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Apr 1st, 2011 - Local News
ArtPrize will soon operate out of a new facility. The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts has been using the building at 41 Sheldon Blvd. but later this year they plan to relocate at Fulton and Division.
The Dick DeVos Family Foundation announced that they are buying the Sheldon building and it will be used to house the headquarters for ArtPrize and the Compass College of Cinematic Arts. It is a new college that offers a degree in film and multi-media production.
The 28,000 square-foot building was built in the early 1900's and was used as an automobile showroom.
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Runners in a 5K race will wind through the grounds of the Monroe Correctional Complex on Sunday to remember Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl. Tuesday will mark the two years since Biendl was found strangled in the chapel at the prison.
Job growth continues to be sluggish, but there's one big exception: temporary work. The number of temp and contract jobs has increased by nearly 30 percent since early 2009, according to the American Staffing Association.
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Northwest wheat growers are hoping for a swift resolution to a labor dispute that could keep their grain from reaching the world market. Grain terminals remain open in Portland, Vancouver and Seattle, even though the terminals' owners have implemented a contract offer unionized longshoremen rejected.
Most of the wheat that grows on the rolling hills of eastern Washington is bound for the international market. But to get there, the wheat passes through one of a handful of grain terminals in the Northwest.
Officials from the US Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Ecology hear public comment in Seattle this afternoon about a plan to build the largest coal export terminal on the West Coast near Bellingham. KUOW's Ashley Ahearn joins us with details. Then, we look at Michigan's new "right to work" legislation and the possible ripple effects in Washington state with University of Washington Professor Jim Gregory.
Striking members of a bakers' union are still picketing a plant in Seattle that makes Hostess Twinkies and Ho Hos. That's despite the fact the plant is now closed for good.
Negotiators for the Boeing Company and its engineering and technical union are back at the negotiating table today. That's after union members soundly rejected the company's latest contract offer.
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January 2014
Adam Hunter '15 and Hailey Cleek '16 are awarded Vann Fellowships in Biomedical Ethics Research at the Mayo Clinic for the summer of 2014. Read related article. A panel discussion on "Sochi 2014: Gender, Ethics, Sport," is hosted by Russian Studies and co-sponsored by the Vann Center; a related Davidsonian article by Olympic contender Caroline Queen '14 is posted here. Dave Perry begins teaching a course on Ethics and Warfare.
December 2013
Along with student groups affiliated with Amnesty International, Half the Sky, and International Justice Mission, the Vann Center co-sponsors a "Write for Rights" letter/petition campaign on behalf of human-rights advocates in several countries.
November 2013
Margaret Edson, educator and Pulitizer-winning playwright of Wit, speaks at an Ethics Forum on "Our Stories, Our Selves: Ethical Communication in Medicine," and visits classes in English and drama.
October 2013
The center hosts a panel discussion on "Gun Rights, Responsibilities, and Regulations," featuring Davidson professors Lance Stell and Andrew O'Geen, and law-enforcement officers Jeanne Miller, Carolyn McMackin, and Kerr Putney. Gloria Bui '14 and Betsy Gammon '14 describe their summer research experiences in biomedical ethics at the Mayo Clinic. Prof. Dave Perry lectures on "Using Software to Reinforce Academic Integrity: An Assessment of Turnitin.com," and attends the annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.
September 2013
Zama Coursen-Neff '93 of Human Rights Watch lectures on "Promoting the Rights of Children in the Midst of Armed Conflict," speaks to Bonner Scholars, and promotes a new HRW student internship for the summer 2014 to be posted by the Center for Career Development and funded by the Vann Center. Dr. Steven Miles of the University of Minnesota lectures on "Ending Impunity for Physicians Who Abet Torture," and talks with Medical Humanities classes about his book on the Hippocratic Oath; his visit is funded by the Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation.
August 2013
Dave Perry moderates a discussion among Davidson College freshmen of ethical issues in biomedical research raised in Rebecca Skloot's book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. And he begins teaching a Writing 101 class on Evaluating News and Commentary.
July 2013
Comments by Dave Perry are broadcast in a story reported by Kathryn Burcham on Charlotte's WSOC-TV, "Nine Investigates: State Investigators Look into Allegations against EMTs."
May 2013
Monroe Freedman of Hofstra Law School lectures on "Jury Nullification: What It Is, and How to Do It Ethically"; his visit is funded by the Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation. Perry co-directs a workshop at the University of Richmond on Teaching Ethics in International Affairs, funded by the Associated Colleges of the South.
April 2013
Ethics Forums feature: David Schwartz on "Consuming Choices: Ethics in a Global Consumer Age"; Oxford University theologian Nigel Biggar on "Christian Love and Forgiveness in the Context of Human Conflict," and "The Role of Religious Ethics in Contemporary Liberal Society"; and Jim Murphy '78, John Young and Jon Rowan on "Ethics in Sports."
March 2013
Stanford Law professor Hank Greely addresses "The End of Sex: The Future of Human Reproduction" for the center's Ethics Forum series.
February 2013
The Vann Center hosts an expert panel discussion on "Ethics in the Media," featuring: David Boraks, Editor of DavidsonNews.net; Glenn Burkins, editor of QCityMetro.com; Stuart Watson, investigative reporter for WCNC-TV in Charlotte; Rafael Prieto Zartha, editorial director, Qué Pasa Mi Gente, Charlotte; and Candace Cummins Gauthier, professor of philosophy and religion, UNC Wilmington; moderated by Dave Perry; part of the Lecture Series on Ethics in Professional Life, funded by the Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation. (A video recording of that event is posted here.) Betsy Gammon and Gloria Bui, both members of the Davidson College class of 2014, are awarded Vann Fellowships for Biomedical Ethics Research at the Mayo Clinic for the summer of 2013.
January 2013
Dave Perry is interviewed on KPBS radio in San Diego about ethical issues regarding torture as portrayed in the film "Zero Dark Thirty." A podcast is available here.
December 2012
Ethics Forums feature "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and "Business Ethics in Today's Global Economy" by Richard De George of the University of Kansas. On Reading Day, Vann Center staff team with student groups affiliated with Half the Sky and Amnesty International to write letters and collect petition signatures on behalf of prisoners of conscience and women's rights advocates.
November 2012
The Vann Center co-sponsors "What It Means: The 2012 Election and the Future of America" by New York Times columnist David Brooks. The Vann Center enhances its social media sites by adding videos, links, announcements, and photos; follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Vimeo, and Google+.
October 2012
Dave Perry leads a workshop for elementary and secondary school teachers on "Critical Thinking about Ethics," co-sponsored by the Teaching Fellows Institute of Charlotte. Kelsey Lenz '13 and Ashley Parker '14 travel with Perry to hear several fascinating lectures in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Ethics Forums feature Dr. Carl Elliott '83 on "Abuses of Mentally Ill Homeless People in Biomedical Research," and Bishop John Shelby Spong on "Can Christianity Survive the Prejudice of Christians? A Revolution in Faith and Ethics." Spong's visit to Davidson is also featured in a DavidsonNews.net article by David Boraks.
September 2012
The Vann Center co-sponsors with Medical Humanities an Ethics Forum on "Lowering the Price of Hope: Delivering on Innovation and Access to Technologies for Global Health," by Dr. Anthony So of Duke University. Amber MacIntyre joins the Vann Center staff as program/administrative assistant. Perry lectures at Gaston College on the history of ethical views on killing and war in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
August 2012
Dave Perry along with Matt Gossage, Head of the Cannon School and member of the Vann Center's Advisory Board, speak at a symposium on character education for elementary and secondary education teachers, hosted by the Teaching Fellows Institute at Charlotte. Perry publishes an op-ed in the Charlotte Observeroriginally titled "Beyond Akin's Gaffe" but printed as "Which Party Is Extreme on Abortion? The Republicans." And he begins teaching a course on Business Ethics and Consumer Responsibility.
