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November 17th 2005

Last Day to Encapsulate Time
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ADD CONTENTS TO THE BIG CONVERSATIONS TIME CAPSULE



Please make your contribution to Olin’s future! Time capsule will be opened by current Olin students in 2026.

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Frankly Speaking is Here!
Hey everyone, look for the first few copies of the first issue of Frankly Speaking today in the Dining Hall! More copies will be coming soon and the online version will be up soon at http://franklyspeaking.olin.edu



Have an idea for an article? The deadline for submissions for the next issue is December 15. Email franklyspeaking@olin.edu if you're interested.

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New Philharmonia Orchestra
Gala Opening Concert!
Saturday, Nov 19th 8 PM Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson College

Sunday, Nov 20th 3 PM First Baptist Church, Newton



Program will include:

Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony

Boston-area Premiere of Joan Tower's "Made In America"

Copland's "Old American Songs" featuring the Newton All-City Chorus and mezzo-soprano Gale Fuller



A *special* 1/2-off ticket offer has just been extended to all Olin and Babson students to come hear the orchestra on Saturday night! It will be a great concert, definitely worth the full-or-half price! ($12.50 for adults, $11 for seniors and $4 for students). To get the special offer you must call the New Phil office ahead of time to reserve tickets at 617-527-9717.



Alternatively, if you have some extra time and are willing to help out, you can usher for the Saturday night concert for free! If you're interested in ushering, e-mail janet.tsai@students.olin.edu by 7 PM Friday night (sorry for the short notice :p)



Kat Kim, Herbert Chang, Dan Bufford, and Janet Tsai have been rehearsing with the NPO since September in preparation for these concerts! Come check it out if you're going to be around!

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Olin Team Finalists in Fed Challenge
On November 10, 2005 David Boy, Anita Kalra, Meenakshi Vembusubramanian, Kerin O'Toole, and Keoni Mahelona qualified as finalists in the Federal Reserve Challenge at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The students were supported by Juliana Bernal-Ostos and advised by Prof. Brian Storey. The competition involved a presentation to the Fed about United States monetary policy and suggestions and predictions for the future of the economy. Teams were graded on presentation and quality of economic analysis. Students were honoured to represent Olin at the first ever college level Fed Challenge at Boston, and look forward to participating again next year.



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Resident Scholar (Mark Chang) and Graduate School Advising
My role as Resident Scholar is to be an advisor at the intersection of academic and residential life. I have seen and met with a lot of students, but I wanted to make a special announcement to remind everyone, especially the Class of 2006, that I am available to anyone that has questions regarding graduate school.



While I can't answer all questions about all disciplines, I am happy to be a resource during this critical decision-making time. If you would like to discuss any sort of academic issues, now or in the future, please email me directly (mark.chang@olin.edu).



Mark

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Employee and Student Identity Fraud Insurance
Olin College Risk Management is concerned about the financial security and personal well being of the Olin community. In association with Olin College’s membership in the Boston Consortium for Higher Education Risk Management Advisory Group, the college has purchased a limited identity fraud insurance policy for all students and employees. The insurance coverage reimburses identity theft victims for the following types of loss:



- Lost wages as a result of work absences to deal with the fraud, including wrongful incarceration – up to $500 per week for four weeks.

- Notary and certified mail charges for completing and delivering fraud affidavits.

- Fees to reapply for loans that were denied due to erroneous credit information created by the identity theft.

- Long distance telephone charges for calling merchants, law enforcement agencies or credit grantors to discuss the issues behind the identity theft.

- Attorney fees incurred, with the insurance company’s consent, to defend incorrectly filed legal actions, remove wrongly entered judgments and/or challenge credit report information.



The coverage provides each Olin College Student or Employee with a limit of liability for any one loss of up to $5,000 with no deductible. While we realize this doesn’t compensate people for all the costs or inconveniences resulting from such a loss, we chose to offer this benefit as a reasonable means to assist community members in times of trouble. If you have an identity theft incident you should phone the St. Paul Travelers Claims Department at 1-800-842-8496.



