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Melody Tsai, Co-President, melodyts@usc.edu
Maddie Chavez, Co-President, mfchavez@usc.edu
Hello E1ers!
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Kevin Chang, Farmer's Market Chair, kchachang@gmail.com
Hi Fellow E1'ers! We'll be having the first farmer's market of the semester on November 6th in McCarthy Quad. There will be a cornucopia of autumnal goodness - squash, pears, apples! To make this event happen, we're going to need your help! There are two ways in which you can help: pre-bagging the produce into 1 pound bags in the morning before the market, or manning the actual booths during the afternoon.
Pre-bagging will take place between 6-10AM, and the actual market will run from about 11:30AM-5PM. We'll be passing around a sign-in sheet at our meeting, so please check your calendars ahead of time to figure out when you can help out. Please don't feel like you have to stay for the entire duration...any time you can put in will help. Thanks!
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Check these out this week!
~ PSA Weekly Soapbox ~
The election is right around the corner and it seems like the whole country is holding its breath and waiting… Who will be the next president? What's going to happen to our economy? Will there be a job for me once I graduate? However, there is good news! While you wait, PSA has some awesome events to keep you busy… but first, our weekly dose of political untruths, courtesy of your presidential candidates and Factcheck.org:
The McCain campaign has taken to calling Obama's tax credits "welfare." McCain himself is proposing refundable tax credits of up to $2,500 a year for individuals, or $5,000 for families, as part of his health care plan. He calls it tax "reform."
The Obama campaign claims that McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare spending and to reduce benefits. The fact is that McCain has never proposed to cut Medicare benefits, or Medicaid benefits either.
Some political treats for you this week:
MONDAY, OCT.27
Bike in Solidarity for Immigrant Rights!
11:30am-1:00pm, meet at the Finger Fountain and bike to Olvera Street Plaza
Join over 100 hunger strikers at La Placita Olvera to inspire a historic movement of 1,000,000 people to pledge to vote for immigrant rights. For more information, contact Shirley at aldanasc@usc.edu
Organized by the Student Coalition Against Labor Expoitation
Race, Inequality, and the Propositions:
Drugs, Police, Prisons, and Redistricting
12PM, VKC 152
Learn about CA Propositions 5, 6, 9, and 11 from representatives of community organizations. Free food!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.
Sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly, and a whole lot of other organizations
Asian Pacific American Identity Politics
Doheny Intellectual Commons, 7PM
Why aren't there more Asian Americans on television? How do you relate to portrayals of Asian Americans in the media? Featuring: Professor Houston and student David Yi, staff for Asian American magazine, KoreAm. Free food!
Sponsored by APASA and Academic Culture Assembly
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29
Campaign Lunch Series: Time to Choose
ACB 238, 1PM
The last in the brown-bag lunch series about campaign issues.
Sponsored by the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, Students for John McCain, and Students for Barack Obama
Witches, Women, and Violence
Doheny Intellectual Commons, 6PM
A panel discussion on witches in history and contemporary society, and how perceptions of witches relate to violence against women. Free food!
Sponsored by WSA
THURSDAY, OCT. 30
Red States, Blue States, and the State of the Race:
What to look for on Election Night
USC Law Faculty Lounge, 3PM
Refreshments provided.
Sponsored by the Unruh Institute.
Innovation Series: Progressive Christian Culture
Doheny Intellectual Commons, 6PM
With the rising conflicts in belief between post-modern and traditional Christian churches, how can we understand the differences? How do these differences integrate with the Christian sub-culture in America? What does traditional Christianity stand for, and how does it cultivate a Christian worldview applicable to the modern world?
Free tamales!
Sponsored by the Academic Culture Assembly
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.
VoteSCount Concert!
Feat. Common
The Knux
McCarthy Quad, 8PM
No explanation needed… In addition to the music, there will be informational booths about some of the presidential candidates and issues on the ballot, plus food, and more!
Next week:
TUESDAY, NOV. 4
ELECTION DAY:
GO VOTE! No, seriously… VOTE!!!
Election Watch
Annenberg East Lobby, 5PM onwards
Watch the election returns as they come in on multiple channels, participate in discussions with professors and other experts, and eat some free food!
Sponsored by the Annenberg School for Communication, the Unruh Institute, USC Democrats, USC Republicans, USC Students for John McCain, and USC Students for Barack Obama
Peace, Love, and Voting,
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E1 Calendar Overview
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Meeting @ 6pm in VKC 111
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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