**************************************************** EV 02/26/2004 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 21 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: February 26 Thursday Grad Happy Hour at Blue Chalk 27 Friday EUROMED 13 28 Saturday Dhol Di Awaz! (Bhangra Show)* 29 Sunday EV Hot Chocolate/Sweet Treats Night Oscar Screening in Rains March 5 Friday Hot Salsa Friday at Dance Spectrum* 6 Saturday EV Goes to Play Paintball* 11 Thursday Scrapbooking Workshop 12 Friday Sydney Dance Company - Ellipse* May 16 Sunday EV Runs Bay to Breakers* - Founders' Day Speech Contest: $1,000 Cash Award* - Monday Lunch Shorts at the Bechtel I-Center - Blue suitcase found in Blackwelder parking lot - Upcoming Classes and Events at the Bechtel I-Center * Starred events require advance signup. See individual event listings below for details. Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. GSPB Grad Happy Hour at Blue Chalk *TONIGHT* Thursday, February 26th, 7:00pm-9:00pm Downtown Palo Alto, between Hamilton and Forest Bring your friends, and come grab a FREE DRINK at Blue Chalk!! SUID required, must be 21 to drink. If you need a ride, just hop on the Marguerite to the Palo Alto CalTrain station--it's just three blocks away! Sponsored by Stanford GSPB (Graduate Student Programming Board) ------------------------------------------------------ 2. EUROMED 13 Friday, February 27th, 10:00pm-3:00am The Edge Nightclub, 260 South California Ave., Palo Alto This is the 13th issue of the famous International Dance Party organized by the French, German, Lebanese, Scandinavian, Spanish and Turkish Stanford Student Associations. The party is OPEN TO EVERYBODY above 21. Expect international attendance, ~400 people 21+ from Stanford and all around the Bay Area. EUROMED features music from all the countries involved (with our own DJ Tonio), along with a lot of fun! JUST COME! Cover charge: $10 ($5 for students with ID, one drink included before 11pm) See http://theedge.club.net for directions. For more information, email rfadel@cs.stanford.edu Sponsored by Stanford French, German, Lebanese, Scandinavian, Spanish, and Turkish Student Associations ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Dhol Di Awaz! (Bhangra Show) Saturday, February 28th, 6:00pm Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino Come watch the West Coast's Premiere Intercollegiate Bhangra (North Indian dance) competition! Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Sikh Association, Dhol Di Awaz is in it's 6th year, and welcomes dancers from all over the West Coast to compete for a $2000 prize. See http://www.dholdiawaz.com/ for more info! Tickets are only $9 through EV (normally $16)! RSVP to Sapna (scheryan@stanford.edu) if interested by Friday, Feb. 27th at 5:00pm. Sponsored by the EV Educational/Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 4. EV Hot Chocolate/Sweet Treats Night Sunday, February 29th, 7:00pm EV Village Center (next to EV Housing Office) Come warm up and join your fellow EV residents for hot chocolate, coffee, Krispy Kremes, and other desserts! Get out of the rain and get some sweet snacks right around the corner for FREE! For more information, email Lisa at lmedoff@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Social Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Oscar Screening in Rains Sunday, February 29th, 4:00pm-10:00pm Willis Lounge, Rains Watch the stars shine with your fellow grad students! Drinks and snacks provided, of course. Come to Willis Lounge to watch this year's Academy Awards! Stay for the long haul, or just stop by for a drink. The show starts at 5pm. FREE for all students! Stanford ID required. Proof of age (21) required for drinks. For more information, see Sponsored by the Stanford Graduate Student Programming Board and Rains CAs ------------------------------------------------------ 6. Hot Salsa Friday at Dance Spectrum Friday, March 5th, 7:00pm Dance Spectrum, 1707 S. Bascom Ave. (off Hamilton Ave.) in Campbell Ricardo and Michelle are your hosts for the best Salsa Party in the South Bay. Come for the lessons, stay for the party. Dinner buffett included. Beginner Salsa Lessons with Ricardo and Michelle from 7pm to 8pm. Intermediate lesson from 8-9pm. Party and dinner buffet begins at 9pm. 100% subsidized for the first 30 people who RSVP by emailing armins@stanford.edu (otherwise $10 per person). Contact armins@stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 7. EV Goes to Play Paintball