CORe Digest
September 29th 2006
As CORe's VPC, I'd like to introduce Olin's very own, newly-created (in my mind only),
Community Service Lizard. His name is Livingston, and he'd like you to know that he
understands.
Livingston understands that you're busy here at Olin. He knows all about the classes,
the homework, the clubs, the outings, and the precious little time you spend off campus.
Livingston empathizes with you, and while he sees that you don't want another commitment,
he also recognizes that you do want to do just a little more to help people, if you
only had the chance once in a while.
But lizards are smart, and Livingston has a solution: SERV events! Later tonight,
spend a few hours putting together meals for the less fortunate. See below
for more details. Come once, every week or anything in between to SERV events --
no strings attached!
And, while SERV is kicking it up a notch, CORe is also in the midst of tackling some
big student issues this week. First and foremost is the draft of student publication
guidelines. A draft was sent to your inbox -- check it out, and give us your input!
At the same time, a small controversy emerged last week over a prospective club name
change. To learn more and voice your opinion about either of these issues, tackle
your nearest CORe rep!
A couple of other quick reminders:
This week's events:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
As always, if you have any questions or want some more information about any of the
above events, check the Calendar or drop me a line. That goes for general feedback too!
Christopher Dellin
Your Vice President of Communication
SERV - community service time, new volunteering opportunities, and old projects seeking leadership
Get involved with new and old opportunities
Don't forget that community service time is every Friday from 3-5pm. Please don't schedule any college sponsored activities over this time. There are plenty of opportunities to fill this time - check out the community service projects below. As always, feel free to e-mail SERV@olin.edu with anything. Faculty, staff, and students, are all invited to participate in SERV opportunities.
Community Servings, TODAY 5-8pm
Community Servings is an organization that provides free home-delivered meals to people homebound with HIV/AIDS and other acute life-threatening illnesses and cannot shop or cook for themselves. Their goal is to help their clients maintain their health and dignity, provide nutritionally and culturally appropriate meals, preserve the integrity of their family, and send the message that someone cares. You would be helping to make these meals - preparing and packaging the 1300 meals a day that Community Servings serves. Volunteer there TODAY from 5-8. E-mail SERV if you can make it and go to http://www.servings.org/index.htm for more information.
Horizons for Homeless Children, Playspace Activity Leaders
Horizons for Homeless Children is looking for Playspace Activity Leaders. This involves working with children ages 1-5 for 2hrs per week. This is a great chance to make a positive impact while playing with kids. Responsibilities include preparing and leading age appropriate activities, games, and/or projects with children in family shelter programs and battered women shelter programs and promoting positive interactions. If interested, please email SERV.
Needham Olin Technology Exchange (NOTE)
Do you like computers and hardware? Do you like people? You can help people with NOTE, refurbishing used computers and donating them to families of K-12 students. NOTE works closely with Needham Public Schools to identify receiving families as well as solicit donations to the organization. By providing computers to those who would otherwise be unable to afford them, NOTE hopes to help narrow the digital divide. If you're interested in participating in this project or leading NOTE, let SERV know! Website: http://serv.olin.edu/note/
Bikes Not Bombs
Bikes Not Bombs (bikesnotbombs.org) is a nonprofit in Roxbury working for alternative transportation and community development. Volunteer crews collect and repair donated bicycles to be sent to places like Ghana, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where Bikes Not Bombs sets up bike mechanic training courses for the local youth to have another opportunity at income.
They run a similar program here at their Roxbury location where inner-city youth have the chance to repair, rebuild, and ultimately earn a bicycle of their own; some teens go on to work in the Bikes Not Bombs bike shop. Volunteers are needed for bicycle repair parties every Wednesday night, or any time; no experience is needed. For those interested in teaching, Bikes Not Bombs runs a free bike mechanics training course every year for those interested in teaching those mechanical skills to teenagers the following fall.
This project is looking for volunteers as well as a leader; if interested, please contact SERV.
Community Service, Geek Style
Want to do community service? Want to use your engineering skills? Read on…
If you are interested, see http://tecs.olin.edu and please contact Mark Chang (mark.chang@olin.edu) directly. We already have community work to be done and are looking for folks to help out. I anticipate the time commitment for meetings to be low, and commitments to actually doing something to be flexible.
