Morning Announcements

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"Good morning, students. Here are your announcements for October 31st, 2005:

* Tonight there will be free showings of classic horror films in all dorm lounges. Popcorn and soda will be provided. A list of films will be posted in the dorms.

* Someone has put a hole in Locker 327. I am not pleased.

* Thank you to all students and faculty who made Parents' Weekend the best last Parents' Weekend possible.

* Spoon.

Thank you, and have a safe, cocaine-free day."

Geology

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Good morning, everyone. Coffee and snacks are next to the roll sheet. I hope everyone enjoyed having their parents visit. If not, lie to me and pretend that you did. *smiles pleasantly*

Today we will be discussing the natural laws of geology.

Uniformitarianism is the theory that processes occurring in the present were the same processes that had operated in the past, and would be the processes that operate in the future.

Original Horizontality The principle of original horizontality states that most sedimentary layers of rock are deposited in a horizontal position.

These are just two of a numerous set.

Language Classes, 10/31

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Dream is wearing a sombrero today, and he does not look at all silly. Really. He has also put a plastic pumpkin full of hard candy on his desk for students to take from as they wish.

A dragon naps curled up on a blanket on the corner of a classroom. Some students may recognize him.

Hello.

To mark All Hallow's Eve, we will be discussing supernatural events in class today. I hope you find them entertaining. I have also handed out vocabulary sheets of words used around this holiday.

Classics students: I will read to you Homer's account of Achilles' encounter with the ghost of Patroclus. Note how the description of the ghost compares to our modern concept of spirits, or hauntings, and write a paragraph about this for class Wednesday.

Languages of Asia: The Jiangshi, or "hopping corpses," are the vampires of China. Many folktales feature them, and I will recount a few now. For homework, write a paragraph on how these vampires compare to the vampires of your home dimension.

Dream dims the lights in his classroom.

He is an excellent storyteller.

I wish you all a pleasant Halloween.

Speech Comm

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[She's in costume, dressed as a Gypsy] Happy Halloween. I brought chocolate...eat it.

[adjusts her glasses] Ok, gang. I had a lovely weekend meeting your parents. Chip, Parker, Anya...I think I now know yours best. I'm sure we're all glad it's over, let's move on.

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Journalism Class - Monday October 31

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Class today is cancelled.

There are no signs, messages or explanations.

Padme’s Monday office hours

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Outside Padme’s door is a sign.

“All Monday classes are cancelled.”

She figured what with the strange Earth holiday, most of her students would not be off the mind to pay attention and it would be a waste of time to even bother trying to educate anyone. Besides, she still needed to go home and clean up her living room. Apparently, firecrackers are not a better way to scoop out a pumpkin.

She would remain in her office while the pumpkin odor aired out at home.

The Library is Open (10/31/05)

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After harassing asking Jaye about the next hockey practice, Janet walked over to the library. She took down the sign, unlocked the library door, and quickly hid the food behind the Collections Desk for the staff. She stuck up a "do not touch" sign on the books yet to be shelved, frowned again at the scorch marks on the ceiling--Methos could clean them off himself, damn it--and sat down to pretend to work.

Monday Midday

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She needs to talk to students after class, so she sits at her desk...waiting.



((Set up for Harkness, but anyone can come in and chat))

Quantum Physics 123: Monday 31 October

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[The Doctor's tie is orange today. If you could see them, his boxers are wee pumpkin print, but you can't, so there. He comes into class in his usual manner. That is to say, fairly manic.]

Right. In honour of the holiday, we're going to talk about everyone's favourite scary topic: paradox. Nasty stuff, that. In the purest of dictionary terms, paradox implies a contradiction in logic. The most famous of these are the words of Epimenides of Knossos on Crete: Cretans, always liars. If Epimenides is from Crete himself, then he must be lying. But if he is, then Cretans are not liars. And round we go.

The same concept is very true in regards to time travel. Encountering and touching oneself in the past, changing history so that you don't exist, either by events or technology...these cause paradox.

The effects of causing a paradox are varied in documentation...but they are all inherently destructive. [looks somber] Most notably to the time traveller him or herself. This is not to discourage any of you from travelling in time if you get the chance--far from it. It is merely a warning that to disturb certain things can create changes in timespace and in your own history.

[His eyes are sad...this is not exactly what he meant to do with this lecture.] Even if it's for the greater good.

[regaining composure] Any questions?

Ash's Art Appreciations, Lecture #5

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*Ash stands in front of the class, dressed in leather and a tasteful cowboy hat totally looking like Brisco County Junior*

Okay you screwheads, today's a holiday, so I'm gonna keep the lecture short.

