**************************************************** EV 12/11/2003 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 13 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: December 12 Friday Stanford Women's Basketball vs. #2 Tennessee 14 Sunday Stanford Women's Basketball vs. UOP 20 Saturday Holiday Gathering for International Families - Marguerite Schedule available for Palm-OS PDAs - Save the Date - EV Ski Trip, February 6th-8th, 2004 - Coming Soon: The First-Ever EV Talent Show! - Upcoming Classes and Calendar of Events at the Bechtel I-Center This is the last EV Newsletter of 2003. The Newsletter will return in January. Happy Holidays! Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Stanford Women's Basketball "Clash of the Champions" Friday, December 12th, 7:00pm Sunday, December 14th, 12:00noon Maples Pavilion #5 Stanford Women's Basketball Team invites you to some great basketball action this weekend! #5 STANFORD CARDINAL (5-0) vs. #2 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS (5-0) 2 undefeated teams will battle it out! Students get in for $10! We need loud, screaming students! Don't miss this big showdown! #5 STANFORD vs. UOP TIGERS Friday, December 12, 2003 - 7:00pm Students get in for only $1! JOIN THE STUDENT BRICKYARD CLUB NOW! Brickyard Club = official Stanford student supporters of the women's basketball team! Students who cheer for the team throughout the season! All Axe-Cess = Free membership 6th Man Club = $2 to join the Club Other Students = $5 to join Get a Brickyard shirt, free Cold Stone ice cream coupons, Compadres food coupons & other goodies! Attend Brickyard parties -- LOTS OF FREE FOOD & DRINKS!!!! The 2nd Brickyard Party will be on Saturday, Jan. 10th at the Sports Cafe in Arrillaga Family Sports Center! Prime seating in the Brickyard section. A chance to win $500 CASH & Delta round trip ticket during the Brickyard Contest! Wear your Brickyard shirt & get a fountain drink with any purchase at The Treehouse, 25% off Cold Stone Creamery & $2 off with any $5 purchase at the Sports Cafe. Join the Brickyard Club now! To register, just email areyes@stanford.edu & type Brickyard Club in the subject line! Sponsored by Stanford Women's Basketball ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Holiday Gathering for International Families Saturday, December 20th, 4:00pm-6:00pm Bechtel I-Center Dining Room Everyone is invited to share in this international gathering, so make it your own as well, as we celebrate the holiday together at the I-Center! This year, we^Òll have a more world-wide focus. We invite you to share your own Christmas traditions or practices together with the other international members of our community: a holiday snack or dish of food, photos, songs, stories, crafts, symbols, costumes or anything to share the international holiday spirit. We^Òll also have holiday crafts, games and other activities for all to enjoy. See you there! RSVP no later than Friday, December 12th by emailing Mina Pang at minapang@yahoo.com, or call (650) 497-2888. Please mention the number of guests coming and what you will be sharing. Sponsored by the Bechtel International Center ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Marguerite Schedule available for Palm-OS PDAs Have a PDA like a Palm Pilot? Now you can use it to find out when the Marguerite will be there (or not, as the case may be). This service is free. For more details, see http://www.stanford.edu/~spns/Marguerite/ Sponsored by the Stanford GSC ------------------------------------------------------ 4. SAVE THE DATE - EV Tahoe SKI TRIP February 6th-8th! Don't miss out on one of EV's premier events of the year! Save the date now for the EV Lake Tahoe SKI TRIP on Friday, Feb. 6th - Sunday, Feb. 8th, 2003. Condos have been reserved for 75 people at Carnelian Bay on the north side of the lake. More information about the trip, sign-ups, and costs will be available after the New Year. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Coming Soon: The First-Ever EV Talent Show So much artistic talent hidden among the residents of EV! We are looking for people interested in showing a little talent for the first EV talent show, to happen later in the winter quarter (date and location TBA). Whether you sing, play an instrument, juggle, dance, act, tell jokes, or anything special you know how to do, the EV public wants to see you! It will be informal, friendly, and great fun. Small teams are also encouraged. For more information, contact armins@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 6. Upcoming Events at the Bechtel I-Center MONDAY December 15th The Cookies, Eggnog and Seasonal Music Event, 5:00pm-6:30pm Bechtel I-Center "'Tis the season to be merry!" An Informal Bechtel Holiday get together for International students, Grads and Scholars. Don't know what eggnog is? Drop in and find out! There will be cakes, cookies, hot chocolate and more... The I-Center will be festively decorated, and the Bechtel International Chorus will be there singing seasonal favourites in different languages... and you can join in too! Don't miss it! Cost: FREE (no need to RSVP, just show up!) ------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY December 16th Ladies' Night at the Movies, 6:00pm (Men are welcome, too!) Bechtel I-Center Dining Room What is a "women's movie"? It could be described as a movie that appeals to the common experience of women all over the world. A movie whose themes would be recognizable by women from Albania to Zaire. Ladies' Night at the Movies is a great opportunity for women to enjoy a good movie in the company of other women (men are welcome too!), while enjoying freshly baked pastries and a glass of wine or two (tea, coffee and soda will also be provided). You can also chat about the movie afterwards. Cost: $1 to cover refreshments, to be paid at the door. MOVIE TITLE: ^ÓBEND IT LIKE BECKHAM^Ô Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham? The daughter of an orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football team (soccer in America). Start the season with this all-around feel-good movie! Contact bukipapillon@yahoo.co.uk for more information. ------------------------------------------------------ THURSDAY December 18th Holiday Movie Matinee, Noon^Ö1:45pm ^ÔA Christmas Carol^Ô, Bechtel I-Center There is nothing for getting you into the holiday spirit like watching at least one version of ^ÓA Christmas Carol^Ô. In this timeless holiday classic, we watch Scrooge as he changes from a man of crass materialism and unkindness to a repentant soul pleading for a chance to change his ways. The simple happiness revealed in the lives of Bob Cratchit and others are as heart-warming as the forgotten mistakes and pains of a younger Scrooge are agonizing. No matter how many times you watch this movie, it proves itself capable of bringing a tear to your eye, a lump in your throat, and ultimately the very spirit of true holiday cheer that Charles Dickens intended it to convey. Sponsored by the Bechtel I-Center ------------------------------------------------------ How to Post Announcements to this Newsletter: This newsletter will go out on Thursdays each week before 5pm. Send announcements to evnewsletter@stanford.edu before 5pm on Wednesday the night before the newsletter goes out. Announcements sent later than 5pm on Wednesday will not make that Thursday's newsletter and will go out the following week. ------------------------------------------------------ END EV NEWSLETTER 13, December 11, 2003