McDougal Student Life Notes: Week of 11-20-11
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*McDougal Center Student Life Events:
(Full Calendar
<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/week/20111120/StudentLife/>)*
* McDougal Center Hours - Recess Week <#p1>
* Thanksgiving Feast @ HGS - Few tickets left <#p2>
* Inner Peace of Pizza <#p3>
* Grad Student Book Club Meeting <#p4>
* Baking with the St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen <#p5>
* Donations for Gifts at First Friday at Five <#p6>
* December First Friday @ Five: Ciao Italy! - BYOMUG <#p7>
* Grad Night at the Yale Repertory Theater <#p8>
* Jordan Tice Trio Bluegrass Concert <#p9>
*Fellows' Tips of the Week <#tips>*
*Announcements and Upcoming Events*
* Glee Night @ Mory's <#a1>
* Shop Local- Black Friday on Broadway & Small Business Saturday sales
<#a2>
* Yale Chili Throwdown <#a3>
* Graduate and Professional Student Day at Yale Sustainable Food
Project <#a4>
* Graduate-Professional Intramural Winter Deadline <#a5>
*Introducing the Fellows <#e4>*
*Recess Hours
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*Common Room*
Monday-Tuesday:
9am-4:30pm
Wednesday:
9am-2pm
Thursday-Saturday:
Closed
*The Blue Dog Café*
/Follow us on Twitter!/ Follow the Blue Dog Cafe on Twitter
<http://www.twitter.com/BlueDogCafeYale>
Monday-Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
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*McDougal Student Life Events*
*McDougal Center Hours - Recess Week* /
Monday, Nov 21 2011/
The McDougal Center is on Fall Recess hours this week. Open
9am-4:30pm 11/21 & 22, and 9am-2pm 11/23. Closed Thurs-Sat 11/24-26.
Reopens 11/27 12-6pm. No music room access this week. Blue Dog Cafe
Closed til 11/28.
*Thanksgiving Feast @ HGS - Few tickets left*
/Add to calendar »/
<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/default/today/default/CAL-2c9cb3cc-32a602d4-0133-1e946055-00000480bedework@yale.edu/>
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Monday, Nov 21 2011, 4pm- 4:30pm, timed entry seatings available/
/HGS Dining Hall (320 York St.)/
/Buy tickets in advance here »/ <http://mcdougalcenter.ticketleap.com>
Enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, with turkey & vegetarian
main dishes, stirfry & rice, veggies, drinks, breads, and all the
trimmings. Enjoy the feast on china plates in the HGS Dining Hall,
then have dessert & coffee in the McDougal Common room. *Tickets
with timed entry each 1/2 hour: *4-4:30pm and 4:30-5pm still
available.* Enter at the timed 1/2 slot and stay as long as you
like. Buy with credit/debit card only. Tix are $10 adults, $5
children, $1 children 2 and under. *Meal NOT included in the Yale
Dining meal plan - swipes or points are NOT accepted. Buy in
advance- tickets may NOT be on sale at the door if sold out.*
Sponsored by McDougal GSL, Chaplain's Office, OISS, GHO, OIA and others.
*Inner Peace of Pizza*
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<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/week/20111127/All/CAL-2c9cb3cd-32a60508-0133-5c0cf69c-000028cbbedework@yale.edu/>
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Monday, Nov 28 2011, 12pm-1pm/
/McDougal Center, HGS 119 (320 York St.)/
By popular demand, Inner Peace of Pizza is back! The Blue Dog Café's
own Matt Cortese will be leading a live guided meditation, to be
followed by pizza and socializing -- all in the deeply relaxing
environment of a blanket-covered HGS 119! Pizza will be served
following our journey into deep inner peace. We invite you to join
us, and set a peaceful tone for the final weeks of the semester!
*Grad Student Book Club Meeting*
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<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/week/20111127/All/CAL-2c9cb3cd-32a60508-0133-5ad5ce7e-00007fbbbedework@yale.edu/>
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Tuesday, Nov 29 2011, 7pm-8pm/
/HGS McDougal Center Common Room (320 York St.)/
/Sign up here! »/ <http://www.tinyurl.com/gradbookclub>
Join the Grad Student Book Club for its November meeting! This
month, we will be reading /The Leftovers/ by Tom Perrotta! Sign up
in advance because space is limited! Refreshments will be served.