Art is good!

Class dismissed.

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The cafeteria is decked out in Halloween decorations. The room is foggy. A few lucky students might get their ankles grabbed by a few gnomes the Chef has hidden there. Live (muppet) bats were flying around the room. The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack was playing in a loop. The Chef is dressed like Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror and Das Schnitzel had chosen to dress as Columbia. Students are welcome to do the Time Warp if they wished. Chef would gladly join them.

Heppy Hellooeee yuoo leettle-a munsters!

Tudey fur loonch ve-a hefe-a:

-Zumbeee-a Zeeti (Is it reel zumbeee-a? Evee I dun't knoo!)

-Poompkeen Peee-a

-Poompkeen Sneck Cekes

-Poompkeen Jooeece-a

Hefe-a a guud dey my leettle-a psychuteec uneemels! Bork Bork Bork!

((Dammit I want those Little Debbie pumpkin snack cakes but nooooo, they don't have them here. Bastards.))

Study Hall, Monday, Oct. 31

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Still wearing his sombrero, Dream has thrown open the doors to study hall and dropped himself at the table up front.

He seems to be scrutinizing the students who walk in, especially the boys, especially the taller boys.

Small bowls of candy are scattered throughout the room.

Lifestyle Seminar, here today: Love

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The professor has, astonishingly enough, interested the mice in cricket, and they've taken jobs as umpires. At the moment Frankie is at the bowler's end, and Benjy is at square leg. Occasional croaks and squeaks can be heard from the table.

Oh, look, it's time for our Lifestyle seminar again. As you're aware, our topic for today is love. Please share your insights with the group, and we'll see what we can learn from each other about this complex topic.

Celtic Literature and Civilisation class for Monday

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The decorations from La na Gaidhlig were still up, but Camulus is fetchingly decked out in his Hallowe'en costume, that of a Civil War-era soldier.

"Oidche Shamna shona dhuibh. Happy Hallowe'en to you. This holiday appears to be slightly more important than I had first thought," he says, leaning against the desk and fidgeting in his pants. "So there will be no proper lesson today. However, I'd like you all to think about the characters we have encountered so far and what they would dress up as for Hallowe'en." He pauses. "Also, could someone explain the concept of . . . "popular" to me?"

Student Council Meeting, October 31, 2005

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shows up and starts laying things out. Her face is white and her eyes are angry, but she seems to be in perfect control. She smiles as people enter the room.

"Happy Halloween, guys."


ETA: The mun will be in and out as there are mas trick or treaters tonight.

Cyborg Theory

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My dearest students --

Some of you will be glad to know that I was unsuccessful in capturing and murdering Thor as ONE OF YOU must have called the SGC who subsequently warned the Asgard Supreme Commander. I hate you all.

I do hope you enjoyed "Johnny Mnemonic" from last week. I’m handing you all a pop quiz on it before we begin today’s class discussion.

[][][][]

Today, we are studying the nature of evil. Many cyborgs and robotic systems (both the individual and the group) such as myself and my brethren have been labeled as “evil.”

Here are your discussion questions:

(1) Why do we assume that sentient robotic systems are evil?
(2) Why would a sentient robotic system have a purpose that is or could be defined as evil? And related to that question: What situation would create this repeated meme for cyborgs?
(3) Define what you think evil truly is.

Also, I’m planning another little experiment for next Monday thanks to whitedeathpod’s fic and liability contract that you all did not sign, hahaha. If any of you would like a drastic personality change for a class period plus 24 hours, stop by my desk.

Introduction to World History to 1600 - #19

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Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)
Monday 1:00-3:00 pm

Mitsumushi flitters in and draws the classes attention to the scroll with the day’s discussion question while sits at the table, writing on parchment and occasionally looking up in thought.

In what way was the conversion to Christianity of the pagan Frankish king Clovis a crucial event in the history of Europe?

Introduction to Anthropology

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Daniel is smiling as he looks down at a photograph, before tucking it in the back of his notebook which he has not doodled on. It's serious work in it, damnit

"Good morning, I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I'm sorry I missed it; I had the chance to go and see an old friend whilst she was in the country again. If anyone wanted me to talk to their parents, let me know, and I'll write a letter home or something." Daniel grins as he looks around the class, clearly not expecting anyone to take him up on the offer.

"Today is our penultimate lesson on marriage. On Wednesday, I'm going to be discussing examples as long as the mun can find her notes and/or textbook

But for now, we're going to look at exchange and marriage.

Marriage often includes an exchange of wealth, symbolizing the binding contract between individuals and kin groups.

