10 20 5666 https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/b0acdec6c05f38760b571125112f1a51.pdf 6407f510ff9194e2238af640872b8e11 PDF Text Text ST. JOHN' S COLLEGE LIBRAIW 131 1 1 11696i~ 1i j/101166~ 2168 1 1 1 1 1 l1li1 1i1l1fIi 1 1111111111 111111 1 SCI: Language Tutorials • 02 I Dig Your Mirth • 03 Edwin Dickinson Exhib it • 06 A Johnnie of the Vine • 08 ST. JoHN's COLLEGE• 60 COLLEGE AvE, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 •FEB. 10, 2015 • VoL. XXXVI • IssuE 10 �02 THE GADFLY THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE 60 COLLEGE AVENUE 21401 ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND SJCA.GADFLY@GMAIL.COM WWW.ISSUU.COM/SJCGADFLY WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SJCAGADFLY Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student newsmagazine distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus. Opinions expressed within are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The Gadfly reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit submissions in any way necessary to publish a professional, informative, and thought-provoking newsmagazine. The Gadfly meets on the Lower Level of the BBC every Sunday at 7pm. Articles should be submitted by Friday at 11:59 PM to sjca.gadfly@gmail.com. STAFF Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina • Editor-in-Chief Kira Anderson • Staff Jonathan Gordon • Staff Frederick Nesfield • Staff Malori Richards • Staff Julia Kulon • Photoshop Extaordinaire Lyra Muerer • Illustrator SCI: Language Tutorials Henry Hirsch A'15 From the Editors: G ive us your voices, Polity. In you resides the potentiality for a euphonious choir, singing the praise of wisdom. In you is the capacity to appreciate, to love, to critique, to complain about the quality of the dining hall food, all in perfect harmony. Will you not contribute? Will you not join our celestial harmony? Give us your voices, Polity. We aim at the Good. -The Gadfly Book Collecting Winners Th e Greenfield Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th annual Book Collecting Contest. First Prize Christopher Hutter, Junior (Al6) I Didn't Learn That in High School: Books on Obscure American History Second Prize Brady Lee, (AGI14), Web Specialist, Senior Resident for International Student Services Legos and Greek: Books for My Daughter Read the Prize-Winning Essays here: http://www.sjc.edu/academics/libraries/greenfieldlibrary/exhibits/ Please stop by the Library to view these unique collections. The exhibit will be on display from February 4th through March 30th and is located in the Lillian Vanous Nutt Room on the 1st floor of the Library. + 03 I Dig Your Mirth Jerry Januszewski On Thursday, January 22, the Student Committee on Instruction (SCI) convened in the private dining hall to discuss the language tutorials. The primary goal of the language tutorials, according to the Statement of the St. John's Program, is "training in the ~ means of precise communication." It is also often said that the language tutorials explore the connections between language, thought and experience. Do the language tutorials accomplish these objectives? Do students have any practical concerns regarding the language tutorials? Most of the students at the forum did not feel their language tutorials were training them to communicate more precisely. Several thought that not enough emphasis is put on examining the relationship between language, thought, and experience. They objected to . the amount of time that their classes spent both comparing the technicalities of their translations and discussing the "plot points" of whatever text they were translating. The latter, one student argued, could be mitigated by translating texts that are familiar to students, as is done with Antigone in the sophomore language tutorial. Several others students believed that the language tutorials could better achieve their stated objective by incorporating texts into the curriculum that address the nature of language such as Heidegger's The Ode on Man in Sophocles' Antigone, Nietzsche's The ~irth of Tragedy, and Strunk and White's The Elements ofStyle. One student reported that ~1s class had begun to address the nature of language by translating in reverse (e.g., translatmg a Shakespeare sonnet into Greek). Another student thought that it would be constructive for freshmen to spend some time reviewing English grammar in their language tutorials. The forum concluded that the language tutorials currently fall short of their objectives. Not enough emphasis is put on investigating the connections between language, thought, and experience. This might be rectified by incorporating additional readings into the curriculum and by adjusting which aspects of translation are focused on in class discussion. + CONTRIBUTORS Alimni Office Greenfield Library Henry Hirsch Holly Huey Jerry Januszewski Warren Winiarski THE GADFLY Counselor In the late 1970s, I lived in a rural university town where a significant number of people could have been called hippies. They rejected prevailing bourgeois values and led back-to-the-land lifestyles. I respected their bold, independent ways and imagined myself a kindred spirit, even though I myself was thoroughly bourgeois. One day I was reading a book in the "radical cafe" near the campus when a hippy-man sat down at my table. Sharing tables was common in that cafe, which espoused a more Marxist, communal way of doing things. When I glanced up from my book to acknowledge the man, he started talking. Eventually he explained his philosophy oflife and his solutions for what ailed the human race. One of his big ideas involved bananas. prisoner who escaped a brutal Soviet labor camp described a brief but humorous encounter with the great man: One day as Wallenberg was being treated roughly by his captors he called out, "Taxi! " -much to the amusement of his fellow prisoners who, despite their privations, were heartened by his gutsy gallows humor. A sense of humor in the face of suffering can be a saving grace that strengthens resilience and suggests a spark of hope. When we laugh we are fully present in the moment, if only briefly. The clarity of that present-ness is pleasing despite what other burdens we carry. As they say, laughter is good medicine, but it can also be good food, water, and oxygen. While traveling in India, I lived for a time He said, "Everyone's so depressed and you ' ' in a third floor apartment adjacent to a beautiful knowwhy?"(Ididnot)"Theydon'thaveenough Mirth at its best is a park. I immediately learned that a Hindu potassium, man! If everyone ate bananas they'd shared experience. worship group gathered in the park beneath my get enough potassium and they wouldn't be window every morning at 7AM. Egads! Their depressed. It's all in the bananas!" This made me meetings lasted one hour and always ended with laugh and so we talked for a while, enjoying each laughter yoga. other's company, laughing at each other's jokes. Laughter yoga involves group members When he got up to leave, he paused and with genuine sweetness said, looking directly at each other and forcing laughter, in the belief that "I dig your mirth, man." We shook hands, then he was gone and I feigned laughter is as beneficial to the body and soul as spontaneous never saw him again. But the memory of him and our brief but warm laughter. I noticed it didn't take long for the fake laughter to become encounter still makes me smile and appreciate the connecting power genuine, leaving the whole group cracking up for real. Sometimes I'd of humor. stand at the window and tell jokes at my normal volume and pretend Sometimes humor can penetrate our discouragement when all to enjoy the hysterics of my "audience". What might have been a else has failed. Ten years ago a friend of mine was admitted to an noisy nuisance became a secretly shared mirth that helped me feel inpatient addiction rehab clinic. I sat with him for moral support tenderness towards this group of devotees. while a staff counselor conducted the orientation interview. For my Mirth may be a higher order of humor, a deeper kind of delight. friend, entering rehab was a moment of real defeat-just barely better The poet William Blake said, "Too much fun is of all things most than going to jail. loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than The counselor asked, "Do you smoke mirth." It is reasonable to me that a growing cigarettes?" My friend looked at her with sense of mirth, rather than a growing cynicism, despair, as if this were the final indignity, and is a tremendous asset for a happy life. "Mirth is answered, "I'm trying to quit" -which made better than fun" is a strange sounding phrase all three of us laugh out loud, considering to the modern ear, which distinguishes very where we were. I greatly appreciated his sense little between the two. Contemporary life offers of humor and how it slightly but significantly countless options for mirthless fun, empty mitigated his misery in this situation. entertainment, and banal diversions. Mirth, Mirth at its best is a shared experience on the other hand, is uplifting and informative: that has power to reduce obstacles to it has meaningful content. It brings people intimacy. When I worked with incarcerated together and leaves a person physically and men, laughter was a great therapeutic tool emotionally healthier when concluded. that often eased them closer to each other, In a moment of mirth we've banished the creating bonds and softening the hardened critical voice that brings toxic judgment to edges that men sometimes form around tl{eir ourselves or to others. deep sadness. As one inmate astutely observed, "If I didn't laugh, I'd A mirthful approach to life may be akin to meditation, attending cry, but laughing makes crying feel better." fully to the present moment, the opposite of escapism. I wonder how A shared laugh is a great leveler, a way to feel human together, even much sooner we'd hear whispers of contentment in our souls if we a way to restore dignity. Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat intentionally cultivated a humorous or mirthful filter for the moments in Hungary during WWII who saved tens of thousands of Jews from of our day that might otherwise be irritating or discouraging. Mirth extermination. After the war, he was arrested by his former Soviet enlarges our capacity to take on the poignant struggles of life. For allies and charged with espionage. He was presumably taken to these reasons and others, I dig mirth, too. And with all due respect Siberia, and no one heard from him again. to my long lost hippie friend, I'd say mirth is probably better than Information about Wallenberg in captivity is scant, but one bananas. + �04 THE GADFLY Detroit, Michigan Salem, Oregon Angry Owl Attacks Joggers: Salem officials warn joggers of an angry, hat-snatching owl located in the state capital area. According to Reuters, Keith Keever, the city's parks superintendent, explained that the Salem officials had never heard of case like this before. Brad Hillard, 36, was one of the last two joggers to have lost headgear to the owl. "It was kind of amazing how [the owl] just swooped down and grabbed my hat like that, Brad Hillard told Reuters. "It just pulled it right off like it was nothing!" Signs are now hung around Bush's Pasture Park to warn runners against jogging before dawn. 05 THE GADFLY Around the U.S. Vital tubes pulled: A 69 year old marriage ended when both man and wife died in the hospital only 8 hours apart. Gene and Pat Warrington met in junior high and married while Gene w as on leave from boot camp during World War II. After his safe return the couple had been inseparable ever since. After a visit to his wife's hospital room, which revealed her ailing condition, Gene decided to pull his own tubes and cords out telling a son, "It wouldn't be fun without her." This did not come as a surprise to the family who knew the couple to only do things together. The couple has left behind 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Burlington, Vermont Pinedale,"lllTyoming Sheriff Bans Western Attire: Longtime deputy of Sub- Oldest known time capsule: On January 6, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston conservator Paul Hatchfield opened th e nation's oldest known time capsule in the walls of the Massachusetts State House. It was originally buried on July 4, 1795 by none other than midnight-rider Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, who was then Massachusett's governor. Inside the plaster-sealed, corroded box were five neatly folded newspapers, a collection of 23 coins dating as far back as 1652, a medal depicting George Washington, a replica of Colonial records, and a silver plate commemorating the erection of the new State House. Th e capsule had until last week remained unopened since it was orinally found in 1855 by workers making some repairs on the State House. lette County, Gene Bryson, retired after the new sheriff in town changed the deputies' dress code. Sublette County's deputies are now banned from wearing cowboy hats and cowboy boots and are instead required to wear black trousers, a tan shirt, black boots, and a black ball cap, Associated Press reports. The new deputy, Sheriff Stephen Haskell, 53, told the Star-Tribune the change was for safety reasons and uniformity. But for Gene Bryson a change in uniform is a change in identity. He explained, "I've been h ere for 40-odd years in the sheriff's office, and I'm not going to go out and buy combat boots and throw my vest and hat away and say, 'This is the new me."' Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Just Banned Sex Between Teachers and Students: It's official. Harvard has banned sex between teachers and students. According to Quartz, Harvard announced their revised policy on Monday, February 2. Previously the university only warned against "amorous relationships" between faculty and students or junior colleagues, without ever banning them. The revised policy explicitly states that no faculty member can engage in a romantic or sexual relationship with any undergraduate student. However there is an exception: graduate students. Harvard only prohibits such relationships when the professor is supervising or teaching the student in some way. In those cases, Quartz explains, as long as the supervision has concluded, the final grade has been submitted to the Registrar, "professors and graduate students may enter a romantic relationship." Denver, Colorado Marijuana Makes Taxpayers Money: Colorado's taxpayers are making money off the tax revenue from the legal marijuana sales. Passed in 2012, Amendment 64 from the Tax Payer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, restricts the amount of money Colorado's state treasury can take from tax revenue. As Mic News explains, once the state has estimated how much the state will generate from a new tax, the state treasury must refund however much falls under their projections. For the Centennial State residents, this could mean $50 million in tax cuts in one year. "The only way to fix the refund would be to ask Coloradans to vote yet again, this time on an initiative that would exempt taxes on marijuana from the refund," Mic News reports. Annapolis, Maryland Kermit, Texas Boy Suspended for "Lord of the Rings" referenc: When 9-yearold boy, Aiden Steward, in a playful act of make-believe, told a classmate he could make him disappear with his "one ring to rule them all," Kermit Elementary School called it a threat and suspended the boy. According to the Daily Times, Aiden claimed he could put the ring on his friend's head and make him invisible like Bilbo Baggins, who stole Gollum's "precious" in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy series "The Lord of the Rings". When the boy's father, Jason Steward, heard the school suspended him, he was shocked. "It sounded unbelievable,'' Steward told the Daily Times. He insists his son "didn't mean anything by it." 'Serial' Star Has Been Granted an Appeal: Maryland Court of Special Appeals approved Adnan Syed's application for appeal, the Baltimore Sun reports. Adnan Syed, convicted of strangling his exgirlfriend, Hae Min Lee, was the subject of Serial, a podcast series hosted by Sarah Koenig. "It's th e first step in a pretty long process, but we're extremely happy," Syed's attorney, C. Justin Brown, told the Baltimore Sun. Syed was convicted of his ex-girlfriend's murder in 1998 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Many years after his conviction, Syed's family wrote a letter to journalist Koenig to further evaluate the case. Koenig has since shared her investigative work on what has become the most downloaded podcast in history, Serial. Public pressure pushed the state of Maryland to re-open the case. Syed's appeal is sch eduled to be heard in June. Hunterdon County, New Jersey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Comcast Turns Customer's Name to "Asshole": When Ricardo Brown's wife, Lisa Brow n, called Comcast and tried to waive a cancellation fee, Ricardo's next billing statement read "Asshole Brown" in place of his real name. Comcast bounced Lisa from a customer representative to a "retention specialist", a member of the army of employees responsible for keeping customers from dropping Comcast, Consumerist reports. Lisa told consumer advocate, Christopher Elliott, that she was never rude and cannot figure out why she was called an asshole. According to Consumerist, Comcast's local offices could not explain the name-calling, and Comcast headquarters has since apologized and refunded the Browns two years of service. Chris Christie Faces Criminal Investigation: Bennett Barlyn, former prosecutor with the Hunterdon County office, may likely have jeopardized Governor Chris Christie's political future as 2016 presidential candidate, the Inquistr reports. Four years ago, the former prosecutor accused Christie for obstructing justice to help some of his political allies. Christie's then-Attorney general, Paula Dow, overturned all 43 of the grand jury's indictments; and, Barlyn was fired soon after. Four years later, the Justice Department is returning to Barlyn's charges. According to the Inquisitr, no formal charges have been leveled. Michael Drewniak, Christie's spokesperson, said, "This is conspiracy theory stuff from someone who is obviously casting a wide net with hopes of coming up with a big fish or something. It's nonsense." �06 THE GADFLY Edward Dickinson Holly Huey A'16 The Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery celebrates the life and work of Edwin Dickinson in its exhibit, A Lineage of America! Perceptual Painters. Gallery guard, Holly Huey,focuses our attention on one of the many fascinating pieces included in the exhibit, An Anniversary. Be sure to stop by the exhibit before it closes on March 1. Gallery hours extend from noon to 5 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. (This piece was originally published on the Mitchell Art Gallery's blog, themitchellgallery.wordpress.com.) For Edwin Dickinson, life and art were talented yet deeply depressed and alcoholic musician. "Burgess was the chief influinextricably joined. As one of his students ence in my entire life," Dickinson once once commented, "Dickinson didn't think stated (Carbone). After Burgess committed independently of his life and what happened on the canvas or the drawing paper suicide-it was Dickinson who found the - they were exactly, identically the same body-Dickinson was awakened to a new thing." (TFAO).His large hauntingly, enigaesthetic of intensely dark and profoundly matic paintings are a piercing look into the psychological symbols. mind of the artist. At the top of the trinity, a male musician (mostly likely symbolizing Dickinson's Dickinson was highly influenced by realist artist and mentor, Charles Webster brother) holds, but does not play, a vioHawthorne. Under Hawthorne's instruclin. Multiple other unplayed instruments tion, Dickinson learned to look for the scatter the scene, and sheets of music score unexpected and to paint without formulas, lie unnoticed by the figures of the painting. to squint to determine value relationships, The fact that neither the instruments nor to establish compositions between "spots" the music score are used seem to suggest of color (Hawthorne, wiki). It is here Burgess' unfilled potential as a musician. in the seemingly strange juxtapositions of The somber gathering of people, all dressed monochromatic forms, dark figures, and in black or dark attire, seem to depict a miscellaneous objects of his paintings that funeral setting. Yet Burgess' presence Dickinson's life emerges in image. within An Anniversary (perhaps an anniversary of Burgess' death or In An Anniversary (1920-21), the dark symbols of Dickinson's funeral) is very much living. Symbolically as a musician dressed in a life are an overwhelming and intimate portrayal of the artist. Anniver- lively red and clearly a major influence of the painting, Dickinson's saries were significant dates for Dickinson, who meticulously record- brother is quite present. In a painting of memories, time blends. Past ed the anniversaries of births and deaths of relatives, dear friends, and present come together in the artist's mind. and individuals he greatly admired-including Beethoven, Bach, and The following year of his brother's suicide, Dickinson's father Proust, as well as Civil War battles and other major events in history remarried to a young woman twenty one years his junior. It is argued (Driscoll, wiki). It is thought that the painting was directly inspired th at perhaps besides Dickinson's broth er (or more so), Dickinson's by Thomas Hardy's poem "An Anniversary," relationship to his stepmother is th e greatest in which anniversaries are "the saddest days ' ' The profound depth of influence and subject of An Anniversary. of the year." Yet Dickinson's An AnniversaHis father's marriage was a deep source ry does not seem