E-mail #7 - Sent November 5th, 2007
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cc2008/
Dear Seniors,
I apologize for the insanely long email, but we have lots of items to keep your calendar packed this week. Midnight Mania (my favorite event of the Fall) is THIS THURSDAY! Follow that up with a double-header from our Women's and Men's Basketball Teams on Friday night. Follow that up with Casino Night (think: drinks, hors d'oeuvres, a live jazz band, and thousands of dollars worth of prizes).
If that's not enough for you, come to our CCSC meeting on Sunday evening. We want to know what is important to you, and how we can help, given the recent events on our campus. We are devoting our meeting to YOU and YOUR CONCERNS. If you are unable to attend but would like to be involved in the discussions, please let me know.
Also, get your beauty sleep this week: next week are SENIOR PORTRAITS (read below for details).
Have a wonderful three-day week.
Best,
Neda
PS-Senior Fund Release Party is less than a month away. More details to follow ...
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1. The College Years ...
2. This Week's CCSC Meeting: We Want YOUR VOICE
3. Midnight Mania
4. Can't get enough at Midnight Mania? Basketball Season Begins Friday...
5. Casino Night
6. Senior Portraits
7. Senior Dinner
8. Senior Week
9. Arts Internship Info Session
10. New P/D/F Policy
11. How to Get What You're Worth: Salary Negotiating Workshop
12. Art in the Age of Surveillance
13. Last Lerner Pub Date
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1. The College Years ...
After graduation, we will remain Lions for life. Though Columbia may not be best know for our sports teams, athletics has been an integral part of my experience here. We have a long and storied history of promoting competition, athleticism, skill and victory among both our student athletes and the student body at large. I became a part of this tradition beginning my freshman year, when I joined the cheerleading team. It would be boring to many of you if I were to describe how important cheerleading was to me and what I learned and experienced as a member of the squad for three years, plus I could never encompass it in a mere paragraph. Instead, I would like to remind you that it is even more important that the student body show enthusiasm and support for our teams than the cheerleaders. We were, and remain, a visible and vocal minority.
The athletes at Columbia deserve respect and recognition not only for the amount of time they put into their sports (more than you or I realize) and for the heavy course loads that they take, but they also deserve our respect for the courage they show in competing week after week with very little support from the student body, rather they are forced to put up with our indignation and criticism. This week presents an ideal opportunity for the student body, and especially the seniors (it is our last chance to have an excuse to paint ourselves blue and get "crazy" at a game) to show support not only for our student athletes but also for what our student athletes represent each and everytime they don their uniform: Columbia University. I hope you will realize that athletics are much more than a game, they are a means of building community and cohesion at a school that is extremely diverse. I hope you will seize this opportunity this week and attend Midnight Mania on Thursday, November 8 at 8:30 pm and return to Levien
Gymnasium on Friday for the kick off to Basketball season, a nationally televised double-header: men's and women's basketball teams start their season this Friday! Go Lions!!
-Lindsey Lazopoulos
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2. CCSC MEETING
SUNDAY, Nov 11th at 8:30pm
This week, CCSC is devoting our meeting to discussing the events of the last few months, including bias incidents and hate crimes. We are trying to determine what our role should be and how we can best represent the student body. We have some ideas for council involvement, but more importantly, we want to know what is important to you and how we can help. Please come speak with us this Sunday, November 11th at 8:30pm in the Lerner Satow room.
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3. MIDNIGHT MANIA
Doors open 8:30pm
Midnight Mania is back- 70s Style! Thursday, November 8 we kick off
basketball season with our annual showcase of our men's and women's
basketball teams, performances by the dance and cheer teams and a
special guest performance by Raw Elementz! Midnight Mania
t-shirts for the first 700 people and the chance to win a roundtrip
ticket on JetBlue! Doors open at 8:30, event starts at 9. Get There
Early! The next night is a double-header: Men's and Women's first
game of the season back to back! Show your support for the team and
win prizes, plus be on national TV!
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4. BASKETBALL BEGINS!
Friday, November 9th
The Women's Team will be playing Oakland at 4:30, and the Men take on Fordham at 7pm!
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5. CASINO NIGHT
Casino Night is the second largest annual event on campus in which all
four undergraduate schools come together to enjoy a night of classy
entertainment including Texas Hold'em, Blackjack, Poker, Roulette, and
other casino games. The night will include drinks, hors d'oeuvres, a
live jazz band, and thousands of dollars worth of prizes including a
Nintendo Wii and an iPod Touch. Will you be the next big winner?
Date: November 9th
Time: 8PM-12AM
Location: Roone Arledge Auditorium
Semi-formal attire
Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.
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6. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE CLASS OF 2008: SENIOR PORTRAITS
Senior Portraits for the Class of 2008 will be taken on Monday, November 12th through Friday, November 16th in The Broadway/Hogan Lobby (556 W 114th St). A $5.00 sitting fee is due at the time of your sitting. It is important that you schedule your appointment now by logging onto Carl Wolf Studio's 24-hour scheduling site, www.CWSOurYear.com , entering school code 87186.
You can also call 1-800-687-9327, during normal business hours, to schedule an appointment.
Women's sitting will include poses in your own blouse/sweater or business attire, plus poses in cap and gown. Please make sure your hair and nails are neatly groomed.
Men's sittings will include poses in your own suit (dress shirt, tie & jacket), plus poses in cap and gown. Five o'clock shadow cannot be removed. Please make sure your hair is neatly groomed. All cap and gown attire will be provided by Carl Wolf Studio.
