Since the date is nearing, I figure that I should probably make a post about this. The annual labor day picnic is happening again this year (well, I would hope so), and it's on Monday, September 6th at 11:00 AM at Memorial Park. There will be various grilled foods (burgers, hot dogs), chips, as well as soda (the only one I know for sure will be Dew). At 12:30 PM, we will retire to Doudna 103. We will watch a variety of shows and hang out for a while in air conditioning. Then, at 5:30, those who are interested can carpool or offer to drive to Taiko in Dubuque. We WILL be leaving right at 5:30, so please be on time if you want to come with.

If you have any issues with getting to the park, please call me at 309-678-3777 and I'll do my best to help you out. Also, if you text me saying you need a ride ahead of time (your name would also help), I'll be picking people up outside of Wilgus Hall at 10:50 AM on the 6th. As of right now, there is space for three others in my car. Without further ado, here is a map of campus that I drew on in MS Paint!


The blue arrow points to Memorial Park's parking lot, and the circle is pretty much the general vicinity of where we're going to be.The red horizontal strip is Greenwood, with the Greenwood Ave. dorms above it and the circle dorms below it, if that helps anyone to navigate the map better.

I think that's it. Please post any questions you might have or something. Also, invite your friends. Do it.

6:00- Social Hour
7:00- Cowboy Bebop
7:25- Durarara!!
7:50- School Rumble
8:15- Darker than Black
8:45- Break
9:00- Arakawa Under the Bridge
9:25- Paradise Kiss
9:50- Monster
10:15- OVA Slot

First SPAMM showing of the semester is Tuesday, September 7th in Doudna 103.

7:00- Cowboy Bebop

Categories: Space western, bad shrooms
Follow interstellar bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black as they scour the galaxy for criminals with prices on their heads. Hoping to escape their past, they live on the spaceship Bebop, but it's a dangerous business and old enemies don't forget easily. Allies come from unlikely sources, however, as they find comrades in the beautiful swindler Faye Valentine, the genius child hacker Ed and the genetically engineered 'data dog' Ein. Will they be able to help each other though their respective struggles, or is their fate really inevitable?

7:25- Durarara!!

Categories: City life, gangs, motorcycle, anime references, blow up louder!
Looking for a change, Mikado moves from the countryside to bustling Ikebukuro to attend the same high school as his best friend, Masaomi. Though navigating a new school and friendships can prove tough by itself, Mikado also finds an overwhelming number of new delights and dangers in the district he now calls home. From a friendly Russian sushi bar to the violent color gangs, to even an urban legend in the form of a black motorcycle rider, each resident of Ikebukuro is unique and frightening. But the town is smaller than it seems at first, and these strange events appear to be connected. Will the growing storm sweep up the transplanted country boy and his friends or will Mikado find himself at the center of a dramatic change for Tokyo?

7:50- School Rumble

Categories: Harem, romance, comedy, school
Because one Tenma per night just isn't enough.
Tsukamoto Tenma is young, bright, and smitten with the school hottie Karasuma Ooji. She's desperate for his attention, which is unfortunate considering he barely gives her the time of day! Throw Harima Kenji, the school delinquent with a crush on Tsukamoto, into the mix and you've got one twisted love triangle of unrequited proportions! Can love find the trio happiness before their attention-grabbing stunts end up hurting more than their egos?

8:15- Darker than Black

Categories: Action, sci-fi, superpowers, sexy collarbones
A giant wall looms over Tokyo, shielding the city from a dangerous other world called the 'Hell's Gate'. Within the city, things are no less terrifying because Contractors, psychopathic killers with phenomenal powers, have started to appear. These killers are compelled to pay a price every time they use their powers, often in the form of a meaningless or painful task. As their deadly habits rack up a gruesome death toll, Kirihara Misaki and her team from the Foreign Affairs Public Security struggle to solve the cases and bring the Contractors under control. Their task is further confounded by the interference of a masked individual they title Messier Code BK201, a man with abilities that allow him to fight and defeat the Contractors. Who is this BK201? How can the Contractors be stopped permanently? And what does the appearance of the Hell's Gate mean for the people of Tokyo?

8:45- Break
Categories: MYSTERY

9:00- Arakawa Under the Bridge

Category: I don't even know, man.
Holding strictly to his family's creed, Ko Ichinomiya has never once, in his life of privilege, owed anything to anyone – that is, until a self-proclaimed Venusian named Nino saves him from drowning in the wake of a dire accident involving Ko's pants. Eternally indebted to the supposed extraterrestrial, Ko moves into her little community under the bridge along the Arakawa river. Ripped from his life of luxury and success, the young Tokyo U graduate now must adjust to his well-appointed hovel, strange new neighbors, and peculiar lover, Nino.

9:25- Paradise Kiss

Categories: Drama, romance, fashion, it's a trap!
Yukari is a typical high school student on the fast track to attending a university, but her boring life leaves much to be desired; that is, until a motley crew of fashion design students ask her to model their new clothing line: Paradise Kiss! Now, Yukari must choose if she will reject the life her mother has laid out for her, and start making choices on her own for the first time. While taking her first steps into adulthood, Yukari also begins to realize that with freedom comes responsibility; a life in the fashion industry isn't an easy one, especially for someone unsure of her own intentions…

9:50- Monster

Categories: Continuous mindfuck, best show ever, drama, revenge, Dokuta Tenma, it's a trap!
I have no idea why this even made it on the schedule. It's not like any of the officers enjoyed it or anything.
Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a genius surgeon working in post-Cold War Germany who has a bright future ahead of him. He is admired by his colleagues, loved by his patients, and due to marry his boss's daughter, the beautiful (*coughyeahrightcough*) Eva Heinemann. One day, when two patients in desperate need of emergency surgery are wheeled into his hospital, Tenma faces a terrible choice of saving the orphaned boy who came first or the mayor of Düsseldorf, whose recovery would raise the hospital's profile and boost his own career. Against the demands of his superior, Tenma does what he believes is right and saves the child. However, his decision not only damages his prospects, but unleashes a chain of events so horrific that it might have come from the depths of his worst nightmares. Laden with guilt, Tenma begins a journey across Germany in search of a formidable young man who will challenge his morals, his love for life, and his very sanity.

