Fellow Students,

Happy Thursday! We are in the midst of quite a lot of excitement here on campus. The Mid-Term Election results will be in soon; the weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. has been a resounding success thus far; DC Delirium is a nice break from all of the stimulating conversation where students can relax and enjoy all the Davis Center has to offer; and Focus the Nation, perhaps one of the largest series of events the campus community has seen in recent memory, is well on its way. Don't be left behind! Read on for details about these upcoming events and more.

Always at your service,

Kesha and DaVaughn

In this email:

*What Is SGA Doing For You?

*Are YOU In Focus? Focus the Nation is coming...

*DC Delirium TOMORROW!

*This Week In Athletics...

*Water Tower Seeking Writers

*Become a Part of the Vermont Cynic

*UVM Cynic Looking for Staff

*Need a Job? Try the Davis Center!

*Got Research? Submit an Abstract for the UVM Student Research Conference...

*Vantage Point Seeking Submissions

*What's Going On In the Outing Club?

*Apply for the Mortar Board Senior Honors Society

*Herizon Seeking Submissions

*Check Out Continuing Ed Latin American Info Sessions

*Office of Student and Community Relations: A Call To Artists!

*Got Rhythm? Join the Catamount Dance Team!

*Alpha Gamma Rho Recruitment Schedule

What Is SGA Doing For You?

Mid-Term Elections: Last Chance to Vote!
The SGA apologizes for the confusion and technical difficulties stemming from configuration problems with our voting system.  The polls opened yesterday morning successfully and will close at noon today.  You will be updated on the winners shortly.

Ever Felt Marginalized On Campus? Say It Now!
The Committee on Diversity, Equity and Environmental Ethics has launched its first ever Say It Now! campaign.  Say It Now! is a video project adapted from StoryCorps, a nationwide video journal initiative (www.storycorps.net). Say It Now! is a project in which we invite students from all backgrounds to recall an experience or event that made them feel uncomfortable or marginalized because of a bias towards their racial, sexual, and/or gender identity while at the University of Vermont.  Our goal is to collect these stories on video or in writing and create a film to be shown around campus and on UVMtv.  We can schedule times for these interviews whenever it is convenient for you. If you do not feel comfortable on film, please consider submitting a written story- the more the better! This is an opportunity for all students to express themselves and tell a part of their story to fellow students, teachers and administrators.
Please feel free to contact CODEE Chair Jesse Bragg with your questions and concerns ([log in to unmask]).

SGA's Got Your Back
At our last Senate meeting, senators voted in favor of a resolution aimed at the improvement, clarification, and expansion of the Got Your Back policy, offering protection to students who choose to notify the authorities of jeopardized student health in the campaign against unsafe alcohol and drug use.
See attached legislation and please feel free to contact Senator Julia Michel with your questions and concerns ([log in to unmask]).

Upcoming Legislation...

Student Action To Thank ResLife, CatCard, and Physical Plant for Fixing Security Breaches
Senators will be voting on the recognition and appreciation of the timely response from the University?s Department of Residential Life, CatCard Office, and Physical Plant in effectively dealing with ResHall security problems and their continued support in the future for issues dealing with Residential Hall security.
See attached legislation and please feel free to contact Senator Tom Ford-Hutchinson with your questions and concerns ([log in to unmask]).

SGA To Vote On Support for DC Voting Rights
Senators will be voting on  whether or not the UVM student body will lend support to the DC Voting Rights Act now circulating the United States Congress.  Currently, citizens of the District of Columbia do not have the right to vote.  Vermont Senators Pat Leahy and Bernie Sanders as well as Congressman Peter Welch have supported the legislation.  New Hampshire Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu have not.
See attached legislation and please feel free to contact Senator Eddy Foster with your questions and concerns ([log in to unmask]).

SGA To Vote On Legislation Supporting Higher Education Funding Recommendations
Senators will be voting whether or not to support the findings of the Governor's Commission on Higher Education, asking that the Vermont State Legislature and Governor Jim Douglas support the findings of the Commission and increase state funding for higher education to 8 percent.
See attached legislation and please feel free to contact Legislative Affairs Chair Scott McCarty with your questions and concerns ([log in to unmask]).

Are YOU In Focus?

Focus the Nation @ UVM
January 27 - February 1
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In less than 10 days, UVM is going to see the biggest series of events to ever hit
campus, and we need your help!

Three things to do:

1. Ask your professors if they've signed up for the teach-in. 30 seconds is all it takes.
2. Make an announcement in your classes, meetings, or practices.
3. Go to as many events as you can!

