[Gsc-hca-offcampus] Upcoming Events

[Jeffrey T. Chambers]

Hi Off-Campus Grads,
I hope you all had a fun or productive spring break (or fun AND 
productive!). Here are some upcoming events. The Grad Gala is coming up 
on April 11th, make sure to get tickets.

~Jeff Chambers
GSC Off-Campus Chair

Events:
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1. Two Dollar Tuesday - Apr 7
2. Carbonrally
3. Grad Gala - Apr 11
4. Graduate Housing Allocation
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Event Details:
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1. 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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2. 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 their carbon 
footprint
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 TechCASH. 
Scoring
is based on the total reduction of carbon emissions for each team from 
April 8
to May 8. 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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3. The 3rd Annual Grad Gala IS SELLING OUT FAST! Over 90% of the tickets
have already been purchased-- get yours now before they sell out!

April 11, 2009
Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers
7pm-1:30am

Tickets are only $34!
- Three course dinner at the Park Plaza (please bring 21+ ID)
- Live band
- Live DJ after-party

Buy your tickets before they sell out (like they did for all previous
years)!! gsc.mit.edu/gradgala

Brought to you by MIT Graduate Student Council, Grad Rat, Grad Gift,The Coop
Subway and Anna's Taqueria.
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4. 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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