**************************************************** EV 11/4/2004 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 7 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: November 5 Friday Dance for Fun and Fitness 7 Sunday EV Goes to "Big Basin" Redwood State Park* Ramadan Fast-a-thon 2004* 10 Wednesday See 'Ray' for Free* Nature Hike and Portola Valley Ranch Home Visit* Free Lively Arts Tix* 12 Friday American Indian Film Festival* 14 Sunday International Pot-luck Music Night 16 Tuesday Advanced Call for Winter Qtr Teacher Volunteers at I-Center Dinner with Provost* 17 Wednesday Ice Skating under the Stars* 21 Sunday Symphony Concert - "St. Petersburg Philharmonic"* - EV Clothing Drive - Upcoming Classes and Events at the Bechtel I-Center * Starred events require advance signup. See individual event listings below for details. Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://ev.stanford.edu/Newsletter --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. November 5 - December 10, Friday: Dance for Fun and Fitness Friday, November 5th, 8:45am-9:45am Assembly room, Bechtel I-Center Come and join Bettina Leuckert and gain fun and fitness in a playful way! Free and open to all! For more information, visit http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/ or e-mail Gwyn at gdukes@stanford.edu or call 723-1834. Sponsored by Bechtel Internation Center --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. EV Goes to "Big Basin" Redwood State Park Sunday, November 7th, meet at 9am in front of EV office Big Basin Redwood State Park Would you like to see 300 feet tall trees, but not travel too far? Would you like to go out to the wild for just a few hours? or would you like to spend a day in nature and meet other EV folks,.... if you answered yes to one of these questions, then this event is for you! EV is going to Big Basin RedWood State Park on Sunday Nov. 7th. We will meet in front of the EV office at 9am and then carpool to Big Basin state park. I'm aiming to get on time for the guided redwood walk. This is a great walk among the largest trees you have ever seen. After this short walk we will head to Buzzard's Roost, a 5 mile roundtrip hike to great views. We will try to be back to Stanford by 5-6pm. What to bring: Hiking shoes. Layered clothing as it might be a little bit cold. Sandwiches for lunch (although we might provide some snacks). *Rain cancels Hike. ** Number of people will be limited by the number of car seats available. If you can drive, please e-mail mlustig@stanford.edu. Free for all students RSVP to mlustig@stanford.edu please indicate if you have a car and willing to drive. Visit http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/bigbasin1.html for more information about the hike. Sponsored by EV Sports and Outdoors Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Ramadan Fast-a-thon 2004 Sunday, November 7th, 6:30pm-7:30pm Tressider Union Oak Room Islamic Society of Stanford University invites you to fast with us. Area businesses have pledged to make charitable donations on behalf of each individual who signs up. Proceeds will go to a local charity that distributes food in the San Jose area. Join us at the end of the day for a complimentary dinner at 6:30 PM in the Tressider Union Oak Room. Cost is free. RSVP to RamadanISSU@hotmail.com Questions? Email ibrahim.mojel@stanford.edu or Call (650) 799-8680 or visit http://ramadan.stanford.edu Sponsored by Islamic Society of Stanford University --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. See 'Ray' for Free Wednesday, November 10th, leave campus at 6:30pm Century Cinema in Mountain View Wed, Nov 10 at 7 PM: Come see the film 'Ray' about the life of singer Ray Charles, for FREE! (for EV residents, $6 others). Winners will be chosen by lottery. Mail froth@stanford.edu by Sunday, and specify if you would like 1 or 2 tickets and if you can drive. We plan to leave campus at 6:30 PM. Sponsored by EV Eduation/Cultural Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Wednesday Tour: Nature Hike and Portola Valley Ranch Home Visit Wednesday, November 10th, 9:00am-12:30pm Let's hike in the Foothills and end with a visit to a private home in Portola Valley Ranch, a nearby housing community that is dedicated to the preservation of the local environment and open space. Landscaping in this area is limited to California native plants, and residents often see bobcats, raccoons, deer, coyote and other wild animals. Perhaps you will too! Join us! To join, sign-up at the I-Center. For more information, visit http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/ or e-mail Gwyn at gdukes@stanford.edu or call 723-1834. Can you drive? We will go in private cars and will need some drivers. Contact Gwyn if you can help! Sponsored by Bechtel International Center --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Free Lively Arts Tix Wednesday, November 10th, 7:30pm-10:30pm Memorial Auditorium Come see the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill on piano for FREE!! Winners will be chosen by lottery. Put "Afro Latin Music" in the subject line of your email When: Wednesday, November 10, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM Where: Memorial Auditorium Cost: FREE for all students! RSVP/register: by Friday, November 5 to melahn@stanford.edu Stanford ID required. Contact info: melahn@stanford.edu Sponsored by Graduate Student Programming Board --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. American Indian Film Festival Friday, November 12th, 7:30pm-11:00pm Palace of the Fine