Note: If you or your organization has announcements that you would like to be included in this weekly email, please send them ahead of time (i.e. at least one Sunday before the event) to altaf@yale.edu so that the announcement may be sent out in a timely fashion.

Table of Contents

A. Important Announcements

Multi-faith vigil in Battell Chapel on Thursday at 9pm in remembrance of the victims of the recent earthquake. All are welcome.

Did you know? Less than a third of bone marrow donors registered in the United States are people of color – putting the chances of a person of color finding a bone marrow match at dangerously low rates. Caucasians in need of a bone marrow transplant have as much as an 80 percent chance of finding a match through donor registries, while the odds for people of color finding a bone marrow match are as low as 20 percent.

If you are a person of color -- Asian/Asian American, African American, Latino, or Native American -- you can make a difference by sparing just a few minutes of your time to register as a bone marrow donor.

Save a life on your
way to dinner.

Become a bone marrow donor.
A few minutes makes a world of difference.

Bone Marrow Donor Registration
Tuesday, October 28, 2005
Blair Room, Next to Pierson College Library
3.00p to 7.00p

sponsored by aasa and smhac

questions? e-mail shruti.gupta@yale.edu or lauren.dacey@yale.edu

Submit to Revelasians

4. Information about artist Dorothy Imagire is available at www.imagire.org.

Please let me know

if you might be interested in working on this project,
if you know someone who might be interested in working on this project,
or
if you'd like to be removed from this list.

Thanks so much for your help, and hope to hear from you whenever you get a chance!

5. Get excited! The AASA magazine, Foundations, has finally been released in print form – check out your college libraries, the cultural houses, and dining halls for a copy! You can also read it now online at www.yale.edu/aasa/foundations.

B. Events on Campus

Reserve your tickets by Thursday, 10/13/05!

CASA Triad Night:
When: 9/15, Saturday @ 9pm
Where: Morse Common Room
What: Win (fake) money from all your friends
and dress like a pimp/pimpstress. because you are one, of course.
food and drinks will be served, and ALL proceeds go to China Education Fund charity.

KASY/CASA Blackout:
When: 9/22, Saturday @ 10pm
Where: Af-Am House
What: Shake it, but not like a polaroid picture:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/polaroid.warns.reut/

guest appearance by fxc SWEET

5. Saturday, October 15, 2005
YALE'S FALL MULTICULTURAL OPEN HOUSE
Registration for students begins at 8:30am followed by a welcome
address/panel (Battell Chapel, 10:00am) and lunch in the residential
college dining halls from 11:30am-1:30pm.

Get to know over 900 prospective applicants for the class of 2010 and let them
know what an awesome school Yale is! Make sure to come by BATTELL CHAPEL at
11:30 to walk over to your dining hall with students and their families,
and also look out for prospective students during the lunch hours on
Saturday, October 15th!
Also, we will be hosting a student reception from 4-5pm in DWIGHT HALL at the end of the day. Have some pastries and snacks and talk to prefrosh.

Thank you for volunteering. Know that a small amount of your time
makes a significant difference in recruiting more students of color to
Yale.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Student Recruitment Coordinators

For more information, please visit www.yale.edu/admit/mrp

Yale Vietnamese Studies Group Presents:

"And I Shall Make of Thee a Great Nation: Vietnamese Catholic Bishops and the Birth of Catholic Vietnam, 1920 - 1945"
Charles Keith

Ph.D. Candidate, History, Yale University
Thursday, October 13, 2005, 4:30 P.M.
LC 204

YVSG brings together both graduate and undergraduate students and faculty across a range of disciplines. The current two-pronged program continues to provide a space for students and scholars to present and workshop their current research. The YVSG also works with the Council on Southeast Asia Studies to invite guest speakers throughout the year. Topics for both student and invited talks span disciplines from history to literature to public health. See below for examples of previous workshop presentations.

