McDougal Student Life Notes: Week of 2-01-2009
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Yale McDougal Center
Student Life Notes
(203) 432-BLUE | mcdougal.center at yale.edu[1]1 February, 2009
McDougal Center Student Life Calendar[2] Student Life Website[3]
Happy Chocolate Month, everybody! Check out the exciting
chocolate-themed events that the McDougal Center has planned for you
this month. Also, be sure to buy your Winter Ball ticket online--
it's going to be a great night.
THIS WEEK'S MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS
* Music Requests at the Blue Dog Cafe[4] / (02-02-2009 )/
* Grad Student's Guide to Gaining a Degree Without Losing Your
Mind[5] / (02-02-2009 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM)/
* Souper Bowl Wednesday @ HGS[6] / (02-04-2009 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)/
* Crossing Cultures: Dating and Relationships[7] / (02-04-2009 5:30
PM - 6:30 PM)/
* McDougal F3: First Friday at Five: Chocolate-themed party @ HGS
[8] / (02-06-2009 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)/
* Grad Night @ the Rep: Lydia[9] / (02-07-2009 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM)/
* 9th Annual Winter Ball[10] / (02-07-2009 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM)/
* Science Outreach Lunch[11] / (02-10-2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)/
FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
* February Chef's Table: Chocolate Confections and Sparkling
Wines[12] / (02-03-2009 6:30 PM)/
* Lab Recycling Initiative[13] / (02-04-2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)/
* Chaplain's Table in the Blue Dog Cafe[14] / (02-04-2009 3:00 PM -
4:30 PM)/
* Service Trip to New York City[15] / (02-06-2009 )/
* Words and Music: NHSO Family Concert \"Walton's Facade\"[16] /
(02-07-2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM)/
* Taking Care of Business for International Students: Car Ownership
Workshop[17] / (02-11-2009 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM)/
* Grad Night at the Yale Opera: \"The Magic Flute\"[18] /
(02-13-2009 8:00 PM)/
* High Seas and High Tea[19] / (02-14-2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)/
MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE
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MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS THIS WEEK
* MUSIC REQUESTS AT THE BLUE DOG CAFE / (02-02-2009 )/
Come add a song to the request list at the Blue Dog Cafe, or add a
check mark to one already on the list. The most-requested songs will
be added to a Blue Dog playlist. After the playlist is made you'll be
able to make song requests at the Blue Dog! The Blue Dog is open M,Th,
F 8:30am-5pm; Tu, W 8:30am-8pm.
* GRAD STUDENT'S GUIDE TO GAINING A DEGREE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND
/ (02-02-2009 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM)/
Please join the ODEO for a roundtable discussion with graduate
students facilitated by Dr. Amy Cheng, Clinical Psychologist, on how
to maintain a healthy mindset without succumbing to the pressures of
the PhD process. HGS 401. Sponsored by GS Office of Diversity & Equal
Opportunity (ODEO). Call 432-0763 for more information.
* SOUPER BOWL WEDNESDAY @ HGS / (02-04-2009 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)/
Enjoy a wide range of hot and tasty soups and chili tonight at HGS,
served in bread bowls if you want. Plus, bring your loose change or
canned goods to donate to local soup kitchens to feed the hungry in
NH! Drop them in the soup pot at the door. Sponsored by HGS Dining
Hall and McDougal Grad Life. Meal plan, cash, points or charge
applies.
* CROSSING CULTURES: DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS / (02-04-2009 5:30 PM
- 6:30 PM)/
Wondering what it means to be asked out for "coffee"? Not sure who's
supposed to make the first move? Does dating in America seem worlds
away from the norms in your own country? Then join us for a fun (and
enlightening) discussion about dating norms in the US on Wednesday
February 4 at 5:30pm at the International Center (421 Temple St).
Chocolate-themed snacks will be provided. For more information visit
http://www.yale.edu/icenter/images/crossingcultures_dating.pdf.
Brought to you by McDougal Student Life and the OISS.
* MCDOUGAL F3: FIRST FRIDAY AT FIVE: CHOCOLATE-THEMED PARTY @ HGS
/ (02-06-2009 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)/
Join other graduate students in a very special FFF where we celebrate
chocolate! Featuring great party foods (and lots of chocolate),
England Brewing beer and wine. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN REUSABLE MUG/CUP
for alcoholic drink service! 21+ with picture ID to drink; grad & prof
students & postdocs only. Spouses/partners & children welcome.
McDougal Center Common Room, HGS, 320 York Street.
* GRAD NIGHT @ THE REP: LYDIA / (02-07-2009 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM)/
Start your night with the theater before you hit the Winter Ball!
