Capitollium Journal and Review of Books

[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . October 31st​

Will Gunn Force a Second Government Reform?
Students Demonstrate Support for Rigpa's Expected Restructuring
G. S. Stoker

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

Our 53rd Exalted Rigpa, Thorlakur Feargusson Gunn, will convene the Great Council tomorrow in Yungdrung Gutsak and is expected to advocate major reforms in government. One might hope that the lord rigpa indulges his many admirers in Yungdrung Gutsak and launches a surprise effort to civilize the far-flung citadels, where we all realize our brothers live like impoverished barbarians, or make further structural changes to the semi-feudal embarrassment that passes for a state here! Alas, an All Hallows Council typically only means resolving some paltry disputes from Michaelmas before shuttering the doors of the Freehold for the winter.

One sign of hope that Rigpa Gunn will shift more power away from the clans and modernize the government was the absence of Lord Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson Eir from the Michaelmas council. I cannot be too optimistic, with the Alvitr stranglehold on five of the nine heargs of the city.

I did notice that the Prime Minister Roerich was brimming with excitement while he spoke to the students and faculty of the Capitollium. Since his appointment this summer, the noted painter from the Franken borderlands has defied expectations that he would be completely ineffectual puppet of the lord rigpa. To his credit, Niels Niklausson has made it a point to work closely with the bishop and the provost to strengthen the university, generally recognized to be the a center of culture and power in Olmolungring. Quoth "the Frank": "We see some of Europe's leading institutions -- Sjadnbrdo, Paris, Groszow -- growing in strength. Brothers and sisters, if we want to compete with the highest-tier institutions in this dawning age, we must reaffirm the ancient and sacred bonds between the Freehold, St. Franciskus, and the Belfry."

In his speech, Roerich hinted that the rigpa will most likely increase the profile of Foreign Minister I. Christian Alvitr. "It has been a long time, brothers, since fair Olmolungring has had a foreign policy to speak of," said Niels Niklausson, "and a long time since Tagzigs spread the words of light to the nations."

Radio commentators dismissed the comment as an olive branch to the Alvitr lords to win their support for government reforms. For some centuries (the editors of this broadsheet note with some dissatisfaction) Olmolungring has been only a reticent member of Europe's community of nations.

MENTIONS: Thorlakur Feargusson Gunn, Niels Niklausson Roerich, Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson Eir, Isleifur Christian Hjovarthursson Alvitr
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Inside:

CJRB-Online Goes International; Traffic Increases Dramatically
Bishop Zebulon to Clarify Communion With Europe's Catholics
Review: S. Z. Hrodgunnr, "False Memories of Virtual Places"
Debate: What Would Alvitr's 'Tour of the Nations' Accomplish?
13 Found Dead Across Sindhu Valley Despite Clans' Truce

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 1st​

Decree Will Allow Women to Travel Freely
Alvitr Daughter Named Foreign Minister
Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

I remember being acutely ashamed a few months ago watching a Norsk language documentary Women of Olmolungring when the narrator cited current laws in the Heavenly Kingdom that prohibit women from traveling abroad without the permission of their husbands or fathers. There I was, a university graduate trying to fit in with the svelt young ladies strolling past shore windows in Emyn Arnen, or with my colleagues at Sylnarsson University, only to remember that I was only there by the grace of my new husband back in Yungdrung Gutsak. Unlike some of my friends, I do not worry about being stereotyped as a 'noble savage' or hyper-sexualized 'barbarian woman' when I travel. But I do worry about being pitied for what that narrator called "the subjection of women seldom seen our side of the Long Sea." Even if it is true. Or was true.

This was a surprise. Not only did our 53rd Exalted Rigpa decree that women could obtain passports and travel abroad without the permission of their husbands or fathers, he appointed a dear friend of mine foreign minister. The news was declaimed by the crier from the top of Snowlion Tower at noon today: Margarethe Hjovarthursdatter Alvitr is to be the first female Oelarian foreign minister.

