Monday, October 23, 2006

Law School's Version of "Fun"

You must read the email, below, from CLS Student Services in order to see why it is that I (who admittedly am not super fun to begin with) do not think that the activities designed by the law school to be fun come anywhere near meeting the definition of the word.

You might think, at first, that they are saying "study a bit extra this weekend in order to NOT study during the night of fun we're planing," but you'd be wrong! What they actually mean is: "study extra this weekend so that you can excel at our totally un-fun game!"

I cannot believe the sample question.

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We say:
Study a little extra next weekend.

You say:
WHY?

We say:
Well, because QUIZZO is on Monday, October 30 -- surely to go down as the
most fun, entertaining, enjoyable, amusing Monday in the history of
Columbia
Law School.


What you need to know:

-- Quizzo (CLS's version of a pub-style trivia night) is FREE.
-- Lenfest Café, 8 pm. Monday, October 30.
-- We've only got space for 20 teams of 5 people.
-- Register your team by emailing Andy Bradley (ajb2135@columbia.edu)
-- Feel free to attend either in your superhero costume or in your civilian
disguise
-- This round of QUIZZO is sponsored by Student Services, so we'll have
lots of food, drink, and fun. JOIN US!

Cheers,
Elizabeth, Andy, Mainon, & Colin (your quizmasters)

p.s.
Warmup Question:
Why are Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez & Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao most likely not included in the U.S. Presidential line of succession?
(Scroll down for answer)

Warmup Answer:
3 U.S.C. § 19(e) specifies that even the acting president must meet the
constitutional requirements for the office of president. As Guterriez was
born in Cuba and Chao in Taiwan, they (most likely) do not meet the
requirement of Article II, Section 1. That section requires that the
Office of President be held by a natural-born citizen.

The same question would exist for officers in the line of succession who
are not at least 35 years old or have not resided in the United States for 14
years.

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YIKES

VC