CORe Digest
March 9th 2007
G'day y'all! First off, this will definitely be the lastest CORe Digest of my
tenure as VPC. In fact, I didn't even get started until 3:30 ... yay SCOPE!
I'm obviously also OSL's favorite student ...
This last full week before spring break is full of three fun and engaging things
(besides work, of course) ... Awesome Service Opportunities,
how CORe spends your money,
and The State of the College. Let's quickly dive into each one, plus
a little more while we're at it!
- Help SERV bake cookies and other tasty treats
for CityYear volunteers!
Stop by this afternoon at 3pm for the fun.
- Also this weekend, chill with SERV at their Sunday-night party
to talk about community service and eat other delicious delicacies!
- This past week, CORe passed new Club Funding Guidelines
[linky]
which change a few things, including viewing "controversial" items in a new light. Be
sure to check them out and send your feedback to
CORe@olin.edu.
- This upcoming Wednesday presents a couple of marvelous opportunities to take a step
back and ask how Olin's doing. First, at 11am in the auditurion, come hear President
Miller's State of the College Address. Later that night, meet back to discuss
the Honor Board's results of last year's Academic Integrity survey, along with an
amendment.
- Remember to take the Olin Dining
survey
to add your input!
Well, looking at last week's
graph
(not to mention my window), the sun has gotten the upper hand on me this morning.
But don't worry, I'll
get even
at some point ...
- Mini-Minutes! Check out the full
EBoard
and GA?
minutes.
- Steve Hannabury gave a talk about Olin's current financial situation at GA.
- State of the College Address by President Miller to be held next Wednesday during Open Meeting Time. Be there!
- Spending Guidelines Revision Committee went over additional changes made to the CORe Spending Guidelines document.
Document was adopted.
- Further Developments
- SAC: Expresso Black on Tuesday, 4/3 in Dining Hall. Auditions this weekend and next week.
- SAC: Semi-formal at Wellesley free to Olin students this weekend.
- To think about:
- Spending Guidelines changes.
- Line Items:
- ODP: $800 [EB] - Instructor Fees
- Game Club: $354 [GA,NIF] - Go Lessons
- Game Club: $150 [GA] - Go Lessons
- BOCA: $225 [GA,NIF] - New Club Budget, Retreat & Events
- SUVC: $200 [GA] - Speed Controllers
- SUVC: $20 [GA,NIF] - Shipping (speed Controllers)
- FireHazard: $50 [EB] - Fuel (post facto)
- FireHazard: $30 [EB] - Outdoor Fireplace (post facto)
- Farmers United: $72 [GA] - Seeds & Soil
- OSA: $46.25 [EB] - Solar Cooker and Accessories
CORe Calendar:
In Outlook
| Google Calendar
| Olin Portal
Friday March 9:
- 10am-11:50am: Intro to Mathematical Modeling: Final Presentations
- 3pm-5pm: Bake care packages for CityYear Volunteers
- 8pm-10pm: Dare to Diva 2007
Saturday March 10:
- Power Outage!
- 8pm-10pm: The Soul of the Night - Music of Evening, Night and the Dawn
- 8pm-10pm: Nordic Sketches: A Concert of Music of Scandinavia
- 10pm-2am: Wellesley Black and White Ball
Sunday March 11:
- 3pm-5pm: Nordic Sketches: A Concert of Music of Scandinavia
- 9pm-11pm: SERV Social: A Party with a Purpose
Tuesday March 13:
- 6pm-8pm: Living the Dream: Education Panel Discussion
Wednesday March 7:
- 11am-12pm: State of the College Address
- 6pm-7pm: Honor Board Academic Integrity Results & Amendment
- 7pm-9pm: GA Meeting
Thursday March 15:
And I'm done. Good morning, Olin Colllege!
Sincerely,
Chris "Danger" Dellin
Your Vice President of Communication
Two fabulously sweet SERV events
SERV Social and baking care packages
Bake care packages for CityYear Volunteers: Friday, March 9th, 3-5PM; EH Kitchen
Come join us to bake tasty cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and other delectable creations for CityYear volunteers. CityYear volunteers dedicate a year of their life to volunteering in the community [Olin students Alex Dorsk, Steve Westwood, and Sa'am Oliver participated as CityYear volunteers and CityYear's co-founder visited in 2005 for Big Conversations]. We'll be cheering up these wonderful people with home baked goods on Friday, March 9th during community service time. Supplies and recipes will be out on Thursday, so feel free to bake whenever your schedule permits for these wonderful people.
