<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. $2 Tuesday</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>April 7, 6pm, Morss Hall</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. International Relations</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>April 2, 5pm, E53-482</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. MIT Carbonrally</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Begins April 8th!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. Fall Graduate Housing Allocation</div><div><br></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Two Dollar Tuesday*</div><div><br></div><div>What: Two Dollar Tuesday - Italian food (chicken scampi, prosciutto </div><div>boscaiola, veggie option) for $2/person, inexpensive cash bar</div><div>NEW DEAL: Tables with 6 or more people remaining after 7:00 PM </div><div>get FREE drink tickets.</div><div><br></div><div>When: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesday, April 7th, 6:00-8:00 PM; </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>tickets on sale NOW at <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt">http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt</a></div><div>Where: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Morss Hall (first floor of Walker Memorial)</div><div>Who: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>graduate students and up to one guest per student; </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>students' children are free</div><div><br></div><div>Note: buy tickets online at <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt">http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt</a></div><div><br></div><div>No guarantee for dinner after 6:30 PM. </div><div>Bring 21+ age ID to drink alcohol.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*International Relations Discussion*</div><div><br></div><div>You are cordially invited to </div><div>"Re-negotiating International Relations Once the Battle Has Ended," </div><div>an interactive dialogue with Professor Lawrence Susskind </div><div>from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning </div><div>on Thursday, April 2, at 5 pm in E53-482. </div><div><br></div><div>This event is co-hosted by the MIT 2011 Reconciliation Initiative </div><div>and the MIT GSC, and aims to bring together people from different </div><div>disciplines and backgrounds to explore root causes of civil and </div><div>international conflicts. </div><div><br></div><div>Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:bai@mit.edu">bai@mit.edu</a>. </div><div>Dinner will be served for those who RSVP.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*MIT Carbonrally*</div><div><br></div><div>From April 8 to May 8, the first ever MIT Carbonrally will take place. </div><div>Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to form teams to reduce </div><div>carbon emissions through small personal actions such as avoiding </div><div>eating meat for 2 days a week, knocking a few minutes off your shower </div><div>time, and unplugging your PC at night. There are currently 25 different </div><div>challenges you can accept on Carbonrally.com, and new ones are added </div><div>regularly.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams can be of any size, and the top ten teams will win $100. Scoring </div><div>is based on the total reduction of carbon emissions for the team from </div><div>April 1 to 30. It takes only 5 minutes to register and join a team, </div><div>and 1 minute to accept your first challenge.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2008, Carbonrally participants from across the U.S. took over </div><div>50,000 personal actions and reduced emissions by 1400 tons. </div><div>Let's add MIT's impact in 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>To create a team:</div><div>1. Register at <a href="http://www.carbonrally.com/signup">http://www.carbonrally.com/signup</a>.</div><div>2. Click on "Create a New Team."</div><div>3. Make sure MIT is the first word of your team name.</div><div>4. Select "College/University" for team type.</div><div>5. Click on "Invite Friends to Team" to recruit team members.</div><div><br></div><div>To join a team:</div><div>Click on link in email invitation or register at</div><div><a href="http://www.carbonrally.com/signup">http://www.carbonrally.com/signup</a> and use search box to find your team</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*FALL GRADUATE HOUSING ALLOCATION*</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/housing/grad/index.html">http://web.mit.edu/housing/grad/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Allocation offers the opportunity for both continuing and newly </div><div>admitted Graduate Students to apply for housing for the upcoming </div><div>academic year. Housing is available in both single student AND </div><div>family housing graduate residence halls. </div><div><br></div><div>Continuing Students- for students who will be registered in an MIT </div><div>Graduate degree program in the Fall of 2009, who have previously been </div><div>registered at MIT before, for any length of time. Continuing students </div><div>given assignment in the allocation have the option to renew housing </div><div>in subsequent years as long as they continue as registered graduate </div><div>students.</div><div><br></div><div>Dates of Allocation</div><div>Allocation Opens<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>March 23, 2009</div><div>Allocation Closes <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 15, 2009</div><div>Allocation Results Available <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 22, 2009</div><div>Acceptance and License Signing Deadline<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 29, 2009</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div><br></div><div> </div>
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