to depict a single day of the Dickinson's personally ofresentment for Dickinson, whose taboo year. The crowd of figures, who appear to be dark life are seen and Oedipal conflict with his father caused him unaware of each other, and clutter ofmiscelintensely felt in his much estrangement from society's aclaneous objects strewn across the bottom of ceptable norms (TFAO). The aged father the painting do not contribute to a unified work. (left within the trinity) waves a weak but narrative. Instead, the shadowy forms and admonishing or accusatory finger toward the densely layered composition of the painting viewer. In this moment, the viewer is immeseem to evoke the notion of memories. diately and uncomfortably placed within the disjunct narrative of the At the center of An Anniversary, three brightly toned faces-an painting. Here, the viewer would seem to assume the role of Dickinaged father, musician, and young woman- form a certain composison himself. It is clear Dickinson does not paint his father favorably tional and symbolic trinity of Dickinson's life. nor does his father look back favorably upon the viewer- that is, Several major tragedies deeply affected Dickinson and his work. Dickinson. Yet it is unclear whether the decrepit father truly sees the During his youth, Dickinson was a constant witness to his mother's viewer; his eyes are barely open and given his appearance of extreme protracted tuberculosis and eventual death. After her death, the age, it is possible presbyopia h as altogether claimed his sight. Like his family was sh attered, and relatives drifted away from each other as unawareness to his son's romantic feelings toward his wife, so too is he physically blind. Dickinson's father was unable to hold together the family. Ten years after his mother's devastating death, Dickinson found Continued On Pg. 8 himself living in New York with his brother, Burgess, who was a + 07 THE GADF LY Johnnie of th·e Vine Warren Winiarski is a much celebrated California winemaker. He graduated from St. John's College in A nnapolis, Maryland, in 1952. Winiarski then returned to the University ofChicago to begin graduate work in political theory, as well as spending a year ofstudy in Naples and Florence, Italy. He taught at the University of Chicago for six years while working toward his Ph.D. Winiarski's experience in Italy invited him to be a winemaker. After working for, and learning from, various wineries, including that ofRobert Mondavi, he bought a carefully selected SO-acre prune orchard in 1970, which he turned into a vineyard that he named Stag's L eap Vineyard and W ine Cellars . Six years later, a bottle ofWiniarski's very firs t vintage at the winery (1973) was selected for comparison in the historic Paris Wine Tasting of1976, where it won first place among iconic Bordeaux-classed growths and California Cabernet Sauvignons. A bottle ofhis award-winning 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon wine is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum ofAmerican History in Washington, D.C. In its November 2013 issue and related book, Smithsonian magazine included this bottle as one of the "101 Objects that Made A merica." The wine bottle was selected from among more than 137 million artifacts, works ofart, and specimens in the collection f or its historic ornia. Other importance in creating awareness and recognition of the quality ofwine being made in Calif items chosen from among the collections for this historic list included Neil Armstrong's space suit, Abraham Lincoln's top hat, Charles Lindberg's Spirit ofSt. Louis, and Lewis and Clark's compass. ~ Winarski played an integral role in the creation of the 1968 Agricultural Preserve A ct in Napa County and was inducted into the California Vintners H all ofFame at The Culinary Institute ofAmerica at Greystone in 2009. Winiarski sold Stag's Leap Wine Cellars in 2007 and continues his passion for greatness in grapes and wine at his Arcadia Vineyard in the Napa Valley. Warren Winiarski A'52 quickly and make up for a late start) an unsleeping need to ask St. John's College's curriculum implies the possibility of a philo"Why?" Now, my teacher in the first, small winery where I was an sophic life. The way the liberal arts are practiced at St. John's is a apprentice was not the kind of man to say each morning "This is path to this life in part because its curriculum has such a strong the lesson for the day." H is winery was a workplace and we had focus on learning about learning, what learning is, and reflecting on jobs to do - so while being a good master, in the sense that he was a what it means to know. But such an education also prepares one to good practitioner of th e craft, his morning ask questions about all sorts of other more greeting was followed by the words "This But such an education practical and non-philosophical things. It prepares you to reflect on the form of your also prepares one to ask is the job for today." Being thrown back on my own resources to understand required questions and thereby to reflect on how questions about all sorts a certain reliance on my training in those your questions relate to the objects or the skills of questioning and reflection that I of other more practical realities you are attempting to understand. h ad learned at St. John's. After awhile I reSt. John's attempts to give you the habits non-philosophical things. alized I was getting good at knowing why of a learning frame of mind, maybe even a step B followed Step A - and that step C learning 'frame of soul'. would be next or else, given the end to be So what is it like learning the habits of achieved, step D might be the alternative. I also began to see that to the soul to become a wine maker and a grape grower? It is, in many achieve a goal, some means would be better than others that were in ways, the "way" of the St. John's liberal arts curriculum - trying general practice at that time in the wineries of the Napa Valley. With to get down to the bottom (or to the top) of each step in a complex the resource provided by this kind of learning, I was enabled, maybe sequence of things that can be described by means of some of the even compelled, to innovate beyond the methods and practices methods students employ in curriculum inquiries. For example, which were, for the most part, current at the time. "what is it," "how is it," "where," "how much or little" and similar modes of pinning things down. Getting to the bottom of the craft of grape growing and wine making also required for me to acquire (since I had to catch up '' + �08 THE GADFLY Continued From UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday 02/10 Kunai 4PM Fencing 6PM Wednesday 02/11 St. John's Chorus, Great Hall 7PM Thursday 01/15 CrossFit 11:40AM Friday 01116 Fencing 6PM All College Seminar: Heraclitus' Fragment McDowell Hall 7PM Saturday 01/17 New Carrolton Shuttle 9AM Pg. 6 Indeed, only the young woman is startlingly aware of the viewer. Though the trinity of figures lies at the center of the painting, the young woman's face (right within trinity) is most central to An Anniversary. With pursed lips, her Mona Lisa-esque expression makes it unclear of her feelings of the viewer. Yet as the viewer looks upon her, she gazes back with equal attentiveness. Amidst the chaos of dark images, the viewer's gaze natural settles on her enigmatic face. Her face is calm, and as one gazes into her eyes, so too does the viewer become calm. Perhaps An Anniversary the depression Dickinson experienced at his father's marriage to another woman or perhaps the depression experienced when he realized his love for his father's new wife? Perhaps the painting depicts his father's impending death or funeral? The profound depth of Dickinson's personally dark life are seen and intensely felt in his work. Because of the viewer's perspective and painted deliberate relationship with the figures of the painting, the viewer, in a sense, becomes Dickinson himself. The viewer sees and feels as Dickinson does. Yet as much as these images seem to symbolize Dickinson's life, they do not explain his life. Perhaps these symbols do not exist at all. Dickinson generally "avoided explanation except to describe procedures, technical problems, and formal concerns. Even when he mentioned the underlying subject or theme of the painting or identified, he acted mystified abut some of its particulars." (Ward, wiki).Yet in this, Dickinson frees the observer to experience the painting in terms of its mood and formal interplay and its suggestion of memories evoked by the title. The viewer need not experience the dark intensity and sadness of the painting merely as Dickinson's feelings. The viewer feels the intensity and sadness as one's own. + Q: Who would win in a fight, happiness or virtue? + Sunday 01/18 Shopping Shuttle 4:30 PM Gadfly Meeting, Lower level of the BBC 7PM A Question About Johnnies Q: Why do Johnnies check their mail 7-8 times a day when they only ever get, like, one thing a week? Isn't that kind ofsad? If you would like to see your event on the weekly schedule, please email sjca.gadfiy@ gmail.com. -Concerned Citizen A: The checking of the mail is an important ritual in the daily life of a Johnnie. After class, and after meals, the Johnnie feels lethargic, either with a belly uncomfortably full offood, or a mind uncomfortably full of knowledge (or drained ofall knowledge it thought it possessed, as the case may be). In such situations, the Johnnie does not feel like immediately returning to work. However, neither does the Johnnie (usually) feel like sitting around like a bum when there is so much work to do. Therefore, the subconscious says, "Hey, I know! I can check my mail before doing work. That's a thing responsible people do, right? Check their mail? And hey! I can keep hanging out with my friends!" So you see, it is a way ofavoiding work while also pretending to be responsible. Thank you for your question! -The Gadfly � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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STAFF Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina• Editor-in-Chief Kira Anderson • Staff Frederick Nesfield • Staff Malori Richards • Staff CONTRIBUTORS John Dusenbury Henry Hirsch Madeline Kiss George Ward From the Editors: D earest Johnnies: by the time you read this, we-the crack team of journalism commandos known as the Gadfly Force, (or Gadlfy for short) will have been surprised in a nighttime raid by the nefarious forces of the Badfiy, our hated adversaries. These villains will dress up in our clothes and act in our place for the next issue! We wish we could avoid this terrible fate, but it has been ordained by the oracle we consult in order to update the weekly calendar. Until our triumphant escape, then, Polity! -The Gadfly Force Belarus, a Bismarckian Mode l Allison Tretina A'16 03 THE GADFLY A Letter To the Polity John Dusenbury A'll When tension between Austria and Russia threatened war in Europe, Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire, refused to take a side. As he told the Reichstag in December 1876, "I am holding two powerful heraldic beasts by their collars, and am keeping them apart for two reasons: first of all, lest they should tear one another to pieces; and secondly, lest they should come to an understanding at our expense." Bismarck's balance of power diplomacy preserved Germany's unity and saved Europe from a tumultuous war. Bismarck's firm stance toward Austria and Russia has become a present day model for Belarus during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Minsk, Belarus has become a neutral meeting place for many world leaders. Earlier this year, EU and Western officials met in Minsk to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. Just last week, the capital hosted the leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia to negotiate a peace deal. While the Russia-Ukraine conflict has afforded Belarus the position of host, it has also challenged Belarus's efforts to sustain neutrality between Russia and the West. As Moscow Times explains, "For a long time [Belarus Prime Minister] Lukashenko has sought to walk a very fine line between Russia and the West, professing loyalty to Moscow and participation in Putin's Eurasian integration project, the Eurasian Economic Union, while at the same time seeking to sustain working diplomatic and economic relationships with the West, in particular with the European Union." Belarus's ties to Russia continue to grow stronger. In March, Belarus expects to finalize the guidelines for its agricultural trade with Russia. They will discuss amounts and finalize their agreements. According to CISTran Finance, in 2014, Russia imported 113,000 tons of beef from Belarus, 20% of Russia's total imported supply. Of Russia's 800,000 tons of cheese consumed, Belarus supplied 15% of it, a total of 120,000 tons. Belarus Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats considers further dealings to be a prosperous venture. In the past, dealings with Russia have not been as successful. In the 2013 global potash market conflict, Belarus accused the top executives at Russian producer OAO Uralkali of a criminal scheme. According to Bloomberg Business, Belarus detained Uralkali Chief Executive Officer Vladislaw Baumertner and charged him for abusing his power in a joint venture with state-owned Belaruskali. Uralkali w as the world's largest potash producer at the time. A few years before the global potash market conflict, Belarus cut off Russia's crude oil imports after the country failed to agree on a price, Bloomberg Business reports. At the same time, Belarus has faced challenges with the West. Five years ago, the EU and the United States sanctioned Belarus for Lukashenka's corrupt presidential election that violated a specific international code. The EU extended the sanctions for another year as of October 30, 2014, according to the Moscow Times. Despite the sanctions on Belarus, the United States's attitude towards the country has improved. For example, when Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei visited Germany the first week in February, the U. S. applauded the Foreign Minister's initiative. W ith Ger many's fede ral auth orities, deputies of Bundest ag, representative of political foundations, and other institutions in attendance, Makei openly discussed long-term goals to cooperate with the EU and improve Belarusian-German relations. Lukashenka's "role in the attempts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine made us look in another way at the leader of Belarus," an official of the European External Action Service told the press. As much as Belarus improves its ties with either Russia or the U. S., Belarus still faces another challenge: the hostility of Russia toward the U. S. When former Belarusian Prime Minister met with U. S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, Russia responded with dismay. According to the Belarus Digest, Nuland is w idely blamed by the Russian regime for the Ukrainian crisis. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, warned that by befriending America Lukashenka might finally face the fate of Milosevich, Qadhafi, and Hussein. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has made neutrality increasingly difficult for countries such as Belarus. It is unclear how long Belarus will be able to uphold a Bismarckian model, but for now, they are succeeding. + Q: Is Antigone girlfriend material?+ lovely garden party inaugurating the arrival of spring in Maryland's Dear Students, capital, is that it is a reiteration of the Peloponnesian War, pitting It is with great sadness that I report to you that four-score and however many days ago (April 12th, 2014)- for the first time in the the philosophical Athenian spirit of St. John's against the disciplined history of the Annapolis Cup of croquet- St. John's College failed Spartan spirit of the Naval Academy. How allegorical one wishes to to reclaim the trophy and bring it back to its proper home in the be when analyzing this sporting event is, of course, a matter of perAlumni Office; after a year spent across the street and over the wall, sonal preference, but it is certainly not forbidden to see the tournahidden somewhere in the depths of the Naval Academy. How could ment as a symbolic war between good and evil. For the past two years, the militaristic Spartan spirit of the MidSt. John's have sunk so low? I have four guesses: shipmen across the street and over the wall has well-marshaled its significant resources to outdo the scholarly Athenian spirit of the NUMBER ONE: Everyone was distracted by the rebranding scandal (which, by the way, was a Naval Academy conspiracy to Johnnies. Perhaps this should come as no surprise, as St. John's is thwart a Johnnie croquet comeback). Fortunately, we've all forgotthe natural underdog. St. John's has approximately a tenth of the ten about that ordeal (and how bureaucracy is steadily sapping the student population as the Naval Academy, is not well known for vitality of American higher education) and we can now focus on athletic achievement, and is not owned and operated by the most what really matters: croquet! powerful government in the world. But this two-year losing streak NUMBER TWO: This generation of croquet players never saw for St. John's is its first losing streak in the history of the Annapolis Micah Beck play. (He graduated in '09) He's walking proof of "the Cup. St. John's is generally the favorite. In 25 out of 32 meetings, the great person theory of history." Not only a scholar and a gentleman, spirit of St. John's outdid the spirit of the Naval Academy. How could this be so? Well, the champions of St. John's have Mr. Beck is also a Viking of a man who can run a three-ball break with one hand tied behind his back. St. John's went undefeated taken their not-so -serious pastime of croquet quite seriously. The while he was a student and remained unAnnapolis Cup is the most attended croquet defeated for as long as the freshman class ( ( Intercollegiate event in the world, and the most attended event of his senior year, i.e., the class of 2012, still of the year at St. John's. It is just about the most athletic competitions public facing St. John's gets. The members of the attended the school. With any luck, another are always, in t he croquet team have taken representing the school Micah Beck is out there somewhere in the wings waiting for the chance to usher in a final account, symbolic seriously because they want the world to know new Golden Age of St. John's Croquet. that a liberal education produces folks capable battles of spirit. NUMBER THREE: The restrictions on of practical mastery, and that St. John's is better drinking have thrown the Johnnies off their than the Naval Academy, and that St. John's is a game. Beginning in 2012, the year before helluva lot more fun. the slump began, the school banned outside alcohol and began fencThat last point is of particular significance. A liberal educaing off front campus from the rest of the world. I have also heard a tion teaches students how to examine their lives so they can freely rumor that the school is capping the amount of beer that the team choose a path in life that makes them happy. Croquet is a game that can consume on the day of the Cup, which is actually to the disadfacilitates happiness and good feeling. It is fun and no stress. For vantage of the Johnnie's because lore has it that Red Stripe is to the some it is little more than an excuse to consume beverages with St. John's croquet player as spinach is to Popeye. At the same time, their friends outside on a nice day. It is in this skill, the skill of enthe restrictions have put a damper on the carnival atmosphere that joying oneself, that I think Johnnies most outshine their neighbors in years past so intoxicated the straight-laced Midshipmen that across the street and over the wall. their prowess on the court was greatly impaired; this gave the St. Croquet is a game that anybody can play. One doesn't have to be John's croquet players, veterans of many a bacchanalia, a significant tall, or strong, or swift of foot when the most physical action a player home field advantage. Until this administrative error is corrected, I must master is how they guide a mallet's swing between their legs. am afraid the champions of St. John's will just have to persevere. It's easier than throwing a Frisbee. Anybody can play. And everyNUMBER FOUR: The croquet team seems to have beeome body at St. John's should play. distracted by another croquet tournament that occurs in a whole So I ask my readers, have you played croquet recently, and if not, 'nother state. The team has been spotted playing on back campus, why not? Do you not wish to help your little school win glory in the perhaps because it's flatter than the front lawn and thus more wider world? Are you more focused on what kind of status you are similar to the courts played on in Pennsylvania. It's even been rugoing to eke out for yourself after graduation? Remember, the Canon mored that the team is traveling large distances to practice a type of will always be there, but your chance to play croquet against Navy croquet that has fewer wickets per court than the nine used in the lasts only so long. In this life, we are all Achilles- we are all asked Annapolis Cup, and while the croquet team used to distinguish itself to choose between a life of glory and a life of comfort (Iliad Book 9, from the croquet club (that every member of the polity is a part of) Lines 410-416). Which one will you choose? only by wearing absurd dress on the day of the match, members of the team can now be seen dressed absurdly over the course of the Go, St. Johns! whole year. You can't miss them. They are decked out in all white -kinda like the stormtroopers in Star Wars. Signed, But of course, these are mere excuses. Intercollegiate athletic John Dusenbury (A'll) competitions are always, in the final account, symbolic battles of spirit. P. S. Sam, don't forget to time the matches this year, and rememThe charm of the Annapolis Cup, aside from the fact that it is a ber the clips! + �04 New Haven, Connecticut Willamette River Valley, Oregon First Fish Taken Off Endangered Species List: Believe it or not, no fish has ever been taken off the endangered species until last week. According to Smithsonian Smart News, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service announced on Tuesday, February 17, that a tiny minnow in Oregon has recovered from drastically low population numbers, and has been taken off the endangered species list. Thriving in beaver ponds, flooded marshes, and backwater sloughs, the minnows can only be found in western Oregon's Willamette River Valley. When the minnows were first listed as endangered, they numbered 1,000. Now, there are more than 140,000, reports the Pacific Region Fish and Wildlife Service. "This doesn't mean that all of a sudden it's hands off, and we never need to do anything for them," Paul Henson, Oregon director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife, told the Seattle Times. 