Dear UVM Students,

1.  Student Commons is a GO!!!
2.  Talib Kweli and New Deal – September 25  GET YOUR TICKETS SOON
3.  Student Coffee with President Fogel – September 20
4.  Dean Smith Memorial – September 17
5.  An Empire of Liberty Lecture – September 29
6.  New TV channels on-campus (NESN)
7.  Do you want to be Rally?

Are you board?  If so, go to the UVM board page to find out what's going on
around campus.  http://www.uvm.edu/~bored

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1.  Student Commons Approved!!   ----------------------------
     Last Saturday the UVM Board of Trustees approved $70 million to construct
the Student Commons and an additional $6.8 million to build an extension to the
Marsh Life Science Building which will house the classrooms and offices
currently in the Carrigan Building.  For more information about the Commons
Project go to:  http://www.uvm.edu/~arch/

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2.  Talib Kweli   ----------------------------
     September 25 at Patrick Gym, SA Concerts presents Talib Kweli with very
special guests The New Deal.  Tickets are available at the UVM ticket office
upstairs in Patrick Gym or online at uvmathletics.com. Tickets are $20 for UVM
students and $30 for non-students and can also be purchased with Catscratch.
Doors - 7PM    Show - 8PM

Get your tickets soon because they will be going fast!

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3.  Coffee with the President   ----------------------------
     President Fogel will be hosting informal gatherings with students in
Memorial Lounge next Monday:

    * September 20, 10:30 - 11:30

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4.  Dean Smith Memorial   ----------------------------
     A memorial service for Joan Smith will be held on Friday, Sept. 17, at
3:00 pm in Ira Allen Chapel and the CC Theater, with a reception following at
Billings Student Center.  Attendance at the service is likely to be very heavy,
with limited parking, so UVM community members are encouraged to walk.

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5.  George D. Aiken Lecture Series   ----------------------------
      Please join us for the 2004 George D. Aiken Lecture, featuring a keynote
address and month-long film & discussion series.

 "AN EMPIRE OF LIBERTY?  AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD."

Keynote address by Dr. Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International
and expert on globalization and foreign affairs

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 6 pm
Ira Allen Chapel, the University of Vermont, Burlington

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Find out more at http://www.lean.uvm.edu/aiken.

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6.  New TV Channels for On-Campus Students   ----------------------------
Channel 45 - TCM is now FX (FX)
Channel 56 - Court TV is now New England Sports Network (NESN)
Channel 59 - FUSE (formerly Much Music) is now Fox Sports Net New England  (FSN
New England)

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7.  Become the next Rally   ----------------------------
     If you want to try out and be Rally, the UVM mascot, contact
[log in to unmask] in the Athletic Department.  You can have fun, get paid,
and tell your grandchildren that you were the mascot for your University!!

Have a great weekend,
Bryant Jones
President
Student Government Association