annual Fall Fest to introduce potential members to the organization and garner their interest. Philanthropy Committee: This committee organizes the Societies' charitable endeavors. Programs Committee: This committee is charged with the task of creating each meeting's debate topic and helping coordinate specialty topics on those respective nights. Their agenda helps guide the evening's meeting. The Programs Committee is chaired ex officio by the Critic. Diversity Committee: This committee is responsible for increasing the diversity of the Societies. Alumni Committee: This committee is charged with maintaining the Societies' relations with their alumni. White and Blue Committee: This committee is responsible for overseeing the publication of the White and Blues, the Societies' literary magazine. Social Committee: This committee organizes all the Societies' social events, excluding the December and the April, and handles affairs with other organizations at U.N.C. Inter-Societal Relations Committee: This committee keeps in touch with literary societies across the east coast, such as the Philolexians, the Demosthenians, the Phi-Kappas, and the Philodemics. It also organizes trips to visit these societies. December/April Committees: These committees have the responsibility of organizing the December, the Societies' annual formal dance, or the April, the Societies' annual semi-formal dance. Acquisitions Committee: This committee looks to acquire portraits and other properties for the Societies. Portrait Committee: Its members are required to maintain and arrange the Societies' extensive portrait collection. Traditions Committee: This is the committee that ensures that the Societies maintain and respect the traditions that created the organization. Crotchety Old Senators: This committee consists of the eldest members of both societies. They are allowed—encouraged, even—to be as old and crotchety as they please. Flag Committee: This committee seeks to establish and maintain a flag of the Societies. Greats Committee: This committee organizes and promotes literary gatherings for members of the Societies, such as reading groups, dramatic performances of Beat poetry, and an annual Halloween event titled "Poe by Candlelight." Misanthropic Society: By tradition, this committee is composed of three or fewer members at a time. Active Senators petition before the Joint Senate for admittance, where they give a humorous speech espousing their misanthropic tendencies in a parody of the traditional petitioning process. Noteworthy Alumni Dialectic Society James K. Polk, President of the United States Thomas Wolfe, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Hatcher Hughes, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Willie P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator and Congressman William Alexander Graham, U.S. Secretary of the