05 THE GADFLY THE GADFLY Around the U.S. Why Marijuana Makes You Hungry: Researchers at Yale University discovered that marijuana prohibits neurons in the brain from suppressing the appetite. "It fools the brain's central feeding system;' Tamas Horvath, lead author of the marijuana study, said, according to the Washington Post. ''We were surprised to find that the neurons we thought were responsible for shutting down eating were suddenly being activated and promoting hunger, even when you are full." Horvath and his researchers found that instead of suppressing the appetite, cannabinoid receptors actually release endorphins that encourage eating. It is still unclear why people have stronger responses to marijuana than mice, the Washington Post explains. Westminister, Maryland A New Dr. Seuss Book: Random House is publishing a neverbefore-seen book from Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. The hidden treasure is What Pet Should I Get?, a likely sequel to the story One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. According to the New York Times, the manuscript was first uncovered shortly after Dr. Seuss's' death. In 2013, Giesel's widow, Audrey, and his secretary and friend, Claudia Prescott, found it buried in a box along with several other mysterious works. Random House expects to release the new book on July 28, as well as the other works at a later date. Salt Lake City, Utah Utah's Possible Capital Punishment: Utah may bring back execution by firing squad. On Friday, February 13, Utah's House of Representatives passed Bill OOll, which will allow executioners to resort to firing squad when materials for lethal injection are not available. According to Mic News, the bill passed the Republican-dominated chamber with a 39-34 vote. It still has to pass the Senate, but if the Senate shares the views of Representative Paul Ray, passing the bill is highly possible. Ray told the Salt Lake Tribune, "A firing squad is absolutely one of the most humane way to execute someone because it's so quick and, quite honestly, one of the most painless ways." Beston, Virginia (CIA Headquarters) Bentonville, Arizona Wal-Mart Offers a Living Wage: In the last year a number of protests spread across the country and more than 1,600 on Black Friday alone-all concerning Wal-Mart's poor treatment of employees and severely low wage. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, more than half of the company's workers earn less than $25,000 a year. This year things are going to change. Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillan announced that by the end of next year, Wal-Mart will raise its wage-floor to $10 an hour, which is $2.75 higher than the federal minimum wage. ''We are trying to create a meritocracy where you can start somewhere and end up just as high as your hard work and your capacity will enable you to go," McMillan told Associated Press. 1 j That Scary Place on the Internet Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma Looks to Ban AP U.S. History: Oklahoma's legislature passed a bill on Monday, February 16, that will ban public schools from teaching Advanced Placement United States History, Newsweek reports. Republican Daniel Fisher, author of the bill, complained that the AP history course focused heavily on "what is bad about America" instead of emphasizing "American exceptionalism," according to Tulsa World. Oklahoma teachers are furious. "My first reaction is that this is totally going to undermine public education in Oklahoma," Matt Holtzen, who has taught 17 years of AP U.S. history teacher in Enid, Oklahoma, told Newsweek. ''We're looking at a $6ll million shortfall in the budget for Oklahoma this year. And AP U.S. is what they target to cut?" That Lonely Place on the Internet Man Creates Dating Site for Himself : Partly joking, partly serious, Brandon Scott Wolf created a dating website, for which he is the only dating option. The site is called DateBrandonScott Wolf. Any woman can become a dating candidate by filling out a profile and writing an essay between 500 and 1,000 words about a specific accomplishment or event that impacted their life, the Huffington Post reports. "People have asked me, 'Are you serious? Is this a joke?' And my only response is, 'I'm not even sure,"' Wolf told Mashable. "There's a part of me that's hoping someone is going to get this 100 percent, and won't catfish me, and then I'll ask them on a date." Anti-Dinosaur Mother Goes Viral: A Christian anti-dinosaur mother started a message board online that has gone viral, according to Mic News. She uses her screen name CADministry (which stands for "Christians Against Dinosaurs Ministry") to protest to the world that dinosaurs are harmful for our children. "Nothing about dinosaurs is suitable for children, from their lack of family values through to their non-existence from any serious scientific point of view," she writes. Dinosaurs, she claims, are invented by "curio-hungry Victorians", but apparently we have Charles Darwin to thank, because he disproved dinosaurs' existence. According to Mic News, when her children received toy dinosaurs for Christmas, she wrote, "My children were delighted because they know that dinosaurs are evil. I am fortunate that my family has been very supportive, and has disowned my children's former aunt." CIA Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons: According to a new report from the New York Times, the CIA and U.S. military teamed up to find and remove 400 chemical weapons from an undisclosed Iraqi seller. "This was a timely and effective initiative by our national intelligence partners that negated the use of these unique munitions;' Retired Arm Lt. Gen. Richard P. Zahner told the Times. The report, however, revealed that many American service members involved in the operation did not receive the proper care following their exposure to the harmful chemicals. As Aaron Stein, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said to the Times , "As it became more clear over the course of the war that our troops had been exposed to [chemical compounds], why wasn't more done to protect the guys on the ground?" Daytona, Florida New Bacon-Eating Record: Matt 'Megatoad' Stonie, on e of Major League Eating's top two eaters in the word, set the bacon-eating record by housing 182 slices in five minutes, Huffington Post reports. The sponsors of the Daytona, Florida competition estimates Stonie ate more than six pounds of cooked b,acon and over 28,000 milligrams of sodium. Stonie felt no regret after the event and still somehow had an appetite for bacon. "The bacon was cooked just the way I like it-a little crispy because I don't like having to chew it," Stonie told the Huffington Post after the competition. "I don't feel that bad. I'm used to 10 or 12 minute contests, where I'm eating 10 or 15 pounds of food. I came into this prepared." ' r r �06 THE GADFLY THE GADFLY 07 "The kind of book that Madame Bovary would read" -The Ne}V York Times · Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic "Inexplicably a worldwide phenomenon" -The Washington Post · What is the Smart Choice? "No. My opinion is no.'' -Rebecca O'Brien, St. John's College Delegate Council member Note: these uotes ma not be real This past month, the White House took action to effectively ban thousands of species of marine wildlife in the Gulf and countless oil exploration and drilling in 22 million acres ofland in Alaska. residents and business owners in the effected coastal areas. BP has Great! However, they also opened up the leases for oil drilling off already paid billions of dollars in fees, fines, and claims and is in a the East Coast. This may sound great- it'll be good for the economy, position to pay out a total of upwards of $43 billion once everything right? Or, it may sound like a disaster- it's going to destroy the is settled and done. This spill was a direct result of a badly built and delicate ecosystems of the Atlantic and the East Coast! There's a lot badly regulated rig. The initial explosion killed 11 people, and the going on here, and a lot of possibilities up in the air. What should estimated total amount of oil leaked was around 4 million barrels we think about this decision? In order to figure that out we must ask (the US Government says 4.2 billion, BP claims it was closer to 2.45 ourselves: is it a smart move? billion). This type of disaster could happen again, and it could prove In order to answer this question we must first look at all the conto be even worse. sequences, both good and bad, that could result from big oil comEast Coast states rely heavily on the revenue generated through panies drilling in the Atlantic. To start with the potential benefits: the tourism industry. There are entire towns that live and die with it could result in a growth in state economies along the East Coast, the busiest tourist seasons. If something were to happen to destroy as the oil companies will need to invest in proper infrastructure to their main attractions, the beaches, not only would the state economies be hard hit, but countless people who make their living in this accompany the offshore drills (which are in federally controlled waters) and the increase in oil production could possibly lower gas industry would be devastated. The collective value of the tourism prices. industry for Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Now, let's look at the potentially harmful consequences: possible North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia is $189 billion. In the oil spills destroying coastal eco-systems and painful financial blows event of an environmental disaster, a spill could reach the shores of to the tourism industry for coastal states, deepening our reliance any or all of these states, destroying the livelihoods of millions of on non-sustainable energy sources, and the Americans. definite harm caused by sonic-canons used to In addition to the financial impact a disaster ' ' Will we make short- would have, the environmental consequences survey possible drilling sites to over 100,000 sighted decisions that would be unquantifiable. If another oil spill of sea creatures. put the planet, its ani- the same size were to happen in the Atlantic Yeah, there are more cons than pros... Maybe the significance of the benefits outweigh the mal life, and our future Ocean, the harmful effects would be widenegative consequences? descendants in possible spread and uncontainable. As it is, there are The estimated sum that could be generated already 138,000 sea creatures who are in jeopardy? by offshore drilling is upwards of $10.8 to $60 direct harm's way just from the effects of the billion (that number represents the collective sonic cannon that would be used to survey the total benefits to coastal states from Delaware ocean floor to find suitable drilling areas. Most to Georgia). Additionally, there could be another $2.1 to $11.6 billion marine life relies on sound to communicate, and the cannon could made in tax revenue. Finally, any effect on gas prices wouldn't be cause significant and possibly permanent hearing damage, thereby seen until 2030, fifteen years from now, and it is only estimated to be leaving these dolphins, whales, turtles, crabs and other creatures as a difference of three cents. We can't predict what the geo-political good as dead. landscape in 2030 will look like, so there is no way of guaranteeAll of these possible consequences are just in the event that there ing that the extra oil production would actually result in lower gas is an oil spill-we haven't even looked at the significance of offshore prices. drilling encouraging our country's reliance on unsustainable fossil Fifteen years is a long time to wait to see benefits from a venture fuels. Leaving aside the obvious effects these fuels have on the clithat could end up causing more harm than good. Which brings us to mate, the United States' reliance on oil has been a consistent cause the cons of offshore drilling... for our involvement in contentious political situations, particularly Oil spills happen, and they aren't pretty. The last major one in the Middle East, since the mid-twentieth century. As it is, we rely to effect the United States was the largest one in our history, the on oil to power our economy Continued On Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010, which proved catastrophic for Pg. 7 and our lives- leaving us in George Ward A'.17 Is it tough to imagine a piece of cinema as revolutionary as Fifty Shades of Grey? Yes. Its subject matter? Staggering. Its characters? So fleshed out, it hurts. In all seriousness, this is a film that isn't just groundbreaking, it takes the ground and dismisses it entirely, drilling through it until it's nestled in the spicy hot lava underneath. Christian Grey is the kind of man who makes money almost as fast as he makes his enemies sad. He's the kind of guy who has a house that's so big, even though no house is big enough to contain his piercing gaze. He's the kind of guy who has an unsettlingly strong handshake, like a handshake ghost, maybe. He's the kind of guy who thinks your girlfriend is ugly, but will steal her anyway Continued From because then you will feel lonely like he does all the time. And nobody gets stolen faster than saucy college coed Anastasia Steele. She yearns for him so much, and who can blame her? Christian Grey is the kind of man whose body is like a typhoon! His torso undulates like an ocean warning a peaceful island village of the violence to come. Imagine the peaceful island villagers to be kind of turned on, too. That's how I was the whole movie. I would wreck islanders' villages for Christian Grey. I am not sure what his company does, but maybe it will help. I would wreck them sensually. And nobody gets wrecked more sensually than wide-eyed, virginal twenty-something Anastasia Steele. Sh e takes one look at Christian Grey and alluringly bites herself in the face. Sometimes, she exhales deeply, and sometimes, she bites a pen. All this because of a man. A man so powerful, he has *many* cars. I think I've made my case. Their names may be metallic, but their love is fierce and wild, like a dog and a cat who want to be friends. At one point, they are both naked at the end. Christian looks at her naked body and wants it so much. Anastasia says no, and Christian makes an angry face. The sexual tension is palpable, and as an audience member, I'm sure I'm not alone in being grateful... if you know what I mean!!!! Fifty Shades may not be a fun treat for the whole family. But it's certainly a fun treat if you're on a girls' night out ... and an *especially* fun treat if you're saucy enough to be out with a *boy!* "Laters, babes"! This is George Ward, signing out! + Pg.6 a position w here we find ourselves needing to interfere in messy and costly situations overseas so that we can maintain our energy imports. One could say, "Sure, but that only makes offshore drilling more important! We can become self-reliant!" But this is a foolhardy claim. First off, the oil reaped from these rigs would be controlled and sold by the oil companies leasing the rigs, and more often than not the oil would be shipped overseas to be sold on the world market. Secondly, by saying "yes" to offshore drilling, we are only supporting the unsustainable reliance we have on oil, thereby keeping our nation's interests and assets tied to those of unstable governments overseas. Time and time again we have imposed our influence on regimes and governments of foreign states in order to ensure the stability of our energy supply, but we shouldn't continue to go down this path. To sum it up, any move to continue our reliance on fossil fuels when we could be investing in more sustainable forms of energy is not only a foolish choice when it comes to the environment, but an unwise choice when it comes to foreign policy and national security. The truth is, there is a lot of damage that can result from drilling in the Atlantic off the East Coast. Sure, it may be financially profitable to some of the coastal states, but does that make it the smarter choice? As humans we may feel a sense of control over our environment, to the point that we can manipulate it to our whim at will, but shouldn't we also feel a sense of duty too? We are not alone on this planet and any decision regarding offshore drilling is going to effect the other species we share this environment with. They can't survive on money, and neither can we when it really comes down to it, so right now is the time when we need to choose. Will we make short-sighted decisions that put the planet, its animal life, and our future descendants in possible jeopardy? Or, do we make the wiser choice and act on behalf of our children and this shared environment-a choice that would be even more likely lead to a stronger economy and n ational security down the road? Now, it is time for you to choose: what is the smart choice? + A Poem Inspired By Aristotle's Ethics +Anonymous As two stones are scraped together to be smooth so friends must chip off their faults, mimicking each other to become good people. �08 THE GADFLY Plate I' ll (cont i11J1cd) UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday 02/23 Crossfit 11:40AM Kunai 4PM ~..:J' · ~.J t' Fencing 7:30 PM Wednesday 02/24 Crossfit 11:40AM St. John's Chorus, Great Hall 7 PM Thursday 02/25 Crossfit 11:40AM Intramural Basketball Championship Game lOPM SPRING BREAK BEGINS lOPM If you would like to see your event on the weekly schedule, please email sjca.gad:fly@ gmail.com. ~-=· ; h= rrr THE STUDENT COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: Examining Freshman Laboratory Henry Hirsch A'15 and structure of a subject. On Thursday, February 19, the Student A tutor who was present at the forum Committee on Instruction convened in the Private Dining Hall to discuss freshman suggested that a tension exists between the laboratory. What questions does freshman authors who are read in the first and second laboratory (especially in the first semester) semesters of freshman laboratory. Some try to address? What aspects of the laborasecond semester authors (notably Lavoisier) tory can be improved? claim that nothing is created or destroyed. Many of the students who were present Yet, much of the activity of first semester at the forum regarded freshman laboratory involves destroying beings, for example, (particularly in the first semester) as an exdissecting a fish. The idea of w holeness that ercise in learning to see in a variety of ways. permeates the first semester is absent in the They thought that the laboratory encoursecond semester. It is replaced by the idea of ages students to compare the different permeasurement. For instance, one can break a spectives provided by observation of living rock and measure its parts. But one cannot do the same activity with a fish; the fish has organisms and dead organisms, of exteriors and interiors, and of wholes and parts. a wholeness that the rock does not have. In other words, the primary focus of the One freshman was disturbed by what she perceived as the flippancy that is shown laboratory is not the subjects that are being observed, but rather for the lives of the the different ways in organisms dissected which those subjects ' ' Freshman are provided in freshman laboracan be observed, and with almost no guidance tory. She felt that thus understood. One alternatives (such or methodology during as models or videos) student pointed out their practicums; they are should be provided for that this is why freshmen are provided with learning to look for them- students who didn't almost no guidance or want to partake in the selves. dissections. Howmethodology during ever, another student their practicums; they are learning to look for themselves. believed that using these alternatives would undermine the purpose of the practicums by Another student at the forum felt that the most fruitful conversations in freshmen inhibiting students from learning to look for themselves. laboratory occur when students attempt to create theories to explain why the subjects Lastly, one laboratory assistant thought they are observing are the way they are and that the Goethe readings should be moved how they work. He attributed this to the fact later in the curriculum. (This year they that students often generate a diversity of have been scheduled earlier than usual) He thought that these readings were too theothese theories, while they usually come to a general consensus regarding the appearance retical for freshmen to undertake so early. + � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. 