*Baking with the St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen*
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Tuesday, Nov 29 2011, 8pm-10pm/
/St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel, Yale University (Meet in McDougal
Common Room HGS, 320 York st)/
/Sign up here »/
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dDVkeVBDSzlscXhJa2d6R3RHVDZIdkE6MQ#gid=0>
Help out the St. Thomas More soup kitchen by baking delicious
desserts for their weekly meal! We'll be joining the group of
graduate students who bake treats for the soup kitchen's lunchtime
meal, which serves hundreds of guests each week. Meet us at the
McDougal common room @ HGS at 8pm, and we'll walk over together.
*Donations for Gifts at First Friday at Five*
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<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/week/20111127/All/CAL-2c9cb3cd-32a602db-0133-aafa8313-00006218bedework@yale.edu/>
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Friday, Dec 2 2011, 5pm - 7pm/
/McDougal Center Common Room HGS (320 York St.)/
This month, we're adopting a family through the Coordinating Council
for Children in Crisis in New Haven. We'll be accepting cash
donations at the First Friday at Five to purchase the family gifts
for the holiday season. Please consider making a contribution! The
gifts will be wrapped at an upcoming gift-wrapping and card-making
event for graduate students and families in December.
*December First Friday @ Five: Ciao Italy! - BYOMUG*
/Add to calendar »/
<http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/gsas/week/20111128/All/CAL-2c9cb3cd-32a602db-0133-aafa8313-00006218bedework@yale.edu/>
/
Friday, Dec 2 2011, 5pm-7pm/
/McDougal Common Room & Room 119 @ HGS (320 York St.)/
This month's FFF happy hour brings us to lovely Italy! Show off your
Italian pride by wearing green, red, and white. Join us for
complimentary Italian themed food, desserts, and drinks! This month
the McDougal Center is accepting $ for optional donations to the
Adopt-A-Family program before the holidays. We will NOT be handing
out mugs, so please remember to BRING YOUR OWN MUGS! Yale ID
required for entrance and picture ID with proof of age to drink (21+
for alcohol). Open to Yale Grad & Professional Students & Post-docs
& their families/guests.
*Grad Night at the Yale Repertory Theater*
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Saturday, Dec 3 2011, 7pm-8pm/
/Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel St.)/
/Yale Rep »/ <http://www.yalerep.org>
Join us for a FREE reception and discussion with the creative team
behind the Yale Rep's production of Moliere's A Doctor in Spite of
Himself! Refreshments and pizza from Est Est Est will be served. The
reception immediately precedes the 8pm show. Discounted $15 student
tickets for the show are available here
<https://apps.commerce.yale.edu/arts/yrt/showProductions.do;jsessionid=7CAFB838B8C5DB22A33EFCFB16CBB5D2>.
*Jordan Tice Trio Bluegrass Concert*
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Sunday, Dec 4 2011, 7pm-9pm/
/HGS McDougal Center Common Room (320 York St.)/
/Sign up here! »/ <http://tinyurl.com/jordanticeconcert>
Do you like bluegrass music? Come hear the Jordan Tice Trio, one of
the best up-and-coming groups around! This folk-influenced
progressively acoustic trio features The Punch Brothers' Paul Kowert
and has a new CD full of original compositions and improvisation.
Admission is FREE, but seats are LIMITED so sign up to attend!
Desserts and drinks will be served. For more information about the
band visit their website <http://jordantice.virb.com/trio>.
* * * * *
*Fellows' Tips of the Week*
*Jenny and Maggie's Social Tip of the Week*
Is the grad student stipend not stretching out enough for your
holiday shopping? Looking for creative gift solutions? Check out the
Martha Stewart website for a "Craft of the Day". Sign up to receive
a daily e-mail that will fulfill all of your creative gift needs!
*Megan and Matt's Blue Dog Cafe Tip of the Week*
Saddened by the thought of going without your daily cup (or three)
of Blue Dog coffee over the break? Download Intelligentsia's free
iPhone app
<http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/intelligentsia-coffee/id404497566?mt=8>.
With step-by-step instructions and timers for each brewing method, a
good cup of coffee is pretty much guaranteed.
