Social Events

FALL PICNIC
RAINEY PARK

Each spring and fall semesters the department puts on a barbecue or a picnic for the students. We gather for eating, visiting, honoring our graduating seniors and sometimes play a game or two and give away prizes.

Fall 2007 Picnic
Wednesday, August 29th
4:30 p.m.
Poor weather location - Bryan Hall
Please RSVP to DeeDee by Tuesday, August 28th
509-335-4249 or torgeson@wsu.edu

CHESS TOURNAMENT - SPRING 2007

Open to WSU majors and minors in philosophy as well as all students in the WSU-UI joint MA program. Winner in the student division will be acknowledged on departmental plaque and will play-off against the winner from the faculty division.

Register to play: by Friday, February 16th
Initial rounds begin: February 19th
Student/faculty face-off: TBA

To register, or for more information, contact DeeDee Torgeson in the Department of Philosophy (335-4249; torgeson@wsu.edu).

• The tournament will be in single-elimination brackets.
• If it is necessary to give byes in the first round, they will be awarded based on order of sign up, so sign up as soon as possible.
• A win is worth one point to the winner. A draw is worth 1/2 point to both players. A loss gets zero points.
• The winner of a bracket is the first player to get to 2 or more points with a lead.
• In each bracket, choice of color for the first game will be awarded by a coin toss or mutual agreement. Subsequent games in that bracket will alternate colors.
• In each bracket, the players will be responsible for arranging game times. Games can be played in the department library, but can also be arranged for other sites.
• Failure to show for a scheduled game or unwillingness to schedule games in a timely fashion can result in forfeit. Dr. Shier is the arbitrator.
• “Touch move” is in effect, but only in the sense that once your hand is removed from a moved piece, the move stands.

For more information contact DeeDee at 509-335-4249 or torgeson@wsu.edu

Annual spring picnic at Reaney Park