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- Wed May 11, 2022 11:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
- Replies: 98
- Views: 48398
Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
So is "American" history and lit U.S. history or all of the Americas?
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Tournament Directors, Keep a Box of Tampons and/or Pads in Your Control Room
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2567
Re: Tournament Directors, Keep a Box of Tampons and/or Pads in Your Control Room
Yes! Cosign! Thank you for bringing this up, Em. I brought period supplies to NSC and we had them available near the info desk if I remember right. Definitely don't only put them in women's restrooms since not all of us who menstruate are women. I could also see it being awkward to ask a predominant...
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:11 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7168
Re: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
I greatly greatly greatly endorse this idea. Thank you for writing this. It could also help prevent cases where reports are made because third parties think that the misconduct board has never heard of a given situation (that is a mechanism that would have helped me personally). ETA: I especially ag...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12275
Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
ooooo this is exciting. hoping for a nice n healthy world in which we can play it in person! also for a doubles format so I can still avoid learning the old testament
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: The Issue with Apologies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6789
Re: The Issue with Apologies
Thanks for posting this, Lauren. I've definitely considered doing the same but not getting the momentum to follow through. I also wanted to add that the wants and needs of the person who was harmed should always take precedence- maybe they do want a long public apology on the forums, maybe they don'...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11542
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
I also have issues with the 1960s question- there was a very notable Stolen Generation in Australia, and that occurred from the 1930's-70's I believe. It was not a unique clue at all. I also negged the Calatrava with "museum" :'( but that was more on me for not remembering which building's...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:33 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7048
Re: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
I had a similar question regarding my status as a pharmacist while I was also the president of PACE a couple of years ago. I approached a lawyer who specializes in pharmacy law & asked him what would be my duty as a pharmacist if I were to receive a report as PACE's president. He informed me th...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:15 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7048
Re: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
Thank you so much for posting this, Olivia! One thing to note is that Title IX has recently undergone some major changes. These were mandated by Devos and co. on May 6 of this year, and colleges were supposed to become compliant by yesterday (8/14/2020). Inside Higher Ed has an article about it all,...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:05 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Recruiting during COVID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5210
Re: Recruiting during COVID
I'm not sure how this would work especially at a college level, but I love Em Gunter's practice (detailed in the thread about hs recruitment) of doing personalized invitation letters. Perhaps instead of having teachers give your team names of nerds, you could have some sort of publicity email to giv...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23315
Re: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
Everyone is focused on people with a past history of misconduct. What about people with future potential for misconduct. Suppose, for example, that you, a player, are having a conversation with a friend, and it becomes clear to you that your friend is suffering from some kind of severe mental illne...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: It can happen to anyone (TW: Assault)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7283
Re: It can happen to anyone (TW: Assault)
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m so sorry this happened to you. I hope that the community as a whole reads it and really considers how misconduct, abuse, and assault can be perpetrated against people of any gender by people of any gender. And I also want to add (I am 100% NOT trying to say this...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:03 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Intersectional Progress or None at All
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5293
Intersectional Progress or None at All
The events and discourse of the last few days have been incredibly stressing and disheartening, and they have also made me appreciate the mass of women and gender-nonconforming (GNC) people who are working to improve quizbowl and care for one another. With this wave of rage, I hope that we actually ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:35 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Men of Quizbowl, We Should Talk.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16443
Re: Men of Quizbowl, We Should Talk.
I am definitely not trying to undermine this moment. We do need to tackle misogyny, which is a huge force that is actively hurting many of us women and trans + gender-nonconforming people every day and keeping us from enjoying quizbowl. We (every single one of us we) also need to think about how we ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64217
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Matt, thank you for that concrete, actionable suggestion. Colleges do indeed have a lot of resources. I wonder how many of us have reached out to student offices for additional cultural humility training, harassment prevention training, etc (of course, is a college administration the best source of ...
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64217
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
I agree so much with everything Lauren and Clare said. Older dudes, why the fuck do you even want to sleep with or have relationships with young undergrads? As I get even slightly older- I am only 24- I am struck by how babyish all of the undergrads look. Why are you wanting to get involved with som...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:09 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64217
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
I agree with you all that it is sad and horrible that cheating on tournaments gets far more attention than interpersonal misconduct and violence in our community. People like Alex D and Marianna Zhang (others forgive me if I left you out; Marianna and Alex are simply closest to my social circles) ha...
