ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey members,
How about that meeting? First pizza meeting of the year. Probably not the last. Did you know we could have active members already? Passage of time is real. [Undisclosed Sport] team is still taking suggestions. Just fill out a survey to express your interest and decide the future sport of ALDPES Here! It’s also too late to redeem yourself for missing the first meeting of the year. That ship has sailed, landed, burned at the beach under suspicious circumstances and had its ashes used to help trees grow. Fortunately, those trees have been turned into another ship that’s accepting donations for missing this week’s meeting! Just bring two items from the GMT donation list below during office hours before the next meeting! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 at 6:00 pm in CAL 100 (South of the Tower). Hope to see you all there.
Best,
Christian Rivera
Phi Eta Sigma Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week: If you try holding a quarter so that the heads side is facing you and move it progressively towards one of your eyes while the other eye is closed, you eventually won’t be able to see past the quarter. This is because people have not developed the ability to see through quarters.
Guest Speakers of the Week
Research Student Advisory Council- Deadline Soon
The council is looking for new undergraduate members, and their application has just opened. All majors are welcome! The application is found Here! It is due September 23rd! RSAC is dedicated to improving the undergraduate research experience across all colleges at UT. Specifically, RSAC advises the Office of Undergraduate Research and communicates the needs of UT’s student researchers. Members of RSAC meet twice a month to discuss innovative avenues and opportunities for student research. RSAC also facilitates independent member projects including outreach initiatives and event planning. As a result, RSAC has many leadership opportunities available for motivated members. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact RSAC at researchstudentadvisorycouncil@gmail.com.
Texas 4000- Deadline Kind of Soon
Frustrated by cancer to the point that you felt like biking to Alaska from Austin, but then thought better of it about 19 miles outside of the city because you did not know how that could help stop cancer or how to get to Alaska? We’ve all been there. Texas 4000 is forming teams for bike rides from Austin to Alaska to raise money for cancer research! Applications are due September 30th and can be found on their website Here. No fitness, training, geography, cartography, or even bike skills required to apply!
Guests of Speakers Past
Alternative Break- Deadline Soon
Ever wondered if there was another way to spend spring break that had less regret and more social justice? Almost like an alternative break? Well there is! Alternative break sends people to aid with social justice causes across America like LBGQT in San Francisco and systemic racism in New Orleans. Visit their site for more information about their goals and how to apply Here
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Interested in being an awesome person and learning more about muscular dystrophy? That’s so crazy because the Muscular Dystrophy Association was just at our meeting to tell us how to do that exactly! The MDA is looking for people to volunteer in various aspects of their organization including an epic summer camp extravaganza for children with muscular dystrophy! Learn more about their organization on their Facebook page Here
Points
Points are HERE! Check out that color coding. You’re welcome. Let the secretaries know if you have any problems.
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Presidents: Tuesday 1:00-2:00 pm
Liaison: Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am
Outreach Coordinators: Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm
Vice President: Tuesday 9:30-10:30 am
Social Coordinators: Monday 1:00-2:00 pm
Service Coordinators: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 pm
Historian: Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm
Webmaster: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm
Secretaries: Thursday 3:30-4:30 pm
Treasurer: Wednesday 3:30-4:30 pm
Social Events
Intramural Sport
Come support ALDPES at [Undisclosed Sport]! Our [Undisclosed Sport] team has plenty of games left for you to play in or spectate for social points! See how great this section could be? ALDPES needs your help to make it a reality. Donate a minute of your time to fill out a survey, and decide the fate of the [Undisclosed Sport] team. Survey is Here.
Space 24
ALDPES is going to lunch at Space 24 on Sunday September 25th at 1 pm. It’s the food court that spontaneously appeared on the drag! It’s got burgers. It’s got coffee. Maybe even Pizza? Come get a social point and meet other ALDPES members with open schedules on Sunday!
