AT THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
New mentor groups are announced; they're posted on the school intranet and pinned up in dormitories. Staff who've been given mentor groups – or whose mentor groups have new additions – are informed personally by Professor X and given a briefing on the powers and attitudes of the students in their group.

You can find the new groups listed on the brand spanking new mentor groups page. :D If we've made any errors, like for instance putting two characters played by the same person on the same group or leaving a student out, please let us know!

The weather is wetter than last week, raining most days on and off, although it somehow stays bright and sunny on Wednesday.


NEWS:
The first presidential debate is aired on Monday, moderated by Lois Lane. Nothing discussed involves mutants specifically; most of what's discussed is the economy. Thompson performs better than some expected him to; neither he nor Henderson is clearly triumphant.

The World Sings charity concert is on Thursday, featuring donations by nearly every major company and endorsed by a number of high-profile celebrities. Several hero teams make an appearance and the event is broadcast live from Scotland. One of the charities it's raising money for is pro-mutant organisation One Sky, but this fact is not as well-publicised as some of the other causes the concert is supporting.

Nero Verus, New York's other senator, has come out in public favor of pro-mutant rights in the wake of Baelheit's announcement last week, although this news has, comparatively speaking, received little media attention.


WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
Goes to Japan (again) and is kidnapped by A.I.M. only to be rescued by the Cat, with whom he takes out a broad swathe of A.I.M.'s Asiatic network.
(that's Advanced Idea Mechanics, for the non-Marvel-savvy.)


OOC NOTICES:
FIRST: The character limit has been raised to six, we hope you rascals are happy now. Not that apps are open until the 18th, but all the same.

SECOND: We're in the process of moving some stuff over to the wiki – for instance the timeline (and we've given info on the X-Men it's own page instead of keeping it with the timeline). There's a neater, more complete page on the Institute and mansion on there now, too. You are, of course, welcome to edit these. Joining the wiki isn't compulsory, but you don't need an account to view the pages, and we think it's easier to manage and keep track of the game's setting info as wiki pages.

As ever, we encourage people playing staff to start comment threads to this post about what's going down in classes this week to save on threading a million classes. Same goes for mentor group meetings, if you like! You are of course welcome to actually thread any classes or meetings you like, but a) this is still good for planning and b) most people do not want to thread every single lesson SO GO AHEAD AND SPAM THIS POST