M. H. Alvitr will retain her council seat from the swanky neighborhood of Skirringssal and succeed her brother, I. Christian Hjovarthursson Alvitr, as foreign minister. Because of her supra-governmental power as a councilor, M. H. Alvitr will be the most powerful single person in the Roerich Government. It is the first time since the 1970s, when Lord Thorlakur himself became Education Minister, that a sitting councilor has served in government. This means, of course, that Olmolungring is set on putting its best face forward to the world. I do not expect to soon hold my head in shame in Emyn Arnen again!

International readers may be incredulous, but this is Olmolungring, after all. The rigpa is, even in the twenty-first century, still more of a religious leader than a political leader. For bizarre theological reasons that were on display in the Freehold, I am sure, earlier today, women have been repressed even in a country historically very tolerant of homosexuals, for instance. In any event, this is a major step forward.

A real beauty to save the world.

MENTIONS: Margarethe Hjovarthursdatter Alvitr, Isleifur Christian Hjovarthursson Alvitr
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Inside:

Rigpa's 80th Birthday to Coincide With 50th Year of His Exalted Reign
Monks of Mimir Protest Planned Highway Into the Namazara Mountains
Tidbit: Why Are the Lord Rigpas Called, "Choosers of the Slain"?
Review: G. S. Stoker, "Red Tide: Communist Rebels of the Sindhu Valley"
Debate: Is Divorce Law the Next "Unimaginable" Reform?
Opinion: I.C.H. Alvitr, "We Need a Mighty Protector From Among the Nations"

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 2nd​

Reflections On the Way At 50
With A Reprint of the Oelarian Classic
Fr. Matteus of Ljónynja

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

On this day in 1960, Father Zebulon of Karlljón published his now-famous short primer, Reflections on the Way, which has proved to be one of the most famous Oelarian books ever printed at the Capitollium. Already famous for his work in language-games and the limitations of standard logics, Zebulon traced the important logical implications that discoveries in quantum mechanics bore for philosophy in general, and ontology in particular.

1 We live in virtual reality:
1.1 Reality is all that is observable and predictable.
1.2 Heisenberg has demonstrated reality is incomplete.
1.3 Imagination is the process of completing reality.

Reflections on the Way demonstrated that the insights of Oelarian mystics were relevant for persons educated in modern science and philosophy, and that philosophy and science (properly understood) were consonant with the poetic imagination of the world. It gained Zebulon an international following.

Zebulon of Karlljón has been a lifelong friend and longtime confessor of our Exalted 53rd Rigpa. Fr. Zebulon succeeded Thorlakur Feargusson in 1960 as Provost of the Capitollium. In 1998 he became Bishop of All Oelar.

MENTIONS: Zebulon of Karlljón, Thorlakur Feargusson Gunn
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Inside:

German, Norsk, and English Soon To Be Heard on Oelarian Railways
First Ice Hockey Game Played On Frozen Lake Namazara
Kerosene Subsidies Protect O.L.R. From Deforestation, Minister Says
Review: R. G. Geijer, "Modern Septentrionalism in Franconia"
Debate: Ought Skiringssal Remove Its Historic Franciskus Icons?
Opinion: True Reform Will Fairly Represent Coastal Fishing Villages

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 4th​

Knýtlingsfort Under Knýtling's Heirs?
Tricky Cases for Schlesnitz Separatism
A. A. Himmelright

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

Upper Schlesnitz is a term that comes in and out of fashion in Knýtlingsfort. For the Sindhu Liberation Army, it was a term of abuse hurled at bourgeois liberals who rejected the socialist wave of the future. Interestingly, "Upper Schlesnitz" gets hurled at the capital now by many of these same liberals to underscore a controversial point: the Sindhu Valley is more Franconian than Oelarian. If only Knýtlingsfort was restored to the House of Knýtling, and King Alfred ruled, the city would be prosperous and cultured, like Erlangen.

The Capitollium Faculty of Politics held a roundtable last night called "The Lost Cause of Sindhu". I do not come to Yungdrung Gutsak often, but I took the two-hour trip from Knýtlingsfort. When I detrained, I was happy to be in the Heart of Our Nation, to see the Geirtrae, to smell in the evening air no trace of automobile exhaust or industrial pollutant. The only thing that pollutes the Great Citadel, I am convinced, is its population of sneering, sad, frustrated modernizers, or liberals, or whatever they are called now!

