is the weekly whipsheet, which will keep you up to date with
lib events and the musings of this Left Coast sophomore. 
The title ~mAd LiBs~ simultaneously suggests the open-ended
nature of our discussions, our LIBeral outlook, and our
occassional childishness. :) 

Upcoming:  
Bluebooking Party tonight!
10:30, JE 735, entryway F.
Meet other libs and get the rundown on this semester's classes!

Discussion: What's wrong with pacifism?
Monday, September 8, at 7:30, Trumbull Common Room


What's up around New Haven and around the World:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/09/01/laborday.rdp.ap/index.html


Fun & Games:
Write down the answers on another sheet of paper, then revel
in the wacky "history" you've created!

1. name of person in room
2. event
3. place
4. powerful organization
5. four-digit number
6. noun
7. past tense verb
8. plural noun
9. your favorite holiday
10. adjective
11. residential college
12. noun
13. adverb
14. gerund
15. location
16. system of government
17. adjective
18. verb
19. virtue
20. nationality
21. kind of person


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"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other
holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are
in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and
battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for
greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over
another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead,
to no sect, race, or nation." --(1)  (a.k.a. Samuel Gompers)

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of
the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and
economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a
yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have
made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

The first (2) was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882,
in (3), in accordance with the plans of the (4). The Central
Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year
later, on September 5, (5).

The idea of a "workingmen's (6)" (7) with the growth of (8),
and in 1885 (9) was celebrated in many (10) centers of (11). 

 The vital (12) of labor added (13) to the highest standard
of (14) and the greatest production (15) has ever known and
has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional
ideals of economic and political (16). It is (17),
therefore, that the nation (18) on Labor Day to the creator
of so much of the nation's strength, (19), freedom, and
leadership — the (20) (21).

(Excerpted liberally from
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm)