CORe Digest
May 5th 2006
My Fellow Students,
Well, it seems that I am finally falling into the Olin tradition of getting the Digest out in the wee hours of the morning. There aren't too many Digest entries this week, so I've taken the liberty of writing a slightly longer intro with a bunch of different stuff thrown in. Let me know what you think!
As I'm sure all of you are aware, yesterday marked the last class day of the semester. It's exam time! The full exam schedule is available at the StAR site here. Here's a quick summary:
Tuesday:
- 8-11: UOCD, Vector Calc
- 12-3: PoE, Sustainable, Robotics
- 4-7: Creative Writing
Wednesday:
- 8-11: ProbStats
- 12-3: EDS, Solids & Structures, Digital VLSI, Foundations of CompSci, Polymers, Politics of the World Economy
- 4-7: Olin Conductorless Orchestra
- Also Today: South Asia, E! Capstone, Thermo, MEMs, Chaos
Thursday:
- 8-11: E!, Circuits
- 12-3: SciFi, Controls, Bio (HDK), MatSci(Section 1)
- 4-7: Physics E&M, Microfluidics, Error Control Codes
- Also Today: Design for Manufacturing, Cellular BioE, Six Theorems, Chem
Friday:
- 8-11: Software Design
- 12-3: SigSys, Bio (Pratt), MatSci (Section 2)
- 4-7: Physics E&M, Microfluidics, Error Control Codes
- Also Today: BioTransport, Orgo
And, the week after that: Expo! Check out the current Expo Schedule for details about Expo Week.
Deadlines:
- Saturday (Tomorrow) 5PM: Log On and set up your Expo Title!
- Monday Noon: SIBB Application (See Alison Black's email)
- Wednesday Midnight: Frankly Speaking (last issue!) submission deadline
Announcements:
- Sign up for ExpOressO! Students, Staff, Faculty: If you are interested in performing, please email Erin to sign up.
- Got an extra couch? Today is SAC's Quadrennial Gala! If you have a couch you would like to lend to SAC for the evening tonight, check out the wiki. See SAC's "Couched in Comfort" email for details.
- Planning to stay at Olin over the summer? Fill out the Summer Housing Agreement Form from the StAR site under forms/Letters.
- Greening Olin Tip of the Week: Eating lots of pizza while studying for finals? Don’t forget that you can recycle the tops of your pizza boxes! Put your non-greasy corrugated cardboard tops on the floor of your local trash room (stacked neatly and by the wall, please).
CORe Items of Interest:
- Club Budgets Due Today! Submit your club's budget to CORe by Tonight at Midnight, or Angela just might have to give you a budget of $0.
- Line Item Deadline: If you're a club that would like to spend more money from their allocation, this year's deadline for submitting line items is May 16 at Midnight. However, If you are planning a purchase that must come from the New Initiatives Fund or might be considered controversial, you must submit the line item by this Sunday, May 7!
- With the graduation of the Class of 2006, it's time to repopulate the CORe Website Working Group. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in idea generation, webmastering, maintenance, XML/XSLT/XHTML/PHP/MYSQL, or crazy lists of acronyms, let me know!
Submitting to the CORe Digest:
Ever wanted to be able to submit an item to the Digest quickly? Simply open this folder:
\\fsvs01\StudentGroups\CORe\Communication\COReDigest\Forms\Shortcut
Then, drag the shortcut onto your Desktop, into your Start Menu or Toolbar, etc. Now, you're one click away from easy Digest submission.
That's about it for this week! Good luck with Finals to everyone, and keep the Digest feedback coming.
