Toys for Tots Social; CACNE Board; Celtics; CACNE Membership and Shirts

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Misha Leybovich

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Dec 3, 2007, 7:08:09 PM12/3/07
to Cal Alumni Club of New England
In this issue:
1. Pac-10 Boston Toys for Tots Social (12/6)
2. CACNE Board Meeting in central MA (12/9)
3. Celtics Game with Leon "The Show" Powe (2/6)
4. CACNE Membership and Shirts
5. Oski's Trivia Corner

Dear New England Golden Bears,

Thank you for all coming out to make Big Game Week Boston 2007 such a success!  If Nate Longshore could toss a football as well as we can have a party, we'd all be buying our Rose Bowl tickets right now.  Have a look at our Big Game photos and this year's Ode to The Play by Neil Cohn!

As it turns out, our football team will have one more chance to salvage a winning season.  Because the bowl (our fifth straight!) will be on New Year's Eve, and many of our members will be out of town or with their families, CACNE will likely not be organizing a big viewing party.  However, if you are interested in getting together with other Cal fans for the game, do contact us and we'll see what we can arrange around New England.

On the bright sports side, our men's basketball team is 5-0, our women's basketball team is 7-1 and ranked #13 in the nation, and we just beat U$C to win the NCAA water polo championship!  On the bright CACNE side, we are just getting started in bringing fun and interesting events to you to connect and enhance our alumni community and experience out East! ...

1. Pac-10 Boston Toys for Tots Social

Join the who's who of Pac-10 Boston this Thursday for UCLA Boston's annual Toys for Tots Social.  Celebrate the holidays with good company, a cup of 'nog, and by bringing a new, unwrapped toy of any size that we will donate to the Toys for Tots Foundation.

When: Thursday, December 6, 7-10pm
Where: Boston Beer Works near Fenway Park (61 Brookline Ave; Boston, MA)
Hungry?: UCLA will provide light appetizers for all who attend.
Driving?: We have pre-reserved space, just ask for the Pac-10 Toys for Tots Party at the host desk and they will point you in the right direction.

2. CACNE Potluck Board Meeting

If you're interested in getting involved at all with CACNE beyond attending the events and reading these delightful emails, you are very welcome to join the CACNE Board for our monthly Potluck Board Meeting.  We'll be getting out of Boston to central MA for this one, and laying down our plans for the next year regarding outreach, membership, and major events, including our spring Gala.

When: Sunday, December 9, 1pm
Where: Hosted by CACNE VP Social Harry Spitulnik in Northborough, MA.  If you're interested in attending, please let us know and we'll arrange rides!

3. Celtics Game with Leon "The Show" Powe

The Boston Celtics are back this year, with Kevin Garnett and former Cal star Leon "The Show" Powe helping to lead the charge! CACNE will be taking a trip to cheer for The Show and see the boys in green (which is really just blue and gold together, isn't it?) take on the LA Clippers.

Last year CACNE caught the Celtics vs the Miami Heat and went nuts as Powe played 32 minutes, shut down Shaq, and notched his first career double-double.  We even got to meet Leon after the game!

When: Wednesday, February 6, 7:30pm.  Yes, that's a few months away, but we need to book now.  Plus, our ticket allotment is selling fast!
Where: TD Banknorth Garden
Cost: $35 ($30 for paid members)

Due to a limited number of tickets left for this already almost sold out season, and CACNE needing to pay up front for the block of seats, we're taking RSVPs at www.calnewengland.org/celtics.html.  The first 30 paid RSVPs get the seats, and we're already half sold out!

4. CACNE Membership and Shirts

It's time to re-up on your CACNE Membership!  While most of our events are free, there are costs with keeping the club functioning, as well as fabulous benefits that you receive as an official CACNE Member:
  • Savings on: CACNE events that cost money, awesome new CACNE t-shirts, and more.  Already, you can have made your dues back in member savings on our events and gear!
  • Memberships help support the Cal New England scholarship that we award each year to a local high school graduate who will be attending Cal in the fall.  The benefit for you here is that you feel good about yourself!
  • Exclusive information about smaller, members-only events throughout the year.  Always be in the loop about fantastic Cal alumni opportunities in the area!
And how much would you guess such incredible benefits would cost you?  Brace yourself: only $15!

Please visit www.calnewengland.org/membership.html to renew your membership today.

5. Oski's Trivia Corner

The answer to last week's question, "Why did the first Big Game begin over an hour behind schedule? " is: Herbert Hoover, the 1892 Stanfurd ballboy and future lackluster President, forgot to bring the ball to the game, and they had to send a man on horseback to fetch a new one.  There's a Keynesian economics joke in there somewhere, but I can't think of it at the moment.

Cheers for the right answer to Chris Crutchfield, Lia Deromedi, Ying Huang, Diana Chen, and Laurie Keating!

This week's challenge (and those smarties who reply to Misha with the correct answer by Sunday will be put into a drawing for another fabulous www.calstudentstore.com gift certificate- good for any Cal gear you'll ever need- at the end of the month):

Cape Cod can be a dangerous place to swim, but sometimes help can unexpectedly arrive if you're in trouble.  Name both the aquatic actress who once saved a drowning boy there, as well as the recent Berkeley honoree whose work she shares in a later film.

Take care and GO BEARS!

--
Misha Leybovich
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Dual M.S. Candidate, Technology & Policy Program and Aerospace Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

email: mish...@mit.edu
mobile: 510-289-7596

"We can change the world with our own two hands" - Ben Harper
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