McDougal Student Life Notes: Week of 2-7-10

Sun Feb 7 12:26:41 EST 2010

	Yale McDougal Center
Student Life Notes

(203) 432-BLUE | mcdougal.center at yale.edu[1]7 February,  2010
	McDougal Center Student Life Calendar[2]		Student Life Website[3]
	Forestry and Environmental Sciences Celebrates diversity with a
month of events! See:
http://environment.research.yale.edu/calendar/events/series/4509/. 
All of the events are open to the entire F&ES and Yale community,
except for the F&ES Faculty and Staff Brown Bag Lunches and the
Regional TGIF.

THIS WEEK'S MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS

  * 10th Annual Winter Ball[4] / (02-13-2010 8pm-1am)/
  * TODAY: Superbowl at GPSCY![5] / (02-07-2010 4:30-10pm)/
  * Night of Chinese Culture[6] / (02-07-2010 4-10pm)/
  * Mahjong Night[7] / (02-08-2010 8:30-11pm)/
  * Talent Tuesday [8] / (02-09-2010 7-8pm)/
  * Sex and Chocolate...and Trivia![9] / (02-11-2010 8-10pm)/
  * Asian New Year Dinner @ HGS[10] / (02-12-2010 5-8pm)/
  * Grad Nite @ Yale Opera: The Marriage of Figaro [11] / (02-12-2010
7pm)/
  * Pre-Opera Lecture[12] / (02-12-2010 7pm)/
  * Vagina Monologues [13] / (2-12 and 2-13 8pm)/
  * Grad Nite at the Rep: Compulsion[14] / (02-20-2010 7pm)/
  * Spring Break in New Haven[15] / (3-6 to 3-11 )/

FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  * Mommy/Daddy 'n' Me - English Conversation Group[16] / (Wednesdays
10:30-11:30am)/
  * Chocolate Fest Special at Kerin[17] / (February )/
  * ISPY/SOM Partners Book Club[18] / (02-10-2010 5:30-7pm)/
  * Taking Care of Business: Car Ownership [19] / (02-10-2010 )/
  * International Center Cafe: Chocolate Fest[20] / (02-11-2010
7-9pm)/
  * Justice Breyer Talk [21] / (02-15-2010 4:30pm)/
  * Gordon Grand Lecture[22] / (02-18-2010 4:30pm)/
  * GHO Ski Trip to Vermont[23] / (02-27-2010 6:30am-7:30pm)/

MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE

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MCDOUGAL CENTER EVENTS THIS WEEK

  * 10TH ANNUAL WINTER BALL / (02-13-2010 8pm-1am)/
Buy your tickets now- advance ticket sales end Friday 2/12 @ 5pm; at
door sales may not be available due to space limits, so don't miss
out. Join us on Saturday, February 13, 2010 in the Grand Ballroom at
the New Haven Lawn Club (193 Whitney Ave) for DANCING, DRINKS (cash
bar), elegant DESSERTS and rockin' LIVE MUSIC from CT's newest
powerhouse party band: Twice on Sunday (featuring Helen from
Chemistry), and the pride of the Architecture School: DJ ARKTKS. $20
advance TIX on sale NOW at www.tinyurl.com/winterball2010. **Don?t
forget to print e-tickets at time of online purchase and bring them
with you!!** FREE parking & free shuttle. 21+ with photo ID to drink;
Cash bar- no outside alcohol permitted at Lawn Club. Hosted by your
favorite fellows and staff from Grad Student Life at the McDougal
Center. For more information, email: mcdougal.center at yale.edu,
www.tinyurl.com/winterball2010

  * TODAY: SUPERBOWL AT GPSCY! / (02-07-2010 4:30-10pm)/
Come to GPSCY to watch the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis
Colts battle it out!  You can enjoy drink specials and FREE chicken
wings, chips, and veggies!  We will be taking canned food donations
for the Food Bank and 1 can = FREE entry into GPSCY!  So everyone
bring as many cans as you can carry and get ready for some football!!

