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<Title>Meeting Today</Title>
<Tagline>Education is the key to&#8230; what exactly?</Tagline>
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    <p><span>Happy Tuesday everyone!</span></p>
    <p><span>Today we are going to be discussing, drumroll please,</span></p>
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    <p><span>The philosophy of Education!</span></p>
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    <p><span>From where did our modern schooling system originate?</span></p>
    <p><span>Is public education really all that great?</span></p>
    <p><span>What is the connection with Capitalism?</span></p>
    <p><br></p>
    <p><span>Join us today in PAHB 456 from 4:30-5:30 to discuss such pressing issues. </span></p>
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    <p><span>See you soon!</span></p>
    <p><span>-Liv</span></p>
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<Summary>Happy Tuesday everyone!  Today we are going to be discussing, drumroll please,        The philosophy of Education!     From where did our modern schooling system originate?  Is public education...</Summary>
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<Title>Paid Summer Research Experience - international!!</Title>
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    <div>The iPRISM program is an international paid 
    research experience open to 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduate students.  
    Although organized by Penn State University Park, the program is<strong> seeking applicants from UMBC</strong>,
     a partner institution in this National Science Foundation sponsored 
    program. Applicants are sought from the College of Engineering and 
    Information Technology.</div>
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    <div>The program builds on the strong partnership between the Penn State Center for <a href="https://limc2.psu.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Living Multifunctional Materials Systems</a> and  the University of Freiburg<a href="https://www.livmats.uni-freiburg.de/en" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> livMatS Center</a> of
     Excellence in Germany. Dr. Paris von Lockette (Professor, Mechanical 
    Engineering, UMBC) also has ongoing collaborations with both Penn State 
    and Freiburg that bring this opportunity to UMBC COEIT students.</div>
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    <p>The program leads would like to encourage underrepresented minorities in STEM to apply.  Dr. von Lockette will be holding <strong>a drop-in info session on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023,  1:00 - 2:30 pm in ENGR 210-I</strong>. Please stop by anytime 1:00-2:30.  Also, I will hold a <strong>virtual drop in information session 5:30 - 6:30 PM  also on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023</strong>. The application closes on <u>November 24<sup>th</sup>, 2023</u>. </p>
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     iPRISM program (6/2/2024-7/31/2024) is a fully paid summer research 
    internship at the University of Freiburg centered on engineered living 
    materials research. The selected undergraduate students will receive a 
    competitive stipend for their stay as well as a per diem to cover food 
    and incidentals, with both travel and lodging also covered by the 
    program. We have local University of Freiburg mentors and hosts, as well
     as an iPRISM graduate student mentor to mentor the iPRISM cohort on 
    various research skills.</p>
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    <div>For more information, contact Dr. Paris von Lockette, <a href="mailto:pvonlock@psu.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">pvonlock@psu.edu</a> .</div>
    <div><span>-------------</span></div>
    <div><div><div>Paris R. von Lockette, PhD, ASME Fellow<div>Professor of Mechanical Engineering</div>
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<Title>Free Speech, Respect, and Civil Discourse</Title>
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    <div>Dear UMBC Community,</div>
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    <div>As the crisis in Israel and Gaza deepens, reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia are on the rise, including on college campuses in the U.S. These incidents are deeply troubling, and we know that they add to the anxiety and concern that our own community members are feeling. </div>
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    <div>College campuses have long been epicenters of activism, including protest against military action and government policy here and abroad. In recent years, campuses also have become targets in American culture wars, in part because of the very values we espouse as institutions of higher learning. Among those core values are the free exchange of ideas and information and a respect for diverse perspectives. These, along with <a href="https://www.aaup.org/report/1940-statement-principles-academic-freedom-and-tenure" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">academic freedom</a>, are key to our mission to advance knowledge and understanding. </div>
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    <div>We write to you today to reaffirm our commitment to these values and to provide practical guidance on what it means to live these values, especially in times of conflict. We know that recent events on campus and posts on social media have raised concerns. Individuals have reported feeling unsafe in response to language they have seen or heard, and some have expressed fear of speaking out for fear of reprisals of various kinds, including doxxing. We want to be clear: We are hearing these concerns from students, faculty, and staff who represent all sides of the issues. We hear calls simultaneously to curtail speech and calls to protect it. </div>
