Cook Community Weekly News

In This Issue

1. Upcoming Events
2. Announcements

I. Upcoming Events

Want your club/organization events listed here? Please send an email with the event information to studentmail@aesop.rutgers.edu.

Now - 12/13/09 - The Student Leadership Team of Rutgers Student Centers needs your help! We have adopted FIVE children through the Winter Wishes program, which is run by the Rutgers Student Volunteer Council and sponsored by Student Life. The program serves the New Brunswick community by giving New Brunswick pre-school children gifts for the holiday season. Each child writes a wish list of three "needs" and three "wants" in the hopes that they will be fulfilled during the holiday season. Many of the "needs" include winter coats and boots - items of great import during the cold winter months. HOW CAN YOU HELP?? Drop by ANY student center and donate! We are asking for at least ONE DOLLAR from each student who is able to donate. If we collect enough donations to purchase all of the "needs" and "wants" of our five adopted children, we will donate the remaining balance to The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Please take the time to "Share the Spirit of the Season" by stopping in ANY of the SIX Student Centers and donating! We will be collecting donations until DECEMBER 13. Thank you for your support, The Student Leadership Team.

11/18 & 11/19 - 25% off at the Co-op*
Just a reminder – The Co-op’s Customer Appreciation days are Wednesday and Thursday this week. Don’t miss out on this great sale. In-store merchandise only * most everything - see store for details.

11/18/09 - Free rapid result oral HIV testing at the Hurtado Health Center, 3rd floor from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. First come, first served. Results in 20 minutes. Questions? Call 732-932-1965. Sponsored by Rutgers Health Services.

11/18/09 - The first in the ISE Seminar Series is scheduled for Wednesday November
18 in Room 138A, Foran, from 3.00 to 4.30 pm. You are invited to share in the experiences your peers: Nicholas Greene (SEBS), Andrew Glaser SEBS) and Syed Abbas (Univ. College) had in Africa summer 2009. You will enjoy the seminar, and you too may become one of the interns to visit Africa, Brazil, or elsewhere around the world in summer 2010!!! There will be snacks, soda and coffee!

11/18/09 - Nov. 18th - Its almost the end of semester!!! Amidst all the deadlines who doesn't want to relax?!? The Not Just Yoga! club invites you to join us for a FREE ONE HOUR YOGA SESSION that will not only help you relax your body but will also help rejuvenate your mind...Learn ancient Yogic breathing techniques and get ready to end the semester in a relaxing way...Come to Busch Campus Center - Multipurpose Room B at 6:30 PM. Healthy Refreshments will be provided.

11/18/09 - On Wednesday, November 18, Recreational Services is hosting our 22nd Annual Trivia Bowl. Teams consist of any 3 people (roommates, friends, family) with at least one person being an RU affiliate. Pre register (before 11/16) via email to fischbach@aesop.rutgers.edu with the 3 names that comprise your team & you receive 500 extra points. This is the perfect special event for building community & interacting with fellow students, faculty staff and family in a fun & social atmosphere. There will be at least 100 teams participating with great team & even individual prizes. Please be at the REC Center by 8:00pm as we start at 8:30pm promptly. I promise you a highly entertaining evening! All we need is for you to join us! Sponsored by Rutgers Recreation. Questions, Mr. Fischbach at 445-0462.

11/18/09- Are you interested in a career in medicine or dentistry?
Come join the Cook/Douglass Pre-med/Pre-dent Club! Meeting coming up Wednesday, November 18th, at 9 p.m at the Cook Campus Center, room 202C. Everybody knows that research is an important aspect of medicine and dentistry, and getting the right exposure to it can really set you apart from the rest. This wednesday Dean Levine will be coming in to talk to us about Aresty Research and how to get involved!

11/23/09 - Students for Environmental Awareness presents- "King Corn" movie screening
7 PM, Mon. Nov. 23rd, Cook Campus Center, MPR B&C. FREE FOOD & DRINKS! Join Students for Environmental Awareness, as we follow best friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis as they journey to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat, how we farm, and how we impact the environment.

11/24/09 - Slow Foods New Jersey and Rutgers Gardens Farmers Market Invite you to the Winter "EAT LOCAL" Market. Tuesday, November 24, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm, New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, College Farm Road, North Brunswick. Join our regular vendors at the winter market to shop for your Thanksgiving treats!

12/2/09 - Join us for our last Leadership Breakfast meeting for the semester on Wednesday, December 2, in the Cook Campus Center, MPR BC..  As usual, breakfast will begin at 7:30am with Leadership activities beginning at 8:00am and ending at 9:00am.   Don’t miss this last opportunity for the semester to discuss issues pertinent to the progress and development of Cook Campus.  Please bring a friend along.  The Leadership Breakfast meeting provides an opportunity for diligent Cook student leaders & staff to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transportation, housing, campus center and construction projects pertinent to Cook Campus.  

