Alpha Phi Omega - Beta Iota

September 8, 2008

MINUTES
First APO meeting of the year! It was great seeing you all again!
For those of you who couldn’t make it, you missed out on the free tees, shot glasses (that's right, APO shot glasses), and pens. But no worries, Jen has more in the closet.

This Week: Rush Week This week is rush week, so please come and try to make it to the events.
As an incentive, there will be food and opportunities to earn community service hours.

The info session PB&J count as community service (Tuesday 7-8 @ Kimmel 7th Floor) and there will be food at the Ice Cream Social (Thursday 6-8 @ Coral Basement Blueroom) and Game Night (Friday 6:30-9:30 @ Kimmel 910).

Please bring games for Game Night. You can bring cards and poker chips, but no gambling for money. For the Ice Cream Social, there will be a sign in sheet at Coral if you can’t swipe in.

Email Danielle if you want to go.

Upcoming Events: -Tentative date for initiation ceremony is next Friday 9/19 -Pledge meetings Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:00 pm (location TBA) -Dues $35 for entire year will be collected by Jason That's all!

- Katrina

February 26, 2008

MINUTES
Attendance: Kerry, Jess, Jenn, Linda, Angie, Angana, Tai, Raghu, Sabrina, Jason, Dan, Erica, David, Clover, Jeff, Sharon

If you never got a service pin, talk to Tai.

Shirts coming EVENTUALLY

Banquet on Saturday, March 1. RSVP. Downtown folks can meet at your choice of Water St. or Lafayette St. Dorms. Union Square folks meet at Carlyle. All locations are meeting at 6PM.

Raffles at the Banquet. Proceeds go to Relay for Life. $2/ticket or 3/$5.
Prizes: $50 to cover life membership application, $15 iTunes gift card, Gift Certificates to various NYC restaurants. Some other Gift Cards.

Join the APO Relay for Life Team. $10 online donation required to register. Pay with credit card or debit card.
For every $20 beyond the $10 registration fee gets you an hour of servitude.
Every $10 after that is 1/2 an hour of servitude. So $30 gets you 1 hour. $40 gets you 1.5 hours. Etc...

We have no more meeting rooms in Kimmel, so we'll be nomadic. Possibly moving the meetings to 5PM on Wed. It will depend if we get the room. If that doesn't work we'll have to decide on a place on campus.

The Webpage is mostly updated. Send pictures to David Tsai--dt727@nyu.edu--so he can put them up.

Elections: Coming up in about 2 months.

We have somewhere between 34-38 pledges. Wednesday 2/28 Pledge meeting will be in Warren Weaver Hall (Courant) 13th floor lounge. Interact with the pledges, but don't get in the way of the learning.

Special Olympics: March 30th. Anyone interested in participating, please email Addie Peretz special.olympics.nyu@gmail.com Say you're with Alpha Phi Omega.

Service This Week: Mystery Event. Children's Film Fest. We wanted March 16th, but we're not sure if we ended up getting Sunday March 2nd. If all else fails we're Meals on Heals-ing it on Saturday March 1 at 9:45AM.

If anyone has seen a folder that says "APO" on it, from 2 weeks ago, it's Kerry's. Please give it back.

Publicolor Saturday, March 15. Register individually. Kerry will send more info.

Still thinking of dates for Jenn's Jazz Club thing. Probably after Spring Break. For Frizzle!!! (Free). Thursday or Saturday night will be the likely day.

It's Linda's Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you who missed the meeting, we ate dirt cups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's crushed oreo, chocolate pudding, and a gummy worm.

- Raghu

February 19, 2008

MINUTES
Banquet – March 1 at 6:30; RSVP by Wednesday February 27, 2008; please bring $25-30 dollars with you!!
Dress Sharp!
Send Sabrina your pictures (either email or give her hard copies at the next meeting) srg297@nyu.edu

Raffle ideas: gift cards, win a date with Tai (shhh don’t tell Tener about this…j/k)

Alumni speech: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

April 12 and 13: Relay for Life; $10 team joining fee
Theme ideas: DDR, Halo tournament, raffle, karaoke, food, sex/kissing booth (hosted by Tai…again j/k)

Mon, Wed, Fri 6 pm Pledge meetings (contact Sakeen for room number)
Pledge Initiation Friday Multipurpose Room in Palladium 6:30 pm
Dress sharp!
After ceremony, we’re going to Veneiros

