Interesting Articles

Reality series seeking extremely intelligent men

A reality series for the WB is looking for extremely intelligent men, 21-35, who are single and haven’t had the best luck meeting the right girl. "We think the smart guys deserve all the attention and we want to prove it to the world." It would require about two weeks in January 2005; there will be a per dieum; and, prizes will be worth at least several hundred thousand dollars. Mensa gets a credit at the end of the show if we help them find contestants.

To be considered, the producers require single males to e-mail them at [email protected] with a brief description your credentials. They will be holding interviews at 122 west 26th street on the 6th floor, Monday the 25th of October for 11 to 6.

Jim Blackmore, APR National Marketing Director American Mensa, Ltd. [email protected]www.us.mensa.org

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M-Prisoned

I have recently been corresponding with a Mensan residing in a Texas prison. I am helping him publish a newsletter which I will eventually post on my website. The next issue concerns treatment of inmates. I invite anyone interested in learning about the �Prison Industrial Complex� to simply do a Google-search on those key words, you will be amazed.

The following is a satirical piece that will appear in M-Prisoned.

OTIS
by Sean Winthrop

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K.U. Basketball

Some of the coverage about K.U. Basketball Coach Roy Williams this past week stated that his salary and benefits package was worth about $458,000 per year.

I wonder if any of the faculty at K.U. comes close to that figure — If not, isn’t that pretty convincing evidence that somewhere along the line the universities have lost sight of the fact that their purpose is education, rather than athletics?

Then again, I doubt that it would be front-page news for a week if a physics or math professor went to another institution.

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The Gravedigger

The shadows chased the failing light as the old man leveled the soil with his rake. Maybe it was old-fashioned, but he thought every grave should be dug by hand, even a pauper�s grave.

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THE WAR PRAYER

Outraged by American military intervention in the Philippines, Mark Twain wrote “The War Prayer” and submitted it to Harper�s Bazaar. This magazine rejected it for being too radical, and it wasn�t published until after Twain�s death, when World War I made it even timelier. It appeared in Harper�s Monthly, November 1916.

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MAM Wins Emerald Award!!

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