SALT LAKE CITY SLUGS

The streets of Salt Lake City were full to their 132-foot-wide brim with slugs over the January 4-7 weekend at the annual meeting of the Linguistics Society of America. Featured were a slew of presentations and posters by current graduate students: Jenny Bellik, Steven Foley, Nick Kalivoda, Tom Roberts, and Erik Zyman. The greater UCSC diaspora was also well-represented with the many alumni presenting work, including Aaron Kaplan (Utah), Anya Lunden (William & Mary), Ruth Kramer (Georgetown), Nick LaCara (Toronto), Mark Norris (Oklahoma), Jason Riggle (Chicago), and Nathan Sanders (Toronto)–to say nothing of the scores of alums in attendance. Attendees reported a collegial, stimulating atmosphere and expressed both joy at reuniting with old friends and pleasant surprise at the robustness of the SLC craft brewing scene.