- There was a resolution to increase the time between classes from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. The idea is that this would increase civility because people would have more time to talk to each other. We decided to table this resolution because the person who created it did not show up to the SGA meeting. I found this quite annoying at the time, but now I think it’s kinda funny/stupid.
- Senator Walls used the term ‘Gypped’ which I found offensive because it is a derogatory term towards the Gypsies. It would be like saying “I got Jewed on this deal”. How can a future Student Trustee use such offensive language?
- Senator McGrath informed us that someone pooped in a DPC laundry machine.
- Senator McGrath also rescued a baby duck because he is a god.
- Said baby duck was apparently adorable.
A "student" blog about St. Mary's College of Maryland
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
SGA Meeting 4/12/2011 Recap
Short meeting!
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When did people start pooping in Laundry machines? Never happened to me in the 3 years i used em....
ReplyDeletebenjes does not know what "via" means
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS: KEN BENJES STILL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND 'VIA'
ReplyDeletefyi "gypsies" is also racist/derogatory, they are actually called Roma
ReplyDeleteYeah, I mean it's generally a pejorative, and historically has been, but I think in American culture it's less of a pejorative.
ReplyDeletelatin: via, viae, f. - noun, "road"
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ReplyDeleteVia Appia is the first and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans and is, therefore, also known as "regina viarum". It was built towards the end of the IV century BC, in 312, to ensure swift and direct communication between Rome and Capua. According to the Roman historian Livy, it was built by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus and named after him.
ReplyDeleteThe project reveals a surprisingly modern conception: by-passing all intermediate towns, the road is aimed straight at its goal. Outstanding feats of engineering, bridges, viaducts, galleries, ensured an unwaveringly straight course, across expanses of water, swamps and mountains; many of these works are practicable to this day.
Via Appia also provides evidence as to the revolution in road construction brought about by the Romans. Till then, roads were little more than dirt tracks that became impracticable for wheeled vehicles at every rainfall. The Romans conceived specific road beds, for stability and drainage, that were paved with close-fitting slabs of dressed basalt, thus ensuring viability in all weather conditions. This enabled them to build a vast network - state roads alone covered over 120,000 km - that remained intact for centuries and is still the backbone of the road systems of all the countries in the Mediterranean area.
Also the legal status of these roads is truly innovative. The Persians and the Egyptians had built roads, but the Romans went further, they built a widespread and structured road network which, unlike earlier roads, was not reserved for the travel of kings or of their armies; it was a public, toll-free, system destined to serve the rural and urban population. All the roads had sidewalks and milestones indicating the main distances and to further facilitate travel, there were post stations at regular intervals providing change of horses and accommodation. This highly efficient road system was used by the cursus publicus, the Roman postal service, to deliver the post in all the Empire's provinces and, more importantly, for the exchange of messages between the provinces and the Empire's capital city.
For the first 90 km Via Appia ran straight from Rome to Terracina and was flanked, for the last 28 km, by a canal collecting waters of the reclamation works; travellers could then change to boats instead of travelling in wagons or on horseback. After Terracina, the road swerved towards Fondi, across the towering gorges of Itri and then down to Formia, Minturno and Sinuessa (now, Mondragone); from there straight again towards Casilinum (modern Capua), on the river Volturno and then on to the ancient town of Capua (today, S. Maria Capua Vetere).
Via Appia was extended several times, as the Empire conquered the south of Italy; first up to Benevento, just after 268 BC, then across the Apennine Mountains up to Venosa and again up to Taranto. Finally, in the II century BC, it reached Brindisi, the main harbour for ships bound for Greece and the East. Over the years, the original course from Benevento to Brindisi was gradually substituted by a shorter, easier route across the region of Puglia until, at the beginning of the II century AD, the Emperor Trajanus turned this into a real alternative itinerary and gave it his name. The new Via Appia Traiana allowed travellers to go from Rome to Brindisi in 13-14 days covering a total of 365 miles, just under 540 km.
Thanks to constant maintenance, Via Appia, remained perfectly efficient for several centuries, until the Middle Ages, when the road went through a period of regression and abandon. In the XIV century, it became once again the main route of access to the South of Italy. Fully restored by the Popes and the Kings of Naples, the road was included by Napoleon among the routes he considered essential for his political and military activities. Via Appia is important in the history of architectural restoration for the many works aimed at reclaiming and restoring it, undertaken as of the XVI century.
Let it be known that Senator Benjes has on multiple occasions expressed his abject hatred for gypsies. Not saying this is a bad thing, as I love him for it.
ReplyDeleteLIES AND SLANDER
ReplyDeleteMy horse is a Gypsy. No lies. It says it on her papers.
ReplyDeleteWandering Roma just doesn't have the same ring to it.
ReplyDeletewait so now I have to say the Roma took my baby in the middle of the night?
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