<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. Winter Break<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TODAY, Dec 10th, 4-5pm, Lobby 7</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. GradRat Ordering</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dec 10-11th, 11am-4pm, E-51</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. Saferide Holiday Schedule</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. GSC Athletics & Performance Activities Grant</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Application Deadling Dec 11th!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 5. Language Diversity Survey</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fill out by Dec 11th!</div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Winter Break*</div><div> </div><div>Log off, Drop in, Rev up!</div><div>Unplug for an hour and join the MIT community for refreshments, </div><div>music, and a break from winter.</div><div><br></div><div>4-5pm, Wednesday December 10 in Lobby 7</div><div><br></div><div>Sponsored by the Undergraduate Association, Graduate Student Council, </div><div>and Office of the President</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Graduate Ring Ordering*</div><div><br></div><div>Graduate Ring Ordering,</div><div>Dec 9-11, 11am-4pm, Wolk Lobby (E-51)</div><div><br></div><div>Order your graduate ring! Balfour representatives will be on campus </div><div>to take your Grad Rat orders through Thursday, December 11th, 2008 </div><div>from 11am until 4pm in the Wolk Lobby (E-51). For more information </div><div>on the Grad Rat, check out <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/ring">http://gsc.mit.edu/ring</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Saferide Holiday Schedule*</div><div><br></div><div>Parking and Transportation will run a Holiday Saferide schedule </div><div>during Winter Break between December 19, 2008 and January 15, 2009. </div><div>The Saferide web pages</div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/shuttles/safe_ride.html">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/shuttles/safe_ride.html</a> </div><div>were updated to include the Holiday and Summer schedules and the dates </div><div>they will be in operation. The schedules will be tracked by NextBus </div><div>and are designed to maintain high levels of service during periods </div><div>of low ridership.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*GSC Athletic & Performance Activities Grant*</div><div><br></div><div>Summary</div><div>Period covered: Jan 1 - Feb 28, 2009</div><div>Application deadline: Dec 11, 2008</div><div> </div><div>The purpose of the Athletic/Performance-Activities Grant is to </div><div>support graduate students who pursue a non-research/non-academic </div><div>activity at competitive levels. The grant is designed to support MIT </div><div>graduate students who take part in competitions/concerts/events </div><div>throughout the year, both nationally and internationally.</div><div> </div><div>The grant can cover fees and expenses such as registration, </div><div>accommodation, travel (air, car rental, gas, tolls, parking, </div><div>public transportation) and equipment shipment if needed.</div><div> </div><div>For competitions/concerts/events happening in Jan and Feb of 2009, </div><div>fill out the application found at: </div><div><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/funding/funding-activities">http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/funding/funding-activities</a> </div><div>and email it to <a href="mailto:gsc-grant@mit.edu">gsc-grant@mit.edu</a></div><div>You can also find more information and guidelines at the link above. Notification of grant status will occur on Dec 18, 2008.</div><div>Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:gsc-grant@mit.edu">gsc-grant@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Language Diversity Survey*</div><div><br></div><div>2008 was declared the International Year of Languages by the UN. </div><div>The Lecture Series on Language Rights and Language Diversity at MIT </div><div>is hosting a panel discussion on Language Diversity </div><div>on Friday Dec. 12th, from 5 to 6PM in 6-120. </div><div>We are also publishing a booklet on the languages spoken at MIT. </div><div>This is where we need your help.</div><div>Please complete the survey below and send it to <a href="mailto:leonidus@mit.edu">leonidus@mit.edu</a> by Thursday Dec. 11th, for inclusion into the booklet. </div><div>It will be printed in several hundred copies and freely distributed. </div><div>An incomplete list of languages (a Googledoc) can be seen at</div><div><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p7adk3TsPE0SZUEYnYNGZfQ">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p7adk3TsPE0SZUEYnYNGZfQ</a>. </div><div>Thanks a lot!</div><div><br></div><div>1) What is your native language? </div><div>(native name & English name, e.g.Deutsch-German)</div><div>2) In which countries/regions is it spoken? </div><div>How many people speak it (estimate)?</div><div>3) Does it have a writing system? (yes/no) </div><div>If yes, please describe it briefly.</div><div>4) Name any distinguished poets/writers/musicians </div><div>who worked in your language.</div><div>5) What are some "unusual" features of your language </div><div>(that make it hard to learn)?</div><div>6) How do you say "Hello", "Goodbye", "Nice to meet you", "Peace" </div><div>in the language?</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div>
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