EnMasse

[Donna]

Hello to everyone at EnMasse!

I've already made a few posts, so perhaps this introduction isn't necessary.

Anyways: My name is Donna. I tend to go by my real name because thinking up a fake one is too much work. I'm a 4th year student at the University of Alberta (on the five year plan!) with a major in Women's Studies and a minor in German (I know, quite the mix).

I moved to Edmonton about 3 and a 1/2 years ago from Manitoba and have lived all over the prairies my entire life (including Saskatchewan). I'm socially progressive but tend to have conservative leanings on some issues (capital punishment, military, gun control, etc).

Needless to say, I'm looking forward to discussing a variety of issues on this forum. From what I've seen, this is a very positive and friendly environment, and that is a very rare attribute in the forum-world. Not to mention, and excuse my nationalism, it's Canadian, eh! Y'all (insert snicker) seem like an interesting bunch.

[Diane Demorney]

Welcome, Donna! I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here... we are rather an ... interesting group!
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[JPG]

Hi Donna. We're a quite diverse group, so you'll probably find people that you agree with and disagree with on every issue (with the possible exception of capital punishment ). Anyway, welcome.

And you don't have to be excused for the nationalism, some of us are patriots*, as you can see from my avatar.


* For anyone concerned: I may be a patriot, but I'm going for the Colts tonight against New England. Peyton Manning needs a Super Bowl.
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We are the youth, we'll take your fascism away...

[Norse of 60]

[TS.]

Welcome Donna!

As has been pointed out, you will likely find at least some agreement on most issues here. And do check out the TAT (the Today's Active Topics link in the upper right corner). It's very handy for keeping track of what's going on.
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[West Coast Tiger]

Welcome to EM, Donna!

It will great to hear your perspectives on the prairies... We can also use a few more prairie folks around here.
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[Tehanu]

I think we have a couple of other U of A members, right? Hands up?

[5 minutes to midnight]

WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! GO BEARS GO! (Actually, the bears aren't doing spectacularly this year) GO PANDAS GO!

Would you be from Lister? Did you go to the Layton thing 2 days ago? (Forgive me fellow Greenies)
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- Raymond Williams

[Donna]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I'm sure you'll all be seeing me around here a lot. When I'm not drowning in work, school, or exams and pretending I have a social life (and with the previous three, that's almost impossible), I'm posting on forums. Yay internet!

[JPG]

[Hephaestion]

U of A Golden Bears, I b'lieve.

(Which incidentally, is supported by U of A alumni, rather than sucking much-needed funds away from academic programs; why aren't *all* schools required to do this?!)
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[JPG]

I see...
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