**************************************************** EV 03/18/2004 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 24 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: March 19 Friday Spring BREAK-OUT! April 5 Monday Last day to apply to be an EV Community Associate! 10 Saturday Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park 22 Thursday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion: "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" 26 Monday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion:"Pedagogies of the Sacred" 28 Wednesday EV Talent Show* May 16 Sunday EV Runs Bay to Breakers* - Join the EV/Rains Ultimate Frisbee Club - 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. Spring BREAK-OUT! *TOMORROW* Friday, March 19th, 10:00pm-1:00am Studios 5 and Outdoor Lounge If you are tired of winter quarter and inspired by the hope of spring, you need to spring break-OUT with your fellow grad students!! Come mix and mingle with new and old friends, as there will be something for everyone: hip-hop music, fortune tellers, and plenty more entertainment! ID required to drink. For more information, email Rike at ojediran@stanford.edu or Kristy at kac8@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Social Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Apply now to be an EV Community Associate (CA)! Application deadline: Monday, April 5th, 11:59pm Online at http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html Join the Community Associates in Escondido Village! Reach out to the graduate student community, help coordinate graduate-wide events with a team of CAs, and get to know your neighbors! In return, you will receive exemption from the upcoming housing lottery and a quarterly stipend (if eligible to receive pay). Applications for CA positions in all graduate residences for the 2003-2004 academic year are now available online at http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html The website also includes a detailed description of the CA position, a timeline for CA selection, and important advice for applicants. Questions about CA positions can be directed to the Graduate Life Office staff: Rains and Multicultural Theme House CA positions: Chris Griffith, Associate Dean of Students, griffith@stanford, 3-9929 Escondido Village Couples and Singles CA positions: Ken Hsu, Assistant Dean of Students, kyhsu@stanford, 3-2154 Crothers, Cro Mem, Lyman, and EV Family CA positions: Andy Hernandez, Assistant Dean of Students, android@stanford, 3-9938 Information Sessions: Rains: March 30, 8:00pm, The Buttery at Rains MCTH: March 30, 9:00pm, The Buttery at Rains Escondido Village Singles/Couples: March 30, 7:00pm, The Buttery at Rains Escondido Village Families: March 30, 7:00pm, EV Cottage Room Crothers Memorial: March 31, 8:00pm, Blue Lounge Crothers: March 31, 9:00pm, Basement Lounge Lyman: March 31, 10:00pm, Lyman Atrium Take this opportunity to contribute to the graduate community! See http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html for more information. ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park Saturday, April 10th, meet 8:15am, return ~4:00pm Meet by EV office, go to Castle Rock State Park Now that the weather is nice, come spend a day outdoors, working to restore trails and habitat at Castle Rock State Park! Time permitting, we'll take a brief hike around the park after we finish. We'll provide lunch and a free t-shirt. For more information, contact Craig Foster at cdfoster@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 4. Two Discussions with M. Jacqui Alexander Thursday, April 22nd, 6:00pm Monday, April 26th, 4:00pm Locations TBA Presented by the Chicano/Latino Graduate Student Association, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, and Familia de Stanford: Thursday, April 22nd @ 6:00pm "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" Sexuality studies and transnational feminism have developed largely along separate disciplinary tracts. Alexander offers an analytic path out of this disciplinary segregation by way of an examination of this contemporary moment of U.S. militarization and empire building, to show how these are racialized, sexualized processes in which the state has mobilized a new figure--the citizen patriot--as one of the anchors for the success of empire. Monday, April 26th @ 4:00pm "Pedagogies of the Sacred" Experience is an important dimension of daily life as well as an important category for feminism, but we have rendered it as if it were absent Spirit, understood it primarily as secularized and antithetical to the sacred. Using her own priestancy in two African-based spiritual communities of Vodun and Santeria, Alexander traces how experience, history, memory, consciousness, voice and agency--customarily positioned as secular--are all readily intelligible within the precinct of the sacred. If you would like more information about co-sponsoring or helping out with this event and others like it, please contact CLGSA through Zamora at zamoram@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Chicano/Latino Grad Student Association, The ASSU Speaker's Bureau, The LGBT Community Resource Center, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, The Women's Community Center, The Program in Modern Thought & Literature, Familia de Stanford, African & African American Studies, The Office of Religious Life, and The Center for Studies in Race & Ethnicity ------------------------------------------------------ 5. EV Talent Show Wednesday, April 28th, 8:00pm CoHo in Tresidder We need performers! Participate in the first-ever EV talent show. Whether you sing, play the piano, violin or any other instrument, dance, read poetry, imitate, do stand-up comedy, juggle, or know how to hula-hoop, we all want to see it. You do not have to be a superstar. Express ANY talent you want in a relaxed, fun, "anything goes" atmosphere. Individuals and ensembles are welcome. To sign up or get more information, contact Armin at armins@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 6. 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 7. EV/Rains Coed Ultimate Frisbee Club Interested in getting together for weekly ultimate Frisbee games? Email Amir at alopatin@stanford.edu for more information. All skill levels and athletic abilities are welcome! ------------------------------------------------------ 8. Upcoming Classes & Programs at Bechtel International Center The Bechtel I-Center will close at 5:00pm during the spring break, starting from Saturday, March 20th, and will reopen in the evenings on Monday, March 29th. There will be no evening activities at the I-Center during this period. Have a great Spring Break! ------------------------- FRIDAY March 19 10:00-12:00 Friday Coffee + Children's Crafts, Dance. Newcomers are always welcome at this regular Friday gathering of Stanford spouses and family members. Bring along a little snack ,fruits or juice to share, and enjoy drinks and conversation with other spouses of different nationalities. Volunteers are always needed to help set up at 9:45 a.m, or to put away the supplies at the end (12 noon). Those with pre-school children are welcome to bring them. This week we'll have a crafts project for children, making maracas and shaking them to music, and some informal children's dance. This is also a good time to visit the Resource Center for International Families to collect information for your weekend activities or find interesting things to do with your time! We hope to see you there! Venue: Assembly Room Contact: gdukes@stanford.edu NEW PROGRAMS COMING SPRING QUARTER Check out the Bechtel International Center website after March 26 for Programs and Classes offered for the Spring Quarter: http:/icenter.stanford.edu/families New programs will include interest groups (Informal Reading Group, International Photography Group), classes in Cake Decorating, International Cooking, all-new tours and workshops on Life Transitions, Making Your Time Here Satisfying, and Birth Options: Home and Water Birth. 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 24, March 18, 2004