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THIS WEEK AT BRANDEIS
Student Union Announcements for March 30, 2008
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View and submit online: http://union.brandeis.edu/announcements/
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Things to Know...
A1. Vote in the Best of Boston survey!
A2. Fill out a technology survey and win prizes!
A3. CAC's Paint the Campus Purple
A4. Last Challah Sale of the Semester!
A5. Club renewal form--deadline
A6. Take Your Professor To Lunch-- This week only!
A7. Let your voice be heard
Stuff to Do...
B1. Mon - Under Pressure: Playback Theatre Coffeehouse
B2. Tue - Not A Happy Camper
B3. Tue - "The Globalization of the American University"
B4. Tue - The Globalization of the American University
B5. Wed - Senior Sendoff: A Celebration of Seniors Making Aliyah
B6. Fri - Ballroom Dance Team Party!!
B7. Sat - Two Self-Defense Seminars with Sifu Jason Goldsmith
B8. Sun - SEA's Annual Charles River Cleanup
B9. Sun - Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel Speaking at Brandeis!
B10. Sun - Up The Octave Final Note
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A1. Vote in the Best of Boston survey!
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Vote in the Best of Boston survey! We want to know what you like around
here. It only takes a minute. Probably less. Brought to you by the
Justice. http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/one?survey%5fid=3310
Contact: Rachel Marder <rmarder -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A2. Fill out a technology survey and win prizes!
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Please participate in an online survey about student use of information
technology, enter a lottery to win an Amazon.com gift certificate, and
help Brandeis gauge how our technology services for students are
working!
http://survey.educause.edu/ecar/student/
We're seeking survey participants from the Class of 2008 and the Class
of 2011. Participants are eligible for an Amazon.com gift certificate.
Completing the online survey will take only about 15 minutes. This
online survey is conducted by Library & Technology Services in
partnership with EDUCAUSE, a national group of colleges and
universities concerned with improving student use of technology.
Please visit http://survey.educause.edu/ecar/student/ today!
For more information, please contact Nelson Rutrick
(secretary@brandeis.edu).
Contact: Joshua M. Wilson <jwilson -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A3. CAC's Paint the Campus Purple
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Be prepared...the Brandeis campus will soon be painted purple right
before your eyes! For the week of April 7-11, Colleges Against Cancer
will be doing various activities to promote the 2008 Relay For Life
that will be held in December.
Contact: Rachel H. Ellman <rellman -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A4. Last Challah Sale of the Semester!
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Come support the last challah sale of the semester!
Pre-order Monday-Wednesday, 12-2 in Usdan and 5:30-7:30 in Sherman.
Pick up and pay on Friday, 11-2 in Usdan.
All proceeds go to charity!
Don't miss out on fresh, delicious Cheryl Ann's challah!
Contact: Brette C. Williams <bwillms -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A5. Club renewal form--deadline
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Attention Club Leaders!
All clubs on campus must fill out the renewal survey so the Student
Union knows you are still active. If your club has not done so yet, go
to <http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/one?survey_id=3449> and fill out
the survey before Wednesday April 2nd.
This will be the ONLY deadline extension, and the last reminder.
Thanks to those who completed the survey on time.
Contact: Tania Kupferman <taniak -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A6. Take Your Professor To Lunch-- This week only!
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Sign up by this Wednesday to take a professor to the Faculty Club, Stein
or Sherman March 31- April 4!
Ask a Professor to Lunch! Fill out the survey
http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/one?survey%5fid=3270 and pick up your
voucher for up to $20 in the Student Union office on the 3rd floor of
the Shapiro Campus Center. If you already signed up, make sure you
remember to pick up your voucher! Improving Student-Faculty
relationships one meal at a time!
Contact: Kimberlee A. Bachman <bachmank -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A7. Let your voice be heard
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A message from your student union:
As the year comes to a close many of us start looking forward towards
what can be done to better ourselves for the next year. Your Student
Union is much the same way. If there is anything you think, feel, know
and want us to hear and know about please take the time to fill out
this survey. All the data collected in it will go a long way towards
helping the union and administrators to act on behalf of the student
body. So please take a few minutes and fill it out. We really
appreciate it. Thanks.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BPT3v198wp7zJDosU1J_2f3A_3d_3d
Contact: Andrew S. Litwin <alit14 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B1. Mon - Under Pressure: Playback Theatre Coffeehouse
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March 31, 2008 - 09:00PM Chums
Come to the first ever Playback Theater Coffeehouse! Witness
improvisational theater as you've never seen it before. All the stories
acted out come from YOU, the audience. Sound different? Come explore,
share, and learn. Leave your expectations at the door.
Completely FREE!!!
Also, come see the artistic stylings of:
Madison
Mohammad
Will C
Darryl
Did we mention that it's FREE?!
This coffeehouse cannot be missed! Come support the people you love:
Alison Schwartzbaum, Amanda Brown, Etta King, Walaa Sbait, Will C,
Zohar Fuller, and others! Also, featuring special guest all the way
from Brazil, Sheila Donio! Be there or be somewhere else!