See/bookmark http://www.yale.edu/seas/YVSG.htm

The Yale World Fellows Program Presents: 2005 Return to Yale Forum Lectures
60 World Fellows 3 Lectures 1 Night

Thursday, October 20
5:30PM - Sterling Memorial Library & Yale Law School

Gala Reception
7:00PM - Beinecke Rare Book Library

Can We End Poverty in Our Time?
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall

JR Nereus Acosta
Congressman & Vice President of Liberal Party of the Philippines and 2004 World Fellow

Cecilia Barja-Chamas
Director of Human Development for La Paz, Bolivia and 2004 World Fellow

Henry Njoroge
Managing director of UUNET Kenya Ltd., principal business communications provider for Eastern Africa, and 2005 World Fellow

AIDS: Crisis of Sex, Drugs or Culture?
Yale Law School Lecture Hall 120

Khuat Thi Hai Oanh
Vietnam’s leading AIDS policy innovator and 2005 World Fellow

Paul Kwengwere
Former head of ActionAid Malawi and 2004 World Fellow

Emran Razzaghi
Director of Prevention Affairs for Iranian Welfare Organization and 2004 World Fellow

Terrorism: Politics By Other Means?
Yale Law School Auditorium

Bakhodir Ganiev
UNDP Regional Development Strategist for Uzbekistan and 2005 World Fellow

Aboubakr Jamaï
Publisher of Le Journal Hebdomadaire, Morocco’s premier business newspaper, and 2004 World Fellow

Shamit Saggar
Professor of Political Science at University of Sussex, advisor to UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and 2003 World Fellow

International Coffee Hour

Brought to you by:

Yale South Asian Society and South Asian Graduate Association.

Thursday, Oct 20^th,

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Mc Dougal Café in HGS

FREE SOUTH ASIAN FOOD!!!!!

Please join the The Women Faculty Forum,
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and
The Yale World Fellows Program for…

Women’s Leadership Around the Globe

Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 6:00 to 8:00pm
Betts House, 393 Prospect Street

This reception will recognize international women leaders visiting Yale through the World Fellows Program. Honorees will speak about their work and talk with attendees about innovations to further gender equality around the world.

Biographical information on the honorees is included below.

For information or to RSVP, contact wff@yale.edu
Open to the Yale Community!
_____

10.

Anne McClintock
"Screwing the System: Sex Work, the Law and Globalization"
Thursday, October 06, 2005; 4:30 PM
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC), Room 101
63 High St.

Roundtable Discussion
Friday, October 07, 2005; 10:30 AM
Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS), Room 105
320 York St.
Light refreshment will be provided

Anne McClintock is the Simone de Beauvoir Professor of English and
Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the
author of Simone de Beauvoir (1990), Olive Shreiner (1991), Imperial
Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest (1995),
and co-editor of Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation and Postcolonial
Perspectives (1997), and Of Race and Queer Sexuality (1999).

Co-sponsored by the English Department and Women's, Gender and
Sexuality Studies

11.

The campaign for financial aid reform is back and in full swing! The Undergraduate Organizing Committee, based off of surveys of over 300 undergrads, developed a new platform for reform (it is attached) and is excited to see Yale implement these changes, most importantly through halving the student contribution portion of financial aid. But this can only be accomplished through your active participation in the campaign. Attached are letters to the members of the Corporation (the board that runs Yale). There are six versions of the letter. Please choose one, fill it out and sign it with your signature, printed name and college/class year. Please take the platforms and the letters to your individual group meetings and ask your members to sign them. Please contact marissa.levendis@yale.edu to turn in the letters (by 10/20). If you would like me or someone else from the UOC to come talk to your group, please also let me know. Finally, there will be a rally on Thursday, 10/27 at 5:00pm to send off the students who will be travelling the next day to New York to personally deliver the letters to the members of the corporation. Join us in reshaping the face of Yale and making it more accessible and sustainable for students from all backgrounds. Questions? marissa.levendis@yale.edu

12.

emacs!

13. What’s the purpose of a Yale Education?

What's the Purpose of a Yale Education? A Forum on Gender, Education, and
Career in response to the NY Times
Wednesday, October 19
12:30 to 1:30pm, Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211

Louise Story, New York Times Journalist
Peter Salovey, Dean of Yale College
Meg Urry, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Margaret Doherty, Yale College '07
Nels Ylitola, Yale Law School '07

In response to the recent article "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career
Path to Motherhood," this panel addresses the accuracy of the article's
conclusions. In addition to the "truth of the trend," we ask what beliefs
and opinions are part of the decision of young privileged and educated
women to seemingly give-up that privilege to be "only"
stay-at-home-moms? From a gendered perspective, how might today's young
male students re-think "traditional" family roles?

Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center, School of Medicine
Yale University
310 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-432-9935
FAX: 203-432-9945
E-mail: sandra.bishop@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/bushcenter

14.

Asia Society invites you to a film and panel discussion:

Muslims or Heretics?

