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Week 9
Announcements & Updates
• CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
A big thank you for everyone’s continued patience as our apartment project progresses. Thanks to those of you who have been voting on the name for the new Muir Apartments; we’ll have the results shortly! In the next couple of weeks grading will continue and much of the heavy site preparation (and loud) work will take place over the break. In January, we are hoping to open up additional passages to facilitate pedestrian access to other parts of campus from the Muir Quad. Stay tuned!
• Help Plan the 2010 New Leaders Conference
Are you a Muir student leader? Planning will begin soon for the 2010 New Leaders Conference. The daylong conference, to be held on Saturday, February 6th, will aim to motivate, develop, inspire, and empower students to continue their journey of development in co-curricular life at Muir College and UCSD. We want YOU to help plan this amazing conference for our new student leaders! If interested, please submit your name and availability to meet by following this participation link: http://doodle.com/vpk6nxyze7hqu7s4. Please direct questions to Ann Hawthorne, ahawthorne@ucsd.edu
• Naming the new Muir apartment building - Vote by Sunday at midnight
You have the fortunate opportunity to share your opinion regarding the name of the new Muir apartment building. There is a list of potential names that continue with Muir traditions, and you can vote for your favorite by clicking the following link - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eyS0Z6ENiZ4dEYcfGj9DeA_3d_3d
• New Library Hours
The Geisel Library Building will close at midnight from Sunday to Thursday (instead of 2am) and will close on Friday at 6pm
(instead of 7pm).
- The Biomedical Library will open at noon on Sunday (instead of 10am) and will close on Friday at 6pm (instead of
8pm).
- CLICS will open on Sunday at noon (instead of 10am).
- The SIO Library will be open from 9am-5pm Monday-Thursday (instead of 8am-8pm) and on Fridays from 9am-5pm (instead
of 8am-6pm). The library will be closed on Saturday and Sunday (instead of open from noon-5pm both days).
• Critical Gender Studies Info Session
Unsure about which major to choose? Just looking for a fascinating class to take? Come learn more about Critical Gender Studies! An info session will be held on Tuesday, November 24, from 3:30-4:45 at the LGBT Resource Center, which is located between the Mandeville Center and Old Student Center. For more information, check out http://cgs.ucsd.edu.
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Attention MCWP students from Fall 2008
If you took any MCWP course last fall, you can now pick up your final portfolios in the Muir Writing Office. Please bring your photo ID to the office (H&SS 23246), which is open Monday - Friday from 8-12 and 1-4. Portfolios are available until December 4, after which they will be discarded.
• Dine With A Professor
Interested in spending some quality time with one of your esteemed faculty members? Stop by the Student Affairs Office in order to sign up for the Dine-With-A-Prof program, which allows you and one faculty member to enjoy lunch at UCSD's Faculty Club! The Dine-With-A-Prof program is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
• Muir House Advisor Selection Committee
Muir Residential Life is looking for student leaders to help us select the 2009-10 HA staff. You will participate in a mandatory training session, review candidate files, and participate in group and individual interviews during winter quarter. If you are interested in participating in this committee please sign-up at the Muir Residential Life office no later than Wednesday, January 6, 2010. If you have any questions regarding the selection committee, please contact Sonia Rosado at 858-534-4200 or srosado@ucsd.edu.
• Study Abroad Opportunity
Always wanted to see Ireland? Here’s a way you can go to Ireland and receive academic credit for your Muir Writing courses. Check out the new Global Seminar on sustainability and organic foods in Ireland at http://pao.ucsd.edu/pao/gs/2010/Dublin/. For more information contact Professor Carrie Wastal at cwastal@ucsd.edu or 858-534-2522.
• Freshman Seminar - Greening of Muir
ENVR 87, a seminar offered during Winter 2010 to students from ALL colleges, is a great opportunity for students who are interested in SUSTAINABILITY. The seminar will focus on developing strategies for the more environmentally sustainable use of water at Muir College.
Organization Announcements
• Second NERD LAN Party
The second NERD meeting is Thursday, 11/12, at 7pm in MOM. The second LAN Party on Saturday, 11/21, at Half-Dome Lounge from noon until midnight. We'll have games such as Rock Band 2 & Warcraft III, as well as a bunch of other random games & lots of free food. If you feel like bringing a console or PC, you'll get preference for food choice. We will have a tournament for SSBB & DotA if enough interested people show up. So whether you plan on staying the whole 12 hours, or just plan on swinging by for a short while, we look forward to seeing you there!
• Muir Creative Magazine
Like expressing yourself through prose, poetry, photography, and visual arts?! Have nowhere to channel your creative juices?! Muir Creative Magazine is a student-run publication that focuses on promoting creativity and the expression of arts. Directed solely to Muir students, an annual magazine is published every Spring Quarter compiling all the submissions collected throughout the year. Submit prose, poetry, or photography to CreativeMagazine@gmail.com by January 1. Top submissions get $100 prize!! Don't miss out!
• Muir Semi-Formal
Do you love organizing events, being creative, and having fun? Then the Muir Semi-Formal Committee is for you! We put on a dance for 300 Muir and UCSD students. We find a venue, select a caterer, create a theme, plan decorations, publicize, and more to make the whole thing happen! This year Semi-Formal is January 23 at the Bay View Restaurant. Come join our meetings Thursdays at 5:00pm in Half Dome Lounge.
• Muir Movie
Interested in being an actor? Muir Movie will be having an open casting call for both male and female actors on the weekends of week 7 and week 8. Please bring your headshot and résumé to the audition (and if you don't have one, then bring a photo). If you are interested, please contact Perrie for an appointment time. Contact info: pec002@ucsd.edu
• Open MCC Positions
GOT INVOLVEMENT? If you want to become more involved in the Muir community and meet new people, apply for one of the open external positions on Muir College Council! Your application can be turned into the Student Affair's Office or emailed to mccvicechair@ucsd.edu by Wednesday, December 2nd by 4pm. Please also attach a copy of your schedule. http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddjb6h83_3d6pw4kg5
• Free Commuter Event
Hey commuters, fight away stress with M3C before finals! We’re having a free kickboxing class and Jamba Juice during Week 8, so sign up at MOM now! (Free for commuters and only $3 for residents.)
