FEB.28 | Rotar-Capture-the-Flag Social
Come out for an evening of Four-way Capture the Flag and get ready to use every bit of your brute strength, sharp cleverness, and perseverance as we take on each others’ families for the ultimate title of Cal Rotaract’s Four-but-now-Two-Way Capture the Flag Champions! There will be lots of running, flag-stealing, people-capturing, teammate-rescuing, covert-operating fun!
Bring athletic wear and high spirits, because the family parents are pumped up and are arguing this minute about whose family will win!
**Rules and Details listed BELOW.
HOWEVER, shall the clouds be sad and cry upon our happy spirits (i.e. if it rains), then we still be having all types of fun indoors with a boardgame party! With a bunch of different games that we have put together, you won’t be board (i.e. bored).
So come out on Saturday, Feb. 28 and join us in either a highly active and competitive capture the flag game, or our awesome set of board games. We will have some refreshments and snacks as well!
Sign up at Wejoinin.com OR RSVP to info@calrotaract.org OR RSVP to your Family Officers!
Don’t forget to check out who is in your family and get information about how your family ranks against the rest!
WHEN: FEB. 28, 7-9pm
WHERE: 215 Dwinelle, UC Berkeley Campus
CTF RULES/DETAILS:
We will meet on Memorial Glade to organize the teams and go over rules. We plan on playing multiple games so that we can change up the teams and boundaries a few times.
What to bring:
1. Running/athletic shoes
2. A white shirt
3. A ______ (insert family color) shirt that you can wear over your white shirt
4. Flashlight (optional)
Starting Boundaries:
Rules:
Start: At the beginning of each game, each team must be within their flag area. All players will start with their family shirt on. When the airhorn sounds, the game will commence.
Scoring: The objective is to steal the enemy flag from their territory and bring it back to your flag stand. You can only score if your team has both flags at your stand at the same time. Number of scores required for victory can be decided on a per game basis.
Defense: Defending players must stay outside of their Flag Area while the game is in progress, and they must also stay at least ten yards outside of their jail boundaries, unless enemy players enter these boundaries. Your goal is to prevent enemy players from grabbing your flag or from freeing their teammates from jail.
Flags: When you are carrying an enemy flag, you are never safe until you score. If you are returning your own flag, you are not safe until it is returned to your flag stand. In other words, any time that you are holding a flag you can be captured and have that flag taken by the enemy, and you are also unable to capture anyone. Defending players can chase flag carriers anywhere in order to return their flag.
Flags do not automatically return to your base. You must carry the flag back to your flag stand, and you can be captured at any time, even in your own territory. This encourages situations in which both teams have each other’s flags and are forced to defend their flag carriers.
Jail: When you are captured, you must immediately take off your colored shirt (so that you are wearing your white shirt) and go to the enemy’s jail. While in jail, you must wait to be rescued. In order to be rescued, one of your free teammates must tag you and you must put your colored shirt on before you escape the puppy guard zone (the 10 yard radius of the circle around the jail).
Zones: (the zones will change every round): While you are within your team’s zone, you can tag (with both hands) enemy players to send them to your jail. When you are tagged, you must remove your colored shirt and carry it to signal that you are out.
While you are in the Hot Zone, you can both tag and be tagged, so no one is safe in this area. If both players tag each other in the Hot Zone, be honest and figure out who tagged who first. If you are unable to determine who should go to jail, both players must return to their own flag stand and sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” before returning to the game.
Going out of bounds to escape from other players or to sneak around to the enemy base is prohibited for every game unless otherwise specified. Since the field is too big to be monitored, we will be relying on the honor system.
Game Over: The game will end when a team has both flags in their flag stand and the airhorn is blown. Return to Memorial Glade for further instruction.
*NOTE* Reported dishonesty will get you banned for the remainder of the current game and the entirety of the following one. Please do not cheat!