Contact: Alison H. Schwartzbaum <alison1 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B2. Tue - Not A Happy Camper
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April 1, 2008 - 02:00PM Usdan Alumni Lounge
Comedy writer and Brandeis Alum Mindy Schneider '82 discusses her recent
book, Not A Happy Camper. Mindy graduated from Brandeis University with
a B.A. in American Studies, earned her M.F.A. from Columbia University,
and has written for various TV programs including Growing Pains and
Who's the Boss.
Contact: Amy R. Marsh <amarsh -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B3. Tue - "The Globalization of the American University"
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April 8, 2008 - 05:00PM Goldfarb Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Professor Arjun Appadurai will launch the Global Brandeis symposium with
a plenary talk intended to engage the broader Brandeis community in
thinking about education, knowledge, and social action in an
international context.
The symposium is designed to stimulate discussion of major global
issues and their implications for Brandeis as it seeks to fulfill its
potential as a global institution. More information can be found at:
http://www.brandeis.edu/globalbrandeis/symposium.html
Keynote talk open to the Brandeis community. All are encouraged to
attend!
Contact: Jennifer S. Lin <jslin -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B4. Tue - The Globalization of the American University
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April 8, 2008 - 05:00PM Rapaporte Treasure Hall Goldfarb
Help launch a university-wide forum for examining Brandeis’
international engagement
Keynote Address: "The Globalization of the American University"
by Professor Arjun Appadurai '70, The New School, New York City
Tuesday, April 8, 5:00 p.m., Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library.
Reception/refreshments to follow.
Our special guest for the symposium, Prof. Appadurai will kick off the
events with a talk intended for the entire Brandeis community to think
about education, knowledge, and social action in the 21st century.
Prof. Appadurai is a renowned anthropologist and leading thinker on
globalization, and a former Brandeis Wien International Scholar. He has
written widely about how globalization affects education and community
work, and especially about "grassroots globalization" - transnational
networks intended to create social change from below, at the community
and civic level. (More information is available at www.appadurai.com).
PLEASE RSVP to oga@brandeis.edu OR to x68574.
Contact: Bryan McAllister-Grande <bgrande -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B5. Wed - Senior Sendoff: A Celebration of Seniors Making Aliyah
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April 2, 2008 - 07:00PM Village TV Lounge
Join ImpactAliyah and Nefesh B' Nefesh to celebrate the several seniors
who are moving to Israel in the near future. Eat FREE TAAM CHINA,
hear
from a special speaker, write a plane letter, and have some good fun.
Come support your friends in their ultimate Zionist journey.
Contact: Orli B. Mintz <omintz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B6. Fri - Ballroom Dance Team Party!!
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April 4, 2008 - 08:00PM Schwartz Auditorium
Hey all! Like to dance and let loose? Want to learn and watch dances of
passion, sex, and love? Come to the Brandeis Ballroom Dance Party,
Friday April 4th, held in Schwartz Hall Auditorium! We're going to kick
it off at 8pm with a lesson so you can take what you learned to the
dance floor. We will be serving refreshments and snacks, and when
you're ready to take a break, sit back and watch what members have been
preparing the semester for you to see. Come join and relieve stress, or
to support the amazing members of the Ballroom Dance Team. We hope to
see you there!
Don't forget: 4/4 @ 8pm!
Contact: Yuliya Y. Mints <ymints -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B7. Sat - Two Self-Defense Seminars with Sifu Jason Goldsmith
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April 5, 2008 - 03:00PM Gosman Gym, Linsey Mat Room
Self defense seminars will be held on April 5th and 6th, 3-5 PM, by Sifu
Jason Goldsmith, 3rd degree black belt.
All of the Brandeis Community is welcome to attend to learn practical,
effective and realistic techniques for self-defense. Come either or
both days, and bring your friends. It will be lots of fun!
Sponsored by Wun Hop Kuen Do Kung Fu.
Contact: Shana J. Schwartz <sshana42 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B8. Sun - SEA's Annual Charles River Cleanup
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April 6, 2008 - 11:00AM Meet in Shapiro Campus Center
Join SEA for our annual cleanup along the Charles River behind Grad.
Join us to make an immediate change in efforts to beautify our part of
the river!
Contact: Lee A. Marmor <lmarmor -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B9. Sun - Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel Speaking at Brandeis!
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April 6, 2008 - 08:00PM Pearlman Lounge
Senator Gravel is running for President as a Libertarian and is coming
to campus to speak about his candidacy, his career in the senate, and
his institute for direct democracy. This event is sponsored by SDS
(Students for a Democratic Society)
Contact: Sarah Linet <slinet -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B10. Sun - Up The Octave Final Note
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April 6, 2008 - 08:00PM Golding Auditorium
Like really good A'cappella? Then join the lovely ladies of Up The
Octave for their big spring show - the UTO Final Note! We will be
performing all of your classic UTO favorites as well as several new
songs. We will be joined by Simple Harmonic Motion, an all-male
A'cappella group from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Contact: Sarah E. Mulhern <smulhern -AT- brandeis.edu>
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