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Monday, February 17, 2020 at 9:03:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Subject: West House NEWS: VOTE! Trivia Night THURSDAY, Cocoa & Cra@s and *Fleeces* WEDNESDAY,Boston Trip, First-Year Floor Dinners, Montgomery Fellow dinner
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 5:04:46 PM Eastern Standard TimeFrom: Ryan C. HickoxTo: Ryan C. HickoxACachments: image001.jpg, image002.png, image003.jpg, image004.jpg, image005.jpg, image006.png,
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Hi Wes]ans, I hope Winter Carnival was safe and enjoyable for everyone. Just a reminder, if you’re planning to votein New Hampshire, to PLEASE VOTE TODAY! (Or whenever the elec]on is wherever you’re registered.)
Wes]ans in the NewsTrivia Night THURSDAYCocoa & Cra@s and *Fleeces* WEDNESDAYBoston TripFirst-year floor dinnersMontgomery Fellow DinnerSnack Shack, Game Night, and Job OpportunityHouse Cup: Basketball and Cookie Decora]ngPictures from the weekResident ExpertsHop TicketsHouse Events Calendar
See you soon!
Best,RCH
THE WESTLETTER for the week of 2/9/20as always, for more see sites.dartmouth.edu/west-house/
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To add the West House calendar to your own calendar applica]ons, you can use this iCal link. - WesNans in the News
At the Dartmouth Idol semi-finals last weekend, three Wes]ans, Daniel Abate ’23, Summer Cody ’20,and Soomin Kim ’20, were among the six performers who advanced to the finals on March 6.Congratula]ons to all who performed and especially to our finalists! (Note Pamela has free Nckets tothe finals for WesNans in the House Office – stop by in person to grab yours!)
West House faculty affiliate Brendan Nyhan (Government) co-authored a study showing thatcorrec]ng conspiracy theories about health majers can backfire, with poten]al implica]ons for ourresponse to the coronavirus outbreak.
If you know of a Wes]an whose accomplishments should be highlighted in the Westlejer, please suggestthem at dartgo.org/wes]an_news.
- Trivia Night THURSDAY 7-9pm FAHEY LOUNGE
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Are you smarter than a fi@h grader (or fellow college student?) West House will be holding a TRIVIA NIGHTon Thursday, Feb 13 from 7 to 9pm in Fahey Lounge, brought to you by your Execu]ve Board. Bringalong your team, and enjoy pizza, ice cream, and great prizes (including $100 from Amazon for the first-placed team). SIGN UP YOUR TEAM at: dartgo.org/west_trivia_20w - Cocoa & Cra_s and *Fleeces* WEDNESDAY 8-9pm THE HYPHEN
Your West House UGAs Kaitlyn, Dina, and Tanner will be hos]ng a Cocoa & Cra_s event in The HyphenTOMORROW (Wednesday) from 8 to 9pm. At that ]me we’ll also be distribuNng the West Housefleeces (they’re in, see below modeled by your Exec Board!) for those who ordered them.
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- Boston trip this weekend
We’re doing final prepara]on for this weekend’s West House trip to Boston (including the New EnglandAquarium and MFA). For those on the trip or on the wait list, we’ll be in touch very soon about confirmingyour spot. We’ve had a few places open and I expect we may have a few more, so please keep an eye on youremail! - First-Year Floor Dinners begin this week Next week we will begin our annual winter tradi]on of dinners with each first-year floor at the HP’sresidence. Our schedule is as follows: Tues Feb 11 (TONIGHT): French 3 and Judge 3Thur Feb 20: French 0, 1, and 4Tues Feb 25: Judge 2 and French 2Thur Mar 3: Judge 1 and 4 RSVP at: dartgo.org/west_floor_dinner For Wes]an first-years or FYRE UGAs who live outside of French or Judge (i.e. McLaughlin, Affinity Houses,etc.) you are encouraged to come to any of these dinners! Please just RSVP and come along! - SNACK SHACK AND GAME NIGHT, AND JOB OPPORTUNITY
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Our weekly Game Nights in Fahey Lounge will con]nue on Saturday Night in Fahey and Wednesday night inJudge, thanks to the Student Ac]vi]es Coordinators. We’ll have lots of fun games and the Snack Shack servesmilkshakes, chicken tenders, tater tots, etc. which you can get with West Bucks (you can pick some WestBucks up when you arrive).
