CORe Digest
October 6th 2006
So I'm trying something new this week ... that's right, the Digest is branching
out into uncharted territory! Now, Olin students can be lazier than ever ...
no need to actually read the Digest -- just listen to it! What follows
is an assortment of over 17 people reading announcements. Some are long, and
some are short; some well-written and executed, and some with a little bit
of humor thrown in. So, be sure to check out the Digest in audio form:
Listen to the CORe Digest! (~16mins)
Publication Guidelines PSA:
A bunch of students came to last week's GA meeting to talk with Uncle Rod
about proposed publication guidelines applied to student publications.
The GA has created a committee to draft guidelines that CORe will probably
adopt. If you want more information or want your input to be heard,
talk to Nick Hays -- he's the chair.
This week's events:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
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
Honor Board Members 2006-07
The complete Honor Board for 2006-07 is:
Chair: Kat Kim
Vice Chair: David Gebhart
Class of 2007: Kristen Dorsey, Tim Hanna, Laura Stupin
Class of 2008: Ginneh Cornelius, Jeff DeCew
Class of 2009: Kelcy Adamec, Boris Dieseldorff, Jeff Gluckstein, Ike Mao
Class of 2010: Joe Funke, Evan Morikawa, Ilari Shafer
Non-student Members: Nick Tatar (OSL Advisor), Mark Chang (Faculty), Emily Moscol (Staff)
The Honor Board meets regularly on Tuesdays from 6-7pm (excluding Oct 10) in the Crescent Room (CC217). All community members are welcome to attend. Join the honorboard-meetings list to get updates and agendas for meetings.
SERV mailing lists and Family Weekend
Find out about opportunities, like recording audio books for disabled adults and putting together team building kits
Two awesome mailing lists
SERV
The main mailing list of SERV, all of our community service opportunities, announcements, committee opportunities, surveys, and all other ways to get involved with SERV will go out on this list. This is a list of action, for you to find out how you can become more involved with community service. Minutes and agendas will not go out on this list, so do not fear for your clogged inboxes! Sign up here: http://lists.olin.edu/mailman/listinfo/SERV
CarpeSERV
This mailing list is used for last minute community service opportunities - a soup kitchen outing that needs two more people or spots opening up on a Habitat build date. Sign up if you want to hear about last minute community service opportunities! Sign up here: http://lists.olin.edu/mailman/listinfo/carpeserv
Family Weekend
All are invited to become part of the community service scene by helping out at the SERV event during Family Weekend. On Saturday, October 14th, 1-2pm in AC109, we will prep team-building activities, puzzles or games for elementary and high school students and record stories on CDs to help disabled adults learn how to read.
SAC Events -- Sports Day & Battlestar Gallactica Premiere
Coming up this week from SAC:
Battlestar Gallactica Premiere this Friday, 9PM in the Auditorium!
Co-sponsored by the Sci-Fi club and SAC.
Snacks will be provided.
SAC Sports Day next Saturday, the 14th, 2PM-3PM.
Be there, or be square!
Kickball game on Babson's Softball Field
Frisbee Workshop on the Great Lawn.
Students, Families, Faculty, and Staff are encouraged to play!
Coming Out Day: Silkscreening and Lunch Dialogue
National Coming Out Day is celebrated on October 11 every year in commemoration of the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which occurred on October 11, 1987. For a detailed history of the event, visit HRC’s Coming Out Day website.
Join Open on Monday, October 9th from 12PM-4PM on the Great Lawn to celebrate Coming Out Day by silkscreening your own T-shirt. There will also be free food and Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream!
T-shirts cost $5 and Open is providing over 15 unique designs that you can mix-and-match on your shirt. If you would like to pre-purchase a T-shirt, please email open@clubs.olin.edu with the desired shirt color and size (S, M, L, or XL) and deliver $5 to Jeff Glickman (EH429A). If you would like to see the shirts in person, stop by EH429.