Service Events
Inside Books
Think you have really good taste in books but always wanted to prove it with a captive audience? On October 16, 2016 from 7:00-10:00 ALDPES will be volunteering at Inside Books, a non-profit organization that matches prisoners with books! First, you read letters from prisoners detailing their dream books. Then you gather books from a donated library to achieve those dreams! Afterwards, you get the opportunity to explain why your book choices were awesome in a response letter! Additionally, ALDPES is accepting books for donation points at a rate of ½ point per book! (1 BOOK + 1 BOOK = 1 POINT)
Speculative Opportunity to Help Animals
Be on the lookout for a service event opportunity at the Austin Animal Center the first weekend in October (hopefully)! More information will be provided once the event is finalized!
Other Things
Resume and Cover Letter Work Shop
Filled with sadness when thinking about your resume and cover letter? ALDPES is going to help you out of your pit of despair with a workshop! Come to the PCL Learning Lab 2 on Tuesday, September 27th for a special workshop by the UT Writing Center to make yourself look like a better person on paper!
$200 Off Princeton Review
ALDPES members never have to worry about being exactly $200 short of the list price of a Princeton Review package. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS. Mention ALDPES when negotiations start.
Scrapbook
We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any social or service event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES a two to three sentence quote for half a point! Also, if you send in four quality photos you can receive another half point!
UTALDPES Follow Train:
If you follow @UTALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. And you can also earn a half point for following utaldpes on Instagram. So, if you follow both you can earn 1 point! (Points will be awarded the last week of class.)
T-shirt special: Buy one red shirt for $10! Come by any office hours to purchase shirts (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)
Graduation Cords: Cords are $26 for active members and $36 for inactive members(This is for both ALD and PES; individually cords are $13 for active members and $18 for inactive members). Come by any office hours to purchase (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)
Point Opportunities
- MEETINGS
- Meetings are worth 1 point each
- If you miss a meeting you can make up the point by bringing two GMT Items to office hours BEFORE the next meeting.
- If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additional point.
- DRIVING TO AN EVENT
- Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event
- Must tell the officer in charge if you can drive BEFORE the event to get a point
- If you sign up to drive and fail spectacularly, you will lose a point!
- EVENT PICTURES
- You may receive 1 point for turning in 8 quality photos for each service and/or social event you attend.
- You can choose to turn in a total of 16 quality photos for a maximum of 2 points per event.
- POINT CORRECTIONS
- An updated points list will be sent out on a regular basis, to give ALDPES members a chance to check that all their points have been counted correctly. Any discrepancies or mistakes must be reported to the secretaries within two weeksof the spreadsheet being sent out. After the two-week deadline has passed, no changes can be made to those events/points.
Important Policies
- POINT POLICY
- Of your points, in order to be considered an active member, you must have the following:
-At least 1 service point (i.e. you must attend at least one service event)
– At least 1 social point (i.e. you must attend at least one social event)
– No more than 5 donation points
- Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
- GMT DONATION POLICY
If you miss a meeting, you can bring items from the GMT donation list to OFFICE HOURS to get your missed meeting point.- You must turn in the items BEFORE the next general meeting.
- Missed Meeting Points:
You need to bring 1 bottle of medicine to make up for a missed meeting point.
Or you can bring 2 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)
- Donation Points (you can only receive up to 5 donation points):
2 Medicines for 1 donation point
Or you can bring 3 of the other items to receive 1 donation point (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)
- Items needed:
Medicines- Kids Multivitamins, Adult Multivitamins, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, tums, antidiarrheal, children’s motrin, prenatal, vitamin C, iron, b complex,
Other Items- Stickers, small cars, coloring books, Crayons and small toys (cars, barbies, etc). And also eyeglasses (the pre made prescription ones you can buy at any convenient or grocery store), toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss.
- WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Instead of getting a ridiculous number of emails for sign-ups and meeting reminders, we will be sending out a weekly newsletter every Wednesday!- Sign-ups and everything else you used to get weekly will be linked in the weekly emails.
Contact Us:
- E-mail address: utaldpes@gmail.com
- Our website: https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/
- Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma
- Twitter: @UTALDPES
- Instagram: utaldpes