McDougal Student Life Notes: Week of 4-19-2009

Mon Apr 20 13:24:57 EDT 2009

	Yale McDougal Center
Student Life Notes

(203) 432-BLUE | mcdougal.center at yale.edu[1]19 April,  2009
	McDougal Center Student Life Calendar[2]		Student Life Website[3]
	THIS WEEK'S MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS

  * New Haven Restaurant Week[4] / (04-19-2009 )/
  * Blue Dog Cafe Celebrates Earth Day[5] / (04-22-2009 )/
  * Grad Night @ the Greenhouse[6] / (04-22-2009 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)/
  * Grad Wine Tasting @ the Wine Thief[7] / (04-24-2009 5:00 PM -
6:00 PM)/
  * International Center Cafe: Spring Fling- Sushi, Sake, and
Karaoke[8] / (04-23-2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)/
  * College Night on Broadway[9] / (04-23-2009 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM)/
  * Rock to Rock Cycling Festival[10] / (04-25-2009 9:00 AM - 2:00
PM)/
  * CommUniversity Day and Bagel Brunch[11] / (04-25-2009 10:30 AM -
11:30 AM)/
  * Self Defense Seminar for Women[12] / (04-25-2009 2:00 PM - 4:00
PM)/
  * Grad Night @ the Rep: Death of a Salesman[13] / (04-25-2009 7:00
PM)/
  * HGS Tag Sale[14] / (04-26-2009 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)/
  * Yale/New Haven: A Reading of Local Writers[15] / (04-27-2009 6:00
PM - 8:00 PM)/
  * Blue Dog Cafe Closings[16] / ( )/

FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  * Yale Smart Streets Website[17]
  * Fundamentals of Budgeting and Handling Credit[18] / (04-21-2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM)/
  * \"Earth, the Disney Movie\" Opens at Criterion Downtown[19] /
(04-22-2009 )/
  * Rev. John G. Magee '06 Fellowship Deadline[20] / (04-23-2009 )/
  * Rufus Wainwright Concert[21] / (04-23-2009 8:00 PM)/
  * \"Godspell: The Musical\"[22] / (04-24-2009 8:00 PM)/
  * Yale Children's Theater Presents \"Beauty and the Beast[23] /
(04-25-2009 )/
  * Warehouse Sale: NHHR Furniture Co-op[24] / (04-25-2009 9:00 AM -
1:00 PM)/

MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE

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MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS THIS WEEK

  * NEW HAVEN RESTAURANT WEEK / (04-19-2009 )/
Check out New Haven Restaurant Week (April 19-24). Get your
reservations now to enjoy a week of three course fixed price lunch
($16.38) and dinner ($29) meals at downtown New Haven's finest
restaurants. www.infonewhaven.com

  * BLUE DOG CAFE CELEBRATES EARTH DAY / (04-22-2009 )/
Bring your own refillable mug to the Blue Dog on Earth Day and get
coffee and tea for only $.50 and specialty espresso drinks for $1.50!

  * GRAD NIGHT @ THE GREENHOUSE / (04-22-2009 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)/
It is Earth Day! Come enjoy the green at the Marsh Gardens Greenhouse
(227 Mansfield Street, on Science Hill up Prospect Street behind FES
Greeley building). Walk amongst the lush exotic plants on our behind
the scenes greenhouse tour. Wine, beer, cheese and snacks will be
served! Sponsored by McDougal Student Life.

  * GRAD WINE TASTING @ THE WINE THIEF / (04-24-2009 5:00 PM - 6:00
PM)/
Join other grad students in a great wine tasting experience at the
Wine Thief. Meet your McDougal Fellows in front of HGS at 5pm then
walk over to the wine thief for a great time! Event sponsored by
Student Life at the McDougal Center.

  * INTERNATIONAL CENTER CAFE: SPRING FLING- SUSHI, SAKE, AND KARAOKE
/ (04-23-2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)/
 us at the International Center (421 Temple St) for a fun night of
Japanese culture to celebrate the end of the academic year. There
will be a $5 cover charge for this event. Open to the Yale community.
See http://www.yale.edu/icenter/images/2009_sushi.pdf for more
information.

  * COLLEGE NIGHT ON BROADWAY / (04-23-2009 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM)/
Come out to the shops and restaurants on Broadway tonight! Great
discounts from all of the stores. Fall Out Boy tickets, $1000 travel
vouchers, and a bike will be raffled off!

