From lugao at MIT.EDU Fri May 2 13:41:29 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 13:41:29 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" by Ling-Chi Wang, 6pm, May 6th, 54-100 Message-ID: <20080502134129.r1oqljnec3im8k44@webmail.mit.edu> MIT CSSA Seminar Series "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, University of California, Berkeley Time: 6pm, May 6th, 2008 Place: 54-100 Refreshments available Dear friends, Since the recent protests and counter-protests in Olympic Torch relays at several major Western cities, there has been mounting criticism over the Chinese authority from various perspectives in the Western public. Agendas of the criticizers range from environmentalism, press freedom, Darfur to skyrocketing commodity prices and global food shortage crisis, among which China's policy in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is in the center of the stage. While we all agree that the Chinese authority could have made more achievements in many areas in China's social and political development, we do feel there might be a disconnection and misunderstanding between the East and the West in current situation. As representatives of the overseas Chinese students and staff at MIT, the MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) have always been active in introducing the Chinese culture and exchanging ideas, opinions and information between the members of our association and the MIT community. Last Wednesday we successfully hosted Dr. Arthur Holcombe from the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund to discuss the real opinions and concerns from average Tibetans based on his first-hand experiences and studies. We are flattered to hear many positive feedbacks from the audience, who referred to the event as a great opportunity for everyone in our community to understand more about the situation in Tibet. In order to further the discussion and mutual understanding in our community, we are glad to have Prof. Ling-Chi Wang from University of California at Berkeley to give a speech at 6pm on Tuesday May 6th. The title of Prof. Wang's talk is "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" In his presentation, Prof. Wang will examine recent events related to the use of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the torch relay to address a number China's domestic and international issues and policies. In particular, the discussion will focus on US-China relations and how domestic and foreign policies are shaping their dealings. Since Chinese in the U.S. have been directly affected by the changing US-China relations, Prof. Wang will also discuss the emerging role of Chinese in the US. Prof. Ling-Chi Wang became involved in both the anti-Vietnam war and civil rights movements on campus and in San Francisco area as a graduate student in Berkeley in 1966. In 1969, instead of his original plan to teach ancient Semitic languages, he participated in the creation and development of a new interdisciplinary studies on the Berkeley campus called Ethnic Studies that entails the study of the history, culture and community of the racial minorities in the US, including American Indians, black, Latino, and Asian Americans. Through teaching and research in this new field, he came to specialize in the history of Chinese and Asian minorities in the US. Since the end of the Cold War, he extended his research interests to Overseas Chinese studies and US-China relations. In 1992, along with scholars from throughout the world, he founded the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), which is now a leading international scholarly organization for the advancement of Overseas Chinese studies. For more information about Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, please visit: http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/faculty/wang/ MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association MIT Graduate Students Council May 2nd, 2008 From xuzao at MIT.EDU Sun May 4 12:08:27 2008 From: xuzao at MIT.EDU (Zao Xu) Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 12:08:27 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Results of 2008-2009 CSSA Presidential Election Message-ID: <004c01c8ae01$1a0fc2e0$f306fa12@alga> Dear Friends, Congratulations to GAO Lu and JIA Xiaoting! In the annual general election of yesterday, GAO Lu and JIA Xiaoting were elected as presidencts of MIT CSSA of 2008-2009. The new presidents will start their tenure after a short transition. An inauguration BBQ party will be held by our new presidents right after MIT final week. Please come congratulate to them and celebrate the end of semester. The BBQ party will also be aimed to recruit new CSSA Board members. We are looking forward to your appearance and support to the MIT CSSA. Any you have suggestions and ideas for future developements of the CSSA, please direct them to GAO LU (lugao at mit.edu) and JIA Xiaoting (xjia at MIT.EDU). Best regards, CSSA Executive Board -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080504/f2f540b4/attachment.htm From lugao at MIT.EDU Mon May 5 14:08:53 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 14:08:53 