Wrapping it Up

It’s been a grand semester here at Phi Kappa. We’re having a meeting this week; and, we encourage all of our members to come.

On the Agenda:

• Some Constitutional Amendments
• Elections
• A Petitioner

It will be an exciting meeting. Guests are, as always, welcome; but, there will not be a debate this week and we will be in a closed meeting for much of the time.

Debating Inaction.

Tonight we’re talking about all those times people try to stay out of things or not take sides. Are they just hurting the one being wrronged? We’ll see tonight.

BIHR:  Inaction is tantamount to complicity.

Presented by Brother Wharton.

Negated by Sister Guined.

Defined:

inaction: not doing anything, verbal or physical.  Remaining in the same state as one was.

tantamount: is equivalent to…

complicity: acquiescing to the demands, pressures, or requests of someone or something else.

In addition to our main program, there will be nominations for next semester’s officers, a petitioner, and the usual excitement and fun. Be there.

Ghost Stories

Every year, the thursday before Halloween, we gather in Phi Kappa hall for a night of costumed fun and spooky stories. Come dressed in the scariest thing you can imagine and wow us with a spine-tingling story.

That’s this Thursday in Phi Kappa Hall at 7pm. See you there.

We Debate Tenure

This Thursday in the hall, we take on the question of tenure and university professors. Have some of them been here a bit too long? Maybe, we could show them the door if it weren’t for their tenured status at the university.

The debate will be presented by Sister Kristin Foxworth and Negated by Brother Jeff Libby.

Definitions from Sister Foxworth:

Here is the resolution and definitions for tonight’s debate. Sorry it has taken me so long. :)

BIHR: The practice of tenure should be abolished in universities and high schools.

I am defining tenure as the contractual right not to have a teacher’s position terminated without just cause, granted after a probationary period which varies with the institution. For high schools this period is usually three years, and for universities it is usually seven.

Abolished is being defined as “done away with.”

This should be a very fun and interesting debate! ^_^

Phi Kappa Design Contest

Though I love the lovely Phi Kappa banner that you see above, it’s getting up there in age and it just feels a bit too dated for our growing and modern society. So, I’m announcing today the PhiKappa.org make-over design contest.

Details

Look above and see the banner for the Phi Kappa header image. Nice, right? Yeah, it’s not too great and I’m running out of ideas. That’s where you come in.

Use whatever applications you want to create a new logo and banner for PhiKappa.org

Go to http://drop.io/phikappa to see the current entries. Upload a file there to enter it into the contest or email a file to phikappa@drop.io.

We will review the submissions as a society and the winner will be announced here later.

There will be a soon-to-be-announced prize for whoever wins the contest.

We know you love Phi Kappa and want to see what you can do. Now, get out there and do it. We believe in you.