Signing Up for Seminars

Melanie Plaza, Jesse Klinger, and Josh Prenner

LOS ANGELES, Cali. - This year’s installment of Session II@UCLA has begun.

Session II has always been a smaller, more intimate institute from Victory Briefs, balancing a collegiate atmosphere (complete with academic seminars) and intensive preparation for the September/October topic. This year’s edition of Session II features seven labs: the Stephen Babb/Petey Gil lab, the Chris Castillo/John Lewis lab, the Tommy Clancy/Wesley Craven/Josh Anderson top lab, the Ryan Cooper/Douglas Jeffers lab, the Jon Cruz/Mira Chernick novice lab, the Ryan Lawrence/Dan Jennis lab, and the Jeremy Schifberg/Liz Scoggin lab.

Unique to Session II is our aforementioned offering of seminars. A wide variety of such courses are being offered this year. I can now happily post here a list of the seminars offered and the students who signed up for them. (All but a few of our late-arriving students have so far enrolled in their seminars.) Enjoy!

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A History of the Middle East Conflict, or: How To Not Get Ourselves Blown Up
Instructor: Liz Scoggin

Alex Ackroyd (Palo Alto)
Andrew Dorr (La Costa Canyon)
Arielle Kellman (Bronx Science)
Ben Sherman (Horace Mann)
Cynthia Harris (Chicago Latin)
Ethan Ross (Scarsdale)
Girish Swaminath (Saratoga)
Hannah Riskin (Archer)
Jacob Levitt (Walt Whitman)
Jacob Swan (Marquette)
Jeffrey Luz-Alterman (Lexington)
Josh Prenner (Bronx Science)
Lan Le (West Campus)
Liz Salowitz (New Trier)
Luc Mitchell (East Chapel Hill)
Matt McCambridge (New Trier)
Michael Morris (Scarsdale)
Rachel Vogel (Carnegie Vanguard)
Tim McHugh (Loyola)
Tony Baker (Harvard-Westlake)
Tony Wang (Miramonte)

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New Understandings of the Enlightenment: Habermas and Derrida
Instructor: John Lewis

Alex Hertz (Millburn)
Avi Jayaraman (Morristown)
Carolyn Lipp (Bronx Science)
Christopher Choi (Torrey Pines)
Colin Scott (Torrey Pines)
Daniel Holohan (Thomas Jefferson)
Danielle Smogard (Southlake Carroll)
Danny Tchnaryi (Bronx Science)
David Donatti (Strake Jesuit)
Emily Allen (Grapevine)
Grant Grosgebauer (Crowley)
Ilya Gaidarov (Torrey Pines)
Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman)
Jared Bigman (Lake Braddock)
Jesse Klinger (Great Neck South)
Jessica Jeang (Clear Lake)
Ji Bowei (Jericho)
Jonas Specter (El Cerrito)
Kevin Wenger (Loyola Blakefield)
Melanie Plaza (Bronx Science)
Mollie Husinga (Federal Way)
Mostafa Al-Alusi (Torrey Pines)
Nicole Tutunik (Bronx Science)
Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll)
Ryan Cooper (Brewster)
Shehzad Bharwani (Grapevine)
Stark Riedesel (Chicago Latin)
Tess McNulty (Millburn)
Usha Sahay (Millburn)
Victor Yu (Mission San Jose)
Will Hix (Grapevine)
Yujie Zhu (Edina)

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Transitions to Democracy
Instructor: Ryan Lawrence

Adrian Lee (James Logan)
Ben Yu (Whippany Park)
Caroline Yu (Torrey Pines)
Dan Chen (Whippany Park)
Hayden Lewis (Timberline)
Isabelle Gauthier (Bronx Science)
Jason Yee (Green Valley)
Jay Ko (Palo Alto)
Jooyoung Son (Torrey Pines)
Josh Webman (Millburn)
Katherine Fox (Mercer Island)
Lauren Larson (Meadows)
Pooja Rambhia (Jericho)
Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto)
Sean Douglass (Dulles)

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Post-Enlightenment Ethics
Instructor: Petey Gil

