The Bash is short for The Really, Really Big Litt/Lang End-of-Term Workshop Bash. (It changed to End-of-Year in 2002). It’s the reception where faculty cook for students, students bring friends, and we all gather to celebrate the end of the year. It’s not a party. That term was outlawed in the early 1990s — faculty were told not to give parties for students. No, it’s a workshop — we read poetry and lightly talk shop — and it’s a bash. Much swankier than a party.

The genesis of the Bash is not clear, but Tom Kinsella’s memo in December 1992 suggests that it had already received its name and had been ongoing for at least a few semesters.

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Bash memo, December 1992

Bash Flier, Fall 1993 1
Bash Flier, Fall 1993 2

Bash Flier, Spring 1994 1
Bash Flier, Spring 1994 2
Bash Flier, Spring 1994 3

Bash Preplanning, Fall 1994
Bash Flyer, Fall 1994 1
Bash Flyer, Fall 1994 2

Bash Flier, Fall 1995 1
Bash Flier, Fall 1995 2

Bash Flyer, Fall 1996 1
Bash Announcement, Fall 1996 2

Bash Flier, Spring 1997

Bash Flier, Fall 1998 1
Bash Flier, Fall 1998 2
Bash Flier, Fall 1998 3
Bash Flier, Fall 1998 4 (the festive cabbage)
Bash Flier, Fall 1998 5

Bash Flyer, Spring 1999 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 1999 2

Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 1
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 2
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 3
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 4
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 5
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 5 Alternate b
Bash Flyer, Fall 1999 5 Alternate c

Bash Flyer, Spring 2000 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 2000 2
Bash Flyer, Spring 2000 3

Bash Flier, Fall 2000 1
Bash Flier, Fall 2000 2
Bash Flier, Fall 2000 3 (The Ballad of Mr. Potato)
Bash Flier, Fall 2000 4
Bash Flier, Fall 2000 4 Alternate b

Bash Flyer, Spring 2001 2
Bash Flyer, Spring 2001 3

Bash Flier, Fall 2001 1
Bash Flier, Fall 2001 2
Bash Flier, Fall 2001 3
Bash Flier, Fall 2001 4
Bash Flier, Fall 2001 1 Alternate b

Bash Flyer, Spring 2002

Bash Flier, Spring 2003 1
Bash Flier, Spring 2003 2

Bash Flier, Spring 2004 Renewed
Commentary on Bash, WebCaucus, April 27, 2004

Bash Flyer, Spring 2005 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 2005 2
Bash Flyer, Spring 2005 3
Bash Flyer, Spring 2005 4

Bash Flier, Spring 2006 2
Bash Flier, Spring 2006 3

Bash Flyer, Spring 2008 1
Bash Flier, Spring 2008 2
Bash Flier, Spring 2008 3
Bash Flier, Spring 2008 4

Bash Flyer, Spring 2009 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 2009 2a {This and the following flyer are part of a double-sided beauty}
Bash Flyer, Spring 2009 2b
Bash Flyer, Spring 2009 3
Bash Flyer, Spring 2009 4
Bash Flyer Spring 2009 5

Bash Flyer, Spring 2010 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 2010 2

Bash Flyer, Spring 2011 1
Bash Flyer, Spring 2011 2 (first state)
Bash Flyer, Spring 2011 2 (second state)
Bash Flyer, Spring 2011 3
Bash Flyer, S2011 4
Bash Flier, S2011 5

Bash Flyer, S2012 1
Bash Flyer, S2012 2
Bash Flyer, S2012 3
Bash Flyer, S2012 4
Bash Flyer, S2012 5
Bash Flyer, S2012 6
Bash Flyer, S2012 7

2014 BASH Flyer 1
2014 Bash Flyer 2
2014 BASH Flyer 3
2014 BASH Flyer 4
2014 BASH Flyer 5
2014 BASH Flyer 6

2015 BASH Flyer 1
2015 BASH Flyer 2
2015 BASH Flier 3

2016 BASH Flyer 1
2016 BASH Flyer 2
2016 BASH Flyer 2.5
2016 BASH Flyer 3