  * NIGHT OF CHINESE CULTURE / (02-07-2010 4-10pm)/
ACSSY invites the Yale community to celebrate the New Year. From
4-7pm enjoy a Chinese Traditional Culture Exhibition. From 7-10pm is
the Spring Festive Gala Concert. Tickets $5-30 with Yale student ID.
Cosponsors: GPSS, McDougal GSL, OISS and others. wwww.yale.edu/acssy 
Located at Woolsey Hall, corner Prospect & Grove.

  * MAHJONG NIGHT / (02-08-2010 8:30-11pm)/
Play Mahjong, relax and hang out with friends! Night Don't know how
to play Mahjong? Experienced players will teach you! Beginners
welcome. This is a great opportunity to learn how to play or to play
against other mahjong players at Yale. Located at the International
Center, 421 Temple St.

  * TALENT TUESDAY  / (02-09-2010 7-8pm)/
Come to Talent Tuesday this week to experience the sounds and tastes
of love.  There will be many performances ranging from piano, drama,
brass, and violin.  Remember, also, there will be a chocolate
fountain - lots of other treats - Red wine - and after all this is
done you can go check out the other events happening that night like
GPSS speed dating.  So start your night out right and head down to
the McDougal Center this Tuesday!

  * SEX AND CHOCOLATE...AND TRIVIA! / (02-11-2010 8-10pm)/
Sex and Chocolate?with a side of trivia. Come to GPSCY from 8PM-10PM
on Thursday, Feb 11th and enjoy our delicious spread of chocolate
treats including cake, fondue, candy, fruit for dipping, and more,
while playing trivia! ***Please SIGN UP your team in advance if you
want to play *sex* trivia: www.tinyurl.com/triviasignup. FYI, the
game is limited to the first 100 people who sign up, so make sure you
do asap! The trivia winners will get some great prizes, and the event
will be done just in time to begin rockin? out at the Thursday night
DJ dance party! 21 and over. Event sponsored by McDougal Center
(mcdougal.center at yale.edu), Grad-Prof Health Advocates of UHS Health
Education (www.yale.edu/uhs), & GPSS (Gryphon?s Pub @ GPSCY).

  * ASIAN NEW YEAR DINNER @ HGS / (02-12-2010 5-8pm)/
Enjoy Asian hot pot soups, other Chinese and Asian foods and
celebrate the year of the Tiger at HGS Dining Hall. All Grad Prof
students & their families & guests are welcome. Meal plan, cash,
charge or points.

  * GRAD NITE @ YALE OPERA: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO  / (02-12-2010
7pm)/
The Yale Opera presents the world's future opera stars in Mozart's
"Le Nozze de Figaro" (the Marriage of Figaro). Tickets $13 (for
students). Purchase at www.shubert.com or by calling (203) 562-5666.
Limit one discounted ticket per student. Talk will precede the show @
7pm.

  * PRE-OPERA LECTURE / (02-12-2010 7pm)/
If you are going to the Yale School of Music's production of "The
Marriage of Figaro," then you should make plans to get to the Shubert
around 7 for a great and informative pre-concert lecture.  These talks
are great ways to get acquainted with the music, the set, and the
story!  Shubert Theatre

  * VAGINA MONOLOGUES  / (2-12 and 2-13 8pm)/
Come see the Vagina Monologues, to benefit the New Haven Free Clinic
and the Vday Campaign, a global movement to end violence against
girls and women. To buy tickets, you can purchase for cash or check
at the door ($10 - if we have any left!), in advance at the McDougal
Center ($10, 320 York street, room 124, 9 am-4 pm), or $12 online at:
https://vaginamonologuesyale2010.ticketleap.com/ Sponsored by the
Office of Graduate Student Life at the McDougal Center and the Yale
Graduate and Professional Student Senate. Harkness Auditorium, 333
Cedar Street

  * GRAD NITE AT THE REP: COMPULSION / (02-20-2010 7pm)/
Follow Sid Silver as he attempts to bring Anne Frank's story to an
American audience in this production, which is inspired by the story
of Meyer Levin. Pre-show talk at 7pm. Pizza and drinks will be
served. Discount drinks available at GPSCY after the show. Purchase
$15 student tickets at yalerep.org.- Buy now- this may sell out!

