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“Everything That Rises Must Converge: To be Young, Gifted, and Catholic”

Telia Williams, law professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law

October 11th, 7:00pm, Main 119

Telia Williams got her BA at Yale in English, MA from Brown, then JD at Harvard Law School where she was on law review.  She clerked for Jay Bybee on the 9th circuit.  She has several publications on Flanner O’Connor and the law and is currently working on a book on what Flannery O’Connor can teach lawyers (one might note the reference to an O’Connor collection of short stories in her talk title).

CORRECTION: the room is ESLC 130

From Philosophy Club:

On Tuesday we are having a movie night! We are planning on watching Troll 2 at ESLC 130 at 5PM. Troll 2 was shot in Morgan, Utah and is known by some to be the best worst movie. The film is an hour and a half long, and we will have a discussion after. Here are some questions that might animate our discussion: Is Troll 2 as bad as they say? Is it okay to like bad art? Why do people enjoy art that they claim is bad? Or, does their enjoyment imply that they actually view it to be good? 

Dr. Otteson will have a podcast on this topic soon, so if you haven’t already, check out Aggie Agora. The most recent episode is on AI. https://chass.usu.edu/philosophy/aggie-agora

Some announcements:

First, we’re currently planning on hiking up to the wind caves in Logan Canyon and re-enacting the allegory of the cave in the caves on Saturday the 23rd at lunch time (starting at 11AM). We want to gauge interest and make sure that this time works for people. So, please fill out this Google Form. https://forms.gle/uKy6VcvoziQha9zZA

Second, Justin has done an awesome job building a Discord server for us! I think it would be great if all the members of the club joined. Here is the link. https://discord.gg/pC79WYugqC (Faculty can join if they want.) There we can facilitate more informal chats, share what we’ve been reading, watching, listening to, etc. If you have any questions about it, direct them to Justin (darksun81@gmail.com).

Finally, we are planning on having a get-to-know you social activity on Tuesday the 19th, before the planned date for the wind caves meeting. Stay tuned for another announcement about that soon.