Paideia

So I am back from Vancouver, and home at Reed. (Yes, I say 'home'. That's totally what Reed is to me now: *heart warms*) It's great to be on campus with everyone getting back. I've really missed these people, and campus over Christmas felt lifeless without them. There is a week before classes start, a week which is taken up with a venerable Reed festival of learning: Paideia! (I think 'Paideia' is Greek or Roman for something or other. I don't know, I've avoided Hum 110.) During Paideia, anyone who feels like it, mainly students, can teach a class about anything they like. I think it's supposed to be about sharing the power of teaching and knowledge, or something wishy-washy and Reedie like that. Some of the more promising-looking classes:
Scat Appreciation
Harlequin Romance Theater
Turducken III (I can't believe I missed this. Go Wikipedia Turducken.)
Death March to the Hotcake House
Stilt Walking
British High Tea (Whatevs. We weren't there, so it probably sucked.)
Humanities 111: Conspiracy Theory
D.I.Y Absinthe
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Discussion on Power
Giant Skrabble (With people as letters)
Steam Tunnel Tours (The secret tunnels under the Reed campus)
Make Your Own Strap On Out of Bike Tubes
Steinburger/Horowitz: Relive the Magic!
Competitive Underwater Basketweaving (A Reed tradition since decades. The competitive aspect is new.)
Zombies vs. Humans (Campus-wide simulation)