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    <div>Ensuring freedom of expression, especially at a public institution, means protecting speech with which we may disagree or even find offensive or objectionable. The right to free speech comes with responsibility, as our collective belonging in this extraordinary UMBC community comes with the responsibility to respect and care for one another, even when--perhaps especially when--we disagree. Free speech does not extend to harassment or true threats. <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11072#:~:text=The%20Court%20generally%20identifies%20these,criminal%20conduct%2C%20and%20child%20pornography" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn more</a> about speech that is protected under the First Amendment, as well as types of speech that are unprotected.  </div>
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    <div>We urge all recognized campus groups and members of our community to provide constructive outlets for dissenting views when addressing controversial or divisive issues. We encourage you to avail yourselves of information and resources for knowing how to express your voice effectively and in ways that are consistent with legal guidelines, university policies and practices, and our institutional values. Guidance on how to have challenging discourse productively, how to organize peaceful protest, how to distribute information on campus, and more can be found on the <a href="https://civiclife.umbc.edu/learning-engagement/free-speech-and-political-activity/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Using Your Voice page</a> provided by the Center for Democracy and Civil Life. More resources are listed below for your reference. </div>
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    <div>We ask that you continue to show kindness, grace, and flexibility to one another, knowing that students, faculty, and staff may be struggling. Let us work together, every day, to support UMBC as a community that embraces vibrant dialogue and mutual respect.</div>
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    <div>Sincerely,</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><em>President Valerie Sheares Ashby</em></div>
    <div><em>Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David P. Dauwalder</em></div>
    <div><em>Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer Tanyka M. Barber</em></div>
    <div><em>Vice President for Student Affairs Renique T. Kersh</em></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
    <strong>Resources for Care and Support</strong><br><ul>
    <li><a href="https://hr.umbc.edu/benefits/benefit-information/employee-assistance-program/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Employee Assistance Program</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://i3b.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (i3b)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://ecr.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Office of Equity and Civil Rights</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://health.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Integrated Health</a></li>
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    <div><strong>Resources for Building Support for Social Change and Constructive Dialogue for Dissenting Views</strong></div>
    <div><ul>
    <li><a href="http://civiclife.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Center for Democracy and Civic Life</a></li>
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    <li><a href="https://civiclife.umbc.edu/learning-engagement/free-speech-and-political-activity/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Using Your Voice</a></li>
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    <div><strong><a href="https://www2.umbc.edu/policies/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Policies</a> and Other Resources</strong></div>
    <div><ul>
    <li><a href="https://conduct.umbc.edu/resources/student-code-of-conduct/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Code of Student Conduct</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://ecr.umbc.edu/discrimination-policy/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Policy</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://www2.umbc.edu/policies/pdfs/UMBC%20Policy%20on%20Facility%20Use%20VI-41001.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Policy on Facilities Use</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://www2.umbc.edu/policies/pdfs/UMBC%20Policy%20On%20The%20Posting%20of%20Notices%20and%20Event%20Roadway%20and%20Footpath%20Signage.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Policy on the Posting of Notices and Event Roadway and Footpath Signage</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://ecr.umbc.edu/policy-on-sexual-misconduct-sexual-harassment-and-gender-discrimination/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Policy on Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, and Gender Discrimination</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://campuslife.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/479/2021/09/Student-Organization-Handbook_digital.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Organization Handbook</a></li>
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<Summary>Dear UMBC Community,     As the crisis in Israel and Gaza deepens, reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia are on the rise, including on college campuses in the U.S. These incidents are deeply...</Summary>
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<Title>Academic Success Center earns elite international distinction</Title>
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    <img width="663" height="884" src="https://umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230927_125534-1.jpg" alt="two women pose, holding a plaque between them" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">Director of academic learning resources, assessment, and analysis Delana Gregg, M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’19, and Amanda Knapp pose with the Academic Success Center’s Learning Center of Excellence award. Photo courtesy of Knapp, associate vice provost and assistant dean for undergraduate academic affairs.
    
