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nday-Wednesday from 3-9pm. As always, you can share feedback about MIT&#39;s new at-cost grocery store. If you&#39;d like to join the effort in making TechMart sustainable, please email <a href="mailto:ua-feedback@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">ua-feedback@mit.edu</a>!</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:17.5px"><span style="font-family:roboto,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">~ Mahi<br>UA Secretary</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><img height="30" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/8510f4c2-4537-4dd0-b475-ef934e85c7ce.png" width="30" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; outline: none; height: auto;"> <span style="font-family:roboto,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">Undergraduate Association Events</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Lunch/Dinner Discussions to Improve FYE</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Input on new VP for IS&amp;T</li><li style="margin-left:15px">New TechMart Hours During IAP</li><li style="margin-left:15px">UA Council Meeting</li><li style="margin-left:15px">UA Cabinet &amp; Operations Meeting</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><img height="30" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/5229ed99-5c20-47d3-80e1-d524dfccd3ca.png" width="30" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; outline: none; height: auto;"> <span style="font-family:roboto,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">Academics &amp; Professional</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0"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ellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><font face="roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">ACADEMICS &amp; PROFESSIONAL</font></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><strong>Illusion - MIT Chroma&#39;s Winter 2018 Issue</strong><br><strong>When: </strong>This week<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:xum@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">xum@mit.edu</a><br><br>MIT Chroma&#39;s newest issue, Illusion, will be coming out later next week! Find a copy around campus, and take a read.<br><br><img height="419" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/362227ab-a214-4cb3-aeb3-7994ef1c7532.png" width="325" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 419px; width: 325px; margin: 0px;"><br><br><strong>LBGTQ Spirituality &amp; Faith Series: In Conversation with Yiscah Smith<br>When:</strong> Thurs. 12/6 from 5:30-7:00pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> 50-250, Rainbow Lounge<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:revcody@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">revcody@mit.edu</a><br><br>In this session, Yiscah will recount her personal life story, based on her memoir, Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living. Yiscah’s 40-year memoir details her joys and struggles with her own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to herself. The story she tells is one of a man, facing his truth, embracing the woman she was always meant to be, and returning to her faith with wholeness and authenticity. Yiscah will discuss as well sources of inspiration in the Jewish tradition for authentic living.<br><br><strong>Building a Better Internet<br>When:</strong> Thurs. 12/6 at 6:00 pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> Building N50, MIT Press Bookstore<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:npepper@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">npepper@mit.edu</a><br><br>Join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming David Clark and Josephine Wolff to discuss their new books: David Clark’s Designing an Internet and Josephine Wolff’s You’ll See This Message When It Is Too Late.<br><br><img height="434" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/3bdce303-57a5-48a9-9fbe-709f0f7c2b48.jpg" width="325" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 434px; width: 325px; margin: 0px;"><br><strong>Felice Frankel: Picturing Science and Engineering<br>When:</strong> Thurs. 12/13 at 6:00pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> Building N50, MIT Press Bookstore<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:books@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">books@mit.edu</a><br><br>Please join the MIT Bookstore in welcoming Felice Frankel to discuss her new book, Picturing Science and Engineering.<br><img height="433" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/e72dbdb5-a2e9-4d31-bcbd-1be2ee75cc19.jpg" width="325" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 433px; width: 325px; margin: 0px;"><br><strong>Designing the First-Year Experience: Fun-Sized</strong><br><strong>When: </strong>Over IAP, 1/22-2/1 from 2-5 pm every day<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:katew@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">katew@mit.edu</a><br><br>DFY: Fun-Sized (2.s974/2.s790) is a 3-unit subject building on the original Designing the First-Year Experience at MIT class offered in Spring 2018.<br><br>We welcome students who were involved with the prior class as well as first-year students and others who were not able to participate last year.<br><br>The class will focus on exploring ideas for radical changes to the first-year experience that could be piloted with a small group of students, for example in a First-Year Learning Community (FLC), as well as less dramatic changes that could be tested with the entire Class of 2023.<br><br><img height="365" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/2342967b-ab08-4697-9ab5-403135935bbf.png" width="650" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 365px; width: 650px; margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><font face="roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">SOCIAL</font></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><strong>SaveTFP Presents: Waffle Night!</strong><br><strong>When: </strong>Fri. 12/2 from 9-11pm<br><strong>Where: </strong>Coffeehouse (3rd floor Student Center)<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:savetfp@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">savetfp@mit.edu</a><br><br>Celebrate the end of the semester with waffles, fruits, and ice cream galore!!! (ft. 15 cans of whipped cream and matcha powder)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><font face="roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">JOIN THESE EFFORTS!</font></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-165965290513037372mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><strong>On Campus Blood Drive<br>When: </strong>12/10 &amp; 12/12 (1-6pm); 12/11 (8am-1pm)<br><strong>Where:</strong> La Sala (2nd Floor Student Center)<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:blood-drive-coordinators@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">blood-drive-coordinators@mit.edu</a><br><br>Make an appointment for the on-campus blood drive from 12/10 to 12/12: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/blood-drive/www" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">http://web.mit.edu/blood-drive/www</a> (Walk-ons are also welcome!). Every donation can save up to 3 lives, and donors receive a free t-shirt while supplies last. Afraid of needles or unable to donate blood? Consider signing up to volunteer at the check-in desk: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/drive1218" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">tinyurl.com/drive1218</a><br><br><img height="420" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/3eddb52e-c212-4a4e-a5cb-eaa4d3781725.jpg" width="325" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 420px; width: 325px; margin: 0px;"><br><br><strong>Apply for Baker Funding!</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Any time this academic year!<br><strong>Where:</strong> <a href="http://bakerfoundation.mit.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">bakerfoundation.mit.edu</a><br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:baker-foundation@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">baker-foundation@mit.edu</a><br><br>The Baker Foundation (not related to the dorm) elicits student initiatives that enhance the undergraduate experience. This means that if you or your student group have a cool, new idea to make MIT a better place, fill out the attached form. We&#39;ll get back to you to schedule a time for us to meet and talk about your project!<br><br><strong>Submit MLK Leadership Award nominations!</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Due 11/30 at 11:59pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> <a href="http://diversity.mit.edu/mlkprograms/mlk-leadership-award/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">http://diversity.mit.edu/mlkprograms/mlk-leadership-award/</a><br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:mlkawards@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">mlkawards@mit.edu</a><br><br>Take some time to nominate an MIT leader who inspires you! Wanted: those who serve the community (defined broadly). Where do you see integrity, leadership, creativity, and positive outcomes? Nominate a student, prof, staff person, alum, or even a group. Winners will be honored at the annual MLK program on February 14, 2018.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-size:12.8px">Mahalaxmi Elango</span><br></div><font color="#999999">Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2020<br>Secretary of the Undergraduate Association<br>Department of EECS and Department of BCS</font><br></div></div></div></div>