The Lib Schtick

9/19/2004

~~Letter to the Libs~~

It's been a long week with many startling discoveries, including the fact that those of you who use Webmail and Outlook (and possibly Eudora?) for e-mail purposes don't see all of the nifty formatting effort I go to. Non-"Mail" (it's a Macintosh program, for those of you with PCs) users miss out on the bolds, the font and size changes, and the occasional fun color change.

I almost grew disheartened and considered ceasing all extraneous formatting. This was abruptly countered by a desire to reward Mac users (and possibly others; I haven't done an exhaustive survey yet) with exciting stylistic additions. Finally, pragmatism (aka Arabic homework) took over and I decided to keep the (admittedly fairly minimal) format the same.

The point of this story? Steve Jobs rocks (and I am way too fond of parenthetical asides).

--Jade

~~In the Liberal Party this Week~~

Monday, September 20, 5:30 pm

Lib Dinner, Commons

As usual, the Liberal Party will dine together under the portrait of George H.W. Bush. I recently learned that Commons has been significantly reorganized since last year and is now nice, new, and shiny. I'm really unseemly excited about the relocation of the cereal dispenser.

Wednesday, September 22, 7:30 pm

YPU Debate, 7:30 pm, LC 102

Guest: Rick Brookhiser

Resolved: The war on terror should be the highest priority in U.S. foreign policy.

No, it's actually not supposed to say the "war on terrorism." Rick Brookhiser is an editor of the National Review and an alum of the YPU's POR. If you think this resolution is crap and want to express your vehement belief that AIDS, genocide, global warming, malnutrition, autocracy, and slave cartels are all greater concerns for not merely the United States but also the world as a whole, contact Sophie Brill (sophia.brill@yale.edu) to reserve a place on the docket. If you don't want to speak, come anyway to see what happens to members of the Party of the Right after they graduate.

Wednesday, September 22, 6-8 pm

Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208, 53 Wall St.

Lecture by Nilufer Gole on the Islamic headscarf debate in France and Turkey.

Sponsored by the Ethics, Politics & Economics Program, Dept of Sociology and the Women's Faculty Forum

Nilufer Gole is a professor of sociology at Bogazici University in

Istanbul. She is a leading authority on the political movement of

today's educated, urbanized, religious Muslim women. Her book, The

Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling, examines the veiling of

young university women, and the cultural cleavages between the Islamic

and Western worlds.

Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm

Liberal Party Debate, Location TBA

Resolved: Money is free speech.

One of the core issues of campaign finance reform debate is the nature of campaign donations. Are they genuine expressions of people's political beliefs, or just tools of power through which the rich continue to oppress the masses in ostensible democracies? Can writing a check really be equated with oratory or journalism or even a simple vote? On the other hand, if pornography counts as free speech, then why shouldn't something with a tangible political message be similarly protected? Come and grapple with these questions on Thursday.

Around 9:00, the Liberal Party will adjourn the debate to Yorkside.

Saturday, September 25, 10 pm

Lib Poker Night

Pierson Buttery

Come and demonstrate your mathematical genius, bluffing prowess, and/or incredible luck to us Saturday night. Or, if you're like me, come and learn how to play poker. Two tables will be playing simultaneously: one will have a $5 buy-in, and the other will be just for fun. We will be serving food and drinks.

The Pierson buttery is downstairs from the dining hall.

~~Links~~

The Christian Science Monitor on Money as Free Speech

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1206/p10s02-comv.html

Thomas Sowell on Money as Free Speech

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1495

**I apologize for the sources above, but they represent both sides and all of you know how to use Google**

How to Play Poker

http://www.playwinningpoker.com/articles/how-to-play-poker/

Fun With Penguins

http://meph.eu.org/

Somewhere you can see the Lib Schtick archived in fully-formated html. :P