July 2012
Dave Perry visits the Mayo Clinic to hear presentations by Spencer Wilson '13 and Ashley Parker '14, the inaugural Vann Fellows in Biomedical Ethics Research, and to meet their primary faculty/staff mentors. The Vann Center funds two students serving as Community Engagement Fellows for Habitat for Humanity, supervised by Kristin Booher of the Center for Civic Engagement.
June 2012
The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation agrees to fund 2-4 Vann Center-hosted lectures on Ethics in Professional Life in 2013. The Associated Colleges of the South accepts a proposal by two professors at the University of Richmond and Perry to fund a workshop in 2013 on the Teaching of Ethics and International Affairs. John Medlin, a founding member of the Vann Center's advisory board, dies at age 78. Dr. Perry is quoted in a USA Today article about mistreatment of enemy dead by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan.
May 2012
Dave Perry is interviewed on British radio station Monocle 24regarding a news story about a Saudi-CIA agent who had foiled an Al Qaeda bomb plot.
April 2012
Our Ethics Forums feature: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (right) on "The Role of the Artist in Social Justice"; Michael Hyde on biotechnology; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on "Ethics and Neuroscience"; and "The Economic Outlook" with panelists Jay Bryson, John Connoughton and Douglas Hicks '90.
March 2012
Ethics Forums include: Paul Mueller of the Mayo Clinic on "Ethical Aspects of Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Extending Technologies" (video and slides available); and Vann Center Student Fellow Elizabeth Crowder '12 leading discussion of a film on human egg donation called "Eggsploitation," in connection with the publication of her op-ed piece on that topic in the Davidsonian. Dave Perry leads a conversation among Leadership Davidson students on "Justice in a Hypothetical 'State of Nature," and lectures on "Assassination and Targeted Killing" at a symposium hosted by the University of Richmond.
February 2012
Davidson students Spencer Wilson '13 and Ashley Parker '14 are awarded prestigious Vann Fellowships for Biomedical Ethics Research at the Mayo Clinic in summer 2012; see the press release by Bill Giduz. Ethics Forums feature: Shannon Walters McFayden '82 on "Business Ethics, Corporate Culture and the Influence of Leaders" (video available); Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania on "How Today's Consulting Tactics Could Have Unseated Lincoln;" and Robin Lovin of Southern Methodist University on "Continuity and Change in Christian Ethics" (video available).
January 2012
Dave Perry begins teaching a writing/composition course for first-year students on Evaluating News and Commentary.
December 2011
Vann Center staff host a letter-writing initiative in the Alvarez Student Union in support of prisoners of conscience in China, Bahrain, Iran and Syria, in connection with Amnesty International's annual "Write for Rights" campaign. Dr. Perry speaks to the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club on "Ethics in Business and Professional Life: Opportunities, Challenges, Dilemmas and Puzzles."
November 2011
Two annual fellowships in biomedical ethics research at the Mayo Clinic are established for Davidson students, thanks to a generous gift from Jim '50 and Lee Vann. Dr. Ron Greenof Dartmouth College speaks about "Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice" at a Vann Center Ethics Forum. Dave Perry discusses "Becoming a Responsible Consumer" with Graham Bullock for a Common Hour event organized by Hayden Higgins '12 of the Environmental Action Coalition.
October 2011
Ethics Forums this month: Kristie Middleton of the Humane Society of the United States speaks about "The Animals We Eat: Improving the Quality of Their Lives" (a detailed article on her visit by Katie Lovett '12 is published at Davidsonnews.net); and Dr. George Lucas, Jr., of the Naval Academy addresses "Postmodern War: Contemporary Ethical Issues in Technology and War-Fighting" (podcast and slides available). Dave Perry publishes an op-ed essay in The Davidsonian on "NC and Gay Marriage" (originally titled "Fear and Loathing in Raleigh"). The center sponsors Student Fellow Elizabeth Crowder '12 and Kate Stewart '12 to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.
September 2011
Ethics Forums feature: Rebecca Weidler '12, president of the Gay-Straight Alliance, and Davidson professor Doug Ottati speaking to a standing-room-only crowd on "The Question of Gay Marriage;" and Taina Bien-Aime of Equality Now discussing that organization's work promoting the legal rights of women around the world. Dave Perry leads three discussions of ethical issues and principles at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, and advises faculty and administrators at Washington & Lee University regarding the creation of a new ethics center there.
August 2011
Dave Perry leads a small group of first-year students in an Orientation Service Walk and in discussion of Neil White's memoir, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, and begins teaching Ethics and Warfare. An Ethics Forum is hosted on "Contraception and Abortion: Ethics and Public Policy," featuring Jessica Bearden Laurenz of Planned Parenthood Health Systems in Raleigh, NC, and Perry. (Perry's and Bearden Laurenz's remarks are available.)
July 2011
Dave Perry leads an "ethics across the curriculum" discussion among Davidson faculty and staff of Ronald Green's book, Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice, and some related articles on genetic testing. (Dr. Green will speak on November 13 for a Vann Center Ethics Forum.) Carrie Mahoney works long hours for Davidson's July Experience.
June 2011
Dave Perry chairs a panel at an international conference on military ethics (Euro-ISME) in Paris, France.
May 2011
Dave Perry is interviewed about the Vann Center's purpose and origins by Jeff Tolly '10 for a Pod'cats podcast posted in late June. And the Vann Center acquires its own Facebook page.
April 2011
Ethics Forums include: Michael Marsicano, President and CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas on "Ethical Dilemmas in Community Service and Philanthropy" (podcast and PDF available); a student panel on "Ethics at the Edges of Life" moderated by Vann Center Student Fellow Courtney Marshall '11, with panelists Meredith Ashooh, Elizabeth Crowder, Will Denison, Bobby DesPain, Lauren Wright; a panel on "Ethics and End-of-Life Decisions" with Abdulaziz Sachedina, University of Virigina, and Davidson professors Andy Lustig and Lance Stell (podcast available).
March 2011
Six Davidson ethicists (all members of the Vann Center's advisory board) teach sessions for Alumni College on "Ethics: Theory and Practice:" Lance Stell on "Right and Justice at the Margins;" Sean McKeever on "The Ethics of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sport;" Kristie Foley on "Ethical Issues in Medical Decision Making;" Andy Lustig on "Biotechnology and the Human Future: The Ethics of Altering Nature;" Doug Ottati on "Critical Questions in Christian Ethics;" and Dave Perry on "Ethics in War and Intelligence Operations." Ethics Forums include: a viewing of "Living in Emergency" with a panel discussion on Doctors Without Borders and international humanitarian aid, moderated by Vann Center Student Fellow Sara Bates '11 and featuring Verna Case, Ken Menkhaus and Lance Stell; and a panel on "Ethics and Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports," moderated by Vann Center Student Fellow Anna Stringfield '11 and featuring Jim Murphy, Lewis McAlister '13, Sandy Helfgott and Sean McKeever. Dr. Perry attends an Undergraduate Bioethics Conference at Duke University, speaks to Chidsey Fellows about ethics and leadership, and publishes a review of Michael Gross, Moral Dilemmas of Modern War, in the Army War College journal Parameters.
February 2011
The Vann Center co-sponsors several Ethics Forums: Chuck Goolsby on "The Problem of Sex-Trafficking in Latin America;" an expert panel on "Violence against Women: The Scope of the Problem and Efforts to End It;" (hear podcast) slide show and lecture by Carol J. Adams on "The Sexual Politics of Meat;" and a panel of Davidson College economists Dennis Appleyard and Vikram Kumar on "The Economic Outlook" (hear podcast). Dave Perry visits Oxford University in the UK to lecture on "Ethical Considerations in Recruiting and Handling Espionage Agents," and speaks locally to residents of the Pines retirement community about comparative religious views on ethics in warfare.
