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   May 11, 2004

Meeting Minutes:

I.                    Food

II.                 ANNOUNCING our new advisor:  Professor Susan Brison of the Philosophy Department!  Ripped from her website:

Susan Brison is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College where she has been teaching since 1985.  She has held visiting positions at Tufts University, New York University, and Princeton University, and has been a Mellon Fellow at New York University and an NEH-funded member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ). She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz.  Brison is the author of articles in anthologies and in journals such as Ethics, Nomos, and Legal Theory, co-editor of Contemporary Perspectives on Constitutional Interpretation (Westview, 1993), and author of Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self (Princeton University Press, 2002) and Speech, Harm, and Conflicts of Rights (Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2003).

III.               Green Key Event:  Q&A with Captain Moran

a.      HB Mailings taken care of by Green Key

b.     Thursday, 4:30 PM, Hinman Forum

c.       Begin generating questions:  What’s up with the plainclothes state police officers that look like students?  What does the new possession law entail?

IV.              Co-sponsorship of GSA/Rainbow Alliance Event- Looks SO great!

a.      The “M” Word:  The Future of Same Sex Marriage

b.     Friday, May 21, 7 p.m., Dartmouth Hall, Room 105

c.      Speakers include Jason West (mayor of small town in upstate NY who attempted to issue gay marriage licenses), Keith Boykin, (who interestingly edited the Harvard Law School Civil Liberties Law Review- check out www.keithboykin.com), Beth Robinson ’86 (gay rights lawyer who recently spoke), music department professor Steve Swayne, U of Michigan law professor (I think) David Chambers

d.     Will probably need postering/advertising help- stay tuned for news on publicity from Ian

e.      Boykin event?

V.                Newsletter

a.      Who wants to write the  Shapiro article?

b.     Other article ideas?

VI.              New England Collegiate Civil Liberties Conference

a.      Boston:  Friday, November 5th- Saturday, November 6th (tentative date set by me and some tool at Harvard- any objections?  Homecoming is the weekend before, and Thanksgiving is two weeks after. . . )

b.     Workshop leaders/speakers wish list

c.      Issue areas

d.     Film/art presentation?  New Michael Moore?

VII.           International student event

a.      Co-sponsorship with International House/International Students Association

b.     Steve Silver?

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