*Kevin C. and Cathy's Health & Wellness Tip of the Week*
Are you struggling with anxiety, overwhelming stress, or sadness,
but not interested in seeing a therapist at the moment? Check out
these evidence-based online self-help programs
<http://www.ehub.anu.edu.au/welcome.php>. All of the resources
provided are free, confidential and backed by research. Hundreds of
thousands of people have benefitted!
*Josh and Joyce's International Tip of the Week*
Beat Poets? Not beat poets. For a first-person account of the recent
student protests check out Robert Haas's editorial in the NYT here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/at-occupy-berkeley-beat-poets-has-new-meaning.html?ref=opinion>.
Haas was also the translator of his Berkeley neighbor and friend
Czes?aw Mi?osz. The Polish poet and Nobel laureate is the subject of
the Beinecke exhibition "Exile as Destiny" on view through December 17.
*Jenna's Student Life Tip of the Week*
For many, Christmas sweaters (ugly or not) are a traditional part of
the holiday season. Pick up yours at the Tacky Christmas Sweater
Shop, opening at 1060 Chapel St. from Nov 27-Dec 11!
* * * * *
*Announcements and Upcoming Events*
*Glee Night @ Mory's*
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Tuesday, Nov 22 2011, 6:30pm-9pm/
/Mory's (306 York St.)/
Are you looking for something different to spice up your usual
dinner plans around the Have? Well, if you enjoy singing (or
listening to your friends belt it out) and are looking for an
all-around good time, stop by Mory's for Glee Night -- a new
tradition where the patrons become the singing entertainment!
Specially prepared songbooks will be provided for the evening
sing-a-long. Please call 203-562-3157 to book your dinner
reservation and join in the festivities. www.morysclub.org
<http://www.morysclub.org>
*Shop Local- Black Friday on Broadway & Small Business Saturday sales* /
11/24 & 11/26/
/New Haven (local stores)/
/Info New Haven »/ <http://www.infonewhaven.com/holidaysdowntown>
Shop local and support local & small businesses. Shop Black Friday
specials downtown in New Haven, and small businesses too. See Info
New Haven for Black Friday deals & click here
<http://www.smallbusinesssaturday.com> for Small Biz Saturday.
*Yale Chili Throwdown* /
Thursday, Dec 1 2011, 12pm-1:30pm/
/University Commons Dining Hall (Prospect at Grove St.)/
The third annual Yale Chili Throw-Down competition is Dec 1 at Univ.
Commons Dining Hall from 12pm-1:30pm. It's a $5 suggested donation
at the door, which goes to United Way of Greater New Haven to
support their work with children, youth, employment and other causes
in our area. From noon to 1:30pm, Commons will open its doors to all
chili cooks and connoisseurs for sampling & voting. The Chili
Champion will have his or her recipe featured as an official item on
all Yale Dining menus.Sponsored by Yale Dining.
*Graduate and Professional Student Day at Yale Sustainable Food
Project* /
Sunday, Dec 4 2011, 1pm-5pm/
/Yale Farm (345 Edwards St.)/
/Sign up HERE! »/ <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GPSS-YSFP>
The Sustainable Food Project manages an organic farm on campus, runs
diverse programs that support exploration and academic inquiry
related to food and agriculture, and collaborates on a sustainable
dining program at Yale (www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/
<http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/>). GPSS will be heading out to
the Yale Farm and volunteering a few hours to help with readying the
farm for the coming winter. Light manual labor to be expected, but
rest assured, it will be accompanied by hot apple cider and awarded
with appetizers and drinks somewhere on the walk home. This should
be a great event, and they're very excited to have us! All graduate
and professional students and their families are welcome. Any
questions, please contact laura.west at yale.edu.
*Graduate-Professional Intramural Winter Deadline* /
Friday, Dec 9 2011, 4pm/
/Payne Whitney Gym Room 509 (270 Tower Parkway)/
/Registration Info: »/
<http://sportsandrecreation.yale.edu/content/intramurals/grad-pro-winter-registration-information>
Register for intramural basketball or volleyball; recreational,
corecreational, and competitive teams are available! Forms are
online and must be printed and brought to PWG. See website for more
information!
* * * * *
*Introducing the Fellows
*...will return next week to meet our new Religious & Spiritual Life
Fellows!
* * * * *
Thanks,
The Student Life Fellows
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