  * SPRING BREAK IN NEW HAVEN / (3-6 to 3-11 )/
Spring Break in New Haven: March 6-11. Get to know your city! Do
community service, try food from local restaurants, bike to the
beach, get to know other Yale students & New Haven city leaders. Cost
is $50 (includes 15 meals). For more information, contact Callista
Isabelle, Associate University Chaplain: callista.isabelle at yale.edu.
Sponsored by the Yale University Chaplain's Office, the Office of New
Haven & State Affairs, Grad Life @ the McDougal Center, Slifka Center,
and OISS

MCDOUGAL FELLOWS' TIPS OF THE WEEK

  * BRANNON'S KIDS AND FAMILY TIP OF THE WEEK
Did you know that there is a room at the McDougal Center dedicated to
families (Room B44 in the basement)?  Graduate students, postdocs and
there kids can come anytime during the week to meet with other
families, play or visit to get more information important to those of
you who have kids.  Let your family fellows, Brannon and Erin, know if
there is an event or something else you would like in there.

  * BIANCA'S SPORTS TIP OF THE WEEK
Need help staying motivated to make healthy choices in 2010?  Sign up
for the SELF Magazine Challenge!  Signing up grants you access to the
Self.com community and all its great features, including a personal
profile page where you can share photos and connect with other
members, free year-round food and workout logs, inspirational SELF
groups, and more!  You'll also be entered to win a CYBEX 360A Home
Arc Trainer!  Sign up at http://www.self.com/challenge.

  * AARON'S HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK
If you are diagnosed with the flu, remember that until you have been
free of fever for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medications,
you should rest, avoid close contact with others, and let people with
whom you've had close contact in the past 24 hours know that you have
the flu. 

  * ALISON'S COMMUNITY SERVICE TIP OF THE WEEK
Do you want to help your neighborhood become an even better place to
live and work?  Take part in the1st ever New Haven Neighborhood
Quality of Life Survey!  DataHaven, a non-partisan, non-profit
501(c)3 organization, will ensure accuracy of reporting, maintain the
anonymity of all information collected, and will make
neighborhood-level results available at its website
(http://www.ctdatahaven.org).  Any resident, employee, student or
visitor to your neighborhood may take the survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/neighborhoodsurveynewhaven

  * ULLI AND MAGGIE'S SOCIAL TIP OF THE WEEK
Did you know that Yale students can join zipcar for only $35/year?
You also get $35 in free driving to use your first month! Go to
http://www.zipcar.com/yale/ to sign up. Zipcar has varies convenient
pick-up location on campus and is a great way to do your grocery
shopping or explore the greater New Haven area. Get your friends to
come and share the costs! 

  * MEISHA'S ARTS AND CULTURE TIP OF THE WEEK
Interested in poetry?  Check out
http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/about/ for information on poetry
readings hosted at the Beinecke Library.

  * DOUG'S ARTS AND CULTURE TIP OF THE WEEK
If you're free on Wednesday around lunchtime (12:30) - come check out
the YSM's lunchtime chamber music series held in Sprague Hall.  This
concert series always has a wide variety of performances, and since
it is our very own school of music you know there are some of the
best performers!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  * MOMMY/DADDY 'N' ME - ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP / (Wednesdays
10:30-11:30am)/
This special baby-friendly conversation group is for those mommies
and daddies who wish to practice English conversation along with
their babies and young children.  Enjoy complimentary kid-friendly
snacks & refreshments, coffee/tea provided by the McDougal Center. 
Spring 2010 semester will be led by Evan Atkan, who has recently
returned from teaching ESL in Japan.  Contact
asha.evans at pathwaysintl.net or visit
http://www.yale.edu/oiss/programs/events/index.html for more
information. 320 York Street, HGS Room B44 (basement playroom),
McDougal Center

  * CHOCOLATE FEST SPECIAL AT KERIN / (February )/
FREE 1/4 lb box of organic Belgian chocolates with any $50 purchase
of eco-friendly clothing at Kerin. Or just try their handmade
chocolates buy the piece. Yum! www.kerin.com Kerin, 268 York Street,
corner Broadway