At the Capitollium, which I may add is still in my opinion the greatest of European universities, we saw my colleague S.P. Gunn present some alarming, and if I may say respectfully, ridiculous ideas. Sváva Pallsdatter listed the standard arguments from the absorption of Upper Schlesnitz into the more wealthy and progressive Franconian Herzogtum Schlesnitz to the south: better education, a functioning health system, the possibility of poverty relief, aid for building modern infrastructure in the Valley (I half expected her to make the racial case for the brotherhood of Sindhu Tagzigs and the mixed-race population of Schlesnitz!).

"Why would the would the Kingdom of Franken want to absorb the southern reaches of Olmolungring? Does King Alfred have a sudden hankering for yak milk or a fetish the stench of unwashed clothes?" - Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn

All of this is true, of course. But, she continued, the prospects for separation are nonexistent. "Why," she actually asked, "would the Kingdom of Franken want to absorb the southern reaches of Olmolungring. Does King Alfred IV have a sudden hankering for yak milk or the stench of unwashed clothes?"

The sneering, elitist tone of Sváva Pallsdatter is evident, and speaks to her contempt of the very people whose interests she presumes to have in mind. This is the sad frustration of our liberals.

Why not hand Issverth over to Arendaal? The coasts to Suionia to build more cities like Götaköping? Isn't Götaköping more modern and well-functioning city than our "backward, squalid settlements". It is unclear where Sváva Pallsdatter would end. What is clear is that she disrespects the eternal foundations of the Heavenly Kingdom.

Beyond being offensive, the argument is dross. The problems faced by this country in the Sindhu Valley, improving living conditions by building up infrastructure, providing education, and opening health clinics, must be balanced by a respect for the traditional culture of the region and the wishes of the people. Say what you will about the Exalted Rigpa (and we do!), Thorlakur Feargusson is sensitive to this balance. Modernity cannot be imposed with excessive force, as S.S. Eir has said so many times, and it must be an Oelarian modernity. And it was Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson, I remember, who brought the airport and the highways and the cars to Knýtlingsfort, no?

MENTIONS: Thorlakur Feargusson Gunn, Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson Eir, Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn
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Inside:

19 Perish in Accident On the Peace and Friendship Skyway
M.H. Alvitr Meets Resistance From Mimir On Public Icons
Debate: Can Warrior-Clan Rule Be Disestablished Peacefully?
Opinion: Is There Any Arthur Arthursson Article Fit for Print?

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 6th​

Notice: Foreign Minister's Inaugural Tour
Minister Alvitr to Travel to Franken; Other Stops TBA
Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

I am very pleased to announce to the women and men of Olmolungring and the nations of Europe that my friend Margarethe Hvojarthursdatter Alvitr, the foreign minister, will be making a diplomatic visit to the Kingdom of Franken. I am honored to be accompanying Foreign Minister Alvitr as a special adviser and the press coordinator for the visit.

The purpose of our trip is to arrange state visits for Our 53rd Exalted Rigpa's 80th birthday celebration this month, which will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of his enthronement in 1960.

Upon consultation with Foreign Minister Robert Beaumont of Franken, we expect to release an itinerary for a wider trip, visiting our friends and neighbors to invite them to this joyful and historic occasion. It is my hope that we will be able to travel widely to spread the Rigpa's words of light about the friendship among nations.

As an addendum, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize in advance if my remarks about King Alfred, quoted (or may I say misquoted) by A. A. Himmelright, offended His Majesty. Suffice it to add that Arthur Arthursson has a reputation for distorting the remarks of public figures in this country, and has been censured before. Nevertheless, in context, my remarks were lighthearted; I, of course, have nothing but respect for the House of Knytling.

MENTIONS: Margarethe Hjovarthursdatter Alvitr, Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn
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Inside:

Government Signals 'No Change' On High Electronics Import Duties
Council Charges Prime Minister Roerich to Arbitrate Icon Controversy
Opinion: A.A. Himmelright's Exile Sentence Ought to Be Extended
Review: J.Y. Halvbefaren, "Reflections on Oelarian Political Theology, II"
Review: Br. Amos, "The Oelarian Intelligentsia and Batavian Socialism"

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[Holy Frankish Empire]

Ministry of State

The Judean Republic would be pleased to host Minister Alvitr towards the end of his tour.