  * ROCK TO ROCK CYCLING FESTIVAL / (04-25-2009 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)/
Registration Open! Join us for a city-wide cycling celebration, and a
fundraiser for local environmental work! Riders will set out from East
Rock park for a cross-city bicycling adventure. On our way to West
Rock, we will eat tasty food, hear great music, plant a tree, and
explore the city's parks. We'll travel along the Farmington Canal
Trail and official city bike lanes, pass through many of the city's
beautiful neighborhoods, and make stops in Beaver Pond and Edgewood
Parks on their way between the Rocks. Think you're hard-core? Take
detours to the top of the two rocks. Have a little kid in tow? Join
us for part of the ride. Families and college students, 20-something
hipsters and teenagers, young and old, serious riders and weekend
warriors will all be welcomed. Register to be a rider, sponsored
rider, and/or volunteer today! Check out www.rocktorock.org

  * COMMUNIVERSITY DAY AND BAGEL BRUNCH / (04-25-2009 10:30 AM -
11:30 AM)/
Before CommUniversity Day starts, Join the McDougal Family Fellows
for a Bagel Brunch in HGS.  Then head to CommUniversity Day at Yale?s
Old Campus, bounded by College, Chapel, High and Elm streets.   This
event is designed to raise awareness among New Haven residents of
available community services.   Free and open to the public, the
annual celebration features a moon bounce, arts and crafts, face
painting and science exhibits, handicrafts and performances. 11
a.m.?3 p.m.

  * SELF DEFENSE SEMINAR FOR WOMEN / (04-25-2009 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)/
Join other graduate students in learning easy/simple self defense
moves, get full time training and hands on combat maneuvering with
martial art experts! Event sponsored by Student Life at the McDougal
Center and the Yale Judo-BJJ club. Location: 6th floor mat room,
Payne Whitney Gym. Sign up at
http://fs3.formsite.com/yalegraduateschool/form049973466/index.html

  * GRAD NIGHT @ THE REP: DEATH OF A SALESMAN / (04-25-2009 7:00 PM)/
Buy tickets EARLY -- this event is going to sell out quickly! Pizza,
drinks, and a pre-show talk precede the performance of Arthur
Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Three-time Emmy Award winner and
two-time Tony Award nominee Charles S. Dutton stars as Willy Loman.
Join us afterward for the afterparty at Gpscy; showing your Grad
Night play program will get you free cover and 2-for-1 drinks that
night. Tickets are $15, available online at www.yalerep.org.
Location: Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street (at York
Street). Sponsored by the McDougal Center, the Yale Rep, Est-Est-Est,
and GPSCY. 

  * HGS TAG SALE / (04-26-2009 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)/
Daylight Saving Time has graced us, and spring is right around the
corner. If your spring cleaning efforts turn up items you'd like to
donate or sell, set them aside for the HGS Tag Sale in the HGS
courtyard. Sign up to participate as a seller by emailing
mcdougal.service at yale.edu.  Or, if you want to buy, stop by the HGS
courtyard to browse the selection.

  * YALE/NEW HAVEN: A READING OF LOCAL WRITERS / (04-27-2009 6:00 PM
- 8:00 PM)/
This event brings together local writers in a variety of genres, both
prose and poetry, from Yale as well as the broader New Haven
community. Featured readers include Mark Oppenheimer, Brian Slattery,
Alison Moncrief, Pang-Mei Natasha Chang, Dan Casey, Bennett
Lovett-Graff, Donald Brown, Caitie Barrett, Greg Santos, Charles
Douthat, and James Berger. Co-sponsored by the McDougal Center for
Graduate Student Life and the New Haven Review. Location: Room 119,
Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street. Free and open to the
public.

  * BLUE DOG CAFE CLOSINGS / ( )/
The Blue Dog Cafe will be open during regular hours up through Monday
April 27, then will be open reading week Tues April 28-May 1 from 
9am-2pm. It will be closed for the summer after May 1. See you in the
Fall!

MCDOUGAL FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK

  * CYNTHIA'S SPORTS TIP OF THE WEEK
Running is a great way to enjoy the gorgeous spring weather! Local
races include 5/9 Clifford Beers 5K in East Rock Park
(http://www.jbsports.com/clifford%20beers.htm) and 5/17 Guilford
4-mile run (http://www.jbsports.com/guilford.htm) 

  * ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH'S HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK
April is alcohol awareness month. Do you drink alone when you feel
angry or sad? Does your drinking ever make you late for work?Go to
the following link to learn about warning signs of alcohol abuse.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/ 

  * ERIN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE TIP OF THE WEEK
April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month.  Along these lines,
the New Haven Animal Shelter, located at 81 Fournier Street, will be
holding a tag sale on Sunday, May 3rd from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The
proceeds from the tag sale will go towards caring for the animals in
the shelter as well as providing pet food to residents who cannot
afford it.  For more info, visit www.cityofnewhaven.com/AnimalShelter
.

