Nobel Peace Prize -- Party/Hecklefest December 10

Thursday December 10th our President receives the Nobel Peace Prize. The ceremony, including President Obama's lecture on how much he believes in peace, will take place at 7 AM Eastern Standard Time, We have arranged to have it recorded from live streaming, and will show it at 7 PM in BCC room D-105 (same room as the Afghanistan program last month). For those who wish to celebrate there will be punch and cookies. For those anticipating dismay at the president's forthcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan, there will be an opportunity to heckle the Nobel Speech in a gathering of more-or-less like-minded people. official press release from Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate takes center stage in Oslo on 10 December when he receives the Nobel Prize Medal, Nobel Prize Diploma and document confirming the Nobel Prize amount from the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the presence of King Harald V of Norway. An important part is the presentation of the Nobel Lecture during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony. In Oslo the Nobel Peace Prize is presented by the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Norway, the Government, Storting representatives and an invited audience. Several hundred seats are reserved for persons with special reasons for wishing to attend the ceremony. Later the same day, the Norwegian Nobel Committee hosts a banquet in honour of the Laureate, with specially invited guests. Inside Oslo City Hall.