 

[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 12th​

Secret Negotiations Inside Franken
What Does Defensive Cooperation Offer After All?
G.S. Stoker

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

Foreign Minister Alvitr is in Nuremberg this week with frequent CJRB contributor S.P. Gunn and my friend, the historian R.G. Geijer. I am pleased to see that we are well represented by our brightest, especially two women with careers as impressive as their pedigrees. Ostensibly, as promoted by Sváva Pallsdatter in this very journal, the purpose of the trip is to "arrange state visits for Our 53rd Exalted Rigpa's 80th birthday celebration this month, which will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of his enthronement in 1960".

But rumors have proliferated in Yungdrung Gutsak ever since Margarethe Hjovarthursdatter's brother, the former foreign minister Isleifur Christian Hjovarthursson, wrote an article "We Need a Mighty Protector From Among the Nations" (CJRB, Nov. 1) that Oelar was looking to ally itself more closely with Franken and, by extension, the European Defense Federation.

I do not presume to give R.G. Geijer a history lesson (he is a scholar of Franconian history, even) but the last time an Oelarian foreign minister worked out client-state status for Olmolungring under Franconian patronage was in the mid 1930s. That, of course, ended in the Great War. Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson Eir still calls the Sindhu Valley the "Twice-Won Land". In the guise of the Sindhu Liberation Army, we had to fight the effects of the ravages of war until well into the 1970s.

A better case is made for development aid, but even that is a touchy subject. A.A. Himmelright has proposed turning to the Coronavians or Free Union for development assistance, albeit with strict control from the Great Council here in the capital. It was known that I.C.H. Alvitr sought the patronage of Batavia, Suionia, and Arendaal for projects in the Sindhu Valley. With Franken, I argue, there is too much history; Erlangen is too close; Nuremberg is too powerful.

But so, I think, is the Northern Council. I have proposed before to have closer links with Derjiste. Kryobaijan is a powerful country that is reported to be very supportive of developing nations, although I fear there is still a stigma against socialist countries dating from the SLA insurgencies in the south. But today's socialist countries, after the democratization of Batavia, are different, I think. An avenue worth pursuing, I think.

MENTIONS: Rikarthur Gregorsson Geijer, Margarethe Hjovarthusdatter Alvitr, Sváva Pallsdatter Gunn
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Inside:

Terje Sigvarthursson Eir Arrested In Nov. 1 Shooting Incident
N.N. Roerich Lifts Terms of Gunnar Sigbjornsson Gunn's Exile
Teacher's Union: Prime Minister Must Appoint Education Minister
Review: G.S. Gunn, "The Road to Khoni: Travels in the East"
Opinion: Eirs Will Offer Robust Truce In T.S. Eir's Leniency Plea

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[Mergogne]

Joint statement by the USSK Revolutionary Council and the Revolutionary Intersectionalist Party of Kryobaijan

The Kryobaijan government would be quite amenable to additional economic ties, cultural exchanges, and general cooperation between the United Socialist States and the Tagzig Olmolungring. The contextualization of various Oelarian social strata within contemporary matrices of domination proves to be an interesting exercise, and leads RIPOK to believe that stronger relations between the people of Kryobaijan and Olmolungring would be mutually engaging and beneficial. The Kryobaijani government will continue to observe the actions of Olmolungring in the region, and would look forward to any proposed summits or meetings in the future.

 

[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 12th​

The Most Prestigious Universities of the West
The Best Humanities and Western Studies Programs In Europe
The Editors

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

As one of Europe's most-read university journals in recent years, the Capitollium Journal and Review of Books annually presents its rankings of Western universities. We, the editors, investigate the best departments of philosophy, theology, literature, history, and classical languages. The metrics are subjective, but we account for the quality of professors, facilities, and the cultural resources of the university and its city. Without further ado, here they are:

