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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Student Group Leaders,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please read the following announcements carefully:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Activities Midway Sign-up<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Early Returns Applications Open (Due 7/23)<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Orientation Midway Sign-up</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This year's Fall Orientation Activities Midway will be held in Johnson Rink from 2:30-4:30 PM on
<b>Friday, September 3rd</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you want your group to take part in the Midway, fill out this form: <</span><a href="https://forms.gle/h4f4HAvJxjia9QXn8"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/h4f4HAvJxjia9QXn8</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
by <b>Sunday, August 22nd at 11:59pm</b>. If your group wants to do a live performance, be on the lookout for more information. We will send out booth allocations and the rules by August 31st.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Early returns applications are OPEN (Due 7/23/21)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are an undergraduate student who is eligible to register for MIT in the fall, and who will be living in an undergraduate dorm during
Fall 2021, you are eligible to apply for an early return. Early returns are given to a limited number of students who will be present and representing their groups during orientation at the Activities Midway, as well as participating in other student group
rush events. Those students who receive an early return will need to check in with the ASA at the Activities Midway; failure to do so will result in a fine.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are two parts to the application process for early returns, which must be filled out by
<b>distinct individuals</b>: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1. The student asking for an early return must fill out a student application form <</span><a href="https://forms.gle/tfRw6ZDq435KCTtR8"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/tfRw6ZDq435KCTtR8</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2. An executive member of the group must fill out a Sponsoring Group application <</span><a href="https://forms.gle/8nYzJ9NfVdFozUMe6"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/8nYzJ9NfVdFozUMe6</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Both</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> forms are due by
<b>Friday, July 23rd at 11:59 pm EST</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due to a limited number of early returns, we would encourage groups to obtain assistance at the midway by student members who already have
an early return through other programs or live off-campus. Note that students with summer housing are entitled to continuous housing during this period without an early return.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please feel free to email <</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">asa-exec@mit.edu</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
with any requests, questions, or other inquiries.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ASA Executive Board</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><</span><a href="https://owa.exchange.mit.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=yJZiAshjpbls53XEeUTtaeG7QyQZOrRww1ynwDsXIq7mEiCV5MHWCA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fweb.mit.edu%2fasa%2fabout%2fboard-members.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://web.mit.edu/asa/about/board-members.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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