The SOURCE Newsletter for the Week of May 8, 2006
This week’s contents:
I. General Announcements
i. Renew Your Student Org Registration for 2006-2007!
ii. Advertise in This Year’s Get Involved Book!
iii. The SOURCE Presents: Event Planning Essentials, John Glenn Institute Internship Opportunities
iv. Swing Into Spring: Mother’s Day Crafts, Summer Bodies
v. Explore Columbus
vi. OUAB Events
II. Organization Announcements
i. College Democrats Fundraiser Dinner
ii. Students for Recycling: Dump and Run Kickoff
III. Miscellaneous Announcements
i. Off Campus Student Services Adopt-a-Street Program
ii. Win a $100 BuckID Bonus!
iii. Race for the Cure Campus Blitz
iv. Federal Work-Study Position Open at OSU Child Care Center
v. Sign Up to Be a Site Leader for Community Commitment
vi. Beat Michigan Week Kickoff Meeting
vii. SOURCE Team Hours
I. General Announcements
Renew Your Organization Registration with the SOURCE for 2006-07
The “SOURCE New Year” began May 1. This means that you can renew your organization for 2006-07 anytime between May 1 and October 15, 2006. To renew your organization you, as President, must complete the following:
1) Update the online record for your organization at www.ohiounion.osu.edu/studentorgs/orgs_manage.asp using the link for “Existing Organizations”
** Please note, only the person listed as President online may access this website. If your record needs to be updated, please contact the SOURCE staff at .
2) President must attend Org Orientation
3) Treasurer must attend Treasurer Training
If you attend a training session in the month of May, you will be entered into a drawing to win a $10 Target gift card! Training dates are listed on the website at www.ohiounion.osu.edu/studentorgs/orgs_training.asp. You can sign up in advance or just show up to a session that works for you.
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Advertise in this year's Get Involved Book!
The Ohio Union & Student Activities Office is giving you an opportunity to promote your organization for FREE. At the 27 new student orientation sessions this summer, nearly 6000 students will be enlightened to the benefits of student life at OSU. These "Get Involved" sessions have been extremely successful in past years. Each student attending the "Get Involved" session will receive a free copy of the student organizations view book. The book has proven to be an effective way to promote joining student organizations. Here is where your organization can be involved. You can advertise your organization to incoming students BEFORE classes start. Fortunately, it will be at NO COST to your organization. If you want to be included, here is what you need to do:
1) DEADLINE: Submit your ad design by Noon on May 16, 200 6 , through an e-mail attachment to or on disc to the Ohio Union, Room 211, attention Alyson Kaczkowski.
2) AD FORMAT: Ads should be in an electronic format (Word, pdf, jpg, .tif, or Illustrator.)
3) AD SIZE: Ad size must be 4" horizontally by 5" vertically
4) AD COLOR: All ads will be printed in black and white.
5) AD CATEGORY: Along with your ad, please indicate which of the following categories best describes your group:
a. Academic/Educational
b. Ethnic/Cultural
c. Governance Bodies
d. Greek (Social Fraternities and Sororities)
e. Honor/Recognition
f. Professional
g. Recreational Sports
h. Religious/Spiritual
i. Service
j. Special Interest
k. Performing Arts
Due to space limitations, only the first 200 ads can be accepted. Please be creative with your ad. Graphic designs and artwork are encouraged as long as it is not vulgar or obscene in nature. In your ad, you may want to include summer/fall contact information, first meeting time and location, planned recruitment activities and websites. In addition, I have samples from last year's view book in the Ohio Union, Room 211, if you need artistic ideas.
*** This is a wonderful opportunity to promote your organization, and also a Great opportunity to work with the new Graphic Design Department for Student Organizations! If you are interested, the services of the Graphic Design department are available, free of charge, to the first 15 organizations who contact to have their ad designed for the view book. Please be prepared to discuss the design concepts of your ad when contacting Alyson. ***
The SOURCE Presents…Event Planning Essentials
Come learn all you need to know about planning your organization’s next great event.
Tuesday, May 9
4:30 pm, Ohio Union Buckeye CDE (3rd floor)
Contact Amber for more information!
The SOURCE Presents…John Glenn Institute Internship Panel
Looking for some meaningful job experience? Come learn about many of the internship opportunities available through the John Glenn Institute.
Tuesday, May, 16
5:30 pm, Ohio Union Grey H (Basement)
Contact Amber for more information!
