[Vision2020] "Dupus Boomer's" at CUB: Re: Collision at WSU CUB February 10 at 6pm

[Ted Moffett]

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"The name Dupus Boomer’s originates from a cartoon created by Dick Donnell
that ran in the Richland, Wash., Villager weekly newspaper from 1945-1950.
The much-loved cartoon was a humorous portrayal of the lives of people
living in federal housing in the Richland area during the pre and post-World
War II era."
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I was surprised to discover the extensive remodel of the WSU Compton Union
Building over the 2009-10 holidays, when I biked to Pullman from Canyon Rd.
to view the film "Avatar" in 3-D at the Village Cinemas.  I had time to
spare before the showing, so I biked around the WSU campus, nearly deserted,
or so it seemed.  The CUB was open, to my surprise, and a
certain information desk attendant (so beautiful!) informed that "Dupus
Boomer's," a bar and restaurant, was open for business on a lower level.  I
commented that it was rather incredible for a bar to be operating in an
institution aimed at promoting scholarly studies, much less open for
business, given the deserted WSU campus, as I explained (I first asked if
they knew the percentage, which they did not) that the US is a mere
approximately 2% of the total surface area of our planet, so that whatever
weather the US experiences, is a tiny fraction of global climate, while the
oceans are 70% of global weather; and that marine microorganisms
threatened by ocean acidification from human sourced CO2 emissions, are a
critical pillar of the global biosphere/climate system, far more so than
polar bears. The information desk attendants at the CUB at WSU appeared more
aware of the ecological crisis humanity is facing, than many people I talk
to in person, or some on Vision2020.  A happy discovery!

Does the U of I have a combined bar and restaurant business on campus?  I
don't recall such an offering on the U of I campus.  I walked to the lower
CUB level, and indeed "Dupus Boomer's" was open, with hard liquor and
various delightful cuisine offered.

WSU is very different than the U of I.

Ted Moffett

On 2/3/10, Gabriel Rench <gaberench at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Collegiate Reformed Fellowship student ministry of Christ Church is hosting
> a showing of Collision <http://www.collisionmovie.com/> at the CUB over at
> WSU on Feb. 10 from 6pm to 9pm along with the WSU atheist/agnostic student
> group.  The movie is just under 90 minutes and Doug Wilson will be doing a
> little Q&A afterwords along with one of the Atheist club's representatives.
> The movie has played in about 30 cities nation wide along with premiers in
> LA and New York.  Here is a link <http://www.collisionmovie.com/press/> to
> several national media outlets that have also picked Hitchens/Wilson for
> interviews as a result of the movie, and here is a direct link<http://www.collisionmovie.com/press/2009/10/26/npr-all-things-considered-sunday-1026.html>to the national NPR interview in DC.  Hitchens spoke at the CUB last year
> and this video also won movie of the year from the IPU recently- see link<http://www.theipu.com/2010/01/2009-invisible-pink-unicorn-awards.html>.
> Both student groups have "endorsed" the movie, so this should provide some
> good fodder for Q and A after the showing.  Please email Gabriel if you have
> any questions: gaberench at gmail.com.  Cheers!
>
>
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