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April 27th 2007

CRe Digest



 Spring is in the air!

The snow is gone, flowers are budding, facilities has re-seeded the Great Lawn --- but it's raining for what feels like the eightieth day in a row. But hey, April showers bring May flowers1, so it's all good, right? You can finally open your packages outside and bask in the sun instead of retreating to your room, and you don't need to worry about your car getting stuck in Lot A on a bunch of ice.

Take advantage of the nice weather, and go to the SERV-a-thon this Monday, or one of the AHS Capstone Presentations, go to the Stu/Fac Basketball game, and get amped for the Carnival next Friday! There's so much to do and so little time before commencement, so get Outlook open and figure out how to pack as many things into your last few weeks as possible! Seriously, there are so many good service opportunities in the next week, I don't even know what to do.

some from: http://www.backyardnature.net/101/spring.htm

And if picking flowers and lying in the sun isn't your thing, consider a dinosaur chiapet. I was disappointed to find that they don't make pokemon chiapets, but I will live.









CORe Calendar: In Outlook



Friday April 27:

Saturday April 28:

Sunday April 29:

Monday April 30:

Wednesday May 02:

Thursday May 03:

So, intrepid reader, read on, and grow older and happier!

Verdantly2,

Greg "(1/2)kx2" Marra

Vice President of Communication

1Note: all addages are always true. It's not worth crying over a broken clock twice a day.

2Number three, or number two with a thesaurus.

22This one is just an exponent, I swear.

Carnival Games and a SERV-a-thon
Make Awesome Carnival Games: Friday the 20th, 3-5PM, AC113
Come make carnival games (beanbag tosses and the like... you know what we're talking about) with SERV today (Friday) from 3-5, after Habitat elections in AC113!  We have a little more machining to do to finish them up, and then we'll be painting.  The games will be used by Stray Pets in Need for their fundraising events and will bring lots of children joy and happiness :)
 
SERV-a-thon
City Year is hosting a hundred-hour long service marathon and are recruiting college students to do the night shifts. Come hang out overnight (11 PM-7 AM) Monday May 7th at the Oak Square YMCA in Brighton, making it a more beautiful place. Get a free t-shirt, meet other college students in the area, and make a difference.
 
Interested? E-mail SERV@olin.edu 
 
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Contact: Christie
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Habitat Leadership team elections today
You're not against Humanity, are you?
Friday at 3pm - AC113
 
This Friday will be the last campus chapter general meeting of the year, where we will be holding elections to select next year's leadership team. The available positions (and current occupants) are:
    President    -    Ben Hill
    Vice President    -    Leslie Velez
    Building Date Coordinator    -    Kristen Dorsey
    Collegiate Challenge Coordinator    -    Zac Borden
    Fundraising Coordinator    -    Tim Smith
    Public Relations Coordinator    -    Ike Mao
 
Any Habitat member who will be here next year is eligible to run; interested candidates are encouraged to speak with current leadership team members about their experiences. Nominations will be taken through e-mail as well as at the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting due to a prior community service commitment, please e-mail to make arrangements about running for office/voting. 
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Contact: Olin Habitat
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Olin community members walk for breast cancer!
Because Everyone Deserves a Lifetime
Two Olin Community members -- staff member Dee Magnoni and student Jessie Sullivan -- are participating in a very special event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day.  They'll walk 60 miles over the course of three days with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.



Each has agreed to raise at least $2,200 in donations, and any support would be greatly appreciated. Please take a look at the linked donation pages!
 


According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, approximately 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. 



Thank you in advance for your generosity!
 
