Don't-Miss events this weekend

Annual Welcome Party
time: Fri 9/30 9pm-1am
location: GCC

Lyman Pig Roast
time: Sunday, 10/2 4pm
location: Lyman Atrium

[Lyman] STANFORD BY MOONLIGHT

* BUILD-YOUR-OWN ICE CREAM SUNDAE *

tonight 8pm

to be followed by...

* STANFORD BY MOONLIGHT *

leaving the atrium ~ 8:30pm

explore some not-so-well-known campus treasures
on a night-time tour led by your very own Lyman CAs!!
bring warm clothes, a flashlight (if you have one), and
get ready to walk off that ice cream sundae you just
built!!

Hot! For free food event, visit http://stanfordfreefood.blogspot.com

Kayaking in Monterey Bay

Join your neighbors for a relaxing paddle through beautiful scenery!
Details: October 16, 2005. 8:00 AM. Carpool to Monterey.
$15 residents/$25 guests. All levels are welcome, but participants should be
able to swim.
See link below for details on how to sign up.
http://events.stanford.edu/events/67/6708

Volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity Sunset Magazine Idea House

Come volunteer at the Green-Built and Eco-Friendly Idea House!
October 16, 2005. 8:00 AM. Carpool to Menlo Park.
Free!
RSVP to bridgette at stanford.edu by 10/10 at 5pm.
Details: http://events.stanford.edu/events/67/6704

Scavenger Hunt

October 2, 2005. 1 pm. Meet in front of EV offices.
Sponsored by the EV Social Committee

Football Tailgate and Ticket Give-Away

Football Tailgate and Ticket Give-Away
October 1, 2005. Noon. BBQs in front of Blackwelder Highrise.
Free!
Come eat a light lunch and have a chance at winning one of 60 free tickets
to the Stanford/Oregon football game!
Sponsored by the EV Sports & Outdoors Committee

Party on the Edge

October 6, 2005. 9 pm - 1 am. Cantor Arts Center.
Details: http://ccva.stanford.edu

Stanford Graduate Life Orientation Panel & Pizza Dinner

Stanford Graduate Life Orientation Panel
Wednesday, September 28, 7PM
EV Village Center
Are you new to Stanford?
Do you have questions about life as a Stanford grad student?
Are you hungry?
If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, then join a graduatestudent panel for answers, discussion, and a FREE PIZZA DINNER. We willhave a panel of grad students to help you put the "life" into "GradStudent Life".Hint: the first step to successful grad student life is free food Sponsored by the EV Education and Culture committee

Grad-wide Welcome Party! - 9/30 9pm

September 30, 2005. 9 pm - 1 am.

Graduate Community Center, 1st floor.

Free drink tickets and pub specials, DJs, and a good time!Stanford ID + proof of age (21) required to enter.

Dance Workshop- !Salsa! - at I-Center

time: Fri, 9/23, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

location: I-center (Bechetel Center)

Take a look at my Top 3 events post

See the previous post on this blog about the top 3 events to attend.

Don't forget the GOALIE event today

place: Canfield Courtyard, adjacent to Law School
9/22, 12-2pm

Dance Party at the I-Center

time: Sat 9/24 8-10pm
location: I-Center
Everyone is welcome!

Bay Area Tour

time: Sat 9/24
$30, purchase ticket at I-Center
I-center presents:
The all-day trip includes a walking tour of the University of California campus, lunch at Berkeley’s International House, then across the Bay Bridge for a drive through San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge Vista Point. $30 (approximate cost of tickets) includes lunch. LIMITED SPACE, BUY YOUR TICKET EARLY! Tickets available from Community Advisors on the first floor of the I-Center.

Hot! For free food event, visit http://stanfordfreefood.blogspot.com

http://stanfordfreefood.blogspot.com

Dance Workshop- !Salsa! - at I-Center

time: Fri, 9/23, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
location: I-center (Bechetel Center)

Chinese Cafe Dinner at I-center

- light supper at a nominal fee
- this is not free, unfortunately. :-(
9/22 6:00-7:00 pm
I-Center (Bechetel Center)

Hot! Top 3 Events to Attend !!!

1. President's Reception at his mansion
9/21 3:00-5:00 pm
Tour President's house and have chats with him. Take photos with him. Chat with fellow new students over fountains of food.
Location: Hoover House Lawn, 623 Mirada. (Take Campus Drive, left on Mayfield Ave., next right on Santa Ynez, Hoover House lawn is at the top of the hill)

2. GOALIE
9/22 Noon-2:00 pm
Location: Canfield Courtyard, adjacent to Law School and Meyer Library
Come see what different student associations have to offer. Lunch provided if you come early.

