IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR THOSE COMING TO CHINATOWN

We will be taking a later bus to SF, so meet at the F bus stop at Bancroft and Telegraph (just in front of lower Sproul) at 10am, NOT 9am as was the plan before.

See you there!

Urban Outing on Saturday, Nov. 5

BUSSA is holding their semesterly "urban outing" this Saturday, November 5, in San Francisco. We will be taking the Chinatown Alleyway Tour which is led by youth who live or have lived in Chinatown. The tour costs $10 with student ID and the proceeds benefit the community. Afterwards we will be eating a yummy lunch in Chinatown. This is a great opportunity for everyone, whether you've never been to Chinatown or you've been a hundred times. This area of SF is a diverse and vibrant neighborhood where there are always new things to discover. The entire event will last from about 9am to 3pm. More details are available at the end of this message.

I hope to see you at this very special event. You do not have to be in BUSSA to participate, so bring your friends! Bring about $20 for the tour and lunch and don't forget your student ID. If you are interested in attending please email me so I can know how many people to expect. Please email me with any questions you may have.

See you there,

Carmen Oleksinski
BUSSA Pres.
carmen12@berkeley.edu


The details are as follows:

9am - The F transbay bus leaves for SF (free for students with a class pass, $3.00 for those without). Meet at the Bancroft and Telegraph stop (in front of Lower Sproul). The bus leaves at this time so please arrive a little earlier!

10:30 - Chinatown Alleyway Tour (http://www.chinatownalleywaytours.org/index.php)

12:30 - Eat lunch

2:00 - Head on home, or you can stay to explore more of SF

A bit of a late notice but:

1st Meeting of the Semester Tonight!

106 Wurster @ 5:30

Come get to know other people interested in urban studies while enjoying your coordinator Carmen's homemade brownies. (Yum) Especially come if you're interested in taking on a leadership position in the club!

Hello BUSSA-

Our representative to the new faculty hire committee, Daniel Zoughbie, has the following annoucement:

Hey BUSSA folks,

Lets try and show up to as many lectures as possible (all of them :) ).

We want our opinions to count. I will schedule a feedback session where you will tell me who you think is most qualified. I will relay your opinions to the faculty.

Best,

DZ

Dear DCRP Students:

Please mark your calendars for the Comparative Urban Development faculty candidate lectures and student meetings. As the candidates’ schedules are quite full, the brownbag lunch meetings will include MCP students and Urban Studies Major students*.

Doctoral students will have a separate meeting with each candidate. I would like to encourage all students to attend the lectures and participate in the meetings in order for the candidates to feel most welcome.

Please note that the lectures will start on “Berkeley” time, 10 minutes past the announced hour.

Professor Manuel Pastor
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Lecture and Q&A @ 11 am – 12:30 noon in 106 Wurster Hall
Brownbag Lunch with students* @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, room tba
PhD student meeting with candidate @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, room tba

Professor Amrita Daniere
Friday, April 8, 2005
Lecture and Q&A @ 12 noon – 1:30 pm in 106 Wurster Hall
Brownbag Lunch with students* @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, room tba
PhD student meeting with candidate @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, room tba

Professor Teresa Caldeira
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Lecture and Q&A @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm in 106 Wurster Hall (CP 207 will be rescheduled)
Brownbag Lunch with students* @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, room tba
PhD student meeting with candidate @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, room tba

Professor Paul Ong
Monday, April 18, 2005
Lecture and Q&A @ 11 am – 12:30 noon in 106 Wurster Hall
Brownbag Lunch with students* @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, room tba
PhD student meeting with candidate @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, room tba

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/

First General Meeting!
When: Thursday, Feb. 3rd at 6:30
Where: 104 Wurster Hall

Welcome back everyone!

BUSSA will be holding our first general meeting of the semester next Thursday. The meeting will start at 6:30, right after ED100.

This meeting will be an informal mixer, a chance to meet fellow Urban Studies majors and City Planning minors, as well as the BUSSA officers. We'll also do a brief run-down of all the activities that we're planning for this semester, so this is your chance to get involved!

Also: those of you that are Urban Studies majors, we will be taking pictures for the undergraduate face board, so remember to look snazy (at least from the head up).

And finally, food! No cheesy sticks this time, but instead we'll have ICE CREAM and homemade BROWNIES from BUSSA co-coordinator Carmen Oleksinski.

Hope to see you there!

(and those of you that e-mailed to be added to the BUSSA e-mail list over winter break, we apologize if we did not get back to you, but you have all been added to our list-serve)

BUSSA YOSEMITE TRIP!

When: Friday January 14 to Sunday January 16
Where: Mariposa/Yosemite
Who: Anyone who wants to come!

BUSSA's heading to the mountains! Mike has reserved two rooms in Mariposa so we can spend the weekend before classes enjoying the snow and scenery in beautiful Yosemite Valley.

