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Join us for Part 2 of the POP Presidential Debate Viewing Series this Thursday, October 2nd! We will meet in the 2nd Floor Goddard classroom, beginning promptly at 8:30pm with two brilliant introductory faculty speakers, Wagner Professors John Gershman and your very own FFIR, Rogan Kersh, followed by the highly-anticipated VP debate, which starts at 9pm.
Refreshments will be served and you are welcomed to bring guests!
Thursday October 2, 2008 at 9pm: Vice Presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Join RA Jarett on a trip up to the Bronx to visit an apiary.
What's an apiary?!?! Well, basically, it's a controlled environment in which bees live, work and make honey.
We will take a walk through the flower garden, take tea with the beekeeper, talk about beekeeping and the mysterious decline of bees...and of course try different types of honey!! All you will need is a Metrocard.
We will leave Goddard Lobby @ 11am on Saturday, Oct. 4. First word will be sent to the 5th Floor. It is limited to the first 25 students who confirm their interest/presence, so please bee (yes, a pun!) timely if you want a spot!! The sign up sheet will be next to my door, Rm. 501.
Goddard is home to a wealth of artists. Our halls – often grooving to the beats of our myriad musicians – are full of talented painters, dancers, actors and writers. Many of these artists are already pursuing their interests through classes and involvement in our incredible streams, such as At The World’s A Stage (ATWAS) or Writing New York (WNY). The student-led Goddard Arts Guild (GAG) would serve to indentify, unite and network our artists, primarily to discuss issues related to the arts community in Goddard and cultivate the aforementioned arts community.
Jarett will hold the first meeting - to discuss goals, organization, and opportunities for leadership – this Thursday, October 2 @ 7:30pm in the Classroom (Rm. 203). If you’re interested in joining this informal group and/or opportunities for leadership, please come out!
*Ideas/issues for the Guild could include: lounge decoration/hall beautification, group outings, musician rehearsal space, supplies for artists, a Goddard (bi-)monthly literary newsletter.
Goddard Green Initiative (GGI)
We are living in a time where - spurred on by fossil fuel dependence, global warming and the industrialization of China & India - environmental issues have become increasingly significant. New York University (NYU) itself has developed its own sustainability plan of action to address its environmental impact. The student-led Goddard Green Initiative (GGI) would serve to identify, unite and mobilize Goddard’s “green” leaders to discuss and address Goddard’s environmental impact and how we can contribute to and take the lead on ecological issues in the residence hall community.
Jarett will hold the first meeting – to discuss goals, organization, and opportunities for leadership – this Thursday, October 2 @ 9:30pm in the Basement/Game Room. If you’re interested in hearing more about GGI and want to join the cause and/or become a leader, please come out!
*Ideas/issues for GGI could include: measuring Starbucks plastic cup waste in a visible manner, bottled water boycott, stair-only floors or hours, stair-climbing health facts, eco-grants for physical improvements to Goddard, pushing for eco-friendly products in NYU shops (i.e. shampoo)
Also, Jarett will divulge his research on whether or not Hayden Dining Hall is “green”.
The BLOOD & OIL dinner with Michael Klare has been moved to 5:30pm. If you have signed up and are still interested, let me know ASAP. If this new time no longer works for you, also please let me know.
For those of you who would like to come but did not have a chance to sign up, the sheet is on the POP wall on the 4th floor. You can also e-mail me dircetly at suhaly.bautista@nyu.edu and I will put you on the waiting list in case any spots open up.
Dinner will be at Butter restaurant (415 Lafayette) John will meet students in the Goddard lobby at 5:15 on Monday, September 29th to walk over and then also head out with you to Puck to watch the movie after.
So long summer! Goddard Visionaries are sponsoring a clothing drive for the month of October. Starting October 1 you may donate gently used, clean clothes or new clothes to be given to local charities or shelters.
On Monday, September 29 at 9:00 pm, we will be making advertisement signs and a depository box in the Goddard Basement.
If you have any large containers you do not want to use (such as large cardboard boxes, please bring them on down!)
Every one is welcome. Let's make sure nobody is cold this winter!
This Sunday, Sept. 28th, join RA Jarett as he leads a group up to beautiful Ft. Tryon Park, in the most northeasternly corner of Manhattan, to enjoy a day of jesters, minstrels, jugglers, medieval music, and general Middle Age enjoyment!!
We'll hopefully head up there rain or shine.Check out the forecast here.If the rain is too bad, though, we'll cancel the trip.
The event is completely free (you bring your metrocard) and takes place from 1130am-6pm. We'll head up there as a group, meeting in the GoddardLobby @ 2pm. (WEATHER PERMITTING.) You can leave the event whenever you want...but you may want to stay for the day's finale - A JOUST!!