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Contact: Jessie Sullivan
Student-Faculty basketball game this Saturday!
What: 3rd annual Habitat Student vs. Faculty/Staff basketball game
When: 1PM start time
Where: Webster Center, Babson
 
Come support your favorite team in Olin's longest-standing sports rivalry! In addition to a thrilling game, there will be a pep band and live entertainment. $5 donation to Habitat requested (children free)
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Contact: Ben Hill
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CSTB Deadline: Thursday May 3, 2007
Of course, what could substitute a transfer from being bored?
Thinking of spending a semester away?  Taking a nifty summer course?  What of that special BBW course that will make your curricular design your own?  The CSTB (Course Substitution and Transfer Board) is the committee that handles student requests for transfer credits (all courses require pre-approval by the CSTB before credit is accepted) and activities to be used for course substitutions.  Forms can be found at the Forms page on the STaR website (http://star.olin.edu).  Many BBW courses have already been given their flavor of AHSE, MTH,SCI or ENGR, and the current list can be found at the ARB website (http://arb.olin.edu) under the 'Documents' link.  Your hardcopy request can be submitted with all supporting material to the Registrar's office by May 3, 2007, 5:00 PM.  Late requests will have to wait until the next deadline in the beginning of the Fall semester.
 
If you have any further questions, please send us an e-mail at cstb@lists.olin.edu .  We try to get the decisions on requests back within a week to 10 days. 
 
Good luck with projects and finals!
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Contact: Burt Tilley
B.O.C.A. Retreat this Saturday
More fun than speaking in tongues
The Babson-Olin Catholic Association will be holding an end of the semester retreat this Saturday at the Wellesley chapel. We will start with an optional brunch at Olin at 11:15, and will leave from the Map Hill dorm at 12:00. Activities will include Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, games, discussions, and mass at St. Paul's afterwards. We are using this time to "get closer to each other and God." Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to boca@olin.edu. Transportation will be provided. We hope to see you there.
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Contact: Jeff Moore
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AHS Capstone Presentations
Support and celebrate this semester's AHS Capstone students.
The grand finale for AHS Capstone is coming! Come hear final presentations by students who did independent projects (Project Capstones) and students who capped their concentration off with a final course (Course Capstones). There are 4 sessions: Wed., May 1, 1-4 pm, AC 218 and AC 318. Friday, May 11, 12-3 pm, AC 218 and AC 213. See the presentation schedule at http://ahs.olin.edu/ahswiki/CapstonePresentationsSpring07. Topics include Open Source, Urban Stencil Art, Renaissance Painting, City Planning, Chinese Politics, Star Trek and the Cold War, the History of Blogging, Music (Composition, Performance, History), and many more!!!
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Contact: AHS Capstone Presentations. Support and celebrate this semester's AHS Capstone students.
Costume Wearers?
being a vegetable for the good of your city
The Eat Well Be Fit Needham Committee is going to be taking part in the June 2nd NBA Street Fair this year which will be held on the Needham Town Common, and we have a couple of cute vegetable costumes that we'd love to showcase on that day.  If there are any students available that could help us out, this is going to be a fun day, and the kids will especially love the event!!  One of the main goals of our committee is to encourage residents to eat more fruits and vegetables.
 
Please contact if interested.
 
Tara E. Gurge, R.S., C.E.H.T., M.S.

Environmental Health agent
Needham Health Department
1471 Highland Avenue

Needham, MA  02492

Ph- (781) 455-7523

Fax- (781) 455-0892

Email- tgurge@town.needham.ma.us
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Contact: Tara Gurge
Have Fun with Improv!
Do you like to laugh?  Are you interested in improv?  If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, then feel free to attend the Improv co-curricular on Monday, April 30th at 6:00pm in the Auditorium.  Come watch us make fools of ourselves and perhaps even join in!  There is no formal show planned (we’re just practicing) but we thought it might be fun to open up our last practice to the Olin Community.  Questions?  Contact me.  Thanks!
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Contact: Alison Black
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Kat's Viola Recital
Kat plays her viola for YOU!
Viola Recital for AHS Capstone
Sunday, May 6 at 8:30-9:30 pm
Glavin Chapel (Babson)
 
Kat Kim is performing three viola pieces that she has been working on for the past year for her AHS Capstone Project. One of the pieces is composed by Kat and this will be its debut performance. As always, admission is free so bring your friends and family. Hope to see you there!
 