For the details, e-mail Mike at mikelim5@hotmail.com

Happy New Year Everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying your winter break. Stay tuned for more information about a possible BUSSA trip to Yosemite later this month.

If any of you are still looking for a class to take this spring, check out:

Architecture 179 - "Historic Preservation"
CCN: 04132
Prof: Helaine Kaplan-Prentice
Time: MW 11:00-12:30pm

This is a brand-spanking-new class, cross listed as a City Planning grad school class (CP290). Still plenty of open spots for undergrads. Looks to be an interesting course. Here's a page offering some information on the professor's work in Oakland:

http://www.oaklandheritage.org/helene_kaplan_prentice.htm

See ya in a couple weeks!

BUSSA's 4th GENERAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 8 - 6PM -104 Wurster

It's our last General Meeting of the Semester...and that means it's time to.....

Get Involved!

We have a variety of officer positions open for Spring semester. Anyone is welcome to join our officer team. So come and run for office/vote! For more information on positions, see the end of this post.

Attention Urban Studies Majors!

Ever notice how on the second floor of Wurster, there's that wall called the "DCRP Dream Team" with the smiling faces of all your City Planning GSIs on it? Ever wonder why us US Majors aren't a part of this dream team?

Well that's because our OWN face board is going to be put up across the hall. BUSSA is working with the DCRP staff to complete the board. If you haven't had your picture taken yet for the face board, please come to the meeting on Wednesday for us to snap a photo of you, even if you only have time to drop by for the photo.

...or, contact nperry@berkeley.edu to arrange a time to take the photo.

2005 T-Shirt Design

We're going to order new T-shirts next semester. You've got all of winter break to think up an interesting design. We will vote on them at the beginning of Spring Semester.

As always, there will be food and drink at the meeting. So come on by!

Now....some additional info on the officer positions:
These positions are flexible, and there is lots of overlap between roles. BUSSA officers share responsibilities and help each other out. The only requirement is regular attendance at officer meetings, which are held once a month. The officer committee is an informal group and anyone interested in attending these meetings (whether elected to an officer position or not) is welcome! Just let us know and we'll include you on the officer mailing list.

Here are the open positions:

(Co) Coordinator
Length: Two Semesters; Spring 05 and Fall 05
Duties: Keep BUSSA goin strong! BUSSA has two coordinators whose annual terms are staggered to help ensure group continuity. Our club's founding member, Mike Lim, will be graduating this semester and we're looking for an enthusiastic and responsible individual to work with our returning coordinator, Nick Perry, to plan and run meetings/events next semester and lead the group in to the Fall 2005 semester.

Secretary
Length: Spring 05
Duties: Takes and distributes meeting minutes, assists Publicity Officer with intra-group communication.

Publicity
Length: Spring 05
Duties: Help get the word out about our club and events. BUSSA's booster person; exercise your design skills and figure out new ways to publicize BUSSA. Coordinate with other group members to create and post flyers, banners, etc.

Historian
Length: Spring 05
Duties: Document BUSSA events through photography, web-design, or blogging.

Treasurer
Length: Spring 05
Duties: Work with the Coordinators, ASUC, and Faculty advisors to secure funding for club activities. Maintain club budget.

HAPPY BIG GAME WEEK!
go bussa, go bears.

A little late, but here is a pic of BUSSA's awesome banner for Homecoming week. We didn't win, but whoever set the banners up at the rally placed ours in a choice spot right next to the official homecoming banner.

[click photo to see larger version]

CED GRADUATE SCHOOL FAIR

Come and meet representatives from graduate programs in the various environmental design fields. Special workshops will follow on portfolio preparation and financial planning. The event is free and lunch will be provided.

Other schools attending include: Harvard, MIT, Portland State, UC Davis, UCLA, and more.

Saturday, November 13, 2005,

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For more information check out:

http://cougar.ced.berkeley.edu/jcull/grad_fair/

'What are the implications of the Bush/Cheney re-election on our urban areas and policy?'....

...that is the topic of:

BUSSA'S - NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING!

Where: 104 Wurster Hall
When: Wednesday, November 10 at 6:00
Who: Everyone!

For our November meeting, we welcome special guest speaker, Professor Arthur Blaustein. Professor Blaustein, a faculty member of the DCRP, was the Kerry campaign spokesperson for the state of California.

ALUMNI PANEL/CAREER NIGHT

Come join us for a panel discussion with CED alumni now working in Community Development, Transportation, and Housing Planning.

TOMORROW! (wed, oct 27, 2004)

106 Wurster Hall
7pm.

Heads Up!

