A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College
PASA’s 1st Annual Evening of Desserts & Drinks: A SUCCESS!
A hearty thank you to everyone who came out for this new Rockefeller tradition! By all measures, this was a resounding success! Be sure to check www.pasarockefeller.wordpress.com soon for event photos! Have a picture of the night that you would like to share? Send it to pasa@albany.edu!
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Every holiday season, PASA raises money for a family in the Capital Region
through the Adopt-A-Family program.
Our family this year is a mother and her 5-year old daughter. We plan to fundraise $100 per family member to help answer some of their holiday wishes – including new clothes and a couple of board games like Chutes and Ladders and Operation!
You can donate on-line today using any major credit card by clicking on the PayPal link on our website:
http://pasarockefeller.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/adopt-a-family/.
100% of your donations will be given to the Adopt-A-Family program. While online
donations are encouraged, traditional methods [cash or checks (made payable to "Public Affairs Student Association")] are still accepted.
On behalf of the Public Affairs Student Association, we thank you for your generosity and for helping us support this good cause.
& SAVE THE DATE!
Want to donate to this good cause & take a break from/celebrate the end of the semester? Come to PASA’s ADOPT-A-FAMILY FUNDRAISER at LIONHEART!
WHEN: Thursday, December 13th at 9pm
Buy a wristband at the door for just $5 and receive Happy Hour specials all night long! 100% of the wristband proceeds will go to Adopt-A-Family. And YOU get to relax with cheap drinks! Not too shabby…
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This Week at Rockefeller:
Tuesday, Dec 4:
Rockefeller Tuesday Policy Lunch
12:25-1:30pm, Levitt Room in Milne Hall
Julian Braithwaite, Former Advisor to High Representative to Bosnia, British Embassy in Washington D.C. Bring your lunch!
Faculty Candidate Visit—Wargia Bowman
Exact time & location TBA
Thoughout the rest of the semester, public administration faculty candidates will be visiting campus to make presentations on their research and to meet informally with students. This is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to participate in the faculty search process and to get to know potential faculty members. Exact times and locations of the candidate presentations and informal discussions will be announced by the Department through the
MPP, MPA and PhD listservs. Please consider attending the upcoming presentations (which are also great opportunities to hear about doctoral research) and especially bringing a brown bag lunch and chatting with the candidates. At the end of the term, this sort of thing is takes time away from end-of-term tasks, but it is very important for the future of the College. We hope you will seize this opportunity for student participation and feedback! Please check your email for more information on each of the visiting candidates. IT’S YOUR SCHOOL– GET INVOLVED!
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This Week at UAlbany:
(For more information, visit http://www.albany.edu/todayualbany/)
Thursday, Nov 29:
Tom Perrotta—Novelist, Humorist, Oscar-nominated Screenwriter
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html
Informal Seminar at 4:15pm & Reading at 8pm—Assembly Hall, Campus Center
Tom Perrotta, “one of America’s best-kept literary secrets” (Newsweek), writes biting satires about suburban life and adolescent experience. His newest novel is The Abstinence Teacher (2007), a foray into the world of sex education and the American culture wars. The novel has already been optioned for a film to be directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the team behind the indie hit Little Miss Sunshine. Perrotta’s previous
novels include Little Children (2004), a New York Times and NPR “Best Book of 2004”; Joe College (2000), Election (1998) and The Wishbones (1997). The story of a bitterly fought election for High School Class President, Election became a hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, and earned an Oscar nomination for “Best Screenplay.” Perrotta is also the author of a story collection, Bad Haircut: Stories of the
Seventies (1994). Cosponsored by the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center.
Women’s Studies Student Conference on Media Justice and Feminist Futures
4-9pm, Campus Center Assembly Hall (uptown)
http://www.albany.edu/wstudent_conference/
The Women’s Studies Student Conference on Media Justice and Feminist Futures is an annual conference which is open to the public. Those who would like to may register for this conference at the website listed above, though registration is not required to attend. This year’s conference, Media Justice and Feminist Futures, will feature a special panel comprised of local media artists, activists, and scholars – one who is from a different region of the globe but who is a visiting scholar this fall semester at the University at Albany. This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Women’s Studies, Sociology, Communications, the Journalism Program, the Division of Student Success, and University Auxiliary Services.
Friday, Nov 30:
Film—Little Children with Screenwriter Tom Perrotta
7pm, Page Hall (downtown campus)
Directed by Todd Field, Starring Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer
Connelly.
