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Boston Chinese Sichuan Benefit Concert
(5/25/2008)
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Boston Chinese Sichuan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert
Time: Sunday May 25th, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm
Location: Kresge Auditorium (W16)
Ticket Price: $25 per person ($10 student price)
Contact: Jia, Xiaoting (xjia@mit.edu)
The disastrous earthquake in Sichuan and its neighboring provinces have taken away lives of more than 40000 our fellow Chinese people. In addition, more than 245,000 people have been found insured so far. From May 19th to May 21st, Chinese people all over the world are observing the National Mourning Days to the victims during the earthquake. Our hearts and thoughts are with our fellow Chinese people.
While we are all mourning for the tremendous loss from the disaster, we all want to do our best to help the relief effort in our motherland. On Sunday May 25th, 2008, nearly 100 Chinese community organizations and individuals in Greater Boston will join hands and hearts with the people of China to provide assistance through a benefit concert. The entire proceeds from the concert will be donated to the earthquake relief efforts.
Tickets are available to all members of the MIT community. To reserve your seat, please send an email to Jia Xiaoting (xjia@mit.edu) at your earliest convenient time and pay for the ticket at the front door when the concert starts. Ticket price is $25 each.
Let抯 work together for our motherland. Please show your support by attending this concert, and urge others to join you.
MIT CSSA
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Olympics and Tibet (talk)
(5/6/2008)
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US-China Relations: Olympics and Tibet?
A lecture by Professor Ling-Chi Wang,
Professor Emeritus, Asian American Studies, UC Berkeley
Time: 6:00pm, May 6th (Tuesday)
Location: 54-100
Refreshments will be served.
With the recent protests and counter-protests en route the Olympic torch relay, there has been mounting criticism of the Chinese government from the Western public. Agendas of the criticizers range from environmentalism, press freedom, Darfur, to skyrocketing commodity prices and the global food shortage crisis. In particular, China's policy in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) takes center stage. Might there be a disconnect between the East and the West on China's social and political development?
Come to this talk to explore the question further...
In this talk, Professor Wang will examine recent events related to the use of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the torch relay by Western countries, and specifically the U.S., to shape and engage China on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues. He will also talk on the emerging role of Chinese in the U.S. in this context.
Professor Ling-Chi Wang was born in Xiamen of Fujian Province, China in 1938, received his undergraduate education in music and philosophy at Hope College ('61), and graduate education in ancient Semitic languages and literature at Princeton Seminary, University of Chicago, and University of California, Berkeley. In 1969, instead of his original plan to teach ancient Semitic languages, he participated in the creation and development of the interdisciplinary field at Berkeley now known as "Ethnic Studies". He specialized in the history of Chinese and Asian minorities in the US and extended his research interests to Overseas Chinese studies and US-China relations.
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Uproar in Lhasa (talk)
(4/23/2008)
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Uproar in Lhasa -- Searching for Common Ground
Time: 6:00pm, April 23rd (Wednesday)
Location: 4-270
As most people in our community, our attention was drawn to the high profile protests and counter-protests in London, Paris and San Francisco when the 2008 Olympics Game Torch Relay passed these cities. Tibet seems to be the center of debate from all the sides involved in those protests. What is really happening in Tibet? What do ordinary Tibetans regard their daily lives and their future?
Everyone is curious.
To address such curiosity, we are pleased to have the president of Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund, Dr. Arthur N. Holcombe, to give a speech next Wednesday on MIT campus. The title of his speech will be 'March 2008 Riots in Lhasa: Differing Perceptions, Differing Anger and Resentment. What can be done to help address the concerns of Tibetans in Tibet?'
Dr. Holcombe served in many postings with the United Nations Development Program in different developing countries including Afgahnistan, Pakistan, Fiji, Sudan and China. In 1998 Dr. Holcombe established the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund to promote Tibetan livelihoods and well being in rural areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. He has lots of first-hand experience from his field trips to different parts in the region. There will be a question-and-answer session right after the talk to allow extensive exchange of information and opinions among the audience and the speaker. We hope Dr. Holcombe's talk can turn into a good starting point for all of us to learn and understand more about the history, the facts, and the future of the Tibetan people.
Thank you so much for your attention. And see you on April 23rd (Wednesday) at 6pm, Room 4-270.
Refreshment will be provided.
MIT CSSA
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Spring Festival Celebration Party
(2/6/2008)
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The Year of the Rat is coming! MIT CSSA and Ashdown are gonna co-host a celebration party on Lunar New Year's eve on Feb 06 (Wed) in Ashdown Hulsizer Room. It is FREE to MIT community.
Come and enjoy traditional Chinese food with your fellow students. Love to make dumplings? Come early and demonstrate you skills! We will also bring New Year TV/movie shows.
Location: Ashdown Hulsizer
Time: 6:00 - 11:00 PM, 2/06/2008
Note:
(1) Dumpling-making is between 6-6:40 PM;
(2) Dinner starts at 7 PM
See you this Wednesday, and wish you all a happy Chinese New Year!
MIT CSSA
Ashdown
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Spring Festival Gala
(2/2/2008)
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2008新春将至，在波士顿的你最期待什么呢？精彩纷呈的演出，还是互动热闹的Party...
