Happy Mid-Quarter...ish!
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Information Meeting for the Western
Regional Conference! The first
informational meeting on this stellar
conference will be Feb. 20 and 21, 8:30
p.m. @ the Student Union. Get all the
details and sign up here!
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Wednesday
02.20.08
Get It Right by Asking Questions: FAFSA
Workshop and Q&A Session 4 - 5 p.m./ 5 -
6 p.m. @ Bay Tree Conference: Cervantes &
Velaszquez Room, #D. Financial Aid is
offering FAFSA workshops and Q&A Sessions to
help answer questions and explain any issues
or concerns about filling out FAFSA for next
year's financial aid by the March 2 deadline.
Info: Eric Grabiel, EOP Counselor, at
831.459.4389 or eric@ucsc.edu.
Queer and Questioning Menz Group Every
Wed, 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Join
us for the second meeting of this new men's
group! We
hope to see you here! Info:
Craig Metz, faciliator, bilygott@hotmail.com.
Judaism and
Sexuality 8 - 9 p.m. @ Temple Beth El in
Aptos (3055 Porter Gulch Road). Looking for
two or three Jewish students to
come and talk about the story of the
development of their awareness of being queer
and coming out and
about their Jewish identity and relationship
to Judaism and the Jewish community, whatever
that might be. Info: Rabbi Rick Litvak,
831.479.3444 or rlitvak@tbeaptos.org.
Queer Coffee House meets today! Every
Wed, 8 - 9:00 p.m. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.
The Network meets today! Every Wed, 9
- 10:30 p.m. Info: thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
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Thursday
02.21.08
The Big Q Tues - Thurs, 10 a.m. - 2
p.m. @
Cantù Queer Center. CALLING ALL WRITERS,
POETS, AND ARTISTS: The Big Q is now
accepting submissions! Drop by with a sample
of your work and have it published across
campus! Info: Aaron
White, awhite@ucsc.edu.
Get It Right by Asking Questions: FAFSA
Workshop and Q&A Session 4 - 5 p.m./ 5 -
6 p.m. @ Bay Tree Conference: Cervantes &
Velaszquez Room, #D. Financial Aid is
offering FAFSA workshops and Q&A Sessions to
help answer questions and explain any issues
or concerns about filling out FAFSA for next
year's financial aid by the March 2 deadline.
Info: Eric Grabiel, EOP Counselor, at
831.459.4389 or eric@ucsc.edu.
Drop-in Free & Anonymous HIV Testing
Every Thurs. 5 - 7 p.m. @
Cantù Queer Center. It's free and
confidential, and even better, it only takes
about twenty minutes out of your busy
schedule! Even if you don't think you have
the HIVs, better safe than sorry,
right? Info: 831.459.4679.
Ships in the Night: Solidarity for the
Jersey Four 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ The
Gangway (841 O' Farell (Geary,) San
Francisco). Four Black Lesbians defending
themselves are sentenced from 3 1/2 to 11
years. Show support by coming out next
Thursday for some hot queer dancing at the
oldest gay bar in SF!
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Upcoming...
Mon. Feb. 25 FEAST will be having a
3 week period of reflection on GLBT equality
and inclusion for Lent, from Feb. 25 to Mar.
13.
Tues. Feb. 26 "Do I Look Fat?"
Movie Night 6:30 - 8 p.m. @ Cantu Queer
Center. Come see the movie & join the
discussion on the development of and
suffering with eating disorders in the gay
community. Info: 831.502.7190 or www.doilookfatthemovie.com.
Wed. Feb. 27 Flirting: the Fun, the
Skill, the Art 7 - 9 p.m. @ The Diversity
Center. How do we begin things, and how do we
keep them going once begun? This presentation
is an opportunity to discuss and compare
notes of some of the finer points and
guidelines for fabulous flirting, playful
engagement, and even successful seduction. It
is relevant for people who have been together
forever, as well as for someone who wants to
get to that first hello. Come enjoy the
evening and learn some useful skills while
you're at it!
Mar. 8 Auditions for Variety
Show Currently looking for this year's
performers, writers, and directors! Middle
and high school students are encouraged to
audition for the Variety Show, which has now
become a tradition during the Queer Youth
Leadership Awards Ceremony. Info:
831.427.4004 or info@QYLA.org.
Mar. 14 - 15 Margaret Cho will
be doing two performances of her new show
'Beautiful' at San Francisco's The Warfield.
Info and tickets: http://www.margaretcho.com/tour/tour.htm.
Mar. 20 Ships in the Night:
Solidarity for the
Jersey Four Four Black Lesbians defending
themselves are sentenced from 3 1/2 to 11
years. There will be another benefit night
for them on this date.