  * MCDOUGAL'S  TIP OF THE WEEK
Free Dental Care! On April 17th and 18th, the Connecticut State
Dental Association will be sponsoring a free dental care event at the
New Haven Citywide Public Greenhouse, 480 Sherman Parkway.  There are
no eligibility or income requirements and care will be provided on a
first come, first serve basis.  Services will include: fillings,
cleanings, extractions, partial dentures, and root canals.  For more
information, visit: www.csda.com 

  * LISA'S  TIP OF THE WEEK
Yale Students who are seeking summer sublets or roommates can list
their apts/shares for FREE on the online Yale Off campus listing
service. See forms and info online at
http://www.yale.edu/gradhousing/ochousing/property_owners_forms.html

  * PATRICIA'S COMMUNITY SERVICE TIP OF THE WEEK
Volunteers Needed! Over 450 students from West Haven Public Schools
will visit the Peabody Museum at the end of April.  This is a one
time event to expose students to DNA and excite them about science. 
The Peabody needs 6 people a day to help groups of students with
their DNA extraction on April 24, 28-30 and May 1,  from 9:30- 10:45
or 10:45 to noon.  No special skills are needed.  This will take
placein the Peabody Museum auditorium (3rd floor).  To volunteer,
visit http://doodle.com/6v9crbpmhp5kp6kq

  * SUSAN'S KIDS AND FAMILY TIP OF THE WEEK
Spring is here!  A fun, inexpensive kid?s activity is kite flying. 
Make your own easily or buy a prefabricated one.  Then, head out to a
big open field in a local park.  If your kite is aerodynamically
challenged, there is almost always an experienced kite flyer around
who will be happy to show you the ropes (no pun intended)!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  * YALE SMART STREETS WEBSITE
Check out the new Yale Smart Streets website
www.yale.edu/smartstreets and learn how to share the road safely with
pedestrians, bikers, and drivers. 

  * FUNDAMENTALS OF BUDGETING AND HANDLING CREDIT / (04-21-2009 4:00
PM - 5:30 PM)/
Matthew Paradise of American Consumer Credit Counseling, presenter.
He has worked for ACCC for the past 9 years and has been certified as
a Credit Counselor through the National Institute for Financial
Education. He provides financial literacy throughout New England.
RSVP to postdoc at yale.edu.  Sponsored by The Yale Postdoctoral Career
Development Lecture series. Linsley-Chittenden Hall, Room 101 (63
High St.).

  * \"EARTH, THE DISNEY MOVIE\" OPENS AT CRITERION DOWNTOWN /
(04-22-2009 )/
Buy your $7 discount tickets @ the McDougal Center for Earth, the new
Disney movie at New Haven's Criterion Cinemas. Movie suitable for all
ages. www.criterioncinemas.com

  * REV. JOHN G. MAGEE '06 FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE / (04-23-2009 )/
The Rev. John G. Magee ?06 Fellowship seeks students to work with the
professional staff of Dwight Hall, leaders from the Dwight Hall
Cabinet and Student Executive Committee, coordinators of the Social
Justice Network, and the Yale Chaplain?s Office through Yale
Religious Ministries to promote a culture of action and reflection at
Dwight Hall, generate service and justice opportunities for students
of faith, foster collaborative efforts between various faith-based
and secular student organizations, and nurture the skills and
well-being of student leaders. The Fellowship is a 15 hour/week
commitment throughout the 2009-2010 academic year and offers a
stipend of $10,000. Please visit the following webpage for a full job
description and instructions on how to apply:
http://dwighthall.org/12476/Apply_for_the_2009_2010_Magee_Fellowship 

  * RUFUS WAINWRIGHT CONCERT / (04-23-2009 8:00 PM)/
Come see Rufus Wainwright here at Yale in Woolsey Hall.  All proceeds
benefit AIDS Project New Haven and GLSEN-CT.  Tickets are $25 for
students. See http://yalegala.tix.com for more information.

  * \"GODSPELL: THE MUSICAL\" / (04-24-2009 8:00 PM)/
The annual concert fest on Old Campus is next Tuesday April 29, with
artists the Decembrists, NERD, Wale, Colin Munro, and Girl Talk, a
local battle of bands and more. Free to all with Yale ID. See website
for times, restrictions and info www.yalespringfling.com Sponsored by
YCC, YCDO, GPSS, GSA and others.

  * YALE CHILDREN'S THEATER PRESENTS \"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST /
(04-25-2009 )/
Come see this magical adventure full of enchanted beasts, magnificent
ballrooms, and discovering the true meaning of beauty! Performance
Dates: Saturday, April 25: 11 AM and 1 PM; Sunday, April 26: 11 AM
and 1 PM (FREE SHOW). Place: Dwight Hall Common Room on Old Campus.
Ticket Prices: Adults: $5, Kids: $3 

  * WAREHOUSE SALE: NHHR FURNITURE CO-OP / (04-25-2009 9:00 AM - 1:00
PM)/
New Haven Home Recovery (www.nhhr.org), a non-profit agency operating
emergency shelters for women and children and supportive housing
programs for families living with disabilities, has opened its
donations warehouse to the public to raise money. Various household
goods, furniture sold as is, clothes $1/item every Tuesday and
Saturday. You can also donate your stuff to NHHR. 30 Morris Avenue,
West Haven (off Route 34), phone 389-1112.

MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE (123 HGS, 2PM - 5PM)

  * GRAD NIGHT @ THE REP (BUY EARLY!): PURCHASE AT WWW.YALEREP.ORG /
(04-25-2009 $15 grad student special)/
  * CRITERION AND SHOWCASE CINEMAS / (Anytime $7.00 and $7.75)/
  * SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND DISCOUNT TICKETS / (Anytime $25)/

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