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Tomorrow! Tomorrow! "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" Message-ID: <20080505140853.xysllihbzkr80c4w@webmail.mit.edu> MIT CSSA Seminar Series "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, University of California, Berkeley Time: 6pm, May 6th, 2008 Place: 54-100 Refreshments available, open to the public Dear friends, Since the recent protests and counter-protests in Olympic Torch relays at several major Western cities, there has been mounting criticism over the Chinese authority from various perspectives in the Western public. Agendas of the criticizers range from environmentalism, press freedom, Darfur to skyrocketing commodity prices and global food shortage crisis, among which China's policy in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is in the center of the stage. While we all agree that the Chinese authority could have made more achievements in many areas in China's social and political development, we do feel there might be a disconnection and misunderstanding between the East and the West in current situation. As representatives of the overseas Chinese students and staff at MIT, the MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) have always been active in introducing the Chinese culture and exchanging ideas, opinions and information between the members of our association and the MIT community. Last Wednesday we successfully hosted Dr. Arthur Holcombe from the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund to discuss the real opinions and concerns from average Tibetans based on his first-hand experiences and studies. We are flattered to hear many positive feedbacks from the audience, who referred to the event as a great opportunity for everyone in our community to understand more about the situation in Tibet. In order to further the discussion and mutual understanding in our community, we are glad to have Prof. Ling-Chi Wang from University of California at Berkeley to give a speech at 6pm on Tuesday May 6th. The title of Prof. Wang's talk is "US-China Relation: Olympics and Tibet?" In his presentation, Prof. Wang will examine recent events related to the use of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the torch relay to address a number China's domestic and international issues and policies. In particular, the discussion will focus on US-China relations and how domestic and foreign policies are shaping their dealings. Since Chinese in the U.S. have been directly affected by the changing US-China relations, Prof. Wang will also discuss the emerging role of Chinese in the US. Prof. Ling-Chi Wang became involved in both the anti-Vietnam war and civil rights movements on campus and in San Francisco area as a graduate student in Berkeley in 1966. In 1969, instead of his original plan to teach ancient Semitic languages, he participated in the creation and development of a new interdisciplinary studies on the Berkeley campus called Ethnic Studies that entails the study of the history, culture and community of the racial minorities in the US, including American Indians, black, Latino, and Asian Americans. Through teaching and research in this new field, he came to specialize in the history of Chinese and Asian minorities in the US. Since the end of the Cold War, he extended his research interests to Overseas Chinese studies and US-China relations. In 1992, along with scholars from throughout the world, he founded the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), which is now a leading international scholarly organization for the advancement of Overseas Chinese studies. For more information about Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, please visit: http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/faculty/wang/ MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association MIT Graduate Students Council From lugao at MIT.EDU Wed May 7 08:06:39 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 08:06:39 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: Fundraiser for AIDS orphans in central China Message-ID: <20080507080639.f4aiwolqf0u80000@webmail.mit.edu> FYI ----------- Dear friends Thank you so much for your outpouring of support for the Fuyang AIDS Orphan Salvation Association. You have pledged over $800 so far! These funds will go directly to support children affected by the disease in rural Anhui and Henan provinces. Because of your incredible generosity, I have already exceeded my goal of $500 for this fundraiser. However, according to the People's Daily newspaper ( http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352611.html), there are currently over 76,000 AIDS orphans in China. There are still many, many more children in Anhui and Henan who need help than AOS is currently able to provide, so any more funds you give mean that more children will received care. In addition, it is likely that every dollar you give will be matched by an institutional donor working with AOS. For more details, please see the message below from Ms. Eliza Petrow who is organizing the larger fundraising drive here in Cambridge. To learn more about HIV in China and the AOS program, please see Eliza's excellent presentation at (http://web.mit.edu/jialanw/www/ruralchina.htm). Help me achieve my new goal of raising $1200 by April 15th for this worthy cause. You may give me cash directly (if local), or you may send your check directly to me for *Alliance** for Children Foundation**,*with reference to* **AIDS Orphan Salvation Fund. * For local Cambridge residents, please consider attending the fundraiser this Thursday which includes a viewing of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Blood of Yingzhou District" (http://www.allforchildren.org/events.html). Please forward this email to anyone you think would be interested in learning more about HIV in China.