Service Events:
Saturday: Start of Spring Project (nursing home or children’s hospital and do arts and crafts with them); Meet in Kimmel 7th floor Saturday 1 pm
Next Sat 3/1 or Sun 3/2 NY Children’s International Film Festival (need registration/support people) Times TBD

Sectionals: April 5 at Polytechnic
- Sabrina

February 12, 2008

MINUTES
Attendance: Tai, Sabrina, Jenn, Jason, Angana, Angela, Angie, Clover, Tener, Kerry, Linda, Michelle, David, Ray, Sakeen, Jeff, Chris, Jeannie, Dan, Sharon, Raghu, Paul (yay surprise!)
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We had 32 rushes show up to interest meetings and game night!!!!!!!
Pledge Meetings M, W, F 6pm-7pm
Room info to come.

Earn up to 3 service hours for attending pledge meetings!!!

Please keep the conversations clean around the pledges. Some people have spooked a few potential pledges, but I think we've managed to bring them back into the light.

Pledge Ceremony, 6:30pm, Feb. 22 in Palladium. We've got 32 so let's represent!
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If you have outside service hours, you can get 1 hour credited. Talk to Kerry about it.

University Soup Kitchen this Saturday 2/16. 11:45AM-3:30PM. 1 spot is available. If you want to go email Kerry. Raghu will email about meeting place/time

Public-color: Painting pictures for schools (possibly in Queens). Saturday, March 8th.

Sunday, March 30. Special Olympics Regional Basketball Tournament. 9AM - 3PM. Serve food and drinks, help run the basketball competitions,

Relay for Life. April 12-13 (Saturday - Sunday). We'll figure out the specifics of awarding maximum hours in the coming weeks (maybe 8).
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Jenn works at a Jazz club. $20/person, maybe with a small discount. 18+. Dress is casual. Tentatively March 23 or March 29 or March 8th:night-time after the service event.

APO-Beta Iota Banquet. March 1. Money to be collected soon. 6:30pm, in Chinatown. Roughly $25/person (might go up or down a bit). King's Restaurant. 39-41 East Broadway, 2nd Floor. Take the 6,N,Q,R,W,J,M,Z to the Chinatown area. Take the M103 bus from 14th street and 3rd ave.
Menu: crabmeat fish soup, peking duck, crispy chicken, lobster, walnut shrimp, flounder, t-bone steak, vegetables, noodles, VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AVAILABLE--TALK TO TAI TO ARRANGE A MENU. Pledges can come.
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Hey I'm getting pretty good at this ;-)
- Raghu

February 05, 2008

MINUTES
Attendance: Chris, Jenn, Sharon, Tener, Tai, Linda, Katrina, Angana, Erica, Becca, Jeff, CloVer, Angie, Raghu, Angela, Kerry, SakeeN, Jeannie, Dan
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Monday's (2/4) Interest meeting had 11 people--very diverse and refreshing (only 4 Asians) crowd

Tuesday 2/5 interest meeting with pizza and beverages--Kimmel 7th Floor at 7pm

Wednesday, 2/6 PBJ event at 7pm, Kimmel 7th floor. Saints Alp after.

Friday 2/8, Kimmel room 908, Game Night 7pm. Bring board games, cards, etc... Wii may have Wii (yeah you like it). If you want food other than Wendy's please let Tai know.
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Friday 2/8, Jeff's Swing Dance Club needs help setting up at 7:30pm. Kimmel E&L Auditorium. $7 (NYU) if you want to dance.

The LEGO event is not happening this sunday.

Winter Festival, Saturday 2/9. 11am-5pm Central Park. Must stay the whole time. Organized through the Office of Community Service. IF you're interested please let Kerry know by the end of the night.

Saturday 2/16 is University Soup Kitchen. 11:45AM-3:30PM. 44 2nd Ave. We have 2 open spots. email Kerry ASAP to go

Sunday 2/24 playing Bingo with Seniors. Time and details TBA.

Dress for Success fills up quickly so sign up NOW if you want to work next month 3/15. 11am-3pm. Sorting donated clothes for women looking for work wardrobe. Pizza is involved! Keep in Mind this is the weekend that starts Spring Break.

MS Walk coming up in April. Decide if you want to walk or just work the event.

If there's another cause you want to work/walk for let Kerry know.

