Send Us Your Essays-- TBOC!'s First Contest

Because we've gotten no responses to this post, we decided to announce a contest.

For those of you who didn't know, Margaret Kent Bass' class, entitled "10 Ways to Fight Hate on Campus," has had numerous in-class discussions about Take Back Our Campus. The students were also assigned to write essays about us-- who we are, what we do and why they think we're doing it. Needless to say, not a one bothered contacting us, though we're always available at takebackourcampus@yahoo.com.

Not that we're unflattered. As the immortal (though apparently imprisonable) Wilde wrote, "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about...." But we'd still like to know what they're saying.

Thus, we've decided to up the stakes and sponsor a contest. Our original offer of an interview still stands. We're even willing to do a live conference call with class. (If the class is interested, e-mail us and we'll set up a time.)

Without further ado, we proudly present TBOC!'s first contest: The Ineluctable Fact That We'll Get Your Essays Competition.

The rules are these-- send us your essays at takebackourcampus@yahoo.com (your names aren't important, you can leave them off the papers and send from anonymous accounts) and we'll pick the two we like the best. [We'll probably choose an attractive young female who happens to mention that I'm cute.-- CE. No we won't. The size of your ego already makes our web-hosting bills nearly unmanageable.-- Ed. Fuck!-- CE.]

First prize is Strunk and White's The Elements of Style (fourth edition. Second prize is The Political Science Student Writer's Manual (fourth edition) by Gregory M. Scott and Stephen M. Garrison. Best of all, both volumes will be autographed with a personal message from TBOC!'s very own ace grammarian, Christian Evangelist. [This is exactly what I mean.-- Ed.]

To ensure your anonymity, we'll send the books and our choices to Margaret and she can dole them out in class. We are completely serious about this.

Send away to: takebackourcampus@yahoo.com.

Happy mailings!