<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dear Grads,</span></p>
<p>
</p><p style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="MsoNormal">The GSA encourages you to participate in all the Homecoming festivities
this week leading up to the big music festival (HEAT) on Saturday… including our very own grad student activities (see below). <br></p><p style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="MsoNormal">In this week's newsletter, you'll find information regarding: </p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1.<span> </span>Coffee
Social – TOMORROW February 21<sup>st</sup><br>2.<span> </span>Pre-Game
Bash – February 23<sup>rd</sup><br>3.<span> </span>One Spot
Open for UCSA Lobby Conference March 1st-3rd!<br>4. </span><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">UC Student Regent applications due</span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> TOMORROW</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">5. Grad Student Experience Survey<br>
6. UC,
CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly </span><span style="">San
Luis Obispo</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br>7.<span> </span>Building a Grassroots Coalition
between UC Students and the UC Office of the President (UCOP)<br>8.<span> </span>Outreach
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Opportunity</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> - March 8<sup>th</sup>
<br>9.<span> </span>Call for Grad Student Art </span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please read below for more
information.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1.<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Coffee
Social – February 21<sup>st</sup></span></b>
</p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The GSA Party Committee
will host a coffee social for grad students on Thursday, February 21<sup>st</sup>
from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">11am</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> until </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.<span> </span>Come join us in the Grad
Student Lounge in the GSA Office (Commons 203) for free coffee, snacks, and a little grad student
socialization.<span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">--------------------------------------------------------- </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">2.<span> </span>Pre-Game
Bash – February 23<sup>rd</sup></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The GSA, with funding from
Student Life, will be hosting a Pre-Game Grad Bash on Saturday, February 23<sup>rd
</sup>from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> until about </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">4:45pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> at the Getaway Cafe.<span> </span>We'll
have free pizzas and giveaways then head over to the Homecoming game at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, followed by HEAT at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">7pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.<span> </span>Come get
the evening started with you fellow grad students … on us!<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">--------------------------------------------------------- <br></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3.<span> </span>One Spot
Open for UCSA Lobby Conference March 1st-3rd!</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have one spot open in
the GSAUCR Delegation going to the UCSA Lobby Conference March 1st-3rd. So if
you missed the deadline, and are still interested in going to the conference
and to lobby at the State Capital, please contact our Legislative Liaison, Gary
Coyne, at <a href="mailto:UCRsociologyTA@gmail.com" target="_blank">UCRsociologyTA@gmail.com</a> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">--------------------------------------------------------- <br></span></p><b style="font-family: georgia,serif;">4.<span> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">UC Student Regent applications due</span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> TOMORROW</span></b>
<p style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="MsoNormal">Apply to be the student regent.<span style=""> </span>Being Student Regent it is a two-year
commitment where the first year is served as "Regent-Designate" and the second
as a voting member to the Board of Regents. For more information go to: <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/studentreg.html">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/studentreg.html</a></p>
<p style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="MsoNormal">If you wish to apply, simply fill out an application at the
GSA office or electronically at the link provided above.<span style=""> </span>Applications are due tomorrow, <b style="">February 21<sup>st</sup> 2008</b>.</p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5.<span> </span>Grad
Student Experience Survey</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The GSA wants to know
about your graduate student experience here at UCR, so we've created a
survey.<span> </span>Please check your UCR email for
the link to the survey (from <a href="mailto:gsaucr@gmail.com">gsaucr@gmail.com</a>).<span> </span>Fill it out by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">March 14th, 2008</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a free
ipod shuffle or external hard drive … its your choice! Questions/comments can be sent to <a href="mailto:gsaucr@gmail.com">gsaucr@gmail.com</a>. <br> </span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">6. UC,
CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly </span><span style="">San
Luis Obispo</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="">Have
you been working to make your campus environmentally or socially sustainable?
We would like to hear your story!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="">The
Seventh Annual <span style="">UC, CSU, CCC
Sustainability Conference</span> at CalPoly San Luis Obispo is looking for
student leaders who are reducing their campuses and their own environmental
impact and working towards a more environmentally, socially and economically
equitable world. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="">Deadlines: <br>
</span><span style="">Presentation proposals due </span><span style=""><span style="">Feb 26, 2008</span></span><span style="">.<br>
</span><span style="">Poster proposals due </span><span style=""><span style="">June 1, 2008</span></span><span style="">.<br>
</span><span style="">Registration open<span style="">s in March
2008.<br>
</span>Conference dates<span style=""> July 31-</span></span><span style="">Aug 3, 2008</span><span style="">.<br>
<br>
For more information, visit the GSA Website at <a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html">http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html</a> or
visit the conference website at: <a href="http://sustainability.calpoly.edu/" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://sustainability.calpoly.edu/">http://sustainability.calpoly.edu</a>
and click on the <span style="color: rgb(254, 0, 0);">Call for Proposals</span></span><span style=""></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">7.<span> </span>Building
a Grassroots Coalition between UC Students and the UC Office of the President
(UCOP)</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">UCOP recently met with
UC Students in an effort to build a grassroots coalition and to establish more
lines of communication between UC students and UCOP.<span> </span>UCOP wants to register as many students as
possible at <a href="http://www.ucforcalifornia.org/" target="_blank">www.ucforcalifornia.org</a>. Please sign up, so you can let UCOP know
what issues are of importance to you, how you feel about rising fees, and
anything else you want them to know about. Pass the link on to your friends,
parents, and fellow students.<span> </span>In addition,
as more students get involved, a blog will be created so that students can
comment directly to UCOP about how they feel regarding rising tuition costs,
etc.<span> </span>There is also a Facebook page…so
again…sign up!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.ucforcalifornia.org/" target="_blank">www.ucforcalifornia.org</a> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://uci.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6756592601" target="_blank">http://uci.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6756592601</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/advocacy" target="_blank">www.universityofcalifornia.edu/advocacy</a>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">--------------------------------------------------------- </span></p><b style="font-family: georgia,serif;">8.<span> </span>Outreach
</b><b style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Opportunity</b><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <b>- March 8</b></span><b><sup style="font-family: georgia,serif;">th</sup></b><p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Upward Bound is looking
for graduate students to participate in a panel for their students.<span> </span>Upward Bound is a federally funded TRIO
program that serves first generation, low income high school students.<span> </span>For more information contact Lena Tisdale: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="mailto:lenat@ucr.edu" target="_blank">lenat@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">--------------------------------------------------------- </span></p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9.<span> </span>Call for
Grad Student Art</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you are a musician,
have a demo tape/CD that you would like to have featured in our lounge……If you
are a writer and would like to display your work on our poet's block or story
wall….If you have paintings, that you would like featured in our art
gallery…..Please contact Alex Cortez: <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu" target="_blank">gsaucr@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you would like more
information, please go to the GSA website or contact the GSA at </span><a href="mailto:gsaucr@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">gsaucr@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.<br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Riverside</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">CA</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">92521</span>