12/4/09 - Yes, it’s the last Responsible Drinking Happy Hour for the semester, on Friday, December 4,  in the Cook Café from 4:00 – 7:00PM.  Please bring a friend(s), faculty member or staff along.   Don’t’ forget to bring your IDs.  As always, hope to see U there!

12/4/09 - Douglass Asian Women Association (DAWA) will be hosting our annual event "TASTE OF ASIA" Friday Dec 4 2009 from 7-11pm Trays Hall B in the DCC . Come join us and celebrate different Asian cultures through music, performances, food from the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and much more! Along with bringing awareness for women trafficking! Proceeds will be donated! Tickets will be available at the Sac. RU $5 in advance and $7 at the door; $10 for non-RU. Email us at rutgersdawa@gmail.com

12/4/09 - Do you enjoy listening to beautiful, harmonious music? Then come to the Queens Chorale's Winter Concert tonight! The Queens Chorale is the oldest student run choir on campus who invites women, including graduate students, from the entire Rutgers community to join us. Hybridizing a choral group with a mellow sorority, we cultivate a relaxed social atmosphere where we can enjoy singing as a group. Known for singing traditional Rutgers music, QC also sings a variety of music at our biannual concerts. Come out tonight and enjoy the music! When? 8:00 pm, Where? Kirkpatrick Chapel, College Ave Campus, How much? $5 for students, $10 for general admission

Looking for More Events on Campus and at Rutgers?
SEBS Calendar | G. H. Cook Campus Calendar | Rutgers Calendar

II. Announcements

1. What's on YOUR mind this semester? Bring all your concerns (complaints
   too) to your student government and we can help! The SEBS-Cook Council has meetings every Monday at the 7:30 pm in the Cook Campus Center, and anyone can come and bring up new or continuing topics. Also consider us if your club is holding an event--we can provide that extra funding you might need! Interested students should go to sebscookcouncil.rutgers.edu.
   

2. Overstock.com is offering Rutgers students 10% off of a variety of laptops using the discount code 121728. Overstock.com has a huge selection of laptop computers as well as computer desks for off-campus students looking to create an organized work space. Be sure to use the buying guide to help with your purchases.

3. RU Martial Arts. Tues/Thurs 9-11pm - Do you want to learn to discipline yourself to train your body? Do you want to learn how to defend yourself when you are walking alone on the streets? Come to the Rutgers University Martial Arts Club. We teach an integrated style of Muay-thai, Karate, and Jujitsu under the jeet kune do philosophy. Both beginners and advanced students are welcomed. Martial arts is that it can help anyone and everyone. It will have a profound effect regardless, as long as it is taught, learned and practiced honestly. Membership due $15 only for entire semester. RU Martial Arts classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 9-11PM in the Loree Gym C/D campus. For more information, please contact rumaccc@yahoo.com.
   

4. Mindfulness is the art of becoming a compassionate observer of your own experience. Meditation practice helps us to achieve mindfulness and reduce stress. All are welcome, whether you are a beginner or have been practicing meditation for years.  Several techniques will be introduced. Participants are encouraged to find their preferred method. No previous experience required. Sponsored by CAPS  (Counseling, ADAP & Psychiatry Services). No registration necessary. OPEN to students, staff and faculty. Wed 12.00-1.00 Douglass Campus Center Room C. Contact: Dr. Siobhán Gibbons, siobhang@echo.rutgers.edu.

5. Bayshore Discovery Project www.bayshorediscovery.org <http://www.bayshorediscovery.org/> based in Bivalve, NJ, operates the schooner A.J. Meerwald and invites applications for the post of Educator/ Deckhand. The A. J. MEERWALD is a restored 1928 Delaware Bay oyster schooner, operated as a floating classroom and the official tall ship of New Jersey. Educator/ Deckhands present environmental programs on board based on Delaware Bay estuary topics, as well as occasional shore-based programs, and participate in shipboard maintenance and vessel operations. A degree in natural resources, environmental studies, life sciences, or equivalent experience is required, as well as some experience in outdoor education. A strong environmental ethic, a positive attitude, flexibility, and plenty of stamina are a must. Boating experience a plus, but not required! Salary plus room and board on the schooner. Positions available from late March through early November 2010. Apply by mail or email to: 2800 High Street (Bivalve) Port Norris NJ 08349, captain@bayshorediscovery.org.
   

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