  * ISPY/SOM PARTNERS BOOK CLUB / (02-10-2010 5:30-7pm)/
International Spouses and Partners at Yale (ISPY) and School of
Management (SOM) Partners BOOK CLUB. Light refreshments will be
served. Open to all Yale spouses and partners. If you have any
questions about the ISPY/SOM Book Club, please email Christine at
chrisa70us at yahoo.com. February book: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Located at International Center (2nd floor), 421 Temple St

  * TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: CAR OWNERSHIP  / (02-10-2010 )/
Review check points and the paperwork you?ll need to purchase a car,
both new and used. You?ll be able to pose questions to a local car
expert.  Learn from the experts about detailing and mechanical tips,
pricing guidelines, best advertising venues, required paperwork,
transfer of title and more. This seminar is a repeat of the one in
fall semester. Sponsored by East Rock Auto and the OISS. No
registration required.  Located at International Center (1st floor),
421 Temple St

  * INTERNATIONAL CENTER CAFE: CHOCOLATE FEST / (02-11-2010 7-9pm)/
Join the Chocolate month celebration of the International Center
Cafe! Yummy treats for all during this chocolate-themed evening. For
more information, please e-mail oiss at yale.edu.  Located at
International Center, 421 Temple St

  * JUSTICE BREYER TALK  / (02-15-2010 4:30pm)/
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will
visit campus on Monday, February 15, to deliver a lecture ?Making the
Constitution Work.? The talk, which is open only to members of the
Yale community, will take place in Levinson Auditorium at Yale Law
School, 127 Wall Street.  Doors open at 4:00, and the lecture starts
at 4:30 pm. Yale I.D. is required. Justice Breyer, a Clinton
appointee to the Supreme Court, will examine the Supreme Court?s role
in helping make the American Constitution work well in practice. His
talk will highlight key moments in the Court?s history that
illustrate the importance of public acceptance of the Court?s
decisions and also challenges the Court has faced in achieving this
public acceptance. 

  * GORDON GRAND LECTURE / (02-18-2010 4:30pm)/
This year?s Gordon Grand fellow, Jerry Speyer, is coming to campus
Thursday, February 18, to deliver a lecture, ?Nimble Thinking No
Matter What the Challenge.? The lecture begins at 4:30 pm and is held
in the auditorium of the Loria Center, 190 York Street. Jerry Speyer
is Chairman and Co-CEO of Tishman Speyer, one of the leading owners,
developers and operators of real estate in the world. Tishman
Speyer?s portfolio includes the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller
Center in New York; Berlin?s Sony Center; and Torre Norte in São
Paolo, Brazil. The Gordon Grand Fellowship seeks to promote dialogue
between business leaders and Yale students.  Located at the Loria
Center.

  * GHO SKI TRIP TO VERMONT / (02-27-2010 6:30am-7:30pm)/
Graduate Housing is sponsoring a bus trip to Mount Snow in Vermont.
Open to all Yale Graduate and Professional Students, Yale affiliates,
family and friends, on or off campus. Enjoy skiing, tubing, snow
mobiling, snowboarding, children?s programs, child care, tours, spa,
training center, and much more! Some activities require
pre-registration. For rate information and to register:
www.mountsnow.com. Cost: $30 includes bus and ski lift ticket. Very
limited availability!! Register as soon as possible; the deadline is
February 19 but tickets are selling fast. Call with your credit card
(203-432-9635) or pay in person at 420 Temple Street. See Donna in
Room G2.

MCDOUGAL BOX OFFICE (124 HGS, 9AM - 5PM)

  * WINTER BALL TICKETS BUY AT WWW.TINYURL.COM/WINTERBALL2010 UNTIL
FRIDAY AT 5, THEN BUY AT DOOR / (02-13-2010 $20)/
  * THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO TICKETS, SHUBERT.COM / (02-12-2010 $13)/
  * GRAD NIGHT AT THE REP: COMPULSION, BUY AT YALEREP.ORG /
(02-10-2010 $15)/
  * CRITERION TICKETS / (anytime $7)/
  * VAGINA MONOLOGUES TICKETS,
HTTPS://VAGINAMONOLOGUESYALE2010.TICKETLEAP.COM/   / (02-12-2010 $10
at McDougal, $12 online)/

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