Discussion for Reading Week #1

Most weeks you are reading not only a selection from the book itself, but also a short overview by the editor of the book.  This is to help give you some context for understanding and processing what you are reading.  Keep in mind that when you see terms like "Libertarian" or "Liberal" that those words have a different connotation in the world of philosophy than in politics. 

For Thursday's group you need to find the one paragraph or selection from Hospers that you think is most significant.  You will read that section out loud to the group and then you'll have to explain why you chose that selection.  When choosing the section, you are looking for more than just a couple conclusionary sentences, you are also looking for warrants that support that conclusion.  Everybody in the group will have an opportunity to share their point.

Peter will be at the group this week to prod you along and help keep things moving.

If you are looking for just a little more explanation of Libertarian thought, Wikipedia does a pretty good job -- even just reading the first paragraph helps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

Have a good week.

Andy.

Reading at Julie's

From: Julie Schmidt

Hey team!

 Next week for the reading at my house bring lawn chairs if you have any because we will probably sit outside unless it is super hot or rainy. So yea, see you then!

Julie

Summer Reading Selections

You can still order the book for the summer reading program and if you don't have a book yet, you can talk to somebody who does and make a copy of the reading for the upcoming week.

Here are the selections for this summer:

June 1st: 630-730
Julie Schmidt's
READ:
p. 4-7 "Liberatrian Justice"
p. 24-34 Hospers, "Libertarian Manifesto"

June 8th: 630-730
Emily Julik's
READ:
p. 7-8 "Socialist Justice"
p. 88-89 Nielson, "Radical Egalitarianism"
p. 99-101 Nozick, "How Liberty Upsets Patterns"

June 15th: 4-5
Courtney Erickson's
READ:
p. 9-12 "Contractian Perspective"
p. 110-125 Rawls, "Justice as Rational Choice Behind a Veil of Ignorance"

June 22nd: 4-5
Alex Fernandez etc.'s
READ:
p. 12-13 "Utilitarian Perspective"
p 154-164 Mill, "On the Connection Between Justice and Utility"

June 29th: 4-5
Site OPEN
READ:
p. 15-17 "Communitarian Justice"
p. 224-237 "The Public Philosophy of Contemporary Liberalism"

July 6th: 4-5
Site OPEN
READ:
p. 238-248 MacIntyre, "The Privatization of Good"

July 13th: 4-5
Tom Caruso's
READ:
p. 17-19 "Feminist Justice"
p. 266-281 Okin, "Justice and Gender"

July 20th: 4-5
Mikayla Mehle's
READ:
p. 291-297 Sommers, "Philosophers against the Family"
p. 298-305 Friedman, "Sommers and the Family"

July 27th: 4-5
Lindsay Kubina's
READ:
p. 19-20 "Postmodern Justice"
p. 308-313 Lyotard, "The Postmodern Condition"

August 3rd: 4-5
Michael Berger's
READ:
p. 321-332 Fraser, "An Encounter between Feminism and Postmodernism"

August 10th: 4-5
Abbie Gudmundson READ:
Chosen by election of the group on August 3rd!

Google Notebook

Another amazing invention, Google Notebook.

This is the dream program for debate. It will allow you to organize your all of your debate materials, but especially all of your research. The Google Blog notes, "That's why we built Google Notebook--to give you an online "notebook" where you can organize all your research, add personal notes to it, and share it with others. Google Notebook surfs along quietly with you as you browse, letting you clip and annotate whatever text, images, and links that help answer your question, all without ever leaving the webpage you're on."

The Google Notebook Overview gives you a good idea of how this all works.

Judges for 2007 State Tournament

The process of hiring judges for State has just begun, but here are the first 18 who will be asked to judge:

Myles Wagner
John Fogarty
John Fisher
Tom Fones
Tom Backen
David Pritschet
Wanda Manther
Tim Hogan
Jason Baskin
Jake Gelfand
Steven Fetzik
Adam Burnside
Andy Charrier
Zach Prax
Richard Brynteson
Robyn Madsen
Scott Fodness
Todd Hering

Last Week for Pahls Market Fundraiser

From Beth Julik:

To all debate families:

 

HURRY!  HURRY!  HURRY!

 

The Pahls Market fundraiser for the debate team will be ending this monday May 29th (Memorial Day)!  I just know your yard is in need of some new and exciting perennials,

shrubs, trees, mulch or maybe a stunning annual pot.

 

Thanks to everyone who has shopped at Pahls.  They are located on 160th st (cty rd 46) just east of Galaxie (which is east of Cedar Ave).  Now get out there and garden!

