Victory Briefs Institute Archive
This Morning: Modules
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryMollee Huisinga and Julia Moser
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - After a good night of sleep following the traditional Day of Fun in Santa Monica, students awoke this morning to attend two intense sessions of modules.
The modules for the first session included “The A Priori: Its Uses and Misuses” with John Lewis, “Advanced Standards and Impacts: […]
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Happy Birthday, Isabelle Gauthier!
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryIsabelle Gauthier
SANTA MONICA, Cali. - Some of the Bronx Science debaters called foul when they saw the post featuring Isabelle and her laundry — they thought it was a preemptive birthday article — but there is a time and a place for everything. Please join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to one of […]
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A Day of Fun
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categorySanta Monica Pier, as seen from Santa Monica Beach
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - Today, after a week of labs, seminars, and modules, students and staff enjoyed a well-deserved Day of Fun at Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica Pier, and the Third Street Promenade. Today’s food — at least for me, Chris Castillo, and Doug Jeffers — […]
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A Salute to Chris Blay
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryChris Blay
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - Chris Blay — the Victory Briefs Institute’s residential technical genius and office manager — does so much to make our camps possible that it’s sometimes impossible to thank him for every individual thing he does. But we try.
I want to take this moment to thank Chris publicly. You rock. […]
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Today: Practice Round 2
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryDouglas Jeffers and Alex Ackroyd
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - Debaters will participate in their second practice round today. As noted yesterday, during VBI@LMU, there were three divisions, which I named after each of the films in the classic Star Wars Trilogy. Session II@UCLA is designed to be a smaller, more intimate institute and as such has […]
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It’s Laundry Time
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryIsabelle Gauthier
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - Isabelle Gauthier has the right idea. I’ll be making the brief trek over to Hedrick Hall to get my Bruin Card to operate the machines in the building and then, my friends, it’s laundry time.
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Today: Practice Round 1
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Session II@UCLA 2007 categoryUsha Sahay
LOS ANGELES, Cali. - Debaters engaged in their first practice round today. During VBI@LMU, there were three divisions, which I named after each of the films in the classic Star Wars Trilogy. Session II@UCLA is designed to be a smaller, more intimate institute and as such has two divisions for practice rounds. I probably […]
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