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Settlers of Catan Club
Wednesday, October 3, 9pm, Conference Room 151
Come join in on a board game that is a tasty mix of Risk and Monopoly with some of
the coolest cats in Allen Hall! Nine out of ten doctors recommend it. So be there, or
be...a circle.
Stitch and Bitch
Wednesday, October 3, 9pm, PA Shannon's room 96
Let's continue making hats and learn how to knit with needles. If you want to come
just to bitch, that is cool too. We all need to relax. <3
Acappallen
Wednesday Oct. 3rd, 9:30 South Rec Room
Come sing with Allen Hall's very own A cappella group. We meet 1 hour a week and
there is no audition. If you love to sing or just sing in the shower this is the place for
you. Questions? Contact RA Micah at brandha1@illinois.edu or Room# 470
vAllenteers Meeting
Wednesday, October 3 at 9:30pm Walrus Lounge
Come to another meeting for vAllenteers! We can talk about the progress on the
projects we came up with last time and plan more!
Magic the Gathering Club
Wednesday, October 3, 10pm, Conference Room 151
Come play Magic with your fellow Allenites! Newbies and experts welcome!
2nd Floor Dinner part 2!
Thursday, October 4 at 5:00pm in the commons
Come eat with the second floor, again
Ceramics lab orientation
Thursday, October 4th, at 5 pm in the Ceramics Lab
If you want to gain access to the ceramics lab, please come for an informational session.
Space is limited and we may not be able to orient all attendees so if the door is closed,
check back for another orientation within the next few weeks!
Happiness program!
Thursday, October 4, 8:30pm, Main lounge
Ever find yourself in a happiness rut? This hour-long, interactive experience is designed
to give you a better understanding of your own happiness and ways to make each day a
little brighter.
11am: Build the Allen Hall Sukkah (dining hall courtyard)
2pm: This American Life Club (Walrus Lounge)
6:30pm: Allen Hall's Film Lovers Anonymous (Main Lounge)
2pm: Geocaching Club (South Rec)
Sunday 30
7pm: Opening Program: Meet Nada Alwadi (South Rec)
9pm: Indian-Pakistani Club Meeting (Conference Room)
Monday 1
7pm: Bahrain, A Forgotten Story of the Arab Spring: A View
from the Inside (South Rec)
9pm: teeth and mush (guest apartment)
9:32pm: Allen Hall Players (Main Lounge)
10pm: Photo Club (Walrus Lounge)
10pm: Mostly Music (South Rec)
5:45: Indian-Pakistani Club Walkover to Sambar (Front Porch)
Tuesday 2
6pm: Q Family Dinner (Dining Hall)
7pm: Challenging Stereotypes of Middle Eastern Women
(South Rec)
8pm: Q (Main Lounge)
9pm: International Snackie Night (guest apartment)
9pm: Planeteers (Main Lounge)
10pm: Underwear Club (Laundry Room)
Wednesday 3 7pm: The Game of the Media (South Rec)
9pm: Dip it with Nada ( guest apartment)
9pm: Stitch and Bitch (rm 96)
9pm: Settlers of Catan Club (Conference Room)
9:30pm: Acappallen (South Rec)
9:30pm: vAllenteers Meeting (Walrus Lounge)
10pm: Magic the Gathering Club (Conference Room)
3pm: The Importance of Core Values: A discussion with Dan
Thursday 4
The Importance of Core Values: a discussion with Dan Gediman, editor of One
Gediman (email unitone@illinois.edu to rsvp)
Book, One Campus selection, This I Believe 3pm on October 4 e-mail
5pm: 2nd Floor Dinner (commons)
unitone@illinois.edu by Tuesday at 5pm to rsvp and find out the location (on
5pm: Ceramics lab orientation (Ceramics Lab)
campus)
7pm: US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and the US
Elections (South Rec)
Journalist and editor Dan Gediman will present the One Book One Campus keynote
7pm: Dan Gediman Address (Illini Union)
address at the Illini Union, Illini Rooms ABC, Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. The
8:30pm: Happiness program (Main Lounge)
focus of this year’s program is the New York Times bestseller This I Believe: The
9pm: Tea O’Clock (guest apartment)
Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women.
2pm: This American Life Club (Walrus Lounge)
Saturday 6
7pm: Kneady Bakers (Kitchenette)
Build the Allen Hall Sukkah
This American Life Club
Sunday Sept. 30th 11:00am, Courtyard Outside of the Dining Hall
Saturday, October 6, 2pm, Walrus Lounge
Come help build the Allen Hall Sukkah for the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot. For
This week: stories about life, love, loss, and sponge cake. Bring mug for tea.
over the last 10+ y ears Allen has had its own Sukkah and we are at it again.
Kneady Bakers
Anyone is welcome to come for some or all of the time.
Saturday, October 6 at 7pm in the Kitchenette
This American Life Club
Come make cake pops with Linh-An and Amish! Make
Saturday, September 22, 2pm, Walrus Lounge
and decorate your very own cake pop...and then eat it!
