**************************************************** EV 10/30/2003 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 7 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: October 30 Thursday LFE and AADP Bone Marrow Typing Drive 31 Friday LFE and AADP Bone Marrow Typing Drive Bechtel Hallowe'en Cocktail Party November 1 Saturday Post-Halloween Extravaganza Stanford vs. UCLA Tickets and Tailgate 3 Monday Deadline to RSVP for President's Dinner Lottery Deadline for Matrix Revolutions Lottery Deadline for Napa Valley Wine Tasting 5 Wednesday Orientation Tour:"Home, Home on the Ranch" Grad Happy Hour at Arrillaga Alumni Center 6 Thursday Fall Dinner/Discussion at Bechtel I-Center 7 Friday Friday Coffee: Russian Tea in a Samovar 8 Saturday Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Opportunity 9 Sunday Adult CPR/First Aid Course 15 Saturday EV Plays Paintball - Immunizations at Vaden Health Center - Upcoming Classes at the Bechtel I-Center Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. LFE and AADP Bone Marrow Typing Drive Thursday, October 30th-Friday, October 31st 11:00am-5:00pm in White Plaza 21-month old Chloe Chang needs YOUR help. The daughter of the Resident Fellows of Castano, Professor Gordon Chang and Vicki Sandin, she desperately needs a bone marrow transplant and to get that, she needs a match. The brothers of Lambda Phi Epsilon are holding a bone marrow typing drive to find that match. Having yourself typed means that your profile will be entered into a national registry, which the doctors for Chloe and other patients needing bone marrow transplants can access to try to locate a donor match. Joining the registry means that the chances for finding a match for Chloe and other patients will improve. A Message from the Changs. Resident Fellows in Castano Dear Friends: Chloe very much needs your help. We thought she was responding well to her chemotherapy until last week when we learned that she had relapsed. Her leukemia had returned. She will have to have a bone marrow transplant sometime in the next several months and it is critical that we find a donor match for her. Because she is biracial, this is a difficult challenge. The national registry does not have many biracial, or even Asian, potential donors. You may hold Chloe's future within you. Please help her. A simple blood test can determine whether you might be a match. Thank you. Gordon Chang and Vicki Sandin If you plan on coming to the drive, please email jvinyard@stanford.edu to sign up for a time slot. P lease put 'AADP' in the subject line and a one-hour span during which you think you will arrive. This helps us prepare for large groups of people and helps expedite your typing process. Also, remember to have a social security number or driver's license number, a permanent, non-school address and 2 different permanent, non-school addresses of people who do not live with you who will be able to contact you in future years in case your address changes or we are unable to reach you. For more information: http://www.stanfordlambdas.com/aadp/ http://www.aadp.org Questions? Contact Charles at csrisuw@cs.stanford.edu or Connie at cmchan@stanford.edu Sponsored by Lambda Phi Epsilon ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Hallowe'en Cocktail Party Friday, October 31st, 7:00pm Bechtel I-Center Assembly Room Come enjoy a buffet-style dinner and cocktail/dance party with DJ Monica Marks from England providing excellent music! Tickets are $10/person (pay in advance at the Bechtel upstairs front desk starting 0ctober 1). Hurry--tickets sell fast! Costumes are required; there will be a prize for best costume. Your costume can be as simple or outrageous as you like! Contact bukipapillon@yahoo.co.uk for more information. Sponsored by the Bechtel I-Center ------------------------------------------------------ 3. (Post-)Halloween Extravaganza Saturday, November 1st, 9:00pm-Midnight Hacienda Commons in Rains Re-live the madness of Halloween! Dance the night away! Wear your costume one more time! Come party with your fellow grads at Hacienda Commons. Drinks and snacks provided. Must be 21 to drink. Stanford ID required. Email funonaboat@stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by the EV Social Committee, Stanford GSPB and GSC ------------------------------------------------------ 4. Stanford vs. UCLA Football Tickets and Tailgate Saturday, November 1st, 11:30am McFarland Field/Stanford Stadium Come enjoy a tailgate with fellow EV residents before the Stanford vs. UCLA football game. Food and beverages will be provided at 11:30am on McFarland Field. Kickoff is at 12:40 pm -- we will give away 60 tickets to the game on a first-come, first-serve basis to students at the tailgate (only 1 ticket per person, tickets are for EV residents only). Sponsored by the EV Sports/Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Dinner with President John Hennessy Wednesday, November 12th, 6:00pm-7:30pm Rains Buttery RSVP by 5:00pm on Monday, November 3rd On Wednesday, November 12th, President John Hennessy will visit the graduate community to meet graduate students. The President will host a dinner and conversation from 6:00-7:30 p.m. for 20 students at the Buttery at Rains Houses. This is an opportunity for students to meet the President and discuss issues of interest to the graduate community. If you are interested in attending the dinner, please email Chris Griffith of the Graduate Life Office at griffith@stanford no later than 5:00pm on Monday, November 3rd