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Upcoming Swing Into Spring Events
Mother’s Day Crafts
Show Mom you care. Make her a give that is thoughtful and easy on your wallet. This program is free and open to all students.
Wednesday, May 10
11:30a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Ohio Union Ballroom Lobby
Summer Bodies
Summer is just around the corner and you want to look and feel your best. But dieting alone is not always the most effective solution. We’ll discuss healthy lifestyles to help get your body shaped up for summer.
Monday, May 15
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Room (2nd floor Ohio Union)
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Join the Explore Columbus e-mailing list: send a message to
to add your name to our list to receive weekly announcements and special events.
ON-SALE THIS WEEK:
Thursday, May 11 - ProMusica Chamber Orchestra - Bela Fleck and The Flecktones - 6:00pm, reception - 8:30pm, Southern Theatre - $15
Friday, May 12 - Columbus Jazz Orchestra - Great Ladies That Swing - 8:00pm, Southern Theatre - $5
Friday, May 12 - OSU Baseball vs. Minnesota - 6:35pm, Bill Davis Stadium - $5 (for 4-game package)
Saturday, May 13 - Columbus Crew vs. Colorado Rapids - 7:30pm, Crew Stadium - $10
Check our website and list serv for more events all week long!
Tickets are on sale at the Ohio Union Information Center during regular building hours.
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Here are the upcoming OUAB events for the week of May 7, 2006. For more information, log on to www.ouab.net. Forward questions to . We look forward to seeing you!
Anthony Rapp from Rent!
Monday, May 22nd Doors open at 7:00, Event starts @7:30
TICKETS AVAILABLE at the Ohio Union Information Desk on Wednesday May 10th starting at 5pm. 1 ticket per BUCKID.
Jazz Night @ Woody's
Thursday, May 11th @8pm in Woody's in the Ohio Union
Big Free Concert
Jason Mraz, Jurassic 5, Teddy Geiger, We Are the Fury, KTB, hosted by mc chris
Saturday, May 13th @4pm on South Oval
You and a guest get in free with your BUCKID.
Spring Spin Blow Up
Inflatables, Free Food and fun activities during Big Free Concert
Saturday, May 13th @5pm on the South Oval
II. Organization Announcements
Join the College Democrats for the Victory '06 FUN-RAISER :.
Join us for a reception in Stecker Lounge on the 3rd floor of the Ohio Union on TUESDAY MAY 9th from 6:30PM-8:00PM and enjoy a night with the Ohio Democratic Party's most influential leaders!
Then join us for across the street @ 4 Kegs Bar & Grille where we have the basement all to ourselves! Starting at 8:00PM, guests will enjoy FREE admission and 32 oz. drafts for ONLY $1...and the first 100 are on the College Dems!
$10 = COLLEGE STUDENTS / $25 = COMMUNITY DEMOCRATS
.:GUESTS OF HONOR :.
Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern
Franklin County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Anthony
Nominee for U.S Congress Mary Jo Kilroy
Candidate for Attorney General Senator Marc Dann
Nominee for State Auditor Barbara Sykes
State Representative Dan Stewart
Candidate for Ohio Senate Emily Krieder
Judicial Candidate Tim Horton
Candidate for Ohio House of Representatives John Carney
Ohio Democratic Party Field Director Sarah Topy & Democratic Party Staff
Ohio Young Democrats President Antone White
Where: The Ohio Union (1739 N. High St.) Columbus, Oh 43201 / When: Tuesday, May 9th 6:30PM-10:00PM
Please RSVP to or 614/581-2259
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Dump & Run Kickoff
Sponsored by Students for Recycling
South Oval, 11:30am-5:00pm
May 10, 2006
Be sure to stop by the upcoming Dump & Run kickoff to learn more about this amazing event and how you can be a part of it! As an added bonus, feel free to tie-dye a FREE Dump & Run t-shirt, or pick up some FREE food and giveaways. Dump & Run is an event put on by Students for Recycling that collects reusable items from on-campus dorms and off-campus apartments. The items are then sold at a community garage sale during next year’s Welcome Week. Last year, over 17 tons of reusable items were prevented from going into a landfill! For more information, contact or
III. Miscellaneous Announcements
Off-Campus Student Services would like to invite new and continuing student organizations to become a part of the Adopt-A-Street program—
The Adopt-A-Street program at The Ohio State University provides student organizations a long-term opportunity to enhance the quality of life for residents living in the off-campus or University District area by assisting in creating a cleaner, safer and well-informed community off-campus.