We apologize for the hiatus! TALC is back and it’s as groovy as ever! Bring a mug
for tea and coffee!
Allen Hall's Film Lovers Anonymous
Nada Alwadi is a Bahraini journalist, writer, and researcher who
Saturday, September 29, 6:30pm, Main Lounge
………………….. writes about politics and human rights issues in the Middle East.
A film club is a thing that exists at Allen Hall! Come join us in our underground,
A………………... Alwadi covered the recent crackdown in Bahrain for several
anonymous (but not really) gatherings every Saturday where we watch movies
i……………........ international media outlets including USA Today. In 2011, she was
& talk about them. For more information, join our facebook group (our main
…………………… one of the recipients of the first James Lawson Award for
way of communication): www.facebook.com/groups/allenfilm
…………………… Nonviolent Achievement by the International Center on
Geocaching Club
Nonviolent Conflict. Alwadi co-founded the Bahraini Press Association which
Sunday, September 30th, 2 PM, South Rec
seeks to defend local and international journalists who have been attacked or
If you don't know what geocaching is, you should. It's basically treasure
targeted by the Bahraini authorities.
hunting. This will be a super fun but low commitment club! Everyone is
Sunday, Sept 30
welcome!
7pm – Opening Program: Meet Nada Alwadi (in the South Rec Room Nada talks
Indian-Pakistani Club Meeting
about her experiences covering a Middle Eastern uprising and being detained by
Monday, October 1 at 9pm in the Conference Room
the Bahraini authorities while a number of her fellow Bahraini journalists were
The first official meeting of Indian-Pakistani Club. We will be discussing events
murdered, tortured, or sentenced to long prison terms by the regime.
done in the past and start planning our henna night next week!
Monday, Oct 1
Allen Hall Players
7pm – Bahrain, A Forgotten Story of the Arab Spring: A View from the Inside (in
Monday October 1, Main Lounge, 9:32pm
the South Rec Room) The uprising in Bahrain, strategic nonviolence, media
We'll be writing and it will feel so right!
neglect, and US influence and involvement.
Photo Club
9pm –teeth and mush (in the guest apartment) discussion of the Arab Spring
Monday, October 1, 10pm, Walrus Lounge
and strategic nonviolence
Come learn about and make super easy to construct Bokeh Lenses. Google it to
Tuesday, Oct 2
see how cool these are! No photo experience or cameras necessary.
7pm – Challenging Stereotypes of Middle Eastern Women (in the South Rec
Mostly Music
Room) Involvement of women in the Arab Spring, status of women in the Middle
st
Monday October 1 , 10pm, South Rec
East, and Islamic feminism.
Scrub a-dub-dub. The shower is a great place for belting out into song. Send
9pm – International Snackie Night (in the guest apartment)
your Shower Song to mostlymusiclovers@gmail.com then join us to discuss
discussion of women in the Middle East
what you listen to while you're getting clean.
Wednesday, Oct 3
Indian-Pakistani Club Walkover to Sambar (2.0)
7pm – The Game of the Media (in the South Rec Room) How the media shapes
Tuesday, October 2 at 5:45pm on the front porch
our perceptions of the world, media ownership and agenda setting, challenges
Walkover to the Indian dinner at the Red Herring, bring cash for mouthwatering
of new media, and social media during the Arab spring.
food! If you would like to volunteer at Sambar, email zukosky1@illinois.edu
9pm – Dip it with Nada (in the guest apartment)
Q Family Dinner
discussion of media politics and social media
Tuesday, October 2, 6pm, Allen Dining Hall
Thursday, Oct 4
It's time for the Q family dinner! Join your fellow members for a meal you won't
7pm – US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and the US Elections (in the
soon forget!
South Rec Room) Mistakes and challenges for US foreign policy and views of
Q
Arab-Americans on the upcoming elections.
Tuesday, October 2, 8pm, Main Lounge
9pm – Tea O’Clock (in the guest apartment)
Q is Allen Hall's LGBTQIPA group. All are welcome to attend!
discussion of the elections and US foreign policy
Planeteers
Tuesday, October 2nd, 9 PM, Main Lounge
Do you want to get involved in Allen? Want to know what’s going on in Allen? You should
We'll talk about UC Smiles currency to shop locally and help the environment.
consider applying to be a member of SHARk? SHARk? Serves as the funding board for Allen
Then we'll begin planning our first camping trip!!
Hall and is a great way to meet new people, and help make decisions that can impact the
Underwear Club
Allen Hall experience. Also, if you want to gain experience in working with a huge budget
Tuesday, October 1, 10pm, Laundry Room
SHARk? Is the place for you. To apply, please complete the application (at the Front Desk)
This week we are doing our laundry together in our underwear! Finally get to
by Monday October 1st at 10 PM and turn into the Front Desk. Any questions ask RA
wash everything...except that one pair. *sigh* Come even if you don't have
Micah at brandha1@illinois.edu or Room 470.
laundry to do!