Kickstart

by Srivani Narra (10-03-2008)

Three weeks into taking charge as the Executive Council of CSGSC, we are all set to go. We already had a few events which were pretty successful. The Donut Hour sponsored by CSGSC served yummy pizza and kickstarted the Donut Hour season for this semester. Following that we had another Donut Hour sponsored by the Secure Systems Lab and they brought scrumptious donuts and soda. We also had a pizza-and-signup event with the RA union which turned out great.

Our agenda for the rest of the semester is to bring grad students together and have fun as a group. We have a lot of events lined up this semester.

  • First and foremost - we want to make Donut Hours a regular affair. We are actively looking for sponsors, please write to us if you wish to host a Donut Hour. Hosting a Donut Hour is super-easy and a LOT of fun. We are here to help you out with the logistics.
  • We are also working on organizing some fun events along-side Donut Hours like rapid chess, poker, TT tournaments. We may even have something for you as early as next week! We are open to suggestions and would love to hear from you.
  • We want to create a public forum for grad students to interact with each other. Whether it is something you want to sell/buy, or need to get help with your project, or need to find a partner to play squash at 7PM this evening, or just plain rant/rave - we want to setup a forum for us to do just that. Mailing-lists and newsgroups are some initial thoughts. Any new ideas are welcome.

If there is some event that you'd like organized or some issue that you'd like addressed - please talk/write to us. If nothing else we are a fun bunch to hang out with. We meet every Thursday at 4:30PM in the CS Lobby.

This week's Donut Hour is being sponsored by SPLAT lab. They are serving freshly baked cookies and tea. Enjoy!