<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>************************** GSC ANNOUNCEMENTS *************************</div><div> more extensive announcements online: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu">http://gsc.mit.edu</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>headlines (details below):</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1. Rent Monkey: A New Off-Campus Housing Website</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. MIT Career Fair Server Admin/Webmaster Position</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Apply now!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. Corporation Elections</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Polls open for eligible voters</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. Recreational Advisory Committee</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Apply now!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 5. Jorge Cham - Surviving Grad School</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> May 7, 3:15-4:15pm, 32-123</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Rent Monkey: A New Off-Campus Housing Website*</div><div><a href="http://rentmonkey.mit.edu">http://rentmonkey.mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Rent Monkey is a new off-campus housing website that tracks rental </div><div>information provided by MIT students for MIT students. Rent Monkey </div><div>catalogs listings and sublets as well as past rents and descriptions </div><div>of residences. It enables current off-campus students to find roommates </div><div>and those on the market to contact landlords directly instead of </div><div>incurring large realtor fees. Rent Monkey is brought to you by the </div><div>Graduate Student Council and the Off-Campus Housing Office.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*MIT Career Fair Server Admin / Webmaster Needed*</div><div><br></div><div>- Duties: Plan and execute the purchase of a new (rackable) server for </div><div>the MIT Career Fair. Install the server at IS&T, install the software </div><div>(Linux, Apache, etc.), migrate the data & applications (mainly Apache, </div><div>MySQL and backups) from the current server. Complete by 5/30.</div><div>- Compensation: $500 + bonus based on performance</div><div>- Evolution: Possibility to become Webmaster for the Career Fair based </div><div>on responsiveness and quality of work. Webmaster position extends from </div><div>late May until early Oct '08. Webmaster is compensated $1500+ based on </div><div>performance.</div><div>- Requirements: experience in Linux server installation and </div><div>administration, MySQL, competencies as Webmaster (complex dynamic PHP </div><div>pages) appreciated.</div><div>- Apply: <a href="mailto:cf-team-recruiting@mit.edu">cf-team-recruiting@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Corporation Elections*</div><div><br></div><div>This year a '06, '07, or '08 graduate will be elected to the MIT Corp </div><div>by those who are eligible to vote.</div><div><br></div><div>You are eligible to vote if you received either an undergrad or grad </div><div>degree in '06 or '07 or if you expect to receive a degree in June '08.</div><div><br></div><div>See <a href="http://alum.mit.edu/about/elections/corpballot/index.html">http://alum.mit.edu/about/elections/corpballot/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Recreation Advisory Committee - Grad Student Rep*</div><div><br></div><div>Want to make the voices of grad students heard in the decisions made at</div><div>DAPER and the Z-Center, including fees, programming, and facilities?</div><div><br></div><div>Email <a href="mailto:gsc-vice-president@mit.edu">gsc-vice-president@mit.edu</a> for more info and to apply.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Jorge Cham - Surviving Grad School*</div><div><br></div><div>Wed May 7, 3:15-4:15pm in 32-123</div><div><br></div><div>The Power of Procrastination: </div><div>Surviving Grad School & Deciding What's Next</div><div>Speaker: JORGE CHAM, author of PhD Comics (<a href="http://phdcomics.com">http://phdcomics.com</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Book signing and reception to follow talk</div><div>See <a href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/graduate/cham.html">http://web.mit.edu/career/www/graduate/cham.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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