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LAS Chalk will take a break next week for the holiday. Submissions for the November 30 issue are due by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
November 16-22, 2009
- Etiquette Dinner
- Register now. Event is Monday, Nov. 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
- Illini Union Ballroom
- Have you ever wondered how to prepare for a lunch or dinner interview? How to mingle at a business networking event? Or maybe you just want to know which spoon to use for the soup. Come and enjoy a four-course dinner while you learn the basics of business dining etiquette. Hosted by the Pre-Law Club, this is an opportunity you do not want to miss. This event is open to the entire U of I campus. Reservations required. $15 registration fee includes four-course meal and Dining Skills for Today tutorial presented by Beth Reutter, etiquette consultant. Dress is business casual.
- www.illinoisprelaw.com
- Paige Dowdakin, paige823@gmail.com
- Alternative Spring Break Spring Applications!!!
- Site-facilitator applications due November 30; general participant applications due December 7
- Applications available NOW online
- Are you interested in doing something meaningful with your Spring Break? Go to IllinoisASB.org and check out the 15 awesome service trips we’re sending over Spring Break!!! Apply online at www.IllinoisASB.org! Check out the website to learn more about ASB, or email the ASB Planning Board with any questions!
- www.illinoisASB.org
- Planning Board, illinoisasb@illinoisasb.org
- 50/50 Raffle
- Monday-Friday, Nov. 16-20, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
- outside of Illini Union, Quad side
- Habitat Humanity’s Raffle to raise money for Hunger and Homelessness week! Winner gets half of final pot, which is currently at $300 and grows with each raffle ticket purchased. 1 ticket/$1, 3 tickets/$2.
- Ruth Tekeste, ruttek@gmail.com
- Religious Studies Student Association
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
- Espresso Royale on Goodwin and Oregon
- At our Coffee Shop meeting, Jennifer Grans will be presenting on the Church of Scientology’s history, development, and beliefs.
- www.relst.uiuc.edu/rssa
- Jennifer Grans, jgrans2@illinois.edu
- Dollars and Sense: Money Management for College Students
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7-9 p.m.
- Illini Union, Room 406
- This interactive workshop will specialize in discussing issues of financial wellness. The workshop will present you with resources and tools in order to create and maintain a monthly budget. When in college, extra spending money can be hard to come by as tuition, books, rent, and other costs add up quickly! Don’t you want to be prepared for your financial future?
- www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu
- Laura Manson, lmanson2@illinois.edu
- Banner Making for the SOA Protest
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.
- 111 Gregory Hall
- Join the Campus Antiwar Network in making banners and signs to take to the SOA protest. Even if you’re not going, join us and learn more about the School of Americas and the Campus Antiwar Network!
- Patricia Richardson, can.uiuc@gmail.com
- The Academy Is... at U of I
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m.
- Foellinger Audiorium
- Student-run Star Course is bringing The Academy Is... to U of I! Student tickets are $20 and can be purchased from Illini Union Ticket Central.
- www.Star-Course.com
- Patrick McCaffrey, pmccaffrey6789@gmail.com
- Art and Awareness Benefit Concert and Art Auction
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7-10 p.m.
- YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, in Latzer Hall
- The Philippine Student Association Presents: Art and Awareness Benefit Concert and Art Auction! The Benefit Concert will include a variety of performances from spoken word, jazz/experimental/rap, step, modern dance, singing, and MORE. The Art Auction will include paintings, drawings, photography, graphic designs, and MANY MORE! The bake sale will include a variety of very delicious sweets! All proceeds received at this event will go directly to the Philippine National Red Cross. Come enjoy the philanthropic fun!
- www.psauiuc.org
- Stephanie Camba, awareness@psauiuc.org
- History Paper/Writing Workshop
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7-9 p.m.
- 309 ACES Library
- Need help with your history paper? Phi Alpha Theta can help! We will be hosting a one-on-one history paper review and edit session for all students who would like help writing their history papers. Please bring a draft of your paper with you to be reviewed. We will also be having another paper review session in December.
- Emily Murrin, emurrin2@gmail.com
- Hope for Vision at UIUC
- Meetings are Sundays at 4 p.m. See our website for the next mtg.
- Usually at Illini Union; contact Ashley to find out where it is
- Want to make a difference for visually impaired children and adults while gaining leadership skills and meeting new friends while volunteering? Join Hope for Vision at UIUC and help plan the 2nd Annual iWalk and 5K Run for Vision. This event raises money and awareness for degenerative eye diseases while giving participants an opportunity to experience different forms of eye diseases themselves. All proceeds go to Hope for Vision, a nonprofit organization that raises money for the development of treatments and cures for retinal degenerative eye diseases. Contact Ashley for more information!
- http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=46450055786&view=all#/group.php?gid=46450055786&v=info
- Ashley Soriano, hopeforvisionuiuc@gmail.com
Opportunities to Plan For
- Chemistry Tutors Needed!
- Now through Finals week
- All over campus
- Like chemistry? Want to spend a couple hours a week helping out other U of I students in chemistry? Sign up with the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates! We are currently accepting new tutors at all levels, including general, organic, and physical. Email us to find out more!
- Julia Willett, acstutoring@gmail.com
- Confessions: An Open Mic Event Raising Awareness about HIV/AIDS in Minority Communities
- Tuesday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m.
- Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 708 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
- Come together on World AIDS Day through the sharing of creative work. Poems, spoken word pieces, monologues, slam poetry, music, dance, and any creative pieces by you or others are welcome. For more information, please email Molly McLay. Sponsored by: Sexual Health Peers, BNAACC, AMSA, Acting on AIDS, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Hillel, and McKinley Special Populations.
- Molly McLay, Graduate Assistant for Sexual Health at McKinley Health Center, mclay1@illinois.edu
- Bored Over Break? Check out Winter Break i-Programs!
- Insight: January 8-9, 2010; Ignite: January 13-15, 2010
- Insight: Hyatt Lodge, Oak Brook, Ill. Ignite: Eastland Suites, Urbana
- Are you going to be bored over winter break? Why not do something useful AND fun? Insight and Ignite are the two i-Programs that the Illinois Leadership Center will be offering over winter break. Registration for both are open now! These programs are offered FREE to students like you and will help you develop the leadership skills you need for life! Sign-up today on the Illinois Leadership Center website
- www.illinoisleadership.uiuc.edu
- Illinois Leadership Center, leadership@illinois.edu
- ACE IT Facilitation Course, Spring 2010
- CHLH 199, course offered M/W or T/H, 3-4:15 p.m.
- TBA
- Interested in leading peers in group discussions regarding the alcohol culture on campus? Interested in learning more about the health and safety issues related to drinking? CHLH 199 (AC1 & AC2) is a course offered Spring semester that teaches practical facilitation skills and alcohol education. Students will examine alcohol use and abuse on college campuses, as well as develop practical skills for leading peer discussions for the ACE IT (Alcohol Culture Explored Interactive Theatre) program. Students from this course are eligible to be peer facilitators for the ACE IT program next Fall.
- Betsy Peterson, betsyp@illinois.edu
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