January 2011
Dave Perry begins teaching a course on The Moral Status of Humans and Other Animals, and presents a paper on "Battlefield Euthanasia: Should Military Mercy-Killing Be Allowed?" at the annual meeting in San Diego of the International Society for Military Ethics. The center co-sponsors lectures by Andrea O'Reilly on "The Making of Modern Motherhood: Ideologies and Practices of the Good Mother," and Sam Wells, Dean of Duke Chapel, on "Places of Encounter: Hanging Out Where God Shows Up."
December 2010
Dave Perry presents "Ethical Issues and Principles related to Tube-Feeding" to doctors and nurses at FirstHealth of the Carolinas Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst; his comments and references are available here. Vann Center staff and student fellows collect signatures to accompany letters to foreign officials in support of human rights in China, Iran and other countries, in conjunction with Amnesty International's Write for Rights campaign.
November 2010
Ethics Forums this month: Professor Ken Menkhaus speaks on "Humanitarianism on Trial: The Collision of State-Building, Counter-Terrorism, and Humanitarian Operations from Afghanistan to Somalia," and Professor Peter Ahrensdorf addresses "Values, Loyalties, and Tragic Conflict in Sophocles' Antigone" (podcasts available). Dave Perry talks with alumni at Homecoming about "Ethics and War in Comparative Religious Perspective." In support of Davidson students initiating a Philosophy for Kids program in a local elementary school, the Vann Center provides them with copies of William Damon, The Moral Child: Nurturing Children's Natural Moral Growth.
October 2010
Our Ethics Forums feature Dr. Ronald Arkin on "Military Robots: Ethics and Lethality in Autonomous Systems," and Dr. Noah Pickus of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, who shared findings from his Immigration Policy Roundtable (podcast available). Dr. Perry facilitates a discussion of "Justice" with Davidson's Bonner Scholars. He later speaks at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on "PhD's, MD's and the DoD: The Participation of Non-Military Professions in Torture, Interrogation, and Counter-Insurgency Efforts," during a Peace & War Summit hosted by the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.
September 2010
The Vann Center appoints several outstanding students as Fellows: Sara Bates, Nick Carney, Julian Lemke, Courtney Marshall, Clare Perry and Anna Stringfield for 2010-2011, and Elizabeth Crowder and Spencer Zepelin for 2011-2012. Read about their accomplishments here. Ethics Forums include: Dr. Harvey Cox of Harvey CoxHarvard Divinity School on "Jews, Christians and Muslims: Religious Dimensions of Peace-Making in the Middle East;" Dr. Paul Bloom of Yale on "The Moral Life of Babies: Surprising Evidence of Moral Judgment in Young Children" (podcast available); and Susan Roberts, Pat Sellers and Mac McCorkle on "Ethical Dilemmas in Election Campaigns" (podcast available).
August 2010
Dave Perry facilitates a student discussion of Brian Turner's collection of poems, Here, Bullet, in connection with new student orientation. Here a podcast of Turner reading his poems at Davidson. Perry begins teaching a course on Ethics in Professional Life, focusing on the professions of medicine, journalism and law.
July 2010
Dave Perry discusses ethical issues in synthetic biology with participants in a workshop hosted by faculty in biology and mathematics for participants from 15 colleges around the country. The main entrance to the Vann Center is fitted with a handicapped-access ramp, and red bricks replace the old concrete sidewalk.
June 2010
Dave Perry conducts a workshop on "ethics across the curriculum" for Davidson faculty and staff, drawing primarily on James Rachels' Elements of Moral Philosophy. He also writes a review of Michael Gross, Moral Dilemmas of Modern War, to be published in the Army War College journal Parameters.
May 2010
The Vann Center hosts an Ethics Forum, "From the Underground Man to the Grand Inquisitor: Exploring the Human Condition through Dostoevsky," led by Professor Amanda Ewington and her students. Questions about ethics in organ transplants and a controversial incident in the Iraq war are posed on the "On Balance" blog. Several stellar ethics papers by Davidson students are posted on Vann Center websites. Dave Perry speaks to Davidson alumni in Charleston, SC on highlights from the college's Celebration of Honor and Integrity in 2009-2010.
April 2010
The Vann Center hosts Ethics Forums on: "Moral Questions from the Works of John Milton," led by Dr. Randy Ingram and his students; "The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Regulatory Reaction: What Went Wrong, and Why Is So Little Being Done in Response?" by Dr. John Coffee, Columbia University Law School (see slides); "Ethics in the Legal Profession," with Judge Calvin Murphy '70, Judge Frank Whitney, and attorneys E. Fitzgerald Parnell and Ron Gibson '74; and "Museums and Looted Art: Ethics, Law, and Cultural Property," by Dr. Frank K. Lord IV '89. Dave Perry gives presentations on his book Partly Cloudy during an Undergraduate Ethics Conference sponsored by the Prindle Institute at DePauw University in Indiana, at an Executive Forum sponsored by UNCC's Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, and for Reunion Weekend at Davidson College. Perry is elected to a three-year term on Davidson's Student Conduct Council.
March 2010
The Vann Center hosts Ethics Forums on: "Is Religious Belief Immoral?" by Professor Paul Studtmann with a response by Professor Doug Ottati (read response or hear podcast); "Human Rights in Latin America," led by Professor Matt Samson and his students (podcast available); and "Shakespeare and Moral Wisdom: Reflections on Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice," led by Professor Cynthia Lewis and her students. Dave Perry gives presentations on his book Partly Cloudy during "author meets critics" and "lunch with an author" sessions at the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics annual meeting in Cincinnati, and for an "Ethics and Public Policy" course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
February 2010
"Christian Ethics and Living Wages: The Case of Wal-Mart," by Marjie Harmon '10, and "Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Justice: Reformed Theological Ethics in South Africa and the U.S.," by Hannah Lyon '10, highlight the Ethics Forums hosted by the Vann Center. Podcasts available. "On Balance" blog topics address consumer responsibility and the moral status of human embryos.
January 2010
The Vann Center hosts an Ethics Forum on "The Ethics of Gossip," led by Professor Maria Fackler and her students. The center launches a new interactive blog, "On Balance," with a question of selective conscientious objection: Should soldiers be able to choose their wars? Perry chairs a panel discussion on the moral and legal status of noncombatants for an International Society of Military Ethics conference in San Diego, and begins teaching a course on Business Ethics and Consumer Responsibility at Davidson.
December 2009
Dave Perry serves on a panel with Capt. Scott Prince '76 in a forum on "The Torture Debate" (hear the podcast). Vann Center staff and student advisors host an all-day letter-writing effort in the College Union on behalf of individuals in foreign countries imprisoned or threatened for their work in human-rights advocacy.
November 16, 2009
Vann Center Dedication
The Vann Center for Ethics is formally dedicated in a series of events (see photos), including a ceremony honoring donors Lee and Jim ('50) Vann, and a discussion of ethics and sports with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, moderated by Vann Center Director Dave Perry and co-sponsored by the William H. Terry Scholars Program. A podcast of the discussion is available.
November 2009
A timely panel (hear the podcast) examining the political, economic, and ethical aspects of health care reform is co-sponsored by the Vann Center, the Medical Humanities Program, and the Public Lectures Committee: presentations are made by Pat Sellers of Davidson College, Michael Lawlor of Wake Forest University, and Rosamond Rhodes of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dave Perry hosts Army lawyer Colonel Tom Ayers to discuss contemporary ethical dilemmas facing our military: Ayers visits his Ethics and Warfare course and has informal meetings with ROTC students. Carrie Mahoney and Perry greatly expand the Vann Center's online Resources in Ethics. In cooperation with the Davidson African Students' Association and other campus groups, the Vann Center co-sponsors "South Africa: From Apartheid to Democracy;" a lecture by Antoinette Sithole, whose brother died in the Soweto Uprising. Dr. Sohail Hashmi of Mt. Holyoke College leads an Ethics Forum on "Ethics and War in the Islamic Tradition." Perry is featured in a Davidson College "In Focus" article online. He lectures on interrogation and torture for Susan Roberts' political science course, "The Presidency."