A.J. Galainena (Chicago Latin)
Adrian Lee (James Logan)
Arbi Llaveshi (Millburn)
Bobby Esnard (Bronx Science)
Christopher Choi (Torrey Pines)
Colin Scott (Torrey Pines)
Daniel Holohan (Thomas Jefferson)
Danielle Smogard (Southlake Carroll)
Danny Tchnaryi (Bronx Science)
Dash McIntyre (Sehome)
David Donatti (Strake Jesuit)
Ethan Ross (Scarsdale)
Ilya Gaidarov (Torrey Pines)
Jessica Jeang (Clear Lake)
Jos Diaz (Stuyvesant)
Kevin Justich (Millburn)
Kevin Lai (Millburn)
Kevin Wenger (Loyola Blakefield)
Luc Mitchell (East Chapel Hill)
Melanie Plaza (Bronx Science)
Melissa Schall (Archer)
Michael Morris (Scarsdale)
Mike Hassin (Millburn)
Nicole Tutunik (Bronx Science)
Peter Damrosch (Berkeley Carroll)
Sasha Arijanto (Altamont)
Shehzad Bharwani (Grapevine)
Tony Wang (Miramonte)
Victor Yu (Mission San Jose)
Will Hix (Grapevine)
Yujie Zhu (Edina)

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Revolution!
Instructor: Ryan Lawrence

Alex Ackroyd (Palo Alto)
Anna Lisa Macon (Catonsville)
Arielle Kellman (Bronx Science)
Ben Sherman (Horace Mann)
Ben Yu (Whippany Park)
Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman)
Jason Yee (Green Valley)
Ji Bowei (Jericho)
Jonas Specter (El Cerrito)
Jooyoung Son (Torrey Pines)
Katherine Fox (Mercer Island)
Lan Le (West Campus)
Matt Murray (Servite)
Mostafa Al-Alusi (Torrey Pines)
Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto)
Ryan Cooper (Brewster)

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International Relations
Instructor: Josh Anderson

Mollie Husinga (Federal Way)
Aarian Marshall (Berkeley Carroll)
Caroline Yu (Torrey Pines)
Chey Mashburn (Grapevine)
Dan Chen (Whippany Park)
Hayden Lewis (Timberline)
Jacob Levitt (Walt Whitman)
Jeffrey Luz-Alterman (Lexington)
Rachel Vogel (Carnegie Vanguard)
Andrew Blay (Loyola)
Andrew Dorr (La Costa Canyon)
Charles Chy (Southern Lehigh)
Eric Andersen (Loyola)
Jay Ko (Palo Alto)
Jeremy Molayem (Loyola)
Liz Salowitz (New Trier)
Matt McCambridge (New Trier)
Wyle Simeon (Bellevue)
Avi Jayaraman (Morristown)
Carolyn Lipp (Bronx Science)
Chris Black (Strake Jesuit)
Cynthia Harris (Chicago Latin)
Hannah Riskin (Archer)
Isabelle Gauthier (Bronx Science)
Jacob Swan (Marquette)
Josh Prenner (Bronx Science)
Lauren Larson (Meadows)
Pooja Rambhia (Jericho)
Sean Douglass (Dulles)
Tony Baker (Harvard-Westlake)

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A Look at the Philosopher: Aristotle in A.D. 2007
Instructor: Douglas Jeffers

Avi Jayaraman (Morristown)
Chris Black (Strake Jesuit)
Cynthia Harris (Chicago Latin)
Jacob Swan (Marquette)
Sean Douglass (Dulles)
Daniel Holohan (Thomas Jefferson)
Ji Bowei (Jericho)
Jonas Specter (El Cerrito)
Arbi Llaveshi (Millburn)
Kevin Justich (Millburn)
Kevin Lai (Millburn)
Mike Hassin (Millburn)
Alex Ackroyd (Palo Alto)
Girish Swaminath (Saratoga)
Jooyoung Son (Torrey Pines)
Lan Le (West Campus)

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Re-Negotiating Political & Ethical Theory: How Jean Baudrillard, Slovaj Zizek, and Alain Badiou Transcend the Post-Modern
Instructor: Stephen Babb

Aarian Marshall (Berkeley Carroll)
Anna Lisa Macon (Catonsville)
Ben Sherman (Horace Mann)
Caroline Yu (Torrey Pines)
Chey Mashburn (Grapevine)
Christopher Choi (Torrey Pines)
Colin Scott (Torrey Pines)
Dan Chen (Whippany Park)
Danielle Smogard (Southlake Carroll)
Dash McIntyre (Sehome)
David Donatti (Strake Jesuit)
Emily Allen (Grapevine)
Grant Grosgebauer (Crowley)
Hayden Lewis (Timberline)
Ilya Gaidarov (Torrey Pines)
Jacob Levitt (Walt Whitman)
Jared Bigman (Lake Braddock)
Jeffrey Luz-Alterman (Lexington)
Jessica Jeang (Clear Lake)
Jos Diaz (Stuyvesant)
Mollie Husinga (Federal Way)
Mostafa Al-Alusi (Torrey Pines)
Nicole Tutunik (Bronx Science)
Rachel Vogel (Carnegie Vanguard)
Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll)
Sasha Arijanto (Altamont)
Shehzad Bharwani (Grapevine)
Stark Riedesel (Chicago Latin)
Tony Wang (Miramonte)
Victor Yu (Mission San Jose)
Will Hix (Grapevine)

