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It's Clubs Week at the still (sorta) Public Institution of Young Adults Learning Stuff where I ply my trade.
As such, the place is flat-out humming with all manner of DIY stuff that runs the gamut from organic food co-ops to flamenco festivals to psychotic physics psyche-outs to plain old-fashioned book and computer geek clubs.
One group that I noticed for the first time today was 'The Croquet Club' which I initially assumed, based on the fact that their booth was populated by strapping young frat-boys, was little more than a ruse designed to lure young woman into games of chance. But it turned out that the kids in the club were extremely serious in a sit-around-and-drink-beer-while-whacking-stuff sort of way.
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But here's the thing I really like about Clubs Week.......
There is absolutely no sign of the shill-filled Corps-ridden, ad-fests that took over the campus last week.
And the difference is palpable.
After all, last week it was all about what the Corporation's could get from the kids in terms of the green (see Telcos:longterm contracts, for example).
In contrast, this week it's all about what the kids can get from each other.
And you can tell that they're having way more fun this week than last.
OK?
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