Saturday, March 6th, 11:00am until we're tired of shooting each other "Operation Paintball", Hayward Come live out your action-movie combat fantasies as we drench each other in paint. We will leave Stanford at 11:00am and play from 12:00noon until ~5:00pm. We will have an entire playing field to ourselves, and we'll have access to indoor facilities if it rains. No experience necessary, just a desire to lead your legions to victory on the battlefield. Cost for EV residents: $20 in advance, plus possibly some extra paint during the event. Cost for guests: $35 in advance, plus possibly some extra paint during the event. If you'd like to join the battle, please bring a check made out to "EV Singles and Couples" to the EV office by Friday, February 27th, and send an RSVP e-mail to Dan Morris (dmorris@cs.stanford.edu). If you can drive, please indicate that in your e-mail. Space will be limited to between 25 and 30, so if more than that sign up, we'll have a lottery to determine who goes. Sponsored by the EV Sports/Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 8. Creative Memories Scrapbooking Workshop Thursday, March 11th, 6:00pm-9:00pm, raffle at 7:30pm Cottage Room at Escondido Village Office 859 Escondido Road For $3, you will enjoy an evening of scrapbooking accompanied by light refreshments. Supplies to create make-and-take borders will be provided and there will be a raffle at 7:30 for a Page Completion Kit. For more information, contact: Yvonne Fernández 497-7947 yvonnefernandez@yahoo.com Don^Òt scrapbook, but want to start? Classes are available. Contact Yvonne for more information. ------------------------------------------------------ 9. Sydney Dance Company - Ellipse Friday, March 12th, 8:00pm Memorial Auditorium EV residents pay only $15 to see this astonishing Australian company (tickets originally $42)! Lively Arts audiences were spellbound three years ago when the Sydney Dance Company gave the American debut of Salome. Theatrical and hip, Graeme Murphys troupe is back and at the top of its game with Ellipse. Dressed in spare yet romantic costumes by fashion designer Akira Isogawa, propelled by Matthew Hindsons sumptuously modern score, and accompanied by fascinating onstage lighting devices, the dancers explore love, contemplation, rivalry, and seeking with relentless and impossible fluidity. To obtain tickets: Email: lizchao@stanford.edu with: 1) Number of tickets you'd like (indicate if Lyman or non-Lyman) 2) # guest(s) and names ** To ensure your place is reserved, make a check out to "Lyman Residences" and drop it off at Lyman 3407-B. First-come-first-served. For more information, email lizchao@stanford.edu Sponsored by Lyman Community Associates ------------------------------------------------------ 10. EV Runs Bay to Breakers Sunday, May 16th, 6:00am San Francisco Join your fellow EV residents for the largest, craziest race in the nation. We'll be coordinating training teams for both running and walking. Check out http://www.baytobreakers.com/ for more information. Contact Miranda at mirandamac80@yahoo.com to get on the interest list. Sponsored by the EV Sports/Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 11. $1,000 Cash Award for Student Founders' Day Speech A message to the Stanford Community from Greg Boardman, Dean of Students: Stanford University will be celebrating Founders' Day on April 4, 2004. This day is reserved on the University calendar to reflect and pay tribute to the Stanford family and to recognize their achievements in founding our University that bears their name. A highlight of the Founders' Day activities will be a speech from one undergraduate student and one graduate student. President Hennessy has decided to continue the tradition of providing each student speaker with a $1,000 cash award in hopes of increasing student awareness and participation in Founders' Day. A Founders' Day student committee has developed a two-stage process to determine which students will have the honor of speaking at Founders' Day. The first stage requires each student to submit a written copy of the actual speech by 12 noon on March 5 to the Dean of Students Office (on the second floor of Tresidder Memorial Union, above Jamba Juice), or through e-mail at: mgraves@stanford.edu. The Founders' Day student committee will review all completed submissions regarding content, and will then invite a small group of finalists to deliver their speech in front of the committee as the second and final stage of the process. Speech Criteria: 1. Speeches should not take more than five (5) minutes to deliver. 