If it isn’t neon, it shouldn’t be On Sisterhood: Friday 8:30-10:30 @ the House: Come welcome the new freshmen into the house and start getting to know each other! Wear all your American Apparel and bring your glowsticks!
Minutes
-Want to get a decorating hour out of the way early? Reply ASAP to help set up Rusk this afternoon for tonight’s sisterhood! Contact sahay@davidson.edu or alcurchin@davidson.edu
-Dancing Through The Decades is February 10th 8-11, we will be raising money for the Boys and Girls Club of Davidson. Tickets will be on sale in the Union $7 or $5 each if you by two. Bring someone outside of rusk and let’s get a great turnout! We still need people for setup and clean up! Sign up for time slots at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqXqtQPYmzMjdFN0dWktRDU0ZDJZUVhiUTktYWsyMWc
-Formal Committee: Interesting in planning and helping out with one of the best events of the year? Freshmen are welcome to join! Contact our formal chair Corinne Hester at cohester@davidson.edu
-House Improvement Committee: Join if you want to get involved and change the house for the better (especially the basement!).Sign up in the house or e-mail chelandis@davidson.edu
- Pick up your purchased Rusk goods or to purchase Rusk sunglasses ($2). Contact degorsen@davidson.edu
- Attendance Policy: if you have a standing commitment or need to miss house meeting, please e-mail me, Grace Cheney, you can be marked as excused. Missing more than 2 meetings without an excuse will result in a fine, and no-one likes those! You also MUST sign in at every house meeting. Contact: grcheney@davidson.edu
- Remember to submit stories to the nerd of the herd and announcements to the Ya Herd!!
Service Opportunities
-Dancing Through the Decades: February 10th (Friday). See the link above in order to sign up!
-Boys and Girls Club-sign up to assist the Boys and Girls Club (our focus charity); You have the freedom to design your own eco-friendly lesson. Only a 4 hour commitment (broken into 2 visits), flexibility with dates! Contact hahinson@davidson.edu or reworrell@davidson.edu
-Service Saturday 2/18 9am-12:30pm: Will be going to Barium Springs and Fifth Street Ministries. It’s a lot of fun, a wonderful service opportunity and a fantastic way to get your service hours out of the way in one morning! Please sign up at http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x25721.xml. Contact the lovely sajones@davidson.edu if you have any questions or are interested in being a trip leader!
-Buddy Benefit @ Duke Family Performance Hall on February 12th from 4-5:The concert will include performances from three of Davidson College’s accapella groups! Last year, we raised over $4,000, and this year we hope to reach $10,000! The proceeds go to our community partner Angels in Need. The organization subsidizes camps for children with disabilities in the Lake Norman area) - tickets are free but donations are encouraged. If you know ANYONE, family, friends, etc, that would be interested in donating to our cause contact lustacey@davidson.edu for more information.
-10th Anniversary Prom Project: Monday 2/13 – Friday 2/17 10:00 am to 6:00pm in the Union Atrium:The Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. and Charlotte Mecklenburg Libraries present the 10th anniversary Prom Project: Simply Beautiful. This event provides prom dresses, shoes, make-up, jewelry, and entertainment for local teenage women who might not otherwise be able to afford the following items for prom. This year, the Upsilon Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will hold a collection site in the Union Atrium. If you have new or gently worn evening dresses then please donate! Contact kagaston@davidson.edu if you have any questions.
-The Buddy System: Devoted to helping children with special needs. We meet with a group of elementary aged children every week, hoping to provide them with positive young adult role models. In addition, we seek to help raise awareness about the issues they and their families face every day. We volunteer every Saturday at DCPC at 11 am - 12.15. Contact lustacey@davidson.edu to get involved.
-Relay for Life: March 30th: Help raise money for the American Cancer Society! For 12 hours, someone will be walking on the track at all times and it’s going to be a fun social event. Form teams by grade, 8-12 people per team with one team leader. $10 per person. If you sign up early you get a free t-shirt!
-Teach For America Each year several Davidson students commit two years to serving our children and fighting this problem as a corps member with Teach For America. The final deadline to apply is next Friday, February 10th for seniors. Register at www.teachforamerica.org. It takes 5 minutes. We will walk you through the process from there. Many applicants do not know much about the program until they have already started the application. There is no commitment until April, but the LAST application deadline is next week so please act NOW! There are also opportunities for underclassmen through internship programs. Contact Carey Leigh Evans at caevans@davidson.edu.
What’s Happening on Campus?
-Davidson College 6th Annual Apocalypse Greek Step Show 2/4 at 8pm in Duke Performance Hall:On Saturday night, the ladies of Upsilon Mu will be performing along with others! Tickets are $8 before the show and $15 on the day of; you can buy tickets at www.davidson.edu/tickets or at the Ticket Office. All proceeds will be donated to the Ada Jenkins Center and the Davidson-Cornelius Daycare
-Super Bowl on the Big Screen in the 900 Room Sunday, 2/5: Come watch the Giants and The Patriots do their thing on the big screen and of course enjoy the year’s very best commercials. There will be TENDERS for Giants fans.
-So You Want to Be a Doctor? Monday 2/6 @ 8:30 in the Tomlinson Conference Room: This week, Rotaract will host speaker Dr. Sonny Morton to speak about his career and working in the medical profession. There will also be a question and answer session. Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Come find out about service projects and opportunities abroad. There will be food!
-Davidson Outdoors Trip Sign-ups Monday 2/6 @10:00 pm at Davidson Outdoors: Come down to Davidson Outdoors to sign up for this semester's trips! Check your mailbox for trip brochure.
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