From: Bill Strom [william.strom@yale.edu]
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:45 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: 18nov02

This week:
Mon: Lib Dinner
Wed: YPU (Last meeting to qual)
Thu: Liberal Party Party

Thanksgiving break is fast approaching, and you will not find a happier camper than your secretary/treasurer. After twelve(!) consecutive weeks of class, I am ready for a break, as I'm sure you all are, too. Though it has long been my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving takes on a new meaning for me this year: It will be my first meal with meat in about three months. You see, since school started, I've renounced all beef, pork, and poultry in protest against the industry practices used in their production. This has been an exercise of pure will, as I was once an avowed carnivore. But I just feel like it would be too hard to pass up Grandma Jeamie's turkey. Oh, yes, and my family would disown me if I did. So while I will do so with a heavy burden on my conscience, I will eat turkey. I hope that you all have a Thanksgiving as viscerally pleasing as mine promises to be. Bon appétit!--}:-{)

*undercard*
18nov02 1730: Lib Dinner, Commons Dining Hall
On Monday at 5:30 PM, masticate comestibles with us in Commons. As ever, we will convene under the portrait of GHW Bush. See you there.

*steel cage match*
20nov02 1930: Meeting of the Yale Political Union, LC 101(Room subject to change)
Wednesday night at 7:30 PM, the YPU welcomes David Brooks, author of The Organization Kid to speak on the topic "RESOLVED: Yale Students are America's Ruling Class." Does the name on our diploma give us the power everyone claims it does? Or are Yalies too sheltered by the Yale bubble to be leaders and rulers? Contact bradley.lipton@yale.edu to be docketed to speak.

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.

*main event*
21nov02 2200: Liberal Party Party, Silliman 1705
Come and give thanks for Thanksgiving's coming. Our Chair Gisèle will host your final opportunities for drunken revelry before taking off for Cambridge and The Game. Featuring a possible guest-appearance of the Yale Symphony Orchestra's very own Batman...Don't miss out!

*exit music*
"Q: It seems to me that we don't need to do anything about our growing population.  The system itself will take care of it.
A: You mean by collapsing. Yes, that's perfectly true. If you learn that the building you're living in has a structural fault that will soon cause it to collapse under the force of gravity, you're certainly at liberty to let the system take care of it. But if your children are living in the building when it finally collapses, they may not think as highly of this solution as you do."

from The Story of B, by Daniel Quinn