SWILNEWS OF MANY REMINDERS (February 28, 1991)

     Yes it's that time of the semester, when everything starts to
happen all at once. First reminder: This Saturday is the meeting
where we decide on the design for this year's T-shirt. This always
takes a long time and with a lot of other things happening on
Saturday I want to start the meeting promptly at noon. Be there!

     As far as other SWIL events go: Plans continue for Samuel R.
Delany's talk in early April. A full schedule should be announced
soon. The bookstore currently has several copies of his latest
novel, _Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand_. You've got a month
left to write for BEM. Submit stories, art, cover ideas, seminar
papers (well, maybe not) to Fran. We are going to try a spring
Pterodactyl Hunt, organized by Stephen Sample. Current thoughts
about when are to try for either April 5th or April 19th. (Not
during Parents' Weekend.) What will happen during Parents' Weekend
is the traditional Live Chess game. Josh Smith is in charge. A
suggestion was put forth to model it with US forces on one side and
Iraqi forces on the other. This received several votes against, so
it probably will not be done. (And the point may be moot given
recent developments.)

     The Yearbook wants to get photographs of various campus
groups. I signed us up, but have yet to hear anything. Stay tuned.
I will try and get it scheduled for right after a meeting. Of
course this all assumes that we're going to show up on film, a
dubious assumption to begin with.

Seen on the book shelf recently: the paperback version of Tehanu:
The Last Book of Earthsea. Also, _The Real Story_, the start of a
new series by Stephen Donaldson; _The Ghost From the Grand Banks_,
a new novel by Arthur C. Clarke; and the paperback version of
Robert Heinlein's memoirs _Grumbles From the Grave_. Upcoming is
the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy. (No, there is no
fifth book. What do you expect from Douglas Adams.)

Review (by Nao Parkhurst):
_Dogsbody_ by Diana Wynne Jones.: Diana Wynne Jones is usually
defined as a "children's author," although her books can be enjoyed
by many ages. _Dogsbody_ is the story of an astronomical frame-up.
Sirius is condemned for a murder he didn't commit, and has to
redeem himself by retrieving the weapon. He is exiled to Earth,
where the weapon was last seen. If I tell you much more I'll give
away too much of the plot, but I can tell you what I think of the
book. It's an amusing book with a few serious statements scattered
here and there, written as fantasy with references to current
Irish-British relations and, unexpectedly, to Celtic mythology. I
recommend it for light hearted reading.

AT-TEN-DANCE (that's what it says on the paper) from 2/16/91
Peter "Just 'cause it's there" Wagner, Wendy "Dance at Ten?"
Waesche, Joel "Life is surreal" Offenberg, Brad "Eeiavek! I eat
cannibals" Gabe, J("e")d H("artma")n, Joshua "I am an individual"
Mackay-Smith [Well, it's a change from the usual line at least.],
Melissa "Jeff, I'll forget to tell you otherwise, so: please don't
schedule the photo for 2 March because I'll be at College Bowl
Regionals. Thanks." Shaner [Great, now I'm getting letters in the
attendance. :)], Surreptitious Master of SWILdom, jere7my "Gumby,
Gumby, everybody's Gumby" tho?rpe [Except for the individual up
there.], Luke "Cold is nice" Hankins, Josh "Ace of Trump? Aaghh!
Wench!" Smith, Fran "In the car all day shopping for hospital beds"
Altvater [Oh right, everyone go see Day Room this weekend in the
PAC theater.], Deb "SMOCB" Holtzman, Helene "My roommate refuses to
come here" Muller-Landau, Nao "Come to Coffeehouse" Parkhurst

Attendance from 2/23/91:
"No debate! Just bloodshed.", Nao "You did WHAT to your costume?
Well, wear it anyway", Chris "What's wrong with debate?" Hogendorn,
Wendy "paranoia paranoia na na na na na" Waesche [plus or minus a
na or two], Aaron "Only on a Starday" Brockett [Does that come
before or after Moonday?], Helene "Peace!" Muller-Landau, Deb
"Chose Sleep" Barolsky, Peter "XXXXX" Wong [That's actually a nice
filled in block that I can't replicate on a computer.], jere7my
"Ding out your bread" tho?rpe [Well, given how stale it is, that's
not hard.], Deb "SMOMNK" Holtzman [Hmm, I detect a pattern here.
Trying to usurp my title?], Josh "Swap Home Bases" Smith, Joel
"surreal" Offenberg, Jim "A long, long time" Moskowitz [in a far,
far place?], Melissa "Why is Helene's grapefruit pink?" Shaner
[Because it wants to be?], Joshua "Bark?" Mackay-Smith [It may be
something different, I'm just guessing since it's kinda smudged
together.], Stephen "Snoopy, the Red Baroness, and 5g accelerations
in biplanes..." and Roo, not ME, Swamped Master of SWILdom.