Despite being notorious for being a relatively eventless organization, philosophy club is trying to change that this year by having a few different events planned for the year.
Nick Bochenek, co-president of the club, tells us that the philosophy club is working to have two events this year.
“Philosophy club is typically known for, or unknown for, just not doing a whole lot on campus,” Bocheneck said, “so this year we figured that we wanted to be a bit more active on campus.”
The first of the events that the philosophy club has planned is the Brain Bowl. The Brain Bowl will be a trivia contest that will be open to all organizations on campus.
“We definitely encourage organizations to join and compete as organizations, but when sign-ups come around you’ll be able to sign up as any five people [per group],” Bochenek said.
The winning team of the Brain Bowl is said to receive a brain in a jar. Bochenek said this to be absolutely true. Bochenek also said he was unsure if the brain in the jar is an actual brain or not.
“[Professor] Walsh has kind of kept that thing a secret, and I never really know what’s cooking there,” Bochenek said. “I claim no knowledge of what the brain is made of.”
The Brain Bowl will be from 7-10 p.m. on Nov. 10. There is no set location for the Brain Bowl, but Bochenek said that the club hopes it will be in the Capital Center. Sign-ups for the Brain Bowl will take place on campus closer to the date of the event.
The second event that the philosophy club is introducing is the acceptation of philosophy theses starting in the spring.
“It’s supposed to be an outlet for those people who aren’t into or don’t get accepted into the symposium,” Bochenek said. “So, it’s what I would consider a bit more lax than the symposium but also a bit more philosophy focused.”
Because the philosophy club is more focused on the Brain Bowl currently, there is not much solid information about what they will want the papers to consist of and when they will be accepting the papers.
“Once we get the ball rolling on that [the philosophy paper event], there might be a specific theme, but just thinking about it ahead of time, I would think that it would need to be pretty broad just so we get a wider range of submissions. We definitely don’t want to exclude many people.”
The philosophy club is aiming to have the paper submissions open to all students, no matter what their major is. For more information, students can contact Professor Nate Jackson (njackson1331@capital.edu) or Nick Bochenek (nbochenek@capital.edu).
