Ad Libitum
Volume
8
Whpsht:
*This
May Be Goodbye
*Libs,
Libs! Get Your Fresh Libs!
*Hot
IPster of the Week
*Miscellany
*The
Lib Bitch
*The
Final Thought
This
May Be Goodbye:
Dearests,
Mid-term
hell has begun. I had one on Friday and two tomorrow (or today,
rather). I'm completely unprepared for both, and the ship has sailed on
me getting decent grades, I think. So, when I get my grades back have
flunked out of Yale, I'm afraid you'll no longer have the pleasure of being
whipped by my (electronic) hand. While I'm busy making my career as a
burger-flipper at McDonald's the whipsheeting will fall into someone else's
hands. So, in case this is the end, I bid you all a fond farewell until
we see each other again... (Just make sure you let me know whether you
want fries with that...)
**Brittney**
Libs,
Libs! Get Your Fresh Libs!
Lib
Dinner
*Monday,
February 23rd at 5:30 in the Branford Pit*
One
of the E of P's has promised an exciting mystery guest! The only way
you'll get to see who is if you show up!
Lib
Discussion: "Crime is an economic problem, eh?"
*Tuesday,
February 24th at 7:30 in the JE Common Room*
Ahhh,
lawlessness... While I enjoy anarchy as much as the next gal, I'd prefer
to live in a society where the that punk who mugged me on the street gets
what's coming to him, Judge Judy-style. The underlying question being, of
course, what is the root of this criminality? Are economics at the root
of it all, as the discussion topic suggests? Or, perhaps you
think all people are of the mentality that laws are made to be
broken? Whatever your viewpoint, show up to the JE common room and
contribute your two cents. (There was some debate over whether
discussion topics should be questions or resolutions, so I decided to
compromise, Canadian-style. Don't like it...? No worries, I'll have
flunked out of Yale and you can let the new whipsheet writer know your
feelings.)
YPU:
"(Tentatively) Resolved: Globalization is good"
*Thursday,
February 26th at 7:30 (tentatively) in Street Hall 263*
This
may very well be the shortest resolution that I've seen since joining the YPU
(which is fine by me...) In these few words, the YPU keynote
speaker, Daniel Yergin, is covering a lot of ground - from international
security to the influence of American pop culture on other countries (I swear,
if I go to one more country where I'm accosted by a Britney Spears reference
when I introduce myself, I may have to hurt someone...) Mr. Yergin, a
former YPU member, is a Pulitzer prize winning author as well as a
respected authority on energy, international politics and economics. Come
one and all to hear what promises to be an interesting speech. (And if
you feel like giving a speech yourself, get in touch with our friendly FLL
Roger: roger.low@yale.edu)
Hot
IPster of the Week:
Matt
Gross
Despite
the surname, the IP chairman nabs the title for this week. Chairman =
power, and we all know that power is uber-sexy.
Miscellany:
http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/clyne200402170905.asp
Ah,
sex week at Yale. Garnering national attention, as well it should.
http://yalestation.org/dating/
Well,
yalestationdating has been up and running for a bit now, and it's the best
procrastination tool I've come across in awhile. Not only can you see who
you're "compatible" with, now you can do the equivalent of "the
six degrees of Kevin Bacon" with yourself and other Yalies. Such
enjoyment for so little effort.
The
Lib Bitch:
Turn
off your fucking alarm clock. It's four in the afternoon.
Q:
How do you get a box of useless documents no one cares about from the library?
A:
Go to the libraryÕs manuscripts section, sign in, fill out one form, fill out
another form, talk to the archivist, watch her run around the room looking like
a chicken with her head cut of. Listen to the archivist's longwinded
explanation of why you are not allowed to access the box. Start to
squirm. Realize that the only reason you canÕt access the box is because
some idiot somewhere typed in the word Òrestricted.Ó Find out that the
only way to access the box is to have some guy write a letter on a stationary
saying that you are allowed to access the useless box. Find out that the
guy does not have a stationary and does not know that the box exists. Come
up with an explanation why you can override the restriction. Have your
explanation rejected by one archivist. Have it accepted by a different
archivist. Wait for one day to get the box. Find nothing useful.
Computers
are evil. It's like Satan and Joan Rivers spawned, and the result
was this virus-prone contraption which makes my life a living hell every
day.
Look,
CCL is not a good place for you to gather and discuss your crappy Valentine's
Day hookups. If you need a sign that your life is pathetic, that's two
right there.
The
Final Thought:
"Any
man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is
over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
~Winston
Churchill