[Gsc-hca-offcampus] Upcoming Events

Fri Mar 5 11:51:02 EST 2010

Hi Off-Campus Grads,

With the cold weather slowly on its way out, it's time for all of you to 
venture out of the labs and enjoy some fun activities. Below are some 
events happening over the next weeks. As always, off-campus events are 
suggested by the members on this list, so if you've been wanting to do 
something around Boston and think other grads would enjoy, why not have 
GSC pay for part of it? Just email me with your ideas and we'll get it 
planned.

~Jeff Chambers
Off-Campus Chair

Events:
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1. Compton Lecture with British Foreign Secretary - Mar 10
2. BGLO FUNdraiser: Mixer for Haiti! - Mar 10
3. Persian New Year Celebration - Mar 13
4. Ashdown brunch - Mar 14
5. Pi Day celebration - Mar 14
6. Dinner at Six - Mar 16
7. Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT)
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Event Details:
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1. Compton Lecture with British Foreign Secretary
Wednesday, March 10, 3:30 PM, Kresge Auditorium
Contact: compton.mit.edu

- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will present a talk entitled, 
“The War in Afghanistan: How to End It”

- Lectures are free and open to the MIT community; no tickets are required.

- The lecture series, named in honor of Karl Taylor Compton, MIT’s ninth 
president, began in 1957 and aims to give the MIT community direct 
contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have 
contributed much to modern thought.
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2. BGLO FUNdraiser: Mixer for Haiti!

The Boston Graduate Leadership Organization (BGLO) will be hosting a
mixer for all graduate students in the Boston area at Lucky Strike
Lanes at Jillian's in Boston (http://www.jilliansboston.com/) on
Wednesday, March 10th, 9 PM to 2 AM. Free bowling and pool starts at
10 PM and other perks will be available during the event!

All proceeds from this event will go to benefit Partners In Health
(http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti) to help the victims of the
Haitian earthquake. Minimum donation is $5 and suggested donation is
$10.

All grad students may bring one guest; 21+ age photo ID is required
for entrance. No need to RSVP - just show up! Dress code:
http://www.jilliansboston.com/dresscode.asp

BGLO is a collaborative effort of graduate student organizations from
Babson, Bentley, BC, BU, Brandeis, Emerson, Harvard, MIT,
Northeastern, Suffolk, and Tufts. Read more about us at
http://www.thebglo.org/.

Questions: events at thebglo.org
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3. Persian New Year Celebration (Mar 13)

The Eastgate Iranian community invites you to come and celebrate the 
Persian New Year (Norouz) on Saturday, March 13th! We will enjoy 
traditional decor and delicious desserts, decorate hard-boiled eggs with 
the kids, and have a great time celebrating the coming of spring.

Everyone is welcome to join us! We will gather on Saturday, March 13th 
at 2:00 pm in the Penthouse Lounge. There will be fun, food, and 
activities for all ages!

Read on to learn more about the Norouz celebration:
For over 3000 years, in harmony with spring, Iranians have celebrated 
Norouz (meaning "A New Day" in Persian) as the start of their new year. 
Coinciding with the spring equinox, Norouz was celebrated by 
Zoroastrians and has remained as a tradition since then. Today many 
countries like Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Tajikistan 
celebrate this day. During this time of the year Iranians come together, 
bake pastry, decorate Haft-Seen (Seven S Table) and color eggs.

We hope to see you there!

Hosted by the Eastgate Spouses, Partners & International Residents 
Coordinators and the Eastgate Parents Coordinators
For more information e-mail hgr at MIT.EDU
** This event is sponsored by the Eastgate Community Association **
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4. The next Ashdown brunch will be held on Sunday March 14 in the 
Hulsizer room. It
will start at 12:00 pm. It is sponsored by the Office of the Dean for 
Graduate
Education. This brunch is a specially themed brunch featuring crepes and
various desserts. Come an enjoy warm food and beverages and eat your daily
serving of fruits.

Remember to bring your own plates and utensils. You will cut down on the 
waste
and also get a chance to enter a raffle for gift certificates to Tosci's.
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5. Ashdown House will be having a Pi Day celebration on
//// Sunday, 3/14, at 9:00-10:00pm in the Hulsizer Room ////
We wil have a dessert nite of over 10000* types of pies to eat as well
as a
//// Pi RECITATION CONTEST ////
with prizes of $50/20/10 worth in gift certificates.

So please start memorising the digits of Pi! There are plenty of
resources for this online. I've provided the first 500 digits below for
reference. Last year's winner was somewhere in the 100's, but that
doesn't say anything about this year. Start studying!!!

This event is brought to you by the Ashdown
Cultural Committee, sponsored by the GSC, and open to all graduate
students, so tell your friends next door to start memorising too. :)

* '10000' is binary, not decimal.

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912
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6. Dinner at Six -- Free dinner with Faculty!
5:45p - 7:00p Tuesday, March 16th
W11, Small Dining Room

*Remember that each student is eligible to attend one Dinner at 6 a semester.
*If you are a leader with any MIT group, please invite the members of
that group to the dinner.
This monthly dinner is an opportunity to have casual conversations with
many of your favorite MIT faculty. The dinner is FREE, and runs only an
hr long. RSVP to dinner-at-six at mit.edu <mailto:dinner-at-six at mit.edu> is
necessary as space is limited (which also means that if you RSVP you
MUST show up!).

THIS MONTH'S GUESTS INCLUDE:
Cheng, Hung Professor of Mathematics
Mindell, David A. Professor History of Mfg & Tech, ESD &director of STS
O,Neil, Wayne Professor of Linguistics
Ciochetti, Tony Professor of the Practice, Chaiman of the MIT Center for 
Real Estate
Seidel, Paul A. Professor of Mathematics
Jamison,Timothy F. Professor of Chemistry
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7. Graduate Women (Doctoral, Masters, MBa's, ...) - Get involved in 
Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT)

We invite you to get involved in Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT, 
http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit) - a student-led, institute-wide graduate 
women's group dedicated to connecting and enhancing existing services 
and supporting the professional development, individual growth, and 
empowerment of all graduate women at MIT.
* Check out Resources and Events for graduate women on our website 
(http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit)
* Join our list serv to receive our weekly digest email
o Sign-up at: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gwamit
o This week's digest is available here: 
https://mailman.mit.edu:444/pipermail/gwamit/2010-March.txt
* Join us for our Spring Kick-Off Week April 26-30th
o Full schedule available here: 
http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html
* Get involved in a Flagship Event and/or Spring Kick-Off Planning 
Committees (current plans available at: 
http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/blueprint.pdf)
o Email gwamit-exec at mit.edu to sign up

We look forward to seeing you all at our Spring Kick-Off!
Clarissa, Jean, Kay, Megan, Teasel, and Veena, on behalf of GWAMIT Exec
gwamit-exec at mit.edu
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