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The Best Music Course on Campus

Want to be part of a band and earn credit? Maybe you are in a band already? If so, register for one of Augsburg's newest ensemble courses.

Seeking (but not limited to): drummers, bassists, guitarists, keyboardists - other instruments welcome too - be it flute, oboe, viola, tromba marina, jaw harp, or whatever.

Advanced students are encouraged to enroll in MUE129_2007SEM2B.

Beginners and Intermediates, MUE129_2007SEM2A.

Contact Christian McGuire at mcguire@augsburg.edu before it's too late!

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Advent Vespers

All ADVENT VESPERS services are currently full, and we are no longer accepting names for the waiting lists.

If you would still like to attend an Advent Vespers Service, you may try for rush seating (which will begin 10 minutes prior to the service start time).

For those with Advent Vespers seating envelopes:

1) Doors open 1 hour prior to the service
2) Allow plenty of time to get there
3) Parking at the Central Lutheran ramp will be $3
4) Free shuttles to/from Augsburg are available (check the Vespers web site for a complete schedule <www.augsburg.edu/vespers>)
5) Rush seating begins 10 minutes prior to the service time...so don't be late!

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Play the MAFIA Game Student-Org Style!

Are you in a student organization? Do you like to play the Mafia game? Come play mafia, student-org style! We will be playing Mafia, but using common pitfalls student organizations fall into as our guide. Save yourself from your demise by knowing the solution, but learn as you go along.

Dec. 3, 8 p.m., Marshall Room. Be there.

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First-Year Honors Play

Come join us for the first-year honors students theatre production, "Freudian Fairy Tales...and Other Stories." The play incorporates the views of C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud into four vignettes each written, produced and performed by the students.

Saturday, Dec. 8
7 p.m.
Sateren Auditorium

All are welcome! Admission is FREE!

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Please Respond: Faculty Scholarship Day Interviews

This year we have substantially revised and enlarged our Scholarship Weekend interview process and related events. We need your help to make this event a success.

On Scholarship Day we bring together the strongest candidates for Augsburg’s highest scholarships, including the Presidential, Regents, and Fine Arts Scholarships. The student candidates compete in interviews, writing samples, and performances as part of the two-day event. The revised schedule includes an overnight stay for all participants on Friday evening. As in previous years, lunch will conclude the event and be hosted in the East Commons by President Pribbenow.

We need at least 50 faculty interviewers for our new Scholarship Day process. Faculty interviewers serve a crucial role in deciding who will receive Augsburg’s highest scholarships and admission into the Honors Program.

Faculty are needed to review files and then interview candidates on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, during the morning and for lunch in the early afternoon. Faculty will check in by 8:30 a.m. and be done after the luncheon by about 1 p.m.

Please reply to this email at honors@augsburg.edu or call the Honors Desk at 612-330-1560 to become a Scholarship Faculty Interviewer.


Best Regards,

Bob Groven
Honors Program
Communication Studies Department

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Meet Tim Brewster Saturday

On Saturday, Dec. 1, Tim Brewster (Head Coach for Golden Gopher Football) will be on the Dave Kelly show on KAUG from 9 p.m. - 10 p.m. People are welcome to come down to the KAUG studio during that time to meet and talk to him during song breaks. Also tune in to the interview at www.augsburg.edu/kaug!

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Native American Writers' Series: Diane Wilson

American Indian Studies & English Invite you to a Special Reading by:

Diane Wilson, author of "Spirit Car Journey to a Dakota Past."
Date: Nov. 29
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Lindell 301

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Sponsored by: American Indian Studies, English, the Lindell Library, Women's Studies, and the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center.

For more information please contact: M. Elise Marubbio (612) 330-1523

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Job Search Workshop - TODAY

Are you doing a job/internship search? The CSWL office is holding a workshop at 4:45 -5:30 p.m. today in the Christensen Center's Minneapolis Room. Stop by and learn what works and doesn't work when it comes to searching for employment. Questions - call Sandy at x1472.

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Augsburg Honors Review: Call for Submissions

The 2008 Augsburg Honors Review is now accepting submissions.

The Review is an interdisciplinary journal of undergraduate scholarship. Submit your high-quality academic work for publication. The review has no restrictions on paper length or discipline.

The AHR encourages students to submit short essays as well as long summer research projects and departmental honors theses.

The deadline for submissions is Mar. 10, 2008.

For more information, visit http://www.augsburg.edu/honors/review

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Asian Faculty/Staff and Student Reception TONIGHT

The Augsburg Asian Student Association and Pan-Asian Student Services invite you to the Second Annual Asian Faculty/Staff and Student Reception tonight (Thursday, Nov. 29) from 5 - 7 p.m. in Christensen Center's Student Art Gallery.

Meet and mingle with Augsburg's Asian faculty and staff members as well as current Asian Students. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served. (All invitees are welcome even if you did not RSVP.) For more information, call 612-330-1530.

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Student Org Update Calendar Contribution

There is a new publicity avenue for student organizations. The Student Organization Advisors are publishing a newsletter called Student Org Update which will be printed on the first Thursday of every month, starting on Dec. 7.

If you are a student organization member or advisor and would like to contribute to this publication, please contact the Student Organization Advisors Amanda Temple (temple@augsburg.edu) or Phillip Hernandez (hernande@augsburg.edu) by Dec. 5 for more information. We are also going to include a calendar of events in every issue. Please submit program dates, times, and locations so they may be included as well.