**** Please provide your address so that a proof of donation may be sent to you for tax purposes. My address is Jialan Wang 60 Wadsworth St Apt 8H Cambridge, MA 02142 You may also donate directly to AOS online at http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?donate=1. Again, thank you! Jialan --------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S. Eliza Petrow Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Thank you! To: Jialan Wang There is no exact goal since the needs of the organization are enormous- if we raise more money we can help more kids- if we less money we will help fewer kids and will target the most critical. I think that I would like to raise between $20,000 and $40,000 so that we can continue the current program and expand it to the next county where there are so many kids waiting to be helped and many HIV+ kids as well. There are also some more kids waiting to be helped over the border in Henan province (we are currently helping some there already). I think I found a company that will match dollar for dollar what we raise so in that sense I think it is possible to raise that much. But whatever we do will be great because we can have a huge impact! See you the 8th! Eliza ------- ???? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????"?????"????2006 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2003 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????5?15?????????????????????500???????????500??????????????????????????400 ????????????20?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? http://www.faaids.com/ http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352611.html http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?id=79 ?????1?????????????????????the *Alliance** for Children Foundation**?** ** ????????**AIDS Orphan Salvation Fund**?*** Jialan Wang 60 Wadsworth St Apt 8H Cambridge, MA 02142 2????????????????????? http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?donate=1. ???????????????????????????????? ----------- *Hello all, I attended a workshop on AIDS in China last weekend, and the story of the AIDS Orphan Salvation Association was incredibly moving and inspiring. Featured in last year's Oscar-winning short documentary "The Blood of Yingzhou District", the organization was started by a local woman to help one girl with AIDS who had lost her parents to the disease and had literally no one to turn to. Now the organization helps over 500 orphaned children get health care, go to school, find adoptive families, and overcome the incredible social stigma of HIV/AIDS. I was really impressed by the organization's efficiency and focus on effective intervention and broad-based support, not just giving food and monetary aid. AOS is working with the local government and is nearly self-sufficient, but it still needs additional donations to build the organizational capacity to expand and help the estimated 1000 AIDS orphans in the local Anhui and Henan provinces. In particular, much of these donations would go toward paying health care workers to make sure the children with the disease get proper treatment. The program has improved care dramatically, achieving over 95% treatment compliance for often-complicated treatment plans in rural communities far away from hospitals. * -- Jialan Wang PhD Candidate in Financial Economics Sloan School of Management http://web.mit.edu/jialanw/www ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080507/de4515c9/attachment.htm From lugao at MIT.EDU Wed May 7 08:14:55 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 08:14:55 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: China Forum Message-ID: <20080507081455.ov91avcyl3j4g0w4@webmail.mit.edu> FYI Hi, all: I want to bring to your attention a forum for China-related talks, sponsored by MIT. The China Forum is part of a broader MIT effort being formulated by the China Strategy Working Group, which has been charged by central administration to look at new ways of fostering ties with China and to identify new initiatives and collaborations that MIT might launch with China in the coming years. It is composed of faculty and staff with interests in and knowledge of greater China. I am the chair of the working group. We have decided to start the China Forum, with the blessings of President Hockfield, in order to raise awareness of China on campus. The Institute-level forum will invite prominent guests from government, academic, and industrial sectors to visit MIT. They will give public speeches on topics of general interest, meet with senior officials, conduct round table discussions comparing and contrasting Chinese and western methodology/approach/ problems, etc. Our hope is that this forum will be a convening point for our faculty and students regarding the shaping of our China Strategy, and will extend MIT's reach in China. The first speaker for the China Forum will be Prof. Yingyi Qian (see attached announcement). This talk will be publicized on the Tech Talk this week, as well as Dome View. However, I hope you can help to publicize it among Chinese students, as I would like to have a great turn out for it. Thanx in advance. