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[Update 2/7/10: Here's a write-up of the event in the PAW --BKN]

For the first time since 2006, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel– architect of the ever-popular grade deflation policy– will be gracing the Whig-Clio Senate Debate to defend her brainchild. Hordes of deflatees await their chance to duke it out in a public forum.

Whig Hall Senate Chamber is about to get heated.

And I, your humble Giri Nathan, will be your eyes and ears. Behold.

8:35 PM

100+ students have packed into the chamber like so many dour, grade-deflated sardines. Some of said sardines are attired in snazzy suits. These are the debaters. The battle has yet to begin.

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butlerRecognize this? Almost as shocking as the realization that underclassmen were born in the 90’s is the fact that, unless you’re a senior, probably not.

Demolished almost immediately after move-out, this is the building I lived in freshman year (I think) – one of several essentially identical, essentially repulsive, dormitories that made up Old Butler. Back in the day,  before Butler had its own convenience store and helipad, and when it was still cool (lie) to hop the fence into the Whitman construction site on the way to the Wa, this is what down-campus looked like.

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