UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed due to the weather. We’ll be rescheduling it soon.
Our next discussion meeting at Camden County College is Wednesday, February 10th, at 1:00 in Madison 111. We’ll be talking about the impact of social networking on our lives and education. As usual, there will be free pizza and soda for all.
All are welcome to attend. Directions to CCC are available here. A campus map is below; Madison is building 5.
“And I’m a big believer that the most important thing that a kid can learn in school is how to learn and how to think. If Malia and Sasha, my two daughters, are asking questions, know how to poke holes in an argument, know how to make an argument themselves, know how to evaluate a complicated bunch of data, then I figure that they’re going to be okay regardless of the career path that they’re in. And I think that that requires more than just rote learning — although it certainly requires good habits and discipline in school — it also requires that in the classroom they’re getting the kind of creative teaching that’s so important.”
We’re having our first movie night! Friday night we’ll be watching Stanley Kubrick’s classic film A Clockwork Orange. We’ll follow this with a discussion of the movie. Here are the details:
We’re also having our first discussion meeting of the semester on Wednesday, January 27th, at 1:00 in Madison 105. We’ll be watching & discussing one of Dan Gilbert’s TED Talks on the psychology of happiness. There’ll be free pizza at the discussion.
Here are some of the things the club is planning on doing in the next few months:
CCC Discussion Meetings
We want to collaborate with other CCC organizations (the Gay/Straight Alliance, Human Services Club, Dead Poet’s Society, and International Club) for a few discussion meetings. We’re also interested in a series of discussions based on TED talks. Other potential discussion topics include “lessons learned,” “epiphanies,” “what makes up our substance (identity),” “this I used to believe.” These meetings are tentatively scheduled for Wednesdays at 1:00. Suggest discussion topics at the Facebook forum.
Movie Nights
The last Friday of each month we’ll watch a movie at CCC and discuss it afterwards. Our first movie is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 7:00 on Friday, January 29th. Suggest movies at the Facebook discussion forum.
Other Discussion Meetings
These will be just like the CCC discussion meetings, but off campus and on the weekend (most likely Sunday nights at 7:00). Suggest discussion topics at the Facebook forum.
Radio Show/Podcast
We have a 30-minute show on WDBK! The show will be part interview (of local professors on club-related topics) and part club-member discussions. We already have a few guests booked, and are currently trying to set up the club-member discussions. Get involved with the radio show by posting your interest or suggesting guests at the Facebook forum.
Religions Trip
We’re organizing several trips to local religious centers. We’ll spend 4 or 5 Saturday mornings chatting with a religious leader at a local mosque, Hindu temple, synagogue, Catholic church, Quaker meeting, and/or Buddhist temple. Get involved with these trips by posting at the Facebook forum.
Other Activities
We probably can’t do all of these, but here’s some other stuff we might try to do:
Suggest other activities at the Facebook forum.
You know the drill: another meeting, 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, January 3rd, at the cafe inside the Deptford Barnes & Noble in Deptford (Directions).
This meeting will focus on the club’s plans for the upcoming school year. There’s a shiny new Facebook Event. Invite your friends and neighbors!
“The formal study of complex systems is really, really hard.”
We’re having a make-up meeting since I was sick last weekend. The meeting is 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, December 20th, at the cafe inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Deptford (map below). Click here to get directions from your place.
This meeting will focus on the club’s plans for winter break and beyond. As always, there’s a Facebook Event for it. Let me know if you plan on showing up!
“Many of us would like to believe that intellect banishes prejudice. Sadly, this is itself a prejudice.”
-Nigel Warburton, “Everyday Philosophy”
We’re finally returning to the Deptford Barnes & Noble! This meeting will focus on the club’s plans during winter break and beyond.
The meeting is this Sunday, December 13th, at 7:00 p.m. Again, it’s being held at the cafe inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Deptford (map below). Click here to get directions from your place. As always, there’s a Facebook Event for it. Let me know if you plan on showing up!
We’re taking a club trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art! This Sunday (December 6th) at 11:00 a.m. we’ll be meeting at the main parking lot of Camden County College and carpooling over. The first Sunday of each month is donation-based at the museum, so you get to pay what you want.
All are welcome to attend. If you plan on carpooling with us, please let me know so we know to wait for you before heading over.