1. Sylnarsson University, Arendaal
A European landmark attractive to the best students from across Europe with the best resources for history students, with the addition of two world-renowned playwrights this year, Sylnarsson reclaims the top spot.
2. Heinrich-Alexander-Universität, Franken
The better of the two Nürnberg Universities on the list is the best-endowed university of Europe, both with funds from Franconian aristocrats and businessmen and with the finest Latinists in the region.
3. Royal University of Bordéu, Aquitania
Despite still having the best-regarded theology faculty in the world, Bordéu has lost the top spot along with many fine scholars to the Papal States after the elevation of Alexandre Renard to the chair of St. Peter.
4. University of Paris, Belmont
With a top-rated literature faculty and a host of well-known philosophers, Paris has long been unrivaled as the premier Gallian university, although who knows how Belmont's foreign relations will affect foreign student matriculation.
5. The Capitollium, Olmolungring
The bosom of the Oelarian State, an increased 'postmodern' interest in textual criticism has put medieval studies back in vogue. Wryly considered the most authentically medieval university in Europe.
6. Imperial University of Nokanawa, Oikawa
A strong university with a surprisingly top-drawer Western Studies program, although primarily known for preserving and developing the history and culture of Oikawa and the oriental nations.
7. University of Threveburg, Vistrasia
Marijuana and political conservatism, upon further review, are not anathema for the serious scholar. Quite the contrary in Threveburg, we have discovered.

8. Humboldtsuniversität Trier, Eiffelland
9. Royal University of Swabia, Wieserreich
10. Imperial University of Groszow, Greater Sarmatia
11. University of Sjadnbrdo, Zivotinje
12. Free University of Kastandersburg (ARC), Vistrasia
13. University of Metz, Lorraine
14. University of Sidra, Hajr
15. Reichstädtische Universität zu Nürnberg, Franken
16. De Graaf People's University, Batavia
17. Sebastine Quintaine University, Cornavia
18. Katholische Universität Köln, Eiffelland
19. University of Freistadt, Greater Sarmatia
20. Royal University of Augsburg, Wieserreich

(The Journal does not rank the universities, like many other publications, for their merit in scientific research or technology development.)

Lord Provost Halvbefaren has invited visiting scholars from across Europe to enjoy the hospitality of the Capitollium. "We are a top-flight institution in philosophy and the arts with some very interesting students," said Halvbefaren, "and, albeit tongue-in-cheek, Yungdrung Gutsak is said to be the most ecologically forward of European university towns!" Cars and heavy industry are not to be found in the remote Oelarian capital.

Halvbefaren also wondered if the top universities in the humanities in Europe could put together an "Ivory League" of sorts to promote foreign study and guest lectures by foreign faculty.

MENTIONS: Jens Yvosson Halvbefaren

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Inside:

Judge Asks Lord Eir to Disarm Militia In Return For Leniency In Son's Trial
M.H. Alvitr Will Meet With Franconian Foreign Minister Beaumont Tomorrow
Review: R.G. Geijer, "Olf Vidkunsson Gravplass: Turncoat Rigpa (1935-1947)
Opinion: Kryobaijan or Northern Council: Who Best Offsets Franken's Power?

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[Batavië]

'Now that I have been reminded of it thanks to this latest foreign publication, I will, indeed, be writing a memo to the Dean of De Graaf People's University in Vlaanderen to schedule a meeting in which we will discuss the renaming of the institution. It is no longer appropriate to endow it with the name of a former dictator.'

Constantijn van Arsdale de Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken responding to a question at his daily press conference

 

[Serenierre]

Chancellor of the University of Paris to reporters

This is a prestigious ranking for our most ancient institution and we know that we must work to enhance its future rankings.

OOC: How come you knew about the university? I didn't even tell you anything, reading your thread was a pleasant surprise.

 

[Montelimar]

Ministry of Education

It is considered an embarressment of this ministry that neither the Royal University of Valmy nor any of Montelimar's other fine universities made the list.

Professor Antoinette Kerry
Minister of Education

 

[Holy Frankish Empire]

Ministry of Education and Higher Learning


We are somewhat surprised to not see Ramat Gan Technological University or the University of Judea on the list or any other Judean university. As Judea has the second highest number of academic degrees per capita, it certainly is shocking. However, we understand Judean Universities are not as well advertised as some of their counterparts.