A documentary by Naeem Mohaiemen
2005, 56 Minutes; Bengali with English subtitles

Thursday, October 20, 2005, 6:30 pm

Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York City

This event will address the contentious issues of religion and politics, and the role of the state in nascent democracies where civil rights boundaries are being newly established. These freedoms can often prove fragile when states become embroiled in religious conflict. The documentary Muslim or Heretics? explores the crisis affecting the Ahmadiya community-- a Muslim sect that was banned in Pakistan for following a Prophet after Mohammed, and is currently under attack in Bangladesh. The film looks at how the Ahmadiya issue is a "trojan horse" that masks a larger push to erode religious freedoms in South Asia.

The panelists will explore the conditions that fan extremism, religious or otherwise, and the challenges to building democracy and an open society. They will address whether socio-economic, political and global factors engender extremism, and how state structures may exacerbate religious divides.

Panelists include:

Naeem Mohaiemen, Filmmaker and Digital-media Activist
Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
Shahed Amanulah, Editor of AltMuslim.com (Moderator)

$5 Students w/ ID $7 Members/NGO $10 Nonmembers

Advance registration or ticket purchase is highly recommended. A credit card is required to hold a reservation. Please call the Box Office at 212-517-ASIA, or send complete information by fax at 212-517- 8315, or email: boxo@asiasoc.org

15.

Wednesday, October 12
4:00pm. Narendra Jadhav, Reserve Bank of India, "Changing Contours of the Caste System in India, Religious and Socioeconomic Dimensions." Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street.

Thursday, October 13
12:00pm. Petia Topalova, Yale University, "Trade Liberalization, Child Labor and Schooling: Evidence from India." Room 108, 28 Hillhouse Avenue.

16.

Yale Southeast Asia Studies Seminar Series: “Remembering Devotion: Southeast Asians and the Pilgrimage to Mecca”

With speaker, Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University

When: Wednesday, October 12^th, Noon

Where: Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

For Abstract and Speaker bio, see http://www.yale.edu/seas/ETagliacozzo.htm

“Changing Contours of the Caste System in India”

October 12, 4:00 PM. Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center.

DR. NARENDRA JADHAV, Chief Economist and Principal Adviser at the Department of Economic Analysis and Policy of the Reserve Bank of India and author of the Indian bestseller “Untouchable,” will talk about the religious and social economic dimensions of the caste system and his family’s struggle for equality and justice in India.

Sponsored by the South Asian Studies Council.

For more info, contact south.asia@yale.edu.

17.

Unsure about where to go if you're sexually assaulted at Yale? Unclear
about the University's resources for students? Come to RSVP's Forum on
Rape Sexual Harrassment and find out!

October 11, 7:30 pm. "When NO fails: What to do if you are sexually
assaulted at Yale."

A panel discussion sponsored by Rape and Sexual
Violence Prevention (RSVP) and Yale University Health Services.
Panelists include representatives from Yale-New Haven Hospital, the
Sexual Harrassment Grievance Board, Walden, Consent, and Mental Hygiene,

Come to learn about rape, Yale's policies towards rape and sexual
assualt, and ask our experts questions. LC 102.

18.

To commemorate 100 year anniversary of the great Chinese composer, XIAN Xinghai's birthday, and to present Chinese music and art to Yale community, Yale Chinese Chorus and other Chinese Chorus groups in Connecticut and Boston are joining together (to form New England Chinese Choral Society), will perform "Yellow River Cantata" concert and other Chinese music. Several Chinese vocal artists and musician, including those from Yale, will also perform in the concert. The first show, as part of the 5th Chinese Arts Festival in Boston, was presented to Boston community on 10/1 at Jordan Hall. It was a great success, and in response to the strong demand, there will be a second show on 10/30 at Jordan Hall.

"Yellow River Cantata" is an 8 movement masterpiece of one of the greatest composer in modern Chinese history and the most treasured work in Chinese choral art. Stirring and beautiful, it combines the techniques of modern music and the style of Chinese folk songs to depict the bravura of Yellow River boatmen, the lament of a broken-hearted widow, and the joyful camaraderie of villagers, even though the theme of cantata was related to the Chinese people’s resolve to defend their country against the Japanese invaders during WWII. This brilliant work has been performed by many groups of choral societies around world, Chinese or otherwise, including several in north east of American. New York Choral Society, Newton Choral Society and many others have presented this masterpiece at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Hall in Boston and other prestigious concert installations in the past few years.