All the info you need can be found at: www.uvm.edu/climatechange

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As part of  Focus the Nation:

THE BOYCOTT
A one woman play starring Kathryn Bloom

Packed to the rafters with moxie and magic, The Boycott tells the story of the First Lady
of the United States launching a nationwide sex strike to fight global warming and save
the world. Come for a raucous tour of Oval Office affairs, psychadelic absinthe trips,
enchanted frogs, movie star cameos-and land in a heap of unabashed hope.

Thursday, January 31st, Ira Allen Chapel, 8pm. FREE ADMISSION!

Introducing DC Delirium!

The new and improved Billings Bedlam on Friday January 24th from 10pm - 1am.  There will be lots of free food and prizes, as well as dancing, poker, a chili cook off, rockwall climbing, a mechanical bull, and much, much more.  DON'T MISS OUT!  To find out more information about this event and other events on campus go to www.uvm.edu/UPB

This Week In Athletics...

Friday, January 25
Women's Hockey vs. Providence: Gutterson Fieldhouse @ 7:00 PM

Saturday, January 26
Women's Basketball vs. Maine: Patrick Gymnasium @ 1:00 PM
Women's Hockey vs. Providence: Gutterson Fieldhouse @ 7:00 PM

UVM Writers Needed for the Water Tower

We at the Water Tower, UVM's alternative student newspaper, are looking for additional writers.

Whom we want:
Students who are interested in writing edgy, humorous, or serious pieces for the UVM community. If you have something to say about UVM, Burlington, America, or anything in between, we want you.

Why we're dope:
We're not your momma's newspaper. When you write for the Water Tower, your creativity won't be constrained, and you're writing won't be watered-down. Our editing process is democratic. You get to see the edited version of your article before its publication, so you'll never have a ?WTF, I didn't write that? moment again. Nothing is too controversial, edgy, or bizarre.

Pay:
We don't have any money, but don't rule out your rapid ascendancy to UVM superstardom.

Contact us:
Email us at [log in to unmask] if you're interested. We want to hear from you.

Rock on,

The Water Tower

Become a Part of the Vermont Cynic Today!
Every day is a new chance to join the staff of UVM's oldest independent student newspaper! We gladly welcome students on staff throughout the semester and especially at the start ?? there's no reason to waste time getting involved and getting to know your campus, and the Cynic is a perfect way to do just that!
Looking for...
-Writers (especially news writers!)
-Photographers
-Graphic Designers (help edit photos, create graphics, design pages)
-Cartoonists (we desperately need a political cartoonist and always encourage new comics)
-Copy Editors (think you have a knack for grammar? love fixing others' mistakes?)
-Business staff (ad sales reps earn commission for every ad they sell!)
MEETINGS: every MONDAY at 7pm in Lafayette 108
(If you can't make Monday meetings or would like to put some faces to the Cynic, feel free to stop by our office on the first floor of the Davis Center ?? follow the signs, we're on the way to the library.)
QUESTIONS? Email [log in to unmask] for more info.

JOBS AT THE DAVIS CENTER!

Hey UVM: The Davis Center is hiring! Positions are currently available on the Building Manager (think: event coordination) and production staffs (production as in AV, event set ups, etc!) and you DO NOT need work study funding to apply. It's simple: fill out the application online by January 21.
http://www.uvm.edu/~davis/?Page=StaffApplication.html

University of Vermont Student Research Conference
Thursday, April 17, 2008 in the Dudley H. Davis Student Center

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

See attached instructions and abstract submission form.

Vantage Point, UVM's literary/artistic magazine, is seeking submissions of all sorts!

We welcome a wide variety of work- from poetry, prose, personal essays, critical essays and short stories to visual art of any medium. Whether you prefer photography, sculpture, painting, illustration, digitally manipulated images or printmaking, we encourage your contribution. All images are requested in .jpeg form. Please send any and all submissions (or enquiries) to [log in to unmask] by March 17th for inclusion in this Spring's edition.

Upcoming Outing Club Events

February 1 & 2: 14th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival

Come see the best climbing, mountaineering, skiing, snowboarding, paddling and adventure films from around the world. Shows also include documentaries highlighting mountain cultures and environmental issues facing these fragile environments.

UVM Ira Allen Chapel. 7pm each day. $10 public, $8 students. Tickets on sale now in the Department of Student Life, Davis Center 310. Proceeds Benefit the UVM Outing Club.

FREE UVMOC Day Hikes

Come and see what winter with the Outing Club is all about. Take advantage of our free day hikes this Sunday!
Mt. Mansfield: The Chin***, The Forehead**,Camel?s Hump**
Date: Sunday, January 27th
Limit: 9 per trip
Cost: Free!
To register: call UVMOC @ 656.3439

Juniors: An Announcement About UVM's Mortar Board

If you have junior standing, have a 3.2 or better GPA, and expect to graduate in either December 2008 or May 2009 (there may be some exceptions to these general graduation dates), you are eligible to apply for membership in Mortar Board, a national senior honor society. For more information about Mortar Board and for application materials please visit this website: www.uvm.edu/~mboard
The University of Vermont's finest zine for women, HERIZON, is currently seeking submissions for "THE ULTIMATE ZINE" and new editors...

