From: Bill Strom [william.strom@yale.edu]
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:28 PM
To: marxists.and.moderates@yale.edu
Cc: gisele.roget@yale.edu; jason.farago@yale.edu; gregory.ablavsky@yale.edu; boris.volodarsky@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: 11nov02

This week:
Mon: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville @JBB Dinner Forum (IN PLACE OF LIB DINNER)
Tue: Debate
Thu: YPU (ONLY 2 MORE THIS SEMESTER--COME TO QUAL!)

So I'll tip my hand here: I'm expatriating. Done with this military-industrial complex and government of, by, and for special interests I am. Moving to Sweden. Okay, so maybe I'm a little disillusioned by Tuesday's election results. But I did vote my conscience, so there's some moral victory to be had there, right?

Or is there? Perhaps you had the pleasure of catching Boondocks comic strip artist Aaron McGruder at the Black Solidarity Conference on Saturday afternoon. He is, I think, a truly admirable leftist thinker, and he had an interesting message: No more of this moral victory/noble failure rhetoric. It's time for us to move beyond the pervasive insincerity in public discourse and the self-preservationist attitudes engendered by insecurity. Our duty is clear: Since progressive thinkers can expect to be kicked out of whatever office of influence they attain eventually, we have to act on our principles from the outset. No more capitulation. And leaving the country would be allowing the new leadership to do as they will, so I guess I'll staying put--for now.--}:-{)

*main event*
11nov02 1730: Jonathan Brewster Bingham Dinner Forum, Timothy Dwight South Common Room
On Monday at 5:30 PM, the Liberal Party welcomes Professor Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. Most recently, she designed a full-page ad for the "Not In Our Name" campaign, in which artists and intellectuals stood up against the American incursion in Iraq. You can view this latest work here. Professor de Bretteville will be speaking on a number of different aspects of leftist art. Find her biography in the *exit music* section of this email. Please don't miss this wonderful opportunity to talk one-on-one with an influential leftist thinker!

*royal rumble*
12nov02 1930: Debate, Jonathan Edwards College Common Room
This Tuesday at 7:30 PM, we will gather in the JE common room to debate the resolution, "The Democratic Party should dissolve." Are you so fed up with the Democratic "me-too" platform that you'd like to see them go the way of the Whigs, the Bull-Moose Party, and the trilobyte? Or have the Democrats merely hit a difficult time with a dearth of good leadership, a time which they will bootstrap themselves up out of? Come tell us what you think of the resolution, as well as what you think of me ending sentences with 3 consecutive prepositions.

*steel cage match*
14nov08 1930: Meeting of the Yale Political Union, LC 101(Room subject to change)
Thursday night at 7:30 PM, the YPU welcomes nationally syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to speak on the topic "RESOLVED: Abortion is Bad for Women." A compelling subject to be sure. The wording of the resolution makes a legality debate somewhat difficult to get around to, but come and be provoked nonetheless. Contact bradley.lipton@yale.edu to be docketed to speak, and be sure to come sign in with the Libs so you can qual!

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. For more information about the YPU, contact william.rogel@yale.edu. For arcane and trivial history about the YPU, contact jonathan.khoury@yale.edu.

*exit music*
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. She received a BA in art history from Barnard College, and an MFA from Yale University. Her appointment in 1990 made her the first tenured woman faculty member in the history of the School of Art. She has designed numerous publications, as well as many public art works including Path of Stars in New Haven. Her work in books, magazines, and newspapers includes the redesign of the Los Angeles Times, and special issues of Everywoman, American Cinematographer, and Arts in Society. Her posters and fine press editions are found in the special collections of many libraries and museums including the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Professor de Bretteville created the first women’s design program at the California Institute of the Arts in 1971 and, in 1973, founded the Woman’s Building and the Women's Graphic Center in Los Angeles. Most recently she designed a full-page ad for the "Not In Our Name" campaign, in which artists and intellectuals stood up against the American incursion in Iraq. You can view this latest work here.