CORe Digest
April 14th 2006
It is with great excitement (and a few jitters) that I release to you this week's CORe Digest, the first under my tenure as Vice President of Communication. Thankfully, Mike has been walking me through it, and has actually done most of the work this week. Thus, I am not entirely to blame.
Luckily, the Digest submission process won't change. If you would like to submit an event, the form below will continue to make submitting easy for you, and compiling the Digest easier for me. It is, as always, located at:
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If you have any questions, concerns, comments, praises, or problems with the Digest layout or content, please feel free to send me an email (or stop me on campus) to let me know. This is your Digest!
Your Vice President of Communication
P.S. If you figure a phrase which is an anagram for "Ha! Server Anti-Digest" which includes the name of a member of the Class of 2008, let me know, and you'll win a prize. The phrase is *always* true.
This Week in CORe
Get the minutes at \\fsvs01\StudentGroups\CORe\Minutes\
General Assembly:
- E-Board says goodbye.
- SAC to sponsor Improv Show
- Constitution Amended (See minutes)
- Line Item: CORe Operating Expenses ($80, Gift Committee)
- Default Club Charter Policy Approved (See minutes)
- Professional Societies Proposal Adopted (See minutes)
- Dan Lindquist Cleared at Impeachment Meeting (Ice cream cake served)
Executive Board:
- New Club Approved: Olin Recreational Gardening
- Line Item: Outing Club ($433, paintball subsides, skis)
- Line Item: Kite Club ($75, kites)
- Line Item: Midnight Riders ($197, safety equipment, sticks)
- Line Item: Sci-Fi Club ($9, movie outing)
- Line Item: Yearbook ($300, creative library)
- Line Item: Chinese Club ($400, bubble tea study break, restaurant outing)
- Club Proposal differed to GA: Mixology Club
Congratulations to the New CORe E-Board!
The outgoing CORe E-Board would like to express their heartfelt congratulations to our brand new CORe Executive Board! The elections concluded yesterday afternoon, and the changeover of leadership is effective immediately. We have great expectations for the new CORe Leadership, and wish them the very best. Your new E-Board Officers are:
Robin Maslowski, President
Meena Vembusubramanian, VP of Student Initiatives
Angela Sharer, VP of Campus Life
Simone Sequeira, VP of Finance and Records
Chris Dellin, VP of Communication
Thanks for stepping up to the challenge of keeping CORe running smoothly for the next year, you have our support.
-The Former E-Board (Tommy, Dan, Lee, Steve, & Mike)
Dinners at the President's House are back!
Dinners at the President's House are back!
Rick & Beth Miller are looking forward to hosting you in their home. Please visit http://mrwiki.olin.edu/mrwiki/FrontPage to reserve your spot for dinner. Evenings for each class are linked under a main heading in the General Olin section.
Tuesday, April 18 - Seniors - needs 5 more diners by noon 4.14.06 not to be cancelled!
Tuesday, April 25 - First Years - SOLD OUT!
Monday, May 1 - Sophomores
Tuesday, May 2 - Juniors - Cancelled because Rick is traveling. Sorry.
Wednesday, May 10 - Seniors - SOLD OUT!
Thursday, May 11 - Juniors
Tuesday, May 16 - First Years - SOLD OUT!
There are wait lists for each night. People do cancel even at the last minute and I try to fill those spots.
We encourage you to do the best you can to make the available dates work for you. We are working with Sodexho to try to identify one or two additional nights for dinner, but the opportunities are limited.
Thanks to all the students who helped Mr. Wiki return from his "Away Experience!" Christine
Are you crazy about cheddar?
Cheese Tasting Event: Sunday April 16th, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm, EH Suite 226
Are you crazy about cheddar? Do you go gaga over gouda? Ever pimp-slapped a prince for stealing your parmesan?
Yes?
Well then you should come to Cheese Club's first cheese tasting event!
Sunday April 16th, 8:00pm - 9:30pm, EH Suite 226
There will be a variety of cheeses available for you to sample accompanied by all your favorite cheese enhancers, including wine*.
Hope to see you there!
-The Big Cheese
*In accordance with the alcohol policy and Massachusetts' state law, wine will be made available free of charge to all those 21 and over. There will, however, be a small fee for using my grandmother's antique crystal wine goblets: $3 for one use, $5 for two uses. For your own safety, the use of other glasses will not be permitted.
Help Produce an Honor Code Video!
Show Candidates what the Honor Code is all about.
Do you have a story to tell? Do you enjoy video production?
The Honor Board is looking for volunteers to help produce an Honor Code video, to be used for Admission purposes during prospective student visits as well as Candidates' Weekends. Contact Matt Aasted and Jeff DeCew if you would like to help plan, produce, or be interviewed in the video.
Olin Seminar Series - Dr. Stuart Schaffner - April 27, 2006
The Olin Seminar Series continues this month with Dr. Stuart Schaffner of Northeastern University, who will talk about "On the Assembly and Dynamics of Mitotic Spindles in the Chromosome-Directed Pathway" on April 27, 2006 from 12-1:00 in the Auditorium. The abstract can be found at: http://projects.olin.edu/seminar
Join the Second Annual Greening Olin Challenge!
