[Gsc-anno] Eric Reeves on Darfur, Nutcracker Ballet, GradRat Sales (27NOV06)

[GSC Secretary]

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   more extensive announcements online: http://gsc.mit.edu
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headlines (details below):

             1. Eric Reeves talk on genocide in Darfur
                Thursday, Nov. 30, 7pm, 35-225
      
             2. Boston Ballet Nutcracker Performance (Dec. 14, 7pm)
                Tix sales start Nov. 28 @2pm in GSC Office (50-220)

             3. GradRat Sales Days
                Monday-Thursday, Dec. 4-7, various location on campus
      
details:
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*Eric Reeves talk on genocide in Darfur*

Join us as we explore the history of the genocide in the Darfur region
of Sudan, what is being done (and not done) by the international
community to halt the genocide, and what we can as students can do to
force action and help protect the over 2 million refugees displaced by
the conflict. Our guide for the evening is the world-renowned expert on
Sudan, Professor Eric Reeves of Smith College.

Who:   Eric Reeves

What:  "A long day's dying": Genocide by attrition in Darfur

When:  Thursday, November 30th; 7:00pm

Where: 35-225 (http://student.mit.edu/map/mitmap.cgi?35-225)

For more info, please see:
http://mit.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2218700887

Free pizza to follow the lecture.

Sponsored by: UA, GSC Activities, MIT Amnesty International and Forum
on American Progress

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*Boston Ballet Nutcracker Performance (Dec. 14, 7pm)*

WHAT:  Boston Ballet "Nutcracker" Performance

WHEN:  Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 @ 7:30 PM

WHERE: Opera House, Washington St., Boston

HOW:   Ticket sales start Tues., Nov. 28 @ 2 PM
       GSC Office, Walker Memorial (50-220)

COST:  $22 Grad Students & Post-Docs / $25 Guests
 
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*GradRat Sales Days*

Have you ordered your GradRat, MIT's official graduate ring, yet?

Purchase your GradRat at a December campus sales day to guarantee
delivery by February 2007.

Muddy Charles Pub, 50-110
Monday, December 4th
12 noon - 3 pm

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Student Center, First Floor
Tuesday, December 5th
10 am - 3 pm

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Wolk Lobby (E51)
Wednesday & Thursday, December 6th & 7th
11 am - 4 pm

http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/ring/index.shtml

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Obrad R. Scepanovic
GSC Secretary 2006-2007
gsc-secretary at mit.edu