Please do not miss this opportunity to be photographed for the 2008 Columbian Yearbook.
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7. CCSC 08 presents ... SENIOR DINNER
The Senior Dinner, which takes place on May 5, 2008, is hosted by Dean
Quigley for all members of the Columbia College Class of 2008. On that
date, all Columbia College seniors are invited for FREE to a formal
catered dinner in a tent on South Lawn. This is one of our last
opportunities to gather together as a Columbia College class to
celebrate our time here. Attendance rates in the past have been near
100% and it is guaranteed to be a night that you and your friends will
never forget, so mark it down on your calendars! You definitely do not
want to miss it.
In order for our Senior Dinner to be a success, we need a committee of
people to help out with a variety of tasks including invitations,
decorations, caterer selection, a picture slideshow, and day-of
set-up. If you are interested in working on the preparations that will
bring this incredible night together, please fill out the attached
application and send it to studentalumniprograms@columbia.edu NO LATER
THAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 BY MIDNIGHT. If you have any further
questions, please feel free to contact the Senior Dinner Chairs:
Lauren Abbott (lea2107) and Chris Tortoriello
(crt2104).
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8. SENIOR WEEK
Interested in planning parties? Fundraising? Or publicity? How about in making your senior week the best it can be? If you answered yes to any of the above, then join the SENIOR WEEK COMMITTEE. Applications available at 515 Lerner or 102 Brooks, and they are attached. Applications due Wednesday November 7.
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9. Arts Internships for Spring 2008: The Columbia Arts Experience
For those of you who missed it the first time around, we have arranged for another Info Session:
November 14, 2007 from 6:00pm EST to 7:00pm EST
Center for Career Education Conference room
Get Your Foot in the Front Door to New York's Arts Community! Come learn about the Columbia Arts Experience!
Big business in New York isn't limited to the financial district. In 2005 alone, the Arts in New York generated $21.2 billion in revenue for the city.* Be a part of it! Columbia's Center for Career Education (CCE) is pleased to announce the development of the Columbia Arts Experience, a new program in Spring 2008, in partnership with Columbia University's Art's Initiative. This program will provide up to eight students with a New York- based internship in the arts. Interns will participate in exclusive arts-related programming, including conversations with industry experts and receive a stipend. The program will be open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors enrolled in undergraduate schools at Columbia – Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of General Studies. Internships will be available for each of the following sectors: Arts Administration, Architecture, Dance, Film, Music, New media, Theatre, TV, and Writing/Media/Publishing. Internships are ten hours a week for ten weeks from early February to late April, and interns will keep a journal of their experience. The deadline to apply for consideration is Monday, November 26. Interested in learning more? Attend our information session: Wednesday, November 14th, 6 to 7 pm Center for Career Education
For further information regarding this event, please contact Katherine Jo by sending email to kkj2102@columbia.edu .
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10. ACADEMIC ALERT: NEW PASS/D/FAIL POLICY
This weeks academic alert is on the NEW Pass/D/Fail Policy brought to you by the lobbying folks of CCSC!
Did You Know that You can.…
Take classes pass/d/ fail
See your letter grade at the end of the semester
Get two weeks to decide whether or not you like the grade you earned
Choose to keep it! (or not)
Deadline NOVEMBER 15TH
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11. CC and SEAS Class of 2008 Students are Cordially Invited to Attend CCYA's Professional Development Series
How to Get What You're Worth: Salary Negotiation Workshop
Thursday, November 8th
7:00 p.m .
Center for Career Education - East Campus Building
Lower Level
116th & Amsterdam (enter through Wien Courtyard)
Do you find it difficult to negotiate job offers and raises? Have you ever accepted an offer knowing in your heart that you missed an opportunity to negotiate a better deal? If you answered "yes" to either question, you won't want to miss this workshop. Participants will leave this session with negotiating tips, information on researching salaries, a little practice, and confidence in approaching this important job search topic.
Workshop will include salary role-plays using workshop volunteers – participants can submit a current job they are applying for.
Plenty of time for Q & A
Changing jobs is your best chance for a big pay jump, so make sure that you strike the best deal you can!
Sarah Stamboulie currently heads Alumni Career Services for Columbia Business School, providing career counseling and programming for 36,000 alumni at all stages of their careers. She has served as a human resources executive for corporations including Morgan Stanley and Cantor Fitzgerald, and has also worked as a counselor in the not-for-profit world. Her education includes an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from Vassar College.
To rsvp for this event: http://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/events/index.php#7916
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12. Columbia ACLU and Postcrypt Art Gallery Present...
"Who's Watching You? Art in the Age of Surveillance"
In a post 9/11 age of the Patriot Act and constant surveillance, what
are the possibilities for artistic expression and free speech? What
would you create if you felt that no one was watching? What would you
create if you knew that they were?
What: Gallery opening exhibiting art from your undergrad classmates
and featuring some exciting performance pieces.
Where: Basement of St. Paul's Chapel, in Postcrypt Art Gallery (follow
the noise!)
When: Friday, November 9th from 8-10 pm.
Why you should come: sweet art, sweet music, sweet poetry, and FREE
WINE and snacks.
PS: We are still accepting art submissions of all media. Please
contact jon@postcrypt.info or jdc2107@columbia.edu if you would like
to submit work.
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13. Keep your calendars clear: the last Lerner Pub of the semester will be on December 6th
--
Neda Navab
President, Columbia College Class of 2008
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