I think this will be a great opportunity for us to join together for a big event. Although the theme of the Chorus is WWII related, the music is great, and the first half of the show will be Chinese folk music.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call me at 737-2982.

Thank you for your attention and looking forward to you response soon.

Charles Lu

19.

Exhibit Featuring First Native American Yale Graduate,
Henry Roe Cloud

Greetings,
Many of you may have already visited the Henry Roe Cloud exhibit currently on display at Sterling Memorial Library, but in case you have not, I wanted to make sure to highlight it.

Henry Roe Cloud was Yale's first Native American graduate who went on to be one of the most recognized American Indian educators of the early 20th century.

I visited the exhibit this past weekend and found it to be incredibly fascinating as it includes original photographs and documents once belonging to Henry Roe Cloud. His hand written letters are especially interesting.

I encourage all of you to drop by Sterling and take a look! The exhibit is located to the right of the circulation desk (opposite the elevators to leading to the stacks) and will be on display until October 14th.

Yale will be celebrating Henry Roe Cloud and his accomplishments this November as we are approaching the 100th anniversary of his matriculation at Yale. I hope you will be able to join us for the celebration ahead. More information on the November events will be available soon.

Best,
Dean Garcia

C. Events off Campus

OUT FOR BUSINESS OCT 7-8

http://www.outforbusiness.com/

Have you ever wondered if banking and consulting companies are good places to work for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people?

What about how comfortable you’d feel being open about your sexual orientation and/or gender identity in a corporate environment?

Have you worried being GLBT could hurt your candidacy or career advancement?
The second annual Out for Undergraduate Business Conference in New York will help GLBT undergraduate students learn how other "out" professionals have dealt with these same issues. Panelists will share insider knowledge about if, when, and how to come out in different professional situations, as well as strategies they’ve used to investigate companies’ GLBT policies before joining a new organization.

The conference will also serve as a high-impact recruiting pipeline into investment banking and management consulting. The program will help participants:

• Build fundamental business knowledge crucial to the interview process
• Polish resume and interview skills
• Network with "out" professionals and students from other schools
The Conference will be held on October 7-8 in New York. Scholarships to cover travel expenses and lodging are available for exceptional applicants. There will be opportunities to socialize with students from other schools and professionals from the companies at cocktail parties, receptions, and a Saturday entertainment event. The $35 conference registration fee includes all conference meals, an event t-shirt, a finance and consulting interview guide (from Vault), and all panels/modules.

Committee of 100 Mentoring Breakfast

Saturday, Nov 5th, 2005 on Boston, MA

Breakfast and Conversation with some of today's

Most Prominent Asian Pacific Americans

Apply now to converse directly with accomplished Asian Americans ranging from a variety of fields including academia, fashion, venture capital, and marketing, and management!

Mentors include:

Lily Lee Chen - Former Mayor, Monterey Park, CA
Carolyn S. Chin - Former Vice President of IBM, Citibank, & Reuters America
Herman Li - Founder & Chairman of C&L Restaurant Group Inc.
Jenny Ming - President of Old Navy
Savio Tung - Managing Director of Investcorp International Inc.
Shing-Tung Yau - Fields Medal Award Winner, Harvard University

Hear a keynote speech by one of the most successful Chinese American businessmen in the world!

Dr. Victor Fung
Chairman, Li & Fung Group

Founded in Canton (now Guangzhou), the PRC in 1906, the Li & Fung Group is a multinational group of companies headquartered in Hong Kong operating three distinct core businesses - export trading, retailing and distribution. The Li & Fung Group has a total staff force of over 12,000 worldwide and includes major subsidiaries in Trading, Distribution and Retailing, including publicly listed Li & Fung Limited, Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited and Convenience Retail Asia.

For more information, please see attached file and visit our website at www.committee100.org

For registration, please visit our registration page at www.acteva.com/go/committee100

I would like to invite you and the members of your club to the

Connecticut College Asian/Asian American Student Association's

(CCASA) Tenth Diwali Dinner. Diwali is the single largest student-run

event at Connecticut College and it consists of a fully catered

indian buffet dinner, followed by a spectacular South Asian dance

performance. This is the College's most popular event and tickets

usually sell-out in a matter of hours.

This year CCASA has expanded the event to two nights, to accommodate

an audience of over 600, and it features over 100 student/faculty and

staff performers. The performance features music and dance from all

over South Asia, including Bollywood music, Fusion, and Bhangra --

and is supported by a state-of-the-art lighting and sound system.