 

[Jidir]

Ministry of Education

Despite having the highest number of academic degrees per capita, Greater Palestine will strive to further improve its academic landscape and outclass Zionist institutions.

 

[Gunnland]

In the coming weeks the Capitollium will propose plans for greater educational integration so that Europe's universities can share resources that will promise to raise the profile and caliber or participating institutions. We would be honored if Palestinian and Montelimarine universities participated.

J. Y. Halvbefaren
Lord Provost of the Capitollium and Editor-In-Chief of the Journal and Review of Books

OOC @ Belmont: I needed a Francophone university on the list, I decided, and Paris was the only one that turned up in the search-function in the past few months -- Sorry, Montelimar! The RL link to the great University of Paris, admittedly, generates strong bias.

 

[Confederal Republics]

Rectorate of the Sebastian Quintaine University

Our institution, our employees, the members of our student body and our alumni as well as our benefactors all welcome the ranking that has been attained by the Sebastian Quintaine University as a show that the important work done by our institution has not been in vain.

Thus, we will endeavour to preserve and develop our position as Cornavia's premier scientific university and one of the world's premier universities.

Regards,
Mr. Lincoln J. Hayter,
Rector,
Sebastian Quintaine University

 

[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 17th​

Knýtlingsfort Mayor Resigns Amidst Corruption Charges
Per Vicariate Law, Election Must Take Place Within Thirty Days
Robert Petursson Viereskog

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

In a rare appearance of government troops in Knýtlingsfort, a troop of Transport Security Forces arrested Georg Pallsson Eir on corruption charges yesterday afternoon. This morning, the Vicariate Council of Knýtlingsfort (Vikarsråd) voted unanimously to remove the mayor from office. According to the law, a replacement must be elected within the month.

G.P. Eir was charged with corruption and obstruction of justice related to the case of his cousin, Terje Sigvarthursson Eir, the son of the Lord Sigvarthur, "The Old Lion of the Sindhu". Georg Pallsson reportedly attempted to bribe and coerce police officials in the case to secretly release Terje Sigvarthursson on November 2. There has been no comment from the Knýtlingsfort Police.

Without commenting on the case itself, the Knýtlingsfort Council unanimously decided to strip Eir of his mayoral powers, citing the impossibility of carrying out his duties while under investigation.

As I assume most Oelarians realize, this opens up an interesting contest for the mayorality of the second-largest city in Olmolungring with immense strategic importance. Yesterday afternoon Arthur Arthursson Himmelright, the nationalist poet and avowed anti-secessionist, filed his candidacy.

It was widely rumored in political circles in Yungdrung Gutsak that another native son, Himmelright's longtime rival and leftist poet Gregor Samsonsson Stoker (the two had a 1990 altercation still remembered in poetry circles), was exploring entering the race.

Some worried that a vote split between Himmelright and Stoker might open the way for a radical secessionist candidate. Regardless, everyone is worried that the race might elicit deep-seated tensions in the regions. After a violent period during the 1970s, fighting between communist partisans and nationalist clansmen largely abated in the early 1980s.​

Poem:
A girl's a bride on every brick-laid street...
Fr. Matteus of Ljónynja

A girl's a bride on every brick-laid street
when russet leaves are roses' petals strewn,
then winter comes her father's widow dead
to be buried in her wedding gown.

(There was no chance to put the bedding down,
the quilted down, the green and downy quilt,
the down with stripes and yellow flowers sewn
we smelled it burn when she was killed.)

A girl's a bride on every brick-laid street
but not a bride for me. Don't rustle me,
it's late for leaves and late for leaving here,
I'll leave her brittle, a little aquiver on the breeze.


MENTIONS: Terje Sigvarthursson Eir, Gregor Samsonsson Stoker, Arthur Arthursson Himmelright
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Inside:

The Capitollium Will Join New Community of European Universities
Fishing Crews In the Aethrsund Report Healthy Eider Populations
Mimirs' Schools In Northeast Found to Outperform Diocesan Schools
Insight: Oelar's Northeastern Islands, Aethrsoya and Klostersoya
Opinion: A Stoker Government Could Easily Seize Diocesan Schools

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 23rd​

Rival Parties Clash in Knýtlingsfort
Polls Show A.A. Himmelright With Slight Lead
Sýmon Zakarjasson Hrodgunnr

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

Transport Security Forces and Knýtlingsfort Police responded to reports of fighting in East Knýtlingsfort this morning. Lieutenant R.P. Viereskog (a native of Issverth and sometime contributor to the CJRB) told a group of reporters, including myself, that nationalist militiamen had been intimidating the heavily socialist electorate of the eastern neighborhoods with gunfire.

