From: Bill Strom [william.strom@yale.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:56 AM
To: marxists.and.moderates@yale.edu
Subject: all the liblong week
all the liblong week
the *new* whipsheet of the liberal party of the yale political union
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week of: 23sept02

Here is where I typically write something witty. But this is a CRAZY-busy week. So I'll spare you. Read on.--}:-{)

*undercard*
23sept02 1730: Lib Dinner, Commons Dining Hall
Join us for our weekly evening of dinner conviviality, to which Jason may or may not minister. We'll be in Commons 'neath the portrait of George H. W. Bush--apparently his son is the only person who can make us nostalgic for his administration. Also, this will be your only Pretty Objectionable Repast for the week, which is more than members of other YPU parties can claim.

*main event*
24sept02 1930-???: Debate, Calhoun College Common Room
Tuesday night, we will debate the resolution: Feminism does not apply to the working class. Do you believe that the key to advancement in society is equal opportunity for all women, regardless of class? Or are there situations in which what are typically called chauvinist attitudes can serve some purpose? Come tell us what we think. To those of you who have received a visit from one of our E-board members, please note the location change of this debate.
It will be in Calhoun.

*steel cage match*
25sept02 1930-???: Meeting of the Yale Political Union

This week: The much-anticipated FRESHMAN PRIZE DEBATE! The resolution: America should police the world. Please contact gisele.roget@yale.edu, boris.volodarsky@yale.edu, william.strom@yale.edu, or bradley.lipton@yale.edu if you wish to speak on either side of this resolution. YPU rules dictate that speakers must dress up (i.e. coat and tie for men, equivalent for women) in order to speak. Furthermore, if you have any desire for guidance while crafting your speech, or simply need people to bounce ideas off of, do not hesitate to contact gisele.roget@yale.edu, clayton.critcher@yale.edu, jason.farago@yale.edu, gregory.ablavsky@yale.edu, boris.volodarsky@yale.edu, or william.strom@yale.edu. I know, I know, it sounds like a homework assignment--but it's all worth it in the end when you walk out of there with all the cash, prizes, and wo/men you could desire. Seriously, there is $cash$ involved!

The Yale Political Union (www.yale.edu/ypu) was formed in the 1930s in order to provide a forum for rollicking debate among its six member parties. Our Liberal Party is the oldest of these six. Each year, nationally and internationally recognized social and political leaders visit the union to speak about political philosophy, current events, and policy issues.

*4,000-person royal rumble*
25sept02: Union Workers' Day of Civil Disobedience
The following is an announcement from Will Tanzman:

STAND UP FOR CHANGE AT YALE
We, Yale undergraduates and members of Locals 34, 35, GESO, 1199, and the
New Haven community at large will be participating in civil disobedience to
show our commitment to a new partnership with Yale. In particular, we are
asking for a voice in regards to good jobs at Yale, access to higher
education at Yale and beyond, diversity on campus, affordable housing, a
strong New Haven public school system, and the right to organize.

Please join us this Wednesday at 5:00. Meet at Center Church on the Green
to participate in the civil disobedience or Phelps Gate to witness and
support. Undergraduates will also gather Tuesday at 8:30 PM on Cross Campus
to show support and hear more about the movement. If you are interested in
participating in civil disobedience or just want to learn more, contact Will at 6-1375 or william.tanzman@yale.edu.

*tag-team*
27sept02 1730-???: Wooster Square Night
Come with us for pizza at one of the two finest establishments in pizza's own hometown. That's right, New Haven invented the stuff, and nobody does it better than Sally's or Pepe's over on Wooster Square. Meet us by Phelps Gate on the Old Campus to walk over to the restaurants. Mmm...pizza.

28sept02 1300-???: East Rock Picnic
Everyone needs to leave the Yale bubble--that impenetrable 6-block area from which all news of the outside world is somehow banished during the school year--and so the Libs would love to lead you to East Rock, one of New Haven's most scenic areas. Hike, climb, or simply pic your nic with us on what will hopefully be a beautiful afternoon communing with nature. Once again, we will be meeting at Phelps Gate on the Old Campus.

*exit music*
From Jason Farago, President of the JBB and Minister of Dinner Conviviality:

It's Slovenian intellectual week in the Liberal Party!

1. On Wednesday, at the Whitney Humanities Center at 3:30, big-time
theorist and leftist extraordinaire Slavoj Zizek will deliver a lecture
on the topic "Organs Without Bodies: Deleuze and Cinema Theory." In
conjunction with the lecture, there will be two 35mm screenings (on
Monday at 7 and 9:30, in WHC) of Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Red," his final
film and perhaps his best. (Coincidentally, the Medical School Film
Society is screening my favorite Kieslowski film, "The Double Life of
Veronique," on Sunday at 7:30 and 10.) See you at all of these.

2. And on Saturday afternoon, in New York, Hugo Boss Prize winner and
former Artist of the Left Marjetica Potrc will be leading a workshop on
issues of individual initiative and participation in architecture.
Potrc, who, like Zizek, teaches at the University of Ljubljana (even if
she's been derided by one Lib as "that awful Brazilian woman"), is an
artist and theorist who advocates the active participation of citizens
in the formation of cities. If you're interested in this, send me an
e-mail at jason.farago@yale.edu, or see me at Lib Dinner.