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OPEN MIC STUDENT COUNCIL QUORUM
((OOC: let the games begin. GO! (edit: Bingo Cards are done! Yay! Now go play.)) (second edit: This will be open for discussion until 10pm US CST, Friday, 10/7. If you want to chime in, do it before then. After that time, comments will be locked.)
"Hello and welcome to the Open Mic Student Council Quorum. This is going to be a cross between a Crossfire event, a debate, and a party. We want you to get to know your Student Council candidates - all of them - better. A lot better. To that purpose, we've invited all of them here tonight. However, as this was not a mandatory event, we don't have a roster yet of who will show up. Feel free to write your questions in, we'll make sure they all get them whether they show tonight or not.
Here's how tonight is going to work:
1) Each Student Council Candidate will be asked 5 questions from the quorum directors (that's us), and they will have 1 minute to answer the question to the best of their ability. We'll be keeping score and awarding points for how accurately each question is answered, as well as style and delivery. At the end of the night, the representative with the most points will win a prize.
2) When the 5 questions have been answered, the floor will be opened to the audience for the Crossfire section - to ask the Candidates anything they want. HOWEVER, the questions must be on topic. Questions phrased with vulgar or offensive language, or questions about personal lifestyle choices or habits will be striken - and the asker will be asked to leave. So phrase your questions carefully. We're here to learn things and have fun.
3) The Candidates may ask each other questions in the Crossfire section. Feel free to go head to head over your issues. Well, verbally, anyway.
4) I mentioned fun, and to that effect, we have Buzzword Bingo going. Each of you was handed a set of Buzzword Bingo Cards and a pencil as you entered. Here's how it works: Each card has the name of a Candidate on it, and many, many buzzwords pulled directly from the debate last night. When you note any Candidate using a buzzword in any of their answers, tick it off on their Bingo Card. The first player to declare a Bingo wins a doorprize. The first player to get Bingos on more than five cards gets the grand prize.
The Prizes:
Single Card Bingo: First 12 people will each win 1lb boxes of chocolates from Wonka's Sweet Shop
Two Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $15 gift certificate to Deb's Diner and Retro Store
Three Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $30 gift certificate to Deb's Diner and Retro Store
Four Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $50 gift certificate to The Emporium
Grand Prize: a $100 gift certificate to Red's Tattoos
((OOC NOTE: For the sake of our sanity, here's how it's going to run.
The "(Candidate name) Questions" threads will be locked to only the Candidates - please, no ooc comments or non-Candidate posting in them.
The "(Candidate name) Crossfire" section will be open to any IC comments. Please direct your questions to the Candidates in their threads.
Please keep all OOC comments in the "OOC" thread" - we ask because we'll be cutting and pasting from the other threads as the night goes on.
This post will remain the same - a secondary post will be linked for people who want to catch up without scanning a billion comments.
If you have questions for the moderator - and for right now, that's me - there will be a seperate post in my non-comm journal and you can ask them there. I am turning email notification for this thread off.))
"Hello and welcome to the Open Mic Student Council Quorum. This is going to be a cross between a Crossfire event, a debate, and a party. We want you to get to know your Student Council candidates - all of them - better. A lot better. To that purpose, we've invited all of them here tonight. However, as this was not a mandatory event, we don't have a roster yet of who will show up. Feel free to write your questions in, we'll make sure they all get them whether they show tonight or not.
Here's how tonight is going to work:
1) Each Student Council Candidate will be asked 5 questions from the quorum directors (that's us), and they will have 1 minute to answer the question to the best of their ability. We'll be keeping score and awarding points for how accurately each question is answered, as well as style and delivery. At the end of the night, the representative with the most points will win a prize.
2) When the 5 questions have been answered, the floor will be opened to the audience for the Crossfire section - to ask the Candidates anything they want. HOWEVER, the questions must be on topic. Questions phrased with vulgar or offensive language, or questions about personal lifestyle choices or habits will be striken - and the asker will be asked to leave. So phrase your questions carefully. We're here to learn things and have fun.
3) The Candidates may ask each other questions in the Crossfire section. Feel free to go head to head over your issues. Well, verbally, anyway.
4) I mentioned fun, and to that effect, we have Buzzword Bingo going. Each of you was handed a set of Buzzword Bingo Cards and a pencil as you entered. Here's how it works: Each card has the name of a Candidate on it, and many, many buzzwords pulled directly from the debate last night. When you note any Candidate using a buzzword in any of their answers, tick it off on their Bingo Card. The first player to declare a Bingo wins a doorprize. The first player to get Bingos on more than five cards gets the grand prize.
Single Card Bingo: First 12 people will each win 1lb boxes of chocolates from Wonka's Sweet Shop
Two Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $15 gift certificate to Deb's Diner and Retro Store
Three Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $30 gift certificate to Deb's Diner and Retro Store
Four Card Bingo: First person to get one wins a $50 gift certificate to The Emporium
Grand Prize: a $100 gift certificate to Red's Tattoos
((OOC NOTE: For the sake of our sanity, here's how it's going to run.
The "(Candidate name) Questions" threads will be locked to only the Candidates - please, no ooc comments or non-Candidate posting in them.
The "(Candidate name) Crossfire" section will be open to any IC comments. Please direct your questions to the Candidates in their threads.
Please keep all OOC comments in the "OOC" thread" - we ask because we'll be cutting and pasting from the other threads as the night goes on.
This post will remain the same - a secondary post will be linked for people who want to catch up without scanning a billion comments.
If you have questions for the moderator - and for right now, that's me - there will be a seperate post in my non-comm journal and you can ask them there. I am turning email notification for this thread off.))
Re: QUESTION 1 - CANDIDATES ONLY
"First of all, I wish to offer a public apology to Belthazor. That video being made public was an underhanded attack and it really had no place in the campaign proceedings. It was the catalyst for the decisions I made regarding how my campaign was being run.
"As for the term "pretty enough", what constitutes beauty in any form? What one may consider to be beauty, another would consider the most hideous thing on the planet. Example, a dear friend of mine, Evie, has a pet that most people would be terrified of. Her favorite animal in the world is a King Cobra. To her, that Cobra is the most beautiful thing in the world. To others, the Cobra is a thing to be feared. Which one of them are right?"
Phoebe swallows, looking a little bit scared, but then she lifts her chin.
"What constitutes being a human? What constitutes a non-human? That's the problem, we can talk about diversity, but people's definitions of diversity, human and non-human all seem to differ." Phoebe avoids looking at Cole, still looking a bit scared that she was doing this. "I'm a witch. I have powers and can do things that others cannot. Am I human or a non-human? Who decides that? Does someone get to decide that I need to be executed because I'm different from the other students? How am I different from Belthazor? He has things that others do not, so do I. Does that mean I should be discriminated against?
"I agree that there is too much discrimination at this school, and that it needs to be addressed.
"My plan is a simple one, and it mirrors Alanna's actually. I would like to organize events or meetings to get both humans and non-humans a chance to learn about each other and see that no matter what label is stuck on us, we're all so much alike. We're living beings and it's only right that we find a way of communicating and interacting with each other. If we get to know each other a little better, there wouldn't be so much fear."