Diwali Dinner will take place on Friday and Saturday November 4 & 5,

at 6:30pm, and tickets cost $10 for students.

Following the Saturday night performance we will hold a 'Diwali After- party' in which all participants, guests, and college students are

invited back to the performance venue - for a rocking Desi party.

This party is free for everyone -- and should be a lot of fun.

We really hope that you and members of your club might be interested

in coming to this event. If so please let us know so that we can

reserve tickets for you (as they sell-out very quickly). If you can

get a group of 10 people together we can reserve an entire table for

you. Also i'm sure we could arrange places for you guys to stay if

you don't want to drive back on Saturday night (and you don't mind

crashing on a couch).

Also, if you would forward this to any other groups at Yale that may

be interested in our event, that would be greatly appreciated.

Take care,

David Owyang

Co-Chair, CCASA

http://ccasa.conncoll.edu

The Second International Conference on Gender Equity Education in the
Asia-Pacific Region will be held at the Hong Kong Institute of Education,
22-24 June 2006. Proposals for papers, panels or workshops and demonstrations
from the members of your department are invited. I would be most grateful if
you would be kind enough to forward this email to the staff, postgraduate
students and any other members of your department.

Thank you very much in advance for your attention and help.

Organizing Committee of the Gender Equity Education Conference
Hong Kong Institute of Education

Challenges and Possibilities in Gender Equity Education:
The Second International Conference in the Asia-Pacific Region
June 22-24, 2006
Hong Kong Institute of Education, Taipo, Hong Kong

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Second International Conference on Gender Equity Education in the
Asia-Pacific Region will be held at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, 22
¡V 24 June 2006. This follows from the huge success of the First International
Conference hosted by National Taiwan University in December, 2004. You are
invited to attend this conference on the ¡¥Challenges and Possibilities in
Gender Equity Education¡¦.

In an era where the forces of globalization continuously restructure the
educational landscape, and where great social transformations in men¡¦s and
women¡¦s lives are witnessed, we are committed to upholding and enhancing the
principle of gender equity in education ¡V a global core value.

In this conference, scholars, educators, programme administrators,
non-governmental organization representatives and students from different
countries in the Asia-Pacific region are brought together to share their
thoughts, research findings and experiences on issues related to gender equity
education, as well as any emerging strategies and pedagogies that we can learn
from each other. In particular, keynote speakers will be invited from the
region to discuss issues concerning sexualities, femininities and
masculinities, curriculum and teaching, education policy and reform,
pedagogies, and citizenship. The conference will provide a forum for the
debate and exchange of research perspectives and practical experiences in the
region, and the exploration into new insights and future directions in the
field of gender equity education. It thus serves to foster professional
development in educational institutions, and to offer venue for networking and
collaboration on gender equity education with professional peers in the
Asia-Pacific region.

The conference program will consist of presentations of papers that address
the theme of the conference, practical sessions for workshops and
demonstrations, as well as a student forum.

Paper proposals are invited under the following or other pertinent sub-themes:

Sexualities, Masculinities and Femininities;
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning;
Science and ICT (Information and Communications Technology);
Education Policy and Reform; Teachers¡¦ Identity;
Violence and Harassment in School;
Body Politics; Feminist Pedagogy;
Media and Popular Culture; Citizenship;
Family; School Leadership and Management;
School Culture and Space.

Papers related to gender equity education in the Asia-Pacific Region,
including those that deal with topics other than these sub-themes, are
welcomed. We also encourage presentations of papers from graduate students
that describe research in progress.

Other than papers, we welcome practitioners and non-governmental organizations
to conduct workshops and demonstrations to share and exchange reflective
and/or practical, hands-on learning experiences from kindergarten to
university level.

Proposals for papers, panels or workshops and demonstrations must be typed and
submitted to arrive on or before 31 November, 2005 by email, facsimile, or
post to the following:

Organizing Committee of the Gender Equity Education Conference
c/o Miss Beatrice Lam
Department of Educational Psychology, Counselling and Learning Needs,
The Hong Kong Institute of Education,
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, The New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fax: (852) 2948-7794 Email: geec@ied.edu.hk

Proposals will be peer reviewed, and notification of acceptance will be sent
by email/post by early January in 2006. Full papers should be submitted on or
before mid April 2006. Do not submit the full paper until acceptance has been
confirmed.