October 2009
An article about the Vann Center by Kelly Wilson appears in The Davidsonian online. The Vann Center and the Sustainability Office co-sponsor a panel discussion on the ethics of waste disposal, featuring David Martin, professor of economics, Beth Christenbury, director of purchasing, and Kealy Devoy, sustainability fellow (hear the podcast). Carrie Mahoney compiles a list of ethics-related courses at Davidson College and posts them on the center's website. Prof. Jeff Holzgrefe of Emory University School of Law and Agnes Scott College lectures on "Can a counter-terrorism strategy be both successful and moral?" co-sponsored by the Vann Center and the Dean Rusk International Studies Program. Jan Blodgett, college archivist, Tom Shandley, dean of students, and Athan Makansi '10, chair of the Honor Council, take part in a panel discussion of "The Davidson Tradition of Honor and Integrity" (hear the podcast).
September 2009
The Vann Center hosts its first Ethics Forum, a presentation by Dave Perry on "Ethics and War in Comparative Religious Perspective" (hear the podcast). Perry is appointed to the Advisory Board and Executive Forum of the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Lance Stell gives a presentation on "Physicians' Integrity and Ties to Industry" (see his related article here). In cooperation with Justice Dialogues and other campus groups, the Vann Center co-sponsors a lecture by Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American scholar who was arrested in Tehran in 2006 and detained in solitary confinement for 105 days. Perry serves as a judge for mock-trial competitions between pre-law students from Davidson College and the University of South Carolina. Perry recruits a Student Advisory Group to evaluate the Center's programming and plan future events. Dr. Perry finalizes a strategic plan for the center, in consultation with college faculty, administration, and donors.
August 2009
Carrie Mahoney joins the center staff as program assistant. Dave Perry facilitates small-group discussions among freshman of Tobias Wolff's novel, Old School, and posts comments on a Davidson College discussion blog. Perry begins teaching a fall semester course on Ethics and Warfare.
July 2009
Dave Perry begins work as Director of the Vann Center. A press release written by Perry with Bill Giduz of College Communications, entitled "Assassination Is Wrong, but Targeted Killings Are Okay?!" is cited online in InterestAlert, Newswise, The City Wire, and AScribe: The Public Interest Newswire. Perry drafts a 2009-2010 strategic plan for the Vann Center, including a strategic vision, core values, and objectives in relation to key stakeholders.
May 2009
Dave Perry's book, Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation, is published by Scarecrow Press.
April 2009
Davidson College appoints David Perry, professor of ethics at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania, to become the inaugural director of the Vann Center for Ethics. Bill Giduz of College Communications posts the announcement of that appointment with an extended interview of Perry on the college website.
May 2008
The Vann Center's Advisory Board approves its founding mission statement.
September 2007
Jim (class of '50) and Lee Vann make a sizable donation to Davidson College to establish an ethics center.


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Because you're reading anger from 8-bit text? Did I curse? My tone is serious and sometimes a little curt, but not overtly belligerent.
Rhetorical questions are valid devices used in public discourse. They're not a sign of emotional instability. I didn't say I dislike sarcasm. I said the sarcasm was poorly-thought out.You spit your words out, you posts are full of viciousness, rhetorical questions, it always sounds so shrill. Far too many explamation points, and instances of the exact misfiring sarcasm you say you dislike (for example at the end of your post Sketch.)
You don't have enough data on shrooms to properly judge whether or not they should not be grouped with those other drugs. 'Shrooms aren't that accessible or widely used. Alcohol is. Put people behind the wheel while on shrooms for decades and let me know how what happens. Put them in every grocery store, gas station, and liquor store. I'm pretty confident that no matter what you do, the drugs that hardly anyone does will be at the bottom of the list and the ones that everyone does will be at the top. And no, that's not me saying that every position on that chart is as tightly correlated to popularity.OK, you dont like heroin and methamphetamine. Neither do I. Their ability to do harm is self evident. Im not advocating their use in any circumstances. Grouping those chemicals with things like mushrooms under the umbrella of DRUGS is absurd, soething we;ve already looked at in some depth.
Look, this isn't the first time we've had this conversation. It pops up regularly. This isn't the first time either of us have posted. If I "don't like" drugs then go read my posts in the previous threads. My tone is the way it is because of the selective language that you people are using. "You don't like heroin..." "You don't like hallucinogens." In case you don't realize it, you're reducing my arguments to personal bias. That I'm arguing against you because of a petty personal preference as opposed to a real argument of value and fact. Maybe it's an unconscious assumption.You dont like hallucinogens. Again, OK, dont take em. Personally I think youre missing out, but its your choice. On the other hand, maybe your preconceptions and stories arent enough. in which case, why not try some and find out.
LSD increases dopamine production and uptake in the brain. Brain activity under the influence of LSD closely resembles Schizophrenia. Forgive me if I don't take something that produces a schizoid event. Forgive me if I trust science over some guy on the internet who did LSD once so he truly knows what it's like. Being under the influence of drugs is being as biased as possible. How can you make an informed decisions about anything in such a condition? This mysticism surrounding drug use is problematic. So no, it's not that I don't like it. It's the chemical and biological consequences of ingesting it.
I hate Terrence as much as one person can hate someone without meeting them. Leary too. They're pseudoscientists who created a religion around drug use. They're the homeopathic doctors of drugs. They're the creationists of pharmapsychology. They're the flat-earthers of enlightenment. They're the UFO experts of knowledge. They're the time-cube proponents of ontology.Im fascinated why in a subset of people, things like LSD cause them to flip out so fervently. As the guy Ferrera hates so much, Terrence McKenna once said
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That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously... All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.
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"Astronomy offers an aesthetic indulgence not duplicated in any other field. This is not an academic or hypothetical attraction and should require no apologies, for the beauty to be found in the skies has been universally appreciated for unrecorded centuries."
I dont like Leary much either. I read a lot of Tom Wolfe when I was younger and he was not that kind about him.
"LSD increases dopamine production and uptake in the brain. Brain activity under the influence of LSD closely resembles Schizophrenia. Forgive me if I don't take something that produces a schizoid event. Forgive me if I trust science over some guy on the internet who did LSD once so he truly knows what it's like."
I forgive you. I wouldnt advise any noobs to take a shitload of LSD in any case, it can cut you to the core, its scary stuff. What about E though? that doesnt seem to really do any harm at all unless you take loads for years.. You should try it with your wife, its really nice. Ha only joking, youre not into it. Thats fine. Im not trying to convince you. i was laying out the experiences Ive had for people who are interested in trying them.
"" That I'm arguing against you because of a petty personal preference as opposed to a real argument of value and fact. Maybe it's an unconscious assumption. "
Im not argueing against you at all dude. Makes zero difference to me. But let me put it this way, if you met someone whod never looked look at the stars, and said quite rightly that they give off dangerous cosmic rays, and theyre basicaly white dots on a black background, wouldnt you suggest they see them for themselves, at little real cost?
None of which constitutes a scientific arguement, Im just walking you through my mental process.
