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FEBRUARY 07,2011
VOLUME 92, NUMBER XXXV333
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FEBRUARY 07,2011
VOLUME XCII, N° XXXVIII
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EVENTS
ONGOING EVENTS
UBYSSEY PRODUCTION • Come help
us create this baby! Learn about
layout and editing. Expect to be
fed. • Every Sunday and Wednesday, 2pm.
RESOURCE GROUPS • Are you working
on a progressive project, but need
funding? Do you have an idea,
but can't get it off the ground?
Apply to the Resource Groups
for funding! Come in, pitch your
idea to us and we will consider
fully or partially funding your
project. • Every Monday, 11am
in SUB 245 (second floor, northeast corner). For more info email
resourcegroups.ams@gmail.com.
ALPHA OMICRON PI RECRUITMENT
EVENT* UBC's newest sorority,
Alpha Omicron Pi, is looking for
more members to join its colony
class! There are opportunities to
take on leadership roles, volunteer
and gain service hours, create
lasting bonds of sisterhood and
friendship, socialize within the
Greek system, network with
women with similar interests
all over the world and enrich your
overall UBC experience. • Informal
recruitment events on Feb. 5 and
27, email ubcaoiirecruitment®
gmail.com for more information.
TUESDAY, FEB. 8
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION •
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at
UBC, which includes a food sale
(Sri Lankan, Korean, Vietnamese
and assorted desserts), all the
tea you can drink, a live music
performance and a silent auction of framed artwork (cash or
cheque only). • 11:30am-2pm,
CK Choi Building Lounge.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9
DOUBLE DOUBLE FOIL AND FUMBLE
• Double Double Foil and Fumble is a joint production between
UBC Theatre and Creative Writing faculties. It follows the story of five university-aged friends
as they get together to weave
some magic; only none of them
know what they're doing, half
of them don't believe in magic and some of them have ulterior motives. • Runs until Feb.
12, Dorothy Somerset Studios,
tickets by donation, proceeds
go to Pride UBC.
HMS PINAFORE • The Gilbert and
Sullivan Society of UBC returns
to the newly renovated UBC
Old Auditorium with HMS Pinafore, a lively and anachronistic staging of one of the best-
known operettas in the English
language. Join the high-kicking
sailor crew and their gaggle of
giggling schoolgirls. • Feb. 9-11,
8pm, Feb. 12, 2pm, $15, $10 for
students, emailinfo@gsubc.com
for reservations.
VALENTINE'S DAY FAIR • Don't
know what to get your special
someone for Valentine's Day?
Come by the AMS Sweet Valentine's Fair and choose from
jewelry, clothing, gifts and so
much more! • Runs until Feb.
11, 10am-5:30pm, SUB Main
Concourse.
UBC FILM SOCIETY: A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE* The UBC Film Society will be showing A Clockwork Orange, the celebrated
film from director Stanley Kubrick. In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeL-
arge is jailed and volunteers
for an experimental aversion
therapy developed by the
government in an effort to solve
society's crime problem... but not
all goes to plan. • Runs until Feb.
14, 9:30-11:30pm, Norm Theatre, $5 non-members, $2.50
members.
THURSDAY, FEB. 10
DATE SEARCH • UBC Canadian
Liver Foundation presents their
fundraiser event, Date Search.
Guys and girls will be auctioning
themselves off as dates for the
night. All donations and money
raised will go to the Canadian
Liver Foundation of BC and
Yukon for liver research and for
helping liver disease patients.
• 9pm-1am, Pit Pub, email
ubc.clf@gmail.com for more
information.
CLYDE HERTZMAN: EARLY CHILD
DEVELOPMENT LECTURE • The
UBC School of Population &
Public Health (SPPH) presents
a free public lecture by Dr. Clyde
Hertzman, "Simple stats &
sad stories: early child survival
and development in Canada."
• 4:30pm, Michael Smith
Laboratories. A reception will
follow at 5:30pm.
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