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10/28/2007 Weekly UpdateFrom: Brody Berg (646) 573-3735 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of General Studies, This is the weekly update. If you have any questions or comments let me know, thanks. * I'd like to welcome our new Student Council members, Nate Terani and Shayna Sehayik. The Student Council is very proud to have Nate and Shayna on board. For a list of all Student Council members and contact information see here. GS Lounge Calendar of Events FYI: ********** 1. Community Principles @ Columbia Initiative ********** In light of the recent events of bias which have challenged our ********** The Housing Committee of the University Senate is conducting research into the efficacy of the University Apartment Housing system as it relates to General Studies and graduate students. As housing is one of the top concerns for GS students, we at the GSSC want to help! In order for us to help, we need to hear your GS housing stories-candid feedback about your experience with the housing system and the services you receive. Email Paige at pl2174@columbia.edu. Please include the incidents that pleased/troubled you, the people involved, the dates, and your housing location. Also please let us know if you are willing to have your name submitted to the Senate, or if you prefer to remain anonymous. For more information, please visit http://gslounge.com/senator ********** THANKSGIVING WEEK VOLUNTEERING - On Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of homeless and hungry are served their Thanksgiving meal at the Broadway Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen in the Broadway Presbyterian Church on 114th & Broadway. The Community @ Large Committee would like to team up with other student groups and also with individuals who would like to help to prepare and serve food for any amount of time ( 1, 2, 3, etc. hours) on Monday, Nov. 19th, Wednesday, Nov. 21st, and Thursday, Nov. 22nd (Thanksgiving Day). Email ela2108@columbia.edu to respond directly with availabilities or questions and visit gslounge.com/community/thanksgiving for more information. We look forward to hearing from you! ********** The Blue Notebooks Interviews: Alex Ross of The New Yorker Alex Ross of The New Yorker will be here, interviewed by founding member of the Blue Notebooks, Casper Mao. Ross's new book, THE REST IS NOISE, has been heralded by such diverse personalities as Louis Menand and Bjork (seriously). Please join us as we talk to Alex Ross, the classical music critic of The New Yorker magazine. His long-anticipated history of the music in the 20th century was just released on October 16 - The Rest is Noise (FSG). Our conversation will entail the discussion of his book, as well as the interesting, hybridized state of classical music today, what it might mean in the context of the larger cultural and intellectual history. What they are saying about The Rest is Noise: "Fast-forwarding through so many music-makers' creative highs and lows in the company of Alex Ross's incredibly nourishing book will rekindle anyone's fire for music." P.S. - Alex Ross will play some great audio clips of the music he writes about at the event. We'll also have limited copies of his book for sale/autograph: so buy buy buy! A great way to support our initiative. http://www.thebluenotebooks.com http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/tnyevents ********** Monday, October 29th at 6 pm The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice? Did U.S. government policies make it possible? How much damage has the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib scandal had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world? Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy's powerful documentary, GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which the torture occurred. Sponsored by: The Progressive Jewish Alliance, Amnesty International, Columbia Muslims for Social Justice, SDS, and SEEJ. ********** Pre-Law Advising on the application process will be offered to seniors and juniors on Monday, October 29th from 12:30-1:30 in the Baer Room, 4th Floor Lewisohn Hall. ********** In the coming weeks, Columbia will once again host a blood drive in conjunction with the New York Blood Center and we hope that you will participate. Blood donors are needed to address the continuing severe shortage of available blood for lifesaving treatments for cancer and surgery patients, burn and accident victims, organ and tissue transplant candidates, hemophilia, and other blood disease sufferers. The New York Blood Center has asked the Columbia Community for blood donors, and the administration encourages your participation. Please help us increase the Columbia University community's participation in this important effort. The University-wide Fall 2007 Blood Drive will run from Thursday, October 25 through Wednesday, December 19. During this period, blood drives will be held at several locations, which are shown below ( *** Please note walk-ins welcome!