I have been a friend to Gregor Samsonsson for some time, and I must say it is hard to imagine him organizing a leftist militia. Even if the rumors of his aborted coup attempt in 1991 are true, that was twenty years ago now. But, I am sorry to say, it is the reality of politics in Knýtlingsfort. Today's episode shows Himmelright's willingness to play politics the old-fashioned way.

Most people accept Himmelright's ubiquitous campaign motto, plastered on billboards and buses across the city "A Vote for Order", and in the German-speaking neighborhoods, "Ordnung Muss Sein". There is a widespread belief that Lord Eir quietly supports Himmelright, who leads the latest polls 47% to G.S. Stoker's 43%, with 10% still uncertain.

MENTIONS: Gregor Samsonsson Stoker, Arthur Arthursson Himmelright
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Inside:

Foreign Minister Alvitr Embarks On Next Leg of Tour, To Cornavia
Bishop Announces Plans For Papal Visit to Yungdrung Gutsak
Prime Minister Roerich Announces That He Will Visit Knýtlingsfort
Opinion: Capitollium Journal Shows Clear Bias Against Himmelright

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[Gunnland]

Capitollium Journal and Review of Books
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Capitollium University . Muspellsheimr, Y.G. . Tagzig Olmolungring . November 24th​

Terje Sigvarthursson Eir Slain In Police Raid
Attack Tied To Nationalist Militia; Knýtlingsfort Tensely Awaits Eir Reaction
Sýmon Zakarjasson Hrodgunnr

For God and fatherland, sons and daughters of Olmolungring, until the Geirtrae withers to ash and the mountains of Gjinsjang crumble!

Knýtlingsfort Police raided an apartment in West Knýtlingsfort last night and killed Terje Sigvarthursson Eir, the eldest son of clan lord Sigvarthur Sigvarthursson Eir who was recently released by a city court that held him in relation to a shooting incident. The slain Eir's cousin, Mayor Georg Pallsson, was removed from office exactly one week ago on corruption charges for intervening on Terje Sigvarthursson's behalf.

The Police, under the command of Lieutenant Robert Petursson Viereskog, were seen as an independent actor in notoriously corrupt city politics when they took down G.P. Eir. Now, with news that Viereskog was personally involved with the raid that killed T.S. Eir, city leaders have expressed concern that the Police targeted the clan scion for assassination, a move that will have bloody consequences.

Lieutenant Viereskog appeared before cameras this morning to say: "The killing of Terje Sigvarthursson was a tragic accident. We raided the apartment because of its connection to nationalist militias interfering in the election. In no way did we expect to find any members of the Eir family there."

Mayoral candidate A.A. Himmelright has only fueled the fire: "Police death squads, controlled by leftists like Viereskog and Stoker from the Yungdrung Gutsak intelligentsia, have been systematically targeting anti-communists. Terje is the latest anti-communist martyr. But the people will not be cowed in our march to liberty."

Now any man in his right mind would resign immediately and flee the city, but here's the catch: R.P. Viereskog can't resign because there is no mayor to accept his resignation! Residents worry, now, that Eir militias joined by nationalist militiamen already active in the city will be able to neutralize and destroy police forces. The city could plunge into chaos after the funeral, which has been arranged for Friday.

Viereskog has called for Transport Security Forces to aid the Police, but it is unclear whether there are enough government-paid Oelarian security forces to add significantly to the Knýtlingsfort Police.

MENTIONS: Robert Petursson Viereskog, Terje Sigvarthursson Eir
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Das Auswärtige Amt

His Majesty's Government is concerned over this outbreak of violence. We urged the competing parties in the mayoral race to keep this a peaceful contest.