Everyone is invited - all floors, all streamers, all Goddardites. Bring your friends.
Join POP as we kick off the highly anticipated 2008 Presidential Debates Series this Friday, September 26th at 8:30pm. We will have a distinguished speaker open the floor, followed by the debate at 9pm!
Refreshments will be served and you are welcomed to bring guests!
September 26, 2008: Presidential debate with foreign policy focus, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Upcoming Debates:
October 2, 2008: Vice Presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
October 7, 2008: Presidential debate in a town hall format, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
October 15, 2008: (Tickets) Presidential debate with domestic policy focus, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Sunday, September 28th. Meet your friendly International RA (Genna) in the Goddard lobby @ 2pm. We'll head over to Queens Bridge Park to chat, mingle, and watch a FREE production of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" in a beautiful outdoor setting. Come get to know your fellow International Goddardites!! Bring a Metrocard for the Subway, and water or snacks for if the mood strikes....
Join RAs Jarett & Matt as they lead a group of Goddardites - and anyone that wants to come - to Governor's Island. It's only open to the public on the weekends, when there is a free ferry. We'll meet in the lobby bright and early @ 9am (I know it's a sacrifice, but it'll be worth it!) so we can make sure we're on the first ferry to the island. Once we get to the island you can rent kites and bikes for free, check out the Waterfall, see the artist's wall, etc. Jarett will bring my bike with a football, soccer ball, and frisbee for anyone interested!
All you need is a metrocard to get down to and back from the ferry. You can leave whenever you want, i.e. if you're going on any of the Tenement House trips, or you can linger around all day. Also, I'd bring snacks or food because I can't guarantee there will be anything there.
We hope to see you out to enjoy one of NYC's rarest attractions...and the oldest colonized island by the Dutch!
Blood and Oil: Screening and Discussion with Michael Klare
Join us for a screening of Blood and Oil, a new documentary based on the critically-acclaimed work of Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare. The film unearths declassified documents and highlights forgotten passages in prominent presidential doctrines to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years – rendering our contemporary energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. In the end, Blood and Oil calls for a radical re-thinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates.
When: 9/29/2008 7:00pm-9:00pm Location: The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Fl. 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604 map
SIGN UP FOR DINNER WITH MICHAEL KLARE FOLLOWING THE MOVIE!!!! SIGN UP SHEET ON THE 4TH FLOOR POP WALL
Do you like the ResCollege but you feel it could use some of your suggestions and great ideas? Do you feel we should work on creating other stream ideas? Do you want to alter some of the requirements and add new components tot he current model?
Then you need to join College Board--where students make the recommendations for the future of the NYU Residential Colleges!
For more information, please contact omarmiranda@nyu.edu or ericap@nyu.edu
Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. 'Flow' confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.
Join the Power of Politics Stream on Friday, September 12th as we head to the Angelika Theater to watch this much anticipated documentary on the most important natural resource available to the human race: WATER
All Goddard residents are welcomed to attend: sign-up outside of Suhaly's door in room 401 Meeting in the Goddard lobby at 8:45pm! Film begins at 9:30pm
Sick of those boring corridor walls on your floor?! Ready to let your creativity loose on blank canvas?! Then join RA's Matt (7th Floor) and Suhaly (4th Floor) as they lead:
MURAL MADNESS
Wednesday, September 10th from 7:30pm-9:00pm in the Goddard Basement
Come prepared to paint murals to hang on your floor walls. All floor residents are welcome (especially teams!)
1st, 2nd and 3rd Place prizes for the best murals!!!
CDE Ty Crisman and a "special guest" presenter will host a program entitled "Why Everyone's Laughing - The Impact of Dave Chappelle & Racial Humor." This is a nationally recognized and traveled program that stemmed from Ty's work on his Masters' thesis and has won several national awards!
The program will include clips from Dave Chappelle's infamous television show, as well as hilarious clips from other comedians famous in the genre of "Racial Humor" and interwoven dialogue and discussion. Be prepared to laugh and learn!
Tonight: The Visionaries Stream kicks off with Faculty Affiliate Irshad Manji & a couple guest presenters. There will be food, discussion & a showing of the PBS Documentary about Irshad's life. Begins at 7:00pm in the Goddard classroom (203).
Friday:
The "Power of Politics" Stream is taking a tour of the United Nations Headquarters. Meet at 10:30am in the lobby.
The "All the World's a Stage" Stream is going to the Guggenheim Museum to take a gander at the "Louise Bourgeois" exhibit! Meet time is 12:30pm in the lobby.
For all you "all the world's a stage" folks, Chris Squared (Chris & Chris, get it!?!) have created a blog specifically for you: http://atwas2008.blogspot.com/
This link can also be found just to the right of this posting, in the "Goddard Links" section...for future reference!
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