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You can work for Baltimore's Scariest Attraction, "Bennett's Curse"! Now hiring haunted house actors for the month of October! Email Allan Bennett at allan@bennettscurse.com for more information and check out http://www.bennettscurse.com.
Food, prizes, freebies and most of all a great time all October long!!!
This opportunity is being shared with you by the UMBC Office of Student Life.
Members of the UMBC community speak out against violence. Pick up information and your purple ribbon and bracelet and sign-up to wear a VICTIM sash on October 17th. Voices Against Violence, UHS, the Counseling Center, and the Aikido club with provide information about relationship violence, support, and safety.
Visit Main Street in the Commons from 11 am - 2 pm to support the day!
Join HLSU for El Encuentro, a night of dance, discussion and networking in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Thursday, October 4th, 8 pm- 10 pm, Flat Tuesdays lower level.
A chance to practice your French while listening to one of the most dynamic forms of World Music on Monday, October 8, 2007, 12:00 p.m. in ACIV 145. Come out for music and conversation!!
The UMBC Men's soccer team opens America East Conference on Saturday, Oct. 6 when they play Stony Brook. Kick-off time is 1:00 p.m. at UMBC Soccer Stadium. All students are admitted free with ID. Come out and UMBC Sports!!
The workshop will be an introduction to the Bridge Technique, a technique used to help groups address problems and develop ways to correct or overcome those problems. Participants will take part in a discussion using the same techniques employed by the Leadership Consultants in personal consultations with student organizations.
Dates: October 15 and 18th 2:30-4pm in Commons 331 Room
National Society of Black Engineers presents Get Yo' Money Right:Financial Concepts for Wealth Building. A representative from World Financial Group will be giving an educational seminar in order to make your money work for you! Contact nsbe.umbc.pres@gmail.com for more information!!
It's Homecoming Time! From October 18-21 this year we will be celebrating Homecoming with some fantastic events.
Thursday 10/18: Join us on Erickson Field for a Bonfire and BBQ followed by Transformers on the outdoor screen. All is free and all are welcome.
Friday 10/19: Ice Cream and Fireworks on Erickson field at dark, followed by a free Student Talent Show in the UC Ballroom at 9:30pm.
Saturday 10/20: Jim Gaffigan in the RAC at 8pm. Get your $10 tickets at the Commons Info Desk.
Students: are you interested in losing weight or avoiding the freshman 15?
Get help with nutrition, weight management, and developing a healthy
living plan at University Health Services! Schedule a free meeting with
the health behavior change specialist by emailing Thais1@umbc.edu or
calling (410)455-8408.
Members of the UMBC community speak out against violence. Pick up information and your purple ribbon and bracelet and sign-up to wear a VICTIM sash on October 17th. Voices Against Violence, UHS, the Counseling Center, and the Aikido club with provide information about relationship violence, support, and safety.
Sponsored by the French Area of Modern Languages and Linguistics presents The Language Calls to Me: Maintenance and Loss of French Among the Franco-Americans of the Northeast . Sociolinguist Cynthia Fox will be speaking, Thursday, October 11, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. in Commons 331 .
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Join the UMBC community as we recognize and celebrate the many contributions of people with disabilities to our workforce and society at large. For more information on upcoming educational opportunities for this month, contact mosaic@umbc.edu.
National Coming Out Day - UMBC Freedom Alliance Sponsored Events
Oct. 8 - 12, 2007
10/8 -- Candelight Vigil at the Library Pond. In remembrance of hate victims
10/8 -- "Mom, Dad, I think I'm straight!", Flat Tuesday's, The Commons
10/9-10/10 -- Info. Table, Commons Mainstreet
10/11 -- "Come out of our 'Closet'!", Commons Mainstreet
10/12 -- Multicultural Gay Dance Party!, Commons Game Room, 8 - 11:30 pm
October is LGBT History Month. Join the UMBC Community as we recognize and celebrate the many contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to our world history and society at large. For more information about LGBT History Month and programs for the month, contact mosaic@umbc.edu.
Earn $25
The Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC) in the Information Systems Department is looking for participants for the 2nd phase study of a research project "Informal Note Taking on Mobile Devices". This project has been approved by the IRB with the approval number of YO8AS12017. The experiment will take no more than 2 and half hours spread over 3 sessions in 2 consecutive days. The first session will be about 90 minutes with 2 follow-up sessions of approximately 15 minutes each. At the last session participants will be paid $25 in cash for their time and effort.
Participants should NOT have Graffiti 2 experience and have NOT been involved in our previous studies of this project. If you meet the requirements, please contact Liwei Dai (email: liweid1@umbc.edu; office phone: 410-455-3956) of your preferred time slots and contact methods. The experiment will be conducted in the ITE building, room 443.
Your participation is very important for our research and will be highly appreciated!
To celebrate the 2007 football season, The Student Events Board will be
hosting a football fest on Saturday, Nov. 3. from 12-5pm. There will be
free food, large inflatable games, and other fun activities.
The event will also consist of a 7 on 7 flag football tournament between
student organizations. Our goal is to find several representatives of
different student groups to participate in the tournament. Winners will
receive prizes. If any student organizations are interested in playing in
the event, please contact Brandon McClary at mcclary1@umbc.edu or stop by
the SEB office (Commons B210) on Tue. or Thursday between 1 and 3pm.
