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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Philosophy Students and Faculty,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you have a restful (and delicious) break this week. Next Friday, December 1st at 3:30 p.m. in COB2 290 we will be hosting Dr. Henry Bowles (Oxford) who will be giving an interactive talk that combines his interests in classics, literature,
and ancient philosophy called “Nature vs. Nurture: Ancient Rhetoric and the Talent Debate” (poster attached). I hope that you can join! The following Friday (December 8<sup>th</sup>) we will have our final Reading Room of the term in the same location, from
3 to 5 p.m. I will be sure to bring some holiday snacks and treats to these events.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn Dicey Jennings</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">CAROLYN DICEY JENNINGS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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</span><a href="https://philosophy.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">Department of PHILOSOPHY</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EEEEEE;letter-spacing:1.9pt;background:#092F44;mso-ligatures:none">BUILDING THE FUTURE IN THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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