Here's a recap of the Reel Adventures of the Ad Hoc Emergency Committee for Sobriquet Superiority for the week of November 8 - 14. Contrary to Rumor, the committee did not meet at Sweet Peppers Deli, but this was only because they wouldn't let us brown bag our favorite libation. It wasn't a boycott or anything.

There have been weeks when the Nom d'Aplomb Award has been Almost Retired & this week was Deja vu all over again. But the emergency ad hoc committee should be Thankful for small favors as there was little fat in this week's list. The quality left our heads Reeling & our imaginations Spinning like a top. The committee battled Vertigo far beyond what Miss I's dewberry brandy usually invokes (even when mixed in her secret recipe Punch).

Of course, the big news this week was the Angeline Dvorak Party (ADP) which was held at the Convention Center. The new ADP president will definitely not Ivan Out the political power base in the Hub City & that has everybody talking. Whether The Question can be posed in Plain English leaves some of us frustrated & madder than the proverbial Wet Hen. The polite thing to do, though, is to follow the advice of Dear Abby & not lock ourselves into john wilkes booth. We all know that We Have a Problem, Houston & we don't need a Shipyardgate Plumbers Unit to explain what's wrong.

How much more can USM commercialize itself? Shelboo's Leasing Agent probably has a few ideas. [Editor's note: Invictus wanted to use an ugly word instead of "commercialize," but he couldn't Beat me to the Punch. - Miss I]

There's more than one wary graduate (formerly undergrad) lounging around Lake Byron these days, fishing with Huck Finn. The weather's cooling down & one can cross Hardy without leaving a Tar Heel in the pavement.

We might continue playing our game of Bettie, Bettie, Where Can You Be? in spite of the posturing of the Playground Bully. While it might be fun for all, taking that route means that a solution is not_gonna_happen. Henry Fonda had the same sort of problem in Mister Roberts, but his issue was just authoritarianism & not anything that would raise Tom Paine's hackles, even after Captain Morton & Ensign Pulver stopped by the board for a few lines.

Speaking of books, Miss I really liked the simple nom, Libraries Rule!. The Ladies Missionary Society is real big on libraries, as we've stated before. Circulation's Up whenever the ladies enter a library. Invictus opined that this poster just might be pandering to the LMS bias, but Miss I thinks it's only because his favorite, KY Jolly was disqualified for being too, um, risqué.

Which brings us to this week's grand prize finalist, an alias that reminds us who it is that posts on internet bulletin boards in the first place, how the administration seems to view the faculty & hopefully who will have their revenge eventually: The Nerds.

The certificate can be procured the usual place.