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The Capitalism
Instructor: Wesley Craven

A.J. Galainena (Chicago Latin)
Alex Hertz (Millburn)
Andrew Blay (Loyola)
Andrew Dorr (La Costa Canyon)
Ben Yu (Whippany Park)
Bobby Esnard (Bronx Science)
Charles Chy (Southern Lehigh)
Danny Tchnaryi (Bronx Science)
Eric Andersen (Loyola)
Ethan Ross (Scarsdale)
Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman)
Jason Yee (Green Valley)
Jay Ko (Palo Alto)
Jeremy Molayem (Loyola)
Jesse Klinger (Great Neck South)
Josh Webman (Millburn)
Katherine Fox (Mercer Island)
Liz Salowitz (New Trier)
Luc Mitchell (East Chapel Hill)
Matt McCambridge (New Trier)
Matt Murray (Servite)
Melissa Schall (Archer)
Michael Morris (Scarsdale)
Peter Damrosch (Berkeley Carroll)
Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto)
Ryan Cooper (Brewster)
Tess McNulty (Millburn)
Tim McHugh (Loyola)
Usha Sahay (Millburn)
Wyle Simeon (Bellevue)
Yujie Zhu (Edina)

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Rethinking Justice and Oppression in Debate
Instructor: Chris Castillo

Andrew Dorr (La Costa Canyon)
Bobby Esnard (Bronx Science)
Charles Chy (Southern Lehigh)
Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman)
Jeremy Molayem (Loyola)
Ryan Cooper (Brewster)
Caroline Yu (Torrey Pines)
Dan Chen (Whippany Park)
Jared Bigman (Lake Braddock)
Mollie Husinga (Federal Way)
Rachel Vogel (Carnegie Vanguard)
Adrian Lee (James Logan)
Avi Jayaraman (Morristown)
Girish Swaminath (Saratoga)
Isabelle Gauthier (Bronx Science)
Ji Bowei (Jericho)
Jooyoung Son (Torrey Pines)
Kevin Justich (Millburn)
Kevin Lai (Millburn)
Lan Le (West Campus)
Mike Hassin (Millburn)

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Mass Destruction, The Impacts, The Comparisons
Instructor: Stephen Babb

Alex Hertz (Millburn)
Andrew Blay (Loyola)
Josh Webman (Millburn)
Melissa Schall (Archer)
Peter Damrosch (Berkeley Carroll)
Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto)
Tess McNulty (Millburn)
Tim McHugh (Loyola)
Usha Sahay (Millburn)
Wyle Simeon (Bellevue)
Aarian Marshall (Berkeley Carroll)
Anna Lisa Macon (Catonsville)
Chey Mashburn (Grapevine)
Christopher Choi (Torrey Pines)
Colin Scott (Torrey Pines)
David Donatti (Strake Jesuit)
Hayden Lewis (Timberline)
Ilya Gaidarov (Torrey Pines)
Jeffrey Luz-Alterman (Lexington)
Mostafa Al-Alusi (Torrey Pines)
Tony Wang (Miramonte)
Arbi Llaveshi (Millburn)
Arielle Kellman (Bronx Science)
Hannah Riskin (Archer)
Jacob Swan (Marquette)
Josh Prenner (Bronx Science)
Melanie Plaza (Bronx Science)
Pooja Rambhia (Jericho)
Sean Douglass (Dulles)
Tony Baker (Harvard-Westlake)

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The State
Instructor: Wesley Craven

A.J. Galainena (Chicago Latin)
Ben Yu (Whippany Park)
Eric Andersen (Loyola)
Jason Yee (Green Valley)
Jay Ko (Palo Alto)
Jesse Klinger (Great Neck South)
Matt Murray (Servite)
Dash McIntyre (Sehome)
Emily Allen (Grapevine)
Grant Grosgebauer (Crowley)
Jos Diaz (Stuyvesant)
Nicole Tutunik (Bronx Science)
Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll)
Sasha Arijanto (Altamont)
Shehzad Bharwani (Grapevine)
Stark Riedesel (Chicago Latin)
Alex Ackroyd (Palo Alto)
Carolyn Lipp (Bronx Science)
Chris Black (Strake Jesuit)
Daniel Holohan (Thomas Jefferson)
Kevin Wenger (Loyola Blakefield)
Lauren Larson (Meadows)

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