- Fri May 08, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 17310
Re: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
I will only watch this showdown if it is written entirely by Isaac Hirsch (sorry, less-hilarious Isaac)
- Thu May 07, 2020 1:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals Cancellation Discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6485
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern
Will, I'm not an ACF member but I'd hazard the "reasons behind the cancellation" would be "a frakking global pandemic that will nearly certainly get worse as states relax restrictions without real medical progress being made." I am definitely deeply disappointed that all our tour...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14578
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Just wanted to say that I didn't assume bad faith on the part of the editors re: the Native American bonus, and I apologize if my tone seemed brusque!
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14578
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I was reading some rounds since the site was short-staffed, and I felt very, very uncomfortable saying the word "coon" in the vaudeville bonus. I don't think this word should be used in questions at all, much like I wouldn't use the n-word. If I remember correctly, the Native American lit ...
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:39 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18454
Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Riley Players and Coaches Conference- Transcript Part 2 Aaron Rosenberg: Alright, welcome back to the second hour of the coaches' conference. Before we get started, panelists, would you like to quickly reintroduce yourselves? Jackie Wu: Hi, I’m Jackie, I’m the president of Carnegie Mellon quizbowl, ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 1:42 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: How to be Better at Being an Ally
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15107
Re: How to be Better at Being an Ally
I second JinAh's statement, and think that we did a pretty dang good job :) I'm very pleased that my religion stuff was at least decently received, especially since I spent months worrying that I'd just been affirmative-actioned into something that I was not qualified for. But guess what, I was qual...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 27881
Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
I am going to WUStL's Brown School of Social Work to get a 2-year MSW degree. Their program will allow me to reach a years-long dream of being a Professional Person Who Talks About Sex All the Time. I'm not sure if my program will allow me time to play, study, or travel but I expect that I'll at lea...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
- Replies: 90
- Views: 46726
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
Popping in with religion stuffs. The subdistro I came up with was based on the percentage of the world that practices each given religion. So it was roughly planned to be: Christianity 6/6 Islam 5/5 Hinduism 3/3 Buddhism 2/2 All others 6/6 "All others" included a proportion of Judaism ques...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:22 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54294
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
I'm definitely guilty of the answering-bonuses-if-other-teams-don't-know, as well as many other types of "oh I should've known that/did know that but didn't buzz" behaviors. Within games, it's also very demoralizing when one teammate yells at another in the middle of the match or gives fee...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18567
Re: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
IMO, as a 16 y/o cis white girl whose takes should be considered with a grain of salt Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but I hope you're not telling us to take your ideas with a grain of salt bc of your age! You are a member of the community too, and I'm so glad that someone from the younger generation i...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18567
Re: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
any thoughts that don't involve placing the entire onus of a change on the group who'd like a change might be nice. Thank you Olivia for all your thoughtful comments, and especially this one. In response to Charlie's post, I personally think that making more non-men do more of the work is not an id...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18567
We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
1) It is a shame that in 2018 we have a forum named for "women." Representation, bias, and exclusion in quizbowl occur based on gender, race, disability, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation as well as the myriad intersections of these things (and of categories that I am most likel...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 50027
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
In response to JinAh's post- that's very good to hear that was a report of real opinions, thank you. Different women have different worldviews (gasp!), and I personally have been pretty oblivious to hygiene as a signaling device, probably because it wasn't one of my stronger points in the past. And ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 50027
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Based on my observations of human social behavior and gender relations, women are more likely to be disinclined to sticking around a space full of smelly, unkempt men than men are. Speculating as to what those reasons are is beyond my scope. Dude, we are calling you sexist because you are making es...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:20 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The Dark History of UChicago Quizbowl
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16496
Re: The Dark History of UChicago Quizbowl
From what I've heard, she's considered a medievalist (source: medieval lit professor and medieval art history grad student). There is a movement within medievalism to push back against all of that, though. It's not all white supremacists. The field does attract them like no other, though.
