Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:51:25 -0500
To: swil @ cc.swarthmore.edu
From: jthorpe1 @ cc.swarthmore.edu
Subject: Subterranean Homesick SWILnews

        The primary business of this coming Saturday will be NOMINATIONS
for PRESIDENT(S) OF S.W.I.L.  Those of you who would like to run or those
who would like someone else to run should nominate yourselves or them,
respectively.  Respectfully is not particularly a criterion.  After this
event transpires, the week after will find all of those who have accepted
the nominations presenting platforms.  (No, Charles, the ones you built for
"No Exit" don't count.)  And, of course, after Thanksgiving all of us will
vote, and the fillers of our shoes will be chosen.  Friday, January 22nd
will be the date of actual inauguration.  We will find a place for the
filksing to be held, and will extend an official invitation to Al Gore to
perform his vice-presidential duties of attending such events.

        Nat Anderson wishes us to inform y'all that the fiction writers'
workshop next semester will be directed by Terrence Holt.  He gave a
reading here last semester, and his particular interests include comedy and
speculative fiction; thus, she suggests that people who write this kind of
stuff would find the workshop particularly useful and enjoyable this year. 
Application information is in the Weekly News or on the English Department
bulletin board on the 2nd floor of the PAC; a writing sample is due to the
department around the end of November.  As someone who's been in the poetry
workshop, I (D) have found the Swarthmore workshops Way Cool (tm).

        The Treasure Hunt of Fall 1992 was a resounding success for those
who participated, and was less so for those who didn't.  About fifteen
folks showed up to run around campus in the cold, looking for manilla
envelopes.  The winners included Dan Wells, Charles Danforth, Jim MacLeod,
Andrea Hall, and Ken what's-his-name.  Congratulations, and enjoy the
tickets to the Franklin Institute.  (JimMosk and I [B] again apologize for
the two small errors in the clues, but we really did think north was that
way.  Honest.)

        PHILCON '92 is a con to be held in Philly this weekend, and anyone
interested in going should speak to someone.  Not us, since we're poor--the
cost is in the twenty-plus dollar range (see the SWILboard for precise
details).  Have fun if you go, and be sure to report back on what you have
seen.  (Also--see Andrea before you go, as she has books given to her by
Jeff Hildebrand which he wants autographed.)

        Finally, Don "The diminutive freshling" Lehr will be dismembered
next meeting, should he be so foolish as to attend.  If anyone could stay
after the meeting to scrub the blood off the table, it would be greatly
appreciated.  Heh heh.

        [Well, Melissapline has just left to go to a meeting, so I have
complete creative control.  Heh heh heh.  Has anyone noticed that if you
look at the bottom of her chin, it looks just like a planaria?  Try it
sometime.  Anyway, on to the attendance.  --B]

ATTEND US, LISZT! for November 7th, 1992
Jove "I-bought-these-ears-on-Dagobah" Graham [Where it bubbles all the
time, like a giant carbonated soda.  --B]; Lisa "Real women don't drink
skim" Stefanowich; David "Real men don't have little buttons on the sides
of their necks" Randall; Peter "Clinton won!  I need a job." Wong; Jim
"Bismillah! Let me go! No! No! NO NO NO NO NO!" Macleod [Oh, mama mia. 
--B]; Andrea "Squirrels can't take compliments" Hall; Charles "He's the
No-Holds Bard" Danforth; Runcible "Be there or be a polygon" TI; Don "Still
Remembered and liking it" Lehr; Geoff "`Who' is a good thing." Noer [Read
that last bit again, and see if Geoff is secretly conceited... --B]; Jen
"Pond-scum in my brain--gleayhhh...." Setlow [And now the sound of Frank
Sinatra being drowned... --D]; Nao "Skeen's Leap -or- I'm standing in a
cool green grass that can't possibly exist" Parkhurst; Justin - unlike
Charles, with a great plentitude of skill Giacoletti; Robert "You can't
imagine how much fun I'm having right now!" Richardson; Brad
"Hurricane-fetish" Gabe; Deb "Jubilation about lots of things including
Clinton and Charles" Sam [Clinton _and_ Charles?  Does Hilary know?  Does
the press? --B]; Charles "Lots `o luggage required for a mere 36 hours"
Deily

                                                        - Bob and Dylan
(Ey.)