April 5-6 NYC Tech Expo at Jacob Javits Center. More info in the coming weeks.
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Banquet Info:

King's Restaurant. East Broadway near Market St. REALLY CHEAP!!!! Saturday, March 1st. 6:30pm -Get our own room and Karaoke. Less than $25/person (includes tip, tax, food--10 courses) -Foods: crab meat soup, fish soup, peking duck, chicken with carmelized garlic, lobster, walnut shrimp, flounder, t-bone steak, mushrooms, veggies, E-Fu noodles, young chow style fried rice, dessert, fruits, vegetarian options available (for you weirdos :-p, and it might be cheaper) If you're vegetarian give Tai your input on what you want to eat.

Jing Fong--a bit more money--$240 Foods: peking duck, sauteed chicken and cuddle fish, abalone, duck with scallions, country style fillet of fish, dessert, some other things that I can't spell...

Dress Code is no jeans, no sneakers. We're inviting the other chapters
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Nationals Info:

If anyone is interested in making a logo for the National Convention, let Becca know. rnw225@nyu.edu.
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Kerry has a survey. Help her out please!!!!!!! All answers are confidential. It's an online survey. http://www.geocities.com/spadafoo/Survey.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you want to run for President, Treasurer, or Service VP, these positions will be open for Fall 2008. Talk to Tai, Tener, or Kerry to get info on the position. Also think of who you want to nominate.
- Raghu

January 29, 2008

MINUTES
Attendance: Chris, Sabrina, ray, Angie, Clover, Kerry, David, Jen, Jason,Erica, Dan, Angana, Jeanie, Tai, Jeff, Raghu, Katrina

Meetings will now be on Tues 6pm. Club Fair TOMORROW. please go at the times you had selected. there will be alot of candy sooo hooray. Location: E&L Auditorium-Kimmel 4th Floor. Wear your letters if you have them!!! PS. sweaters will come middle of next month (hopefully)

Rush week is NEXT WEEK:
Monday and Tuesday will be APO interest meeting at 7 on the 7th floor in kimmel. go and show ur pride!!
Wednesday will be PB and J service event same place.
Friday will be games night at 7 in room 908. Please bring any games you may have, that would be awesome...potential games include wii, kareoke, etc.

YO BRING AND RECRUIT PEOPLE TO APO!!!! lol

SERVICE EVENTS: Meals on Wheels-this saturday at 20 Washington Square Park North, near the Arch at 10:15.

Lego Competition event in Pleasantville, we havent heard anything from them yet but FYI its sunday Feb. 10. If your interested let Tai know.

Our APO anniversarys...Dinner in chinatown...location is still TBA. Clover will have a small committee meeting where they will go on sundays to test out places..yum..if your interested and have any recommendations, please email clover.

Sunday we might have a fellowship event in chinatown to what??? of course eat!!. I am guessin someone will send out a email about that...

PSS For Jeff swing dance club-on Friday of next week, he is having an event and if anyone can bring food and help set up that would be great. it will count as service if you just let kerry know. help set up around 730. location is at E&L auditorium. LASTly, contest----who ever gets the most service hours this sememster will not only win a certificate but a secret something something!!
- Michelle

October 23, 2007

MINUTES
Holla at Sabrina, Angana, Tai, Raghu, Michelle, Jeff, Danielle, Jenn, David Lee, Chris, Sakeen, Kerry, and Asami for keepin' it real.

Bigs and Littles have been assigned. If you think you'll have a problem fulfilling your duties as a big, contact Raghu (rnk226@nyu.edu) ASAP.

No meeting on 10/30/07. Tai has an important interview upstate. Wish him luck!!

Sign up for t-shirts or hoodies--Contact Tai
--we made a list of adjectives describing APO for the shirts
--the theme is "Got APO?" and on the back of the shirt may have those adjectives as "Nutrition Facts" on the back.

Kerry was frazzled but had some service news:

--Sat. 10/27 Halloween Kids Event, Prospect Park Brooklyn has been filled.
There are 2 shifts:
1) Tour Guides, arrive at Prospect Park 11AM, depart 2:30PM.
2) Arts and Crafts Folks, arrive at Prospect Park 11:45AM, depart 2:30PM.
We're planning on all going together, regardless of arrival time, so if you signed up, meet at Palladium Saturday morning and we'll take the subway together (time TBA-Kerry).

--Special Olympics Bowling event is a NO-GO. We're trying for another similar event though. Details soon.
--Meals on Wheels coming up soon. Date TBA

If you want a potluck dinner like last Fall, email Tai YAY or NAY.
--If you'd like to volunteer your room as the place to kick it, also email Tai.

