Dancing Through The Decades:
Friday 2/10 8-11: This is our main
fundraising event, proceeds will go to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of
Davidson. Tickets will be on sale in the
Union $7 or $5 each if you by two. Please bring someone outside of Rusk
and lets get a great turnout! Remember to dress up- it can be any decade
themed, just have fun with it! PLEASE SHOW UP AT 8 SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD
TURNOUT! Email reworrell@davidson.edu or hahinson@davidson.edu with questions.
After party @ rusk
11-2:Keep dancing the night away and celebrate 2012!
Minutes
-GSA Space Training: We will
participate in a house training next week to certify our house as a LGBTQ
safe space.
-Self Self Selection Photo Payments- Need
to be in to Grace Ballek by next week! You can bring money to house meeting or
mail it to PO Box 6417. If you would like to order candids go
to http://www.classicphotoinc.com and
use the password: dav . If you are still interested in ordering the group
photos you can do so until Febuary 17th. Contact grballek@davidson.edu.
-Friend Rusk House on FB: The
brain child of alumni relation's chair Julia Watkins has come to life! Friend
request if you haven't already and suggest people you know to be friends! This
will be a great way to stay in touch with alumni and increase our presence in
the Davidson community! https://www.facebook.com/ruskhouse If you have
ideas email juwatkins@davidson.edu
-Cigarette Butt Problem: The house
managers have noticed a large number of discarded cigarette butts on the back
porch of Rusk. Please remember to dispose of your trash properly
-Food Survey:A doodle poll will be
sent out to tally how many people will be eating for each meal and for food
allergies. Please remember to respond so the Kitchen managers can get an
accurate count of people and we don't run out of food. If you have food
allergies e-mail crcasal@davidson.edu
or abbeehler@davidson.edu
-Big Sis Survey- if you are
interested in being a big sis for freshmen please fill out the survey and get
them to the VP's! Contact: emfinklestein@davidson.edu or kagwathmey@davidson.edu.
-T-Shirts-Please your
purchased Rusk goods or to purchase Rusk sunglasses ($2). Some t-shirts have
gone missing from the house without being paid for, Publicity does NOT have the
budget to handle this. Please please please return or pay for
them. Contact degorsen@davidson.edu .
-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
Service Opportunities
-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! You can leave dresses in the house and they will be collected!
Contact kagaston@davidson.edu if
you have any questions.
-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.
-Mom Prom for Cookies for Kids with
Cancer Fri 4/27 from 7-12: Looking for
10-15 sorority or eating house women to help us pull off our BIG night at The
Palace Theater (Havana Banquet and Ballroom) in Cornelius, Friday, April 27
from 7pm to Midnight.Volunteers will help with coat check, registration, swag
bags, vendor tables and assist photographers, etc. Please take a
look at the website and let me know if this might be something you all are
interested in and we can speak further in detail! I think it would be a fun and
rewarding experience for the young ladies as we will be recognizing local Prom
Queens (Moms who have a child battling cancer) and the fact that this event is
100% pulled off by mom volunteers in the LKN community. http://www.queencitymomprom.com/index.html
-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 athttp://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!
-Spring Break Alternative Break: You can
still apply for this incredible service opportunity! Elene Clemens will be
leading a service trip to Pittsburgh to work on an urban development. It only
costs $25 for the entire week to participate. If you are interested
contact elclemens@davidson.edu
-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.
-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! Go to http://www.relayforlife.org/davidsoncollegenc>
. Click Sign Up" on the right, then choose "Start a
Team", Choose a Team name and a fundraising goal, don’t worry about
the other question, Fill out all the rest of the info (there's a $10
registration fee that you can pay with a card) and once you finish, copy the
link to your team page and send it to all your awesome future teammates. Join
the Rusk Team!
-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.
What’s Happening on Campus?
-DO
Trip Sign Ups: There are still slots open, come down to
DO and sign up for an amazing trip!
-Darwin's Birthday Party 2/8 6:30-8 @
Outpost: There will trivia, prizes, free food and
an appearance by Darwin himself!
-Gamut Dance Company Performance Saturday
2/11: Come out and support your fellow Ruskies
who are dancing in and choreographing the show!
-Phi Delta Theta's Voices for Venereal
Disease Fundraiser Saturday 2/11: The annual
Voices for Venereal Disease fundraiser is underway. Not only will you be able
to be serenaded by Brothers to your favorite love songs and given roses, but
this year, you will be able to purchase VIP seating to Airband on Saturday.So,
buy a song, a rose, and get a first row seat at Airband.
-Women's Leadership Conference March
16th-17th: Still accepting participant's
registration! Tons of rusk girls are on the planning
committee! There will be lots of workshops, dinner and speakers. $15 per
student (which includes 3 meals). http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x42066.xml
-FreeWord Valentine-Grams-Love Valentines Day? Hate Valentines Day? Love/Hate Valentines
Day? Wherever you lie on the spectrum, Valentines Day is a day made for gifts–
and the best kind of gift is a FreeWord Valentines Day Gram! Up until
Valentines day, FreeWord will be selling Valentine-Grams– we’ll perform either
FreeWord originals, ‘classic’ poetry or a submission of your choosing, to be
performed on Valentines Day to a special (or maybe not so special) someone for
$3. We’ll also be selling the new FreeWord tee-shirts. Give the gift of Words!
Give the gift of FreeWord!
-Sign up to take Free GRE, MCAT and LSAT
Practice Tests this Saturday!
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2:00 pm, Chambers. To sign up, click here.
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-The Next Step Realty: This company connects
recent graduates with leasing brokers in 10 major American cities, and 11 major
cities abroad. It’s an excellent opportunity for recent graduates who are
relocating to unfamiliar major cities. Benefits of working with a broker from
Next Step include finding apartments at an affordable price, having someone to
facilitate the leasing process, and being in the know about the renting market
in any of the given cities. Your broker can physically look at the space,
communicate with the renter, and sometimes even negotiate a price before you
have to make any decisions.You can them out at: http://www.thenextsteprealty.com/ where
you can sign up for an account and connect to a broker. If you have any
questions, do not hesitate to ask Maggie Liang (maliang), Megan Falvey
(mefalvey), or Will Bolton (wibolton).
Announcement Form: Submit anything and everything, including quotes to YA
HERD via Grace Cheney (grcheney@davidson.edu) or ruskyaherd@gmail.com.
Must be in by noon Friday or before house meeting on Tuesday. Who, What, Where,
When, Quote, Phone # (optional)
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