Join in!
Fall 06 Committee Rep. Appointments
CORe is thrilled to announce student rep. appointments on Olin committees for the coming year.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing reps., as well as everyone that put time into nominations, feedback and volunteering. Your input is greatly valued, and instrumental to keeping Olin growing.
And without further ado, the grand list:
Academic Recommendation Board: Mel Chua, Alison Lee
Admission Advisory Board: Brian Shih; Anne Itsuno; Ben Salinas; Melissa Yu
Advising Advisory Board: Joseph Funke; Angela Mao
AHS Committee: Ben Small
Alumni Relations Advisory Group: Christie Lee, Andrew Bouchard, Tim Smith, Alison Lee
Babson Olin Working Group: Ben Salinas
Campus Public Display Evaluation Committee (formerly the Olin Art Committee): Pamela Darvirris
Committee on Diversity and the Academic Environment: Casey Canfield; Kate Miroshnikova
Committee on Study Away (No longer "Standing"): Andrea Striz, Keoni Mahelona
Crisis Management Committee: Tatiana Green
Curriculum Advisory Student Team: Amanda Pratt, Ellen Chisa
Development Student Working Group: Luis Diego Cabezas; Adam J. College; Joan Liu; Carmella A. McCormack; Andrew T. Bouchard
Dining Services Advisory Group: Abbey Swank
E Program Group Student Board: Leif Jentoft; Jeff DeCew, Amy Lee, Karen Levi, Jared Frey
ECE Program Group Student Board: Kat Kim, Mel Chua, Anne Itsuno; Scott McClure; Eric Gallimore
Environmental Health and Safety Committee: Casey Canfield
Exposition Planning Committee: Zachary Newell
Family Weekend Planning Committee: Michael Roenbeck
Information Technology Working Group: Zack Coburn; Jeff Stanton; Doug Ellwanger; Eric Gallimore; Joe College; Matt Crawford
Library Advisory Board: Nancy Doremus
ME Program Group Advisory Board: David Boy; Sara Marshall; Elizabeth Kneen
Mechanical Fabrication Steering Committee: Gabriel Greeley
OIR Grant Committee: Anita Kalra
Olin Self Study, Independent Study and Undergraduate Research Board: David Boy
Parking Ticket Appeals Board: Caitlin Greeley; Michael Riccobono
Passionate Pursuits Board: Amy Lee; Kelcy Adamec
Recreational Health at Olin: Alex Jenko; Conor Frackleton; Juliana Bernal-Ostos; Carmella McCormack; Alex Jones
SAC: Alison M. Badala; David Gebhart; Eamon Doyle; Erik Kennedy; Francys Scott; George L. Jemmott; Heena Mutha; Jonathan M. Pollack; Julia Buck; Kristina Cary; Lindsay H. Gordon; Lyndsey Stadtmueller; Martina Balestra; Rebecca Belisle; Yekaterina Miroshnikova
Strategic Advisory Committee: Alex Epstein
Strategic Planning Committee: Tiana Veldwisch
Summer Book Program Committee: Angela Mao; Jared Barrow; Victoria Hsiao; Nancy Doremus; Nick Wittenstein
Here's to a fun and productive year!
ASME Design Challenge- Anything But Wheels
Chris Murphy's Car for Sale
Legendary Alum Looking for Possible Olin Buyer
94 Nissan Sentra:
110,277 Miles; Regularly Gets 30+ MPG; 5 Speed Manual
Trailer Hitch + Towing Package; FM Transmitter for MP3 Player
Two Owners; All Records Kept. Few options, but a reliable car.
$1400 OBO. Contact Chris by email or phone (802)309-8113 and ask about the Olin Discount!
Vive la Resistance and Dr. M T-Shirts Available
If you'd like a "Vive la Resistance" or a Dr. M T-shirt, we'll be taking pre-orders through the end of the weekend. Sign up on MrWiki at http://mrwiki.olin.edu/mrwiki/ViveLaResistance or http://mrwiki.olin.edu/mrwiki/MoodyShirts, respectively.
Shirts are $12 for regular or babydoll on soft American Apparel shirts with a $1 extra for 2XL and 3XL. They should be here in about two weeks.
