Graduate Student Organization - Stony Brook

The GSO Elections Committee will be meeting in the GSO Office, SAC 227, to plan for upcoming elections.

The Budget Committee will be meeting Tuesday, February 5 at 7 PM in the GSO Office (SAC 227). If you would like to apply for funding for General Cultural and Social Events, Speakers or Conferences or a GSO Grant during the February Senate meeting you must attend this meeting. All forms can be found at http://sbgso.org/forms If you have any questions please contact the GSO Treasurer at treasurer@sbgso.org

Talk 1: Measure Phrases in Japanese
Linguistics Seminar Room, March 4, 7:00pm

The GSO is proud to be sponsoring the March Graduate Student Night at the University Cafe. Come, bring your department and labmates, and meet old friends in the only bar on campus.  Cash bar. Free food will be provided!

Talk 2: Comparative Measure Phrases
Linguistics Seminar Room, March 5, 7:00pm

In this talk, I suggest that the cooccurrence restrictions found in the syntax of comparison (ex. more - than and as - as) should not be treated as a matter of selection as in the traditional analysis but must be captured in terms of agreement. In arguing for this proposal, I focus on comparative measure phrases found in expressions like taller than seven feet. As part of this discussion, I will venture into decomposition of antonymous pairs of dimensional adjectives.

The Social Concerns Committee will be meeting on Thursday, March 6 at 5 PM in the GSO office (SAC 227). If you want to bring up a social concern about on or off campus life please contact GSO Vice President Lou Esparza at lesparza@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The third annual Graduate Student Conference by the Hispanic Languages and Literature department, After Theory: Hispanism at the Crossroads will be occurring on March 7 at the Wang Center Keynote Speaker: Tom Lewis, University of Iowa

Talk 3: Number in Language and Natural Numbers
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, March7, 3:30pm

n celebration of the Nauryz (Nowriz), the Central Asian Spring Festival, the Wang Center presents an unparalleled opportunity to learn about Central Asian culture and music directly from Kazakhstan's most talented avant-garde artists. A smash hit at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Roksonaki pioneered the creation of a unique sound that integrates ancient Kazakh instrumentation with contemporary rock and jazz using motifs drawn from Eurasia's indigenous religious traditions. Followed by discussion with artists and anthropologist Helen Faller.

The Graduate Student Emergency Loan Fund Committee will be meeting in the GSO Office, SAC 227. If you are need of a short term zero interest emergency loan please go to http://sbgso.org/services/gself for more information.

Stony Brook University's Graduate Student Employees Union is proud to present "Meeting Face to Face: The Iraq-US Labor Solidarity Tour," a documentary on the US occupation from the perspective of workers in Iraq and the United States. The short 30-minute film will be shown on Tuesday, March 11th at 4:00pm in the Wang Center Room 301, followed by a discussion with producer Michael Zweig of the Stony Brook Economics Department. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.

The Freewheel Community Bicycle Shop meets in the Student Union room 024 (basement). Volunteers and members of the community repair donated and found bicycles, offer free and/or low-cost repairs, and leads bicylce education programs (based on student interest and instructor availability). Freewheel encourages and celebrates bike riding as an ecologically and economically sound form of transportation by organizing community rides and "Free Bike Repair" days.