~Farewell!
~Events this week
    *Lib dinner:  Monday, 5:30, Commons
    *Lib discussion:  "Does the city need a center?"  Tuesday, 7:30, BK common room
    *YPU debate with Ted Rall on U.S. withdrawl from Iraq:  Wednesday, 7:30, SSS 114
    *Lib caucus:  Saturday, 2pm, WLH ? (look for signs)
    *Inquisition:  Sunday, 11pmish?, location TBA *evil laugh*
~Run for Liberal Party Executive Board:  The secrets of e-board revealed!
~Fun & Games!

Dear Libs,
Since this is the last week of classes, this is also my last big whipsheet.  I've really enjoyed being secretary/treasurer this semester, inflicting my ramblings upon hundreds of my closest friends (i.e. you), and hopefully distracting you from your work occasionally with links and games and (God forbid!) political thought.  (My responsibilities as treasurer were a bit less exciting, especially having to figure out the bill at restaurants.)  The best part of the semester has been getting to know many of you:  over pizza, through articulate discussion, while exchanging postcards of Kazakhstan.  (Those three generally didn't happen all at once;  I was trying to trail off through asyndeton.) 

After this week's activities, I'm looking forward to next semester.  Part of what makes Libs unique is our willingness to learn from each other and develop ideas in a community, so we welcome you to everything we do!  If you would like to make a bigger commitment, run for one of the e-board offices.  (More explanation below.)  Thank you to everyone on e-board for making this a great semester!

I wish I had something more profound to say to close the last big ~mAd LiBs~, but so long, and thanks for all the fish!
~Betsy

Upcoming events!
Lib dinner:  Monday, 5:30, Commons
    Join us under the portrait of the former head of the CIA George Bush, who, like the sneaky guy he is, had the pseudonym "Judge Law Learned" affixed below his picture.  A merry time will be had by all!

Lib discussion:  "Does the city need a center?"  Tuesday, 7:30, BK common room
    This is our last discussion of the semester, and the last one Jason will lead as chair, so come by and share your thoughts on city planning and the ideal society.  Is L.A. effective as a city, or is it merely an amalgamation of suburbs?  Would New Haven recover if its Nine Squares were better developed?  What social and economic effects result from a centralization?  If vital, mixed-use downtowns are really so great, then why do people overwhelmingly choose to live in suburbs?

YPU debate with Ted Rall:  Wednesday, 7:30, SSS 114
"The National Security Interests of the United States Would Be Best Served by an Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq."
    Liberal cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall will join us, so come enjoy who should be one of the best speakers of the semester.  Email aaron.margolis@yale.edu to speak;  Rall will probably take the tack that UN forces should replace US forces in Iraq.
http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2003/11/27/ 
http://www.rall.com/rants.html  Rall's blog
http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/?uc_full_date=20031111  A column on Iraqi guerrilla fighters

Lib caucus:  Saturday, 2pm, WLH ? (look for signs)
    At the end of each semester, the party caucuses to select leaders for the coming term.  Have a say in the Libs' future, and consider running for e-board.
   
Inquisition:  Sunday, 11pmish?, location TBA *evil laugh*
    We also interview candidates for YPU-wide offices to see if they're up to snuff.  Join us if you dare!

Run for Liberal Party Executive Board:  The secrets of e-board revealed!
    Interested in helping run the Liberal Party, hanging out with interesting people, and shaping the discussion of politics at Yale?  These are the positions you can run for this Saturday:  (Please forgive the gender-specific pronouns!)
Chair:
The chair takes ultimate responsibility for the planning and execution of all the semester's activities. She runs debates, organizes e-board meetings, and serves as the representative of the party in the Yale Political Union.
 
Vice-chair:
The vice-chair assumes any responsibilities for running the party that the chair is unable to complete alone. Traditionally, she is responsible for reserving rooms for debates and organizing the semesterly trip to New York.

President of the JBB Forum:
The president of the Jonathan Brewster Bingham Forum, also referred to by the questionably cute title Minister of Dinner Conviviality, finds dinner guests for the Libs. She supervises all arrangements for JBB dinners, including the hosting of them.

Community secretary:
The community secretary serves as a liaison between the Liberal Party and other groups on campus and in New Haven. She is responsible for organizing joint debates, community service activities, and the semesterly New Haven Forum.

Chief Whip:
The chief whip keeps an accurate list of active party members and arranges introductory meetings between long-standing Libs and new participants. She is responsible for keeping party members informed about events in the party and in the Yale Political Union.

Secretary and treasurer:
The secretary/treasurer advertises Lib events, writes the whip sheet (with a title involving "Lib"), and maintains the website. In addition, she keeps track of money owned to members for expenses and is responsible for applications to the UOFC for funding.

If you're interested in any of these positions, I encourage you to get in touch with Jason Farago or anyone who has held the office in the past!  Here's a quick list of people on campus this semester who have held some of these positions:

Chair:  Jason Farago, Jonathan Khoury
Vice Chair:  Alex Lee, Bill Strom, Jonathan Khoury, Clayton Critcher
JBB:  Will Cornwell, Jason Farago, Raina Lipsitz
Chief Whip:  José Miñan, Alex Lee, Clayton Critcher
Community Secretary:  José Miñan, Cathy de la Aguilera
Secretary/Treasurer:  Will Cornwell, Bill Strom, Jason Farago, yours truly

(YPU positions:  talk to a member of the e-board if you're interested in running this semester)
Floor Leader of the Left:  Sean Campion, Mike Seibel
Vice President:  Sean Campion

Fun & Games!
http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/lunatics/  Which historical lunatic are you?  (Get it?  MAD libs?)
http://www.rall.com/longarticle_002.htm  Tom Rall's article:  "Fatal Defenestration"
http://www.house.gov/frank/joyofsax2003.html  Same-sax unions?
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/shorgeshimer/WebPage/revolutionwebquest.html  "You Say You Want a Revolution?"
http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/cavalier_years.shtml  Blackadder transcripts about beheading Charles I! 

and, a little too late for Thanksgiving (thankfully!):  http://www.themeatrix.com/ 
"The Meatrix:  Join Leo as he awakens from his dreamworld of a family farm to discover the terrible realities of modern industrial agriculture."

"The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians are an affront to Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church's founder, Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, his wife Anne Boleyn, his wife Jane Seymour, his wife Anne of Cleves, his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on our traditional Christian marriage." -source unknown


P.S.  I've been informed that certain punctuation marks are under-represented in my whipsheets, while I overuse certain other marks (especially exclamation points and parentheses!).  Thus, I would like to acknowldege the pound sign, the caret, the dollar sign, the percentage sign, brackets (pointy, curly, and straight), slashes, plus, the underscore, the equal sign, the ampersand, and the vertical line thingy (you know who you are!).   Also, a shout out to all those foreign symbols and special characters!

P.P.S.  Have a great day!