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JOHN'S COLLEGE 60 COLLEGE AVENUE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401 SJCA.GADFLY@GMAIL.COM Founded in 1772, the Badfly is an internataionl newsmagazine distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus. Opinions expressed within are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The Badfly reserves the right to reject, reject, and reject submissions in any way necessary to publish a professional, informative, and thought-provoking newsmagazine. The Badfly meets on the Lower Level of the BBC, once a semester. STAFF Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina • Keyholder to Morgue Kira Anderson • Managing Editor Lyra Meurer • lllustrator Frederick Nesfield • Staff Mallari Richards • Staff CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Jack Brews, PhD Adolfo Barajas ' - Mad Style BREAKING NEWS 0 Jellyfish gains sentience, relays the last number of pi. 0 Perseus temporarily stops working, students riot in the coffee shop, breaking several windows. 0 Kingdom of flesh-eating bacteria found at the bottom of College Creek with Spartan system of government. 0 Students wins seminar, steals pants from tutor. 0 Pallas Athena descends from heaven to declare Aristotle readings, "foo damn hard." 0 Iron Throne built in snow on front campus, blood bath ensues. 0 Pirates have infiltrated crew team, insider says. 0 Freshman stage coup de tat, calling Campbell the "new powerhouse of campus." 0 ' PAGE nside sources confirmed last week that sophomore Gunther Peterson (A' 17) is still complaining about being overworked. "I'm so tired," he told an undercover Badfly reporter, "I got, like, six hours of sleep last night. I had to finish an essay, and I still have another to do for Monday. I am so stressed right now." When our reporter asked why he was complaining to his own core members, who have the exact same workload as himself, Mr. Peterson replied, "Because I also have to work two and a half hours at the library, and then I have yoga later. I literally could not do a single thing more. I am so tired." However, eyewitness accounts have shown Mr. Peterson sitting in his room at 3 PM on a Monday, eating potato chips and watching a Benedict-Cumberbatch-a-thon on Netflix. "That was literally, like, the one break I took," he explained, "All the rest of the time, I was working. Plus I've been sick." Other Johnnies have expressed irritation with Mr. Peterson's attitude. "He needs to get over himself," an anonymous sophomore commented, "This kind of complaining was old even when we were freshmen. Hell, it was old even in high school, when you could talk about how many more AP classes you were taking than your friends . News flash: we're all taking the same classes now, dipshit. We're not impressed." Harvard psychologist Bertrand Bloomingham has identified a likely cause for Mr. Peterson's behavior. "We all do it," Mr. Bloomingham told the Badfly, reclining in his commemorative Harvard Class of '87 easy chair, "We all want validation. And sometimes, if we're going through a rough patch where it's not all that easy to see the benefit of our work, we want to be consoled. We want to reach out and find someone who will tell us that we're an impressive person, that what we're doing is valuable. And one very common way we have found to seek this validation is to whine incessantly like a little bitch." Of all those interviewed, juniors and seniors were the least sympathetic to Mr. Peterson's complaints. Senior Orphilina Rhizomo (A' 15) commented, "Don't worry. Junior year will cut him down to size. He'll be so tired, he won't have the energy to complain. Besides, it's really seniors who have it the hardest. We have to apply for grad school, and spend an hour a day minimum just generally stressing about our futures- and all of that's on top of our schoolwork. That's why we've only gotten six hours of sleep in the last week. Plus we've all been sick." Mr. Peterson was too overwhelmed with work to comment.~ --- --~~------ ' Prospie's Question Perplexes Tutor E v.ery prospi~ who stays overnight has a chance to sit down with a tutor and ask any questions about St. John's. Alexander, an eager high school senior from upstate New York, very much looked forward to his interview. He had read all of Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and Mortimer J. Adler and was well versed in the history of the liberal arts education. Alexander asked several questions about life at St. John's and the Program. The conversation was comfortably well-paced- that is, until it came to an abrupt halt. Without realizing the weight of his question, the student asked, "What is the purpose of a St. John's education?" The tutor fell silent and slowly slid back in his chair. A few long seconds went bycomplete silence. In a frantic effort to relieve the tutor, Alexander proposed his own answers. "Is it to make better citizens?" he asked. "Or, how about make students think on their own?" The tutor grunted- no reply. A few more long seconds rolled by, until finally the tutor sat up, looked at his watch, and said, "I think our time is up." Then, without a formal goodbye, the tutor stood up, put on his coat, and quickly walked out of the Coffee Shop. Alexander was shocked and thought out loud, "What the hell?" Next fall, Alexander enrolled as a Freshman. i\> DINING HALL €"1)#Sophomore Still Trying to Solicit Sympathy for Heavy Workload Literature & Fine Arts 03 ' ~• Health center sends out helpful information. ~/ I uoI mm@fl'I· m - -·--- ' INTENTIONALLY SMASHES ALL PLATES Recently, the dining hall has been denying requests for specific food items, which it identifies as "too unhealthy" for its students. Some such declarations state that lemon juice has "too much sugar" in it for the dining hall to put out in good conscience. (You know, compared to the Rice Krispie Treats they serve at the very beginning of the food line.) Also, a request for chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream was marked out in pen and the dining hall suggested kale flavoured ice cream instead. Needless to say, the dining hall's fascism is obviously executed with only the best health of the students' in mind, not the price of these items which we already pay out the nose for on the meal plan. However, in a shocking tum of events, all of the plates in the dining hall have been broken, and a sign has been posted stating simply, "Watch your portions." As reminiscent of as this is of a "Big Brother is watching you," schtick, students should be reminded that you are in fact being controlled and your requests are being rudely denied for your own good. The dining hall knows best, children. Remember that. i\> A fter disappearing from public view for 11 speculation-filled days, Russian President Vladimir Putin resurfaced Monday, March 16, meeting with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev at a St. Petersburg palace. The meeting marked Putin's first public appearance since March 5, when Putin met with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The strongman's abrupt and unexplained absence had set off a flurry of rumors, including that Putin had died or was in declining health, had traveled to Switzerland for the birth of his girlfriends 's child, or even had been ousted in a Kremlin coup. But there he was on Monday, most assuredly not dead and showing no outward signs of illness. The New York Times reports that during a j oint appearance, Atambayev told reporters that Putin "had a philosophical emergency," and flew out to Siberia, where he dieted on "raw fish, black tea and parsnips." "He was not only dietining and meditating, he read voraciously," Atambayev added. On the top of his to-read list, the Russian leader spent most of the week-and-a-half-long disappearance toiling over Nietzche's der Wille zur Macht and Heid~gger's question of authenticity. But more that these, he took to reading Zizek into the late hours of the night, trying to once and for all resolve all his persistent questions imposed by previous German philosophers. Putin's "philosopphical emergency" came during particularly dire times in Russia, with the country embroiled in Ukraine and amid the residual fury over the assassination of the leading dissident Boris Nemtsov. No one should be surprised.~ FUN FACT: PUTIN IS ALIBRA .n. .n. .n. �~ookie ~AtAoist c2\cciileotnll!J At three in the morning this past Tuesday, I was abruptly awoken by an unearthly howling. At the outset, I didn't worry too much the freshmen have been reading Herodotus lately and cries of lost souls have become a comforting lullaby on Sunday nights - but shortly after a desperate tapping came at my chamber door. Try as I might, the poor soul was insistent. Not even my slurred "Slerp stoody" could deter them; I stumbled to the door. Staring up at me with watery eyes was a girl I'd never spoken to, though I'd seen her on campus many a time. "Sorry to wake you," she said. "But I've got a bit of an, err, problem down in the Humphreys basement." "What?" I replied, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Oh, right. Shit. RA Duties. Those are definitely an unfortunate reality. "Is someone hurt?" The possibility of a bleeding student in my care shocked me that much closer to full wakefulness. "No, no. No one's hurt, it's just. .. " She huffed in frustration and raked a hand through her hair. "Can you come with me? Please?" It was my duty, dear reader, to do so. After grabbing a pair of flip-flops and my robe, we trekked down from the third floor of Humphreys to its basement. Let me say this: I have been well acquainted with fluorescent lighting in my lifetime. One might even say 'painfully well acquainted' after viewing the buzzing ceiling panels at my public high school. I had grown used to such lighting in Humphreys basement, if only as a reason to avoid visiting it, but the soft, rosy-fingered dawn-like yellow and neon purple spilling into the hallway were most certainly not fluorescent. "Excuse me?" A voice called from the room. The girl next to me, I think her name was Elizabeth, froze. Her fear made me cautious, but I entered the room anyway. "Excuse me," the voice repeated, but I couldn't answer. Jesus Christ floated gently in a ring of purple fire in the middle of Humphreys basement. "Hello," He said, lips curving into a smile. "Have you heard the good word of me?" His laughter rooted me to the spot. I have never been a religious person, but now seemed a great time to start. I straightened up and tried to breathe a little more deeply, fisting my ~ummoos ~oo of Qoil hands in the pockets of my robe. I bowed stiffly. "How can I help you ... Mr. Christ?" I managed to squeak out. "Please, call me Jesus." "Alright then, Jesus. May I ask what you're doing here?" "I was hoping you could tell me," He glanced into the hallway. "I believe I'm part of a seance gone wrong. It's okay, Elizabeth," He motioned for her to come into the room. "Everyone messes up their first invocation, but you get better. Why, I remember Mark tried to summon Beelzebub one time and just got bees and bubble bath." He laughed long and hearty, like it was the funniest joke he'd ever heard. "Pronunciation is tricky, dear Elizabeth, if you inflect one word wrongly you're likely to be given a phallus not a palace." Jesus wiped a tear from his eye and I briefly wondered if Homer had these sorts of problems with his gods. Maybe. "Oh, anyway, if you would just release me, I believe it's time for me to get home. Daddy-o will be wondering where I am," He almost started laughing again. My look of confusion must have tipped Him off. "It's funny," He said, "Because He's omniscient. He's never wondered in his life." "Oh, yes," I nodded dumbly, "Very funny." I turned desperately back to Elizabeth. "How do we let the nice man go?" "That's just it," she said quietly, "I don't know." "Well, if this is the trap that I think it is, you can just erase that sigil," He gestured with his sandaled foot, "And change that to an epsilon, I should be free to go." Elizabeth hurriedly did as she was instructed, and soon the room was filled with a white light. Jesus laughed again, he seemed like a pretty jovial guy. "Farewell, my friends . I am gone." "Have a safe trip," I waved weakly. Elizabeth did the same. Afterwards, there was no evidence that anything had ever transpired there. Only Elizabeth and I knew what had occurred, but I didn't have the energy or presence of mind to berate her. Forgiveness seemed like a good option. "Elizabeth," I began. "Yes?" She sounded terrified. "You know we have rules about this sort of thing." "We do?" She seemed genuinely surprised. "You can hold as many seances as you want in Humphreys. You just have to get everyone's permission first." "Wait, really?" "Yes. Every resident has to okay it." "So can I-" "No. Because I will never say yes to you again." I left her sputtering in the basement and returned upstairs, much too tired for this nonsense. I had a nine am in a few hours and I didn't think my tutor would take divine interruption as an excuse. Back in bed, I reached down to take a swig from my water bottle; dealing with Jesus was thirsty work. I gagged ungracefully at the sour taste and swiped at my bedside lamp to turn it on. I stared in frustrated disbelief. Pinot Noir glittered in my Came!Bak. ~ \.....L---------------------------, the !-----------------------------" Saint John's College to Become its own Country Recently, a bill passed through the legislation of the American country to declare the campus of St. John's College, formerly William and Mary's School, to become its own country. This bill was started by several students on-campus a few years ago, who have since graduated, but one of them was recorded as saying, "I just think that our college is so much more than a place of education, but... something more ... like, a country or something. Yeah, a country," while very drunk at a party. The idea gained steam, and slowly, petition after secret petition, the bill was presented to Congress. The president did not veto this declaration, perhaps because it was slid in as a clause on the one hundred and seventy second page of a three hundred page bill about the standards of elementary geology classes in the states. Nonetheless, we are excited to announce, here, in the pages of our very own school paper, that you are all now citizens of Saint John's! It is with great sadness, however, that I must announce several drawbacks to this new status. Due to issues over land with the city of Annapolis, the BBC will no longer be part of the campus. In fact, after a lawsuit by the British Broadcast Company, the building can no longer be called the BBC at all, and is being renamed something considerably more boring. Also, residents of Pinkney and Randall are being asked to vacate the buildings as soon as possible, since these, too, have been taken by the city of Annapolis to be used as either tourist traps or restaurants which are in themselves a form of tourist traps. The polity is also to be made aware of a few new rules that will be enforced in our great country. 1) Citizens must submit to the Gadfly at least one article per year. 2) The New Year's celebrations on Wednesday may only continue if the singers reach no note higher than the middle "g" in the treble clef. 3) Axolotls are the only pet allowed now in dorm rooms. 4) For every Kant pun uttered, a citizen must receive twelve lashes. 5) The existence of mountains is to be denied at all times. Any people who believe in mountains should be reported to the assistant dean immediately. 6) Sophistry is no longer allowed to be mentioned in regards to the education our school is providing. 7) The words "swag," "totes my goats;' "weebs," and "omg" are from this moment on forbidden. And finally, 8) Dogs are now allowed back on campus! These rules are designed for the safety of everyone on campus, so please respect them. Also keep in mind that the Wi-Fi can be shut down at any time so that Perseus will no longer be available for use in "assisting" translations. Even though these are dramatic changes, please know that many of things that you know and love about St. John's College will remain the same. For example, eating at the dining hall will still be mandatory for freshman, and Arcadia will remain on campus. In fact, she had been promoted as the national animal for our country! Isn't that charming? And for those of you that are wondering, smoking will still be allowed on campus, but only if one uses the ashtrays. We highlight this last part, since we feel this that this may be a habit change for some of our citizens. We also would like to reiterate that this new country is by no means anarchic. We do not know what it is, really, other than a country. If you want to put in an idea of how our new state should be run, there will be a meeting at 2 am in the bell tower of McDowell on April 16th, 2015. There will no refreshments nor will there be food, and if you arrive to challenge those in power, you will be removed from campus. We at the Badfly sincerely hope that everyone enjoys their new freedoms and lack of freedoms! However, we ask that you contain your excitement enough that you do not draw the ire of the United States, lest they decide to conquer us. ~ May Socrates be ever in your favor, The Badfly Staff Did You Know? Famous sayings that originated from the Bible: 0 0 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' (Matthew 7:1) 'Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone.' (John 8:7) 0 'Don't throw your pearls before swine.' (Matthew 7:6) 0 'Damned ifyou do, damned ifyou don't.' (Job 3:3) 0 'You gotta do what you gotta do.' (Johah 2:2) 0 'How do you like them apples?' (Genesis 3:5) 0 'Are you feeling lucky, punk?' (Exodus 14:23) St. John's New Revenue T here have been several questions about the economy of the new country of St. John's, all of which have pointedly asked what in god's name we should do to stay afloat. A questionnaire was sent out to students, and the Delegate Council has announced that tourism will be central to our new economy; namely, St John's will bring in people to watch the students like animals in a zoo, exactly like Prospies do already. Also, thanks to an overwhelming amount of unsolicited advice, geeks from all over St. John's have declared that the tabletop Role-Playing Games (RPGs) are something that should be factored as a way to make revenue. One letter to the Council declared, "We host the sweetest RPGs around. People would totally pay to watch me pretend to be a gnome paladin." Another stated, "I know all of the rules of Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition onward, and I am fully prepared to police all games played to make sure that nothing goes wrong. Also, I know Pathfinder." t> �LJ[}{][ mm@Ftry - PAGE 06 ' Of course you do. LJ~[ mm@FLY -- B&G To Give Student Award:·Most Annoying Trash T his review will perhaps be most helpful for a specific species of modem coffee enthusiasts- at this point in our modem era an ever-expanding species-the torturers of Nature, or, the Baconian Vexers. It will therefore be most sensible to those who have already frequented the establishment this publication has occasioned me to review, as well as those who share my and other modem coffee enthusiasts' Baconian inclinations, that I am indeed writing about Ceremony Coffee Roasters, perhaps the most torturous, but at the same time revealing investigators of Nature's fruits. It is a truism that is unfortunately unnoticed by most modem coffee enthusiasts that their own principles and modus operandi are in fact founded on Baconian principles. Thus, those who deviate from their own craft's principles should not be surprised to find themselves befit for Idols of the Theatre and therefore subject to scrutiny and perhaps correction on behalf of their betters. (Dare I mention that most despicable venue, the that which something lesser cannot be drank, Starbucks?) Fortunately for us Vexerswould that fortune obeyed me more often!-our tasks have been re-delegated to those martyrs of scientific knowledge at Ceremony to reveal the shadows on the cave wall, disguising flat, weak crema atop a double ristretto-shot, and that over-aerated milk which, from afar to those in chains, looks like latte art but most certainly is not. Ceremony Coffee Roasters was first mentioned to me by a colleague of mine in the basement of the Baconian Institute at M.I. T., an institute devoted to essentially putting various exotic flowers and animals through Enhanced Interrogation Techniques until they reveal to us Nature's mechanisms. I was telling her that I was going to give a talk for a conference at the Naval Academy entitled, 'Torture is Justified: Put it in Your Cup', and she told me my pilgrimage would be remiss if I didn't visit Ceremony, advice which, coming from the Chair of the Department for Nature's Very Real and Reductive Mechanisms, I was required to obey. When I arrived at Ceremony I was presented immediately with one of the most serious and profound displays of Baconian investigation and rigor in the modem Western world. One of these displays can be found at the most immediate part of Ceremony's brand, its logo, which features an exquisite set ofleaves that house one of the Baconian's foods and jewels-the Arabica bean, that sweet, complicated question that is the subject of the modem coffee enthusiasts' and Vexers' project alike. But Ceremony's displays grew that much more striking when I soon discovered the tools at Ceremony's disposal for extracting Nature's nectar, impressively varied and powerful: a set of calibrated kettles designed to put Nature through a most vexatious routine in the public spectacle, that most divine and zenithal symbol of the Baconian Vexers project, the (Synesso) espresso machine, as well as modem science's most sophisticated roaster equipped with the appropriate graphing functions for roasting and extraction temperature, and finally a glass-encased room for tasting various aspects of the answers with which Nature has decided to present us. One merely has to watch one of Ceremony's baristas-or should I say Bacon-istas?