Arts, San Francisco Come join us for the final night of the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. They will be showing two movies: Distant Drumming directed by Dean Bennett and A Thief of Time directed by Chris Eyre (the director of Smoke Signals). Cost is free! RSVP to jtinkler@stanford.edu by Wednesday 11/10/04 For more information, visit http://www.aifisf.com/filmfestival.htm Sponsored by EV Education/Cultural Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. International Pot-luck Music Night Sunday, November 14th, 6pm Bechtel I-Center Mark your calendars and prepare for the annual International Pot-luck Music Night hosted by the CCIS! Enjoy meeting local and international people and tasting food from around the world. Bring a dish of food to serve 8 - 10 people. Entertainment will follow the "pot-luck" dinner. All are welcome! For more information, visit http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/ or e-mail Gwyn at gdukes@stanford.edu or call 723-1834. Sponsored by CCIS and Bechtel International Center --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Advanced Call for Winter Quarter Teacher Volunteers at the I-Center Tuesday, November 16th, 3:30pm-5:00pm Back Lounge, Bechtel I-Center Do you love to cook, sing, dance? Do you have a special interest you would like to share, volunteer, or teach? We are inviting you to share your time and talent to the international community this Winter Quarter at the I-Center. Come attend this meeting and help make the Winter quarter at Stanford a satisfying one for all! For more information, e-mail Gwyn at gdukes@stanford.edu or call 723-1834. Sponsored by Bechtel International Center --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Dinner with Provost Tuesday, November 16th, 6pm - 8pm Buttery, Rains Houses Provost John Etchemendy will visit the graduate student community on Tuesday, November 16. He will have dinner and conversation with 20 graduate students in the Buttery at Rains Houses from 6-8 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet with the Provost and discuss issues of interest or concern to graduate students. If you're interested in attending the dinner, please email Chris Griffith, griffith@stanford, by noon on Monday, November 8 and provide your name, school/academic department, and any issues you'd like to discuss. If the sign-ups exceed the 20 spaces allotted, we will select students randomly from groups divided by academic discipline. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Ice Skating under the Stars Wednesday, November 17th, 8pm - 10pm Winter Lodge, Palo Alto Join your EV friends for a night of ice skating at the Palo Alto Winter Lodge! Enjoy skating under the stars, then have hot chocolate and cookies afterwards and warm your toes by the fireplace in their clubhouse. Come dressed for active fun on ice. We will rent skates for everyone. Meet at the EV Office at 7:45pm sharp and we'll drive over. We should return to campus by 10:15pm or so. Space is limited to 25 people so please RSVP to Kaisa (kaisa@stanford.edu) by Monday, November 15th. Please also say if you can drive and how many total passengers you can take. You may bring one non-EV friend per RSVP ($5 extra charge). Space always goes fast so RSVP ASAP! See you there! RSVP to kaisa@stanford edu by Monday, November 15th at 8pm Free to EV students, $5 for guests Sponsored by EV Sports and Outdoors Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Symphony Concert at San Francisco - "St. Petersburg Philharmonic" Sunday, November 21st, start at 7pm Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco Please join your neighbors on a trip to San Francisco for a night of classic music from Russia's oldest symphonic ensemble, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic with the brilliant conductor Yuri Temirkanov. You will enjoy the "electrifying" Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances and the powerful Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, starting at 7p.m. on Nov. 21st (Sunday) at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Cost is $15 per person (compared with $38 for single, unsubsidized tickets). Please e-mail Hong Qiao at hongqiao@stanford.edu before NOV 8th to sign up. Please write in the title "Symphony sign-up" and in the content: your name, number of tickets (1 or 2), whether drive/need a ride/can offer ride. If there were more than 30 responses, a lottery will be drawn to pick the winners. For more information visit: http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/event_info.asp?nodeid=250&callid=93&even tid=826 Sponsored by EV Education/Cultural Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- - EV Clothing Drive Getting excited about winter wear? Thinking maybe it's time for a new look? Root through your closet for charity! Bring clothing in good condition to your EV laundry room and look for the collection areas. We'll drive them down to a shelter in San Jose for you, so you can do something nice for someone this holiday season without ever having to leave your neighborhood! Drive ends December 2. For more information, e-mail k.j.milks@stanford.edu. Sponsored by EV Community Service Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Upcoming Classes and Events at the Bechtel I-Center Check out http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/families/classes.html for an extensive listing of upcoming classes and events from the Bechtel International Center. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NUMBER 7, November 4, 2004