SERV Social: A Party with a Purpose: Sunday, March 11th, 9-11pm; WH 1st Floor Lounge
SERV is sponsoring another fabulous party to gather your opinions and thoughts. Come on Sunday, March 11th to the WH 1st Floor Lounge for scintillating conversations about community service at Olin and for tasty treats! I promise that there will be home baked goodness…
SERV Community Service Competition: March 26th - April 7th
We're pitting the classes against each other in a SERV Community Service Competition! Kick off is Monday, March 26th and it will conclude on Saturday, April 7th during the Phoenix Fest. Start thinking of ways you can do community service - plenty of opportunities will be provided, too! More details to follow…
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
This week is National Sleep Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C. This foundation is a great resource for all things sleep-related. Their web site has cool features like assessments and quizzes, blog opportunities, an "ask the expert" section and much more! A sample of the quizzes available include: Sleepiness Diary, Caffeine IQ Quiz, Sleep IQ Quiz, and Snore Score. Check out this page on their website for the assessments and quizzes:
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2418861/k.B1A8/Tools_and_Quizzes.htm
Over the next couple of weeks, you will be seeing some information around campus about sleep-related issues. I will also be giving the R2s some materials that you can access. If you have any questions, feel free to stop by OSL to see me or send me an email. Thanks!
Final Presentations - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
March 9, 10:00-11:50, AC 109
The Introduction to Mathematical Modeling class will be making their final presentations this Friday, March 9 from 10-11:50 in AC 109. Attached is the program with titles and abstracts. The talks are:
Matthew Roy, "Aircraft Boarding Queues"
Daniel Bufford, Model of Intertwining Spider Silk Molecules"
Kyle Rader, "What the Eye Sees"
Jonathan Raphael, "Optical Character Recognition"
Lee Edwards, "Fluid Dynamics around Moth Antennae"
Kent Munson, "Hedging Risk on Risky Loans"
We hope that you can stop by and sample what has been done this semester.
Let me know if there are any questions or comments,
Join the Olin March Madness Bracket at Yahoo! Sports
Dan Lindquist, Olin alum and current developer at Yahoo! Sports, would like to
invite everyone in the Olin community to join the Olin Friends and Family group for
this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament. This is a just for fun pool, so there's
no money on the line, but there might be some cool Yahoo! paraphernalia in it for the
winner =) . Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
To join, go to
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men/register/joinprivategroup
and enter:
Group ID: 104
Password: phoenix
Selection Sunday is this Sunday and the tournament starts next Thursday. Good luck!
Polished, Poised, and Professional: Putting the Ease in Etiquette
For the Class of 2007
You're in a professional social setting. How do you introduce yourself effectively? How do you juggle a drink and an appetizer plate and still have a hand free for shaking? What should you talk about (and what should you not talk about) at these things anyway?
Winston Jenkins of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting will address these and other questions so you know how to handle professional social events with ease.
When: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 5:45 p.m.
Where: Woodside Lounge at the Babson Executive Conference Center
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Business attire required.
Attendance is limited to the first 50 seniors who respond. Look out for an invitation, sent separately, with instructions to RSVP via EASE.
Team Members Sought for Needham Spelling Bee
Attention Olin students: team members are sought for the Needham Spelling Bee, which will take place on Wednesday, April 11 at 7 pm. The Spelling Bee is a popular community event which helps the Needham Education Foundation fund programs in the town's schools. Being part of the Spelling Bee is a great way to contribute to the local community. It's also a lot of fun. The "Bee" is attended by hundreds of supporters, hosted by local media personalities and broadcast on Needham Cable. Olin has the opportunity to field two teams of three students. If you're interested, and are a good speller, please contact Joe Hunter in the Communication office.
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Olin’s resource for internships, summer research, jobs, graduate school and more…
GENERAL
Putting the Ease in Etiquette
Tuesday, March 27th – Woodside Lounge, Babson Conference Center
Come learn how to network painlessly from Winston Jenkins of Mannersmith. This fun and knowledgeable event is being hosted by PGP and the Office for Alumni Parent Relations. For more information and to register please log-in to
EASE. This event is open to seniors first and then juniors 21+.
INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
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Technical Intern
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Marketing/Sales Intern
Xerox Research Center
Semantic Web Summer Internship
Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center
Human Factors Internship
Software Development Intern
Summer Research Internship
Don’t forget to register in EASE!
JOBS
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Inside Sales Associate
Perkins Products - Perkins School for the Blind
Electro-Mechanical Design Engineer
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