2. Speeches can address any of the following elements: *Historical background of the Stanford family. *Historical background of the founding of Stanford University. *What Stanford means to you. *How Stanford has impacted your life. *How Stanford impacts the world. Speeches will be judged on their overall content. Judges will be looking for interesting, creative, thoughtful, and passionate speeches. Please contact Morris Graves at 3-2733 or mgraves@stanford if you have any questions. DON'T FORGET, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF YOUR SPEECH IS 12 NOON, ON March 5, 2004. ------------------------------------------------------ 12. "Monday Lunch Shorts" at the Bechtel I-Center A combination of a full lunch and a short film/documentary for $4 Starting Monday 26 January 2004, every alternate Monday Time: 11:45 -1:00pm Venue: Bechtel I-Center Dining Room /Living Room These events will be a combination of lunch and a short film/documentary (20-45 minutes) on all types of topics ranging from dance to art to history, politics, etc. Come and have lunch in our dining room while you enjoy the film, or just relax in our comfortable living room. All meals are $4 including drinks. Lunch menus will vary each week and the menu will be announced a week in advance (a sample lunch would be drinks and pizza, or it could be drinks, soup and baguette with cheese, or drinks, fried rice and chicken etc) along with the movie/documentary for that week. Simply RSVP to bechtelevents@hotmail.com up until 2pm the day before, and you can show up and pay at the door (you can also buy 4 tickets for the whole quarter and get a $2 discount). Everyone affiliated with Stanford is welcome (bring Stanford ID). Lunch will be served starting at 11:45am, and the movie/documentary will begin promptly at 12:05pm. Menu: TBA Monday 8 March Film: PLENA IS WORK, PLENA IS SONG 1989, Color, 29 mins. Documentary Portrays the cultural and political history of plena, a Puerto Rican musical blend of African and Spanish idioms in which romance, personal tragedy and daily news become the target of satirical humor. Menu: TBA For more information, email bechtelevents@hotmail.com Sponsored by the Bechtel International Center ------------------------------------------------------ 13. Blue suitcase found in Blackwelder Ct. parking lot An old blue Samsonite suitcase was found in the first Blackwelder Ct. parking lot last night (2/25/04). If you lost this suitcase and can describe its contents, please call Dana at 650-468-5781. The suitcase will be donated to Goodwill if it is not claimed by Thursday, March 4th. ------------------------------------------------------ 14. Upcoming Classes & Programs at Bechtel International Center We hope you'll join us for our usual series of programs and classes at the I-Center in the coming weeks. Our full schedule is available on the I-Center web site: http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/classes.html ------------------------------------ FRIDAY COFFEE Friday, 10am - 12pm A great way for spouses to meet others in a similar situation and find out about ways of spending your time here. Special thanks to our Friday Coffee Team and all helpers for setting up and putting away the supplies, and to all who bring snacks to accompany the tea and coffee provided by the I-Center. For those with children, the possibility of forming a baby-sitting cooperative is being explored, so if you're interested contact Charlotte at acgiovan@hotmail.com. The Resource Center for International Families has a wealth of information, and is staffed by spouse advisers speak several languages. Stop by and browse through the many books (available on loan) and get ideas from the adviser as to ways you can enjoy your experience here -- travel, volunteer work and many more options are available. For example, if you're expecting a baby or are a new parent, you might want to check out the kits with 6 videotapes and pamphlets on health and nutrition, child safety, parenting tips and more. You can also find out how to order your own kit for free. -------------------------------------- PLANNING MEETING FOR SPRING QUARTER PROGRAMS FRIDAY, FEB. 27, at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to join us to "brainstorm" ideas and suggestions for classes and programs you would like to see the I-Center offer in the future. Perhaps you would enjoy sharing a hobby, sport or craft, teaching a skill