On Wednesday, October 11th, join Open and Babson's Office of Campus Life at Reynold's Campus Center Room 245A/B from 12:30-2 for an interactive dialogue session designed to discuss issues of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination among all members of the Babson Community. RSVP to David.gebhart@students.olin.edu by Monday, October 9th to ensure you receive a free bagged lunch.
Harvest Moon Festival
Working on an Awesome Project?
We can help
The OSA Project Forum is a group of people committed to doing good and helping others do good. Every other week, we meet to discuss projects for good that people are working on. We provide a place to discuss projects aimed to do good.
Come here about:
Connecting non-profit organizations with engineers
Helping make Needham a Greener city
Connecting OSA with student groups from other campuses
and a whole lot more!
If you have a project that you are working on, come talk about it. If you don't, come and offer feedback.
Mission Trip to New Orleans
Join the Christian Club as we do rebuilding work in New Orleans during winter break!
When: January 8 – 12
The plan: arrive on Jan. 7, start working on Jan. 8.
finish work on Jan. 12, leave on Jan. 13
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
Working: houses in New Orleans
Organized by: First Baptist Church in New Orleans
Sleeping: World Trade Center of New Orleans
Playing: In the heart of the city – lots of fun at night!
Cost: Including transportation ~ $500/person. We will be fundraising!
Interested? Please contact Jo Itescu
We need to get a count of who is interested and start fundraising!
National Mental Health Screening Day
National Mental Health Screening Day occurred on Thursday, October 5th; however, since that was Career Initiatives Day, we will be recognizing National Mental Health Screening Day on Tuesday, October 10th. Check out our table in the dining hall from 9:30am until 1:00pm. We’ll have lots of information about depression, sadness, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bi-polar disorder. A licensed counselor from Colony Care Behavioral Health will be on hand to answer questions from 9:30am until 11:00am. The Office of Student Life staff will also be there to provide assistance. In addition, depression assessments will be available to complete, and the counselor can review the results with you. If you have any questions about these topics, either for you or a friend, stop by and pick up some materials, watch a video, take a self-assessment, or just talk to us! Thanks.
Away Talks: Australia & Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Ah yea, a talk down unda!
Come listen to Lara Clark and Keoni Mahelona talk about Australia, Aotearoa, and the totally awesome trip they took!
Wednesday, October 11 from 12-1pm in AC113
12:00 PM: Lara Clark - Australia
12:20 ish: Lara & Keoni - Adelaide to Alice Springs to Darwin (woot 1800 Miles)
12:40 ish: Keoni - New Zealand, a cultural experience
Snakes, Alligators, and Category 5 Hurricanes, oh my!
The Final Plug: Lara and Keoni learned a lot by traveling and meeting other people. They met middle age women who left their jobs to travel. It just sounds absurd…but in other countries, it's perfectly okay. Come learn some valuable lessons about life. There's more to it than the American Dream!
FREE Tennis Clinic
Develop your tennis skills with Babson's tennis coach!
Come to the free tennis clinic next Saturday, October 14th from 10:30am to 11:30am at the Babson tennis courts behind the Webster Center. Jim Berrigan, Babson's men's and women's tennis coach, will be running this fall clinic, with the possibility of several follow-up clinics in the spring. Invite your family to come out and observe the clinic, or even to participate in the clinic. Please email lilly.cho@students.olin.edu if you are interested in attending (so as to obtain a rough head count). An RSVP is not necessary, but appreciated.
Chess-mates Monday Matches
Babson's Chess Club
Chess-mates, Babson's Chess Club, is holding Monday Matches on Columbus day, for both Intermediate and Beginner levels. If you'd like to participate, sign up with Carla.
Come Play in Clay and Glaze at the Ceramics Studio next to the Olin College Campus
An invitation to Olin College Engineering Students, Staff, and Faculty
Tuesday evening handbuilding class has openings for new students! The class has flexible starting and ending times between 5:30p and 9p. Also new this year are open studio hours with technical support:
- Mondays 10a - 12p, 1p - 4p
- Tuesdays 1p - 5p, 7p - 9p
- Wednesdays 10a - 12p, 1p - 5p, 6p - 9p
- Thursdays 1p - 5:30p
- Fridays 1p - 4p
- Saturdays 2p - 5p
- Sundays 6p - 9p
Sorenson Visual Arts Center; Babson College.