3. Individual dorm's main activity
Watch your residence mailing list for the main welcome event. Excellent opportunity to fraternalize with your neighbor

free movie at I-center - today at 7pm

Wed 9/21 7:00 pm
Movie - The Spanish Apartment (L’Auberge Espagnole)

STSA welcome party

Event: New students welcome party

Entrance Time: 10/8 (Sat) 17:30

Start Time: 10/8(Sat) 18:00

Location: Tresidder 2nd floor (Oak Lounge)

Lunch with Academic Department Student Representatives

Meet new students from your department to ask questions and discuss academic life with current students. Lunch is served by CCIS volunteers.
Place: I-Center
time: 9/21 12:00-1:00

Reminder of Vertical Search Speech tomorrow

"Vertical Search: Show me the money" talk. Tues night at 6pm.
This is blogged here earlier. Scroll down and find the "vertical search" topic to get more details.

Rains dessert night, Wed, 9/21

in Rains Willis Lounge (where the big bbq was held on Monday)

free food at EV Stranded

6pm, EV Huskins court, Tues, 9/20

Bekeley BATS Welcome Picnic

Ok, this is Berkeley event. But I am asked to cross-promoting it here as well.
Now, the event you've been waiting for all year: "2005 BATS Welcome Picnic" is coming your way! No matter if you're looking forward to the food or the cute guys andgirls, this is the place to be... Our new President Jenny and our group of VPs are preparing topresent an exciting welcomeevent that you won't want to miss out on! Come on, what are you waiting for?Details as follows:Time: 09/18 (Sun) 12:00 - 4:00pm please be on time Location: Campanile Esplanade (The north side of the Sather Tower / Campanile)Activities: Great food, good drinks, exciting games and the best people!!Fee: $5 USD

International student welcome party 9/19 15:30, i-center

Event: I-Center welcome party
Time: 09/19 15:30
Location: I-Center

"Vertical Search - Show Me The Money!"

MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) Presents:"Vertical Search - Show Me The Money!"
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2005Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Bishop Auditorium, Stanford Business School
* Scott Rafer, President and CEO, Feedster
* Dion Lim, VP Business Development, Simply Hired
* Barney Pell, EIR, Mayfield
* Additional Panelists To Be Announced
Remember the heydays of the first generation Internet search engineslike InfoSeek and AltaVista and then of course, our darling Google?Vertical Search is now one of the hot new topics buzzing around theInternet industry and the investment community today. It refers tospecialized search technologies that focus on narrow niches like aspecific industry such as travel or health or new Web-basedcommunication tools like blogs.
But the big question, as with first generation search, is "Where isthe Money?" Though there is no question that there is value forvertical search, who is willing to pay for it?
For more information visit:http://www.vlab.org/

STSA Full moon BBQ

STSA (Stanford Taiwanese Student Association) presents:
Full moon BBQ
Place: Lyman BBQ
placeTime: 9/24 6:30pm
Special Requirement:
Please RSVP to chengtao@stanford.edu
Fee: 5$ per person

Here it comes the annual full moon vestival. Regarding the fact that there are stillseveral new students who hasn't come to stanford yet. We would like to defer ourregular full moon BBQ to 9/24(Sat) 6:30 pm at Lyman. The fee would be 5 dollarsper person and we kindly ask all the new students to join because that would the greatest chance for you to know the seniors here. In order to get the idea abouthow much food we should buy, please RSVP me if you want to join the event asap.Hope to see you all then.Best,Cheng-Tao