Each proposal should be 300-500 words in length. The title of the
presentation, the name(s) of the presenter(s), the position or title of the
presenter(s), the institution or affiliated organization of the presenter(s),
with its address, and correspondence information must appear in the submitted
document. Presenters should also highlight the desired sub-theme(s) they
expect their submissions to address.

Papers should be submitted in English or Chinese. All proposals will be peer
reviewed anonymously.

General inquiries regarding the conference can be addressed to the Organizing
Committee of the Gender Equity Education Conference by email or by phone
(852-2948-8562). Further information will be found on the conference website
by the end of November.

Lehman Brothers Asia will giving a presentation followed by a

reception at our New York office on October 17.  The Asia team would

like to reach out to those who are interested in coming out to Asia so

could we trouble you to forward on these invites to relevant clubs or

friends please? We understand that Yale is not exactly a few blocks

away from NYC. Just thought we'll extend the invitation to you and

just in case some of you might happen to be in the City.

http://www.lehman.com/events/2005Corp/asiajapanpres1017b.html

RSVP TO AsiaRoadshow@Lehman.com if you are interested in going!

D. Scholarship, Fellowship, & Internship Information

SUBJECT: TIME Magazine Request for sources

I am a reporter with TIME Magazine looking for
sources. I'm working on a story about Asian-Americans
between the ages of 20 and 40 whose parents immigrated
here after October 1965, when Congress passed a
landmark immigration law that loosened decades-old
restrictions on Asians. I would like to talk to you
about your experiences growing up in America. Among
the subjects I'd like to discuss are: education and
career; marriage and relationships; and religion-all
relating to your family and your family's
expectations. I'm especially interested in stories
where your parents had one goal for you while you
fought for another (ie, dad wanted you to become a
doctor; you wanted to become a
teacher/artist/entrepreneur).

You must be:

*Born in the U.S. between 1965 and 1985
*Born to educated Asians who came over after October
1965

Also, ideally I would like to talk to people who were
raised outside of a big city-where you were perhaps
one of the few Asian children in your class or
subdivision.

If interested, please send me a brief note explaining
who you are, what you're doing now and whether or not
your parents might be willing to comment on record to
my email address at
Kristin_kloberdanz@timemagazine.com Please include
your contact information. My deadline is October 10.

Many thanks,

Kristin

[Subject line:] D. E. Shaw Group Interviews Oct. 24; Apply by Oct. 11

The D. E. Shaw group invites all interested Yale students to apply for positions with the firm. We currently have openings in our algorithmic trading and technology ventures businesses, including roles in quantitative analysis, software development, trading, computational chemistry, computer architecture, systems administration, finance, accounting and business development.

Please log on to Yale eRecruiting (https://yale.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp) by October 11 to apply for the securities trader, quantitative analyst, software developer, computer sysadmin, junior networking engineer and generalist associate positions. On-campus interviews will take place October 24. For all other positions, you may also apply anytime by sending a resume and cover letter to jobs@deshaw.com.

The D. E. Shaw group is an investment and technology development firm. Since 1988 we've grown into a number of closely related entities with approximately US $17 billion in aggregate capital by hiring smart people from a wide range of backgrounds and letting them implement-and manage-what they invent. We welcome candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, including computer science, electrical engineering, math, finance, accounting, liberal arts and the humanities. And we look for talent in more unusual places as well. Current employees include a recent U.S. Women's Chess Champion, a Jeopardy! winner, a former World Foosball Champion, a Bridge Bronze Life Master, a member of the famed MIT Blackjack team and winners of more than 20 International Math Olympiad medals. More than 10% of current staff are published authors in genres ranging from academic papers to memoirs and mystery novels. Our working environment is intense but surprisingly casual. We provide unusual opportunities for growth. And we compensate extraordinary people extraordinarily well.

We look forward to seeing you at our Information Session.

Sincerely,

Strategic Growth

The D. E. Shaw group

Get Paid to Translate

Interpreting Assignments

We are an Interpreters and Translators Agency located in Connecticut. We specialize in languages of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

Currently we are looking for TAGALOG Interpreters and Translators.

We are constantly on the lookout for freelance translators and interpreters in languages from these areas. The person has to be fluent in English as well as the target language and must have clear diction and a professional presentation. Because of the limited availability of such work we are unable to offer permanent or part-time positions but we do offer freelance interpreting and translation assignments as they become available. These assignments pay quite well and a transportation allowance as well as travel time is also compensated.