Film Series Spring 2009
Rotary Peace Fellows at Berkeley & International House present
Film Series Spring 2009
7 – 9pm, International House, Homeroom (2299 Piedmont Avenue)
The Rotary Peace Fellows at Berkeley and the International House present their Spring 2009 Film Series. Following the showing of each film will be a presentation and discussion led by a Rotary World Peace Fellow and/or invited guests. The Film Series is open to all students, faculty, staff and the general public.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
“Perspective from West Africa”
Film: From Dakar to Point Loko-Perspectives from West Africa
Speaker: Nathaniel Cogley (Film Producer and Director)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
“Afghanistan’s Seven Year Itch: Make or Break”
Film: Osama
Speakers: Daniel Cooney (Rotary Peace Fellow and former Associated Press Correspondent in Afghanistan and Debbie Rodriguez, author of “Kabul Beauty School”, the New York Time bestseller)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
“Development in Mexico: Past and Present”
Film: Los Olvidados
Speaker: Larissa Bosch (Rotary Peace Fellow and former employee of Mexico’s Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Education)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
“Colombia: Working for Peace in the Middle of a Conflict “
Film: La Sierra
Speaker: Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter, Domingo Blanco, Veronica Guzman, Alejandra Rueda (All speakers are current Rotary Peace Fellows and are from Latin America–Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia–with experience in refugees, foreign affairs, international and rural development and biofuels)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
“Why the US Should Change Its Policy Towards Iran”
Film: A Nuclear Democracy
Speaker: Omid Memarian (Rotary Peace Fellow and Journalist; recipient of the Human Rights Defender Award in 2005)
For more information, please contact rotary@berkeley.edu
Also, check out the Rotary website:
http://iastp.berkeley.edu/Rotary/Film_Series_2009_Program.pdf
FEB. 21: Quilts for Alliance for Smiles, Berkeley
Internationally, thousands of children are born with cleft anomalies every year—but only a handful can afford reconstructive surgery. Missions to provide surgery can be costly and difficult to organize. As a result, post-surgery, children are often wrapped in black trash bags because blankets are unaffordable.
On Feb. 21, Rotaract District 5160 and Alliance for Smiles are partnering up to provide children with new quilts after surgery.
Participants from across Northern California will come together to make quilts that will distributed in China through AfS.
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 21
TIME: 11 AM – 2 PM
WHERE: Berkeley, CA. Exact location TBA.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Anyone! We will have participants from throughout Northern California.
COST: Absolutely free.
Light food and drinks will be provided.
Feb. 21 | Quilts for Alliance for Smiles
Internationally, thousands of children are born with cleft anomalies every year—but only a handful can afford reconstructive surgery. Missions to provide surgery can be costly and difficult to organize. As a result, post-surgery, children are often wrapped in black trash bags because blankets are unaffordable.
On Feb. 21, Rotaract District 5160 and Alliance for Smiles are partnering up to provide children with new quilts after surgery.
Participants from across Northern California will come together to make quilts that will distributed in China through AfS.
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 21
TIME: 11 AM – 2 PM
WHERE: Berkeley, CA. UC Berkeley Campus 166 BARROWS HALL
WHO CAN ATTEND: Anyone! We will have participants from throughout Northern California.
COST: Absolutely free.
Light food and drinks will be provided.
FEB 19 | WriterCoach Connection
WCC brings teams of trained volunteers into English classes in Berkeley, Oakland, and Albany middle and high schools to help students with classroom writing assignments. Working one-on-one with students for about two hours every other week, coaches engage, encourage and challenge students to write clearly and think deeply.
As WCC writing coaches, Cal students gain experience working with a wide variety of students. Middle and high school students love their college coaches who quickly become role models and mentors. Rotaractors, this is an opportunity to inspire young kids all over the Bay Area.
And not only is this a interesting and a very rewarding experience, WriterCoach Connection also hosts events to help writer coaches from Cal to get to know each other. Last semester they hosted a short, stress-reliever party before finals where they ate pizza and handed out finals packs, which contained almost everything you would need for your finals.
FIRST GENERAL MEETING
WHEN: Feb. 19, (exact time TBD)
WHERE: (TBD)
They are currently recruiting for the fall semester in six Berkeley and Albany middle schools and high schools. They are also in Oakland’s The Media Academy in the Fruitvale neighborhood.
#G Friday 1/23 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
#H Friday 1/30 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
#I Friday 2/6 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
#J Thursday 2/12 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
#K Friday 2/20 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Students may register for one of the above trainings by registering on their website: www.writercoachconnection.org (go to “Volunteer”).