    
    
    <p>In September 2023, the UMBC <a href="https://academicsuccess.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Academic Success Center</a> (ASC) gained a Learning Center of Excellence designation from the <a href="https://nclca.wildapricot.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">International College Learning Center Association</a> (ICLCA). There are only six other institutions in the world with an active designation of excellence from ICLCA, shares <strong>Amanda Knapp</strong>, associate vice provost and assistant dean for undergraduate academic affairs.</p>
    
    
    
    <p>“It’s remarkable what has been achieved since establishing our one-stop shop learning center model in 2019,” says Knapp. “We can now say with full evidence that our ASC is among the best in the world!” </p>
    
    
    
    <p>It was no small feat. <a href="https://academicsuccess.umbc.edu/staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ASC staff</a>—in addition to their role providing centralized support services to all undergraduate students at UMBC—completed a rigorous application and peer review process, meeting many standards along the way.</p>
    
    
    
    <p>The Learning Center of Excellence designation came at the same time that ASC’s <a href="https://academicsuccess.umbc.edu/tutoring/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tutoring Program</a> met the College Reading and Learning Association rigorous standards and successfully completed the International Tutor Training Program Certification peer review process. <a href="https://academicsuccess.umbc.edu/si-pass/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SI PASS</a>—ASC’s peer-assisted study sessions—gained programmatic accreditation through the International Center for Supplemental Instruction.</p>
    
    
    