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Victor ===================================================== Victor Zue Delta Electronics Professor, Department of EECS, and Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: +1.617.253.8513 Fax: +1.617.258.6206 Assistant: Colleen Russell (crussell at csail.mit.edu; +1.617.253.0145) ===================================================== -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Writing down your question beforehand may help. - We may be joined by a group of Lyndon LaRouche supporters who may make points we agree with. However, be aware that they are a political cult with a nutty and questionable leader. We aren't associated with them nor should we appear to be. Below we provide you some resources to learn about the speaker and the issues. The speaker is Lobsang Sangay, and has two roles: a Harvard academic as well as pro-independence activist. He is a second-generation Indian-born Tibetan educated in the Indian school system. His parents are from Lithang in western Sichuan, the main site of the 1959 Khampa rebellion. His uncle fought with the CIA according to himself and went missing in action. As far as can be inferred, he has never set foot in Tibet or China, and has little knowledge about what is going on there except what the exile government says and possibly some personal communication. Keep this background in mind. As an academic at Harvard Law School, he wrote his dissertation on the exile government and its political reforms, which is his field of expertise. Let's give him credit for winning some awards there. In recent years he organized some panel talks at Harvard with Chinese scholars and Tibetologists there. This is one of the papers he published on the subject in case you are interested: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/v014/14.3sangay.html As an activist, he is hardline and is heavily involved in the Tibetan Youth Congress rising to "national executive member". He talks to the media extensively and is well known among overseas Tibetans. He frequently loses his mind and credibility and there are many careless and glaring comments from him, for example, a recent interview: http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/harvards-lobsang-sangay-chinese-crackdown-tibet Some other "tough talk" he has made: "These unemployed youths, with their strong sentiments of nationalism, could resort to violence, if they gain access to weapons. Neighboring countries, becoming increasingly nervous about China's 15 percent increase in its defense budget every year for its 3 million-man army, may be willing to send a cache of arms into Tibet, as the CIA did in the late 1950's and '60s." "The Dalai Lama has always advocated non-violence but if the Chinese government doesn't reciprocate, Tibetans will have to rely on traditional means." Today, he is to speak as an activist, yet he will wear a suit and be introduced as an academic along with all the crendentials that come with it. So it is even more important to be prepared. His talk may be like this recent one he gave (about the first 15 min.): http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4020 The gist of it is to blame the Chinese government for everything and the tactic is to make a string of misleading and plausible-sounding remarks. There are many resources to counter this. Some are listed below: An extensive rebuttal of the pro-independence tropes by an Indian magazine: http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1718/17180040.htm An analysis of the claim of the "1.2 million dead" claim with population numbers http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/tibetan.population.in.china.pdf Hopefully these will arm you with the knowledge to be confident in challenging absurd statements you will hear today. Truly, CSSA From diaodiao at MIT.EDU Fri May 9 12:16:18 2008 From: diaodiao at MIT.EDU (Ying Diao) Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 12:16:18 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] [Fwd: [Chn2006] Fwd: Harvard CSSA forum this Friday, 5/9] Message-ID: <482478D2.9050508@mit.edu> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Xiaoting Jia Subject: [Chn2006] Fwd: Harvard CSSA forum this Friday, 5/9 Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 00:02:28 -0400 Size: 5161 Url: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080509/1b101c08/attachment.eml From diaodiao at MIT.EDU Sat May 10 18:21:32 2008 From: diaodiao at MIT.EDU (Ying Diao) Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:32 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] [Fwd: