[RAICES] Culural Center Info

[nmv99 at hampshire.edu]

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On Tuesday, Marah and Veronika will be having FONDUE AND FILM. That's right, 
CHEESE FONDUE!!! and an international film!!! 
It's: 
- Tuesday, april 8 
- Cultural Center 
- 9 p.m. 
- FOOD AND FILM 

Check it out! 
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IRON CHEF, THE KITCHEN, AND CULTURAL CENTER MUSIC LIBRARY 

first. IRON CHEF!!! It's coming to a Hampshire near you. the catch? we need 
your talent, your brains, and your, um, money. 

see email below about iron chef, music, and the kitchen: 
         ***Iron Chef, etc.*** 
hi folks, 
here are a couple reminders/announcements: 

1. Iron chef competition 
So far no one has shown concrete interest in participating. If your group would 
like to take part in the contest, please let us know ASAP. We need to do 
shopping and finalize plans, so we need to know how many people are 
participating. There will be three grills and we hope to buy portable electric 
burners in addition. It will take place on May 4th at the SOURCE end of the 
year celebration. We hope to have a prize for the winner. Please send us your 
shopping lists as soon as possible. We will be buying basic items, let us know 
what you would like to augment that with. Also, if your group is participating, 
please think about how much money you would like to contribute for food, 
equipment, etc. 


2. Cultural Center 
Please remember to clean up after yourselves when using the center. Staff often 
have to do dishes, rearrange furniture, mop floors, and wipe surfaces after 
meetings or events take place. please leave the space the way you found it, we 
would greatly appreciate that. also please don't leave food out, and close any 
containers or packages before putting them back in the fridge. the staff will 
love you... 

3. MUSIC!! 
the two cultural center computers are now sharing their itumes music libraries 
on the mac network. look in appletalk under hampnet2. the computers are called 
boo and boo boo. the majority of music is on boo boo, over 1,000 songs, yay!! 
check it out!! also, we are in the process of building up a cd library, as you 
may or may not have noticed. check out what we have down by the cd player. if 
you have any cd's that you would like to share, especially obscure or 
international music, please bring it in and rip the cd's to the computer. if 
you don't know how to do that, ask for help or leave the cd in marah's staff 
box upstairs and i'll do it for you. or come in during my hours: mondays from 
~1-5 and tuesdays from 6pm - 12. 


thank you for actually reading this, 
marah 
cultural center staff 

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On Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m. there will be a meeting to improve Community Council 
and student governance in the Airport Lounge. Students of color, SOURCe folk, 
mixed heritage and international students are not represented in these 
meetings, so it'd be great if you could make these meetings. EVERYONE is 
welcome and encouraged to attend. for more info, see email from melissa below: 
                      ***MELISSA'S EMAIL*** 
The second open meeting to discuss Community Council restructuring and 
improvement will take place at 6:30PM, on Wednesday 9th, in the Conference 
Room of the Airport Lounge. It will be catered. 

**NOTE** Any significant Council restructuring will require student approval 
through a referendum. This referendum may happen before the end of this 
semester. If you consider this timeline appropriate or inappropriate for 
making an informed decision, please tell your Community Council 
representatives (find out your reps at 
http://stout.hampshire.edu/~ccouncil/members.html ) Is one month enough time 
for folks? 

The last (well attended) meeting discussed issues of representation, which 
produced three different ideas about Council structure. One idea is a Council 
of all elected representatives. Another is replacing at-large elections with 
the appointment of delegates by various community development centers and 
groups on campus. There was a strong sentiment for blending the two, to create 
a Council composed of both elected representatives and delegates from groups. 
Questions about elections involved how students were to be divided: housing 
unit, simple at-large, School, or Divisional level (I,II, or III). Questions 
about potential delegates revolved around asking which groups should actually 
send delegates: schools, administrative centers, student groups, interns, 
health worker students, and/or work-study students. Also, should seats remain 
for faculty and staff members? 

Remember, Community Council has oversight of the money you pay into the 
Student Activities Fee (that is used to fund student groups and events) and is 
the organ through which all students can influence school policy. If you want 
to voice your opinion about these changes to your student government, please 
attend the meeting, or contact your Council representatives. You can also 
email bakunin661 at hotmail.com with your opinions. Thank you. 

Melissa Scheid Frantz 
Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center 
Hampshire College 
Amherst, MA  01002-5001 
tel: 413-559-5415 
fax: 413-559-6668 
mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu 
http://www.hampshire.edu/ 

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WHEW! thanks for reading all of this!!! you are amazing!!! 

have a great week! 
if you need anything, to talk, to vent, to have fun, to play cards, to talk 
about SOURCE, etc. feel free to contact Natalia 4944 nmv99 at hampshire.edu, 
Sydney 5087 smh01 at hampshire.edu, or Melissa 5415 mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu 

YOU ROCK!!! :) :) :)