ASME General Meeting and Bertucci's
Brought to you by the letters 'A', 'S', 'M', and 'E'
When: Wednesday, Oct 4th from Noon-1pm
Where: AC 109
Why: Come find out about the awesome opportunities from ASME's Olin chapter.
Say Wha?: Bertucci's pizza and soda/pop provided!
FILM Presents: Monty Python's Life of Brian
Continuing with our controversial theme...
"Blessed are the cheesemakers," a wise man once said. Or maybe not. But the point is Monty Python's Life of Brian is a religious satire that does not target specific religions or religious leaders (like, say, Jesus of Nazareth). Instead, it pokes fun at the mindless and fanatical among their followers--it's an attack on religious zealotry and hypocrisy--things that that fellow from Nazareth didn't particularly care for either. Nevertheless, at the time of its release in 1979, those who hadn't seen it considered it to be quite "controversial."
Life of Brian, you see, is about a chap named Brian (Graham Chapman) born December 25 in a hovel not far from a soon-to-be-famous Bethlehem manger. Brian is mistaken for the messiah and, therefore, manipulated, abused, and exploited by various religious and political factions. And it's really, really funny. … Life of Brian is not only one of Monty Python's funniest achievements, it's also the group's sharpest and smartest sustained satire. Blessed are the Pythons. --Jim Emerson
Help Elect Democrats in November
And have fun, too!
Bring your laptop & cell phone and come phone bank for MoveOn this Sunday from 3-5 in the 3rd floor lounge of the AC (the space where the OCO plays) with the Olin Progressive Alliance! Come for any or all of the time, or even just come by to say hi.
What you'll be doing: MoveOn is running a targeted get-out-the-vote campaign. What we're doing now is identifying voters that are likely to vote for progressive candidates. If we think they're a good match, MoveOn volunteers will call them again before the elections to encourage them to vote. This is a super-easy and concrete way to boost liberal turnout in highly contested districts.
Questions? Let me know!
Open Meeting - Shirt Designs for Coming Out Day
Be Immortalized. In Fabric.
Home Soccer Game: Olin vs Blue Steel
Jukido Jujitsu Self-Defense Classes for Beginners
Classes Start This Week in the Babson Gym
If you've ever thought about learning a martial art -- even if you've never done one -- now is a great time to watch or try out the Babson Jukido Jujitsu class. Information on the class itself and times and dates for the upcoming First Classes for New Students are below and in the attatched document.
What is Jukido Jujitsu? Traditional Jujitsu focused on practical and realistic self-defense, safety in practice, and self-confidence.
Best nights to start? We will be catering the classes for brand-new students on October 2 (Monday) and 4 (Wednesday). You can come any night or both of them for your first classes. Ongoing classes are every Monday and Wednesday night year round.
Where? Chandor Dance Aerobics Studio in the Webster Center (the Babson gym)
When? 6:30 to 8pm every Monday and Wednesday night.
Do I need previous martial arts experience? Welcome, but definitely not necessary! Most of our students start as 100% beginners.
For more Q&A, see the attached addendum.
Away Talks: Thailand
Olin students show & tell about their experiences abroad.
Thursday, October 5th
Campus Center Crescent Room (Note: Change of Location)
Campus Center Crescent Room (Note: Change of Location)
12:00 PM: Robin Maslowski, Thailand: "Same Same but Different"
12:30 PM: Laura Stupin, Thailand: "Thai Fighters, Lady Boys, and Coup d'etat"
If you have an away or abroad experience that you would like to talk about, sign up at http://mrwiki.olin.edu/mrwiki/XCulture
Please send questions & comments to alexander.dorsk@students.olin.edu
12:30 PM: Laura Stupin, Thailand: "Thai Fighters, Lady Boys, and Coup d'etat"
If you have an away or abroad experience that you would like to talk about, sign up at http://mrwiki.olin.edu/mrwiki/XCulture
Please send questions & comments to alexander.dorsk@students.olin.edu
Leadership Lecture Series: The In-Extremis Leader
Tuesday, October 3, 2005
4:30 pm in Olin Auditorium
Col. Thomas A. Kolditz, Chairman, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
to present The In-Extremis Leader
So, you wanna blog?