    <p>In spring 2024, the ASC will have a grand opening of the newly renovated, expanded, and highly visible first floor location in the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery.</p>
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<Title>International Education Week (IEW) 2023!</Title>
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    <blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div><div><img src="https://cge.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/652/2023/10/banner-2023-300x100.png" alt="International Education Week – Center for Global Engagement – UMBC" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
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    <div>Join UMBC's Center for Global Engagement for an exciting week of campus-wide fun activities, workshops, presentations, lectures, and more celebrating international education at UMBC! </div>
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    <div>During International Education Week (<span>IEW</span>) we will be celebrating our international community, supporting international initiatives across campus, and discovering international experiences and opportunities with the entire UMBC community.</div>
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    <div>Check out the <span>IEW</span> schedule and event details here: </div>
    <div><a href="https://cge.umbc.edu/iew/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://cge.umbc.edu/<span>iew</span>/</a></div>
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    <div>What is <span>IEW</span>? </div>
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    <div>A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week (<span>IEW</span>) is an opportunity for campuses to celebrate international education in all its forms: curricular, extracurricular, formal, non-formal and everything in between. International Education Week is for everybody!</div>
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    <p><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/iew/events/119184" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">View on myUMBC </a></p>
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<Summary> International Education Week (IEW) 2023! Mark your calendars here for November 10-17, 2023.                   Join UMBC's Center for Global Engagement for an exciting week of campus-wide fun...</Summary>
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    <p><span>Quality Matters will </span><a href="https://www.qmprogram.org/qmresources/registration/index.cfm?sid=28504" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>host an interactive online webinar on November 1st</span></a><span> to review the major changes and answer questions about how to apply the new Specific Review Standards to improve online and hybrid quality. Any UMBC faculty and staff can attend this free event.</span></p>
    <p><span>All UMBC faculty and staff who have completed the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) should register for the self-paced </span><a href="https://www.qualitymatters.org/professional-development/workshops/higher-ed-rubric-update" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Rubric Update</span></a><span> to learn more about the Seventh Edition and update their APPQMR certification. </span><span><strong>This workshop is free to take through January 5, 2024</strong></span><span>. After January 5, there will be a $50 fee to complete the rubric update.</span></p>
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    <span>Blended courses are now referred to as </span><span>hybrid courses</span>
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    <li><span>The Rubric clarifies that <em>activities</em> allow learners to practice in preparation for assessments, while the <em>assessments</em> measure the learning objectives  </span></li>
    <li>More emphasis was placed on creating welcoming and inclusive courses</li>
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    <li><span>The Rubric provides new examples of strategies to make a course easy to navigate, as well as examples of readability that address presentation and content </span></li>
    <li><span>Key components of accessibility are now separated into their own Specific Review Standards (i.e., text accessibility, image accessibility, and audio and video accessibility) </span></li>
    <li><span>Revisions also clarify that "multimedia in the course is easy to use" (e.g., easy to view, operate, and interpret) </span></li>
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    <div><span><span><p><span><strong>Regular and Substantive Interaction  </strong></span></p>
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    <li><span>Revised language now clarifies that the "instructor's plan for <em>regular interaction with learners in substantive ways</em> during the course is clearly stated"</span></li>
    <li><span>Examples of regular interaction and substantive interaction were added: for example, interactions designed for hybrid courses that address both the online and face-to-face components, and artifacts in the learning management system for synchronous courses (i.e., captioned recording, lecture notes, discussion summaries)</span></li>
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    <div><span><span><p><span><strong>About Quality Matters at UMBC</strong></span></p>
    <p><span>A total of <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/posts/135866" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">18 faculty </a></span><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/posts/135866" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">have earned Quality Matters certification</a> of their online or hybrid courses following rigorous peer reviews as part of the </span><a href="https://pivot.umbc.edu/course-design/quality-matters/quality-matters-impact/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Quality Matters Impact</span></a><span> (QMI) program. To date, more than half of the QM-certified courses in </span><a href="https://www.qmprogram.org/qmresources/coursesearch/?program=2&amp;CourseNo=&amp;courseName=&amp;courseSubject=&amp;recognizedDateFrom=&amp;recognizedDateTo=&amp;Institutions=250,597,916,2285,2704,2776,2838,2842,2839,2840&amp;searchcourse=yes" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>the University System of Maryland</span></a><span> are from UMBC.</span></p>
    <div><span><span><p><span>For more information about Quality Matters at UMBC, including course reviews, please contact Dr. Susan Biro (</span><a href="mailto:sbiro@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>sbiro@umbc.edu</span></a><span>). <br></span></p></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>
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<Title>CyberPaws CTF: Week 8</Title>
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    <div>The next CyberPaws CTF challenge has been released! Please submit your flag to the <strong>"Prize Pup Bot"</strong> on our Discord via DMs, using the `!submit` command! You have until our next meeting to submit. <em>The flag will always be in the following format: Paws{ex4mpl3_fl4g}.</em>
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    <strong>Category:</strong> Steganography</div>
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    <strong>Challenge Name:</strong> Fine Arts &amp; Crafts</div>
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    <div>From the desk of an esteemed art curator, a mysterious tale has unraveled. A painting, recently auctioned at a lavish gallery, contains more than meets the eye.</div>
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    <div>The legend amongst cyber sleuths is that a secret criminal organization has used the artwork to conceal a message vital to their clandestine operations. We've used the latest in restoration technology to delicately scan the painting and present to you an identical digital copy.</div>
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    <div>Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to peel back the layers of this artwork and send back any messages hidden amidst its pixels.</div>
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    <div>Can you unveil the painting's secrets and decipher the hidden message?</div>
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    <strong>File:</strong> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQwMYb5zwX2Hljlt_YwJ3oowcjyZYWYg/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQwMYb5zwX2Hljlt_YwJ3oowcjyZYWYg/view?usp=sharing</a>
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<Summary>The next CyberPaws CTF challenge has been released! Please submit your flag to the "Prize Pup Bot" on our Discord via DMs, using the `!submit` command! You have until our next meeting to submit....</Summary>
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    <div>Two affordable single rooms in a Catonsville townhouse (21228) will be available immediately. The house comes with all the necessary amenities, including free parking, a spacious wooden deck, central AC, a washing machine, a dryer, and extra heaters for the winter months.</div>
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    <div>The location is very convenient:</div>
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    <div>•It's just a 5-minute drive to UMBC/CCBC.</div>
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    <div>•You're within a 5-minute walk to the UMBC bus stop and bus #76, which goes to downtown/CCBC.</div>
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    <div>•Only a 12-minute drive to BWI.</div>
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    <div>•You'll find Giants and CVS pharmacy just a 5-minute walk away.</div>
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    <div>•Plus, a 10-minute drive will take you to Lotte, Sam's Club, Patel Brothers, H-Mart, Aldi, Walmart, and Planet Fitness.</div>
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    <div>Welcome to Week 8 of the Tabletop Gaming Club!</div>
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    <div>Seeing as Tuesday is Halloween this year, I hope you all are prepared for our Halloween event. 31st. Get ready to unleash your creativity and embrace the spine-tingling spirit, as we're throwing a costume contest that promises a fantastic reward for the most fabulously attired participant. A prize in which only I know, not even the other officers know. In addition to the winner getting a prize, the winner plus three other top contestants will get the opportunity to pie an officer with whip cream. And wait, there's more – we'll have tables overflowing with a cornucopia of candies, ensuring that you can indulge your sweet cravings while enjoying some exciting games. We hope to see you there.</div>
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