Mother's Day Picnic Outing, 5/11] Message-ID: <48261FEC.7070308@mit.edu> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Yue Lin" Subject: Mother's Day Picnic Outing, 5/11 Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 10:57:49 -0400 Size: 3270 Url: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080510/878f7f57/attachment.eml From lugao at MIT.EDU Mon May 12 22:47:14 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:47:14 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Need your support for the earthquake in Sichuan Message-ID: <20080512224714.v4r1h3dh9eass8cw@webmail.mit.edu> Dear MIT CSSA members, Everyone of us was shocked and sad at the news of the catastrophic earthquake in Sichuan and neighboring provinces yesterday. The CSSA board members sincerely wish the pain of our fellow Chinese people who suffered in this disaster could be minimized by prompt rescue and aid. We also wish all our members' families can be safe at this moment. We will try to figure out what the MIT CSSA can do to facilitate the domestic rescue and aid. CSSA is going to initiate a donation at the MIT campus soon. Besides, please feel welcomed for any suggestions and/or comments regarding our further moves to the disaster relief. Let's all stand together to support our motherland. Thank you all! 亲爱的同学们： 北京时间5月12日14时28分，四川汶川县(北纬31度，东经103.4度)发生7.8级地震,全国大部有震感,截至北京时间13日零时，四川灾区已有死亡人员超八千五百名，重庆、云南、甘肃、陕西等其他地区死亡数百名，受伤无数,实际伤亡数字期待会进一步增加, 经济损失更是无法估计。 无数的人员伤亡,无数的楼房倒塌,无数的生命还在废墟中挣扎，成千上万的普通人失去了他们至爱的亲人,朋友和生活的家园。他们急需食品,衣物,药品来渡过这场危机。救援队伍已经奔赴现场浴血奋战和死神竞赛，我们也诚挚地希望能够为我们远方的亲人和朋友贡献哪怕些许的力量，来减轻他们正在遭受的伤痛。我们真诚祈祷每位同学的家人亲朋都能平安无恙。 我们将尽快制定出协助减灾救灾的方案，并发起在全校范围内的捐款活动。与此同时，欢迎您随时和我们联系，我们期待得到您的宝贵建议，来指导我们的行动。让我们携手，共建家园！感谢所有人的关注！ MIT CSSA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Facing the devastation in our motherland, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is calling for support from the whole MIT community. We will hold a table at the student center all day long from Wednesday (May 14th) through Friday (May 16th) to collect donation. The money collected will be used to provide for the survivors basic shelter and food and to help rebuild their homes. We will send the money to the China Red Cross Sichuan Branch. To help keeping the donation procedure transparent, we will need you to provide the following information: name, email, School/Department, Year/Graduate, phone number. Receipts will be provided upon request. We will update the donation information everyday on the MIT CSSA?s webpage (http://cssa.mit.edu/). Meanwhile, the online donation account is being set up and will be available soon. We will update you once this information is ready. At the moment, we also need a lot of volunteers who can contribute his/her valuable time in helping us. The duties include but are not limited to: designing and distributing flyers, maintaining webpage, outreaching and broadcasting. If you are interested in joining us as a volunteer, please send your name, email and contact number to Liang, Fei (liangfei at mit.edu). She will get in touch with you. We appreciate your great help in advance. Please help us to distribute this message to your coworkers and friends. Any suggestion on further showing our support toward this disaster is welcome! Thank you for your generous support! CSSA Board May 13, 2008 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Born in Shanghai, Yixiang started to learn piano and music with his father at the age of four. Thereafter, he studied piano performance with several pianists and musicians including Ziejie Wu from Junior Department of Shanghai Music Conservatory (SMC), Youfei Qin, and notably Pusheng Dai, Professor of Piano Department of SMC. Having successfully achieved a B.A. in Engineering, Yixiang came to the UK as a research student and continued lessons with Peter Hill, Valentina Kalashnik, and Vivian Choi. During his study at Cambridge, Yixiang has taken an active part in performing both as a soloist and accompanist in England, and many of his performances were very well received. Notable concerts include piano recitals in Jesus College, Trinity College, Clare Hall and Hughes Hall. Yixiang is also an Associate in Piano Recital, Trinity College of Music, London UK. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jianfei ----- Forwarded message from mccomber at MIT.EDU ----- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:29:36 -0400 From: Kevin McComber Reply-To: Kevin McComber Subject: Foxwoods trip info To: wangjf05 at mit.edu Hi Jianfei, As we discussed, please forward the information below and the attachment to the CSSA, CAST, and any other Chinese group you know. Thanks! Kevin ----- Trip to Foxwoods Casino! Saturday, May 24th - bus leaves at noon and returns at 10:00 PM Ticket includes: - coach bus transportation to Foxwoods Resort and Casino - $15 in Keno tickets - free buffet dinner (or $10 meal voucher) Tickets cost $15 for MIT graduate students and $18 for guests. Tickets (and more info) available NOW at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=23121&groupID=146 Must be 21+ to attend this event. Bring age ID (driver's license, passport, etc.) to enter casino. Questions? Email gsc-ac at mit.edu. ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Foxwoods.ppt Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint Size: 577536 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080516/6f7d9d5c/attachment.ppt From xjia at MIT.EDU Fri May 16 23:34:26 2008 From: xjia at MIT.EDU (Xiaoting Jia) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 23:34:26 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Online Donation Now Available Message-ID: <20080516233426.ffsjbw9yppsscw0o@webmail.mit.edu> Dear all, We greatly appreciate your deep concern and generous help after the disastrous earthquake recently happened in Sichuan, China. We were deeply touched by your tremendous support during the last three days of our on-campus donation drive. Our gratefulness is far beyond any word we can describe. Many thanks to all those who devoted time and effort in this event as well. Our effort and achievement clearly showed that together we can make a difference! Now online donation is also available! Thanks to Ying-zong Huang's great effort to finally make this happen. The link is at: http://cssa.mit.edu/ Please also kindly forward this information to others who might want to help. Hope our work together will help save more lives. Best regards, Xiaoting Jia Department of Materials Science & Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology From xjia at MIT.EDU Sat May 17 01:45:54 2008 From: xjia at MIT.EDU (Xiaoting Jia) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 01:45:54 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: Harvard candlelight vigil May 18 7-10pm Message-ID: <20080517014554.jf4wvekj3uv40gww@webmail.mit.edu> ----- Forwarded message from keduan2000 at gmail.com ----- Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:45:20 -0400 From: ke duan Reply-To: ke duan Subject: Fwd: Harvard candlelight vigil To: talentforum_info at mit.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jackie Hua Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM Subject: Harvard candlelight vigil To: keduan2000 at gmail.com Hi Ke, Harvard is organizing a candlelight vigil this weekend. May 18th, 7pm-10pm, in Memorial Church and Harvard Yard. Donations made there will be matched by J&J and Pfizer. Not sure if it conflicts with time of the MIT concert, but these are all good deeds, it would be great if you could spread the word with your channel. Best Jackie ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: poster.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1114771 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080517/0ca41d55/attachment.jpg From lugao at MIT.EDU Mon May 19 08:57:14 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 08:57:14 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Boston Chinese Sichuan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert Message-ID: <20080519085714.zy6kt48g9kaskko4@webmail.mit.edu> Dear CSSA Members, The disastrous earthquake in Sichuan and its neighboring provinces have taken away lives of more than 34000 our fellow Chinese people. In addition, more than 245,000 people have been found insured so far. From May 19th to May 21st, Chinese people all over the world are observing the National Mourning Days to the victims during the earthquake. Our hearts and thoughts are with our fellow Chinese people. While we are all mourning for the tremendous loss from the disaster, we all want to do our best to help the relief effort in our motherland. On Saturday May 25th, 2008, nearly 100 Chinese community organizations and individuals in Greater Boston will join hands and hearts with the people of China to provide assistance through a benefit concert. The entire proceeds from the concert will be donated to the earthquake relief efforts. The CSSA will sell tickets on the following time: Tuesday May 20th, 3pm-6pm; Wednesday May 21st, 6pm-9pm. Ticket price is $25 each. Ticket sales will be at Ashdown front desk during the above time. Only limited number of tickets are allocated to the MIT community. Please come at your earliest convenient time to get the tickets. 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Regards, -Fei _____ From: cssa-bd-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:cssa-bd-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of LIANG, Fei Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:34 PM To: Chai,Jinjin; zuhua cai; Ying Lin; HaoQi Li; Chaowei Niu; Bo Feng; Pian Shu; Yihui Qiu; 王木木; Yang Zhang; Jie Xia Cc: cssa-bd at mit.edu Subject: [CSSA BOARD] Calling for volunteers Dear Friends, As you may have seen from a previous email regarding a Sunday's Benefit Concert, there is some work required for volunteers. 1. Spread out the posters as in the attachment. 2. Help setting out during the concert. (You will get a chance to enjoy a free concert by acting as a volunteer. Ticket price is $25!!!!) If you are interested (include CSSA board members), get back to me before Thursday night with the following information: 1. Name 2. Contact information (email and phone # ) 3. 