For additional assistance in submitting a claim or to ask questions about the program, please contact Ed Frackiewicz, Director Co-Sourced Risk Management by at Edward.Frackiewicz@olin.edu

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NASA Robotics Internship Program
Last summer I worked at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland as part of the NASA Robotics Internship Program. It's a spiffy cool program with lots of opportunities for attending cool lectures and events at NASA, as well as trips to other centers like Johnson. They're looking for people who have finished their freshman and sophomore years as research assistants and for those finishing their junior and senior years as team leads. This year's programs are at Goddard and Ames. Application is now available at http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/application -- give it a shot! They especially value people with previous robotics experience (like FIRST and similar programs) and with lots of teamwork experience (if you're reading this, you have more than most of the people I worked with last summer). Feel free to track me down with questions about the program if you've got them.



~Mikell

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Bay State Basics
Student Guide to Living in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Secretary of State's website has put together a listing of some of the essential things to know about Massachusetts Law for students studying in state.



http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisbsb/cisbsb.htm



It has a a fairly comprehensive listing and covers a real variety of topics, gives summaries of some key Massachusetts laws, listings of financial aid, disability services, recreational opportunities, rules about registering a vehicle in Massachusetts, etc.

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Greening Olin Speaker
Greening Olin is proud to bring Dr. Jennie Stephens, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Clark University, to Olin as a speaker. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. from Caltech in Environmental Science and Engineering and her B.A. from Harvard in Environmental Science and Public Policy.



She will be giving her talk from 6:30-7:30pm on Monday, Dec. 5th in the auditorium and eating dinner with students afterwards - if you would like to eat with her, let Christie Lee know (limited space).



Her talk is entitled "Policy Challenges for Deploying Climate Change Mitigation Technologies":



As the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary greenhouse gas contributing to climate change, continues to rise at a rapid rate due primarily to the burning of fossil fuels to satisfy growing energy demand, interest is growing in technologies that can produce energy without emitting CO2 to the atmosphere. In addition to improved energy efficiency measures and increased use of renewable energy, technologies that capture and store CO2 are increasingly considered potentially significant contributors to the energy infrastructure changes required to stabilize CO2 concentrations. This presentation will discuss the challenges of deploying these carbon management technologies. Although the technical feasibility of capturing and storing CO2 has been demonstrated, advancement of this set of technologies is constrained due to limited and inconsistent regulatory incentives. Interest and investment in CO2 capture and storage technologies from the private sector are growing rapidly, but government policies limiting CO2 emissions are needed to create incentives for early deployment of these technologies.

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FWOP Musical: Call for Stage Manager & Musical Director
Hello,

As you may know, FWOP will be putting on its first musical this spring. The name of the play is The Thing About Men and it will be directed by Jon Cass.



If you are interested in being the stage manager or musical director, please send a statement of interest and qualifications to fwop@clubs.olin.edu by Tuesday November 29 at 5pm.



The director will choose these positions with feedback from FWOP. Auditions will occur immediately following winter break.

This will be the last email to carpediem regarding participating in the musical. If you have any interest in participating, please join the FWOP Mailing list at lists.olin.edu.

Have a great thanksgiving break!



-Jo Itescu, FWOP President

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Greening Olin Tip and Announcement
As you leave for Thanksgiving break, remember to shut off your lights, unplug electronics that you will not be using, turn down your thermostat, and unplug your fridge if it is empty. For those in the area over Thanksgiving and no transportation, remember that Greening Olin bikes are available to use - there are now five (four are working, don't use the black one) in EH and WH. They are labelled with green duct tape and Olin College bike tags 13, 15, 20, 21, and 22. Helmets and locks available for use, as well.

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OSL Hosts Student/Staff Lunch
Once again, the Office of Student Life is sponsoring a student/staff lunch at noon on Thursday, Dec. 1 in the dining hall. This will be an opportunity for students and staff to get to know each other in a casual lunchtime environment. Student hosts will “adopt” a staff member and join other students for lunch and light conversation. Big Sibbs, ask your little Sibb to join you and come help foster the Olin community spirit! Contact Carol Kelley (carol.kelley@olin.edu) if you would like to participate or require more information.