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That's really a false analogy. I have done drugs in the past. There is nothing to be gained. It's a waste of time and money and is often harmful. Young artists staring out must understand that doing drugs does not make you cool, or enhance creativity. That surpasses any political or personal reason to argue for drug use. A bunch of you saying "I don't recommend doing drugs but it was awesome when I did it." doesn't really help. It reminds me of Tim Meadow's character in these scenes:
You know what's cool? Someone working their fingers to the bone trying to master their craft. Someone posting their progress and creating great art. You know who I want to hang out with? That guy. The guy/gal who is so enthusiastic about his art that he has trouble talking about anything else. The guy/gal who constantly learns and moves forward. The guy who goes to college to work, not wasting two to four years trying to figure out what to do with his life on someone else's dime. That's who I want to be friends with. I want to party with him/her. And by party I mean impromptu drawing sessions. The guys trying to look cool and expand their minds are in the bathroom doing another line or at the club dancing and rubbing people because he's on E. The ones I don't want to waste my time on are those who spend hours laying in their bedroom floors while listening to shitty music because they can't move without everything turning to geometric shapes and colors. And I don't want to be friends with someone who can't make morning classes because they're hungover every Monday and Friday morning. The latter people are parasites and negative influences. If you want to be edgy and cool, cut your hair wear a pocket protector. Dare to study while everyone else is getting blasted.
And as for comparing doing drugs to scientific exploration? No wonder people like Kev have a problem with you.
"Astronomy offers an aesthetic indulgence not duplicated in any other field. This is not an academic or hypothetical attraction and should require no apologies, for the beauty to be found in the skies has been universally appreciated for unrecorded centuries."
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"And as for comparing doing drugs to scientific exploration? No wonder people like Kev have a problem with you."
huh? when did i do that? drugs like LSD and E will make you see and feel things youd never otherwise experience. Some people like that kind of thing, some dont. I dont mind either way.
"You know what's cool? Someone working their fingers to the bone trying to master their craft. Someone posting their progress and creating great art. You know who I want to hang out with? That guy. The guy/gal who is so enthusiastic about his art that he has trouble talking about anything else. The guy/gal who constantly learns and moves forward. The guy who goes to college to work, not wasting two to four years trying to figure out what to do with his life on someone else's dime."
in that case, join TAD, my crew and the other faculty arent fake-ass message-board dilettantes or preachy washed-up comic book writers or pie-eyed wastrels, theyre some of the hardest working, hardest thinking artists and designers Ive ever met. Youd like them. And no we dont talk about our personal views on drugs. We eat sleep and live art and design, we work hard, and we learn fast and constantly. Its something I feel far more passionately about that whether or not you do dabble in hallucinogens, and something i would definitely try to convince you to do. If youre as serious about this as you sound, then think about it, it might be what youre looking for.
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The thing is, I am this guy. Anyone who knows me will tell you so.
I am this guy and I happen to find a great amount of inspiration, which has improved my craft, through the psychedelics. And my productivity in art has actually greatly increased since using psychedelics, not the other way around. There's also nothing wrong with dancing, which you scorned in the latter part of this paragraph, which is something I greatly enjoy as well. Why put down dancing? And for the record I have never been hungover in my life. I've never been drunk either. And the psychedelics have never once led to me missing an assignment (which I've rarely received less than a B on) or to miss a deadline for a commission (of which I've completed many for many years now.) I'm passionate about psychedelics, but I'm much more greatly passionate about art. And if someone said to me in a theoretical situation "Ok, you have to decide, you can either take psychedelics for the rest of your life but never create another piece of artwork, or you can go on making art but never again take psychedelics" the choice would be extremely easy. Bye bye LSD, hello Charles Bargue. I've been in the top three students of every class I've taken at my entire 3 and half years at art school and I work harder than nearly every other students in those classes. I am proud of this.
The thing is you're still running on assumptions that, although they have some instances of actually occurring, are not necessarily true. Using drugs =/= being a degenerate who doesn't contribute to society. People degrade cannabis because they say that it makes you lazy and that you don't do anything while on it but make fart jokes and play video games. Well I don't play video games, and I don't watch television. I get stoned and I make oil paintings. And I've drawn and painted on psychedelics, as well. In some cases the results have been extraordinary. In some cases they've been terrible.
This drawing, for example, was worked on for several weeks. There were times in which I was sober while working on it but for the most part I was stoned throughout the entire process. And there were a few times I happened to be on mushrooms while working on it as well. It's very greatly influenced by my experiences with psychedelics.
Let me clarify something. By no means do I think that using psychedelics could turn an average person into a great artist. HOWEVER, I think that if the artist already has the proper background and technical training, the psychedelics could enhance their art and push it into new and interesting directions. Did LSD account entirely for the greatness of The Beatles? Of course not. But did it make their music better and more interesting? I think so. I'll take Sgt Peppers over Please Please Me any day!
And there is of course a LOT of bad psychedelic art out there. But there have been a few artists (who I mentioned before - Robert Venosa, Andrew Jones, Alex Grey, Ernst Fuchs, Andrew Gonzalez, etc) who have been influenced by psychedelics and make absolutely astonishing artworks. Hopefully I will join them in the ranks of psychedelic art history someday.
And about E (MDMA), I've used it occasionally as well as other Phenylethylamine empathogens (MDA, MDE, Methylone, etc.). As for now I have no intention of taking it again. There was a time when I was using it to help overcome social anxiety because it made me more relaxed and open to meeting people. I'd kiss lots of pretty girls while on it I attributed that solely to the drugs! Now I see that I can't be reliant on the drugs to help me in social situations and so I go to parties sober. And I don't need it anymore. I'm fully comfortable being sober in social situations and I still kiss the pretty girls!
And no VK, I am not stupid. I don't think anyone has accused me of that in my entire life. I am, however, young, naive, idealistic, and romantic. So take everything I say with a spoonful of salt.
I would also say that cannabis has caused more harm (however minor the amount) to my life than LSD or other psychedelics have. I used to smoke daily and it got to the point where it was causing some physical problems such as fatigue, lethargy, and even sexual dysfunction. Now I smoke less (only 3 or 4 times a week - or not at all depending on the mood and situation) and I supplement it with regular exercise (yoga, dance, etc.) and healthy diet to ward off those potential ailments.
Another thing about Terence McKenna is that although he advocated the use of psychedelics, he did advocate the use of psychedelics much more responsibly than Tim Leary. Tim Leary basically encouraged people to drop acid daily. I've never liked Tim Leary (though he's certainly a hell of a lot better than fucking Daniel Pinchbeck.) McKenna, on the other hand, told people to take psychedelics very infrequently (3 or 4 times a year at most) albeit at very high doses. He also said that the best way to use cannabis is to smoke once a week. Now (my personal psychedelic hero) Aldous Huxley, on the other hand, said that you may only need to use a psychedelic substance once, and that only the "best and brightest" of our society should be the ones to use them. He said that most people don't have the intellectual capacity or the spiritual insight to be able to properly utilize those experiences. I greatly agree with this.
The bottom line is that psychedelics helped me greatly in my personal development, and even if that isn't the case for most people and I just won the psychedelic lottery, it's hard for me to look at them without some kind of reverence given that fact. You have to be able to decide for yourself whether or not drugs can be good for you. Maybe you'll convince yourself they will be and they won't? Like anything else in life, it's a gamble. You play, you win. You play, you lose. You play.
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I didn't say there was anything wrong with dancing. I said there was something wrong with doing drugs that prompt you to do other things than focusing on what is important. It's not about being a buzz kill or hating fun. I've stated my thoughts on LSD already.
What did you learn from that drawing? I mean, what real knowledge did you acquire, what part of your technique did you improve on or that was enhanced? How is that piece exemplary in regards to to the work you normally produce? If you're trying to convince me that I'm wrong because you do drugs and are productive, then prove that those kinds of drawings are productive. If you're going to claim that drugs helps people be more creative, then prove causation. If you can't prove causation, then it's not different from an athlete thanking God for scoring points.
There's a bit of placebo effect and self-fulfilling prophecy at play. If you're convinced drugs enhance art because your role models said so, then you're going to interpret the results of taking drugs while working that way.
