Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 17:58:56 -0500 To: _swat.org.swil @ cc.swarthmore.edu From: jthorpe1 @ cc.swarthmore.edu Subject: SWILnews #12 lords a-leaping, 11 ladies dancing, 10 pipers piping, 9 drummers drumming, 8 maids a-milking, 7 swans a-swimming, 6 geese a-laying, 5 golden rings (ba-dump dump dum), 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves, and a beer, in a tree. *snif* Only one more SWILnews after this one, before the reins get handed. *snurf* ("Is it much FURTHER, Papa Snurf?" "YES! IT IS!") Anyway. "To whom will the reins be handed?" I hear you cry. Well, I'll tell you. Lesley and Don, in a landslide victory, won the election on Saturday, making them the first presidents ever to be president after me and Aaron. (Aaron, whose "Brad and Aaron" party was defeated, was less crushed than he could have been.) When we return from this winter break, there will be an inaugural filksing, with songs, dancing, and whatever munchies we have a supplies budget left for. For those who are interested, the platforms were as follows: Patrick McGoohan: "I am not a number; I'm a free man." Goat: none One Cheese Blintz: "...." Aaron and B(r)ad: SWIL meetings to be held twice a semester on randomly determined dates Lesley and Don: more role-playing games, monthly video showings in Kirby, and an experiment involving liquid nitrogen and SPAM that I didn't fully comprehend. Also elected were Y.T. (jere7my tho?rpe) as Minister of Propaganda for a semester, Larry's teddy bear as token figurehead, and, in a surprise upset, our own treasurer Larry Miller as Most Fluorescent Object, beating out That Fluid. (I don't know why, but that image vaguely disturbs me.) In other news, this Saturday at 6:00PM marks a one-hour interview with Douglas Adams on NJN (channel 23). He will be discussing _Mostly Harmless_ and other things. I'll probably be taping it if anyone would like to watch it later (like, before I go home on Tuesday). Wish our Loremistress Kendra and our Resident Photographer Dan well (no pun intended) as they sail for new shores; Kendra is going to Rome (semper ubi sub ubi, dear) next semester and Dan is getting on a boat and going places too weird and wondrous to list here. Things to be thinking about for next semester: the Reunion, Mike Jittlov's visit, BEM (submit to it!), schlock, the inauguration, the George C. Hurliman Memorial Library Memorial Library, and, of course, this SPAM thing. There will be another SWIL meeting this Saturday, but I don't think we'll actually have any business. Still, do show up, just as the following people did LAST week, after braving the evils of 9:00 registration: ATTENDANCE for 12:11:93 John "Orange Juice" Doe; Jack "I'm no Dan Quayle" Kennedy; Giacoletti "Antony" Justin; Kathy "Never ever again" Davis; Colin "Where's the herring?" Schatz; Charles "Subterranean Ascention" Danforth [*bonk* "Ow!" --O]; David "Advanced Necromancy + Lollipops" Randall; Elizabeth "Battle Babe of Annatonorivo, Annelid Bane, Dangerous Psychotic, Candidate for Office" Christian; Don "Dragon Whelp" Lehr [Methinks Don has Magic on his mind... --O]; Megan "Perpetually Absent (minded)" Hallam; Lesley "There's always room for George" Tsina; Beth "Not for long" Bruch; Me; Me; Me; Me; Me; Me; Peter "temporarily awake" Wong; Kendra "Soon to be self-elected despot" Eshleman; Andrea "Stupid lemmings" Hall [Well, I'd have to agree with you there. --O]; Larry "Vote for my Teddy Bear" Miller; Robert "Drow elves, Drow elves, roly-poly Drow elves" Richardson; David "You bash the Balrog + I'll climb the tree" R; (over); Geoff "on the back side, right Charles?" Noer [NEVER bash a Balrog on the backside. Bad idea. Gandalf tried it once. Once... --O]; Charles "Most fluorescent token bare fluid figurehead president of iguanadons" Danforth; Josh "blintz-o-mania" Burdick ----Praefecti Quondam Praefectique Futuri