Launching a tech blog at Olin… come and be part
Hey Olin students. Do you like electronic gadgets? Do you appreciate good design? Do you like writing (or wish you got more practice)? Do you want to participate in the revolution that is digital-micro-personal-electronic-publishing-2.0? Well then, have we got an opportunity for you!
Mark Chang and a few students are starting up a design blog where Olin students can write about the good and bad of consumer electronic devices in a format centered upon good design principles (function, interaction, and character). We'll get various devices to play with from around campus or donations/loans and write them up around a common criteria. Individual student commitment will be as little or as much as they are interested in.
We're still determining the exact format and direction that things will be taking, but if you're at all interested in participating, please contact Mark Chang right away!
MySafeCampus Incident Reporting System
Consistent with Olin's Core Institutional Value of Institutional Integrity and Community, we are proud to announce a new service. This new system is an enhancement, not a replacement, of our current resources and policies/procedures. Please feel free to utilize this system if you do not feel comfortable using our current procedures.
We are implementing a new anonymous incident reporting system entitled MySafeCampus. This system will enable each of you to submit a report via the Web (www.mysafecampus.com) or by calling the toll-free number (1-800-461-9330) that is forwarded to a call center, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The workplace issues you may report via MySafeCampus include, but are not limited to:
acceptable use violations, campus safety/security concerns, code of ethics violation, compliance/regulation violations, discrimination, embezzlement, employee relations, financial concerns, fraud, harassment, hazardous campus housing concerns, information security, misuse of authority, safety concerns, sexual harassment, violation of the 1974 Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA), waste, and others.
acceptable use violations, campus safety/security concerns, code of ethics violation, compliance/regulation violations, discrimination, embezzlement, employee relations, financial concerns, fraud, harassment, hazardous campus housing concerns, information security, misuse of authority, safety concerns, sexual harassment, violation of the 1974 Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA), waste, and others.
For more information, see the attached addendum.
Olin College Policies on Weapons and Fireworks
This is an official addendum to the Student Handbook 2006-07. It takes effect immediately and will be included in Appendix O of future Student Handbooks.
Olin College strictly prohibits possession on campus of firearms (including blank pistols or replicas), explosives, swords or knives (other than those used for cooking or small pocket knives), and other articles or substances usable as weapons.
[Also see Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 269, sections 10 and 14]
Possession of fireworks is also prohibited by the College.
[Also see Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 148, section 39]
Extended Advising Family Lunch
First Monday
Law School. Career in Law, and Legal Issues - Discussion
Save the Date for the Needham Harvest Fair
Saturday, October 7, 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Featuring the SOUPERBOWL!!
Taste homemade soups from various restaurants around town, especially our own George Butler - always a favorite! The community judges each soup and awards a favorite at the end of the day.
Enjoy lots of vendors, games for children, etc. from the Needham area.
Save the Date: Family Weekend -- October 13-15
A fun family fall fest for all!
Highlights include: FWOP and other student performances, family harvest themed dinner, College 101 for Parents (academic presentations), Artwork in Autumn Silent Auction and Cocktail Reception, Family Feud Game Night, Olin Bubble viewing, SAC sponsored games, and more. A detailed schedule can be found at: http://projects.olin.edu/FamilyWeekend/. Students are not required to RSVP since your families will be. An email invite has been sent to all families. Looking forward to seeing you there!
CSTB - Forms due October 2, 2006 !
Thinking of studying away and having the course appear on your Olin transcript? Curious if that Wellesley course you are taking will fulfill a curriculum requirement? Then the way to find out is to fill out either a Transfer Credit Pre-Approval form (non-BBW) or a Course Substitution Form (BBW, approved transfer courses). Both forms can be found at the STaR Office Web Site (http://star.olin.edu), under the Forms tab. The deadline has been extended for these forms to October 2, 2006 (same day as the study away applications are due).
Too soon, you fret? Not to fear, the next deadline for these forms is the final day of classes (December 12, 2006).
Any further questions? Talk to your friendly neighborhood CSTB (Burt Tilley, Linda Canavan, and David Soo), a wholly owned subcommittee of the ARB.