"Astronomy offers an aesthetic indulgence not duplicated in any other field. This is not an academic or hypothetical attraction and should require no apologies, for the beauty to be found in the skies has been universally appreciated for unrecorded centuries."
Yeah, I'm actually with s.ketch on this 100%. I'm glad to see a good discussion going and VK is MAH BOI...
But drugs for "improving art" not gonna happen for me. But to each their own. My response to the OP was more of a joke than
anything else, because man those forums look dry...and I don't appreciate the hit n run spam tactics for advertising your forums.
There isn't much that makes that drawing more valuable than others I've done other than it shows a more refined grasp of the medium of graphite and is stylistically less derivative of other artists' work that I admire (and that is actually what makes it valuable - that it looks like my art and not particularly much like other artists.) As for what makes a work of art "productive," that's opening a new can of worms, isn't it? I suppose the fact that it's a personal work that was created for the sake of visual exploration alone makes it a work of fine art, and more a work of aesthetic than a kind of statement towards anything. I think if anything, it's more of a representation of my subconscious. It was created with the surrealist idea of automatic drawing in mind.
Improvement, of course, is subjective in its own right. I create from a different place under substances. I don't look at other artists for inspiration or for visual answers under their influence, and I create from a more genuine and personal place. My artworks also tend to be more detailed and I have a greater level of patience.
You're probably very right about this. I'm also very inspired by and have a great affinity for psychedelic culture (in both it's 1960's technicolor and contemporary Burning Man stylings) so that probably has impacted my work as much if not more greatly than the psychedelic experience itself. But then there lies the question of whether that culture is genuinely a product of drug use or if drug use is merely an aspect of it, and that's a sort of chicken or the egg type scenario. I will say that the contemporary psychedelic culture, this weird and eclectic fusing of Merry Pranksters-meets-Mad Max, Burning Man-meets-Cirque du Soleil, Syd Barrett-in-an-opium-den-in-the-wild-west-after-the-apocalypse culture is THE most imaginative, interesting, and just fucking cool subculture I have ever been exposed to and I think it is the most genuine and unique form of a counter-culture that exists today.
And I'll quote this again, because it's the most succinct statement I can make about my position.
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Thanks for taking the reins on this one, S.Ketch. We're pretty much on the same page.
My main issues with this thread are not whether you can do some recreational drugs, have a good time, survive, and be productive in life. I know many people who dallied around with illicit substances and still kept up with things, house, kids, two cars, mortgage, etc.
My issue is not even with the facts of my experience with people who had problems with drug use and drug addiction, wasted their money week in and week out for years, or had unshowered, smelly drug user friends who hung out for decades in crummy run down apartments eating junk food and watching television and telling lies to themselves, or the people I knew who ended up with "pot cough" or heart problems or in mental wards. Nor do I disagree that alcohol can also be a problem.
My main issue is that, if you want to give somebody good life advice, if you want to be cool in my book, tell young artists the real truth about life... that only discipline will save them. Only discipline will get them where they hope to go, mentally, socially, financially, psychologically. Only discipline with give them pride in themselves. Only discipline will give them the chance to stay healthy and active for the longest time fate may allow.
Mr. Kendall, please stop PM'ing me. I'm glad you are Star Eaters' BOI, that's great that you are friends with the mods. My answer to every one of your PM's will continue to be "please do not PM me." So let's not waste each other's time.
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I don't care about being cool in your book Kev, at all, or giving out hackneyed advice about discipline. That's what we have fortune cookies and kung fu movies for. The poster I was originally responding to asked for specific information about recreational drugs- the effects, upsides and pitfalls of which I endeavored to explain a little bit in a lighthearted way.
The fact that you declined to discuss this in private and instead just slagged me off in public, again, along with scoffing at anyone who disagreed with you, was a shame but like I say, I'm not losing sleep over it.
Im losing sleep cos Breaking Bad is making me freak out. Too intense.
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This is the original study the chart was taken from, it has a separate chart where is lists what makes a drug harmful. In the case of cannabis, the highest category is Economic cost, such as lost in productivity, it has no drug specific mortality. Unlike, say alcohol, butane, metadone and tobacco (all legal substances.) I suspect something like WoW would rate to a higher harm to self and to other if you could the loss of productivity, maybe we should outlaw WoW as well. And do all kinds of nonsense propaganda to scare people off WoW.
How much pro-drug literature have you read?
Also, I'm going to leave this here, it's not a scientific study, just anecdotes, but it's still interesting. "Scientists On Drugs: 11 Science & Tech Luminaries Who Used"
Also, your rant is not entirely coherent and it makes you sound a bit aggressive and hysterical maybe you could use a relaxant. I'm just saying.
Fairly ironic coming from the guy who has no art link in their signature and more activity in the lounge than in any other section. It appears that you did post art in 2008 though, something about a GTA remake, and in 2007 bad sketches about necrophilia. A few graphic design things more recently. You have been here since 2005, you have shown no evidence of having done any significant stride at art and you lecture people like Kendall and Jake about working hard? Are you high?
I didn't lecture anyone. I described the kind of person who I thought was way cooler than a drug user.
Argument ad no-artem. My apparent lack of skill in art has nothing to do with my credibility in the discussion at hand. Indignation doesn't bother me. If that's your attempt to shame me out of voicing an opinions you don't like, nice try.
"Astronomy offers an aesthetic indulgence not duplicated in any other field. This is not an academic or hypothetical attraction and should require no apologies, for the beauty to be found in the skies has been universally appreciated for unrecorded centuries."
I've known too many junkies to not have a problem with people telling others to do drugs. Plato didn't use drugs to glimpse the spheres he postulated were the source of knowledge. The prophets of the Bible had visions without using stimulants. Most of the drug inspired art I've seen is basically the same. Just swirls with optical distortion of any halfway recognizable feature the kind of stuff that only really resonates with other junkies.
I've heard of E, and how wonderful the people taking it think they feel. I've also seen the piece on dateline a few years back about a college boy who went to a rave and used it once and never woke up... and that isn't uncommon either. Just google ecstasy coma.
If you want to read something interesting about some of the official government research on psychedelics read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra This is where a lot of these drugs came from, research on mind control. Ever wonder why they're so available even with the war on drugs? Now they have more willing test subjects than they know what to do with.
I'm with Kev on this, help people deal with the realities of life not escape them.
I have nothing personal against you guys, but I strongly disagree with promoting drug use as a cure for lack of creativity.
I don´t want to come up rude or anything, i´m not even saying the drawing is bad but Jake, is that picture really something you needed weeks on acid and mushrooms to come up with? i don´t see what you are trying to show there.
Honestly. i don´t really care how much someone loves drugs and stuff, it is your own problem what you do but all that huge effort in rethoric trying to pass these things as better that brocoli and green tea and recommend them to others is silly.
So its something you choose to do for recreation, because its your time and body (and cash) and for wathever reason decided it was fun, then fuck it, leave it at that, not judging. Any speech going on branches to explain some deeper meaning than that is a load of mumbo jumbo. I´m with s.sketch, shorinji and kev on this one. Its really not a constructive thing to be recommending.
If you feel the need to convince yourself and others that what your doing is actually benefitial and will help your work in some way maybe you are a bit insecure about it after all. I bet more than one person after spending hours playing a videogame then went to themselves "well, i need to do this anywaus, its research after all" its the same kind of cop out.
I also don´t see how linking the quality of someones work to a substance they happen to use is not insulting to the years of time and effort they have put in to get there but thats just me.
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Will one of the MODs please tell me how to block Mr. Kendall from PM'ing me. Or just block him from PMing me. Thanks.
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Try going to your personal settings and going to the "edit ignore list" and adding his name!
i laughed so hard i woke up the girlfriend
by the way im totally confused by the fact people are judging people based on wether or not they do drugs, i sincerely hope you guys dont actually practice that in real life.. im so used to basing who i judge as cool by how nice they are and how good of a person they are, im not particularly concerned with how successful a person is or if they do or dont have drugs.