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Common's Menu

Menu for Thursday Nov. 29, 2007:

Lunch

Mushroom and swiss hamburger
Veggie burger
Grilled pork chops
Country mashed potato w/gravy
Pepper turkey wrap
Chicken nacho
Broccoli w/garlic lemon

Dinner

Chicken nuggets
Beef ravioli
Cheese ravioli
Omelet bar
Pizza
Deli bar
Steamed Veggie

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Christensen Center Task Force Report

Work will begin Monday, Dec. 3 to renovate the former bookstore space in Christensen Center to a Lounge, as recommended by Christensen Center Task Force.

The purpose of the Christensen Center Task Force is to create a student space that supports student, faculty, and staff interaction, provides a sense of welcome, and serves as “home” for commuter students (Day, Weekend College, and Graduate).

During the 2006-07 year, Task Force members surveyed the campus about Christensen Center building priorities, and worked with local architects on design plans. The Task Force analyzed survey and community meeting results, and developed a list of priorities.

In August, the Bookstore moved from Christensen Center to Oren Gateway, and the Task Force worked during the fall to determine the best use of the space to meet the priorities.

Task Force members determined that the space will be renovated to the following uses:

• Game area (for example, pool table, ping pong)
• Lounge area (for example, sofas, chairs)
• Media area (for example, TV, DVD, game consoles)

In addition, the space will be furnished so it can be converted into performance space by providing sound, a portable stage, and movable furniture.

As indicated above, on Monday, Dec. 3, contractors will begin work on the Lounge. Work will include removing fixtures and shelving, plumbing repair work and installing new carpeting. Work will take approximately 2-3 months to complete.

For a review of the task force work during 2006-07 and this fall, as well as to submit your questions or comments, please visit our web site at www.augsburg.edu/cctf

Members of the Task Force are: Cassandra Roschen, Michele Roulet, Ramon Knox, David Draus, Ricky Oudekerk, Sarah Black, Ann Garvey, and Kevin Myren

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Get Fit Twin Cities Challenge

Augsburg College has officially entered again this year. Now we need to start getting our teams together. The first 10,000 participants get free entry (otherwise it's $5 per person). So, start choosing your team. You can get an entry form by going to getfittwincities.com or contacting me (Joyce Pfaff, x1247)

The contest officially starts Jan. 16, 2008, but you can start entering your teams on Dec. 10. If you want free entry for your team, copy the form and collect needed info so you can submit it on Dec. 10. You will need Augsburg's code to officially enter. You can get that by contacting Joyce Pfaff (e-mail: pfaff@augsburg.edu or X1247) or Carol Enke (e-mail: enke@augsburg.edu or xX1250) after Dec. 5)

Your team simply needs to keep track of their "minutes of exercise" from Jan. 16 - Mar. 16 (3 months). It's a great way to stay active throughout the long winter months. SHOVELING SNOW EVEN COUNTS!

LET'S GET FIT, AUGSBURG!

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CSWL's Auggies Engaged In Action: Rami Saikali

Up to this point in our spotlight series, we in the CSWL have focused on students engaged in community action through internships, service-learning, or off-campus work study. This week, we'd like to feature Rami Saikali, a student who's taken his experiential education into his own hands.

Rami has become a passionate and formidable student advocate for peace and has been taking his convictions to the streets each week throughout this semester. Every Wednesday from 4 - 5 p.m., you'll most likely find Rami on the Marshall Bridge spanning the Mississippi River, gathering with other peace advocates for a vigil and demonstration to end the war in Iraq.

On Nov. 7, Rami had the chance to take his passion for peace to the next level by co-facilitating the Hoversten Chapel forum with the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Rami proved himself to be an articulate, cogent thinker and speaker on the need for the US and the world to adopt more peaceful policies. His uncompromising stance for peace is an impressive example of a college student becoming the change they want to see in the world!

Thank you, Rami, for your passion, principles, and action in the community! Please look him up if you'd like more information on his activism, or if you'd like to have a fruitful and thoughtful discussion on current US foreign policy.

Stay tuned for another CSWL student spotlight next week.

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Auggie Athletics Update

Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Wednesday, November 28:
Men's Basketball -- Carleton 66, Augsburg 59
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mbasket/0708statistics/112807carleton.html

Women's Basketball -- Carleton 74, Augsburg 63
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wbasket/0708statistics/112807carleton.html


Upcoming Events:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Friday, November 30:
Women's Hockey at Bethel, 7 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. Bethel, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Saturday, December 1:
Wrestling at Minnesota State, Moorhead Dragon Open, 9 a.m.
Swimming at St. Mary's Invitational, 11 a.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Si Melby Hall, 1 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Si Melby Hall, 3 p.m.
Men's Hockey at Bethel, 7 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. Bethel, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Sunday, December 2:
Wrestling at Northern Iowa Open, 9 a.m.

Monday, December 3:
Women's Basketball vs. St. Catherine, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Tuesday, December 4:
Wrestling at Southwest Minnesota State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, December 5:
Men's Basketball vs. St. Olaf, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball at St. Olaf, 7:30 p.m.

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Computers For Sale -- Reduced Price!

We still have some Dell GX260 PCs, and the price has been reduced. They have fresh, legal installs of Windows XP. We also installed AVG (free antivirus program), Internet Explorer 7, Power DVD, Windows Defender, and Open Office.

$150 gets you one Dell PC (GX260 2.24Ghz 512MB Ram 40GB hard drive XP), a mouse, and a keyboard (no monitor).

Contact Nikolaus at 612-978-2052.

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