SWILnews #11-12
		  for the weeks of Nov. 27 - Dec. 10, 1988.

EVENTS:
   Apologies again for no SWILnews last week.  Once last semester I was asked 
to not do a SWILnews if there were no news, and last week there was very 
little.  But now, for your delectation and enjoyment, what will surely be one
of my last SWILnewses ever:
   Nominations were made.  Nominations were rejected.  In fact, only two 
nominations for next year's Presidence d'SWIL (excuse my pseudo-French) were 
accepted: one for Chris Cobb and Laura Almasy, and one for Laura Almasy and 
Chris Cobb.  In the spirit of democracy, I asked for more nominations, but none 
were forthcoming and someone pointed out that, this being a Quaker school, it's 
okay to do some things by consensus every now and then.  And it will certainly 
save the wear and tear on our fingers of having to write people's names on 
paper, though if anyone insists, we can still carry out the formalities of 
voting at the coming meeting.  Oh, and Harry Tuttle has also been nominated; 
for those of you not familiar with him, he's the dashing Central Services 
outlaw played by Robert de Niro in _Brazil_.  There was a campaign to elect him 
to SJC two years ago, but he didn't get enough votes.  Or something.
   After the meeting on 12/10 (this coming Saturday) will be a BEM meeting for 
anyone interested.  Talk to Kir Talmage for more details.  This year's BEM is 
open to alumni, though so far none have submitted anything (actually, I think 
that statement is true of current students as well).
   We have a suggestion for a t-shirt design, possibly the earliest in the year 
that such has ever been made: Jeff Hildebrand has submitted a front-and-back 
shirt design with the words "Life, the Universe, and SWIL" on the front and 
"Don't Panic" and "42" on the back.  Actual t-shirt decisions and such will be 
made next semester, as Garth Snyder, currently on leave, is in charge of doing 
this year's shirts.  In other t-shirt news, some or most of the reunion and 
reprint shirts are in and may be picked up from Julie (after payment, of 
course).

ATTENDANCE:
   The attendance list for the Thanksgiving "meeting" (at which we didn't 
have a minyon (in base ten, anyway)) reads as follows: NO ONE SHOWED UP.; 
Neither did I; Therefore, we did not have a _show down_.; Josh "I showed up!
pththphthpth" Smith; Topher "Chocolate donuts and melons"; Phenolphthalein
"Fran/Max"; The Red Jeddak of SMERSH; The Moskowitz Entourage; and The
Spanish Inquisition couped _again_.
   And here's more attendance, this one for the 12/3 meeting: Luke "HAH, I'm 
first" Hankins; Glenn "HAH, I'm not" Rutan; Kir "Hah, I don't live in RCB" 
Talmage; Brian Inouye; Jeff "Davros": Hildebrand; Andy "I can't think of 
anything funny" Perry; White Dove's Sister; Thibberty-gibbet; Jim T.M.I. 
Moskowitz; Bruce of the many physics seminars; Chris "J" Cobb; Josh "I _am_ 
above the law" Smith; Alex "the fastest production lawnmower made" Weirich; 
Rick "Emily" Post [editorial note: this gets my vote for funniest name on list 
this week]; >buzz!< no fruit; Josh "and I'm above _him_" Mackay-Smith; Ego 
Rogers; me, of course; Anaid is here; and Aren Atz.

"I _am_ the law!"
                                  judiciously,
			    Judge Jedd (Jed Hartman)
(Good thing the semester's almost over.  I'm nearly out of titles.)