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Contacting LLI

Introduction

As an all-volunteer organization, it is sometimes difficult for LLI members to know who to contact when they have questions.

LLI uses group email addresses to handle questions (meaning, there is a dedicated team of volunteers here to help you). Listed below are some of the email addresses you may want to use.

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2019 Fall Kick-Off and Luncheon

Introduction

LLI’s fall semester kicked off on September 6 in the Bertelsmann Campus Center. The day started at 9:30 a.m. in Weis Cinema with an orientation session for class presenters, producers, class managers, and AV support. Next came orientation at 10:30, also in Weis, for our new members who will hear from LLI President Tom Esposito and other Council members.

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Security or Convenience?

Introduction

What do you want more:

  • A secure online experience (i.e., our files are kept private from prying hackers)

OR

  • Total convenience (i.e., we just want to click to access our files)?

Sadly, we can’t have both at the same time!

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Bard Center for the Study of Hate

Introduction

Each mass shooting is met with endless pontificating about its cause — lax regulation of guns, incitement in the media, anomie, mental illness, violent video games, etc., etc. But these events keep happening with horrifying frequency, and they are the tip of an iceberg of internet trolling, conspiracy theories,

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Bard Joins Global Climate Strike

Introduction

This young person is deadly serious. Something needs to be done about global warming, and it needs to happen now!! Bard students will rally for action on September 27th with students throughout the world. They welcome participation by anyone who wants to join them.


In front of Parliament

Background

It was August 2018,

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Of Potatoes and Apps

Introduction

Consumer choices are wonderful … until they are not.

Consider the lowly potato. You have so many choices in the grocery store!

  • Size: a nice plump russet or a tender little fingerling?
  • Variety: red, Yukon gold, sweet, purple sweet?
  • Processing: baking,

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Members Had More to Say: Member Survey Part 2

Introduction

The recent member survey yielded interesting and sometimes surprising comments, as shown in the discussion of campus life, getting to the classrooms, newsletters and emails, and the course catalog in last month’s newsletter. This issue summarizes the rest of the member comments about the curriculum, the registration process, our website,

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Welcome New Members

Welcome

We are delighted to welcome you to membership in the Lifetime Learning Institute at Bard College. As Tom Esposito, LLI President, suggested in your acceptance letter, please take some time to visit our website, lli.bard.edu, where you can read our recent newsletters, view the LLI Annual Calendar and our Bard campus parking map,

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LLI Member Art Show

Art Show is August 26 – September 12

The 2019 LLI Art Show is being arranged by members Lila Gibbs and Susan Wingate. The show will run from August 26 to September 12 in the Campus Center, in the Ball Lounge and also in the halls of the building.

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Tech Corner: Google Docs

Docs for Collaboration

Google Docs (referred to here as Docs)  is free to all LLI members who have an LLI account (such as [email protected]). It is a word processing application, very similar to Microsoft Word, but you don’t have to pay for it and it resides in the Cloud so you don’t have to install it on your computer,

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