The 19s ended their first term at UO and in the CGO FIG with a end-of-term pizza fest with the rest of the cohorts. This is always a fun and relaxing time, when the students get to mingle with the veterans of the program. And to eat and take a break from preparing for finals.

After the initial eating of he pizza, we had a musical performance by two (and then three) of our students; Liana and David started us off with a beautiful acoustic guitar duet of the Beatle’s song Let It Be. Payne  (and his smart phone of lyrics) then joined in with Depression by Courtney Barnett. It was really great to see students interacting and performing in this way. We have a talented group that knows how to apply itself in some artistic and meaningful ways.

Next we did some exercises designed to get the 19s to meet more of the elder cohorts. The highlight of these were several questions posed by the 19s FA Maddy, who used several ethical quandaries to get people moving about by deciding which side of the question they fell. After some discussions about the death penalty and money in college sports, the ending debate was about whether cats or dogs were better. Now THAT is an ethical quandary for the ages. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are looking forward to the entire group being together for some fun and exciting guests in 2016!