For more information, check our the attached flyer and contact Stephanie by email or phone.
Monotype Printmaking Workshop
Babson's art club is planning a monotype workshop today at noon, for both beginners and more experienced artists. The workshop will be held at Babson / Trim 215. Please RSVP with Danielle if you'd like to attend.
A Monotype is made by painting with ink onto a thin sheet of lexan and running the plate and paper through a press to produce your final image. A single image is produced from the plate, but the residual ink left on the plate can be reworked or simply reprinted as a "ghost" image.
Materials will be provided and all experience levels are welcome. - So if you've done a little printmaking Great, if you've done none - No Problem, hope to see you there. A still life will be set up to work from, but you may also bring photographs or drawings to use as source material. The monotype process is a great way to get to know about printmaking. We have a great Printing Press and some gorgeous inks just waiting for you to try them out!
Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Shaping Competitive Advantage
Come to the 5th Annual Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping Competitive Advantage on October 13, 2006 at the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, the nation's #1 school for entrepreneurship, to learn about and discuss questions like these as part of an exciting, interactive day long experience.
Come to the forum on October 13 and meet 5 of Inc Magazine's top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30 years old:
- Tom Szaky, 24; TerraCycle, revenue $461k, 23 employees
- Jared Isaacman, 23, United Bank Card, revenue $58m, 13 employees
- Robin Liss, 21; CamcorderInfo.com/DigitalCameraInfo.com, 9 employees
- Scott Neuberger, 25, and Josh Kowitt, 24; Collegeboxes, revenue $1.6m, 8 employees
- Richard Enos, 30; StudySmart, revenue $2.9, 25+550pt employees
Reserve your space at: www.babsonfei.com.
Sign up by Tuesday, October 10 to receive a $10 discount ($25 for Babson/Olin students).
Do you like kids? Interested in part-time work on campus?
The Needham Park & Rec Division is looking to hire three additional students for paid part-time work ($8-$10/hr) at the Kids Night Out Program. This program, for children ages 3-10, is held on one Friday evening per month (October to March) in the Campus Center between 5:00pm - 9:00pm. The program consists of an art activity, pizza dinner provided by George and his staff, followed by two movies (age appropriate) shown in the Crescent Room. This is the second year that Olin is hosting this popular program. If you are interested, please email Karen Peirce at the Town of Needham KPeirce@town.needham.ma.us. for hiring consideration. The first date for this program is October 20th, so please respond ASAP if interested.
Ice Skating Instructors Needed
Needham Park and Recreation Ice Skating Program
Looking for 1 possibly 2 ice skating instructors that can teach at the intermediate/advanced level for figure skating. Below is a list of skills that would be taught:
- Front to back on 2 feet
- Forward inside edge on right ~ Hockey stop ~ Snow plow ~ T stop
- Forward 1 foot glide, straight line left ~ Forward 1 foot glide, straight line right
- Forward 1 foot sculling, circle left ~ Forward 1 foot sculling, circle right
- One foot edges ~ 2 foot spin, either direction ~ Bunny hop, glide, kick, stab, step
- Forward spiral, straight line, either foot ~ Backwards glide ~ Waltz jump ~ Two footed pin ~ Lunge
- Forward stroking ~ Backwards one foot glide, left and right
The lessons are held at St. Sebastians Ice Skating rink in Needham.
The Fall Session is held Tuesdays and Thursdays October 17 to November 9th from 3:15PM-5:00PM.
The Winter Session held February 27- March 22, 2007.
Depending on experience the hourly rate begins at $18.00 per hour.
If you are interested please call or email Karen Peirce at Needham Park and Recreation (781)455-7521 or kpeirce@town.needham.ma.us
Reminder: 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!