<p style="font-family: georgia;">In this week's GSA newsletter, you will find announcements concerning:</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. GSA Conference Travel Grant
Application Training Session – Today at 6:30 pm next to 203 Commons</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. December Conference Travel Grant Applications –
Due November 1<sup>st</sup></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">3. UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) @ UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">4. Candidates for GSA UCR Finance Officer</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">5. The Search for the next UC President</p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
6. Register to vote!
</span><p style="font-family: georgia;">7. G.R.O.W. (GrassRoots Organizing Weekend) at UCR</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">8. Letter to UC Professional Students from UCSA Graduate and Professional Committee Chair</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">9. Graduate Students for Campus Committees</p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;">10. Let the Regents hear your opinion on raising UC fees</p>
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<p style="font-family: georgia;">Please read below for detailed information on each of these announcements:<br>
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<p style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. GSA Conference Travel Grant
Application Training Session – Today at 6:30 pm next to 203 Commons</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The GSA Conference Travel
Grant Coordinator will be holding another training/Q&A session to help
students understand all the steps required for applying for a conference travel
grant. If you are interested in applying for a conference travel grant and
want to be sure that your application will not be denied and that you get PAID,
I strongly recommend that you attend. </span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: georgia;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is also your opportunity to meet the travel
grant coordinator and an opportunity for you to address questions and concerns
about the program. The session will be at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, October 24th
in the senate chambers next to the GSA office (203 Commons).</span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. December Conference Travel Grant Applications –
Due November 1<sup>st</sup></span></font></p>
<font style="font-family: georgia;" face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Just a reminder that if you are planning to present
at a conference in December and you would like GSA to supplement your funding, the
application form must be submitted to the GSA Office by 5:00 pm on Thursday,
November 1<sup>st</sup>. If you have more questions about the application
process, please go to the travel grant website for more information: <a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant</a>, or
contact Joe Steirer, the Conference Travel Grant Coordinator at <a href="mailto:gsagrant@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gsagrant@yahoo.com</a>. </span></font><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">3. UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) @ UC Santa Cruz</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">The UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) will be held at UC Santa Cruz this year on November 10-12th. </span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;">* Learn to organize your Student of Color Community</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;">* Build unity</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;">* Participate in safe spaces where race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality and disability will be actively discussed</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">GSA UCR will pay for all transportation, registration, lodging, and per Diem for GSA UCR grads that attend this conference. The deadline for applications is Oct 25th, at 5pm, in order to have expenses paid by GSA.
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">If you have any questions or are interested in attending, please contact the GSA EVP Louise Hendrickson at </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:evp.gsaucr@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
evp.gsaucr@yahoo.com</a><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: georgia;"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Candidates for GSA UCR Finance Officer</span><br><br>The
candidate statements for the GSA UCR Finance Officer will be up on the
GSA Website main page. Check it out to see who is running for the
position and come hear their speeches at the November GSA Council
meeting.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. The Search for the next UC President</span><br><br>The
UC is looking for a new President of the system, as President Dynes
resigned in August. UCSA just appointed students from across the system
for the Student Advisory Committee. <br>The committee wants your
stories/concerns! Tell us: What are things that make it hard to attend
a UC? What do you want the next UC President to work on to make the UC
better for students? Don't let these questions limit you; we want to
hear about any problems or concerns. Post or send your stories on the
UC Student Association Blog at: <a href="http://ucstudents.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://ucstudents.blogspot.com/</a><br><br>------------------------------------------------------------
<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Register to vote!</span><br><br>Voter
registration cards are available in the GSA office. Stop by to fill one
out if you have just moved to CA, if you have moved recently, or want
to update your political party or any other information.<br><br>GSA
will mail the form in for you; just leave it with the GSA EVP Louise
Hendrickson or the ASUCR EVP Alex Johnson at the GSA/ASUCR offices!<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. G.R.O.W. (GrassRoots Organizing Weekend) at UCR
</span><br><br>GrassRoots
Organizing weekend is a training hosted by the United States Student
Association (USSA) where students have the opportunity to learn not
only grassroots tactics but organizational development skills as well.
come and learn how to win viable campaigns for your organization while
you network with other students.<br><br>The weekend starts Friday, November 2, 2007 at 5:30pm and ends Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 3:00pm<br><br>If you would like to sign up, please email: <a href="mailto:ASUCRexternal@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
ASUCRexternal@yahoo.com</a><br><br>Or go to the ASUCR/GSA office 202 New Commons<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Letter to UC Professional Students from UCSA Graduate and Professional Committee Chair
</span><br><br>Dear UC Professional Student,<br><br>The
UC Regents this past September agreed to a 3 year fee-increase plan
specifically for professional students. This plan calls for increases
of approximately 7-13% a year. If you are in school now and have three
more years, you could be paying almost 150% of what you pay now in fees
by your last year! <br>
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some professional students may graduate and pursue lucrative careers in
their respective industries, there are more than just a few of us who
are interested in public interest work. Unfortunately, without loan
repayment programs, as fees increase (and public interest work salaries
remain low) it becomes more and more prohibitive for us to give back to
the communities we wish to serve.<br><br>At present, the UC Student
Association is trying to gather data from individual professional
schools from all ten campuses regarding their own in-house loan
repayment programs. We are hoping to consolidate this information to
argue for more institutional funding for these programs. The Regents
affirmed their interest in this endeavor by adopting a supportive
amendment to the fee policy passed in September of this year. If you,
or anyone you know, are interested in helping us in this endeavor
(specifically by researching the loan repayment program options at your
school), or if you are simply interested in learning more about loan
repayment programs, please email <a href="mailto:ahnika@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ahnika@gmail.com</a> (UCSF Medicine).<br><br>Good luck to you in your studies!<br>
<br>-Ahnika Kline
<br>UCSA Graduate and Professional Committee Chair<br>UCSF Medicine and PhD.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">9. Graduate Students for Campus Committees</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">Hurry, there are still a few spots
on several campus committees. In order to ensure UCR is a hospitable
environment for graduate students, please share your perspective by
participating in one of these committees. Interested parties please
contact Erik Kolb (</span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:zookolb@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">zookolb@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ) or Alex Cortez (
</span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:gsaucr@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gsaucr@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">) we look forward to your participation.
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">10. Let the Regents hear your opinion on raising UC fees.</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">As you may
(or may not) know the University of California is governed by a board
of Regents, who will be having their November meeting at UCLA on the
14th on November. One of the big items on their agenda is considering
raising fees. Fees for graduate student have increased 84% since 2002
and at their last meeting, just before school started, the Regents
raised fees for graduate and professional students by more than 20%.
Imagine coming back to school to find it cost almost a quarter more
than last year, and what's more the Regents justified this by saying
the "students asked for these increases". (Seriously, they did.) The
Regents allot sometime at each meeting to hear comments from the public
and this is your chance to make your voice heard. If your interested in
attending the Regent's meeting this month, or just learning more about
these issues, please contact Gary Coyne, Legislative Liaison, at
</span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:gary.coyne@email.ucr.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gary.coyne@email.ucr.edu</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. <br>
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If you would like more information, please go to the GSA website or contact the GSA at </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:gsaucr@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
gsaucr@yahoo.com
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Graduate Student Association</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
203 Commons</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
University of California Riverside</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
Riverside, CA 92521</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">