ASSASSIN GAME
CAL ROTARACT’S SPRING ASSASSIN GAME HAS BEGUN!
Officers beware! All of the Cal Rotaract members have been assigned the task to take out opposing team’s parent officers. With the exception of satisfying the daily safety condition, all officers can be targeted.
ROUND 1:
weapon: ball of sock
safeties:
- WED (2/18): Rotaract Pin (visible)
- THURS (2/19): Hat
- FRI (2/20): Hold a piece of fruit in your hand
- SAT (2/21): Wear sunglasses (on head)
For more information, join the Official Cal Rotaract Facebook event, by emailing me at swong@calrotaract.org and I will invite you.
FEB 17: Second General Meeting, 182 Dwinelle
Come to our second meeting! We will be starting our families at this meeting! Get to know people in the club better by having a group of friends that you can hang out with at meeting/events and even get help with classes from them! There will be updates on the Incentive points system and the Rotaract Member Class Directory. There will also be food. Don’t miss it!
FEB 17 | Second General Meeting
FIRST GENERAL MEETING WRAP-UP
Before starting the summary of events, I’d like to thank everyone who showed up to our Spring Kickoff meeting. We had over 60 people attend! The Cal Rotaract officers are really excited and fired-up for this semester because we know its going to be AWESOME, especially with all the people who came to the meeting (even with those who couldn’t make it; I didn’t forget you guys!)
So during our first meeting:
- we played telephone charades and ate root beer floats
- introduced our officer team and some district council officers
- discussed about upcoming service events: WAPI Build Day (2/7) , I <3 Berkeley Day (2/14), and Alliance for Smiles Quilting (2/21)
- gave a sneek-peek to our Rotaract social event this month on 2/28
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NOW FOR INFO ON OUR SECOND GENERAL MEETING!
After such a great turnout in our first meeting, we’d love to see everyone at our Second General Meeting!
Things to expect:
- FREE FOOD ( I believe we’re expecting something pie-like =D)
- CREATE FAMILIES! (yay!)
- Get updates on our Incentive Points system (so we can give you guys prizes as soon as possible!)
- Information on the Rotaract Members Class Directory
- And Lots more!
- WHEN: February 17, 7-8pm
- WHERE: 182 Dwinelle
So come out and have lots of fun at our second meeting and meet new people! Invite your friends, too!
If you cannot make it, please let us know because we do not want anyone left out of their Rotaract Family! Email us at info@calrotaract.org, or your fellowship directors at fellowship@calrotaract.org
FEB. 14 | I <3 Berkeley Day
Join Cal Rotaract and help make trails through the beautiful Berkeley Hills. We are helping the Berkeley residents keep the hillside beautiful while we enjoy their expansive gardens and the awesome view!
There are many great trails already established in the Berkeley Hills that run all the way up the hill from the tip of our campus, and on the 14th, we will be helping to establish a new trail as well as sprucing up some others.
Spend this Valentines Day with great people making Berkeley look all the more pretty because we ? Berkeley!
Come prepared to work hard though. Wear tough clothes and shoes that you are willing to get some dirt on and. You’re hard work would be rewarded—not only by the gratitude of our resident neighbors—but with some light refreshments (fruit, water, chips, etc.) as well.
- WHEN: Feb. 14th, 10am-1pm
- WHERE: Meet at North Gate (Intersection of Hearst Ave. & Euclid). The event is in Berkeley Hills. =)
NOTE: There is a moderate chance of rain on Saturday/Friday that would ruin our plans. We all know that rain turns beautiful trails to dark, muddy trenches, which is NOT what we’re helping to maintain. But we’re keeping our spirits up, so show up at 10:10am at North Gate UNLESS otherwise notified. We will keep those of you that are interested updated on the weather, and whether we are still going.
If you have anymore questions or want to confirm your attendance email either: natalie.blackmur@gmail.com OR swong@calrotaract.org
Feb 14: “I Love Berkeley” Day
Join Cal Rotaract and help make trails through the beautiful Berkeley Hills. We are helping the Berkeley residents keep the hillside beautiful while we enjoy their expansive gardens and the awesome view! Spend this Valentines Day with great people making Berkeley look all the more pretty because we ? Berkeley!