Monday, May 7, early rising philosophers were greeted with this apparition in the departmental offices in Old Main.
Closer inspection revealed some clues as to its origin….
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What could it mean? Could the Classics Department possibly be taunting the philosophers, in advance of the giant annual Philosophy/Classics Kickball Smackdown? The Smackdown that has been won, every single year by the Philosophy Department??
So…thanks, Classicists! We appreciate your acknowledging our discipline’s equine achievements! And a hearty congratulations to I’ll Have Another, winner of the 2012 Kentucky Derby.
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If the Philosophy Department triumphs again this year, I will contribute an additional $50 to Gustavus this year (above and beyond what I have been giving). Who else is with me?
Any of you grads who wishes to match or advance Tracie’s contribution, I can guarantee you it will go to a good cause! We’d love to get the electronic version of THE PHILOSOPHER’S INDEX (which the library currently can only afford in paper). Donate to the phil department, and I will personally do all that I can to send that money in the direction of the PHILOSOPHER’S INDEX.
Consider donating your year! OR ten times your year! Or a hundred times your year! (Graduated five years ago? Give five bucks. Or fifty. Or five hundred. Or, well, five times a google if you went into the computer industry.)
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