2008 Woodie Awards
Philosophers to hold book, bake sale
By: Michelle Oyola
Issue date: 10/27/05 Section: News
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Cheap books, tasty desserts and complimentary coffee all help fund a conference which will be the first of its kind on campus.
The Webster University Philosophy Club will hold a book and bake sale Nov. 2 on the Quad. Prices will be $1 for paperbacks, $2 for hardcover books and less than $1 for smaller books. Free coffee donated by Starbucks will be given to anyone who makes a purchase of $1 or more.
All proceeds will benefit a conference the club is planning to host this spring. Students from Webster and surrounding St. Louis universities will present papers on philosophical topics. The audience will then offer their points of view and participate in a discussion on the topic. The conference also will feature a speaker, who has yet to be determined.
Danae Mcleod, club president, said other conferences of this kind have been held at Missouri universities before, but this will be the first at Webster and one of very few in the St. Louis area.
Mcleod said when students present their topics in a group setting, they gain public speaking skills as well as new perspectives.
"Writing papers and having other people's input of the papers is very useful," Mcleod said.
Graduate students must write and present papers constantly, and the conference will give undergraduates a chance to practice. Parents and friends also will have a chance to hear what students have been working on, Mcleod added.
Don Morse, Philosophy Club adviser, said writing papers targets the core root of philosophy as a whole.
"Philosophy is a dialogue between people in search of wisdom," Morse said. "The very nature of the discipline is social, so that you have to relate and respond to other people in order to learn and grow from them and their ideas."
About eight to 10 papers from students in the St. Louis area will be presented at the conference. A committee of three to four students, the club adviser and two other professors will choose the papers, which will be presented to them anonymously. Members of the committee have yet to be determined. They will look for papers that strongly prove the argument.
They also will aim to choose a wide range of topics that will be a "representation of everyone's interests," Mcleod said.
Common subjects of papers such as these include interdisciplinary arguments, such as ideas from a novel; ethics, including the recent hurricane relief and the right to abortion; sexism, racism and more.
Most of the proceeds raised at the book and bake sale will help fund the speaker's fee and travel expenses. Mcleod said speaker fees can range from $300 to $1,000. In addition to the sale, funding will be sought through the Student Government Association.
The club is currently seeking donations for the book sale. Club members will either pick up the books from offices and departments or donations may be dropped off at the Pearson House at the front desk. For more information or book pickup requests, e-mail the club at wuphilosophyclub@gmail.com.
The Webster University Philosophy Club will hold a book and bake sale Nov. 2 on the Quad. Prices will be $1 for paperbacks, $2 for hardcover books and less than $1 for smaller books. Free coffee donated by Starbucks will be given to anyone who makes a purchase of $1 or more.
All proceeds will benefit a conference the club is planning to host this spring. Students from Webster and surrounding St. Louis universities will present papers on philosophical topics. The audience will then offer their points of view and participate in a discussion on the topic. The conference also will feature a speaker, who has yet to be determined.
Danae Mcleod, club president, said other conferences of this kind have been held at Missouri universities before, but this will be the first at Webster and one of very few in the St. Louis area.
Mcleod said when students present their topics in a group setting, they gain public speaking skills as well as new perspectives.
"Writing papers and having other people's input of the papers is very useful," Mcleod said.
Graduate students must write and present papers constantly, and the conference will give undergraduates a chance to practice. Parents and friends also will have a chance to hear what students have been working on, Mcleod added.
Don Morse, Philosophy Club adviser, said writing papers targets the core root of philosophy as a whole.
"Philosophy is a dialogue between people in search of wisdom," Morse said. "The very nature of the discipline is social, so that you have to relate and respond to other people in order to learn and grow from them and their ideas."
About eight to 10 papers from students in the St. Louis area will be presented at the conference. A committee of three to four students, the club adviser and two other professors will choose the papers, which will be presented to them anonymously. Members of the committee have yet to be determined. They will look for papers that strongly prove the argument.
They also will aim to choose a wide range of topics that will be a "representation of everyone's interests," Mcleod said.
Common subjects of papers such as these include interdisciplinary arguments, such as ideas from a novel; ethics, including the recent hurricane relief and the right to abortion; sexism, racism and more.
Most of the proceeds raised at the book and bake sale will help fund the speaker's fee and travel expenses. Mcleod said speaker fees can range from $300 to $1,000. In addition to the sale, funding will be sought through the Student Government Association.
The club is currently seeking donations for the book sale. Club members will either pick up the books from offices and departments or donations may be dropped off at the Pearson House at the front desk. For more information or book pickup requests, e-mail the club at wuphilosophyclub@gmail.com.