-grind Nature to a fine, powdery condition, tamp, beat, and pound onto the portafilter a la Novum Organum, making Mother Nature finally acquiesce underneath 9-bars of pressure of the espresso machine's unceasing power. And EUREKA! Nature's secrets are revealed in its most delicious form! There are absolutely no idols and idolaters to be found at this establishment- this most glorious kitchen of Nature! Comrades of the Baconian Project- I beseech you for a cappuccino at Ceremony ! Imbibe Nature's answers and savor the fall of its last stand against Man's unceasing efforts! Cease your Interrogation Techniques, and grant Ceremony the privilege to supply you with the fruits of its torture! )ltticus <Beaumont is no ordinary coffege student. J{e fias Grokfn many Goundaries to arrive wfiere fie is now-St. Jolin 's Coffege, )lnnapofis. :Not on{y did fie fiave to overcome a ratfier offensive po[icy tfiat anima[s, no matter fiow inteffigent, are not affowed on ca1TIJ!.us, Gut fie a[so, wit fiout tfie aGi[ity to read, fiad to convince tfie admissions office tfiat fi e was w ortfiy of acceptance. )ltticus' story Gegins wfien fi e was just a kjtten, craving k,now[eage and askjng questions sucfi as, "Wfiat is virtue?" and "Is virtue a teacfiaG[e thing? " )ls fie grew, fie found tfiat institutes of [earning wouftf not accept fiim. Jljter )ltticus fieard aGout St. Jo fin's fie k,new tfiat tfiis was tfie pface to come. J{e fiad a friend witfi opposaG[e tfiumGs post a picture of )l tticus fookjng mefancfiory on tfie internet and askfd for support. '[fie picture Gecame an internet sensation. Witfi over one fiundred tfiousand notes on 'TumGfr and siJ( fiundred tfiousand retweets, and even Gecoming a popu[ar meme for a so[id day and a !iaft it Gecame fiard to ignore )ltticus'. 'Tfiougfi fi e aoes not speak, <Engfrsh, cannot read, and needs a fitt er Go:ic and cat food, )ltticus was acceptea into St. Jolin 's, and it was discfosed tfiat, since fie fiad no concept of currency, tfie )ldmissions office offered fiim a juff ride scfiofarsfiip. )ltticus fias made a Grave step for alt cat-Bnc[, so f eeC(ree to congratufate our new peer if you see fiim watkjng around camp_us. <f'(ease Ge aware, tfiougfi, tfiat is in ]act offensive to confuse fiim with tfie foca[ raccoon, wfio was spotted again recentry after tfie fong winter. If you wisfi to address tfie raccoon, fie fias Geen duGGea )lgamemnon "'l(ing of 'Trasfi" <i(ockft <i(accoon, and a[so wisfies tfiat peop[e wouftf stop tfirowing beer cans at fiim wfien fie comes too dose. ~ This Friday, a Buildings & Grounds spokesperson announced that senior Todd Billings (A'lS) is scheduled to be given the first-ever lifetime achievement award titled Most Annoying Trash. "This is the first time we've given this award," B&G spokesperson Roy "Rope-A-Dope" Carter told Badfly reporters, "... or any award, for that matter. And we're doing it because honestly, we've never seen such consistently annoying trash come out of one student's room before." A team of trash analysts has kept careful records of the annoyingness of trash throughout the St. John's campus, and discovered that the highest concentrations are always found in the trash areas closest to the residence of Mr. Billings. Recent surveillance footage from his nearest trash area shows him depositing, within the span of a single night: a CVS bag full of assorted sharp objects, three dozen half-full cans of Milwaukee's Best, and a refrigerator-sized cardboard box filled with loose packing peanuts. When interviewed as to why he decided to leave half a Domino's pizza in the recycle bin, Mr. Billings replied, "Well, it was a lot of food. I didn't want it to go to waste. I thought maybe they could turn it into stationery or one of those post consumer recycled Frisbees. I've been making an effort to be more environmentally conscious." While many Johnnies see this award as a rebuke, both parties firmly deny this. "We're honestly just amazed," B&G spokesperson Carter told the Badfly, "I mean, we're used to picking up annoying trashthat's part of the job. But this guy's trash is annoying to the point where it's like, 'Hats off.' You know? I mean, we didn't even think this kind of annoyingness was possible." Mr. Billings had a similar take on the matter: "Yeah, I'm pretty psyched about it, actually. It makes me feel like I've really had an impact on this community. Like, I've never really been all that great at Greek or French. And I'm kind of so-so in Seminar and Math and whatnot. But when I look at that award, I'll be able to think to myself, 'I was truly outstanding at something.' And you know, like Socrates probably said, any action can be virtuous. I think Socrates . would be proud of me." ~ L...------------~-,,,(~) :> ! Jrl~~I! ltl1J mmnm~ ~~®"R!gDJ ~m~~!I In natura constricta et vexata, Dr. Jack Brews, Ph.D Jllmmfm~~Q #RaceTogether F A fter the fifth Frank Underwood quote, the Sophomore seminar had enough. "We wanted to throw something at her," says one her peers. "Are you really going to try to defend Machiavelli with the opening scene of House of Cards? Like, are you for real?!" That is the reaction coming out of the seminar on Machiavelli's Prince, where a Sophomore reportedly only referenced the TV show House of Cards for the entire seminar. Says a classmate, "We were just going along, having a great discussion, and he brings this shit up. I mean, at least, bring up Season 3, if you are going to give a half-convincing argument." Another one of her peers was more upset she never referenced Clare Underwood. "Once we started wondering about the Prince's virtue, she went on and on about Frank Underwood, but without ever mentioning the sexiest person on the show, Clare. How is that even possible?" The student in question, who requested anonymity, said: "I mean, I thought I was focusing on what was important." ~ or once ever, the United States wants to come together and have a real dialogue about an important issue, thought Johnnie Philip Anderson when he learned about Starbuck's new campaign, called "Race Together". "Okay, really, the campaign only inflates the ego of a gentry liberal billionaire CEO, but what the hell?" Philip told his friend, on their way to Farbucks. "An excuse to ask philosophical questions is an excuse to ask philosophical questions." Immediately arriving at the counter, Philip asked the barista, "When is civil disobedience justified?" The barista stopped what he was doing, and the two of them had an engaging conversation on the issue for nearly three hours. Then, the barista was fired. ~ �UPCOMING E VENTS Tuesday 03/24 All kazoo marching band practice on the roof of Mellon. 4AM Dining Hall serving sauteed campus bunny-get it while it's hot! 11:30AM Wednesday 03/25 All classes meet as scheduled ... upside down? 9AM Impromptu horseback Frisbee game on quad followed by horseback ice cream social in McDowell 33 . 2:31 PM Screening of educational film, "So You Married A Johnnie?" in FSK. 8PM Thursday 03/26 SPRJNG BREAK BEGINS AGAIN!!! lOPM Friday 03/27 Lecture: All Program authors return from the dead to wordlessly throw pies at each other for an hour and a half. No Q&A session. 8PM If you would like to see your event on the weekly schedule, please email sjca.gadfly@ gmail.com. ~ · ~ ~!?~ Gl~ «IID'il'il~ ~~ NCAA TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE WRONGDOING IN Sr. JOHN'S ATHLETIC DEPT AND CONSIDER LIFETIME SANCTIONS I t was only a matter of time. Following high-profile scandals in Syracuse basketball, University of North Carolina basketball and football, and the once storied and unimpeachable backgammon program at Princeton, St. John's now finds itself embroiled in its own version, which school officials are calling "outrageous", "an insult to our academic identity", and "a good laugh". The NCAA Committee for Integrity and Honesty in Wicket-Based Athletics announced on Friday that it is opening an investigation of the centuries-old croquet program, looking specifically into how players are recruited, how strictly their academic requirements are enforced, and how alleged perks-monetary and otherwise-have been channeled to them for years. CAIHWBA spokesperson Brouha Strictnorm confidently stated, "Well, it's a very tough decision to make, there are a lot of balls in the air and on the field and whatnot. The truth is, we're really looking for the deciding factor to push our decision one way or the other." Indeed, eyebrows have been rising for some time around campus, with the appearance of subtle but suspicious signs that the balance between academics and athletics at St. John's was shifting. The gleaming 24,000-person capacity Mallet Dome facility, which appeared suddenly during Spring Break 2010 and all but dwarfed FSK; the hiring of a former University of Oklahoma ' ' Indeed, eyebrows Athletic Director as the Assistant Dean of Admissions; have been rising for the housing of croquet players in the Varsity Yacht; not some time around to mention the ever-growing share of incoming students campus. with physiques resembling more that of an Olympic athlete than of a student of Olympus. Not everyone is so sure that something is amiss, however. One anonymous student (who 's a junior, living on the 3rd floor at Gilliam) opined, "I guess it kind of makes sense now, but I really didn't think there was anything unethical going on with croquet players. I mean, I did think it was kinda strange that they were allowed to Facetime into seminars, and that when they did participate it was usually to say something like 'Yeah, what he said', but it never occurred to me that they were getting special treatment or anything like that. I thought it was just another example of St. John's' constant push to innovate and embrace new technology". Another student, who we'll call Shillabong Engelhoof: "Sure, yeah, there's the yacht, the cars, the 'no-show' courses with no reading requirements and only a diorama as the final project, but I thought this was in keeping with the St. John's philosophy that every student personally design and customize his/her own study program that best fit his/her needs." Ultimately, St. John's will have to decide which is more important, the lure of the funds coming from alumni boosters and television rights for the post-season tournaments or the purity of its academic mission. Some are defending the croquet program, arguing that it goes hand-in hand with everything the school stands for. As the current Assistant Croquet Coach Falable Croinkerblust-Head Coach Spratt was on a recruiting trip to Turks and Caicos, and therefore unavailable-put it, "Of course, right now everyone's piling on the croquet program, but they don't realize that it's because of high-profile revenue sports that other, niche sports at St. John's like basketball, soccer, and tennis are possible. Do you think St. John's could afford to have its precious intramural soccer field if it weren't for the money croquet brings in? Oh, and this 'Great Books' thing the school is so proud of. Do you have any idea how dusty those old books get? Do you think they think they get dusted for free?" ~ Sophomore's Mediocre Essay on Dante Improved by Elaborate Page-by-Page Illustrations � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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JOHN'S COLLEGE LIBRARY 131 1 1 11696 01166J1li1~i i i1 1 171001 1 1 1 111~11mm111 1 1 1 1 1 1 Letter from the Admissions Office • 02 KWP Presents Arcadia • 03 On Brown's The Boy in the Boat • 06 A Typewriter for the Internet Era • 07 ST. JoHN's COLLEGE• 60 COLLEGE AvE, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 •APR. 7, 2015 • VoL. XXXVI • IssuE 13 �02 THE GADFLY THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE 60 COLLEGE AVENUE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401 SJCA.GADFLY@GMAIL.COM WWW.ISSUU.COM/SJCGADFLY WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SJCAGADFLY Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student newsmagazine distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus. Opinions expressed within are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The Gadfly reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit submissions in any way necessary to publish a professional, informative, and thought-provoking newsmagazine. The Gadfly meets on the Lower Level of the BBC every Sunday at 7pm. Articles should be submitted by Friday at 11:59 PM to sjca.gadfly@gmail.com. STAFF Sebastian Barajas• Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina • Editor-in-Chief Kira Anderson • Staff Frederick Nesfield • Staff Malori Richards • Staff CONTRIBUTORS Eva Brann Jae Holzman Patricia Locke Sawyer Neale Siqi Zhao Admissions Office From the Editors: D earest Johnnies, an important note: The final issue of the year will appear the last week of the semester, May 4-8, and we will be dedicating the issue to our graduating seniors- the 100-plusmember Class of 2015. We will feature profiles, interviews, and odes from underclassmen. But, most importantly, we would like contributions from seniors! Reflections on your Annapolis years? Wisdom to pass along? We are interested in your thoughts. Send your prose to the Gadfly by Friday, May 1. And, as always, everyone is welcome to submit! We look forward to highlighting this year's graduating class. + Accepted Students' Day: An Invitation from Admissions Hello Polity! The Admissions Office will be hosting the annual Accepted Students Day on Saturday, April 11th. This is a large event which takes place in all major spaces on campus. It is a wonderful event for the Class of 2019; for some, it is their first experience on campus, others are seasoned visitors and are taking this opportunity to get to know their potential classmates. At this point, these students have been bombarded with our stunning Admissions Propaganda, and they've examined the reading list 1,000 times. They understand the curriculum, and our approach to liberal education. They're on board with education for education's sake, and they're OK answering the question, "But what do you DO with that?" from well-meaning relatives, neighbors, teachers and friends for the next four years. They're well-read and well-informed about the academic program. What they are lacking is exposure to the community that lives and breathes this program. It is the Polity that makes this Program a reality, and their lack of exposure to the Polity is precisely what we are trying to address at this event. This exposure is mutual-while we want the Accepted Students to get a sense of the current Polity, we want you to get a sense of this class too. We'd like you to meet these students face to face, show them around, tell them about your annual essay, and break bread with them. We'd also like to have all the club archons available for an activities fair (similar to the All College Fair in August). And so, we urge you, comrades and citizens in the Republic: do not let this day's distractions become disruptions. Instead, rise up and meet the class of 2019; welcome them to the College. Next fall, these students will join you on the quad after seminar, sing to you at Freshman Chorus concerts, and marvel at the mysteries of the axolotls. They will live next door to you, sit next to you in the All College Seminar, and come to you for Greek Assistance. Don't wait until Convocation to feast your eyes upon the inheritors of your legacy. Come to the Accepted Students Day and help welcome these students and their families on April 11th. We hope to see you there! For details, or to volunteer time that day, please contact Brittany McBride at 410980-9149, email Brittany.McBride@sjc.edu, or just stop by. the Carroll Barrister House. The Power of Liberal Arts Education Jae Holzman N52 When I was told that I would be attending St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland (a "liberal arts" college), I was given no option. My personal choice had been Reed College in Portland, Oregon, also a Liberal Arts college, but blessedly some 2700 miles away from my New York home. My dad, who was paying the bills, wanted to mute my inclination for mischief in the city where he was born, and thus I was sentenced to St. Johns, with no right of appeal. Johnnies read and argued the actual books upon which western civilization had shaped its own evolution, The original texts, if by the Greeks, we read in Greek, Attic Greek-the language of Plato and Aristotle. I was thrown off the deep end without water wings or redress. My class attendance was ragged. I spent long hours in the electronics hut, the machine sh op, for three up-and-down years; then I left St. John's with an unstoppable urgency to begin my personal journey. Though I left St. John's with a sense of the incomplete, my exposure to the college guides my every step. It was the Liberal Arts, with its respect for truth, the felicitous use of language, and an appreciation for precision and logic in "process." These seeped into who I was "becoming" and would become. Happily, there was no escape. The Liberal arts are not unlike a carom shot in billiards-touching your head and your heart. The ball bounces off the cushion in your line of sight and then careens around the table, coming at you from odd angles. You instinctively integrate the multi disciplines of the Liberal Arts, build upon them, and then bequeath those benefits to the generations that follow. + 03 THE GADFLY KING WILLIAM PLAYERS PRESENTS ARCADIA Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's infl.uence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812and1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. Director Carlos Henninger took some time to discuss his production, which plays in a couple of weeks on April 24 and 25 at 8pm in the FSK auditorium. First, what made you decide you wanted to direct Arcadia? I saw it, but I was sure it couldn't be done at St. John's. For one, it takes place in Derbyshire, and there was no way I could find twelve Johnnies capable of passable English accents. For two, the characters are really wonderfully complex, and I didn't know if students like myself with limited acting experience and Great Books to ponder would be able to do them justice. For three, I was pretty set on directing Antigone when Arcadia waltzed into my life (only plays starting with the letter A for me, thanks), so there was just nothing to be done about it. No reason to even consider. I still broke down and bought a copy of the script, though. Just for fun- for reading on the train. But then I was rereading, fantasizing about certain scenes and how a fellow might stage them, and how maybe if you changed "rather" to "really" and "bloody" to another word American accents would be fine, and wasn't Hannah Edwards spectacular in that play Sophomore year, and who really cares about some crazy girl obsessed with death in Ancient Greece? And then I was directing Arcadia, and there was nothing to be done about it. Did you face any difficulties putting this production together? I did indeed. We had a couple cast and crew members bow out near the beginning because of their schedules, and while they told me insanely early and it was completely fine, it may have induced some minor panic attacks. Besides that, Arcadia is the first play I've ever directed, and figuring out what needed the most time and attention (plus how to actually administer that attention competently) was something I had to learn a little bit on the fly. But the people who are making this play with me have turned what could have been terrifying into, honestly, one of the best experiences of my life. Still got a couple more weeks, though. Difficulties may yet be lurking. Will keep you posted. What would you say this play is about? It's basically Jaws meets Les Miserables. No, that's not true. That would be ridiculous. But it's kind of hard to say what it's actually about. Here, let's give it a go: It's about a rakish-but-lovable liberal arts tutor in England circa 1809 who discovers that the 13-yearold girl he teaches may well be a genius. It's about a pair of modern day academics who descend upon an English country house, and through no fault of their own stumble onto the story of the house's past residents. It's about Byronic poetry and landscape architecture and whether to sleep with that skeezy guy who keeps negging your last book; it's about chaos versus order, science versus philosophy, sex and waltz- ing versus the inevitable heat death of the universe. And it's really funny. Which is to say, a hell of a thing to describe. What were some of your favorite memories directing this play? Casting: it was wonderful, although I did end up making a bunch of people sit in a hallway doing nothing for a few hours. It's a very music heavy show, so picking what songs to play when was great, if really stressful. Probably the best part of the whole experience, though, was watching all the actors go from people I thought might someday be sort of right for the role to people who were embodying their characters and bringing to life my favorite scenes in ways I never would have hoped for. It was all the moments where I got to stop directing and just sit back to watch my favorite play. If you could have your audience take away one thing from the show, what would it be?Okay, this is a really difficult question. I think what I most want people to take away from this play is its profound connection to the Program. Arcadia for me has always felt like St. Johns, both in what the College strives to be and what it is. Anyone can enjoy it, but I strongly believe that engaging with the texts we engage with- and in the way that we do so-makes us uniquely prepared as a polity to receive what this play has to offer. Arcadia is full of ideas, and it's full of people grappling with them in deeply personal ways. I want students to come out of this play having seen the worst and the best of themselves in it, having been reminded of why they fell in love with knowledge (or the lack thereof) in the first place.