The Gadfly

From an email I received:

I’m emailing on behalf of The Gadfly, Columbia’s undergraduate philosophy magazine. Each semester, we publish a print issue featuring pieces, which can be fiction, non-fiction, art, music, etc., from students from a variety of institutions and disciplinary backgrounds. This semester, the theme of our issue is “Loop”, and we are looking for pitches for the magazine. I’m reaching out to see if it would be possible for you to forward this opportunity to your students. If they are interested, they can submit a pitch of less than 500 words to this link by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, 10/16. If you have any questions about the application, please feel free to email gadflyinquiry@gmail.com.

USU Catholic Newman Center Annual Newman Lecture 2023

“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).

The best worst movie: TODAY

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