[Cal Dems] Nov. 13 Digest: T-shirts, PVC, West Wing Wednesday

[Marshall Geck]

CAL BERKELEY DEMOCRATS
Email Digest, November 13, 2006

Birthdays for 11/12-11/18: Happy Birthday from Cal Dems to Christine
Cardosi and Ellyse Gillogley.

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CAL DEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

>> T-shirts!

The competition is still open for this year's Cal Dems T-shirt design!
If you have an awesome idea for a design, email it to Sarah
(sarah at caldems.com) by the end of the week.

>> Policy, Values, and Communication Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 15, 7pm, 50 Barrows

PVC will be embarking on new projects this week. Come help us create
holiday care packages for troops stationed in Iraq. See
http://caldems.com/pvc.php for more information.

>> West Wing Wednesday
Wednesday, November 15, 8pm, Unit 2 MPR (under the courtyard)

West Wing Wednesdays are back and better than ever! Join Cal Dems for
a screening of everyone's favorite political drama. Contact Brian
(brian at caldems.com) with questions.

>> Thursday Meeting
Thursday, November 16, 7pm, 130 Wheeler

Cal Dems will be joined by Political Science Professor Paul Pierson
for post-election analysis. What was the electorate saying on November
7, and how will the Democratic Congress operate in the final two years
of Bush's presidency? Answers to these and more are on the horizon
this Thursday.

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PROGRESSIVE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change
everything or nothing."

Nancy Astor

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

>> New Yorker at UC Berkeley
Monday, November 13 through Wednesday, November 15

The New Yorker College Tour stops at the University of California,
Berkeley, November 13 to 15! The Tour will feature in-classroom visits
by New Yorker writers and editors, free daytime, on-campus lectures,
and evening entertainment. For complete programming information, click
here: http://www.newyorkercollegetour.com

>> Perspectives on Iraq
Tuesday, November 14, 7pm-9pm, 105 North Gate Hall

SMECCA will be hosting a 4-person speaker event on Iraq. The speakers
will be Dr. Hatem Bazian (Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley),
Barbara Lubin (Middle East Children's Alliance), Professor Dwight
Simpson (Department of International Relations at SFSU), and Maziar
Behrooz (Professor in the Department of History at SFSU). All proceeds
will be donated to Iraqi refugees. For more information, contact
Ashley Barrey at smecca at gmail.com

>> Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in
the "War on Terror"
Monday, November 20, 7pm, 200 Wheeler Hall

The Campus Greens will be screening a documentary about the torture
that the Bush Administration has carried out followed by a short
discussion and letter-writing/petition-signing. For more information,
contact calgreens at yahoo.com