Our plan is to make a memorable collection of your art in the first full color hard copy edition for April'a Sexual Violence Awareness Month.  Submit your most outrageous and exciting work or submit something that is boring in an interesting way!  We accept: poems, rants, drawings, cartoons, photos, essays, reports and more!  The sooner you can send it in the better, but we will always be accepting late work for other zines, they just won't be in color. Send submissions to Leah at [log in to unmask]" class="fixed" href="message.php?index=274#" onclick="popup_imp('/horde/imp/compose.php',700,650,'to=lsohotra%40uvm.edu&thismailbox=mail%2FCampus+Emails');">[log in to unmask] or drop them off at the Women's Center on 34 South Williams Street.

AND...

Are you looking for the best work study position in the world that is questionably the
best position in the world?  The Women's Center is currently seeking someone with good artistic sense to apply for the position of the editor of HERIZON next year.  We are hoping to get someone as soon as possible so that training can be done before the current editor graduates this coming spring. It is currently a one person position, but it may become a two person team project.  ACT NOW!

Looking for some exciting travel courses to fill the upcoming summer months?

Come visit these information sessions to learn more about spending time in Mexico or Nicaragua this summer.

Mexico Spanish Immersion Information Session
January 29, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SGA Presidential Conference Room, Davis Center
Come meet Professor Patricia Riley to learn more about spending May 15 - June 27, 2008 studying Spanish and Music Education in Mexico.

Agro-Forestry in Central America Information Session
January 31, 2008
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Continuing Education Conference Room, 322 S. Prospect St.
Come meet Professors Ernesto Mendez and Chris Shanks to learn more about spending your summer studying agro-forestry in Nicaragua.

For additional information please contact the Department of Continuing Education at
656-2085 or go to http://learn.uvm.edu/?Page=worldwide.html

A Call to Artists!

The Office of Student & Community Relation?s Student Neighbor Liaison Program in collaboration with the Davis Center will be hosting an art exhibition in celebration of Black History Month. We are looking for artists from the University and Burlington community to submit African inspired art which celebrates our shared roots and connection to the continent of Africa. The exhibition will be up from February 11th-February 29th in the Fireplace Lounge on the 4th floor of the Davis Center. On Wednesday February 20th from 5-7pm we will also host a gathering that will bring student and community artists together for food, music, and celebration.

Submission Criteria:

* All artwork must be submitted for selection to the art committee by no later than 4pm on Friday February 8th . Submissions can be brought to The Office of Student & Community Relations located at: The Pearl House, 12 Colchester Avenue, 1st floor. Please call to
make an appointment for a drop off.
* All artwork must be in a two dimensional hangable form with hardware attached by artist. Note: we will not be able to accept sculpture due to space limitations
* Artwork should not exceed 2ft in width and 4ft in height.
* Artists must be available to help with the installation of art.
* Along with the art submission artists must provide their name and contact information along with the title of the piece, the type of medium used, and any additional information about the significance of the piece and how it relates to the celebration of Black History Month.
* Artists interested in African dance and music performance are also encouraged to contact us!

For more information or to schedule a time to drop off art submissions contact: Alicia Taylor at 656-9405 or email [log in to unmask]" class="fixed" href="message.php?index=286#" onclick="popup_imp('/horde/imp/compose.php',700,650,'to=Alicia.Taylor%40uvm.edu&thismailbox=mail%2FCampus+Emails');">[log in to unmask]
Be faster, stronger, better for longer by trying out for the only co-ed hip hop dance team on campus...

THE CATAMOUNT DANCE TEAM!

Try out last semester?  Who cares!  Try out again! It can't hurt!

Saturday 12-2... or
Sunday 10-12
@ Patrick Gym Dance Studio

We are looking for positive, energetic people with rhythm who love dancing!

Questions? Facebook Annalise Mayerson or go to our group page "Catamount Dance Team" for photos, videos, and more info!
Alpha Gamma Rho Spring '08 Recruitment Activity Schedule

*Events to be held at AGR house on 216 S. Prospect unless stated otherwise*
Thursday (1-24-08) 5:30-8pm Open house with free dinner at 6pm
Saturday (1-26-08) 5-7pm Information table with free pizza on CBW green
Thursday (1-31-08) departure from AGR @ 7pm for bowling at Yankee Lanes
Saturday (2-2-08) departure from AGR @ 11am to go Skeet shooting

Check us out on the Web at www.agrinvt.org for more information and contacts!