How trashy are you? Want a prize to find out?
The Greening Olin Challenge - Carry around your trash from midnight, April 16th to 4:30 pm on April 22nd.
Find out how resourceful you are and how much trash you generate (trash does not include bathroom waste). The goal: generate the least amount of trash as possible. We have over $175 in prizes. Sign up in the dining hall or by e-mailing Christie Lee with a team of three people (or as an individual and I will create teams). Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to participate - 33 people did last year, so why not you? Win prizes, do something good for the earth, learn something about yourself, what more can you ask for?
Deadline to sign up is this Saturday at noon - rules and teams will be distributed on Saturday night.
Winners will be determined at 4:30PM at the Earth Day activities (April 22nd).
Olin Students Selected as Finalists in Disney Design Competition
Yrinee, Lara and Lauren have been selected as finalists for the international Disney Univerisity Imagi-Nations design competition and will be flown out to Glendale, CA in June to present to Disney Imagineering VPs. Congratulations! And Good luck!
Help the FWOP Musical
Easy things you can do to help us out
We're one week from opening night of The Thing About Men, Olin's first musical. I hope you are all excited to see it! The show will be Friday the 21st at 8:00pm and Saturday the 22nd at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
But we're still looking for a few things, and if you have them and would be willing to let us borrow them for a week, we'd be very grateful! We are seeking:
men size 11/11.5 black Converse basketball shoes
men size 11/11.5 Birkenstock-like or fisherman sandals
If you have these things, please contact Tiana about them.
Thanks so much!
*hugs*
T
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Olin TCG: Collect them All!
Order your complete sets today!
We are currently taking orders for Complete Sets of Olin TCG Cards
Senior Set- All the Class of 2006 cards ever made
Junior Set- All the Class of 2007 cards ever made
Sophomore Set- All the Class of 2008 cards ever made
Freshman Set- All the Class of 2009 cards ever made
Professors, Events, Time Sinks, and Locations- All the other cards not included above
Each Complete Set is $15, and comes in a commemorative binder. A special edition set is available which comes with every card we have made for only $60.
For more information on Olin TCG, the only Olin Card game, see www.ahse1500.org
To place an order, send an e-mail to OlinTCG@gmail.com. We’ll notify you when your cards are ready, and arrange for payment at that time.
Paul Farmer to Speak Sunday 4/23
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
April 13, 2006
GENERAL
Proteus Design Internships
Moster Diversity Leadership Program
There is currently an internship opportunity at Proteus Design (www.proteusdesign.com). They are looking for a summer intern with good design experience. CAD experience is a plus. Proteus is in the North End now, but is moving in a couple weeks to east Cambridge.
Forward your resume and portfolio to Paul Sabin ASAP. Proteus is in the process of interviewing, but an extension may be possible.
Monster Diversity Leadership Program
In July and August, companies including Lockheed Martin, Hewlett Packard, Booz Allen Hamilton, Accenture, Shell, Nortel and a number of other large organizations are looking to connect with engineering students at the 5th annual Monster Diversity Leadership Programs. (DLP). Click here to learn more about this opportunity. You are eligible for the weekend leadership event and related scholarships if you will be a rising sophomore, junior or senior in the autumn of 2006.
Also in the announcements:
INTERNSHIPS
Green Mountain Technologies Positions and Internships
Public Radio Exchange
EMPLOYMENT
Green Mountain Technologies Positions and Internships
Fidelity Wireless Application Developer
Thermal Products Outside Sales Engineer
Customs and Border Patrol Officers
Xavus Software Developer
Wellesley Certificate Programs for K-12 teaching
Connect with Wellesley's Kenneth Hawes on teacher eduction
Olin students who are interested in K-12 teaching: There is a Wellesley program that allows Wellesley students to receive certification for elementary or middle/high school teaching. Interested Olin students should contact Professor Hawes from the education department at Wellesley at khawes@wellesley.edu. Please see details of the program at http://www.wellesley.edu/Education/Teacher_ed/teacher_ed.html. Note that Professor Hawes is also generally interested in connecting with Olin students who are interested in K-12 education!
Learn Hindi/Urdu at Wellesley
New South Asian Studies Program offers Hindi/Urdu language courses
The brand-new South Asian Studies Program at Wellesley will be offering introductory Hindi/Urdu for the first time next year. Professor Shukla-Bhatt is hoping some Olin students will enroll. Hindi/Urdu is spoken in large parts of India and in Pakistan. Learning to speak a major South Asian language will be a great start for anyone thinking of learning more about the engineering and technology boom in India, and for those of you who just want to learn more about this part of the world. The class meets three times a week. But the professor will try to accommodate Olin students' schedules with special individual sessions if there are scheduling conflicts. See Wellesley's fall registration materials for course times/days. The course number for fall is SAS101. Interested students should contact Prof. Shukla-Bhatt at nshuklab@firstclass.wellesley.edu.