*Love Fest 2007: National Love Your Body Day*
Thursday October 18, 11am - 4 pm; Women's Center (Commons 004)
Join the Women's Center and Media & Communication Studies for a day of
celebrating women's bodies and responding to negative images and
portrayals of women's bodies in the media. The day's events will
include some fun, some education and some activism. Healthy Snacks,
Distribution of the Women's Collective "positive body image zine" and
fun activities throughout the day.
Presentations thoughout the day include:
11 am: Kacie Smith discusses "Swiss Magazines and Representations of Women"
12:30pm: Film by Jacqueline Little, '06 "Women and Body Hair: An
Intimate Relationship"
2pm: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt discusses "Black Hair and Body Politics"
Attention: are you trying to quit smoking? University Health Services
offers FREE nicotine replacement options and counseling!
Email: Thais1@umbc.edu for more information.
Love to Sing? Come Audition for a UMBC All-Female A Cappella Group!
Tuesday, October 16 2007
6:00 PM Room 332, The Commons
Webb Lecture
"Ideologies of Empires: The British Case and its American Echoes"
"Is the United States an empire? This question has generated a fierce
debate in recent years, a debate that hinges in part on how an empire
explains and justifies its role in the world. Dane Kennedy, Elmer Louis
Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at George
Washington University, will examine the ideologies of empire that shaped
the British imperial experience and consider the extent to which
parallels can be found in contemporary America. Sponsors: The
Department of History and the Dresher Center for the Humanities.
The lecture will be held October 17th at 4:00 p.m. on the Albin O. Kuhn Library , 7th
floor. For more information, contact the Department of History at x52312.
The UMBC Mama's Boys will be hosting its first big concert of the year. Also performing will be the UMBC Cleftomaniacs, the Faux Paz from College Park, the Treblemakers from Drexel, Interchorus from St. Mary's, and BellACappella from Mary Washington. Come out and enjoy a night of awesome a cappella music! Admission is free!
Saturday, Novemeber 3, 2007 6:45pm - 9:00pm
ITE Building, Lecture Hall VII
Student Government Asssociation (SGA) will be hosting a fireworks show. On October 19th after sundown. Note: All cars need to be removed from the upper level and the ramp prior to 7am on the 19th!! Cars not removed will be towed at the owners expense!!
The UMBC Aikido Club will be hosting a second Women's Self Defense Seminar on
October 21st from 12-2 in the RAC fitness studio. It will be a class focusing
on defense and escape techniques in attack situations taught by an accredited
Women's Self Defense Instructor, Dr. Scott Sobel. It is a free seminar and no
pre-event sign-up.
If missed the first one, now is your chance to learn, and if you attended the
first one, come again to reinforce what you learned last week.
If you have questions please email timo3@umbc.edu.
Thursday, November 1st; 4 - 5:30 p.m. in Kuhn Library, 214 (The Honors
College and Dresher Center Lounge). Sponsored by UMBC’s Dresher Center
for the Humanities and the Department of English
The purpose of this group is to engage with a variety of Shakespeare’s
texts. The group will read specific texts, discuss them, play with them.
Readers of all levels and experience are welcome. Please arrive with
something to say about /Othello/ and a scene you'd like to hear aloud.
Please bring a copy of the play with you (complete texts available
online at
will decide the play to read for the next.
For further information or to convey interest, please contact Dr. Robin
Farabaugh rfarabau@umbc.edu, Dr. Gail Orgelfinger orgelfin@umbc.edu,
or Dr. Michele Osherow at mosherow@umbc.edu.
Chemistry is Everywhere! National Chemistry Week will be celebrated on campus October 22 - 26. On October 23 and 24, there will be a chemistry themed guessing contest, bake sale, make your own slime and give-a-ways! Look for the American Chemical Society Student Affliates outside of the Commons!
Come, join us for the UMBC Good Neighbor Commuter Week Kick-off and community day!!
We have raffles, door prizes, balloon artist, music and much more fun on Oct 29th at Commons Mainstreet 12-2 pm. Also pizza with the police at flat Tuesdays and lots of other events throughout the week. Everyone Welcome!
To celebrate the 2007 football season, The Student Events Board will be
hosting a football fest on Saturday, Nov. 3. from 12-5pm. There will be
free food, large inflatable games, and other fun activities.
The event will also consist of a 7 on 7 flag football tournament between
student organizations. Our goal is to find several representatives of
different student groups to participate in the tournament. Winners will
receive prizes. If any student organizations are interested in playing in
the event, please contact Brandon McClary at mcclary1@umbc.edu or stop by
the SEB office (Commons B210) on Tue. or Thursday between 1 and 3pm.
October 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
BWtech Research Park (off UMBC Drive)
Members of the UMBC community with an interest in environmental or Earth science are invited to an open house at the new USGS Water Science Center adjacent to campus. Information on scientific projects and internship/career opportunities with the USGS will be presented through posters, exhibits, and demonstrations.
There are many events taking place between October 25 through October 31. The events can be found on the Ancient Studies Web page, umbc.edu/ancs. We have a guest speaker from Phi Beta Kappa, Roger Bagnall who will speak on topics related Ancient Greece. Students will report on summer excavations. Matthew Amt, a re-enactor will do a presentation on Roman Warfare. These events are also sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Assocation.
You're invited to the Arab Student Union's biggest event of the year, the 2nd annual 1001 Arabian Nights. Saturday, October 27th @ 9pm - 1:30am in UC Ballroom. Dress up and enjoy a night of food & dance featuring plenty of arabic and club music presented by DJ Yallah (www.DJYALLAH.com).
Tickets:
$1 (UMBC Students, commons desk)
$5 (non-UMBC Students, at the door)
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