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EV NEWSLETTER 03/11/2004     
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Contents
1.  Grad Resource: Ombuds Office -- cope with tough situations, academic
or personal.   
2.  EV Survey and Last Week's Prizes -- Three Winners!
3.  San Francisco Ballet Performance -- Sign up
4.  Become an EV Community Associate -- Information Session
5.  Classes at Cantor Arts Center -- Summer 2005
6.  Middle East Film Series
7.  Career Opportunities in the Shipping Industry -- HKSA Career Talk
8.  Bechtel International Center  -- Events
9.  Bechtel Intenational Center -- Program for Spouses

1.  Grad Resource: Ombuds Office -- cope with tough situations, academic
or personal.  
     "No person should be treated like this. I need to figure out what to
do."
     "What happened to me is unfair. No one listened to my point of
view."
     http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ocr/ombuds/

2.  EV Resident Survey with Great Prizes
    Last Week's Winners: Cristina Leal, Education
                                     Piyush Agram, Mechanical Engineering
                           Marie-Anne Letourneux, Aeronautics and
Astronautics
    Help us make EV an even better place to live AND win Prizes
(restaurants,
    University book store, etc.).  Complete the EV Resident Survey.  For
the
    second round of prizes, complete the survey by March 15th!  Surveys
will be
    anonymous.  Include your name only to retrieve prizes.
    http://ev.stanford.edu/submitsurvey.shtml

3.  San Francisco Ballet Performance
     March 19, 2005.  1:00 PM.
     War memorial Opera House - Van Ness at Grove
     $15 per ticket. Tickets will be distributed by lottery. Please rsvp
before
      March 14th to zoea at stanford dot edu by sending an email, subject
      "SF Ballet Program 5". Include number of tickets requested (1 or
2),
      winners notified by email on March 15th.

4.  Become an EV Community Associate -- Information Session
     March 29, 2005.  7:00 PM
     Havana Room, GCC
     Single and Couple CA only, not for Family CAs
   http://events.stanford.edu/events/52/5266/

5.  Classes at Cantor Arts Center -- Summer 2005
   http://ccva.stanford.edu/education.html

6. Middle East Film Series: 100% Arabica (Algiers/France 1997)
    March 15 2005
     7:30 PM
Bechtel International Center Assembly Room
Middle East Collection, Stanford University Libraries
A light-hearted, fun-filled film which blends Algerian Rai music,
culture-clash issues, and a satirical commentary on some aspects of
organized religion into a frothy, comedic brew.The movie takes place in a
poverty-stricken, rent-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris.
Directed by Mahmoud Zammouri.
Free to all! 
David Giovacchini, dggiova@stanford.edu

7. Career Opportunities in the Shipping Industry -- HKSA Career Talk
   www.stanford.edu/group/hksa/

8. EVENTS AT THE BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER
- for the Stanford community,
- for people from all countries, including the U.S.A.
- for the schedule of programs for spouses, see our web site:
http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/classes.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 11:
1. Friday Coffee, weekly, 10 a.m. - 12 noon
2. The Life of Prominent Women - 12 - 1:30 p.m.
3. My Favorite Movie - 6:45 p.m.
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1. Friday Coffee
Every Friday
10 a.m. to 12 noon
Patio and Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center

This informal gathering is open to all members of the Stanford
community.  If you're newly arrived, it's a great way to meet others from
around the world and get tips about living here.  If you're looking for
volunteer work, or expecting a baby, or looking for friends or playmates
for your pre-school children, you'll meet others who can share their
experiences.  Our information table and the Resource Center for
International Families contain useful handouts on all kinds of
opportunities that can enrich your time in the Stanford area.  This
Friday Chula will have a crafts project for small children and their
parents.  On April 1, the Japanese participants will share traditions of
Hina Matsuri (Girls Festival)!  Volunteers are always needed to help set
up and put away the supplies.  You're invited to bring a snack to go with
the coffee, tea and hot chocolate provided by the I-Center.   Please stop
by and get acquainted! Everyone is welcome!

2. The Life of Prominent Women
Friday, March 11
Noon to 1:30 P.M.
Back Lounge, Bechtel International Center

Discover and discuss the life and achievements of prominent contemporary
women in America and the world. March will be dedicated to Condoleeza
Rice. Reading a biography is recommended but not necessary. The debate
focuses on issues such as success versus family, career's turning points,
interactions with men, positive discrimination.
Bring your brown-bag lunch while we provide coffee and tea.
Next meetings for this discussion group will be Thursday 17th and 24th.
Please sign up on the notice board at the International Center, in the
lobby to receive updates and a bibliography or, email mp10004@cam.ac.uk
or bourgain@iue.it.


3. My Favorite Movie
Friday, March 11
At 6:45 P.M.
Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center

Join Chris as he presents his favorite movie, Burnt by the Sun in Russian
with English subtitles.
(135 min)
There's no more heartbreakingly beautiful movie this year." - Thelma
Adams, NEW YORK POST Winner of the 1994 Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film and the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, BURNT BY THE SUN is a
story of a Soviet hero whose happy family is suddenly targeted by
Stalin's secret police. Nikita Mikhalkov ("A Cruel Romance") directs and
stars as Colonel Sergei Kotov, a hero of the Revolution who is spending
the summer in the country with his little daughter, his wife and her
eccentric family. But when his wife's childhood love suddenly appears,
the idyllic summer day takes a surprising turn. A lyrical film filled
with beauty and warmth, BURNT BY THE SUN is also an indelible account of
a man dedicated to family and the fatherland, cruelly destroyed by
political paranoia.

Movie starts at 7:00 P.M. but we meet at 6:45 P.M. and have a drink, a
little snack and chat before we start.  Come and join us!  Everyone is
welcome!
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