Upcoming Events:

Urban Outing - Oakland: THIS SATURDAY (Oct 2):

BUSSA's first Urban Outing will take us to Downtown Oakland, an intriguing area for any student studying City Planning in the Bay Area. The main event will be a a tour of one of the best example of 'movie palace' and art-deco architecture in the country, the Paramount Theatre on Broadway. The tour starts at 10am and goes to 12pm. Tickets are only $1.

For more info on the theatre check out: http://www.paramounttheatre.com/

For more information on our Urban Outing, e-mail Nick Perry at nperry@berkeley.edu

More info on the tour will be posted later this week.

Grad/Undergrad Mixer: NEXT THURSDAY (Oct 6):

Is the tentative date for the DCRP grad/undergrad mixer. Stay tuned for more details.

REMINDER:
1st General Meeting TOMORROW (9-15-04) 5:30, 106 Wurster Hall. Come!

BUSSA Officers will be available to talk, answer questions, and hand out BUSSA brochures in the Wurster Hall Lobby most of tomorrow. Drop by and say hello. Otherwise, see ya at the meeting!

...and now some annoucements from Pat Ramirez:

CPA 290B – Brown Bag Seminar

Friday, September 17, 1:00 PM, Room 106 Wurster

Presents

Susan Kishi, Career Counselor for CED
Career Center

A special event open to
Urban Studies, CRP Minor students, MCP and Ph.D. Students (all levels)
Explore the many services provided through the Career Center…
everything from job postings to help with resumes and interviewing skills, academic and non-academic job searches for Ph.D. grads and soon-to-be grads, job faires and graduate school/law school faires…
The list goes on.

Don’t miss this introduction to an important resource
for the department and CED as a whole.

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...and from Sara McCarthy:

TO UNDERGRADUATE FIRST-TIMERS IN CED

SUBJECT: PIZZA PARTY

The Undergraduate Dean, Fred Collignon, is throwing an informal pizza party get-together on Sept. 16 at 5 pm in room 108 Wurster for freshmen and new transfer students.

Come meet fellow students and grab some free food. Some faculty will also attend. This is a rescheduling of the event originally announced at orientation for 9/2.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So...you lucky new CED Students now have before you a wonderful opportunity, two nights of free pizza at 106 Wurster Hall! Yum.

First General Meeting of the Year!

BUSSA will be holding its first general meeting this coming Wednesday!

Here are the details:

When: Wednesday, September 15 at 5:30
Where: 106 Wurster Hall
Who: All BUSSA members and any students interested in Urban Studies and the club.
Why:

-Meet other students studying City Planning at Cal.

-Meet City Planning Professors /Urban Studies Major Advisors Ananya Roy and Karen Christensen

-Hear about the events BUSSA already has planned this semester, and help brainstorm others.

-Find out ways to get involved with BUSSA, including open leadership positions.

-Join our common class list to find other students and friends in City Planning classes to study with.

-Enjoy *free* drinks, snacks, and pizza!

Hope to see you there!

Hola Bussa-

There will be an informal "back to school" lunch meeting this Sunday for the officers and any other members so we can begin planning for the coming semester. New/transfer students are welcome to come too. We will be meeting outside of Wurster Hall at 12:00, and then head down to Southside to grab some grub.

Hope to see ya there!

-Nick

Hello Everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the last few days of summer break!

Also, welcome to any new Urban Studies majors and City Planning minors who wandered over to our little blog from the DCRP's web site. We're hoping to get a real web site up this semester, but for now this will do.

For anyone interested in joining BUSSA this semester, or learning more about us please send an e-mail to nperry@berkeley.edu and we will add you to our e-mail list.

BUSSA reps will be at Thursday's DCRP Orientation at 12:00 to lead any new Urban Studies majors who want to join our lunch group. Anyone is free to join them to grab lunch somewhere on Southside. Just drop by Wurster around noon.

Also, on Friday two BUSSA reps will be at Friday's DCRP Peer Advising session at 106 Wurster from 2:30 to 4:30. Come drop by and say hi to Carmen and Nick.

Officers and Active Members, we're hoping to have a meeting this Sunday to talk about the coming semester and catch up on how everyone's summer went. More info on that later.

Welcome back to Berkeley BUSSA! This semester should be a great one.

Hello Folks,

For those of you at the get together tonight, here's a link to the trailer for the movie I was talking about. Just click on the movie poster!

-Nick

Dear BUSSA fans,

In honor of our graduating seniors, BUSSA will have a potluck/party at
Mike's apt this Friday at 7:00pm. It will be a potluck so please sign up
(by responding back to me) to bring something. But if you have no money,
kitchen, or even a generous roomate to prepare something for you to bring, don't worry, we'd still love to see you there.

I will see you all there and remember, it is good for your brain and body to take a break, especially during finals time:)

Mike

p.s. Salad, meat, deserts, fruits, drinks, etc. are all needed. Please let me know what you will be bringing.