Program:
Arpeggione Sonata by Schubert

Cello Suite No. 3 by Bach

A Realistic Love Song by Kat Kim
 
Note: Matt Tesch and Laura Stupin will also be performing for their AHS Capstone projects in the Glavin Chapel earlier in the day.
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Contact: Kat Kim
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Tissue Engineering Class Presents Smokin Experimental Results
Tissue engineering is often defined as growing or regenerating tissues. To grow engineered tissues requires an understanding of the cell and tissue biology as well as understanding of how culture conditions affect the growing tissues. Additionally, there is the less glamorous side of tissue engineering – the hours of time spent laboring away in the lab. The ten fearless students in the tissue engineering course have been on an epic journey this semester – first reading the literature to gather information, then using this information to design experiment, and then the hardest part – actually implementing the plan experimentally. They isolated connective tissue cells from the marrow of cow bones, they cultured these cells lovingly, they seeded and cultured them on three-dimensional scaffolds for three whole weeks…. And then came the great analysis adventure. They sliced and diced their resulting “tissues.” And now, for the first time, live from AC417 at Olin College, you have the chance to hear about the work of the two teams of students who attempted to grow cartilage and the two that attempted to grow fat. Come one and all to hear about tissue engineering – what it is and how you do it in the lab. Want to know about the potential of adult stem cells? Want to know what pathologists look at when they take a biopsy – it’s histology and our very own students have some to show you! Please join us in AC417 from 1-2:30 PM on Thursday, May 3rd to hear about the hard working students of the Tissue Engineering class and what they’ve been up to!
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Contact: Alisha Lilly Sieminski
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When Design != Design
Examining disciplinary cultures of an interdisciplinary field
"Design" is a word that means different things in different disciplines. As students in one of the top design school in the nation, how can we communicate and work with professional designers of different stripes - from business, from advertising, from industrial design and more - and convey our own unique way of creating value in a way that others will understand?
 
Join Mel and Joe this Friday, April 27, 2:30-3:30pm in AC109 as they lead a discussion on international and interdisciplinary design, share experiences from their trip to the Japan International Design Competition, and explain what a robotic teddy bear and two tetrahedrons joined at a face have in common with the Olin curriculum. Help us  Participants will leave with examples of design work in different disciplines and have the chance to contribute to a guide on various perspectives on design and ways to communicate between them.
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Contact: Mel Chua
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Fun with Clay
Clay is like mud, and mud is like dirt, and flowers grow in dirt, and flowers are spring!
Mark Somerville and I co-taught a Co-Curricular on Wednesday nights this semester.  It was tons of fun and the Olin students produced everything from
 
musical instruments to teapots, etc, both wheel and handbuilt.  Students were quick to master the clay material and not discouraged by technical difficulties, even though clay has "memory"!!??? Marks ability on the wheel inspired all. Some Babson people were in the class and added much knowledge and inspiration too.
 
That said, and with our "pied piper", Professor Mark S., leaving for the year, I am hoping another flock of Olin students will find their way over to the Ceramics studio.
 
If we need another professor to lead them, I hope one will volunteer.  I am the mother of an engineering grad student at MIT and daughter of a mechanical engineer, so I feel at home with the Olin students creative, hands on, abilities.  Having the Olin students in class has added to making my job so interesting and fun.
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Contact: Stephanie Osser
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Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Olin’s resource for internships, summer research, jobs, graduate school and more…
 
GENERAL
 
Job Search Tips for New Grads, provided by Meli Dinglas, SWE Boston Chapter 
  • Have your resume reviewed by 2-4 people. Preferably by professionals or mentors that are in the same field.
  • If you are unsure of how to dress during the interview, it is OK to ask someone in the Human Resources Department.
  • Don't be hesitant to negotiate your pay and bonus (5-7% of the offer). Then keep renegotiating your raise every couple of years.
For more information about Negotiating Strategies, Salary Calculators and other job search hints check out our Resources Tab at careers.olin.edu
 
INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
(More information in EASE!)
 
The MITRE Corporation
Technologist Co-op or Technical Summer Intern
 
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Volunteer Internship Opportunities at Planned Parenthood
 
Synapse Product Development
 
LuxSci
Intern – Web-Based application Development
 
JOBS
(More information in EASE!)
 
First Marblehead
Capital Markets Quantitative Analyst
 
Capone Iron Corporation
Project Manager
Miscellaneous Iron Estimator
 
GE Fanuc
Software Engineer
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Contact: Suzanne Alcott
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