Hello BUSSA!

We have some firm dates for our next three BUSSA events. So mark your calendars for the following:

Saturday, February 26th @ 9am - 12pm
TREE PLANTING IN SF
Meeting location TBA
RSVP by Wednesday Feb. 22 (carmen12@berkeley.edu)

We will be volunteering with Friends of the Urban Forest whose mission it is to help SF neighborhoods be more green. Planting trees is lots of fun plus you get to meet SF locals who know a lot about their neighborhoods (like the best cafes, restaurants, etc.) Please RSVP to Carmen (carmen12@berkeley.edu) so we can arrange rides to the city.

Tuesday, March 1st @ 6:30
GRAD UNDERGRAD MIXER
Wurster Hall Lobby

This is our third mixer, and the previous two have been lots of fun and very well attended (free(!) pizza, drinks, and music). So come on down to the Wurster Lobby and pick the brains of the grad students about careers, planning...and of course, grad school.

Friday, March 11
URBAN OUTING - SILENT FILMS & SAN JOSE
Downtown San Jo

Last fall, the historic Fox California Theatre in Downtown San Jose was reopened after nearly 30 years of abandonment. The theatre has been completely restored by the Packard Foundation, and will be showing a double feature of classic silent films (with an awesome live organist playing the whole time) as part of the Cinequest Film Festival.

On Friday afternoon we're going to head down to San Jose for our first urban outing this semester. We'll start with a short walking tour of all the redevelopment/restoration going on Downtown, head to dinner, and go to the showing of Carmen and La Boheme at 7:30.

So if you've:

a) never been to Downtown San Jose
b) never seen a silent movie
c) never seen a movie in a classic "movie palace"
d) all of the above

You MUST come to this event! It will be tons of fun.

Please let Nick know ASAP (nap98@aol.com ) whether you think you want to go, and what time you can leave Berkeley so we can set up carpools down to the Silicon Valley.

Also, Nick may be able to get discounted tickets since he worked at the Packard Foundation's historic Stanford Theatre (yes,Stanfurd. booo....hisss, etc. The California Theatre is bigger and better, so, go bears). So if you let him know you plan on coming, he may be able to get you tickets that cost less than the already measly $10 ticket price.

That's all for now! Have a great week everyone.

Your BUSSA coordinators,

-Carmen & Nick

PS:For info on the movies they're showing at the California Theatre:
http://www.cinequest.org/2005/programguide/event_view.php?eid=117

and for some GREAT photos of the California Theatre:
http://www.shomler.com/calsj/