or demonstrating how to prepare a favorite dish from your country or region. Or is there an activity you'd like to help organize? Please come and join this informal gathering and help us shape the Spring Quarter schedule! (If you have ideas and aren't able to come, please contact Gwyn Dukes at or call 723-1834. I look forward to hearing from you!) -------------------------------------- COMING EVENT: WEDNESDAY TOUR - MARCH 3 Religious Diversity in the Bay Area: Focus on Peace Wednesday, March 3, 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Sign up in advance on the I-Center notice board. We will visit three places of worship -- a Christian (Presbyterian) church, Jewish temple (Kol Emeth) and Muslim Community Association (which houses a school and prayer session, and learn what these religious groups are doing to work towards peace or social action. Meet at Escondido Village Center (corner Comstock Circle) Limit 18 people. Tour participants: please meet at 9 am at Escondido Village Center. Contact Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu) for more details. ------------------------------- NEW! BEGINNING SPANISH CLASS A new class in BEGINNING SPANISH, will be offered on Mondays, March 1, 8 & 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The instructor is Debora Minguito of Spain. A small charge will cover the handouts. We expect that the class will continue during the next quarter. Sign up at the I-Center notice board to reserve a place. For the full schedule of language classes at the I-Center, see below: LANGUAGE CLASSES & CONVERSATION PRACTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have you been wanting to pick up a new language? or practice one that you already speak? The I-Center offers several opportunities, thanks to our volunteer teachers, who are all native speakers and have come here to accompany an international student, visiting scholar or Stanford faculty/staff. Classes are usually small and animated, and provide lots of opportunities to learn about the culture as well as the language. This week, we are offering two new classes: Beginning French and Italian Conversation, so please sign up in advance on the I-Center notice board to reserve your place. (This also helps the teacher to know how many people to expect.) Teachers volunteer their time, but some classes request a small fee for materials, otherwise, ALL CLASSES ARE FREE! The schedule is as follows: Language Classes: All classes are taught by volunteers. Sign up at the I-Center to reserve a place in the class(es) of your choice. NEW; BEGINNING SPANISH, Mondays, March 1, 8 & 15 (and continuing next quarter), 10 to 11:30 a.m., with Debora Minguito of Spain. A small charge will cover the handouts. Sign up at the I-Center notice board. NEW: Beginning Italian Conversation, with Silvie Lopardi (Italy). Tue., Feb. 24 - Mar. 23, 5:30 - 7pm, 5 sessions. NEW: Beginning French, with Catherine Dameron (France). Wed., 4 5:30 pm, Feb. 4 Mar 17, 6 sessions. NEW: GERMAN CONVERSATION, with Sabine Allmendinger, Mondays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Feb. 9 to March 15, 5 sessions. Beginning Chinese (Mandarin), with Mi Jiang (China). Tue., Jan 20 - Mar 9, 5:30 - 7 pm, 7 sessions/$3. Beginning German II, with Sabine Allmendinger (Germany). Mon., Jan. 26 - Mar. 15 (no class Feb. 19), 4:30 - 5:30 pm, 7 sessions. Beginning Portuguese, with Ana Urban (Brazil). Tue., Jan 20 - Mar 9, (some classes on Wed., TBA in class), 7:30 - 9 pm, 8 sessions. Beginning Russian II, with Anna Novokhatskaya (Russia). Thu., Jan. 29 - Mar. 11, 4:30 - 6 pm, 7 sessions. Russian Conversation, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Mon. Feb. 2 - Mar. 15 (no class Feb. 19), 4:30 - 6 pm, 6 sessions. Spanish Conversation, with Claudia Yarto (Mexico). Thu., Jan. 22 to Mar. 11, 1 - 2:15 pm, 8 sessions. Informal English Classes: Pick up a copy of the schedule at I-Center for details on these 10 classes. All are free, and taught by community volunteers. Would you like to teach your language? See Gwyn Dukes in Room 219 at the I-Center to discuss the possibility, or send email to Sponsored by the Bechtel International Center ------------------------------------------------------ How to Post Announcements to this Newsletter: This newsletter will go out on Thursdays each week before 5pm. Stanford-affiliated organizations can 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. ------------------------------------------------------ END EV NEWSLETTER 21, February 26, 2004