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Wow has this been getting heated!
Is it odd that I'm on both s.ketches's, AND VK's side?
I get that perhaps drugs do provide a placebo effect for art, and I can't argue with that. It's also sort of a question no one can argue with. That's like getting into the "whole new-aged" mind over matter/ "the secrete" stuff. Does anything do anything, or are we all just willing it to happen with our thoughts (woah, deep I know).
And I'm entirely against giving drugs or anything else credit for the work one creates, except for of course the mediums the artists used to create said work. It wasn't god, It wasn't drugs, and it wasn't the the universe just plopping art in front of them and saying "here take credit for this". It was the hard work of the artist. If any piece of the creative process can be given credit to out side forces for, it is most often only the initial idea/ inspiration/ concept phase; and I see nothing wrong if someone uses drugs as their muse. Use what ever you want as your muse, so long as it inspires you, and hopefully isn't detrimental to your health (but nowadays breathing could kill you).
Jacob, I can't verify this, but I'd be weary of constant use of LSD and other hallucinogens. I've heard that there have been several cases of people losing their minds/ going insane. I'm not sure how it happens, but I've heard of a few documented cases (perhaps their cause of insanity has changed, but it was supposed to be due to hallucinogens.) just watch out. also there's that whole after shock thing? where after you've used a hallucinogen, all of a sudden it can effect you again, even years after you've been sober. it would suck to have that happen while driving or something. Be careful.
Now here's a question, as one with ADHD, I've wrestled with this for awhile. Doctors want to prescribe me and others like me with basically speed. Ritalin, is a stimulant with from what i understand very similar properties to amphetamines.
Codine is common in cough medicine, and is a close relative to herione. My father became addicted to opiates through the uses of cough medicine.
people with depression need to take often seritonine supplements. For shizophrenia, people are basically given a plate of pills a day. basically any mental issue is nowadays cured with some over the counter drug. If you have a headache, take an ibprophen, if you are ill tylonol. Need more pep, heres an energy drink; want more muscles, drink a protien shake.
so what about those who don't have Mental issues, or behavioral problems, at least as far as a psychologist is concerned, yet feel better on a self medication/ drug?
If you are awkward in a social situation, and a drug makes you feel better, why shouldn't you take it? If you can't get your penis up, you take a pill, so if you can't get over your fear of talking to someone why not take a drug?
If you don't feel creative and a drug helps, why shouldn't you take it?
My question is, in our overly medicated world, where it seems most people in well to do countries, walk around in a doctor prescribed drug induced haze; why is it not alright to use "illegal" drugs for other issues?
Is being awkward not a mental issue that effects ones life? Is being overly aggressive/ an uptight dick, not a negative personal issue that hurts yourself and those around you?
I pose this question as one who associates with neither the users nor the abstinence's pov. I don't practice in pharmaceutical drug use as much as possible, nor do I take illegal drugs, as it's effects are not worth the potential threats of prison or fines. I do take daily vitamins, and to me that might as well be a drug as well. I also drink coffee. a lot of coffee. and tea.
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Are you high? How many times? This has to be the 4th or 5th time Ive addressed this, and others have too: we are NOT advocating the use of drugs that junkies get hooked on, like coke, smack and meth. Can you understand that?
Plato didnt use drugs? Im pretty sure he enjoyed a drop of wine, and who knows maybe he was one of the many greeks that like a pipe of opium now and again...
I did look up ecstasy comas, and I also looked up deaths caused by ecstasy. In the period and location I found data for, the UK between 2003 and 2007, there were 69 deaths where ecstasy use was the sole implicated drug. None (0) were due to allergic or other reactions to the drug itself, and were instead due to heat stroke from dancing too much, drinking too much water and raised blood pressure aggravating undiagnosed heart problems.
Not bad for a totally unregulated illegal drug.
So when you said ecstasy causing people to fall into coma and not wake up was common, you were either lying, or just wrong. Its extremely, fabulously uncommon. it is however extremely widely reported when such a case does occur, unlike deaths from drinking, crack, aspirin, driving a car, being fat... so maybe you were just falling prey to classic availability error. In any case, you were flat wrong.
In the same period, thousands of people were killed by heroin and cocaine poisioning.
Those are facts of life Shorinji.
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Actually there's evidence to suggest that many of the best and brightest of Greek society, including Plato, took a psychedelic substance, speculated to be Sleepy Grass (which contains LSA - a naturally occurring cousin of LSD) in a ritual setting. Read The Mysteries of Eleusis. http://www.erowid.org/library/books_...scriptum.shtml
Well, I guess DKA makes the news reliable.
You can clean up a junkie, but an acid casualty is forever.
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Different strokes for different folks, drugs wouldn't do anything for me art-wise and I never tried to take any to improve me art. It does change one's perspective however, in ways that are hard to explain.
This is the most serious study I found about LSD induced psychosis: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6870484 I only had access to the abstract, but it seems LSD is a trigger to some people who are predisposed to addiction and schizophrenia, so it wouldn't cause permanent damage to random people.
You have to be aware that the different issues you have listed have different causes and the drugs you have listed have different mechanism. For example, codeine is an opiate, its addictive mechanism is completely different that that of amphetamines (mdma, speed, ritalin, chrystal meth) and even amphetamines don't all work in the same way. For example, if you abuse MDMA, it just stops working, you can keep taking more and more and it will be bad for you (read : neurotoxic) but it will be pointless because you won't have a high again. Ritalin in small doses is not harmful unless you take it for very long (multiple years.) Of course, you may want to learn to overcome your ADHD by yourself, but it's not just a problem of discipline, it's not a question of:"If I really wanted to, I'd stop being ADHD" you can't will ADHD away anymore than you can will depression away even if discipline and therapy help.
Opiates are still in use legally despite being known addictives simply because they are some of the most effective/cheap painkillers we have available.
There have been studies about using molecules like mdma and ghb in therapy for things like PTSD, but these studies were either conducted before the molecules became schedule 1 in the US or outside of the US. They have had great results, but it's unlikely that they will be repeated in the US now, or even taken seriously by north american governments if they are being done elsewhere.
Also, I tend to split drugs in my mind between "recreational" and numbing. The drugs one takes for fun, and the ones one takes to feel less bad. It's not all a question of self-medication. People usually don't go to Six Flags to feel less bad or forget their problems, or because they feel awkward. In the same way, people don't usually take mdma to feel less bad, they take it because it's fun. It's a recreational activity. Now I know some drugs are bad, I used to live in the neighborhood where crackwhores go to die (and to pee on my car) but I also know hundreds of people from all walks of life who take recreational drugs and have no adverse effect, they have normal respectable jobs and these people are never in the news, because it's more interesting to show the crackwhores peeing on my car (true story.)
Actually, studies show that if you have an adequate variety of food you don't need more vitamins. They are not a drug to you because your body gets rid of most of the stuff you don't need (that's why you probably pee neon yellow after taking vitamins. You are just buying expensive pee.)
Nope, I don't do drugs. Never have never will. Like I said I've known too many junkies. I know the other side of the coin. I've worked in construction many years, where recreational drug use is rampant. It's been my experience that my guys that did drugs were the worst workers, the biggest attitudes, and the most likely to get someone hurt. These people aren't respected by anyone.
I understand that you think that they're not addictive and don't leave any lasting damage. There haven't been many studies to know the full implications of taking these drugs. Also I know from personal experience several guys who've used recreational drugs a lot when they young and later attribute it as the reason for their permanent diminished capacity.
This is an acceptable number to you for such a small subset of people? I'd call that more than common... thank you for illustrating my point.