and provide the following information: Name Gender Academic Department/School 1st year/Continuing Graduate Student Living On/Off Campus Topics for Discussion If the sign-ups exceed the 20 spaces allotted, we will select students randomly from groups divided by school and on/off campus. If you are selected to attend the dinner, you will be notified via email on Tuesday, November 4th, and you must RSVP as soon as possible. Both the President and the Provost will host more dinners during this academic year, so if you are not selected for this dinner, there will be more opportunities. If you attended the October dinner with the Provost, you are not eligible to participate in this or subsequent dinners with the President or Provost so that we can accommodate as many graduate students as possible throughout the year. ------------------------------------------------------ 6. Matrix: Revolutions Movie Night Saturday, November 8th, nighttime showing (exact time and location TBA) Lottery deadline: Monday, November 3rd See the hottest movie around for FREE! Details are forthcoming, but we will need to get to the movie theater early to get seats even with pre-bought tix, so plan on lining up in advance. Don't worry, we'll provide the pizza while you wait! Attendees will be chosen by lottery. TO ENTER: email shyams@stanford.edu with MATRIX in the subject line. Please specify if you would like one or two tickets, if you have a car, and how many people you could drive. DEADLINE for entry: 5:00pm, Monday, November 3rd Sponsored by Stanford GSPB ------------------------------------------------------ 7. Napa Valley Wine Tasting Sunday, November 9th, approx. 11:00am-5:00pm Whitehall Lane Winery, Napa Valley Lottery deadline: Monday, November 3rd Experience the beauty and taste the flavors of Napa Valley's Whitehall Lane Winery! Join us for an afternoon of wine and cheese in one of the loveliest spots under the sun (or in the tasting cellar if the weather's not so good). Transportation will be provided. The cost will be approximately $10 per person. Attendees will be chosen by lottery. TO ENTER: email gradevent@hotmail.com> with WINE in the subject line. Please specify if you would like to enter for one or two spots. DEADLINE for entry: 5:00pm, Monday, November 3rd Sponsored by Stanford GSPB ------------------------------------------------------ 8. Wednesday Orientation Tour: "Home, Home on the Ranch"* Wednesday, November 5th, 9:00am-12:40pm Portola Valley Ranch Visit 2 private homes in Portola Valley Ranch, a nearby housing community that is dedicated to the preservation of the local environment and open space. Homes are in keeping with the terrain, and landscaping features California native plants exclusively. Residents often see bobcats, raccoons, deer, coyote and other wild animals. In addition, we will view a private collection of Native American art from a variety of regions and tribes, including pottery from the Southwest Pueblos, Hopi, Santa Clara, carvings from the Northwest Coast, Navajo rugs, and baskets from California tribes. The tour is limited to 20 participants. Sign up at the I-Center notice board to reserve a place. Meet at the Escondido Village Center on Wednesday, November 5th at 9:00am. *The title of this tour is playfully taken from the cowboy song, "Home, Home on the Range"! Sponsored by the Bechtel I-Center ------------------------------------------------------ 9. Grad Happy Hour Wednesday, November 5th, 7:00pm-9:00pm Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Join us at our new day and location, WEDNESDAYS from 7-9pm at the ARRILLAGA ALUMNI CENTER for much improved atmosphere, free drinks of all kinds, and discounts on the yummy food! The Alumni Center is located at 326 Galvez between Serra and Campus. For more info, please see: http://www.stanfordalumni.org/aboutsaa/alumni_center/home.html Sponsored by Stanford GSPB ------------------------------------------------------ 10. Fall Dinner/Discussion Series at Bechtel I-Center Thursday, November 6th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Bechtel I-Center Assembly Room Development and Peace: A Gandhian Perspective Kazuya Ishii, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Department of Economics, will be speaking. Buffet supper will begin at 6:00pm. Cost: $5.00 Please RSVP through e-mail: mherand@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Bechtel I-Center ------------------------------------------------------ 11. Friday Coffee - Russian Tea in a Samovar November 7th, 10:00am-12noon Bechtel I-Center patio and assembly room Friday Coffee on November 7th will feature RUSSIAN TEA IN A SAMOVAR, made by Anna Novokhatskaya in an antique samovar that has been in her family for generations. Everyone is welcome to come and sample this Russian specialty and enjoy meeting other spouses from around the world. The Friday Coffee takes place every week from 10:00am-12noon. Join us! Sponsored by the Bechtel I-Center ------------------------------------------------------ 12. Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Opportunity Saturday, November 8th, 8:30am-4:30pm Redwood City Habitat for Humanity site Come help build homes for low-income families at the Peninsula Habitat for Humanity site in Redwood City! You don't need to have experience, just the willingness to work, learn, meet new people and to have fun! We will work inside if it rains. For more information, check out www.peninsulahabitat.homestead.com RSVP by Monday, November 3rd to ibarbosa@stanford.edu for more details and to sign up. We will provide lunch and arrange carpools to get to the site. Sponsored by the EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 13. Adult CPR/First Aid Course Sunday, November 9th, 10:00am-3:30pm On-campus location TBA Course participants will become certified in Adult CPR and First Aid. Space is limited to 12 people. Participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost for the course is $17 (participants will be required to drop off a check for $17 by Tuesday, November 4th). Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you are interested in signing up for this course, please contact Marisa Chavez at mchavez1@stanford.edu). A waitlist will be constructed if necessary. ------------------------------------------------------ 14. EV Plays Paintball! Saturday, November 15th, 12:00noon until we're tired of shooting each other (leave Stanford at 11:00am, return ~5:00pm) "Operation Paintball" in Hayward Come live out your action-movie combat fantasies as we drench each other in paint. 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, November 7th, 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 35, so if more than that sign up, we'll have a lottery to determine who goes. Sponsored by the EV Sports/Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 15. Immunizations at Vaden Health Center -Influenza (Flu) vaccine -Meningococcal meningitis vaccine Drop-In Immunization Clinic October 22nd-December 3rd Wednesdays from 3:00pm-6:00pm Immunizations by Appointment Tuesdays 9:30am-4:00pm Fridays 9:00am-1:45pm Call V-A-D-E-N (8-2336) to schedule an appointment. The Flu vaccine costs $20 for students ($10 for students with Cardinal Care) and is effective for 1 year. The Meningococcal vaccine costs $80 (not covered by Cardinal Care) and is effective against meningitis for 3 years. Influenza vaccines also will be available for employees and retirees only at Benefits Fairs scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 5 at Tresidder Union and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Fairchild Auditorium. University employees, including retirees, will not be charged for the vaccine and must show a Stanford ID. Spouses and domestic partners can receive the vaccine at Vaden Health Center for $20. The cost for students enrolled in Cardinal Care is $10. Cost for students and spouses and domestic partners is $20. The vaccine will not be given to individuals with severe colds or other infections or who have an allergy to eggs. Pregnant women will require medical clearance from an obstetrician. Sponsored by the Allene G. Vaden Health Center ------------------------------------------------------ 16. Upcoming Events at the Bechtel I-Center ARTS CLASSES AT THE I-CENTER Why not try a new project while you're here? * Learn to draw and/or do watercolor paintings! The I-Center offers 2 classes: Introduction to Drawing on Mondays, 1-3pm and Drawing and Watercolor with Trevlyn Williams on Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30pm. Each week a different project! New students/ spouses are welcome! No experience is necessary! You'll enjoy our wonderful volunteer teachers! (Check our web site for details.) Plan ahead for future WEDNESDAY TOURS: Wed., Nov. 12 GUIDED TOUR OF SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE CANTOR CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Our guide will help us appreciate America's first collection of landscape art. Meet in front of the museum at 10:50 for this hour-long tour. Please sign up at the I-Center (or email gdukes@stanford.edu) if you plan to come. A brochure describing the background of these 19th century artists and showing some examples of their paintings is posted by the signup list. Wed., Nov. 19 VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY. 9am to 12:30pm Meet at the Escondido Village Center. Have you ever wondered how you can travel while staying on the Stanford campus? Take some of the many language classes at the I-Center, taught by native speakers on Portuguese, Spanish (beginning and conversation), German (beginning and intermediate), and Russian (beginning & intermediate). Our teachers are spouses of Stanford students who have volunteered to teach their language. Their enthusiasm makes learning fun! See our web site for the schedule of times and dates, or stop by the I-Center for the printed version! http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/classes.html SUNDAY November 2nd The Muslim Student Awareness Network is proud to present the first... MIDDLE EASTERN FILM FESTIVAL Come.. Become aware.. Be educated.. Enjoy the tastes and aromas of the Middle East.. Cherish the unmatched company.. 7:30pm-9:00pm THE MESSAGE (PART 1) Upcoming Movies: Ramadan - Islamic theme month November 9th THE MESSAGE (Part 2) November 16th THE LION OF THE DESERT (Part 1) November 23rd THE LION OF THE DESERT (Part 2) December 7th TBA (Iraq) UPCOMING EVENTS TO NOTE IN YOUR DIARY! 6:00pm, Saturday November 15 2003. POTLUCK MUSIC NIGHT: The CCIS volunteers invite you to an evening of delicious food, good conversation and great music. Please bring a dish to serve 8 people plus a salad or dessert. Table service and drinks will be provided. All International students, scholars and their families plus local community members are invited. Contact: deegustavson@stanfordalumni.org For more information, please contact Gwyn Dukes at gdukes@stanford.edu 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 7, October 30, 2003