Food, refreshments, and a pre-show talk (7 pm) precede the
performance of Lydia (8 pm). Set in the 1970s on the Texas border
separating the United States and Mexico, Lydia is an intense,
lyrical, and magical new play that marks the Yale Rep debut of
award-winning playwright Octavio Solis. GRAD NIGHT AFTERPARTY AT
GPSCY - showing your Grad Night play program will get you free cover
and 2-for-1 drinks that night. Location: Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120
Chapel Street (at York Street). Cost: $15 -- buy online at
yalerep.org. Sponsored by Yale Rep; Grad Life at McDougal Center;
GPSCY/Gryphon's Pub; Est-Est-Est. Contact: www.yalerep.org.
* 9TH ANNUAL WINTER BALL / (02-07-2009 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM)/
TIX ON SALE ONLINE NOW AT http://yalestation.yale.edu/mcdougal. A
limited number of tickets will be available at the Lawn Club door on
February 7 starting at 9 PM for $25-- but only if supplies allow, so
we recommend you purchase your tickets in advance!
* SCIENCE OUTREACH LUNCH / (02-10-2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)/
Join us for the 4th lunch in our public service round table series.
This month's lunch will discuss issues surrounding the New Haven
elementary and junior high SCIENCE FAIR. Find out how to get involved
and share your thoughts! Held on Science Hill in the lounge in 140
Prospect. Free lunch!
MCDOUGAL FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK
* CAITIE'S ARTS AND CULTURE TIP OF THE WEEK
New music by a Yale composer: Come hear Bresnick's Concerto for Piano
and Percussion with Lisa Moore and So Percussion, among other works.
Ezra Laderman, artistic director. Martin Bresnick, featured faculty
composer. Admission free. Location: Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall,
of College and Wall St., New Haven. Sponsor: Yale School of Music.
Contact: 203-432-4158.
* ERIN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE TIP OF THE WEEK
Blood donors needed! Contribute at the Harvard-Yale Blood Donation
Drive at the Payne Whitney Gym from 1-6 pm from February 2 until the
6th. CT needs 650 pints of blood everyday and only gets about 550.
Help make up the deficit! Register at www.givelife.org
* PATRICIA'S COMMUNITY SERVICE TIP OF THE WEEK
February is National Savings Month! Make an effort to save that
spare change you would have spent on coffee, or put the difference
between a regular price and sale price into your savings account.
Remember, we're young ? compound interest is our friend! For more
information, see www.americasaves.org.
* LISA'S TIP OF THE WEEK
See Sip & Savor Meals for $29 in New Haven. This epicurean
celebration features 20 of New Haven?s finest restaurants serving
fixed price dinner menus for $29 before or after a show- before
6pm/after 9pm. For more info see
http://www.infonewhaven.com/seesipsavor.
* LISA'S TIP OF THE WEEK
Criterion Super Value Tuesdays: Every Tuesday, Criterion Club Menbers
can buy up to 2 tix for regular shows for $6 each. Club membership is
free, and you earn points for free stuff. Tuesday also features $1
treats. Now playing: Award winners/nominees: Milk, The Reader, Rev.
Road, Wrestler, Gran Torino, Benjamin Button & more.
* CYNTHIA'S SPORTS TIP OF THE WEEK
What's best for your heart on Valentines' Day? A 5 mile run (3 mile
walk) of course! Check out the 7th annual Bob Andrulis Memorial
Sweetheart run, 11am, Litchfield, CT. Check out
http://www.thecommunitycenter.org/id43.htm for details!
* ELLEN'S KIDS AND FAMILY TIP OF THE WEEK
Beginning on Saturday, February 7, 2009, the weekly Children's Story
Hour held at The Yale Bookstore each Saturday will begin at 10:00 am.
To inaugurate the new storytime, Clifford the Big Red Dog will be the
store's guest. (Clifford will also be at the store on Sunday,
February 8 at 2:00 pm.) Bring your camera to get a picture with
Clifford! Enjoy stories and refreshments. Located at the Barnes and
Noble at 77 Broadway.
* LEANNA'S BLUE DOG TIP OF THE WEEK
Need a fast and cheap lunch? Buy a personal sized cheese pizza at
the Blue Dog, only $1.25!
* MEISHA AND MARKUS'S TIP OF THE WEEK
Going to the McDougal Winter Ball on February 7th and still don't
know what to wear? You should dress to impress, but also consider
wearing your national dress costume and impress the Yale community
with your national pride!
* ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH'S HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK
Excited about the super bowl? Even though it is tempting to stuff
your face with chips, dip, pizza and beer try to make this years bowl
a bit healthier. Take a walk before the game to get some exercise and
try not to over indulge on that nacho cheesy cheese. Hopefully
Monday will feel a little better, and you won't have to wear your
elastic banded pants to lab/class/ life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
* FEBRUARY CHEF'S TABLE: CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS AND SPARKLING WINES
/ (02-03-2009 6:30 PM)/
Rediscover the world of Chocolate and learn about this extraordinary
bean, as well as how to work with it. Join us for a demo and tasting
with light hors d'oeuvres and complimentary wine with Zinc Pastry Chef
Alba Estenoz and Assistant Pastry Chef Mike Hafford. $35 per person
all-inclusive. Reservations are required and must be pre-paid when
making your reservation. Email elizabethciarlelli at zincfood.com or
call Elizabeth at 203.624.0507.
* LAB RECYCLING INITIATIVE / (02-04-2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)/
Come learn how best to handle that empty tube, what to do with empty
pipette tip boxes, how to become an official recycling lab and more.
TAC N203. Pizza and Refreshments Provided (First come, first serve).
Sponsored by SEA, Yale Student Chapter and the Yale Recycling
Initiative. For more information: yalesea at gmail.com.
* CHAPLAIN'S TABLE IN THE BLUE DOG CAFE / (02-04-2009 3:00 PM -
4:30 PM)/
Chat with Callista Isabelle from the Chaplain?s Office Wednesdays
between 3-4:30 pm (beginning Feb. 4th). Questions about religious
life at Yale? Just want to talk? Look for the Chaplain?s table sign
and enjoy some free coffee. Blue Dog Café, HGS Common Room.
* SERVICE TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY / (02-06-2009 )/
The Chaplain?s Office is running a trip on February 6-7 to work with
YSOP in New York. The project will include preparing a meal for
homeless people, meetings with direct service people to learn more
about homelessness, sleeping on the floor overnight, eating simply,
and direct service in small groups in multiple sites around New York.
The cost to you is only $20. Email altaf.saadi at yale.edu to sign up.
* WORDS AND MUSIC: NHSO FAMILY CONCERT \"WALTON'S FACADE\" /
(02-07-2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM)/
Family concert for young kids and parents with interactive instrument
discovery zone to start. Tix $12 adults/$5 kids directly from Shubert
Theater Box office Shubert Box Office, 1-800-228-6622. or
www.shubert.com Concert at Omni Hotel Ballroom, New Haven.
* TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: CAR OWNERSHIP
WORKSHOP / (02-11-2009 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM)/
License, registration, taxes, insurance, etc. Buying a new car can be
very confusing for international students! Join us at the
International Center to review check points and the paperwork you'll
need to purchase a car, both new and used. Review some important
points on maintaining your vehicle. You'll be able to pose questions
to Paul Tremblay, a local car expert. Sponsored by OISS and East Rock
Auto. This event is free, open to the Yale community, and no
registration is required. Location: International Center, 421 Temple
Street.
* GRAD NIGHT AT THE YALE OPERA: \"THE MAGIC FLUTE\" / (02-13-2009
8:00 PM)/
The McDougal Center will be hosting Grad Night at the Opera on Friday
February 13 for the opening performance of Yale Opera's production of
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE ("The Magic Flute") at the Shubert Theater. Visit
the McDougal Center ticket office for details. This new production
of a timeless classic features graduate singers and orchestra
musicians from the Yale School of Music in a new production built at
the Yale School of Drama. Tickets are only $13.00 and can be
purchased at the McDougal Center. For more information about the
production, please visit www.shubert.com.
* HIGH SEAS AND HIGH TEA / (02-14-2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)/
Bring your Valentine for sweets, tales of gales, and make-your-own
treats. Come dressed as your favorite pirate, princess, ship?s
captain, or monster from the deep blue sea! Free; suitable for all
ages. No registration required. For information call 203 432 2858.
Sponsored by the Yale Center for British Art
MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE (123 HGS, 2PM - 5PM)
* WINTER BALL: TICKETS ONLINE ONLY, AT
HTTP://YALESTATION.YALE.EDU/MCDOUGAL / (02-07-2009 9:00 PM - 2:00
AM)/
* GRAD NIGHT AT THE REP: $15, ONLINE ONLY, AT WWW.YALEREP.ORG /
(02-07-2009 7:00 PM)/
* GRAD NIGHT @ YALE OPERA, $13 CASH/CHECK AT MCDOUGAL CENTER TICKET
OFFICE / (02-13-2009 8:00 PM)/
* MOVIE TICKETS, $7/$7.75
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