+ l lt �04 THE GADFLY St.Paul,lVIinnesota Kenton County, Kentucky Around the U.S. Where's the Pizza?: Papa Dimitri's Classic Pizza and Ice Cream in St. Paul, Minnesota, was exposed as a front for marijuana sales, which were delivered in pizza boxes. "Police began investigating the shop last summer, after receiving reports that it was rarely open and sold very few pizzas," Mental Floss explains. "Someone had noticed that the employees went out to eat lunch. Employees also complained about the lack of heat in the building, despite the presence of pizza ovens." According to the Huffington Post, matters came to a head when the postal service reported three intercepted packages containing a total 37 pounds of marijuana. The owner, Ryan Dimitri Brooks, was arrested last Friday, along with his mother, his 82-yearold grandmother, and a woman he lives with. 05 THE GADFLY --~(6;;;;;;;;;~--1,-~r-~=::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;::;J~::::::: lVIaywood, Illinois Better (Not) Drink My Own!: According to Smithsonian.com, a 2014 study from Loyola University Chicago on the causes of urinary tract infections has found that urine isn't sterile, much to the chagrin of aspiring mountaineers worldwide. When researchers utilized an analysis technique called expanded quantitative urine culture (EQUC), they found that urine from individuals unaffected by infections does, in fact, have bacteria in it, completely debunking the decades-long notion of urine as being completely sterile. ''While traditional urine cultures have been the gold standard to identify urine disorders in the past, they do not detect most bacteria and have limited utility as a result," said Dr. Alan Wolfe, one of the researchers who headed this study. Good Thing I Brought My Library Card: Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Johnathan Masters was reminded to return his library books in the worst way possible: a trip to the local police station. After allegedly not returning a library book to Kenton County library for 11 years, Masters, an activist and campaign coordinator turned candidate, was arrested while driving to a local radio station for an interview, the Huffington Post report. He was initially pulled over for an expired sticker on his car, but when the arresting officer checked his record and saw an outstanding warrant for "theft by failure to make required disposition of property," Masters was arrested and held for roughly 3 hours. Masters, who was arrested in February for allegedly harassing the dean of a local university, whom he challenged to a boxing match, is reportedly using his arrest as motivation in the race. He is showing no intention of dropping out. Charlottesville, Virginia ''You Fucking Racist!": When third-year honor student at the University of Virginia, Martese Johnson, tried to enter the Trinity Irish Pub with a fake ID, he had a bloody arrest. Cavalier Daily, the student-run newspaper, reports Martese charged the police trying to arrest his with "resisting arrest, obstructing justice without threats of force and profane swearing or intoxication." A video of the arrest revealed that the student, bloody and pinned to the ground, yelled at an officer, ''You fucking racist!" The student group Black Dot on the campus emailed the Cavalier Daily. The email read, "Outside of the doors of Trinity Irish Pub, a mass of university students bore witness to the officer's animalistic, insensitive and brute handling of Martese." Athens, Georgia Stanford, California Prestigious Doesn't Have to Mean Elite: One prestigious university is taking a big step to make education more accessible: Stanford University. As of March 27, 2015, parents with an annual family incomes below $125,000 and typical assets will be expected to pay no Stanford tuition. According to Mic News, parents had to make less than $100,000 in order to qualify for free tuition. But considering that the median household income nationally was around $52,000 in 2013, Stanford was really only a school for the elite. Libby Nelson, at Vax, pointed out that the median family income at the university was estimated to be around $125,000 in 2010-an income shared by at least the upper middle class. Flagstaff, Arizona Woman Finds God (In Her Molars): Kym Ackerman had an X-ray worthy of a new Passion from Bach, according to the Huffington Post. During a routine dental check-up, Ackerman, 35, saw a spot with what she claimed was a stark resemblance to Jesus. After getting concurrence from a baffied hygienist, Ackerman now plans to frame her X-ray. "My mom passed away from breast cancer when I was 17, so when I saw this, I thought, 'That's my guardian angel'," Ackerman said. Her dentist, however, seemed less enthused. Upon agreeingthat the X-ray indeed had holy resemblances, "He wasn't as excited as we were," Ackerman said. \ Austin, Texas Park It Like It's Hot: After being featured in a photo on rap sensation Snoop Dogg's Instagram with the caption, "Men my deputy dogg [sic]," Texas State Department of Public Safety trooper Billy Spears is being forced to undergo counseling, according to the Dallas Morning News. After the photo, which was taken while he was providing security for the Southwest music festival in Austin, surfaced, Spears was unofficially reprimanded by the department, which said that taking a photo with a figure with such a "well known criminal background ... reflects poorly on the Agency." In response to this photo, Spears was forced to undergo a counseling session with a superior officer, a form of unofficial reprimand from the Department. Trooper Spears was told to be mindful of the impact of photos with figures such as Snoop Dogg, who received 4x platinum status for his debut album Doggystyle. Trooper Spears' attorney has responded that Spears was unaware of the rapper's criminal history, saying that, "Believe it or not, some folks don't watch TMZ or read People Magazine." Walkerton, Indiana Homophobia Earns Business $1 Million Dollars: Owners of Memories Pizzeria in Walkerton, Indiana made nearly $1 million dollars by promoting homophobia. Last week co-owner Crystal O'Connor spoke out in favor of Indiana's notorious Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a legislative effort that many consider to be a deliberate effort to legalize discrimination against gay and lesbians in the state. For O'Connor, the law would protect the pizzeria's status as a "Christian establishment," allowing the pizzeria to refuse to cater a gay or lesbian wedding, ABC reports. Here's where the money comes in: After O'Connor spoke forthright about his company's stance, the pizzeria was inundated with comments, threats, and negative reviews. This influx of responses caused the pizzeria to shut down temporarily. So the co-owner set up a GoFundMe account "to relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors' stand for faith." It raised $842,387 within days. 300-pound, 10 ft. Rooster Stolen: Harris, owner of Lexington Village, an art studio and store in Athens, Georgia, commissioned a sculpture of a rooster to draw attention to the shop. "Rocket the Rusty Rooster" is a ten-foot-tall, brightly colored, 300-pound rooster. According to CBS news, it disappeared from in front of the shop sometime last Friday night or early Saturday morning, just hours before it was scheduled to be welded in place on a metal platform. "The rooster is valued at $3000, but Harris is concerned that whoever took it might sell it for a few dollars in scrap," Mental Floss explains. "The perpetrator of the fowl play will face felony charges." Tallahassee, Florida Punished for Phrase "Climate Change": Florida is the first state in the nation to punish someone for talking about climate change. According to the Guardian, Barton Bibler, a land management plan coordinator at the State Lands section of the Florida department of Environment Protection, will have to take a leave of absence and submit to a mental health examination. Why? Because he included the phrase "climate change" in official notes during a Florida Coastal Managers Forum teleconference on March 4. Apparently there has been a de facto ban on the mention of climate change since 2011, when Republican Rick Scott took office. "I think it's ridiculous that there is a ban on speaking about climate change in the state of Florida," Bibler said. "I didn't know there was such a ban... I sort of stumbled [into] it!' �06 THE GADFLY A Book Report: On Daniel jam es Browns The Boys in the Boat Eva Brann Tutor And that's the next point. It was the West of the West that was Kimo Mackey, Annapolis Alumnus (1976), also father, brother, uncle to alumni, is a racing sailor, boat restorer and reader of the kind of representing the United States. All the boys belonged to the working book I love-books by and for sailors. (I used to sail a little sloop of my class of the Northwest. Here again, there's a personal note: I spent own, which now belongs to the college.) When he's finished he sends a glorious year playing hooky from St. John's, teaching at Whitman me a copy. With this last one, he hit the spot, big time, and I want to College in Walla Walla, Washington. There I fell in love with Northwestern scenic beauty and learned to respect just that Northwesttell about it, especially since St. John's is a rowing school. It's about the nine boys who won the gold medal for the main row- ern character depicted in the book-America was then, and still is, ing event in Berlin at the Olympics that the Nazis mounted three blessedly regional. It's what you might call cultural philisinism with years after they seized power. The book has so many resonances that a descant of moral heroism and a continuo of plain decency. By "phiI hardly know where to start. That's in spite of the fact that compe- listinism" I mean those good old tunes sung to a pluncky banjo on tition plays a huge role in it- a passion which leaves me baffled; at weekdays plus Italian opera on Sundays; in other words, what I'm not so fond of. most, I'd go for "personal best." (Decades Competitive rowing is physically excruago I read a joke, probably in an old Readciating-real pain, and morally extremeer's Digest, that describes my state perfectreal self-sacrifice. But there is a huge rely: Father takes little daughter to football THE ward, called being in "the swing"; we'd say game. Watching her first scrimmage, she asks, "Daddy, couldn't we buy each team "in the zone." It's a sort of ecstatic concentration- being at once beyond and within its own ball?") Except for that, it's a book I took peroneself. And the boat becomes a living unit, an organism. sonally but also a book for us all. So first: IN T H E To my mind, our college is one- of sevI was born in Berlin, a German Jew in the eral possible- model communities. Among Nazi era. For the Olympics, Gobbels' prothe topics we are all, students and tutors, poganda ministry had cleaned up the city; in a good place to reflect on, is this one: the "Jews not welcome" signs displayed in What are the kinds of communion that may most shops had been stored away. Now, the coxswain of the University of Washington hold a community together, of which "the shell, the Husky Clipper, was the, later swing" is one, beautifully delineated in this book? legendary, runt (that's in the job descripThat brings me to my last item. Extion for coxswains, as for jockeys), Bobby tremely well-researched detail, put into Moch. The coxswain is the practical wisbated-breath order in visualizable landom (phronesis) incarnate of a row boat. guage, is one of the virtues of Brown's book. He receives the strategy from the coach and tweaks, even scraps it, in execution. Of these, the element I liked best is the one That is, he calls the strokes per minute, that fills a lack in our lives with the Profrom a leisurely 28 to a flying 44. On the Hardcover I ISBN 97806700258171416 Pages gram. We are, after all, devoted to theory and to amateurism-to living theory, to be eve of the crew's departure to Germany, 4 June 2013 I Viking I Adult sure, and to amateurism taken literally: Moch got a letter from his father revealing the family secret: They were Jewish. So "the lover's way" (not to be confused with when Moch stood on the podium to receive his gold, surrounded by amateurishness, that is cluelessness). So much the more do I like to swastikas, something was, unbeknownst to the world, being proved, read about the ways of craftsmanlike production, how it's done when an evil intention was being secretly nullified. Jesse Owens' four golds it's done with expertise and love. The Boys in the Boat has a lot about in track were the more public counterpart, as was heavyweight Joe building these slender marvels that accomodate very skinny behinds Louis's defeat of Germany's Max Schmeling a couple of years later. and very long bodies. One of the lovingly detailed heroes is George A Jew and two black men were undermining the Nazi myth of Aryan Yeoman Pocock, who built, with hand tools, these sleek shells, clad in racial superiority. ''Whom the gods would destroy they first make paper-thin cedar shingles, and who was a fountain of rowing wisdom, blind," say the Greeks; a less deluded leadership would have read from technical detail to transcendent insight. In his sayings you can the omens: their nemesis was readying in the West. One of the excel- smell the pungent sweetness of the wood. A last delight: The Greek epigram in front is from that most magilences of Brown's book is that, unlike some writers born in the later twentieth century, he is vividly aware of the ominousness of these cal of sailors' books, the Odyssey: actually from Book V, Lines 220, Olympics and of that Germany, and so, of the service "the boys in 223.And all the accents are correct.+ boat" did to human decency. 07 THE GADFLY A Typwriter for the Internet Age Siqi Zhao A'16 it has. So the user can really focus on the text and nothing else. You are reading an article written in LaTeX. The philosophy of developing new softwares now is basically Are you distracted by the format settingofMicrosoft Word? Do you hate to use mouse all the time when you onlywantto type and type you essay? towards user-friendliness. However, it might be very efficient for Are you troubled by the mathematical formula typing system in Word? entertainment or performing a task, but text-editing is quite difNow it is the time to switch to other document preparation systems. ferent. Comfortableness is quite secondary, but the smoothness of First, For anyone who wants to go into the fields of science the convey of your thought into text is more primary; the beauty of and engineering, it is never too late to switch to LaTeX. LaTeX the interface, the quality of the design cannot inspire one's writing. Markdown is developed under that philosophy is a markup language that is widely used for RStudio(an open source integrated development the communication and publication of scienvironment (IDE) for R, a programming language LaTeX follows the entific documents in many fields, including mathematics, physics, computer science, design philosophy of for statistical computing and graphics.) as the environment to use Markdown, since the user can do statistics, economics, and political science. separating presentasome programming and formula writing to compenLaTeX follows the design philosophy of sepation from content ... sate the lack of complex functions in Markdown. rating presentation from content, so that auit helps you focus on Even for social science academic writers, thors can focus on the content of what they are the logical structure comparing to MS Word, it still has its advanwriting without attending simultaneously to its tages. Less distraction, version track, automatand the content of visual appearance. Therefore it helps you focus on the logical structure and the content of your your essay, instead of ic layout, etc. Many people have complained that when they open a Word file, most of the essay, instead of the appearance. Also, you no the appearance:' time is spent on changing the font or margin, longer need to worry about the required formats. For example, if you want to write in APA (American Psychological but MarkDown is a software that is free from those distractions. Another software is very convenient to use with Markdown + Association), you just need to type\usepackage{apacite} at the beginning of your essay. If you want to change to MLA(Modern Language RStudio is Pandoc. It is a tool that can convert formats for text Association), you do not need to change every citation, you only documents (of course it does not support MS word documents), need to change the previous line you wrote to \usepackage{mlacite}, you can use it easily convert .tex (format for LaTeX), .pdf, .md (forand that's all, the software will do the rest of format changing. mat for Markdown), and around twenty other types of formats. All in all, writing is a process of expressing one's thought Other advantages of LaTeX include: automatic generation of table of content (which is pretty useful for senior essay writing), gradu- through words. Many great writers prefer to use a typewriter, I ate school preparation(LaTeX is a required skill for many science guess Markdown + RStudio is a typewriter for Internet Era. programs), paper publishing(many publishers and journals only accept submissions in .tex format), speed (just think how much Related links: time will it take to open a two hundred page word document), etc. R: www.r-project.org However, the disadvantage of this word processor is also obviRstudio: www.rstudio.com ous. First of all, you have to learn its commands. For example, bold Latex: www.latex-project.org is not simply by pressing Control+ B, but by typing \textbfD. And many other commands like that you have to memorize. Secondly, this text intermingles with code command makes it harder to reread and edit. You have to convert it into a .pdf file to view the text only. But for scientific writing, or for Johnnies who want to eventually +Len Sive, Jr. (GI) write one of the beloved St. John's Manuals (Yes, our manuals are written in LaTeX), it is the necessary tool to use. And after certain "Little toad on the street time of practice, all those difficulties can be overcome. Why croak ye me as if to greet?" Despite the fact that LaTeX is the standard text editor for most "Because I'm lost, Sir, please take me home." of the academic journals, it was indeed invented before the idea of He wept and wept, "I'm all alone." PCs. Many of the commands of LaTeX might seem to be counterintuitive. So the newer solution of this problem is a text editor called He was an ugly toad, 'tis true, MarkDown. It is an invention in the Internet Era; it is more compatThough toads I've known so very fewible with the modern habits of PC users, and it is very easy to learn. But could I leave him there to lie? Markdown is a easy-to-write plain text processor. That is to For on the street he'd surely die. say, the author can focus only on the text itself. It comes only Now croaks he oft, by the bye; with a little grammar. # means first class title, ## means secHe croaks, We're friends, you and I." ond class title, etc; text between * * is italicized, between ** ** is bold; citation starts with >, and that is almost all the grammar '' + Little Toad �08 UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday 04/07 Crossfit 11 :40AM Kunai 4PM Fencing 7:30 PM Wednesday 04/08 Crossfit 11:40 AM St. John's Chorus, Great Hall 7 PM Thursday 04/09 Crossfit 11:40AM Friday 04/10 Crossfit 11:40AM THE GADFLY Patricia Locke Tutor Perhaps you are tired of the long Russian winter? This may cheer you up: an hour in the kitchen and a nurturing supper. Note one of the rare moments in which the Bros K enjoy one another's company takes place around the dinner table in a tavern: "--you don't live on tea alone, do you?" cried Ivan, apparently terribly pleased that he had managed to lure Alyosha.... "I'll have fish soup, and then tea, I'm hungry," Aloysha said cheerfully. "And cherry preserve? They have it here. Do you remember how you loved cherry preserve at Polenov's when you were little?" "You remember that? I'll have fish soup, tea, and preserve." Ivan rang for the waiter and ordered fish soup, tea, and preserve. + Feeds 10, (or lasts for 3 days at the end of writing period). 3 quarts of fish stock, or water doctored up with a couple of bottles of store-bought clam juice 2 onions, chopped 4 large carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds 3 celery stalks chopped, and all the leaves from the center 2 zucchinis, cubed, or 1 cup green beans if either are available. if not, how about a root vegetable? 3 potatoes, cubed 2 lb. fish: salmon, white fish, clams, mussels: whatever you've got, or is fresh at the market. When based on wild-caught king salmon, this soup is locally called, "Jet Fuel." By local, I mean the Pacific Northwest, and it can fuel intense writing. But I digress... Salt and pepper Handful of chopped fresh parsley or 1 T dried dill 1 cup heavy cream, warmed (or at least room temp). 1. Saute the onions in butter or olive oil, then add the fish stock. Bring to a boil, then add other vegetables, dill, s & p and simmer until potatoes aren't too hard. 2. Raise heat and add fish; cook for 5-8 minutes, just till cooked through. Turn down the h eat and gradually whisk in warm cream. Taste and correct seasonings. Serve with crusty bread, or a dry roll from Alyosha's pocket. + If you would like to see your event on the weekly schedule, please email sjca.gadfiy@ gmail.com. 3 cups fresh cherries, pitted, preferably Rainer. Darker varieties will heighten the Russian deptessive effect. Or 1 & 1/2 cup dried sour cherries (@Trader Joes). 