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Name: ATT00004.txt Url: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/cssa-outreach/attachments/20080519/44cdd6e3/attachment.txt From lugao at MIT.EDU Thu May 22 11:02:21 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:02:21 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Ticket for Sale: Boston Chinese Sichuan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert Message-ID: <20080522110221.820fjmnrrdcc8g8o@webmail.mit.edu> Dear Friends, *** Time: Sunday May 25th, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm *** *** Location: Kresge Auditorium (W16) *** *** Ticket Price: $25 per person *** *** Contact: Jia, Xiaoting (xjia at mit.edu) *** The disastrous earthquake in Sichuan and its neighboring provinces have taken away lives of more than 40000 our fellow Chinese people. In addition, more than 245,000 people have been found insured so far. From May 19th to May 21st, Chinese people all over the world are observing the National Mourning Days to the victims during the earthquake. Our hearts and thoughts are with our fellow Chinese people. While we are all mourning for the tremendous loss from the disaster, we all want to do our best to help the relief effort in our motherland. On Sunday May 25th, 2008, nearly 100 Chinese community organizations and individuals in Greater Boston will join hands and hearts with the people of China to provide assistance through a benefit concert. The entire proceeds from the concert will be donated to the earthquake relief efforts. Only limited number of tickets are allocated to the MIT community. To reserve your seat, please send an email to Jia Xiaoting (xjia at mit.edu) at your earliest convenient time and pay for the ticket at the front door when the concert starts. Ticket price is $25 each. Let’s work together for our motherland. Please show your support by attending this concert, and urge others to join you. MIT CSSA From lugao at MIT.EDU Thu May 22 23:07:13 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 23:07:13 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Orientation Logo Contest Message-ID: <20080522230713.or6n2mk0yqqgwo0s@webmail.mit.edu> FYI Dear all, Interested in designing a logo for GSC Orientation? It will appear on the Orientation T-shirt, GSN magazine, and posters all over campus! If your logo is selected, you will get a $100 gift card to Cambridgeside Galleria!!! Besides, your name will appear on the GSN magazine! Deadline to submit: June 15th, 2008 Please send your logo in the form of a JPG to gsc-oc at mit.edu, along with your name, course number and a brief description of your logo. Thanks, GSC Orientation Committee From lugao at MIT.EDU Fri May 23 10:39:54 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:39:54 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Student Discount Available now! Sichuan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert Message-ID: <20080523103954.v6a1pr8hiqu8cw0g@webmail.mit.edu> Dear Friends, Great news: now we have student discounted ticket for only $10 per person! Please come and show your support! The program list is attached. *** Ticket Price with MIT ID: $10 per person *** *** Time: Sunday May 25th, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm *** *** Location: Kresge Auditorium (W16) *** *** Ticket Price: $25 per person *** *** Contact: Jia, Xiaoting (xjia at mit.edu) *** The disastrous earthquake in Sichuan and its neighboring provinces have taken away lives of more than 40000 our fellow Chinese people. In addition, more than 245,000 people have been found insured so far. From May 19th to May 21st, Chinese people all over the world are observing the National Mourning Days to the victims during the earthquake. Our hearts and thoughts are with our fellow Chinese people. While we are all mourning for the tremendous loss from the disaster, we all want to do our best to help the relief effort in our motherland. On Sunday May 25th, 2008, nearly 100 Chinese community organizations and individuals in Greater Boston will join hands and hearts with the people of China to provide assistance through a benefit concert. The entire proceeds from the concert will be donated to the earthquake relief efforts. Only limited number of tickets are allocated to the MIT community. To reserve your seat, please send an email to Jia Xiaoting (xjia at mit.edu) at your earliest convenient time and pay for the ticket at the front door when the concert starts. Ticket price is $25 each. Let?s work together for our motherland. Please show your support by attending this concert, and urge others to join you. MIT CSSA From xjia at MIT.EDU Tue May 27 11:34:04 2008 From: xjia at MIT.EDU (Xiaoting Jia) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:34:04 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: MIT to Remember Victims of China and Myanmar Disasters Message-ID: <20080527113404.6r2omtah6ujkggg8@webmail.mit.edu> ----- Forwarded message from wfeng at MIT.EDU ----- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 07:43:37 -0400 From: Wen Feng Reply-To: Wen Feng Subject: MIT to Remember Victims of China and Myanmar Disasters To: lugao at mit.edu, xjia at mit.edu Lu and Xiaoting, Would you please forward this news to all the chn lists: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/moment-0523.html MIT's chapel bell will toll for three