Valentine (which had some really striking parallels to events that I may or may not remember.) and gave flowers to his girlfriend. Mike Dindoffer offered the "true" tale of St. Peter Trauernicht read a chapter on jokes about the death of JFK and a comedic birth from Lewis Blacks' Nothing Sacred. Then a number of unscheduled lits were given from the floor. Arlene the Sardine provided many lessons for us all. Gwen Kirk read a thought-provoking children's tale of fulfillment when a small fish named Arlene gets to become what she always wanted to be a sardine (by definition, a small fish stuffed in a tin can with oil). Lindsay Riegel read the first chapter of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, an excerpt which located its narrative in the experiences of a missionary's wife with her four daughters in Africa. Instead we got an often enlightening, often humorous, and often disgusting discourse on toilet paper. Preston Gisch read Orson Scott Card, but not the science fiction for which he is famous. Jacqueline Minneman, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, offered several short selections from author Nicholas Sparks before offering her own description of Jefferson Hall in his style. Rachel Carr told us about interviewing with the Jeff, and suggested that anyone who comes to Jefferson Hall on a Thursday night will "never be the same," reading "Ode to Jefferson Hall" by Joseph Freeman. Three Events of the Week-in lieu of actual events, Mike gave us some of Robert Frost's poetry, including "Acquainted with the Night." We had 11 people become provisional members of the Society tonight! Pictures to come on the flickr account shortly. Signing of the Roll-Unfortunately for anyone aspiring to the illustrious role of Secretary in the future, Gene raised the bar by actually having the minutes book available for the provisionals to sign. Provies: MANDATORY Lit and Debate Workshop on February 14 at 6:30 pm-come for lots of info and fun! Announcemnents: Including, but not limited to: Banquet-email Lauren Maloche with the information that you're coming, and pay John Wass. PM: Noah Peters MG: Bud Lobb ( PROVISIONAL DEBATE!) LO: Meg Olson MO: Dan Herrmann ( PROVISIONAL DEBATE!). Resolved: do not allow illegal immigrants to attend public K-12 schools. Peter Trauernicht: Isaac Asimov's "Buy Jupiter" (from the floor)Īllie Schneider: from The Preppy Handbook (from the floor) Michelle Unterbrink: from Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted-quite possibly the most disturbing lit I've ever heard in my life. Marguerite DeVoll: PROVISIONAL LIT! A piece explaining the various uses of the f-word from Monty Python. Vadim Elenev and Sarah Begeman: "How painful, darling, and how foreign" by Alexander Kochetkov about a train crash translated from the Russian by Vadim himself. Kelly Webster and Shannon Gorman: The Duchess and Alice at the Queen's Croquet Game from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Meg Weckstein: Leila Sayes of the University Chicago's "I haven't been this cool since the early nineties." Mike Bartosch was absent, did not present three events of the week, and was fined $0.50 for dereliction of duty. Mike Dindoffer won by unanimous acclaimation. Mike Dindoffer and Allie Schneider accepted nominations for the position of Finals Orator. The website went live in June 2014, and was listed (with my permission) on the website of the United States ‘American Foreign Service Association’ (the ‘AFSA’) based in Washington DC underneath the heading ‘Codes of Conduct from Other Services/Countries’ ( ).Īccording to Google Analytics, in under 10 weeks the website grew from a zero readership to a weekly audience spread across Canada, the USA, South America, the Caribbean, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, North Africa, the Gulf states, Pakistan, India, China, South East Asia, and Australasia.I. This website also contains a page for making donations directly to UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency). (ii) Transforming Geo-Political Conflict Through Mediation. This website contains an evolving bank of legal materials, on-line library resources, news, articles, and blogs, about the inter-related subjects of: ‘Quam fluctus diversi, quam mare conjuncti – though the waves are many, the sea is one.’
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