GO. VOTE. NOW.
…before you forget, ’cause you were busy doing @#!# CORE homework!
OKAY, here’s what I did. I logged into Facebook and typed each candidate’s name into Facebook search. Their first name I made a link to either the picture they’re using to campaign with, or their profile pic (in many cases, both [in one case a Paint interpretation of a particularly evocative campaign poster]). Their last name is a link to whatever picture on their Profile Pictures Page amused or intrigued me most. And after that I quoted an intriguing, amusing, or just plain WHAT?! quote from their “Favorite Quotations” section on Facebook. And after THAT I linked you to any existing Facebook support groups. WHEW.
President
- Tyler Whitney (Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is [[Ghandi])
- Michael Harri (I‘m not weakened by the fears/that you have applied/See I’m now learning in these walls/that You have supplied./Slow, slow down boy./Slow down to/Control [Collective Soul]) The Official Facebook Support Group. The Website.
EVP
- Tyler Hamilton (If at first you don’t suceed, then lower your standards.)
- Charley Brinkman (We cannot all do great things, but we can all do small things with great love [Mother Teresa].)
FVP
- Carl Chan (Spirituality is not religion. Religion divides people. Belief in something unites them.) The Official Facebook Support Group.
Boppell Senator
Mac Senator
- Jesse Prichard
- Stephen Jansons (..when I’m going through the hard times I like to punch dance away life’s problems…) The Official Facebook Support Group.
Ballard Senator
Stewart Senator
- Brittany Roach (life is a series of images that change as they repeat themselves [Andy Warhol]
East Senator
Arend Senator
- Beau Lamb (I feel like I’m in some Greek play, you try to control your fate, but the gods have other plans.)
- Rachel Busick (violence is not the answer [though it is a solution at times]) The Official Facebook Support Group.
Off Campus Senator
- David Kuraya (The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work [Emile Zola].) The Official Facebook Support Group.
Off Campus Rep
- Dan Lewis (The world will never be safe as long as millions live in poverty so the few can live as they wish [Shane Clairborne].) The Official Facebook Support Group.
The Rise and Fall of the 95 theses.
I wrote the 95 theses.
I know, I know. Not exactly a breaking piece of news worthy of the Drudge siren. It’s more like breathlessly revealing that, guess what, Stalin, of all people, was behind the assassination of Trotsky! And that OJ fellow? He might have had a hand – or at least glove – in the murder of his wife!
Jessica Davis guessed that I had written those three-page incendiary mere moments after it was discovered. It only took Galen Sanford and Jessica Carrier a few days to figure it out.
And I’m guessing even administration – Mandeville and the RDs – had a pretty good inkling of whodunit. They didn’t attempt to prosecute me because four others had, like Abraham’s ram, taken my place. The requisite quota of punishment was met, so there was no need to drag my paranoid, trembling self in.
So, it’s not like the following information is a surprising confession to anyone.
Nor is it necessarily a defense of the theses. It’s also not an apology. It’s neither bragging nor regretting.
Instead, it’s merely a record, on paper (or screen) of the events that unfolded on the night of October 31, 2006. It’s purely a correction on the misinformation you think you know, and elaboration on the information you do know.
This is a first person account of rise and fall of the prank that made both the local evening news and Sportsillustrated.com.
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Granted, the prank happened over a year ago. The conversations are reproduced and stylized from my hazy memory. Exact accuracy is not to be expected. If you want to correct something, that’s what the comments section is for.
For those of you who already know of the 95 theses tornado of a saga, this will add facts to your assumptions.
For those of you who are going “95 what??” then buckle your seatbelt, release the parking break, and ignite the ignition.
You’re in for a wild, convoluted, ride.
Education of the Mind and Art
Writing by Daniel Walters, Photos by Thomas Robinson and Corbis.com
Many of you know me as “Daniel Walters the Writer” or “Daniel Walters the Warren Senator” or “Daniel Walters the Super Smash Brothers player (usually as Kirby)”.
But few know me as “Daniel Walters the artist.” Yes, I’m quite the art man, from my first masterpiece “Happy Mothers Day in the Macaroni Medium” and my magnum opus, “Helicopter shooting at a giant alien,” done on a Whiteboard canvas in the Sharpie medium.
Which makes me the perfect tour guide, to show you the artistic wonders of the Junior Art Exhibit.
Remember, the intent of the artist is not what is important in art. What is important is what we see in art; how art can truly show us what lies in the depths of our subconscious, within our soul.
I will look past the layers off oil and tempera and find the true meaning of the artwork.
Then, gentle reader, you will be enlightened.
Top Ten List Commemoration #5
I was going to do one of these each week, but I have had absolutely no work to do for the past few days so here’s the next one a few days early. This week’s topic is the Greatest Photos of 2004-2008. For each photo I will provide (when available) the photographer, the date, the source, and the title. The commentary and the critiquing I leave to you. After all, a good photo won’t need any explanation on why it’s good. You’ll just know why.
Enjoy…
Lunar Eclipse Sequence
Sequence of shots showing the total lunar eclipse on the 20th of February, 2008 from Spokane, Washington. The first shot was taken at 6:13pm and the last eclipse shot (2nd to last) was taken at 8:59pm. The full moon was captured an hour after that.
“Big Ugly” Goes Under
On the 29th of January, 6-14 students got together and buried the “Big Ugly” – aka the statue in front of the library. Here are some photos that show the event:
Dead Things
Writing on the wall in the painting room of the art building.
And there are too many dead things in there.
About the photo: Although the actual taking of this photo isn’t the most intriguing thing (besides getting the composition set in a way to make it interesting, especially with the white edge to the right), the editing may provide a note of interest. It was shot in a file format called RAW, which doesn’t apply all the things like white balance, sharpness, saturation, hue, contrast and compression that is applied to every JPG image whether you like it or not. It allows for a lot more flexibility in editing the image afterwards. The downside is that each image ends up being 6-8mbs each. For this image, I used an editing technique called HDR or Tonemapping through a program called Photomatix (http://www.hdrsoft.com/), to bring out the shadows and tone down the highlights.