<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt">Hello all Graduate Students,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>As
the quarter draws to an end, we wanted to share the following news and events.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Finals Week Coffee Break<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Toy Drive</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Chemistry Department Winter Extravaganza </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Student Regent</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Council Meeting</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">6)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt">JYC Colloquium Description and Call for Abstracts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
16.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Finals Week Coffee Breaks <b>Monday-
Thursday</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> 12/8/08-12/11/08</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Coffee and treats are on
the GSA during finals week! Stop by our office on the second floor of the
Commons (Commons 203, next to ASUCR) at the following dates and times for FREE
delicious COFFEE and snacks:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Monday Dec 8: 2pm-3pm </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Tuesday Dec 9: 11am-12pm </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Wednesday Dec 10: 2pm-3pm </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thursday Dec 11: 11am-12pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">And since you are coming by
for coffee anyways, why not bring a toy to donate to our holiday toy drive and
help a needy child this season. Don't miss this opportunity! This is the last
time GSA will feed you for all of 2008!</span> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Toy Drive now 12/3/08 through
<b>Thursday</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> 12/18/08</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">GSA is helping our first year
medical students with their toy drive. We are in need<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of toys for children (ages of
2-16yrs, with the majority ranging from 2-9yrs). Please bring your <b>unwrapped
gift</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> to the GSA office Commons
203.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They don't have to be fancy
or expensive a barbie, a soccer ball, or a cool educational book.....would be
perfect gifts!!! Also, if anyone has any used books that would suite this age
range, any old soccer/athletic equipment, or old toys to donate to the
Community Center (Renacimiento or Rebirth), this would also be greatly
appreciated. The children you will be helping are come from broken homes
and anything that we do will make a HUGE DIFFERENCE to these children. The
toys will be distributed at an event on December 19<sup>th</sup>, <b>donations</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> for this party are welcomed. For further details
please refer to: </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#001AC5"><u style="text-underline:#001AC5"><a href="http://www.dailybulletin.com/neighborhoodwatch/ci_3885659">http://www.dailybulletin.com/neighborhoodwatch/ci_3885659</a></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">There will be boxes at the
GSA office and the deadline is <b>December 18<sup>th</sup> at 5 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact Evita Limon (AAO BMD) <a href="mailto:elimo002@student.ucr.edu">elimo002@student.ucr.edu</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Chemistry Department Winter
Extravaganza, <b>Saturday 12/13/08</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">You are invited to the
Chemistry Department Winter Extravaganza, this <b>Saturday, December 13th</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">! This social event is open to all graduate students
and faculty. Tickets are required for the buffet dinner. However, we welcome
folks to drop by, grab a drink from the bar and join in the festivities! Last
year over 100 people attended, and we hope to see YOU there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Location: Carlos O'Brien's </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> 10102
Indiana Avenue </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Riverside,
CA </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Door opens at 4PM, Dinner
ends at 9PM! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Purchase tickets ($20
student/$25 faculty+staff) by contacting: Stacie Eldridge (<a href="mailto:sleldridge@juno.com">sleldridge@juno.com</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Courier"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#001AC5"><a href="file://localhost/wm/mail/fetch.html">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=41688606061</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cost of tickets are used
to pay for the mexican buffet dinner and live music by pianist Tim Lamb. Hope
to see you there!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Student Regent Applications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For those of you who are
interested in getting (super) involved in the University of California, the
process of selecting the next Student Regent of the UC is starting. The student
Regent is a voting member of The Regents of the University of California,
attending all meetings of the Board and its Committees and serving a one-year
term commencing July 1<sup>st</sup>. The Board of Regents meets six times a
year, every other month, in two-day meetings. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The application for 2010-2011
student regent is now available online</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">at <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/app10.pdf">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/app10.pdf</a>,
and there will be an informational session at UCR hosted by the current student
Regent on January 8th location to be announced.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you want more information
on what the job entails, what the selection process is like or anything like
that please contact Gary Coyne at <a href="mailto:EVP.GSAUCR@yahoo.com">EVP.GSAUCR@yahoo.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt">GSA Council Meeting, <b>1/7/09</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:17.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
14.0pt">The first meeting of the quarter will be held on Wednesday January 7<sup>th</sup>,
in Commons 355 at 6pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Council
Representatives: be sure to be there on time. For further information contact
Alex Cortez @ </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"><a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">gsaucr@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">James C. Young Colloquium,
Call for Abstracts <b>1/16/09</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Student Association of
Graduate Anthropologists at the University of California, Riverside invites you
to submit your abstracts for the 29th Annual James C. Young Colloquium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The colloquium, to be held on <b>February
14<sup>th</sup> 2009</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> from 8:30am-5pm
in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor Commons, is an excellent opportunity to present
your ideas and to engage in a dialogue with students and faculty from a variety
of disciplines, departments, and campuses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This year's theme is <b><i>People,
Places, and Objects: Engaging the World</i></b></span><span style="font-size:
14.0pt">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We seek papers and
posters that reflect a commitment to increasing a fuller understanding of all
aspects of the human experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We envision a multi-disciplinary conference focusing on human
interactions with - and manipulations of - landscapes and environments, which
are reflected through the articulations of embodiment, remembering, and or
engagement with people, places, and or objects.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Although grounded in anthropology, the colloquium will focus
on all facets of the human condition, past and present, biological and social,
individual and collective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Students from all disciplines are encouraged to attend and present.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Colloquium is dedicated
to the memory of James C. Young, a scholar and former University of California,
Riverside student who lost his life in a tragic accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We honor his memory as a friend and
colleague whose dedication and commitment to anthropology is worthy of
emulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His path-breaking study
of health and decision-making in Pichataro, Mexico was a milestone in the
development of medical anthropology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We welcome your diverse and exciting ideas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please submit abstracts of 250 words, using
the attached form, in WORD.doc format by <b>January 16, 2009 </b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">to the James Young Committee at <a href="mailto:JamesYoungColloq@gmail.com">JamesYoungColloq@gmail.com </a><i>Electronic
applications only please! </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>Equipment:</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">PowerPoint
projector and <b>PC</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> laptops for
PowerPoint will be provided in each conference room on request (MAC users
please make sure your presentation is compatible with PC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Most memory media should be supported,
but it is always a good idea to bring your own laptop and to test out your
slide show before hand, just in case. <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Posters: Easels for posters will be available on request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Contact the committee for further
information on size requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16.0pt">For further Information, please direct all
inquiries or questions to the committee at <a href="mailto:JamesYoungColloq@gmail.com">JamesYoungColloq@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">We hope to see you at our
future events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Be sure to contact
me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>You can also join our virtual community on facebook. Take
care!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Yours truly,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Alex Cortez</span></p>
<br>-- <br>Alejandro Cortez<br>PhD Candidate<br>Cardullo Lab<br>Biology Department, EEOB<br>University of California Riverside<br><br>President<br>Graduate Student Association<br>University of California Riverside<br><a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu">www.gsa.ucr.edu</a><br>
Office: (951) 827-3740<br>Fax: (951) 827-6358<br><br>"One's greatest nemesis is one's self when one dares not to think openly" -<br>Anonymus<br>