Note however there will be NO Snack Shack in Judge this Wednesday, in lieu of Cocoa & Cra@s in theHyphen.
West House has some addi]onal job openings for Student AcNviNes Coordinators for the winter termto help organize weekly ac]vi]es in the House, in par]cular Game Nights in Fahey and Judge lounges. Detailson the posi]on are here. If interested, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffyat [email protected].
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- West House INTRAMURALS and the HOUSE CUP - House IM Basketball
West House IM basketball gave it all last Friday but ul]mately dropped a 23-20 decision to South House. Theplayoffs are next weekend with a chance for West House to defend our ]tle! - Cookie DecoraNng
The Interhouse Council is organizing a cookie decoraNng contest this SUNDAY, FEB 16 from 1 to 3pmin FoCo. Sign up at dartgo.org/cookiedecora]ng - Dinner with and discussion Tues Feb 18 with acclaimed author Zia Haider Rahman
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West House is delighted to be hos]ng Montgomery Fellow and acclaimed author Zia Haider Rahman fordinner and a discussion on Tuesday, February 18 at 6pm at the House Professor’s Residence. Zia is the authorof the cri]cally acclaimed novel, In the Light of What We Know, which won the pres]gious James Tait BlackPrize, Britain's oldest literary prize. Zia was born in a Bangladeshi village and moved to England with hisfamily, living first in a squat before being allocated project housing in inner London. Zia studied at BalliolCollege, Oxford, and at Cambridge and Yale universi]es. A@er a short s]nt as an investment banker atGoldman, Sachs, he spent several years as a financial services lawyer, an]-corrup]on ac]vist andinterna]onal human rights lawyer. He is currently at work on a memoir, Among the Liberals, exploring thefailings of elites from the perspec]ve of a liberal of working class background. RSVP at dartgo.org/west_rahman - West House ExecuNve Board The West House student Exec Board plans and organizes many of our wide range of House ac]vi]es. Beingac]ve on the Exec is a great way to get to meet Wes]ans and shape your residen]al community! We have asubstan]al budget for House programming and how best to use it is up to you! Mee]ngs are usually on Sunday evenings in the Fahey downstairs lounge, with dinner delivered from localrestaurants. All West House members are encouraged to ajend, members of the class of 2023 are especiallywelcome! This week’s mee]ng is Sunday at 6:30pm in Fahey Lounge, and new members are alwayswelcome at any ]me!
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- Resident Fellow applicaNons due Feb 19 Applica]ons are now open for graduate Resident Fellows, who live in the residence halls and take part in lotsof House programming. Interested graduate students are encouraged to apply, with an applica]on deadlineFeb 19.
- Pictures from the week
We had an awesome Community Dinner with catering from Gusanoz Mexican on Tuesday, and a wonderfulhouse concert with East Shore Trio at the HP’s Residence on Thursday!
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- West House Resident Experts A great resource in your House are our Resident Experts who are available to help with Chemistry,Economics, Math, and Physics. See the schedule below - Get to know them!
- Free HOP Nckets West House has available free Nckets for House members to ajend world-class performances at the HopkinsCenter each term. We’ve made some updates to how this works – rather than purchasing ]ckets in advance,you’re free to request ]ckets to any live performance (movies are not included) although some may be soldout or have limited availability. The rules are: (1) You must request ]ckets for a group including at least two West House members, and (2)You must request ]ckets from Pamela ([email protected]) at least two days in advance, andpick them up in her office in Fahey. See here for the Hop live events lis:ng Hop Calendar: February:
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------------------------------Ryan C. HickoxAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Physics & AstronomyHouse Professor, West HouseDartmouth CollegeWilder Laboratory 241+1 (603) 646-2962hjp://www.dartmouth.edu/~hickox/------------------------------