McKinsey Canada Recruiting, - 9/14 6:30pm - Faculty Club

----- Forwarded message from http://us.f333.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Stefan_Larson@mckinsey.com&YY=97856&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b -----We are inviting you to attend a presentation for Stanford students oncareer opportunities at McKinsey which will be held on September 14.If you are well on your way to completing a Masters Degree, a Ph.D. or apost-doc, career options are no doubt becoming a hot topic. One optionyou might want to consider is joining McKinsey & Company, a leading globalmanagement consulting firm with offices worldwide, including Montreal andToronto.As a McKinsey consultant, you will have an opportunity to:-- Tackle a variety of intellectually challenging problems --Example projects taken from the recent McKinsey portfolio include- Creating an international growth and marketing strategy for one of theworld's leading beer companies- Transforming the culture and mindset of traditional natural resourcescompanies (e.g., mining, pulp and paper) to produce dramatic improvementsin performance- Designing a new IT architecture and co-managing the implementation foran international logistics company- Developing the strategy, operational model and organisation for a largecharitable foundation in North America focusing on poverty, health, andeducation- Assessing the implications of the internet and emerging opticalswitching technologies on the international voice and data transportbusiness-- Work with diverse and inspiring colleagues --- Former doctors, comedy writers, airplane pilots, rally car champions,national-level swimmers, corporate, environmental and human rightslawyers, navy officers, accountants, journalists, physicists, biologists,and engineers as well as MBAs - just a sampling of consultants from theCanadian practice!-- Perform work with immediate and visible impact --- Work on mission-critical projects that are at the top of chiefexecutives' agendas- Play a determining role in shaping the final answer and effectinglong-term change- Read about the impact of your work in the newspaper, while your projectis still happening-- Grow personally and professionally --- Quickly build your business knowledge by attending one of our mini-MBAs,three-week intensive training programs taught by professors from theworld's leading business schools- Develop your expertise and leadership skills throughout your McKinseycareer by receiving continuous mentoring and coaching, as well as regularformal training sessions- Participate in extensive knowledge-building activities such as ourannual Knowledge Olympics and in-depth industry or functional conferences- Grow as fast as you can, and advance as you are ready, limited only byyour demonstrated ability, not your tenureIf you believe that a career at McKinsey would suit your aspirations,please join us for our presentation for Stanford students on careeropportunities at McKinsey on September 14 at 6:00-8:00 pm at the StanfordFaculty Club. This will be a good opportunity to learn more about ourrecruiting process as well as to meet McKinsey consultants with academicbackground other than in management.If you will be finished with your studies in 2006, you should apply forpermanent employment this fall. The application deadline for Stanfordstudents is September 25, 2005. Please apply on-line by visiting ourwebsite: http://apd.mckinsey.com/. If you will not be applying this fall,you may register at the same website address given above. Registrantswill receive e-mails about upcoming events and opportunities, such as ourinternship program.Regardless of your own level of interest, we would be grateful if youwould forward this message to any person who might be interested by acareer at McKinsey & Company.For more information about McKinsey's Canadian offices, feel free tocontact Glenna Ho (http://us.f333.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=glenna_ho@mckinsey.com&YY=97856&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) in Toronto or Wendy Bolyn(http://us.f333.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=wendy_bolyn@mckinsey.com&YY=97856&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) in Montreal.Looking forward to seeing you at the presentation,Regards,Stefan LarsonP.S. We encourage all graduate students and postdocs who are interestedin this field to visit our Web site (http://apd.mckinsey.com/), which isdedicated to those with your background. This site also providesadditional information on McKinsey and gives you access to our onlineapplication, information on our selection criteria, and tips for applying. Good luck!__________________Stefan Larson, PhDMcKinsey & Co.110 Charles St. W.Toronto, ON M5S 1K9tel: 416-313-3789 fax: 416-813-4867

Biomedical Computation at Stanford (BCATS)

A student-organized one-day symposium, BCATS provides an interdisciplinary forum for Stanford students and postdocs to share their latest research in widely ranging fields involving biomedical computation. It also provides opportunities to establish contacts and collaborations across programs. The schedule includes 12 podium presentations and about 50 posters by Stanford students and postdocs. Faculty judges will select the best podium presentations and posters to receive prizes, including a 15'' Apple PowerBook laptop.This symposium features keynote addresses by two pioneering biomedical researchers: Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, and Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, Computational Biomechanist from the University of Utah.More information at http://bcats.stanford.edu.
Date and Time:
October 15, 2005. 8:30 AM.Approximate duration of 9 hour(s).
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center (formerly TCSEQ), 370 Serra Mall [Map]
URL:
http://bcats.stanford.edu
Audience:
Faculty/StaffAlumni/FriendsGeneral PublicStudents
Category:
Conferences/Symposia
Sponsor:
Bio-X, Biomedical Informatics (Maureen Hillenmeyer)
Contact:
650-812-1973maureenh@stanford.edu
Admission:
Free for StanfordOpen to the public. Register online.

Party on the Edge - October 6, 2005. 9:00 PM, Cantor Arts Center

In the past two years, this was a very classy and cool party. I am sure it will be just as good as the past 2 years.
recommendation: must go

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October 6, 2005. 9:00 PM.Approximate duration of 3 hour(s).
Location:
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford, off Palm Drive at Museum Way; two short blocks from Marguerite Medical Center stop [Map]
URL:
http://ccva.stanford.edu
Contact:
725-4657akoster@stanford.edu
Admission:
FREEAdmission with SU student ID

International Student Orientation

Bechtel International Center
422 Lagunita Dr.
phone: 650-723-1831
orientation dates: 9/19-26

Graduate Orientation Activities Lunch and Information event (GOALIE)

place: Canfield Courtyard, adjacent to Law School
9/22, 12-2pm
A welcome event for new graduate students. Many University offices and student organizations will provide information about their services and activities. Sponsored by the Graduate Student Programming Board (GSPB)

President's Reception - Wed 9/21 3:30-5pm

place: President Hennessy's home at 623 Mirada Ave.
This is a very good event. You can tour President's house and have picture with the President. Oh, did I mention tons of free foods/drinks.
There will be shuttle between the place and Thressider bus stop.
The distance is also quite bikable.