2/3 cup ruby port 3/4 cup dry red wine 6 Tablespoons sugar, or to taste 1 cinnamon stick (2-3" long) 3/4 tsp black pepper (yes, it is essential) 2 tsp. cornstarch 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 1. Bring cherries, port, wine sugar, cinnamon stick, pepper, and a pinch of salt to a boil over moderate heat. 2 . Stir cornstarch and vinegar together until lumps are gone, then stir into boiling ch erries. Boil one minute, then remove from h eat and cover. Let stand 15 minutes, while you get the samovar boiling. Serve with hot tea. Za vas! + � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Tretina, Allison (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVI Issue 13 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-04-07 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVI, Issue 13 of The Gadfly. Published April 07, 2015. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 36 #13 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/2b9c0d7599f7845f53a55a2752b996d9.pdf f1984a2e48c95a6af87f05d7184e3cf0 PDF Text Text s1·. JOHN'S COLLEGE LIBRA.RY 131 1 1 1696~1 1 i~1~01166m,1i 11 1 791011111111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i~1 Fifteen Years of DC Failure • 02 Sophomore on B&G • 03 A Book Review By Eva Brann• 04 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. 60 COLLEGE AVE, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 • APR.. 28, 2015. VOL. XXXVI. ISSUE 15 �02 THE GADFLY THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE 60 COLLEGE AVENUE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401 SJCA.GADFLY@GMAIL.COM WWW.ISSUU.COM/SJCGADFLY WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SJCAGADFLY Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student newsmagazine distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus. Opinions expressed within are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The Gadfly reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit submissions in any way necessary to publish a professional, informative, and thought-provoking newsmagazine. The Gadfly meets on the Lower Level of the BBC every Sunday at 7pm. Articles should be submitted by Friday at 11:59 PM to sjca.gadfly@gmail.com. STAFF Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina• Editor-in-Chief Kira Anderson • Staff Frederick Nesfield • Staff Malori Richards • Staff CONTRIBUTORS Eva Brann Erik Neave Joseph Garry Erik Neave From the Editors: This is to our Our beloved Johnnies:fun sized)beissue last normal (albeit of the year, followed only by our special Farewell-Don't-Let-the-Bubble-Burston-Your-Way-Out-Seniors issue (Or the Seniors Issue, for short). It will be a time of great mourning when we burn the seniors at the stake- but great rejoicing when they are reborn from the ashes as freshmen. And this is our last chance, Johnnies, to tell these special people how much you love them ... before it's too late. Yours in preemptive mourning, -The Gadfly Fifteen Years of Failure The story of the Delegate Council Joseph Garry A'.18 T his Wednesday (4/15), I was invited to a meeting of the Delegate Council. I was told that some important, or at least sensational legislation would be placed on the table. I was not disappointed. As it turns out, there has been an ongoing conflict in the DC about whether or not Reality needs to submit a charter immediately, or if it can wait, or if they even need to submit one at all. They have a number of archons who are operating as if there was a charter, but the fact remains that no charter has been submitted since 1999. The issue has been basically ignored as of late, owing to the DC spending all of it's funds and generally having more pressing budget issues. However the issue was finally discussed to a very full extent in the previous DC meeting when members of the DC who are adamant about Reality needing to be chartered submitted a charter for Reality, despite not being archons themselves, or intending to be. This was clearly a move that was considered by many members of the DC to be at the very least insulting to the existing archons of Reality, many of whom are members of the DC (whether or not members of the DC also being archons of Reality, which in terms of spending makes up somewhere around at least 30% of the DC spending, is a conflict of interest is up for the polity and the DC to decide). This charter was inevitably shot down, and was regarded by those who had proposed it not so much a genuine attempt to charter Reality, but to motivate the Reality archons to finally submit a charter of their own, a feat which has not been accomplished for 15 years running. I had heard of all this information before coming to the meeting by talking to the members of the DC who had proposed this charter, but the real surprise for me didn't come until the vote for this charter. I had of course expected the vote to be against the chartering of this new/fake Reality, and I was not incorrect, but the conduct of the members of the DC was rather disgusting. Once those who had proposed the charter had left the room, most members of the DC lost all sense of decorum. While none went as far as to openly mock the charter and those who proposed it, the conduct of those voting for the most part was incredibly rude, and I was personally astonished that those we have elected to represent the polity would act in the manner they did, regardless of how absurd they thought a charter. In addition, during the discussion involving both this charter, and the theoretical one that current Reality archons would provide, a few members of the DC became very emotional and flippant to say the least. Later in the meeting a Reality archon promised that the Reality charter would be submitted by Sunday, and from the next meeting onward the DC could work on finding issues in this new charter and fixing wording to their satisfaction. That being done, it was agreed upon by the DC that they would in fact not have a Sunday meeting, but rather push the meeting back 3 days, for another lunch time Wednesday meeting. On top of that, it was agreed that Reality could continue spending money, and have access to bank accounts, all without a charter. One of the members of the DC was very fond of saying that Reality has 15 years of precedence, that despite Reality spending an amount of money that takes up a majority of the DC budget, it doesn't need a charter, because for 15 years the DC hasn't required them to have it. But during this same meeting, it seems that the DC has set another precedent by allowing Reality to continue to spend money without a charter, which violates DC budgeting policy. A moratorium failed to pass which would've prevented this unchartered club from spending money until a charter was passed. The main reason that was openly cited by opponents of this moratorium was the 15 years of precedence. But it seems to me that in this case of the 15 years of precedence that members of the DC have cited as a reason to allow Reality to continue to operate in the manner it has been, isn't so much 15 years of precedence, but rather 15 years of failure. If you would like to witness the DC in action, or see if your presence might help in their conduct, come to their next meeting. Ask any DC member for date and time. Members of the polity are always allowed to attend and watch what happens, and after my recent visit, I encourage anyone who is at all curious to go and see for yourself what's happening in our student government.+ 03 THE GADFLY A Sophomore Perspective on B&G Sebastian Barajas A'l 7 ou know Y snoopingme. I'm the one you see sweepinginthe quad and through your recycle bin at 7:30 the morning. this is awful, like early in the year, when there are still mosquitoes around (contrary to popular belief, these don't actually disappear until late October)-but most of the time, it's really quite pleasant. I won't bother to make a list of the tough parts of the job, since B&G doubters see them plainly enough. However, it is worth noting the worst part of the job isn't carrying leaky bags of trash, or seeing the doubt in everyone's eyes about whether we're carrying the leaky bags of trash as a punishment or a job. No, the real worst part of working B&G is trying to fill the work orders of flaky, disorganized people (surprisingly, these are usually people who work at the college, not students). I can't tell you how many times I've hauled heavy objects up to the third floor of an elevator-less building, or some other exotic location, only to have the following exchange: "Dang;' you think to yourself, "This guy's had wall-to-wall community service the entire year." You wonder how I manage to get in just enough trouble to have perpetual community service, but not enough to get kicked out. You speculate that perhaps I constantly misbehave with an exponentially decaying level of seriousness, so that the proportionally increasing punishments (due to any repeat offender) cancel out the decreasing seriousness of my misbehavior, leaving the absolute amount of punishment constant. Unfortunately, I must burst your mathematical Johnnie bubble: I do not have community service-at least, not yet. Rather, I work for B&G: the only campus job that is also used as a punishment. We B&G guys often ask ourselves, "What happens if one of us gets community service? And this is why peoUmm ... can I help you? Do we just keep working, but without getting We're here to deliver this refrigerator filled paid?" So far this year, there has not been ocple ask us (even if it's with sand. casion to find out. And we're a little shy about just with their eyes), asking, since anyone in a position to answer Huh ... No, we didn't order one. Who placed this question will immediately ask, "Why do "Why on earth would the order? It just said to go to room 302. you want to know? Are you planning on getting you work any campus Huh. Oh! You know what? That must've been in trouble?" job-let alone B&G- Billy-Bob who ordered it. He's out of the counSo for us workers, punishment and work are try right now. But you know what? That was separate. Nevertheless, we are acutely aware of when there are so actually supposed to go over to Mellon. the fact that no one is ever forced to work a limany better-paying brary or switchboard shift as a punishment for And we- being toughened B&G veteranswrongdoing. Why is this? Is it that one or two jobs in town?" take the inconvenience in a professional manextra hands in the library won't make much of ner. We acknowledge that miscommunication is as essential to a difference, whereas one or two extra hands raking up leaves and spit shining the president's car will help? Or is it that there the St. John's experience as philosophy. In fact, in the old days is something repentant about manual labor that desk jobs lack? (before B&G workers had to be treated humanely) the Polity But even if there is something especially punitive about B&G, would use us as lab rats to practice their sophistry: we voluntary workers can't exactly complain, since we have other options. Everybody knows this. And this is why people ask us Umm ... can I help you? We're here to deliver this refrigerator filled with sand. (even if it's just with their eyes), "Why on earth would you work Ah! Such is the human spirit: a refrigerator filled with the sands any campus job-let alone B&G- when there are so many betterpaying jobs in town?" While I see these doubters' point, I make of sin. But can he ever truly find deliverance? Is this the right room? 302? the following answers, in no particular order of importance: 1) We are never required to work on weekends. That would depend on your definition of 'right.' All things aim at the Good, thus it was some good that brought you in here, thus its 2) B&G gives us the satisfaction of beautifying our campus, keeping pests at bay, and-when the ground is icy-saving people presence here is clearly 'right.' Can you please just tell me where this needs to go? from horrible injury and death. We are the weeping Indians and Needs? It is at equilibrium: its downward tendency cancelled by the Rangers of the North: the silent, thankless guardians of the the upward tendency of the floor. West. And while we are not quite Batman, we are the sorts of people Batman would help out. · You know what? You can deal with it. I'm leaving. 3) Our commute is almost non-existent, saving us precious Oh, yes, I remember now. It's supposed to go to Mellon. minutes of sleep or work or lunch. These are the most valuable So the wheels of progress have lifted us from the indignity of commodities in college- second only to alcohol and closet space. sophistical torture, and replaced it with its PC equivalent: pas4) Only B&G is allowed to drive around campus, which feels sive aggressive flakiness. Of course, in this respect, B&G is hardly really, really cool, even from the passenger seat. There is no sense of power like stepping out of a pickup in the middle of the unique. The world is full of flaky work orders; no job is free of quad, and closing the door loudly behind you. them. Neither is any job (at least in this country) entirely without its perks- since if there were not some perk, no one would 5) B&G has knowledge of and access to all of the secret places you never knew existed. Have you seen where Johnnie chairs choose it. The point is that we have a good job, and we do a good job- in come from? Have you visited the Island of Lost Bikes? Did you ever wonder where all those chairs that were out in the courtfact, we do more than our fair share of good for the campus. So yard last year went? We know. We are B&G. the next time you see me or any other B&G worker sweeping on the quad, or rifling through your recycling at 7:30 in the morn6) Every day is different. Though most of our duties consist of trash duty and and carting chairs and tables around campus, the ing, do not say to yourself, "That poor, unfortunate, confused routine gets mixed up enough to keep things interesting. Each person;' but, "There goes a Ranger of the North, who handles trash that would freeze my heart if I were not guarded ceasetask we perform is its own unique mixture of challenging, satisfying, bracing, and (more often than you'd think) even fun. lessly."+ 7) We get to work outside. Don't get me wrong-sometimes '' �04 UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday 04/28 Crossfit 11:40AM Kunai 4PM Fencing 7:30 PM Wednesday 04/29 Crossfit 11:40AM St. John's Chorus and Orchestra Concer: W. A. Mozart "Great Mass" in G Minor, Great Hall 7PM Thursday 04/30 Crossfit 11:40AM Intramural Basketball Championship Game lOPM REALITY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!! If you would like to see your event on the weekly schedule, please email sjca.gad:fly@gmail.com. THE GADFLY Josh and Jordan Book Review: Kwami Alexander, The Crossover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Eva Brann TUTOR "iOlO! [XPlOSIV[I .. I lOV[ TH£ CIOSSOV[I. [VIRYONl Will" In the interests of full disclosure: This is a basketball story. Of our three national sports, I positively hate football, very much like baseball, and toward basketball I entertain the profoundest indifference. I'm, however, a news junkie. On a recent Newshour (MPT) I saw the author talking about his book, and something said "find out more,'' so I bought it. The protagonists, identical twins of thirteen, are almost magically good players, the sons of a retired basketball star, "Da Man." Their mother is the Assistant Principal at their - what used to be called - grammar school. So at home the Bell family talks Standard English. Now imagine this: the story is in verse. It's supported by some fancy typography (an old device with many names in prosody: concrete or pattern poetry, calligrams or art chirography, etc.). The lead metaphor is the "crossover," some sort of dribbling trick dangerous to opponents' ankles - I have no notion. The diction of the poetry is Black English, the assumed lingo of Josh, the narrator. It's full of sports fanatics' in-jokes and allusions. In all of the 237 pages I got only two: to Michael Jordan, of course, and a jokey version of Dr. Seuss: "eggs -~IHI ~1om i and green ham." No matter. It's been ages since I've read so hard-headed but good-hearted, so pathos-infused but joyous a book. Albeit in a language I can't speak or even quite understand - hip-hopping, rapping or whatever - it took me only three pages to be captivated by its lovable spirit. Give it to someone you really like, half or fully grown-up.+ An Extremely Short Poem Containing A Very Simple and Feasible Request To The Tutors of St. John's College In Annapolis, Maryland During Multiple Senior Orals, Which Are Publicly Attended, And In Which-More Than Once-I Have Been Forced, Along With Several Classmates, To Lean Forward In My Chair Trying To Hear From A Quiet And Quite Thoughtful Person Some Probably Interesting Question Or Comment (Which I May Now Never Know The Content Of) That Is Lost In The Low Decibel Wasteland On Tiny Sine Waves Through A Cavernous King William's Room-Especially When Considering The Number Of Times These Same Tutors Request Their Students To Increase The Volume Of Voices In Tutorials And Seminars + Erik G. Neave A'l6 Please Speak up Please � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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JOHN'S COLLEGE LIBRARY 131 1 1 116961~ 1~r~r1i1 1i~111,m11 1 82981 1 1 1 1 1 01166 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 · .,etter from the President 02 Love Letters 03 s An Idiot In High School 04 Tips On Leaving SJC 07 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE • 60 COLLEGE AVE, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 • MAY 5, 2015 • VOL. XXXVI • ISSUE 16 C{ass o 2015: You're ree. -ci �02 THE GADFLY THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE ~ To the Class of 2015 60 COLLEGE AVENUE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401 SJCA.GADFLY@GMAIL.COM WWW.ISSUU.COM/SJCGADFLY WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SJCAGADFLY Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student newsmagazine distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus. Opinions expressed within are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The Gadfly reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit submissions in any way necessary to publish a professional, informative, and thought-provoking newsmagazine. Articles for the next issue should be submitted to sjca.gadfly@gmail.com. Seniors, A week from now, I will be wishing you well as you are hooded, diplomas in hand, prepared for new adventures into the wider world. You will trade being full-time members of our community to becoming permanent members, joining thousands of fellow alumni, taking St. John's College with you wherever you go. We wish you to know that thoughts of you and cares for your happiness will be with us who remain behind. We will hope to hear from you, wanting to learn how you are faring and what the future brings as you venture forth from here. St. John's College will always be a second home to you, and we will be pleased see you back among us from time to time. Congratulations and Fare Well! Christopher Nelson, President STAFF Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief Allison Tretina • Editor-in-Chief Kira Anderson • Staff Malori Richards • Staff CONTRIBUTORS Cora Davis Patricia Locke President Nelson Joy Perry Melanie Swiecicki 03 THE GADFLY A LovfV Lette.v t"o-~ 5-t~ CQ-Ylt1A11iftee; o-YV I na-vuct--'UW\I Cora Davis A'15 One may wonder why it is necessary to have a Student Committee on Instruction at St. John's, and ask what function it has here at the college. As a member of the committee for four years, I would like to give a few reasons for why I think the SCI is a particularly wonderful slice of life at the college. 1. We have the unique opportunity at this college to actively reflect on what end we are trying to achieve with our education and how our program makes this possible. The open forums hosted by the SCI provide students and tutors a place to candidly discuss questions like: Why do we say that the seminar is the heart of the program? What is the role of demonstration in the classroom? And my personal favorite, how is music a part of a liberal education? 2. The all-college and extra-curricular seminars that the SCI organizes were a fundamental part of my education here at the college. Not only did these seminars allow me to engage with tutors and students outside of my classes, but it was from them that I first learned one of the most important lessons of being in a conversation: one learns by listening, not speaking. 