***) Register online at https://drm.nybloodcenter.org/publicscheduler/BloodDriveLocator.aspx Fall 2007 Schedule Wednesday, October 31 12:00 – 8:00pm Low Library, Rotunda Friday, November 2 12:00 – 8:00pm Lerner Hall – Broadway Room Friday, November 9 11:00 – 4:30pm Law School - Drapkin Lounge Wednesday, December 19 9:00 – 4:00pm CU Medical Center - Armand Hammer Building Riverview Lounge, 4th Floor Special Weekend Drives Saturday, November 3 Sunday, November 11 Saturday, November 17 11:00 – 4:30pm College Walk – Donor Bus ********** Just in case you hadn't yet heard, the Jeffrey Sachs Student Lecture: International Peace through Sustainable Development will be held on Wednesday, November 7th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The lecture will be held in the Roone Arledge Auditorium of Lerner Hall, and a flyer for the event is attached to this email. This is a student event, but an RSVP is required. To register for the event, please visit www.earth.columbia.edu/calendar and click on the Sachs Student Lecture box on the right. You can submit your RSVP electronically through the form that will pop up. ********** Newt Gingrich and Jeffrey D. Sachs: A Conversation - A Contract with the Earth Thursday, November 1, 2007 from 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm Location: New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 Contact: New York Public Library, oas@nypl.org General admission is $15, $10 for library donors, seniors and students with valid identification. The New York Public Library presents "A Conversation: A Contract with the Earth," with Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States Congress and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Open to the public. General admission is $15, $10 for library donors, seniors and students with valid identification. Web Site: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=3430 ********** As part of a variety of informational outreach sessions being ********** The Fall 2007 Dining Services Customer Satisfaction Survey is up For every survey that we receive, Dining Services will donate $.10 Don't pass up this opportunity to help improve our dining locations ********** When: Thursday, November 1 at 10pm GS has been invited to join the Law and Med school's mixer at this. ********** What: Information session on applying to graduate school Professors Sarah Cole and Ezra Tawil, *along with several graduate Refreshments will be served. ********** What: Career Panel in the Arts Panelists include: A light dinner& live jazz reception following the panel. Please RSVP to info@arthistoryunderground.com. You can choose to ********** What: Vegetarian Cooking Demonstration and Dinner brought to you by You are strongly encouraged to bring reusable tupperware or plates ********** What: "Office Hours" for Chikodi and Monique Come by with questions or concerns or just to say hi. We'll be * Senior Class President Chikodi Chima cdc2126@columbia.edu ********** The Student Affairs Caucus is in the process of putting together a meeting with students interested in representing their peers in a meeting with President Bollinger about the recent bias incidents on campus. If you are an interested party, or just have thoughts you would like heard, please email Paige at pl2174@columbia.edu. For more information, please visit http://gslounge.com/senator ********** As some of you recall, the GSSC began a committee last year that enabled busy but community minded students to volunteer their services in convenient ways. As the founder of this committee (C@LC) I'm pleased to introduce Elizabeth Alonso-Halifax as C@LC's newest Chairperson! She is passionate, dedicated, and just plain fantastic, and as many of you know has planned several great events already this semester. We're gearing up for Thanksgiving, and are looking to expand our ever-growing family! VOLUNTEERING: For those of you itching to start, we'll be tabling in Lerner this THURS. NOV 1st. 1pm-3pm to give info. and sign people up. OPPORTUNITIES: If you have your own community minded project in the works and need some help getting it off the ground, visit http://gslounge.com/community/projects for some possible solutions. LEARN MORE: about this committee that thinks globally but acts locally! Our next meeting will be on THURS. NOV 8th at 12:30 RM 309 Russel Hall (Library). ********** What: Halloween Study Break! ********** What: Thursday Social Mixer with Grad Schools ********** KNOW THIS DATE: NOV. 15, 2007 ID CARD EXCHANGE FOR INFORMATION ********** In honor of midterms, rooms 301 and 310 at Butler Library are open 24-hours (through Sat. 11/3 at 6pm). Happy studying!!
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