那么你绝对不能错过的就是2008 波士顿高校联合新春联欢活动。这是由MIT, BU, BC, Harvard Medical School四校中国学生学者联合会(CSSA)在2月2日联合举办的迎春联欢活动。这次联欢活动是继去年四校联办后的传承和又一次突破，不仅会献上多种风格的歌舞和小品，更有大型Party，游戏，抽奖等一系列互动等待着你。
主办： MIT CSSA, Harvard Medical School CSSA, BU CSSA, BC CSSA, 波士顿生活网
时间：2月2日(周六)- 6:00PM- 7:00PM 入场和发放抽奖奖券; 波士顿地区的所有中国人的新春Party
- 7:00PM-10:00PM 来自波士顿高校学生们的精彩演出
地点：MIT Kresge Auditorium (MIT 贝壳剧场).
入场票将由各学校CSSA分售和现场购买。票价如下：- 2月2日5:00PM之前购买: 学生票:$ 2，非学生票:$5
- 2月2日现场购买: 学生票:$ 5, 非学生票:$10
活动精彩，不容错过。请访问 http://cssa.mit.edu 获取更多信息，或发信至 cssa-info@mit.edu 垂询。
本活动谢绝未经邀请的媒体采访(No media agents unless invited)
Building Map:
Kresge Auditorium
Parking:
All MIT parking lots are free and open after 5pm. Street parking is free after 6pm as well. Please do NOT park on the streets with a sign of RESIDENTS ONLY! Tickets will be issued if you park there. The nearest parking lots are the Kresge Lot (map) and the West Lot (map).
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MIT CSSA Karaoke Contest!
(1/26/2008)
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With the approach of the Spring Festival, MIT CSSA will be hosting an exciting Karaoke Contest!!!
Why we are doing this
To show the talents of MIT nerds beyond research and more importantly, to celebrate the Spring Festival of China!
Who are the contestants
Any of you! Although this event is mainly for Chinese students and scholars around MIT campus, there could also be some wonderful singers from other sister universities (Harvard, BU, BC, etc). The entrance fee will be charged for non-MIT students ($10 per person).
What prizes we are offering
There will be many amazing prizes (up to $400). There will be 6 winners, one for the first prize, two for the second and three for the third. Especially, the first-prize winner will be even awarded a brand-new IPOD NANO!!!
What you need to do now
This will be an incredibly fun event, so REGISTER now as a contestant by sending email to liangfei@mit.edu. Along with your registration for participation as a contestant, please let us know your choice of 2 songs. If you are confident that CSSA has these songs in the Karaoke machine, then we will be all-set; Otherwise, we will help you to check if we do have them, if not, please bring your own disc.
How the contest will proceed (Subject for changes depending on the number of contestants)
Qualifying Round: 6 qualifiers will be chosen from all participants by judge decisions.
Final Round: Final decision for prize-winners will be chosen from the 6 qualifiers by anonymous votes.
Dates to be added to your calendar
Deadline for registration: 11:30pm, Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008
Date: 7-11pm, Saturday, Jan 26, 2008
(Rehearsal will begin around 4pm)
Location: Hulsizer Room of Ashdown
We hope to see and hear you soon! Let's get some music!!
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Dancing Party
(1/19/2008)
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Dear all,
Hope you enjoyed the dancing party last time and had a great holiday break. To celebrate the coming Spring Festival, MITCSSA will host a dancing party on Saturday, Jan. 19th, starting at 7:30 pm in La Sala , MIT.
In the New Year, we will try to have more Chinese dancing music playing around, Please bring your friends and significant others to have a wonderful night. If you have any advice on the music or the playing order, please drop a line!
FEATURES:
1. BALLROOM DANCING, DISCO AND CHINESE MUSICS
2. FREE SNACKS AND SPRING WATER
TIME: 7:30pm-11:00pm, Saturday, Jan. 19th
LOCATION: La Sala de Puerto Rico, 2nd floor, MIT Student Center
Price:
Free to MIT students/affiliates---ID required
$4 Other Students, Seniors (older than 60)---ID required
$8 all others
Capacity:90
Dress code:Casual; comfortable for ballroom dance
Building Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=student+center
Parking:
All MIT parking lots are free and open after 5pm. Street parking is free after
6pm as well. Please do NOT park on the streets with a sign of RESIDENTS ONLY!
Tickets will be issued if you park there. The nearest parking lots are the Kresge lot and the
West Lot.
Parking Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P29&Parking=go
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=west+lot
MIT CSSA Dancing Club
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CSSA Cooking Contest
(1/19/2008)
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Are you a hidden chef? (Or already renowned?)
Bring your mouth-watering dishes!
Share your recipe with friends!!
Win alluring prizes!!! (First price being $70 French Cutlery Set)
Are you a fan of food? (Who is not?)
Vote for your favorite dishes!
Enjoy a yummy Chinese dinner!!
Watch professional chef cooking show!!!
Time: Jan. 19, Saturday, 4pm
Venue: Westgate basement lounge
As a grand start, a famous Chinese chef from FuLoon Restaurant will perform his amazing art of cooking!
Extra yummy Chinese food will be served after the contest, but only for those who have voted.
Rules for the contest
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* All dish entries will remain anonymous until the end of the contest
Bring in your entries 3:30pm, Jan. 19. Can be reheated by request
* Dish entries are evaluated based on the votes from all attendees
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Great food and prizes are waiting for you!
MIT CSSA
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