Organizations participating in the Adopt-A-Street program are asked to complete three tasks:
Community clean up: Once per month (as weather permits), representatives from the participating organization will clean up the litter that has accumulated in areas along their adopted street.
Distribute literature: Once per quarter, participating organizations are asked to deliver "lit bags" filled with helpful information for off-campus residents.
Community partnerships: Participating organizations will be called upon occasionally to work with other community leaders in the University District.
The Adopt-A-Street program is ideal for student organizations that are interested in completing service projects for several reasons.
1. The program is geared toward students and their schedules; it allows groups to be flexible with scheduling clean-up and literature drop activities. Groups are not expected to complete clean-ups over breaks (such as summer).
2. The same students are not required to do the service each time, so groups can be accommodating with group members about who participates and when they do so.
3. Cleaning up litter and distributing information is not extremely strenuous task. On average, litter clean-ups require an hour and literature drops require a half hour depending on the number of students participating.
If your organization is interested in participating in this program, please contact Stacyanne Headley or Sean McLaughlin in the Off-Campus Student Services office at 292-0100, or visit us at 342 Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street. Information is also available on our website at http://www.offcampus.osu.edu/adopt.asp
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Ten OSU students will win a $100 BuckID bonus just for taking 20 minutes of their time to complete a confidential survey—why shouldn’t they be your members?
The following email that offers the chance to win a $100 BuckID bonus in exchange for completing a confidential opinion and awareness survey is being distributed to OSU students next week.
If you will take a moment to read the email, you will see this is a legitimate offer that could benefit your members. You can also confirm the validity of the survey by visiting http://www.osu.edu/currentstudents/
Of course, your members will be getting this offer through University email updates. But chances are they’ll be more likely to actually READ the email if it comes from you.
Please take a moment to delete the above. Then, just forward the following email to your LISTSERVE changing the subject line to, "Make sure [insert the name of your organization] opinions count"
Article I. Students: Take a Survey and Win a $100 BuckID Bonus
Saperstein Associates, an opinion research firm in Columbus, Ohio, is conducting a scientific survey among OSU students.
This brief, strictly confidential survey deals with an important issue on college campuses nationwide. It should take just about 15 minutes to complete. By answering our questions, you will be eligible to win one of ten $100 cash gifts, which will be added to your BuckID -- REALLY!
Be assured that this survey is a research project with one objective: to measure opinions. It is not a "sales pitch." Every response will be held in the strictest confidence, and your email address will not be sold. We are looking for input that represents undergraduate through graduate and professional students, men and women--the entire campus community.
Please complete the survey by clicking on the following link:
http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/15609/06045.htm
Our very first question invites you to enter our drawing to be one of ten students to have $100 added to his or her BuckID. The winners will be notified by email.
Your responses will go directly to Saperstein Associates where they will be retained separate from your email address and maintained in strictest confidence. No one else-not even University personnel-will see the completed surveys. Results will be reported only in the aggregate.
When you have answered all of our questions, simply click on "submit" to forward your responses to us.
Should you have any questions about this survey, send me an email at
Thank you in advance for participating in this important project.
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The fourth annual Race for the Cure Campus Blitz will be held at two locations: the Wexner Center Plaza and the RPAC on Tuesday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 10th from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. A tent will be set up to register faculty and students for the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure in downtown Columbus on Saturday, May 20th. Students can pay for registration using a Buck-ID. People who register at either campus location will receive free Cheryl's Cookies, a Coke product, ice cream, a Race T-Shirt, and other free goodies! For more information about the Race or for online registration, visit www.komencolumbus.org . Contact Monica Patel at to volunteer at the Blitz and receive a free t-shirt!
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Artists wanted to work with children Federal work-study position OSU Child Care Center
Job Title: Art Studio Assistant
If you have work-study, Go to the work study web site, print a referral, and please contact Jillian Harris - OSU Child Care Center Art Studio Educator
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SIGN UP TO BE A SITE LEADER FOR COMMUNITY COMMITMENT!
Community Commitment is one of the largest, single-day service projects on a college campus in the country. Make sure you’re there for it!
Sign up to be a Site Leader for Community Commitment on Tuesday, September 19.
Site Leaders are needed to help lead a small group of volunteers to a service site for Community Commitment. All Site Leaders receive a free t-shirt, breakfast, and lunch.