[Excalibur] Fwd: [arisia] Fwd: Movie screening and announcements

Thu Sep 15 12:05:00 EDT 2005

> To: arisia at yahoogroups.com, umsfs at yahoogroups.com
> From: Andy Steinberg <afnaste at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:20:24 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [arisia] Fwd: Movie screening and
> announcements
> 
> --- Science Fiction and Fantasy Club
> <sffc at amherst.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Date:         Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:04:08 -0400
> > From:         Science Fiction and Fantasy Club
> > <sffc at amherst.edu>
> > Subject:      Movie screening and announcements
> > To:           SCIFI-L at LISTSERV.AMHERST.EDU
> > 
> > Hello all,
> >  
> > Tom Jablin, our Minister of Film, has arranged for
> a
> > movie screening this Friday.  Also in this issue:
> > forum difficulties and an important announcement
> > concerning club policy.  Read on for the details!
> >  
> > "Stalker" Screening
> > The Science Fiction / Fantasy Club is pleased to
> > announce the first screening of
> > the Fall 05 semester will take place in
> Fayerweather
> > 115 at 8:00 on September
> > 16.  The screening be Stalker a science-fiction
> film
> > directed by the famous
> > Soviet director Andrei Tarkovskii, who also
> directed
> > Andrei Rublev, Solaris, and
> > Mirror.
> > 
> > In Stalker three men make their way across a
> > post-apocolypic Zone in order to
> > find a mysterious room that grants wishes.
> > 
> > When: Friday, September 16, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
> > 
> > What: Stalker
> > 
> > Where: Fayerweather 115
> > 
> > Forum Troubles
> > 
> > Some of you may remember me saying that the plan
> was
> > to move most of the club's announcements to an
> > online forum hosted by Phoenix Games and that said
> > forum would also be a great place to discuss
> > SciFi/Fantasy topics.  That's still the plan, but
> it
> > seems that Phoenix Game's web provided lost all of
> > their data and so it may be some time until the
> > forums are back up.  For the time being, if you
> want
> > to find other people who play one of your favorite
> > bord or card games, are interested in finding or
> > running a roleplaying game or want to make another
> > announcement for the benefit of the SFFC
> community,
> > send it to sffc at amherst.edu and we'll be happy to
> > send it out to the listserver.  Sorry about the
> > inconvenience.       
> > 
> > Hazing Regulations
> > 
> > Below is a statute of the Commonwealth of
> > Massachusetts prohibiting hazing, which we are
> > required to make available to club members.  In
> > short, we conform to the law by not requiring any
> > sort of initiation from our members.  If anyone
> has
> > any questions or concerns about the statute, email
> > sffc at amherst.edu.
> > 
> > Chapter 269, SEC. 17-19
> > 
> > AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR HAZING
> > 
> > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
> > Representatives in General Court assembled, and by
> > the authority of the same, as follows:
> > 
> > Chapter 269 of the General Laws is hereby amended
> by
> > striking out sections 17 to 19, inclusive, and
> > inserting in place the following three sections:
> > 
> > Section 17
> > 
> > Whoever is a principal organizer or participant in
> > the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be
> > punished by a fine of not more than $3,000 or by
> > imprisonment in a house of correction for not more
> > than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
> > 
> > The term "hazing" as used in this section and in
> > sections 18 and 19, shall mean any conduct or
> method
> > of initiation into any student organization,
> whether
> > on public or private property, which willfully or
> > recklessly endangers the physical or mental health
> > of any student or other person.  Such conduct
> shall
> > include whipping, beating, branding, forced
> > calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced
> > consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug or
> > other substance or and other brutal treatment or
> > forced physical activity that is likely to
> adversely
> > affect the physical health or safety of any such
> > student or other person, or which subjects such
> > student or other person to extreme mental stress,
> > including extended deptiations of sleep or rest
> and
> > extended isolation.
> > 
> > Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
> section
> > to the contrary, consent shall not be available as
> a
> > defense to any prosecution under this action.
> > 
> > Section 18
> > 
> > Whoever knows that another person is the vistim of
> > hazing as defined in section 17 and is at the
> scene
> > of such crime shall, to the extent that such
> person
> > can do so without danger or peril to himself or
> > others, report such crime to an appropriate law
> > enforcement official as soon as reasonably
> > practicable.  Whoever fails to report such crime
> > shall be punished by a fine of not more than
> $1,000.
> > 
> > Section 19
> > 
> > Each institution of secondary education and each
> > public and private institution of post secondary
> > education shall issue to every student group,
> > student team or student organization which is part
> > of such institution or is recognized by the
> > institution or permitted by the institution to use
> > its name or facilities or is known by the
> > institution to exist as an unaffiliated student
> > group, student team or student organization, a
> copy
> > of this section and sections 17 and 18; provided,
> > however, that an institution's compliance with
> this
> > section's requirements that an institution issue
> > copies of this section and sections 17 and 18 to
> > unaffiliated student groups, teams, or
> organizations
> > shall not constitute evidence of the institution's
> > recognition or evidence of any unaffiliated
> student
> > groups, teams, or organizations.
> > 
> > Each such group, team, or organization shall
> > distribute a copy of this section and sections 17
> > and 18 to each of its members, plebes, pledges or
> > applicants for membership.  It shall be the duty
> of
> > each such group, team, or organization, acting
> > through its designated officer, to deliver
> annually
> > to the institution an attested acknowledgment
> > stating that such group, team or organization has
> > received a copy of this section and said sections
> 17
> > and 18, that each of its members, plebes, pledges
> or
> > applicants has received a copy of sections 17 and
> 18
> > and that such group, team or organization
> > understands and agrees to comply with the
> provisions
> > of this section and sections 17 and 18.
> > 
> > Each institution of secondary education and each
> > public or private institution of postsecondary
> > education shall file, at least annually, a report
> > with the regents of higher education and in the
> case
> > of secondary institutions, the board of education,
> > certifying that said institution has complied with
> > its responsibility to inform sutdent groups, teams
> > or organizations and to notify each full-time
> > student enrolled by it of the provisions of this
> > section and sections 17 and 18 and also certifying
> > that said institution has adopted a disciplinary
> > policy with regard to the organizers and
> > participants of hazing, and that such policy has
> > been set forth with appropriate emphasis in the
> > student handbook or similar means of communicating
> > the institution's policies to its students.  The
> > board of regents and, in the case of secondary
> > institutions, the board of education shall
> > promulgate regulations governing the content and
> > frequency of such reports, and shall forthwith
> > report to the attorney general any such
> institution
> > which fails to make such report. Amended December
> > 1987
> > 
> > ~Matt Dougherty
> 
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