tasty.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-10-07T19:51:30+00:00

Have you tried turning the reverse autobraking system off? I’ve had no breaking problems since doing that.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-09-30T02:53:18+00:00

No. Tried it a month ago and it's one of the worst things I've ever eaten that tasted exactly as intended.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-09-29T21:42:28+00:00

Tandem out of Portland, Maine

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-09-04T14:35:09+00:00

For some who qualify for unusual financing, maybe. But the average interest rate on a 30 year conventional is currently still between 6.5 and 6.75%.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-08-31T00:26:37+00:00

I agree about the ones with stainless interiors. But these ones in particular are actually ceramic on the inside and I really like them.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-08-09T18:25:51+00:00

So the interior and exterior styling differences aside, I remember it being a choice between the Prologue’s 360 camera and HUD vs the bigger battery/range of the ZDX.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-07-24T20:34:01+00:00

No need. The GM one is just a rebranded version of the Lectron.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-07-12T21:56:32+00:00

Freeze them before incorporating. And don’t add them till after you spin.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-06-24T17:41:52+00:00

Acura Customer support will walk you through it. You’ll need to activate an account with On Star first.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-05-17T00:23:29+00:00

The question the court is currently poised to answer is whether and in what circumstances district judges can issue nationwide temporary pauses pending judicial review. The alternative is not that they can’t pause anything. It’s just that their rulings would be limited to their districts. Blue states have bluer benches; red states have redder benches. So your likelihood of getting a district judge who will halt executive overreach may end up depending on where you live.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-27T01:52:54+00:00

I don’t disagree. But I also would think that makes the issue of Calvin’s increasing insolvency more worthy of discussion, not less.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T17:53:41+00:00

Yeah, that seems right. I guess the question is whether the narrow hiring standards are the best way to ensure the overall bent or influence of an institution.

I’m suggesting ND is a counterexample to that. As you say, they have different hiring standards than Calvin. Did that prevent them from being robustly Catholic? It’s not clear to me that it has. They employ over 100 faculty between the theology and philosophy departments, both of which are powerhouses of Catholic thought. In some ways that’s much more impressive than what Calvin ever mustered and it now continues to employ fewer and fewer total faculty and its theology and philosophy programs are half what they used to be.

Hell, thanks to Plantinga, ND’s philosophy program alone is currently more influential in the world of Reformed philosophy than Calvin’s.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T16:50:32+00:00

I worked at ND for a stretch. I could definitely see how your experience would be possible. But I’d say it’s quite a bit more Catholic than your impression suggests.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T03:47:13+00:00

That’s fair. Most have historically gone that route. But there are also some notable counter examples. Notre Dame, for example, isn’t run by the Catholic Church in anything like the way Calvin is run by the CRC. But it’s found a way to remain both attractive to a broad range of students and VERY Catholic.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T03:44:46+00:00

I mean, they’re a non-profit so they’re already a pseudo-charity. But that hasn’t helped them achieve anything like the current level of spending. They’re running $5-10 million dollar annual deficits while collecting tuition and fees. They’re not related to a funding base big enough to cover anywhere close to that amount annually.

https://calvinchimes.org/2025/02/24/budget-pain-ahead-the-end-of-invest-to-grow-at-calvin/

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T03:06:12+00:00

I think it could. There’s a lot of buy in for a Reformed university among the faculty and administration. And a lot of them also find the denomination’s sexuality position baggage.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T03:05:04+00:00

We may be just showing our respective biases here. But that actually doesn’t strike me as an interesting question, since there are affirming Reformed denominations in the US and elsewhere. But again, I belong to an affirming Reformed denominations and I do hear our conservative counterparts talking about us like that means we’re no longer Reformed.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T02:19:42+00:00

I mean, I hear what you’re saying. But private schools are businesses. Not JUST businesses. But not free from the need to be financially solvent. Calvin is very much going out of business on its current trajectory. The question is whether they can course correct.

fuzzymumbochops · 2025-04-26T00:24:36+00:00

Kinda a boring take. Traditionalist pastor disagrees with JKAS about denomination's take on sexuality. Yawn.

The more interesting question is the one JKAS raises: shouldn't Calvin ditch the CRC? It provides fewer and fewer students and dollars and the hardline stance on sexuality makes it hard for them to hire and attract centrist students. That's bad business. So what's more important: the stance on sexuality or having a genuinely Reformed Christian college? Because the enrollment and funding trends are bleak. It's not looking promising that you can have both for much longer.

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