[Gsc-anno] Off-Campus, Scientist Training, Reconciliation, Achy Obejas, Boston Grad Party (28Apr09)

[Lorenna Lee-Houghton]

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

	     1. Off-Campus Graduate Student Lunch
		April 29, 11:15am, Student Center PDRs 1&2

	     2. Jr. Scientist Survival Training
		April 29, 3pm, 4-370

	     3. MIT 2001 Reconciliation Initiative
		April 30, 5pm, E53-482

	     4. Achy Obejas Ruins
		April 30, 7pm, 6-120

	     5. Boston Graduate Student Party
		April 30, 8pm, Roxy (Boston)

details:
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*Off-Campus Grad Student Lunch*

Special Off-Campus Graduate Student Lunch
April 29, 11:15am, Student Center PDRS 1&2

What: 	(1) Get a Free lunch by giving suggestions to improve
	off-campus student life
	(2) Socialize with fellow students, GSC off-campus team
	and the GSC President
When:  	4/29 from 11:15am to 12:45pm.
Who: 	YOU - off-campus graduate students
Where: 	PDRS 1&2, W22, Student Centre
Questions: email mytang82 at mit.edu or jtc at mit.edu

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*Jr. Scientist Survival Training*
April 29, 3pm, 4-370

Are you a Ph.D. student wondering:
- How do I become a "permanent member" of the scientific community?
- Who is my audience and what do they expect from me?
- How do I get the freedom to define my own research and obtain funds
to make it happen?

Come hear author of A Ph.D. Is Not Enough, Peter Feibelman,
talk about how to survive in science
Peter Feibelman is a Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories
and author of the book, A PhD Is Not Enough. This workshop will focus
on ways to establish a scientific identity and how to persuade the
scientific community it wants the jr. scientists as a member.

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Location: 4-370

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*MIT 2001 Reconciliation Initiative*
April 30, 5pm, E53-482

You are cordially invited to "Learning from the Successes and
Failures of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement," an interactive dialogue
with Professor Melissa Nobles from MIT's Department of Political
Science on Thursday, April 30, at 5 pm in E53-482.

This event is sponsored by a Graduate Student Life Grant.
Please RSVP to bai at mit.edu.
Dinner will be served for those who RSVP.

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*Achy Obejas, Ruins*
April 30, 7pm, 6-120

Achy Obejas Reads from her new novel Ruins
Thursday - April 30th, 2009
7PM in Bldg 6-120

Achy Obejas,  Ruins
Ruins tells the story of Usnavy, a young man who eagerly signed on
for all the promises when the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959.
But as the years have passed, the sacrifices have outweighed the
glories and he's become increasingly isolated in his revolutionary
zeal. Now Usnavy is faced with a choice between love for his family
and the Revolution that has shaped his entire life.

About the author
After leaving Cuba at the age of six, an award-winning journalist,
Obejas worked for more than ten years for the Chicago Tribune writing
and reporting about arts and culture. Among thousands of stories, she
helped cover Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 visit to Cuba, the
arrival of Al-Queda prisoners in Guantanamo, the Versace murder, and
the AIDS epidemic. In 2008, she translated Junot Diaz's Pulitzer-prize
winning novel, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao into Spanish.

Co-sponsored by The Center For New Words, MIT Rainbow Lounge, Foreign
Languages & Literatures, Writing and Humanistic Studies, and Graduate
Student Council.

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*THE FIRST EVER Boston Graduate Student Party!*

Where: 	The Roxy, downtown Boston (279 Tremont Street)
	http://www.roxyplex.com/
When: 	Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Who: 	all graduate students in the Boston area,
	up to one non-student guest per student;
	event is closed to the public
Admission: $4 per person, pay at the door
Free drink tickets to be won!

OVER 21 ONLY, bring both age ID and college ID
CAPACITY LIMITED, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=70231201729&ref=ts

Event sponsored by the MIT Graduate Student Council.
This event is also being supported by the graduate student
associations from BC, BU, Brandeis, Emerson, Harvard,
Northeastern, Suffolk, and Tufts.

Questions/comments: boston-party at mit.edu

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Lorenna Lee-Houghton
GSC Secretary, 2008-2009





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