Apr. 18 - 20 Western Regional LGBT
Conference @ UCLA. The deadline for early
registration is Feb. 29; the deadline for
late registration ends on Apr. 4. Proposal
deadline is on Feb. 29. If interested, keep
in touch with the Network: the organizing
party behind the UCSC contingent. Info: Queerconference2008@gmail.com
or www.queerconference.com.
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QReview!
Someone Like You
Author: Timothy James Beck
Section: Fiction
Genre: Gay, lesbian, straight, humor
Rating: 9.0
Plot Rundown The Mall of the Universe
is renowned for being the biggest, craziest,
most stellar mall you could imagine. Vienna's
determined to work in every store in the
mall, seeing as her psychology license was
suspended when she went after a client with a
letter opener. She tells everything to Davii,
the campiest queer hairdresser at the
mall...and a black belt in tae kwon do.
Davii's falling fast for Derek, the kept
boyfriend of the wealthy Hunter Congreve
who's just started working in the Drayden's
department store. Derek's desperate for help
from Christian, a good-natured and
better-mannered charmer with a client whose
klutziness seems likely to destroy the entire
mall. Thus begins this novel.
Review: I shall give you fair warning:
EVERYTHING in the Mall of the Universe
possesses a groan-worthy celestial pun as a
name. CosmicTology, the Brew Moon Cafe, and
the Launch Pad Skating Rink are some of the
more bearable ones. However, warning
dispensed, let me assure you that if you're
looking for a fun, witty, unpredictable
little read, this novel is your man. True,
the puns can be a little much at times, and
granted, the ending gets a little too sappy
for a chapter or two, but regardless, this is
a wonderful little gem well worth the time to
read.
~Ian Sentelik
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer & Questioning Women's Group Meets
Mons, 6:30 - 8 p.m. A safe, confidential
space for women from all tracks of life to
converse and bond over light refreshments.
Newcomers will be welcomed!
Contact: Akhila Kolesar, akhila.kolesar@gmail.com.
Queer Geeks Every Mon, 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Do you like board games? How about card
games? Perhaps you enjoy video games? No? Do
you read for fun? If you answered "yes" to
any of those questions, come to Queer Geeks,
where the play is noncompetitive and half the
fun is in the sarcasm! Info:
Ian Sentelik, fireflys_cat@yahoo.com/
Zachary Gaidzik, jgaidzik@ucsc.edu.
Lipz The next
meeting of this wonderful women's group is
creeping into sight! Be prepared!
Info: Julia Schwab, at jschwab@ucsc.edu.
The Big Q Thurs, 10 a.m. - 2
p.m. @ Cantù Queer Center. Interested in writing,
helping, or just learning how to produce a
zine of your own? Here's your chance! Now
accepting submissions! Info: Aaron White, awhite@ucsc.edu.
Queer and Questioning Menz Group Every
Wed, 6 - 7:30 p.m. This Men's Group is an
opportunity to meet other queer and
questioning men and discuss issues,
challenges, and general life concerns in an
informal and comfortable atmosphere. Info:
Craig Metz, faciliator, bilygott@hotmail.com.
Queer Coffee House Every Wed,
8 - 9 p.m. Come content yourself with coffee,
comestibles, and good company at the Cantù
Queer Center. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.
The Network Every Wed, 9 - 10:30 p.m.
The Network is a dynamic bunch of queers and
allies that meet to plan events and discuss
issues affecting our campus queer community.
Be a part of the organization at the fore of
UCSC's queervolution!
Info:
thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
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QPost
Get connected.
Third Eye View is a collective of
strong womyn of color, armed with mics and an
arsenal of honored guests, ready to radiate
our fierceness over the airwaves of Santa
Cruz. We broadcast live every Sunday on KZSC
88.1 FM (in Santa Cruz, San Benito and
Monterey County Areas) from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
You can also stream us live online at http://streaming.kzsc.org.
We welcome thoughts, ideas, and of course
encouragement. Info: thirdeyeview.kzsc@gmail.com.
Trans(in)formation Trans(in)formation
is a zine containing a resource list of zines
written by transgender/ genderqueer zinesters
or that have transgender/ genderqueer
content. If you know of any such zines, send
the information to shortandqueer@yahoo.com
before April 1, 2008.
Trans-identified individuals needed for a
student film The intent of this short,
fictional, still-image film is to present the
idea of double consciousness: an awareness of
one's self as well as an awareness of how
others perceive that person in relation to
trans-life history. The director is looking
for individuals
who want to help create the dialogue and
modify the storyline based on lived
experience. No acting experience required.
Info: Kas, kocasiop@ucsc.edu.
Facilitator for FTM Trans Group Needed
It is time to pass the torch to a new
facilitator for the FTM support group.
Teresa "Antonia" Broccoli has been the
spectacular facilitator of this group for the
last 1.5 years; now she is passing the
position on. Info: Teresa Broccoli,
831.425.4409 or teresantonia@yahoo.com.
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