**************************************************** EV 09/24/2004 NEWSLETTER **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: Sep 27 Monday Graduate Student Welcome Party Oct 1 Friday Rains/EV Welcome Party 3 Sunday Rotaract first general meeting EV Scavenger Hunt 4 Monday EV Volunteer Workshop 9 Saturday Habitat Preservation at Skyline* - Sign up for EV intramurals by October 6th * Starred events require advance signup. See individual event listings below for details. Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Graduate Student Welcome Party Monday, September 27th, 9pm - midnight Gordon Biersch, 640 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, 650-323-7723 Kick back and relax after the first day of school by hanging out at Gordon Biersch. $2 beers and appetizers during the event. Contact Donna Winston, dwinston@stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by Graduate Student Council ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Rains/EV Welcome Party Friday, October 1st, 9pm - 1am Hacienda Commons, Rains Welcome to Stanford! Come to the EV / Rains Party on FRIDAY, Oct. 1st at 9pm. Bring your friends, roommates, and your dancing shoes! Required: SUID and proof of age. Sponsored by Rains & EV ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Rotaract first general meeting Sunday, October 3rd, meet @ 8:30pm Oak West,Tressider Union The Stanford Rotaract invites the campus to their first general meeting. Rotarians, Rotaractors and Community Service representatives will illustrate the activities and parties for the year. Sign ups available for community service. Contact Silvia Battilana, silviacb@stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by Stanford Rotaract ------------------------------------------------------ 4. EV Scavenger Hunt Sunday, October 3rd, 2:45pm-5:00pm Meet outside of EV Cottage Room Come to the EV Scavenger Hunt next Sunday and take a tour of campus while tracking down clues. Teams will be formed (3-5 people each) between 2:45-3 PM and we'll start the hunt at 3 PM. Prizes offered for participation and to the winning team and afterward we'll treat you to appetizers at the Treehouse. Contact Donna Winston, dwinston@stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by EV Social Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 5. EV Volunteer Workshop Monday, October 4th, 6:00pm-8:00pm EV Cottage Room Come to this special workshop to learn more about volunteering at Stanford and in the community, and learn how to make it a priority from the start of the year! Speakers will talk about: Stanford's Haas Center for Public Service, Rotaract, and the Skyline Open Space Preserve. Pizza will be served! Contact Archana, archana@interplast.org for more information. Sponsored by EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 6. Group Volunteer Event - Habitat Preservation @ Skyline Saturday, October 9th, 9am - 2pm Skyline Open Space Preserve (Palo Alto/Woodside) Help restore the habitats of Skyline Ridge and make the hiking trails available for nature-lovers! Lunch and snacks will be provided. RSVP to Kim Kelsey at kkelsey@stanford.org. Sponsored by EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ - Sign up for EV intramurals by October 6th Sign up to represent Escondido Village in Fall Intramurals! This fall, there will be EV teams in Touch Football, Ultimate Frisbee and Dodgeball. If there is enough interest, we will field both mens and coed teams for all of these sports. This year there is a new Division, JFF, and it stands for the Just-For-Fun Division, that is for participants that don't have a great knowledge of the sport and want to learn something about it or those who just want to play for fun. The games take place once a week, and the available league times are shown here: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Intramurals/index2.html#schedule To sign up for one of these teams, please send an email to drosales@stanford.edu saying what sports you want to play and what times you prefer to play at. We can't guarantee that every scheduling preference will be met, but everyone who sends an email will be placed on a team. Also, please try to describe your experience level in each sport in your email, so we can try to assign teams accordingly. Please send the email no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 6th. Intramural league play begins on Saturday, October 16th. This is a great chance to meet people while having a great time competing! ------------------------------------------------------ How to Post Announcements to this Newsletter: This newsletter will go out on Thursdays each week before 5pm. Stanford-affiliated organizations can submit their events online at http://ev.stanford.edu/submitevent.shtml before 5pm on Wednesday the night before the newsletter goes out. Announcements sent later than 5pm on Wednesday will not make that Thursday's newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------ END EV NEWSLETTER, September 24, 2004