Ben Franklin Transatlantic Fellows

This is not really debate related at all, except that the author of this email is the debate coach at Wake Forest University. The program sure looks cool. See below for details.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: louden <louden@wfu.edu>
Date: May 24, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: A great summer student opportunity

Opportunities for all expense paid 3 week Institute at Wake this summer,
via a grant from the State Department. 10 US students will get full
rides to join 35 students from 30 countries for an intense training
program focused on transatlantic understanding, media/Internet literacy,
community activism, etc.

I appreciate your help in distributing the call to the appropriate HS
students or graduating seniors. Forensic and non-forensic students welcome.

Application materials and description of the program available at:
http://groups.wfu.edu/debate/International%20Debates
/Ben%20Franklin%20Institute/BenFranklinIndex.htm
I'll get a simpler link to site soon.

Thanks so much

--
Allan D. Louden, Director of Debate
Wake Forest University
Box 7347, Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 758-5408 (Office)
(336) 406-8451 (Cell)
(336) 758-4691 (Fax)
www.wfu.edu/~debate
www.wfu.edu/~louden
www.wfu.edu/NDT

Add Holidays to Google Calendar

You can add holidays to your Google Calendar so that you know when you are due for the next day of vacation. :)

I tried this in my account and it works great.

Activity Forms Now Available

The activities registration forms for 2006-07 are now available for download.  Complete the forms and return them along with the $90 activity fee to your respective high school Activities Office by August 10th.  You can also pay the fee online, but will still need to turn the paperwork in to the office.

Be sure to get a receipt.

Reading Group Dates and Locations

From: Courtney Erickson <courtney.a.erickson@gmail.com>
Date: May 17, 2006 9:27 PM
Subject: [Lakeville Debate] Reading Group

Hello all,
Ok here are the details for the summer reading group.

The book we are reading is:
Justice: Alternative Political Perspectives by James Sterba.
Andy has all the details on the website of that.

The first two are actually going to be from 630-730 because
of after school activities, etc., its just easier, sorry if it doesn't
work for you but debate should come first anyways.

June 1st: 630-730
Julie Schmidt's
20612 Jupiter Path

June 8th: 630-730
Emily Julik's

June 15th: 4-5
Courtney Erickson's

June 22nd: 4-5
Alex Fernandez etc.'s

June 29th: 4-5
OPEN

July 6th: 4-5
OPEN

July 13th: 4-5
Tom Caruso's

July 20th: 4-5
Mikayla Mehle's

July 27th: 4-5
Lindsay Kubina's

August 3rd: 4-5
Michael Berger's

August 10th: 4-5
Abbie Gudmundson

If anyone wants to host at one of the three open dates just email me
at this address: courtney.a.erickson@gmail.com. I know that those
three dates are the days that nsd is running and parts of vbi I
believe as well, so I don't know how much of the reading group that
takes out. If everyone who is going to go to camp or is going to be
out of town for one of the meetings could please email me with those
dates, that would be helpful just so people can have a vague idea of
how many people are going to be at their house. All this is also going
to be posted on our google calendar. And if you didn't get to sign up
for the group at the meeting because you were gone or whatever, just
email me signing up. Ok that's all the details for now, have fun.

Access to JSTOR

JSTOR is a powerful information service that should be re-titled, "Get Your Debate Evidence Here!" Check out this list of publications. It's amazing! So, how to get access for next year? Here are the steps:

1. Get a Dakota County library card.
   
2. Once you have a Dakota County card, you will need register your card with the Minneapolis Public Library. In 7-10 days, your card will be given remote access to electronic journals and databases available at the Minneapolis Public Library.
   
3. Now you can use JSTOR from anywhere you can get online. Use this link for remote JSTOR access. (It's also permanently linked on our list of research tools as well.)
   

JSTOR files are delivered as PDF files, so you'll need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you are using the Apple OS X computers, open the files with Acrobat Reader rather than Preview, which is generally horrible with PDFs.

Order Your Summer Reading Book

At our meeting on the 17th, Abbie and Courtney will explain more details of how our summer reading program will work, but the book we've chosen is Justice: Alternative Political Perspectives by James Sterba.

Now, you do not need to spend very much money to get this book. We are going to use the 3rd edition which I've been able to find for anywhere from 25 cents to 10 dollars. My copy was a whopping 50 cents -- shipping was more than the book itself.

How to order? The ISBN number of the book is 0534527493. There are a bunch of online used book retailers who carry the book. I was able to find it on Half.com, Amazon.com, Biblio.com and Alibris.

Don't worry about buying a new copy or getting one that is underlined, creased, etc. As long as you can read it, it will work fine. You will probably write in your own copy anyhow.

You should place your order soon so that you get a copy in time for the start of the program.

May 24th Informational Meeting

Anybody who would like to learn more about what it's like to be on the debate team is welcome to attend the debate informational meeting on Wednesday, May 24th at 7:00PM in the Lecture Hall of Lakeville South High School.

The meeting is for students who will attend Lakeville North or Lakeville South. 

Hope to see you on the 24th!