February 4 - February 10

Preview
1. BSA General Body Meeting
2. Apply for Duke University Union Exec!
3. United in Praise Valentine's Day Fundraiser
4. "Tribute to Women" Tailgate
5. Super Tuesday
6. Barkley Hendricks Exhibition with DJ Ninth Wonder
7. BGPSA and DUU Free Movie Night
8. Duke NAACP Rally

BSA Announcements
Our General Body Meeting will be on Wednesday, February 6 at 6:30 pm in Social Sciences, Room 139 (West Campus). Please come to learn about the election process, what BSA has been doing, and our plans for the rest of the school year. We HIGHLY RECOMMEND all interested candidates to attend this meeting. We will be finished well before the Duke/UNC basketball game begins :-)

Campus Announcements
Apply to be DUU president! JOIN the Administrative Board of DUU. DUU president applications are due Wednesday, February 6th to union@duke.edu. The application is available at http://union.duke.edu under "join us" and "elections". Admin Board applications are due February 13th for Executive Board, February 20th for Programming Directors. All DUU Administration positions are selected by an interviewing committee consisting of University Union Board (faculty, student affairs, campus council, DSG, and BSA representatives), current Duke University Union Administration, and relevant committee members.Contact current DUU President Katelyn Donnelly (http://student.groups.duke.edu/Katelyn_Donnelly) at krd4@duke.edu if you have any questions!

Apply for Common Ground '08! Common Ground, the CRR's annual retreat (typically held in the fall), will be held in the Spring for the first time! It will take place over Thursday February 21st (departure at 5:30pm) to Sunday February 24th (arrival at 4:30pm). The retreat is free, and will be the most rewarding weekend you've ever had!Apply here! Applications are due February 8th!http://www.duke.edu/web/racerelations/retreats/

Do you have a special someone and just can't think of what to get them for Valentine's Day? How about a secret crush that you want to surprise? Have no fear, UP is here! United in Praise is having their annual Teddy Bear-O-Gram Valentine's fundraiser. We will be selling packages that include a teddy bear, a carnation, candy, and a card beginning Thursday, February 7 from 11 am to 3 pm on the BC Plaza, and from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Marketplace! Best of all we will deliver your package to any dorm on East, West or Central Campus the night before Valentine's Day!!! The price of the packages will be $8 with cash and $9 on flex. Our supplies are limited so if you want to do an early pick-up it is imperative that you place your order as soon as possible. Please help UP out. Show you care, buy your friends a teddy bear :)

Interested in Working for Social and Economic Justice in the South? ApplyNow for the 2008-2009 Autry Fellowship! The 2008-2009 Autry Fellowship is open to recent college graduates(including May 2008 graduates) from Southern universities and is a paid, full-time, one-year position beginning in the summer of 2008. The fellowship is a wonderful opportunity to put the skills and passions we acquire at Duke to good use and, as importantly, to gain important insights into the inequity that plagues communities across the southeastern US. Applications are due February 25, 2008 and are available at http://www.mdcinc.org/about/apply.aspx.

ATTENTION ALL SOPHOMORES! Interested in a fast-track position in Finance, Consulting, Marketing, Media & Entertainment, Non-profit, etc.? Want to join a top-notch, prestigious career development and mentoring program, partnering with recruiters from top global firms? MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMMORROW (MLT) is a year-long career preparation program for minority students offering personal instruction, exclusive high profile exposure, expert advice, skills development, and job opportunities.The first round deadline is approaching for MLT's next class: February 28th? APPLY FOR MLT'S CAREER PREP PROGRAM at http://www.ml4t.org/apply Contact Shannon Nelson, Vanecie Delva, or Taiesha Abrams with any questions.

Campus Events
Monday, February 4
"Tribute to Women" Tailgate at 12:00 pm on the BC Plaza. The Omega Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the "Never Say Never" Nu Omicron Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. would like to invite everyone to come out and support the Duke Women's Basketball team before they face UNC! Come and enjoy a free lunch and make donations to the Durham Rescue Mission for Battered Women and Children.

Tuesday, February 5
Super Tuesday Event at 7:00 pm in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. There will be free food, campaign representatives, and live feed projected so you can see the results as they are announced. This year Super Tuesday means primaries in 24 states, nearly 1/2 of each party's national convention delegates up for grabs, and the Republican and Democratic nominations for President on the line. This event is bi-partisan and collaborative, sponsors including the Public Policy Majors Union, Economics Majors Union, Duke Chapter NAACP, Duke College Republicans, Duke Democrats, Duke Political Union, and the Progressive Alliance.

Helen Thomas at 7:00 pm in Reynolds Theater (Bryan Center). Commonly referred to as "The First Lady of the Press," former White House Bureau Chief Helen Thomas is a trailblazer, breaking through barriers for women reporters while covering every President since John F. Kennedy. For 57 years, Helen also served as White House correspondent for United Press International. She recently left this post and joined Hearst Newspapers as a syndicated columnist.

Wednesday, February 6
BSA General Body Meeting at 6:30 pm in Social Sciences Room 139. Please come to learn about the election process, what BSA has been doing, and our plans for the rest of the school year.

Jazz at the Mary Lou at 9:30 pm in the Julian Abele Hall, Mary Lou Williams Center. Enjoy live performances by local musicians as well as Duke music students, with special guest artists all brought together by John Brown, Director of the Duke Jazz Studies Program. Light hors d'oeuvres and liquid refreshment will be provided with the option to enjoy late night fare and drinks in the Faculty Commons provided by Sage & Swift.

Thursday, February 7
"Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool" Exhibition at 7:00 pm at the Nasher Museum of Art. American artist Barkley L. Hendricks talks with Richard J. Powell, Duke’s John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History. Entertainment by Grammy Award-winning DJ Ninth Wonder. Reception with cash bar. Open to the public. Free with admission.

Free Movie Night: Something the Lord Made at 7:00 pm in Griffith Film Theater (Sponsored by the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association and DUU). Based on a true story, SOMETHING THE LORD MADE tells the absorbing tale of two doctors who bucked tradition and racial prejudice to revolutionize the medical world. The two men in question--Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and African-American lab technician Vivien Thomas(Mos Def)--work fastidiously on a new technique for helping babies with heart problems, and achieve some impressive, and innovative results. Moving and dramatic in equal measures, director Joseph Sargent's film is a bold retelling of a vital chapter in the history of the medical profession.

Saturday, February 9
Historic Thousands on Jones Street with Duke NAACP at 10:00 am in Raleigh, NC. Plan now to attend the second annual HKonJ -- Historic Thousands on Jones Street in Raleigh -- to rally and march for a progressive agenda on Saturday,Feb. 9 beginning at 10 am. See http://www.hkonj.com for more information or contact Lera Covington at mlc30@duke.edu