I don't care that you guys use drugs. Its your life. Maybe you're different and drugs do wonderful things for you, the preponderance of the evidence is that they're harmful to individuals and to society on whole. Please don't romanticize it for all of the young and impressionable artists that come to this site. Some of them look up to you guys. You could be the reason that a 15yr old on the other side of the world tries drugs for the first time. Sobriety is a beautiful thing.
sorry about your car. Due to crack whores my friends and I had to develop a new rule at parties. No shitting in the bath tub... don't ask. And a friend of mine once pissed on the windshield of a car, but he was sober. It was a joke or something... I still don't get it.
My pee isn't vibrant yet, and I keep it to mostly fish oils, vitamin As, Bs, and memory enhancers such as ginko biloba. Its supposed to be a concoction that gives me more energy and increases brain function. If it does cause that effect, and doesn't come out in my pee (as though I use all the vitamins) Couldn't those effects be likened to drug usage?
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on by metaltech007Pros Great video capture in all resolutions but especially in 720p at 60fps and 1080p at 30fps. More an outside or high light cam. OK at night.
Battery life.
Comfortable and safe feel.
Simple and easy to use.
Fits in pocket, literally.
Price!Cons Picture quality only at 5MP, but better than any camera I've ever had and good enough for me.
Grainy video in low light, especially under low florescent light.
Fixed battery(Only an issue if 3 hours of video isn't enough for you at one time)Summary For $99 it can't be beat. Simple no-brain purchase if you're looking for a pocketcam.
As for underwater use I cannot say, I have never used it underwater yet and just to be safe when and if I do I'll be using it along with a waterproof underwater case.
Some motion blur in lower light. Focus issue which is easily corrected by holding it steady or changing the direction of the camera angle.
For 90% of the population this will be an acceptable cam.
I love it! When I want to make a movie I'll fork out and buy a $500 camcorder, until them this works perfect for me. I use it mainly for nature videos outside and well lit indoor activities. -
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on by Teske2011Pros 1. waterproof..maybe
2. durable/feels good in hand
3. external memory/ "expandable"Cons 1. Didn't get past testing it out
2. Battery/charging Issues
3. poor kodak supportSummary I bought this item at bestbuy yesterday, played with it in the car on the way home (only at stop lights :) ) to see how the picture looked and familiarize myself with the icons. Pretty simple. I'd say if you arn't technologically capable then you have a 50% chance of hitting the right button.
So, I take a test video when I get home of my son, and then I plug it in to charge. (now, maybe this initial use before charging was my problem...but thats a stretch) I walk over to it about 1 hr later to see how it's truckin' along, and the signal light (blinks when charging, and steady light when fully charged) is not on. It does not turn on either. I unplug everything and tryit on my laptop. nothing. Then I put it back into the wall, and try again. Nothing.
I search "kodak play sport charge problems" and a ton of stuff pops up on how shotty the battery/charging is on the thing. Many ppl have had to bring their brand new devices back to wherever...and return/exchange them. Apparently there was one guy who even tried contacting kodak support before bring it back a third time, to see if this was a common problem. kodak was less than helpful,and suggested sending it in to repair. However, this was a bad choice becasue the guy was still within his 14day exchange period and was more or less looking to see if this was a problem that wasnt worth the money. If it keeps happening, which is seem to be, then why would they keep the item.
...I guess I want to play with the thing before I decide to boycott it. because underwater is soo cool, and it's like the only durableish looking pocket/handheld out there right now. but I sorta feel like if I couldnt even use it once without a problem, that 7mo down the road I'll be wishing I took the advice of all the reviews saying to stay away from it.
So, today I went back to bestbuy to get a new one. it's charging right now, I havn't done anything except open the box take it out and charge it. However, I did this on my lunch break, so I did take it out of the wall at work, and put it back in the wall at my house. Hope this small interruption wouldn't make a difference either way. just sayin.. -
"Good rugged video cam for its price."
on by exxxtreme_coolPros What more do you want for a pocket video camera. Almost same size as a cellphone. Cheap for a small video camera that shoots Good video. Shock proof! Water proof! Dust proof! Built in battery last. I was practically shooting videos the whole day...editing
Cons For its price and size... there is nothing really.
Summary Pretty good for its price.
"Perfect Camera for your Pocket"
on by CanadianHitmanXPros + Price
+ Great video quality (for it's price)
+ Outstanding battery life
+ Waterproof
+ Easy to use
+ Different color modes adds a little more fun to shooting
+ Pretty good in low-light.Cons - No flash/light like other waterproof cameras (but that takes a toil on battery life)
- And a view zoom problems will filming in 720p 60fpsSummary For the price you pay for this camera you can't expect to have jaw dropping video quality results and it's a pocket camera nonetheless. But I am not saying that the quality is bad, for what this camera is I found the video quality to be pretty great. The battery life is outstanding. Over two hours of straight use, and over a few days of limited use. The battery life far surpasses my $700 Canon HD camera. The love the fact that this little camera is waterproof, I have taken this in the River and tested it out may times. There is a little ringing sound with the mic underwater.. but oh well. You have a different shooting color modes to play with, so that makes it more fun. I found this camera to be pretty decent in low-light... a little grainy, but that's to be expected when there is no flash/light. I had some zoom problems when filming in 720p 60fps after about 3 mins in the camera would flicker near full zoom, and also when you reversed the zoom, also the video would speed up. But it doesn't/hasn't done it in normal 720p. I kind of do wish that this had a flash/light for better low-light performance but that would put a toil on battery life.
All and all I would suggest this pocket camera to anyone.
Fun. Easy to use. Affordable. Waterproof. And great video quality for it's price.. What else can you ask for? -
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on by chokeholdPros Small size, waterproof, durable, easy to use, easy to grip finish, inexpensive, decent picture quality. Anybody can pick it up and use it with minimal instruction.
Cons Whitebalance was a little off at times. Would be nice to have a larger view screen that swiveled for easier underwater shooting. I also wish it had a wider angle lens. When you get up close, like easy conversational range, a little too much is cut off.
Summary I have had none of the charging problems noted by others. If you are looking for an inexpensive camera to take to the beach or a pool party, this would be the one. I am also puzzled by the review that said it doesn't connect to usb as mine does. Maybe he meant the liffle flip out plug like some others, but remember it is supposed to be waterproof. Every port is a potential catastrophic failure. A flip out usb jack would be asking for trouble.
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Children in primary and post-primary schools throughout Ireland are exploring the issues surrounding Fairtrade and child labour in a special development education project co-ordinated by Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools. The project is being co-funded by Irish Aid, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland.
Under the scheme, the writer goes into a school for an 8-week residency and facilitates a weekly creative writing workshop using a variety of creative writing techniques. The students get a chance to imaginatively engage with the issues and to work creatively in a range of genres - poetry, prose, drama and improvisation. Among the projects that have resulted from these residencies are short films, a collection of short stories, songs, plays and poetry.
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Portage River Watershed Action Plan
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This project will enhance Lake Erie Coastal Ohio's ability to convey the message that Lake Erie and its resources are important to the economic wellbeing of the Lake Erie watershed. This will be accomplished through a television PSA and the development of a Corridor Management Plan to assist in obtaining State and National Scenic Byway designation.
Feasibility of Lake Erie Region for Nature Based Tourism
This feasibility study will analyze the perceptions of current and potential tourists concerning a three county area as a sustainable nature-based tourism destination. This feasibility plan will guide promotion of nature-based tourism and will be a model for other Lake Erie communities.
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Ohio Maritime History: Ports and People of Lake Erie, 1880 - 1980
Create two unique databases of Ohio maritime resources that will be available at the Lake Erie Shipwreck Center in Vermilion.
Complete a comprehensive and searchable image database of approximately 10,000 Great Lakes vessels from 1815-1980, including those that have operated on or are now shipwrecks in Lake Erie.
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Enhance current techniques of aquaculture that could be used to rescue and repopulate native freshwater mussels threatened by pollution and non-indigenous species.