The Lib Schtick

9/5/2005

1. Introduction

2. Activities

3. Liberal Penguin Trivia

4. Links

~~Introduction~~

Welcome (and welcome back) to the Liberal Party! "The Lib Schtick" is the weekly whipsheet where you will learn what the Libs have planned this week and other trivia. We've got a great semester ahead of us, and we hope to see many of you in the coming weeks.

~~Jade~

~~Activities~~

Lib Dinner

Monday, September 6, at 5:30 pm, in Commons

We'll be returning to Commons for our weekly dinners, where we will eat under the portrait of George H.W. Bush. Come to meet the libs, exchange stories of summer excitement, or for the great cuisine.

**Enter through the rotunda on Grove Street; Beinecke Plaza is still closed for construction**

Lib Discussion

Tuesday, September 7

JE Common Room, 7:30 pm

Topic: A Yale education is the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.

Did we come here for the great education, or the brand name? Are we being prepared for the intellectual challenges that will confront us after we graduate, or the cocktail parties? Come tell us what you think on Tuesday.

YPU Debate

Thursday, September 9, SSS 114, 7:30 pm

Resolved: Same sex marriage weakens marriage as a social institution.

The YPU guest this week is Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute of Marriage and Public Policy. Think that she's wrong? Speak out against her. Contact Sophie Brill (sophia.brill@yale.edu) if you know now that you'd like to give a speech. Otherwise, come listen, ask questions, or decide to speak later in the evening.

The Liberal Party typically sits in the front left part of the room. Sign in with us!

~~Liberal Penguin Trivia: Gay Penguins Around the World~~

Why penguins? The Liberal Party's mascot, Larebil, is a penguin.

The New Zealand Herald reported last spring that two male penguins in Auckland are celebrating 10 years of being a couple. At the Bronx Zoo in New York, two male penguins in a relationship are raising a young penguin together. Actually, homosexual relationships amongst non-human species are prevalent and well-documented.

Here's the New Zealand Herald story:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3562071&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

~~Links~~

The Liberal Party

http://www.yale.edu/libs

What is conspicuous consumerism?

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902veblen00.html

The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy

http://www.marriagedebate.com

About Maggie Gallagher

http://www.maggiegallagher.com

The Freedom to Marry

http:///www.freedomtomarry.org

More (non-penguin) Gay New Yorkers

http://www.nyblade.com