Welcome Back

In honor of the first weekend back at school, a cautionary video for incoming freshmen. Ha.

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Stand Up Poetry on Teaching

I don't always agree with his ideas on education, but on some things he's right on point. Taylor Mali is a joy to listen to: his pieces are often funny, smart, and sometimes even a little dirty. But he's brilliant at hitting his message home.

Virtual Objectivist Club

Not sure who created this, but I got word through Diana at Noodlefood that there's a Virtual Objectivist Club getting together for the Fall 2009 semester.

The Virtual Objectivist Club (VOC) is a weekly phone-based discussion group dedicated to the study of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. The VOC is being offered for the first time this 2009 academic year. It's open to any current students who would like to learn more about Objectivism.

The club meets on the phone every Wednesday evening, for approximately 1.5 hrs. An essay or other short reading will be assigned prior to the meeting. The meeting will be a moderated discussion about this essay.

I am so excited! I flirted with the idea of starting an Objectivist club at WKU, but I doubted the amount of people interested and also my own time constraints. This is a great solution for me and should provide some much needed intellectual discussion that I craved for last year. Oh this semester is shaping up to be a good one.

SYTYCD Season 6 Hopeful

I can't wait to see this guy on So You Think You Can Dance season 6 this fall. He was underage last season, but he was so good that the judges gave him an automatic ticket to Vegas. I expect he'll make the top 20.