minutes beginning at noon Today, and members of the community will be asked to use the time to reflect on their responsibilities in light of the tragedies in Myanmar and China. Thanks, Wen ----- End forwarded message ----- Best regards, Xiaoting Jia Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Rm 13-3021, 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-6860 (O) 631-355-9792 (C) From lugao at MIT.EDU Tue May 27 15:00:23 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:23 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] MIT to Remember Victims of China and Myanmar Disasters Message-ID: <20080527150023.z31z2kj3p2oogwwg@webmail.mit.edu> Dear Friends: Please check out this news: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/moment-0523.html MIT's chapel bell was tolled for three minutes beginning at noon Today, and members of the community were asked to use the time to reflect on their responsibilities in light of the tragedies in Myanmar and China. Thank you for your attention. MIT CSSA From lugao at MIT.EDU Fri May 30 12:42:37 2008 From: lugao at MIT.EDU (Lu Gao) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:42:37 -0400 Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: Call for support and participation in the Walkathon on May 31 Message-ID: <20080530124237.8u7qscfboo0kgk08@webmail.mit.edu> Walk for the China Earthquake Relief The board of Benefit Concert has passed a resolution encouraging all local Chinese organizations and individuals participate and support fully the walkathon on May 31 in Boston Common. This will be the largest fund raising event after our successful concert. It will not only raise additional fund for people there in urgent need, but also united all groups for an common cause. Attached is the press release for this event. *Saturday, May 31, 2008 * 3-mile walk inside Boston Commons (Walker Route: http://www.gbcca.org/files/Walker_Route.pdf (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001v9scd4-JvlvtaCB1m71avy4MnnH56SYFt576u4tV1t45gguPRagx2gIO9KXK2jpJgRQ3GDxY1MI92-r3zjm1Djpf63Hj-7xfeH8jBOrx6wNa5vNHigTYmbexpfyWkpPOrbGkmJ5NL0Q=)) * Walk starts at 10 AM, Performance starts at noon In order to have a peaceful and successful event, and to show our pride as Chinese (or Chinese friends) to the community, please follow the rules below: * This is a non-political and non-religious charity event. We deeply feel sorry for those victims and want to help them effectively. That is our primary and only goal. No flags are allowed and let's keep it as quiet as possible. * Banners and signs from participating organizations are allowed only for display, and need to be hung on the fence surrounding the tennis court in Boston Common. * Bring your own umbrella, raincoat or cap since there is a T-storm at the Saturday weather forecast. * No cooking, no selling food. Water will be provided but no lunch or other food. * No sticks on the ground. * One policeman and two park rangers will be on-site with us. * Please enter from the visitor information center on Tremont Street to unload and load your musical equipments, and miscellaneous set-ups around the performance stage. * Two portable toilets are available at the corner of the tennis court. * Please keep the park as clean as possible. Trash bags are available at specific locations. * Two reporters of CCTV are joining us from D.C., who will report this significant event. We look forwards to seeing you this Saturday! 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Location: The Cambridge YMCA Theater, 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA Time: May 30th (Friday) at 8:00 PM Ticket Price: $15 For tickets: click here As you may have read or seen in the news recently, on Monday, May 12, at 2.28 p.m. Beijing time (6:28 GMT), a disastrous earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, jolted southwestern China's Sichuan Province. The quake killed more than 68,000 people. As of Wednesday (5/28), nearly 20,000 were still listed as missing. More than 85,000 victims were given medical treatment, with more than 15,000 victims still hospitalized, according to the Ministry of Health. Joe Wong, the finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival and I co-organized a charity comedy fundraising event for the earthquake - Laugh for Relief which will be tomorrow May 30th 8PM at Cambridge YMCA Theater, 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA. Luckily, we have gotten a lot of media attention from ABC Channel 5, Fox News and NPR. Also, the event is the top pick for Boston Magazine for this weekend: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/home/event/laugh_for_relief; Not only that, Boston Globe is going to carry the event in this week's Notes section. World journal, the Chinese newspaper, will run the story too. NECN has promised to do 20 second "community calendar" thing tomorrow a few times. We have to prepare for a better than expected turn out:) For tickets: click here You are warmly invited to join us in the event and our highest appreciation if you could also help us to spread the news and invite your friends join us. Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Thank you for all your support.