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Spring 2006 Bills
As a reminder before Thanksgiving break, payment of the Spring 2006 bill is due by Thursday December 1, 2005. Late payments are subject to a $150 late fee. If you have any questions stop by the StAR Center to see Katherine, or email to katherine.okeefe@olin.edu.

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Olin Inspirations
“You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams.

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.” – Dennis Waitley





As announced during Big Conversations, Olin Inspirations is a new award created to recognize innovative contributions from the Olin community. We would like to encourage you to nominate members of the Olin community who you feel have inspired you. The deadline for nominations is being extended until after Thanksgiving, to give more time for writing nominations. Please submit nomination forms (which can be found online at http://students.olin.edu/2008/ekneen/Olin_Inspirations.pdf) to the Office of Innovation and Research (OC 220) by Friday, December 2 at 5 PM.

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Celebrate with OSL
Say Congrats and Best Wishes to Katherine O'Keefe
Please join OSL in celebrating Katherine O'Keefe on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at 4pm in the StAR Center. Why are we celebrating this special Olin community member? Engagement, Marriage and Moving On ... are three very good reasons! By December 6th, Katherine will be newly married and will be packing up the last of her Boston memories to move to Washington, D.C. to be with her husband. We will miss Katherine very much, so please stop by to say Congrats and Best Wishes. Light refreshments will be served.

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Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Job Seeker’s Pizza Party, Monday, November 28, 6-7 pm



Members of the Class of 2006, are you looking for a job for next year? Join your classmates in AC 318 at 6 pm on November 28 (the first day back from Thanksgiving break) to share war stories, give your best tips on job search, give up your favorite search engines, and ask questions about getting started or keeping going. The experienced and the novice are welcome. Post Graduate Planning will provide pizza and soda. Please RSVP leslie.larocca@olin.edu by 11/28.





Four Portland, OR Technology Companies to Visit on December 1



Directors of HR for four Oregon-based companies will visit Olin on Thursday, December 1: RadiSys (http://www.radisys.com/), Pixelworks (http://www.pixelworks.com/), ESI (http://www.esi.com/), and TriQuint Semiconductor (http://www.triquint.com/). As always, we would like them to meet Olin students. They are exploring hiring students for internships and full-time employment. If you are interested in having lunch with them in the Dining Hall from 12-1 p.m. on Thursday, December 1, please RSVP leslie.larocca@olin.edu by November 30.





Last Call for Resumes for Summer 2006 IBM Internships – DUE NOVEMBER 30



Students interested in applying for internships at IBM should a) apply via the IBM website http://www-306.ibm.com/employment/us/un_university.shtml and b) send their resumes to Leslie Larocca by November 30 with information about the type of internship they are pursuing (or specific internships they have applied to.)





IBM Research Interviews, December 2 – ECE, C, Materials Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry,



On Friday, December 2, Bill Strachan, Program Director, Technical Recruiting at IBM Research will be on-campus to interview students interested in working at IBM Research next summer. IBM is willing to hire up to two Olin students in Research, positions usually reserved for graduate students. Please submit your resume as directed above and indicate specifically that you want to interview for a Research position. For more information about IBM research, go to http://www.research.ibm.com/.

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Amnesty Coffeehouse @ Wellesley
Amnesty Coffeehouse

Friday November 18th at 6pm in Schneider



A night of music by Wellesley's own artists...Maia Macdonald, Yanvalou, Fiddleheads, Glow, Freestyle, Flute Trio and MORE... Peet's coffee, pastries from Rosie's bakery, hand knit scarves, and cool jewelry (so bring your cash).



All proceeds will go to the Nazoo Anna School for Afghan Refugee girls

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ECHO
In this weeks comic, how many bottles can you find?



http://echocomics.kmahelona.net



PSA: Don’t leave them dirty dishes in the sink. Wash dishes right after you’re done using them. Don’t say you’ll do it later...chances are you’ll be worrying about your PDE’s quiz...and then you’ll forget about cleaning.



...after all, no body vants vorms in their kitchen.

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