3. During my time on the SCI the school went through a long process of accreditation. The tutors who led this tremendous undertaking would send drafts of the self-study and accreditation reports to members of the SCI to seek our suggestions. I think this anecdote says something really important about the St. John's community. Our school is a place where students are passionately connected to their education and this passion is recognized and respected by the faculty both inside and outside of the classroom. Other places where we see this mutual respect is in activities like the St. John's Chorus and the Intramurals program. Perhaps the simplest answer as to why the Student Committee on Instruction is a necessary part of this college can be explained by a quote from Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics: "Even if we can't do anything with it, may not philosophy in the end do something with us, provided that we engage ourselves with it?" Thank you, St. John's College, for the gift of engaging in philosophy. Cora Davis Hometown: Baltimore, MD Senior Essay Title: "Better well hanged than ill wed": The Necessary Downfall of Philosophy, and the Grace it Receives through Faith in Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments Post-Graduate Plans: Je vais aller en Europe pour pratiquer mon franc;ais et de manger beaucoup de fromage + From the Editors: hen we took the reins of the W Gadfly last spring, we inherited a newspaper that, at the hands of the previous editors, had become exactly what they had hoped: an expression of the Polity's voice, and an integral part of the St. John's community. We hope, a year later, that it remains exactly that. If it does, that is entirely thanks to our diligent staff and all those in the community who took the time to help fill our pages. To you all we offer our heartfelt gratitude. And so, we began the year with our freshmen, and we end with our seniors. To the Class of 2015, congratulations and good luck! To the rest of you, see you at Convocation! + I Love Seniors Kristen Luchsinger Hometown: Palmer, AK Senior Essay Title: The Role of Beauty in Science as Seen in the Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen Paper and Responsible to It within the Context of Quantum Theory Post-Graduate Plans: Kick a**, go to space, represent the human race (aka, MA Program in Astronomy at Wesleyan University). Anonymous Lin Qiu Hometown: Hainan, China Senior Essay Title: "Do You Really Love Me?" An Inquiry into Faith in Philosophical Fragments Post-Graduate Plans: Study philosophy of science at Tufts University Finally, I'm beginning to understand what Reality is all about. My darling seniors, you've given me countless hugs and love beyond measure. I have watched you grow and felt the pain which accompanied that growth. You inspire me. You remind me of the beauty in the world, the beacon of friendship that can guide back home even the most lost of wanderers. Inexorably, we were pulled together, and forever we will be intertwined. For a moment, the entirety of the threads of our lives ran down the course of time and space together. Your laughter, your tears, your determination, your joy, your pride, your enthusiasm, your dedication: these are things that draw me to you, that make me pause, that bring tears to my eyes because loving you is painful. I love you so much it hurts. At times my love for you overwhelms me, hits me in the solar plexus with the force of a solid punch. You have cherished me, guided me, laughed with me, facilitated my own growth and allowed me into your hearts and I will be forever grateful. + Alice Loofbourrow Hometown: San Jose, CA Senior Essay Title: The God who dies to conquer death: Exploring the meaning behind the music and text of the Passion chorale in Bach's St. Matthew Passion Post-Graduate Plans: I am attending Goucher's Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical program to complete my requirements in preparation for medical school. I am also getting married to Charlie Allen Bruce. �04 THE GADFLY I WAS AN IDIOT IN HIGH SCHOOL Sebastian Barajas A'17 How St. Johns has and hasn't changed us Whenever high school comes up at the lunch table, every- matured by it. I ask people why they feel the need to be distant from their body feels obligated to say, "I was an idiot in high school." Written, these words have no smile in them, so I've never quite high school selves, and they reply, "Because I was an arrogant understood why we smile when we speak them. And why is little shit, that's why. I fit every stereotype you can think of for this sentiment so pervasive, even among Johnnies who seem the angsty Holden Caulfield knockoff. That was me. An arrothe least mature? Why does it please even the most childish of gant little shit." Similarly, many of us used to be the sorts of characters we us to call our past selves idiots? Are we proud of our past idiocy, ourselves would not want to read about. We the same way we're sometimes proud of fell into tired, self-indulgent cliches, possidrinking until we get sick? Clearly not: bly saying things like, "No one understands while we might gladly go out drinking ' ' A r e we to dismiss that choice as chance: that me," and "Everyone in the world is so stup_id!' and getting sick every weekend and then We read these things in the present and say, brag about it, we would never willingly our younger selves only ''You were wrong, you little shit. It wasn't the return to high school, nor do we think happened by accident to world that was stupid, it was you." anything in high school worth bragging choose exactly the right But to call anything "stupid" is to say that about. So in our culture, having been children is infinitely more shameful than we don't, in fact, understand it: that we're so tiny obscure liberal arts overcome with emotion, we can't face it. So making drunken oafs of ourselves in college to attend? when we call our high school selves "stupid," public. we neither teach nor learn from them, but Consequently, most of us see college as our chance to get as far away from childhood as we possibly only contradict them-as though we were locked in an endless can in four years. If by senior year, we can't turn on our high schoolyard argument like Creon and Antigone-and no underschool selves (if not all younger people) and say, ''You are an standing is reached. And we all know that the least interesting idiot," we think we've somehow failed to grow up. We're terri- and insightful explanations we find for these characters' acfied of this failure, and as a result it's hard to find an experience tions is "They were just idiots," or "They were being possessed or an increment of time so small or insignificant that a young Continued On Pg.5 person won't point to it and claim to have been fundamentally 05 THE GADFLY Continued From Pg. 4 by the gods." So how can we possibly be satisfied with such explanations for our own actions? I ask these questions, and people reply, "You know what? It's really not that important. I've learned my lesson, and it's over now. I can move on with my life. I don't want to deal with high school or high school kids anymore. I'm done with that shit." From this, it's clear to me that adulthood (which most of us have enjoyed only very briefly) hasn't so much humbled us (as we think) as put a fake moustache on our arrogance so that we no longer recognize it. Instead of saying to ourselves, "Everybody is stupid," as we did in high school, we now say, "My entire past was stupid, and so is anyone else who's young or idiotic enough to think the way I did when I was in high school": a difference oflittle consequence. The plain truth is that we're not as different from our high school selves as we g pretend to be, even by senior year. If we doubt this, we would do well to remember on whose account most of us became Johnnies. Who else but our high school selves chose this school for us? And unless we've found our time here unpleasant (in which case we have more problems than simply not valuing the past), this person we look down on made the right decision. Are we to dismiss that choice as chance: that our younger selves only happened by accident to choose exactly the right tiny obscure liberal arts college to attend? What remarkably good luck to befall the majority of the Polity. Of course, we might have made many changes since our high school years. We might have done things then that we now regret. We might have grown or overcome personal flaws or challenges. But all of that strife was necessary to make us who we are. If we had a misguided Goth phase in 10th grade, this played its part in shaping our present. If we once got in trouble for egging our school, this played its part as well. But if we deny that this chain of events is valid, and say, "That was just idiotic', I shouldn't have done that, and I would be better off if I hadn't," we are, in a sense, denying our own existence. Because of our childhoods, our heads are full of things. And if we had not been alive and experienced a colorful variety of things for roughly eighteen years before coming here, our heads would not be full of things, and we would all be drooling infants. But we are not drooling infants. And this is manifestly because we have many years' experience as thinking, learning beings. In fact, we can easily look on personal history as a Program book: one that no other Johnnie has access to. As Johnnies, we owe it to ourselves and to others to read that book, to take it with us through all four years, and keep reading it after graduation. We must read it closer and more thoroughly than any of the books on the Program-since it's longer, more important, and contains, as Montaigne calls it, "the whole stamp of the human condition." Try to understand your high school self, even if that person makes you angry, or hurts you, or seems to defy understanding. To smile your most precious book away and insult it is an inexcusable sin for a Johnnie.+ Jennifer Shumpert Hometown: Reston, VA Senior Essay Title: Ships That Pass in the Night: Or, the Duplicity of Narratives in Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Post-Graduate Plans: Construct elaborate cardboard cutouts of my friends so that I can pretend we still get to hang out every day. Mourn heavily. Maybe get a drastic haircut? Eventually move to DC and work for a non-profit focused on women's issues.hotspots. JoshAvni Hometown: Woodstock, VA Senior Essay Title: Nothing: Seeking Self-Annihilation in Ingmar Bergman's Persona Post-Graduate Plans: Writing and directing movies, ideally even ones that people like! Shayna Jenkins Hometown: Litchfield, CT Senior Essay Title: The Man of Many Faces: The Search for Self-Knowledge in Cervantes' Don Quixote Post-Graduate Plans: Re-reading the entire Gossip Girl serie shot-spots. Hometown: Leesburg, VA Senior Essay Title: Abraham's Argument: Faith as Human Fulfillment in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling Post-Graduate Plans: Moving to Lexington, VA and attending law school at Washington and Lee University. Josephine LaCosta Hometown: Oldwick, NJ Senior Essay Title: Faith and Freedom, in honor of Emma Bovary, the child, the artist, the hero Post-Graduate Plans: Gonna be a chef. �06 THE GADFLY THE GADFLY 07 A Word of Non-Advice ·TIPS ON LEAVING THE COLLEGE Joy Perry .N15 I don't think there is any parting advice I can give that will do a: fraction of the good that comes from learning through experience and mistakes so I would like to make a parting wish for the Polity instead: I hope that o~r mistakes will not sour our experience of life but will instead teach us a lightheart~d humility as painlessly as possible. And, from that humility, I hope we gam an expanded capacity to forgive and extend kindness to our fellows. Goodbye, and thank you. This experience has meant the world to me. + Patricia Locke Ms. Bartram recently asked me for tips on leaving the College. I was taken aback and a bit inarticulate. But I have been thinking about it and here they are: Thanks to Kunai Melanie Swiecicki Joy Perry Hometown: Corbett, OR Senior Essay Title: The Receding Figure: Sublime Moments in Three Landscapes by Caspar David Friedrich Post-Graduate Plans: I'll be spending this summer interning for a non-profit art school in the Berkshires. Sebastian Abella Victoria Wick· Hometown: Miami, FL Hometown: Denver, CO Senior Essay Title: Recreating Reality: The Church of Combray in Swann's Way .N15 Kunai has been an athletics program and also a support group to me. I played some sports in high school and I knew that when I came to St. John's I wanted to continue being active. So the minute I heard about Kunai's existence I knew I wanted to participate. It was one of the best decisions I have made during my time at St. John's. With Kunai I was able to learn sports I had never played before, like Netball, or actually learn how to play ones I was terrible at, like basketball. I also got the chance to play the sports I have always enjoyed with other girls. The opportunity to clear my mind and just focus on something physical has been great for my mental health. And don't discount those endorphins you get from running around! The knowledge that if I go to Kunai I will finish it having let go of my stress and happy is what motivates me. But that is something you can feel from all/any physical activity, the real reason I go to Kunai specifically is the people. Without it I would never have met and gotten to know so many amazing girls in other years. Sure, I would have seen them around campus, and with St. John's being the tiny school it is, I'm sure I could tell you some facts about them. But I wouldn't have really known them. Kunai enabled me to make friendships with a wider variety of girls Senior Essay Title: The Inner World of War and Peace Post-Graduate Plans: Economics Senior Essay Title: Quo Vadis? Christianity Hometown: Orono, ME Hometown: Chandler, AZ Senior Essay Title: Round Perdition's Flames: Madness and Obsession in Moby Dick Senior Essay Title: Son of Sin, Son of Sanctity: An Exploration of the Character of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew Post-Graduate Plans: Touch and care for old books. Post-Graduate Plans: Medical School (probably) Cultivate your friendships. Keep in touch with the people you care most about, and leave open the possibility that your shared experience may give you more in common with the guy who drove you nuts in seminar than with any of the people at your next job. You may come to appreciate him more as time goes by. Cut yourself some slack. Done properly, the Program is exhausting. Why not let yourself off the hook? You don't need to read anything on your To Read list right now. You don't have to add German or Russian to your accomplishments. Why not buy yourself a sketchbook and some color crayons (the big box). Hey, add glitter! Why not go to the beach? See what it would be like to be a person who actually takes the weekend (or equivalent) completely off from intellectual activities. Get out there in the natural world. And don't justify your being there by identifying birds. Leave your gun, your compass and your watch behind. Get healthy. Didn't you promise yourself to quit smoking after graduation? I know #2 says cut yourself some slack, but maybe good food, sleep and exercise will help you kick whatever habits are weighing you down. After four years of analyzing, synthesizing, absorbing, etc. maybe it is time to see how you can put your talents to work in making some placeyour place- better, cleaner, more thoughtful, or _ _ _ _ ____ (positive adjective here). Embrace the big world! Take any chance you have to travel, meet people in your town from Elsewhere, and treat strange places as an adventure. Think even bigger! IfI could wave my (covert) wand and give you anything, it would be the gift of more self-confidence. You just went toe to toe with some of the finest minds in human history, and have learned all kinds 'o strategies to learn complex things outside your ken. You're GOOD! And if you have the typical mood sag during the first year, so be it. You will bob back up at full power. Support each other, and acknowledge your own maturity, thoughtfulness and mind intent. Get out there: the world needs you! 2 4 Post-Graduate Plans: Relaxing in my sauna. Madison Galbraith 1 3 Hometown: Warsaw, Poland l Hometown: Denver, CO Elizabeth Wootten Molly Kirkpatrick Post-Graduate Plans: Paying off my student loans and catching up on the pop culture I've missed these past 4 years. Melanie Swiecicki than I would have otherwise known. And those friendships are, of course, what makes me go to each Kunai game, every Tuesday and Friday. + Tutor Hometown: Minnetonka, MN Senior Essay Title: To Live For The Soul: A Study of the Philosophy and Practical Life of Konstantin Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Post-Graduate Plans: Apply to and attend grad school for a Master's in Russian and Eurasian regional studies. Senior Essay Title: "Kneeling and Decline in King Lear." Post-Graduate Plans: Within the next couple of years, I will begin my education in naturopathic medicine in order to become a practitioner of bio-energetic therapy. This year, I'll be working as an Office Manager at Green Life Chiropractic here in town and planning my wed ding! 5 6 P.S. Don't forget the College. If you send us $25/ year, we will use it well. Write when you get work. Write when you get happy. + �08 THE GADFLY Anna Szumiesz Hometown: Concord, NH Senior Essay Title: Plonger au Fond: Finding Freedom in the New Beauty of the Modern World Post-Graduate Plans: Climb, hike, and surf my home state with the love of my life, read some non-Program books, plant a garden, find a job, and apply to law school. Leslie Howard Hometown: Laconia, NH Senior Essay Title: So As a Painted Tyrant Hamlet Stood Post-Graduate Plans: I intend to hang out in Annapolis and make crepes until I just can't stand it anymore. Caroline Snizek Hometown: Westfield, NJ Senior Essay Title: My Mind on My Murder and Murder on My Mind, Death and Dying in Macbeth Post-Graduate Plans: Go home and recover from these four years and plan my next move. David Lincer Hometown: Short Hills, NJ Senior Essay Title: Hope Constricts the Heart: Imagination, Sympathy, and Youth in Goethe's Werther Post-Graduate Plans: I'll be doing a psychiatric research internship at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with a Hodson grant. My plans for after that are still unclear, but they involve enrollment in some sort of psychology program in 2016. Mary Reeher Hometown: Saint Paul, MN Stephanie Morgan Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO Senior Essay Title: Flesh & Blood: Webster and the Female Prince Senior Essay Title: Persuasion: Hindsight is 20/20: Analyzing the Hows and Whys of Austen's Persuasion Post-Graduate Plans: Grad school applications for fall 2016, and enjoying the Twin Cities' many excellent WiFi hotspots. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #4 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 4 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-10-13 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 4 of The Gadfly. Published October 13, 2015. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/fdef1f910d7675a5defebd9d13c6f9ec.pdf b2e50ff5ae34bba00995f378cfa67773 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #5 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 5 [The Badfly] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-10-27 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 5 of The Gadfly. Special issue entitled "The Badfly". Published October 27, 2015. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Badfly Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/945c037d022fe648b29e179b093c590b.pdf a110450fcf565a3378805a7d54de28e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #6 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 6 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-11-10 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 6 of The Gadfly. Published November 10, 2015. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/5b5eb05a9407477212437072be3dbd0f.pdf ddd2d4ae5d6f75e491398e5d25b8f2da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #7 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 7 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12-01 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 7 of The Gadfly. Published December 01, 2015. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/12560f131bb0cf93a5ecfaa27fab648d.pdf 8b217ad720cfb5fa262ed6e9b676b5b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #8 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 8 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12-15 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 8 of The Gadfly. Published December 15, 2015. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/ce09241cac059fbe2576639cc51ba5f8.pdf dbfbd5d912647595234aaf4a2baa438c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #9 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 9 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-01-19 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 9 of The Gadfly. Published January 19, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/c86abdbbdeb636f13f80ce9b820f0601.pdf d339420a5c8e13306c3d2419207d94a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #10 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 10 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-02 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 10 of The Gadfly. Published February 02, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/92c11a475c249b568ffa2ab502d88c58.pdf 7bf18870653004ec2993e98cc91057bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #12 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 12 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-05 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 12 of The Gadfly. Published April 05, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/56b6ce55387950fdcb8892393b8592b0.pdf 0b9a0845a619b8a62ee67ba67cb65842 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #13 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 13 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-16 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 13 of The Gadfly. Published April 16, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Croquet Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/3d742190cc9f84a53f715c8067a600f9.pdf d0f7da7c3a3a80db2c2d96d57fa54e70 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 37 #14 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 14 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-26 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVII, Issue 14 of The Gadfly. Published April 26, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/309812ec03400375802abc36c544d276.pdf 5e2a51a10bfcd4cb14d2aa902e74fd2c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>The Gadfly</em> Description An account of the resource Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&amp;sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context thegadfly Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 8 pages Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 38 #1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief) Title A name given to the resource The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVIII Issue 01 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-09-20 Description An account of the resource Volume XXXVIII, Issue 01 of The Gadfly. Published September 20, 2016. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Gadfly Student publication