Bridewealth (bride price)
o Payment given upon marriage by the family of the groom to the family of the bride
o The exchange legitimates the marriage
o The value of the wealth transacted puts bride and groom under pressure to make marriage a success
o The exchange may ensure fair treatment of the wife when she moves in with husband's kin
o Mechanism for relatively equitable distribution of goods within a society

Bride service
o Requirement that men work for the bride's family for a period
o Time involved may be several weeks to several years

Dowry
o Transfer of goods or money from bride's family to groom or groom's family
o A strategy parents may use to marry daughter into higher status family
o Sometimes features a political element, building alliances
o The exchange legitimates the union
o The transaction again puts pressure on bride and groom to make marriage a success

Exchange of women
o Men may exchange classificatory sisters or daughters as wives
o Senior men may arrange such unions for their sons and younger brothers
o Sometimes features childhood arrangements (child betrothal)

Okay... anyone want to guess what homework is?" He grins. "I would like another example from a culture about one of these exchanges. And if we can try and choose different cultures to the ones from last week, I'd very much appreciate it."

Ancient World and East Asian History Discussion questions

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History of the Ancient World
Monday Posting for Thursday Class meeting


Question 1

The sudden rise of Persian power in the sixth century was due to what leading factor and how much did it affect their culture?

Question 2

Cyrus was a first in human history, for he was the first to conceive of an idea that would forever fire the political and social imaginations of the people touched by the Persians. What was his idea?

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East Asian History
Monday Posting for Thursday Class meeting

“As we discussed last week, two discussion questions made available tonight for discussion on our Thursday meeting. Come prepared.

Question 1

Discuss the importance of the Taika Reform Edicts of Emperor Kotoku (645)

Question 2

How did these edicts affect the social standing of women?

Egyptian Archaeology

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Daniel has added a framed picture of a six-month old baby to his desk, with ones of Janet and his parents.

"Sorry for the lack of class on Friday... although I'm sure you were quite happy about it. I had a call from an old friend who was back in the country, and that threw me so I tried to set an extra linguistics class before heading to New York for the weekend to see her. Which, also explains why I missed parent's weekend. Should your parents require any updates, let me know, and I'll write a letter, or call them or something." He grins.

"Now, today we're going to be looking at child-bearing and family life in Ancient Egypt.

The relationship between coitus and pregnancy was clearly recognized by the ancient Egyptians. For example, the Late Period story of Setna relates, "She lay down beside her husband. She received [the fluid of] conception from him"; and a hymn to Khonsu relates, "the male member to beget; the female womb to conceive and increase generations in Egypt." Although the Egyptians understood the general functions of parts of the reproductive system, the relationships between parts was sometimes unclear. For example, they knew that the testicles were involved in procreation, but they thought the origin of semen was in the bones and that it simply passed through the testicles. Female internal anatomy was understood even less well. Anatomical naivety can be gleaned from the fact that, although the function of the womb was understood, it was erroneously thought to be directly connected to the alimentary canal. Thus, placing a clove of garlic in the vagina was supposed to test for fertility: if garlic could be detected on the breath of a woman then she was fertile; if not, then she was infertile.
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Now... Images and symbols of fertility were of importance to the ancient Egyptians. So, for homework, I'd like you to find examples of these images and symbols and write about them. Thank you, guys: I'll see you on Wednesday."

Philosophy classroom: Ethics class #3, Monday, 2-4pm

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Two boxes sit on Tara's desk. One is filled with homemade cookies, with a small placard labelled 'To all those who attempted the assignment - help yourselves!'. The other is a bin to return the Master/slave badges at the end of the class.

Tara smiles as the students settle down.

"I told you last week that part of the point of this assignment was to separate out the issues of slavery and abuse. There are many, many issues with slavery, even without abusive elements attached, and I want to tell you how proud I am of all of you for attempting the assignment - especially those of you who were uncomfortable with it. I have a lot I want to say, but I'm going to bite my tongue and let you all speak, first. Tell me about your experiences with the assignment - what was challenging for you? What was easier than you thought it would be? Do you have any insights you would like to share?"

[ooc: If you would provide linkage to any RPed assignment bits and pieces, I would be forever grateful when it comes time for grading. Also, those of you who made icons? I adore you, and worship your icon-fu.]


( Before class lets out, Tara makes a short announcement. )

(no subject)

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*For anyone who's bothered to show up at the gym this late, they'll find the following note taped to the door.*

The Fencing Club has been canceled this week.

Club should resume as per normal next week.

Happy Hallowen.

Philosophy classroom: Monday office hours

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Tara is at her desk, a too-cheerful smile firmly in place below tired, red-rimmed eyes.