<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. Taste of Scotland</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 11th, 6pm, Morss Hall</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. Email Parsing Competition</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$500 grand prize!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. MIT 100K</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 5th, 7pm, 32-123</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. Graduate Student News</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 5. Locker Lottery</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Applications due Feb 13th!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 6. Grocery Shuttle to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 7. GSC 55th Anniversary Celebration</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>March 4th, 6:30pm, Morss Hall</div><div><br></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*A Taste of Scotland - featuring The Macallan fine scotch whisky*</div><div><br></div><div>***Taste The Macallan 30 Year, which sells for $800/bottle, </div><div>as well as several other scotches, for only $15!***</div><div><br></div><div>TICKETS ON SALE NOW:</div><div><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/scotch">http://gsc.mit.edu/scotch</a></div><div><br></div><div>Includes:</div><div>- tastings of The Macallan single-malt scotch whisky</div><div> (15, 17, 18, 21, and 30 year varieties)</div><div>- reception with Macallan 12 Year Classic</div><div><br></div><div>When: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Wednesday, February 11th, 6:00-8:00 PM</div><div>Where: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Morss Hall (1st floor of Walker Memorial)</div><div>Tickets: $15 for MIT graduate students, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> $15 for guests (max of 1 guest/student)</div><div><br></div><div>More info at the ticket website. Must be 21+ to attend this event. Tickets will not be available at the door.</div><div><br></div><div>Sponsored by the MIT GSC and the MIT Club of Boston</div><div>(<a href="http://bostonclub.mit.edu">http://bostonclub.mit.edu</a>/).</div><div>Questions? Email Rich Moy at <a href="mailto:richmoy@alum.mit.edu">richmoy@alum.mit.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Email Parsing Competition*</div><div> </div><div>In this competition you will develop technology to extract specific </div><div>information from lecture annoucement emails. We will be collecting </div><div>emails from MIT department mailing lists in a variety of formats, and </div><div>your challenge will be to extract the structured information like date,</div><div>location, and speaker. This is a hard problem in algorithm design and </div><div>machine learning, tried by the likes of Google and Apple in the past. </div><div>The technology you develop will be used to provide a centralized and </div><div>comprehensive interface to all academia and research related events at </div><div>the Institute which we expect will be become an ubiquitous tool for </div><div>students, faculty, and staff in the years to come.</div><div><br></div><div>There will be prizes of $500 for the top contestant and $250 for the</div><div>runner-up. Take this challenge to contribute to a better MIT!</div><div><br></div><div>Email <a href="mailto:gsc-arc@mit.edu">gsc-arc@mit.edu</a> for more information!</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*MIT $100K – ESC Finale, BPC Kickoff, and Upcoming Track Mixers*</div><div> </div><div>Executive Summary Finale and Business Plan Contest Kickoff</div><div>Thursday February 5, 7PM</div><div>Stata Center Room 32-123 (Kirsch Auditorium)</div><div> </div><div>Upcoming Track Mixers</div><div>Come meet your team or find an idea for the Business Plan Contest</div><div>Life Science and Development (joint) Feb 9, 6PM, Stata Center Lobby</div><div>Products and Services Feb 10, 6PM, Stata Center Lobby</div><div>Web/IT Feb 11, 6PM, Stata Center Lobby</div><div>Mobile Feb 12, 7PM, Stata Center Lobby</div><div>Energy Coming Soon!</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Graduate Student News*</div><div><br></div><div>Check out the lastest edition of the Graduate Student News ONLINE!</div><div>go to <a href="http://gsn.mit.edu">http://gsn.mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Locker Lottery*</div><div><br></div><div>The Stratton Student Center has 48 lockers for current, </div><div>registered MIT students. </div><div><br></div><div>Applications can be found at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/campus-activities/www">http://web.mit.edu/campus-activities/www</a> </div><div>and are due February 13th.</div><div><br></div><div>The Lockers are in the Reading Room and the lounge on the 1st floor </div><div>where the old Game Room was located.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Grocery Shuttle to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods*</div><div><br></div><div>We are pleased to announce that MIT Parking and Transportation will </div><div>operate a grocery shuttle to Trader Joe's and the Whole Foods Market. </div><div>This service will operate every Saturday beginning on January 24, 2009 </div><div>and ending on May 23, 2009. </div><div>The shuttle will leave campus every 30 minutes between 11AM and 1:47 PM,</div><div>and arrive at Trader Joe's and the Whole Foods Market per the attached </div><div>schedule. This shuttle is made possible through a generous donation. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/shuttles/grocery.html">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/shuttles/grocery.html</a> </div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*MIT Graduate Student Council 55th Anniversary Celebration* </div><div> </div><div>Time: Wednesday, March 4, 6:30-8PM</div><div>Location: Walker Memorial</div><div> </div><div>This academic year marks the 55th anniversary of the MIT Graduate </div><div>Student Council. To commemorate this milestone, the GSC will hold its </div><div>55th Anniversary Celebration on March 4, 6:30-8PM in Walker Memorial </div><div>(1st floor of Bldg 50, the Walker Memorial Bldg).</div><div> </div><div>The event will bring together past GSC members with current graduate </div><div>students and MIT administrators. The evening's agenda includes a </div><div>reception with dinner and drinks, a break-out session, and concluding </div><div>remarks. The groups for the break-out sessions will be themed around </div><div>topics that are central to the GSC's mission. </div><div> </div><div>Registration for the event is online (<a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/55th">http://gsc.mit.edu/55th</a>). </div><div>This is a free event for all attendees. </div><div> </div><div>Contact: Please email Alex Evans (<a href="mailto:xan@mit.edu">xan@mit.edu</a>) with any questions.</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div>
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