10:15- OVA Slot (TBA)

Summaries taken from anime-planet.com because I'm lazy and just want the schedule up. Not anime-planet.org. Don't go there unless you want some Latin wives.

LET THE DISCUSSION COMMENCE!

No officers were maimed in the deciding of this schedule. I cannot promise that statement will still be true after I post it, however.
First Summer SPAMM session will be May 25th.

6:00- Social Hour
7:00- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
7:25- Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
7:50- Sasameki Koto
8:15- Maria Holic
8:45- Break
9:00- Needless
9:25- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
9:50- .hack//sign

7:00- FMA: Brotherhood

Categories: Adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy
Much to my chagrin, Brotherhood is to be carried over to the summer schedule.
This is the retelling of the original FMA. Edward did a no no. Science didn't like that and takes its revenge on both him and his kid brother, Alphonse. Now they go out into the world to find the Philosopher's Stone, chew bubblegum and kick ass.

7:25- Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Categories: Comedy, fantasy, romance, school
This show is totally not done by SHAFT, honest. It's about academics for keeps as classes of a school do battles against each other using academic pets. A loss means certain death being sent to the pits of hell detention and if your entire class loses, it means it's the dungeons shitty classrooms for your high school experience.


7:50- Sasameki Koto

Categories: Comedy, romance, yuri(!)
This totally isn't on the schedule entirely for my benefit or anything. Just like how the summary for it totally isn't copied almost word for word from Anime News Network.
Sumika Murasame is deeply in love with her cheerful classmate and friend Ushio Kazama. Ushio is openly lesbian but... she likes cute girls, and Sumika, top student, class representative, black belt in karate, is all but cute. Even worse, Sumika herself is terrified of endangering her friendship with Ushio and chooses to maintain the status quo, as much as it pains her and is simultaneously adorable to the audience to hide her feelings.

8:15- Maria Holic

Categories: Comedy, romance, yuri(?)
Also known as "It's summer SPAMM! We can get away with anything!"
Kanako goes to Ame no Kisaki to find the partner of her dreams. She prays to her mother a lot and appearently has Tchaikovsky Syndrone. Also, please ignore Admiral Ackbar shouting something in the back. That last sentence may or may not apply to the majority of the shows on this schedule.

8:45- Break
Categories: MYSTERY

9:00- Needless

Category: MANLY AS HELL
In A.D. 200X, World War 3 began. All of Earth's cities, including Tokyo, became the targets of bombings, and were bathed in frightful red flames. Half a century has passed since then. The contaminated former epicenter is still isolated from the city, creating a hole in the middle of Japan... It is commonly known as the Black Spot (Buraku Supato). As time passed, people began to inhabit this wasteland. They were deemed unnecessary by those who lived in cities. Among these unnecessary people were ones who could command strange abilities. Fire, Wind, Gravity, they had the ability to control these supernatural powers. Thus, those who possessed Fragments were regarded with fear as the Needless!

9:25- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Categories: Mindfuck, lolis
Also totally not for my exclusive benefit, the killer lolis return! If just because I like George's description: Having recently moved to the rural village of Hinamizawa, Keiichi has befriended four girls—Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika—and joined their after school club. This leads into some nail biting after school shenanigans, as Keiichi learns some important life lessons, not to judge a book by its cover, and that sometimes love hurts like a bat to the face.

9:50- .hack//SIGN

Categories: Action, adventure, drama, MMORPGWTF
.hack//SIGN is an anime about an MMORPG. Well, mostly about a character named Tsukasa who's trapped in said MMORPG and won't stop emoing about it. Weird stuff happens that isn't supposed to and Tsukasa somehow acquires friends (though how, I have no idea) who try to solve the mystery of what is going on in The World, as well as why he can't log out. Shenanigans happen on occasion, mostly on account of Sora, who is amazing and adorable and definitely doesn't talk exclusively in 1337 when you get him at the end of .hack//QUARANTINE, but it is mostly talking. Well, the talking that you can hear over the sound of Tsukasa's emo, anyway.

FMA:B, Baka Test, and Maria Holic summaries stolen from Chrono. Sasameki Koto summary stolen from Anime News Network. Higurashi summary stolen from George. I am an original and creative person, obviously.

I'll get the text up tomorrow Valve-Time (21 people want more Farmville on spamm.org).

http://www.uwplatt.edu/~saym/SurveyS10.htm

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The 7.5 scattered about are yes/no responses where numbers were expected. If you recognize yours and would like to clarify, drop me a PM with your # and changes.

Elections April 27th
Starting at 6:15 with the Presidential Election


Other details to be added later. Important details now.

In order to run for a position, a potential candidate has to be nominated by another paid SPAMM member and then the nomination must be seconded by another paid SPAMM member.
Finally, the nominee must accept the nomination to be included in the election list.
Winner is determined by a simple majority vote, in case of deadlock, the current officers will tie-break.




President
Malarky
Chronomeister
jarred howard
George Sporie

Vice-President
Malarky
Chronomeister
George Sporie


Secretary
Malarky
Chronomeister
Epros
George Sporie

Pub Chair
Chronomeister
Mason O'Mara
Nani

Librarian
Malarky
Chronomeister
Chaz
Steve