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl and Mental Health
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25076
Re: Quizbowl and Mental Health
Perhaps a new subforum with very explicit rules could be made so anyone who wishes to could share their experiences and ask for help could do so in an welcoming environment...... If possible, maybe the new subforum would be anonymous? I think that might help people ask for the support they need wit...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl and Mental Health
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25076
Re: Quizbowl and Mental Health
Thank you, Auroni, for such a thoughtful start to this discussion. While I have discussed mental health issues with a lot of individuals (I presume I was one of the people you were referring to), I haven't seen wider discussions about it. I'm going to present my experience as one of Auroni's "s...
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ATHENA at Lexington (MA) HS (4/1/17)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11164
Re: ATHENA at Lexington (MA) HS (4/1/17)
As a woman in quizbowl who is named Athena, I am very very pleased and impressed that you all are putting this together.
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2017 Team Formation
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15109
Re: CO 2017 Team Formation
High holy heck it's early, so I don't even know if I'll be in the country next summer at this point. But if I am in the US/ can cheaply get to Chicago I sure will. I do lit, vis arts, and now, post-CO-2016, religion (plus a new, improved grasp of architecture and photography).
- Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:33 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Apologies and General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4309
Re: Apologies and General Discussion
Stephen, I think we've reached a pretty good place of understanding right now (and thanks for discussing this with me- I've greatly enjoyed trying to get my thoughts in order about this). As for the "female vs male" thing, some of my language has been unclear with that. As I've kept thinki...
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Apologies and General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4309
Re: Apologies and General Discussion
Sorry if I wasn't being clear, but I think you're misunderstanding me. I accept that each pair of artists are "equally gifted" (I know that's a vague proposition but for the purposes of this discussion I think it serves is purpose) No, I didn't think that you were saying one was less-gift...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Specific Question Discussion & Review Requests
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5801
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Review Requests
Here's the "nudes" tossup: This artistic subject is explored in a discussion of Matrix by Jenny Saville in a critical work by Linda Nochlin. The episode of Ways of Seeing that discusses this artistic subject begins by describing some people who have been raised to constantly think of seein...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Specific Question Discussion & Review Requests
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5801
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Review Requests
In the general discussion thread, Andrew said that some questions were "straight out of an EFT-like event, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but is perhaps more perfunctory than you'd like to see at an event like this." In the future, what is the best way to ask about easier/ more well-...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Apologies and General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4309
Re: Apologies and General Discussion
Thank you, Andrew and Stephen, for the specific suggestions about other ways to ask things and feedback about the evocativity/ playability of questions. Writing evocatively, especially for architecture, is something that I know I can improve (and I did ask for feedback from Will when I started writi...
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Apologies and General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4309
Re: Apologies and General Discussion
I want to thank Will for giving me the opportunity to write, and I'd like to apologize for the weakness of some of my tossups and other actions that led to this set being less-than-optimal. Like Will said, I should have also done a better job of writing my questions by the initial deadline. Besides ...
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 60758
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
In response to Saul's post, I've gotten enough taxis for 17 people from Ann Arbor Cab the morning of a tournament before, and there's plenty of other companies and Uber, too.
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13707
Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
Also, thank you, Cody, for your advice. This is my first time running a college tournament and dealing with my school's room reservation system, and I've had some difficulties with the latter. I apologize to all tournament attendees if this results in a smaller or lesser field.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13707
Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
Trash will definitely be Sunday, and Xmas Present will be Saturday night since we've had a request to run it then. We can either run Eyes concurrently with Xmas Present, right afterwards on Saturday night, or first thing Sunday morning before trash- I'll poll people and figure that out.
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13707
Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
Registration for the main tournament will be closed by Wednesday, February 17th. Side events are more negotiable.
- Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13707
Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
I would definitely love to run Eyes and would be happy to also run trash. Let me look into that. I'll update shortly.
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13707
"stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
I am happy to announce that we will be hosting the Midwest mirror of the "stanford housewrite" on March 5th, 2016. For information about the set, please see: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=17929 Please email me at kerna@uchicago.edu if you want to register- there has ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 73267
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
Charles Hang and Seth have very kindly let me join their team, if that's ok. Sorry for causing so much scheduling uproar!
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 73267
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
I know it's ridiculously late, but I'd really like to play or even just staff if possible.
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
- Replies: 80
- Views: 30036
Re: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
Max emerges from the bathroom with a complete presentation in mind. "It's where I do my best work." Congrats, Max.