This film earned cowriters Tom Perrotta and Todd Field a “Best Screenplay” Oscar nomination for the adaptation of Perrotta’s novel of the same name. Little Children follows the course of an adulterous affair between a stay-at-home mom and a stay-at-home dad who meet on the playground of an affluent American town. Writing in the Guardian (UK), Philip French called it, “a sharply observed and brilliantly acted study of American suburban life.” Tom Perrotta who coscripted Little Children, and authored the novel, will offer commentary and answer questions immediately following the screening. (United States, 2006, 130 minutes, color, 35mm)
Saturday, Dec 1:
UAlbany vs. Siena Men’s Basketball Pregame Party
http://www.albany.edu/alumni/register.htm
5:30-6:30pm, Broadway Joe’s (51 S. Pearl Street, Albany)
An annual tradition not to be missed! Before you go cheer on the men’s basketball team at the Times Union Center, start the festivities at the pregame party and mingle with fellow Great Danes fans while enjoying food and a beverage. Don’t be seen without your purple and gold! $10 Varsity Club members/$15 alumni/$20 non-alumni
Sunday, Dec 2:
Holiday Concert
7pm, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)
The University Music Department ensembles—the Chorale, Chamber Singers, Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra—are joined by student groups Serendipity and Earth Tones for a concert celebrating the season. Presented by the Department of Music.
Monday, Dec 3:
University Percussion Ensemble
8pm, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)
The UAlbany ensemble is joined by the RPI Percussion Ensemble for a concert of music of many styles from the 20th and 21st centuries. Presented by the Department of Music.
Tuesday, Dec 4:
Passport Application Day
10am-3pm, Mail Services Lobby (uptown)
Representatives from the U.S. Postal Service will be on campus to process your passport application for a U.S. Passport, new or renewal. Sponsored by University at Albany Mail Services.
Wednesday, Dec 5:
African-American Novelist and Scholar Darryl Pinckney—Reading
8pm, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst
Author of the autobiographical, satirical novel of Black bourgeois experience, High Cotton (1992), which received the L.A. Times Book Prize, and of major critical studies of African American writers, will discuss his work.
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This Week in and around Albany:
(Check out Metroland: The Alternative Newsweekly of New York’s Capital
Region for more local events. Pick one up at various locations around the
city or visit www.metroland.net)
Friday, Nov 30:
Troy Night Out
5pm, Throughout Troy, NY
Troy’s Downtown art galleries, retail shops, restaurants and nightclubs stay open late to celebrate the charming city of Troy! Featured artists at more than 30 art openings, live music, special events and the beautiful city itself. See http://www.troynightout.org for a map and more information! Similar to 1st Friday in Albany (first Friday of the month)—both are great ways to get out and explore the area’s cultural scene!
Friday, Nov 30- Dec 23:
Plaid Tidings: A Holiday Musical Extravaganza for the Whole Family
Tues-Thurs 7:30pm; Fri 8pm; Sat 4pm & 8:30pm; Sun 2pm
Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany NY (518) 445-SHOW
Heavenly harmony meets Yuletide in Plaid Tidings, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Forever Plaid. Frankie, Sparky, Smudge and Jinx are back, only this time they’re confused as to why. After winning their beloved plaid tuxedos, the heavenly quartet find themselves on Earth once again to complete even more unfinished business: their never-performed Plaid Holiday Show. The Plaids add their own unique twists to favorite
Christmas tunes. Cap Rep is truly a jewel of Albany—check Metroland for other plays and musicals there!
Sunday, Dec 2:
The New York State Museum Chocolate Expo & Holiday Gift Market
11am-5pm, Empire State Plaza and Concourse
Enjoy the best chocolates, specialty foods and holiday gifts in the Capital Region! Dozens of exhibitors offer fine crafts and seasonal gifts, handcrafted wines and hot chocolate. Music, shopping and entertainment for the whole family. For more information, please call (518) 474-5877 or visit www.nysm.nysed.gov. Look for the ad in Metroland to bring and you’ll receive a free gift—sweet. Spend the whole day at the Plaza with the 2007 Holiday Tree Lighting and Fireworks Festival from 2-6pm!
Monday, Dec 3:
The Three Stooges Film Festival
7pm, Palace Theater, Albany NY
6 classic shorts and cartoons. $5 adults & $3 kids.
Thursdays:
Wii Would Like to Play With You—Nintendo Wii Competition
8pm, Legends Sports Lounge, 286 Lark Street, Albany NY
Come join in on the fun as you compete against other players in Nintendo Wii. $2 Bud and Bud Light Specials all night long. Don’t be a dorky gamer in private—be a dorky gamer at your favorite bar!
Guitar Hero Thursdays
9pm, Bombers Burrito Bar, 258 Lark Street, Albany NY
“Real guitars are for old people.”—Eric Cartman, South Park 2007. Every Thursday at 9pm rock out to your favorite song on Guitar Hero at Bombers in between burritos and margaritas. Prizes include XBOX 360, Fender guitar, Bombers $100 Gift Certificate, Ski Trips & more. Plus get a chance to party like a real rock star at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas! Again, why be a dorky gamer at home when you can be a dorky gamer while
eating the world’s best burritos?
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PASAbilities is the Rockefeller College student newsletter. We publish on
Thursdays when classes are in session. Our goal is to build community by
supporting events on campus and throughout the Capital District.