Summer Book Suggestions Due by October 31
Babysitter Needed
Hiring for Parent and Alumni Relations Student Assistant
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist with communication efforts such as mailings, database management, marketing design, event logistics, drafting newsletters, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS: Strong writing and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, familiarity with the Office suite of programs and such programs as Access. Knowledge of web design programs a plus.
Interested candidates please contact Krissy.
Vita Needle Company Seeking Student Employment
Artwork In Autumn Event
A reminder that the Development Office is partnering with the Offices of Parents and Alumni Relations and External Relations and the Parent Advisory Board (PAB) to offer a new event as part of Family Weekend. On October 14th, there will be a silent auction of artwork as part of a reception. The reception will be held in the Academic Center and we would love for the artwork to reflect the talents of our students, faculty and staff. The first two hours of the reception will be for Family Weekend participants only (4-6pm) and the hours of 6pm-8pm will include invitees from the communities of Needham, Dedham and Wellesley. We are writing to ask for your assistance.
There are a number of ways you can help:
- Donate a piece of artwork that you have created (we regret that at the present time we cannot accept video submissions but digital photography, works in oil, watercolors, crayon, charcoal, pencil and sculptured materials are all acceptable);
- Distribute invitations to your friends in the Needham, Dedham, Wellesley area;
- Volunteer to help with the event itself (registration, set up of the artwork, mingling, etc.);
- Write about the event for use in Olin and other publications;
- Solicit potential sponsors who can advertise in the program;
- Attend the event! (invitation to come)
If you are interested in donating artwork or otherwise participating in the event please email development@olin.edu.
Artwork donations are due by October 1, 2006 to the Development Office, Olin Center Suite 300. The artwork should be accompanied by a brief description of the work that will be used in the event catalog.
We look forward to your joining us in making this inaugural Artwork in Autumn event a success!
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
http://careers.olin.edu/
GENERAL
Graduate School in Engineering, Math, and Science Information Session
Tuesday, October 10 at 7PM
AC 328
Hosted by Professors Mike Moody, Brad Minch, and Jessica Townsend (and possibly other faculty), this information session is targeted at seniors. Learn all you need to know about making choices about where to apply, when, personal statements, letters of recommendation, and more. A must attend for anyone thinking about applying to graduate school in the next couple of years.
INTERNSHIPS
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France - Deadline: December 15
The Pasteur Foundation is pleased to announce application deadlines for two opportunities for U.S. citizens to work at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and to conduct basic research. Electronic information about our postdoctoral fellowships (application deadline Feb. 2, 2007) and undergraduate summer internships (deadline Dec. 15, 2006) may be found online at our website:
www.pasteurfoundation.org.
Three-year fellowship packages total $180,000; we are offering 7 positions in the current call.
Undergraduate internship living expense packages are $4000; four positions are being offered.
www.pasteurfoundation.org.
Three-year fellowship packages total $180,000; we are offering 7 positions in the current call.
Undergraduate internship living expense packages are $4000; four positions are being offered.
GE – Internship
Deadlines: Submit Resume by October 1; On-Campus Interviews, October 11, 2006
GE will be at Olin on Wednesday, October 11, to interview prospective full-time and internship applicants for two Software positions (one full-time and one internship). Resumes must be submitted to leslie.larocca@olin.edu no later than October 1. Selected applicants will be notified by October 6, and interviews will be scheduled for Wednesday, October 11, during the day. Please see detailed description GE Internship position.
JOBS
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
New York, NY – Deadline: October 11
Goldman, Sachs & Co. is very interested in posting jobs at Olin and building a strong and lasting relationship. Recently it submitted job descriptions for two positions: Application Developer and Infrastructure Engineer and Systems Professional.
Resume drop deadline for these positions is Wednesday, October 11, 2006. In order to be considered for these positions, you must apply online at www.gs.com/careers and indicate the division(s) you are interested in.
GE – Full-Time Position
Deadlines: Submit Resume by October 1; On-Campus Interviews, October 11, 2006
GE will be at Olin on Wednesday, October 11, to interview prospective full-time and internship applicants for two Software positions (one full-time and one internship). Resumes must be submitted to leslie.larocca@olin.edu no later than October 1. Selected applicants will be notified by October 6, and interviews will be scheduled for Wednesday, October 11, during the day. Please see detailed description at GE Full-time position.