Christopher Dellin
Your Vice President of Communication
This Week in CORe
Get the minutes at \\fsvs01\StudentGroups\CORe\Minutes\
General Assembly:
- Visit from Rod RE: Commencement, COA Exchange Students
- Newly-Elected SERV Rep Jessie Sullivan
- VPC is the new ex-officio Chair of the Standing Constitution Committee
- Reallocated $225 to NIF from Olin Weekend Warriors, MacOS Club
- Mixology Club Discussion: Lending Equipment, Club Meetings, Alcohol Policy
- SAC asks for $1900 from NIF, gets $1000
- Amendment: Quorum Clarification - Tabled for one more week
- Amendment: SAC Rep Selection Time - Tabled for one more week
- Amendment: Relinquishing of Club Funds - Tabled for one more week
- Amendment: Impeachment - Returned to Constitution Committee regarding meeting timing
- Line Item: Class of 2009 Beach Trip, $400
Executive Board:
- Line Item: SciFi Club ($50, food)
- Line Item: Tennis Club ($49.45, tennis balls)
- Line Item: Cheese Club ($132, cheese & accompaniments)
- Line Item: Olin Disc Club ($62.50, 50% event ticket cost)
- Line Item: SUVC: ($350, vehicle costs)
- Line Item: Meat Club ($120, grill equipment)
- Line Item (Deferred to GA): Comic Book Club ($69.45, comics, from NIF)
- SAC Reallocation: $155.96 from SMAC
- SAC Reallocation: $245 from Olin Disc Club
- SAC Reallocation: $100 from Greening Olin
- SAC Reallocation: $185 from SUVC
- SAC Reallocation: $150 from Friendly Fire
- SAC Reallocation: $325 from Cooking Club
- SAC Reallocation: $57 from SciFi Club
- SAC Reallocation: $140 from Japanese Club
- Line Item Submission Deadlines decided; see intro
- Repopulating CORe Website Working Group; see intro
- Asking CCO regarding purchasing the Heat Press
- Discussion of Club Meeting Guidelines & Alcohol Policy
CORe Table:
- Mixology Club
- Club Money
- Amendments
OSS: A Study of the International Justice Mission
A Christian Human Rights Organization
Come learn about a human rights organization that grew its budget to $7.8 million in 7 years. IJM just won a $5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to create a model so others can follow their lead. The International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery, and oppression. How does Christianity factor in? What are their innovations? Are they effective? Should others adopt their model? Come hear about IJM.
Bubble Tea Study Break
Chinese Club is having a bubble tea study break May 8th from 9-11. Come hang out with the Chinese Club by the wooden waterfall and take a break from all that studying! Choose from several flavors (mango, lychee, green tea, taro, peach, and passion fruit) and have the option of tapioca!
Free Wellesley College Chamber Music Society Concert
This Saturday at 4pm the Wellesley College Chamber Music Society will be having a FREE concert in Pendleton Concert Salon (across the main lobby from Pendleton Atrium). I'm playing in a series of clarinet duets by Koechlin evoking the Brittany coast, and there will be plenty of other good stuff too. Harps and flutes, singers and violins, and even a harpsichord! If anyone needs a ride, email me. That's 4pm, this Saturday, May 6, 2006.
MPI Workshop still needs your help !
Read on! Short-term Summer Positions
The Twenty-Second Annual Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop 2006 (MPI) (see
http://projects.olin.edu/mpi2006 for more information) will be held at Olin this year on June 12-16. This workshop starts with industrial presenters posing a problem that needs to be solved, and the remainder of the workshop is spent by the participants trying to solve them! We have one-week summer positions for students who are interested in being a part of this event and in helping to facilitate the workshop. These duties include helping orient the participants to Olin, getting reference materials (if needed) from MIT, and in general helping to get resources for the participants in the workshop. Students can chose to participate as well, but this is not required.
Involvement in the workshop can be adjusted to your other commitments, so contact Burt Tilley if you are interested in working in the MPI !!
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
May 4, 2006
INTERNSHIPS
Post Graduate Planning Summer Position
Post Graduate Planning needs a student to work in the office for 15-20 hours per week over the summer. If you are interested, contact
Leslie Larocca.
Dorel Corporation – Deadline: May 10
Dorel, a large juvenile furniture products distributor, is looking for a graduate or undergraduate intern. This internship may be appropriate for seniors as well as undergraduates, as the company is interested in internships mainly as an effort to identify talented individuals that it might them be able to hire permanently. The intern will manage the design of consumer products with emphasis on plastic part design, develop schedules, estimate costs, and communicate with suppliers. Familiarity with SolidWorks is the primary requirement.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume and cover letter to Bill Martin, Director of Engineering for the Canton office of Dorel Juvenile Group, at
BMartin@dddllc.com by Wednesday, May 10. You can view the full company and position description
here.
Also in the Announcements this week:
Busek Summer Internships
UNITE HERE 2006 Paid Summer Internships
