[Gsc-anno] TDT, International Relations, Carbonrally, Housing (1Apr09)

[Lorenna Lee-Houghton]

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

	     1. $2 Tuesday
		April 7, 6pm, Morss Hall

	     2. International Relations
		April 2, 5pm, E53-482

	     3. MIT Carbonrally
		Begins April 8th!

	     4. Fall Graduate Housing Allocation

details:
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*Two Dollar Tuesday*

What: Two Dollar Tuesday - Italian food (chicken scampi, prosciutto
boscaiola, veggie option) for $2/person, inexpensive cash bar
NEW DEAL: Tables with 6 or more people remaining after 7:00 PM
get FREE drink tickets.

When: 	Tuesday, April 7th, 6:00-8:00 PM;
	tickets on sale NOW at http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt
Where: 	Morss Hall (first floor of Walker Memorial)
Who: 	graduate students and up to one guest per student;
	students' children are free

Note: buy tickets online at http://gsc.mit.edu/tdt

No guarantee for dinner after 6:30 PM.
Bring 21+ age ID to drink alcohol.

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*International Relations Discussion*

You are cordially invited to
"Re-negotiating International Relations Once the Battle Has Ended,"
an interactive dialogue with Professor Lawrence Susskind
from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning
on Thursday, April 2, at 5 pm in E53-482.

This event is co-hosted by the MIT 2011 Reconciliation Initiative
and the MIT GSC, and aims to bring together people from different
disciplines and backgrounds to explore root causes of civil and
international conflicts.

Please RSVP to bai at mit.edu.
Dinner will be served for those who RSVP.

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*MIT Carbonrally*

 From April 8 to May 8, the first ever MIT Carbonrally will take place.
Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to form teams to reduce
carbon emissions through small personal actions such as avoiding
eating meat for 2 days a week, knocking a few minutes off your shower
time, and unplugging your PC at night. There are currently 25 different
challenges you can accept on Carbonrally.com, and new ones are added
regularly.

Teams can be of any size, and the top ten teams will win $100. Scoring
is based on the total reduction of carbon emissions for the team from
April 1 to 30. It takes only 5 minutes to register and join a team,
and 1 minute to accept your first challenge.

In 2008, Carbonrally participants from across the U.S. took over
50,000 personal actions and reduced emissions by 1400 tons.
Let's add MIT's impact in 2009.

To create a team:
1. Register at http://www.carbonrally.com/signup.
2. Click on "Create a New Team."
3. Make sure MIT is the first word of your team name.
4. Select "College/University" for team type.
5. Click on "Invite Friends to Team" to recruit team members.

To join a team:
Click on link in email invitation or register at
http://www.carbonrally.com/signup and use search box to find your team

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*FALL GRADUATE HOUSING ALLOCATION*

http://web.mit.edu/housing/grad/index.html

The Allocation offers the opportunity for both continuing and newly
admitted Graduate Students to apply for housing for the upcoming
academic year.  Housing is available in both single student AND
family housing graduate residence halls.

Continuing Students- for students who will be registered in an MIT
Graduate degree program in the Fall of 2009, who have previously been
registered at MIT before, for any length of time. Continuing students
given assignment in the allocation have the option to renew housing
in subsequent years as long as they continue as registered graduate
students.

Dates of Allocation
Allocation Opens			March 23, 2009
Allocation Closes      			May 15, 2009
Allocation Results Available   		May 22, 2009
Acceptance and License Signing Deadline	May 29, 2009

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______________________
Lorenna Lee-Houghton
GSC Secretary, 2008-2009





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