If you know of someone who meets the above requirements and is interested in being listed on our roster of interpreters, and earn some extra money without affecting their current career or education plans, please ask them to send their background information to the address below, or pass on our contact information to them so that we can start the relatively simple process of adding them to our roster.

Thank you for your assistance.

Contact Information:

P. J. Kamani
Office Systems of Conn, Inc.
750 Main Street - Suite 1010
Hartford, CT 06103
Tel: (860) 883-0102
Fax: (860) 656-6197

Email: officesys@abc-ls.com

Come hear about the experiences of two Teach For America and Yale alumni from

the first year of the organization's existence.

Tuesday, October 11

7:30-8:30

LC 101

Iris Chen YC '90 serves as Teach For America?s New York City Executive

Director and is charged with leading the organization?s expansion across the

city. Since assuming the role in May 2003, Iris has more than tripled the New

York City corps to 800 as of this fall, and grown the funding base and staff in

turn. She graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, and also earned her MBA

from Harvard Business School, where she was awarded the Horace W. Goldsmith

Fellowship for nonprofit leadership. After completing the Coro Fellows Program

in 1993-94, Chen joined Teach For America?s national staff, serving in several

positions including director of public affairs and vice president of program, a

role in which she was responsible for designing and executing the

organization?s program strategy across Teach For America?s then 13 regions.

While with Teach For America, Chen helped launch a spin-off organization called

TEACH!, predecessor organization to The New Teacher Project, which advises

school districts on creative solutions to teacher recruitment and training

challenges. Chen first came to Teach For America in 1990 as a charter corps

member in New York City. She taught fourth and fifth graders for three years at

P.S. 307 in Brooklyn.

Nancy Exumé YC '90 was part of Teach For America?s First Corps in New York

City. In 1992, she was recognized as Teacher of the Year by her school

district. Afterwards, she devoted one year to establishing an academic-based

summer program for Harlem RBI (Reviving Baseball in the Inner-cities). Nancy

then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where she received the

distinction of Ritter Scholar by the UVA faculty. She worked for The Legal

Aid Society in New Jersey for two years before entering into private practice.

She is now a partner at Coleman Law Firm in New York and New Jersey. Nancy

practices litigation and employment law, focusing on all matters pertaining to

terminations, including employment discrimination matters.

Youth Culture Tour to Taiwan:
The Tsunah Foundation has launched its Seventh Youth Culture
Tour to Taiwan program. This is a great opportunity for young
Taiwanese Americans who were born and/or grew up outside of Taiwan to
get to know more about their motherland. I hope you or your children
or your friends will enroll in this wonderful program, and please
forward this information to your friends and your local Taiwanese
American communities.
The highlights of the program are listed below.
Â· The cost is $700 per person.
Â· The total tour lasts eleven days (12/22/05-1/1/06).
Â· There is a scholarship program for the participants.
This year's program begins with a general introduction to Taiwan,
including its history, culture, people, society, and political
environment. The group will stay in the Tsunah's dormitory facility in
the beautiful Ilan County for the first three days. Then, the group
will tour the east coast and the southern part of Taiwan, and Taipei,
visiting sites of historical and cultural interest, and having some
fun at the same time.
Please log in to the web site, www.taiwancenter.com/tsunah for
detailed information, and to download the application form.
The deadline for the enrollment is October 31, 2005. However, it is
strongly recommended that interested people registers as soon as
possible due to limited availability. The airline ticket is also
becoming increasingly difficult to find after September due to peak
traveling season during the holidays.

The Tsunah Foundation was founded in March 1991. Its roots,
however, extend back further to a tragedy in 1980, when Mr. and Mrs.
Lin I-Hsiung and Su-Min lost their mother, Lin-Yu Ah-Mei,
and their twin daughters, Lien Chiun and Tin Chiun, to a politically
motivated assassination. Soon after Mr. Lin was released from the
political imprisonment, Mr. and Mrs. Lin were exiled from Taiwan. Out
of the depths of their grief for their loved ones and for their
separation from their homeland, Mr. and Mrs. Lin found new life and
new hope, for themselves and for Taiwan. Eleven years later, the
establishment of the Tsunah Foundation in Taiwan was and remains today
their expression of that hope. The Tsunah Foundation has two
missions: (1) to promote the values of empathy, love and respect for
all people, and (2) to promote cultural activities and foster the
development of a community of culturally enlightened, caring Taiwanese
citizens.