Our very own Jeff is the Prez of the Swing Club and needs our help this Friday 10/26 to set up chairs and tables for a dance. 6:30PM at the Catholic Center, 238 Thompson St. (If you're facing Kimmel, this is the street on the right).

And that's tonight's WORD
- Raghu

October 16, 2007

MINUTES
Attendance: Tai, Chris, Davidx2, Jeff, Asami, Jenn, Kerry, Angie, Sakeen, Raghu, Clover, Danielle

Here's what happened today....

Tai announced that we won the Joseph Scanlon Membership Award [apologies if that's spelled incorrectly...] for growth in chapter membership.

Kerry asked which of the following we would rather do:

1. Saturday, October 27: Halloween in Prospect Park performers. Costume/Makeup provided. Full day attendance required, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

2. Sunday, October 28: Also Halloween in Prospect Park, but with the Autobahn Society. Face painting, storytelling, and arts and crafts. Helping the captain load/unload boat passengers. Either 11:45-2:30 or 2:30-5:00.

We voted for Option 2.

THIS SATURDAY: Meals on Wheels, from 10:15 to around noon.

Tai also told us that he's signed us up to plant trees around New York City. The organization plants trees all year long, so we aren't sure when this is going to happen since they haven't gotten back to us yet.

Kerry also asked if anyone would be interested in making holiday cards (Thanksgiving, Christmas....) for the socially-isolated elderly. This'll be done on our own time and with our own supplies. Some people were interested, so we're keeping the idea in mind.

For the rest of the meeting, we filled out the Annual Chapter Evaluations in small groups, and then discussed our answers.

So yup.....that's all folks. Seeya all next week!
- Danielle

October 9, 2007

MINUTES
holler at yanping, danielle, jenn, sabrina, kerry, becca, raghu, jeff, and me for 'bringing it'

NEXT WEEK!
NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IS MANDATORY (as is every other meeting), but this one is super mandatory. We will be going over chapter reevaluation forms to be submitted to national office. food will be provided. be there!

A QUESTION? IS 6:00 PM MEETING AGREEABLE WITH YOU? IF NO, reply to me in bold letters. was 5:00 PM better? thoughts. they are so fluffy.

DUES?! if you haven't paid your dues yet, pay them now! refer to jenn's email. deadline is oct 16th. after that, we will be :(, as will you. pay by meeting with jenn, with me, at the meetings, at the events, or putting money in the APO mailbox (#12 on the 7th floor of kimmel).

PLEDGING?! Pledge Ceremony Friday Oct 12th, 6:30 PM, Palladium Seminar Room A. dress to impress. two emails about this should be good enough to convince you to come.

TSHIRTS?! tshirts are in the making. if you were a big last semester, please pay up for your previous little's tshirt. return the favor! pay it forward. mm feel good.

SERVICE EVENTS!?!? 10/14 MS BIKE TOUR AFTERNOON location is at Pier 94, W54th Street. stay tuned for Kerry to send out more details about where and when to meet up. a lot of you signed up for this, so let's make it happen!

10/20 Meals On Heels meet at washington square north, near arch at 10:15 am.

10/27 HALLOWEEEN PARTY IN PROSPECT PARK, 12PM - 3PM we will be volunteering! more details to come.

NATIONALS 2008! interested in serving on a committee, representing our chapter in the upcoming nationals? simply have an idea for slogans, logos, etc? If you do, let me or Becca know! We will send you the forms you need to get what you want! Becca is our chapter representive at Nationals, so any further questions can be directed to her!

love, tai

p.s. what are the three strongest ships in the world?

friendship!, leadership!, and service-ship! hahahahahaaaaahah
- Tai Ho

October 2, 2007

MINUTES
baller status: sam, jeff, raghu, yanping, becca, tai, danielle, jen, angana, michelle, david, kerry, angie, sakeen

Pledge meetings are on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM and Friday at 5:00 PM. Attend to get service hours!

Pledge Ceremony will be held next friday 10/12/07 at 6:30 PM. Attendance is mandatory for everyone, especially officers. THIS SATURDAY 10/6/07 Ghandi Day of Service! Meet in Palladium Dining Hall at 9:00 AM. Look at Kerry's email for more infooos.

LIGHT THE NIGHT TONIGHT IS NO GO! no one from the volunteer place gave me any additional info. sadness.

MS Bike Tour is on Sunday Oct. 14th! 12-4:30 PM. We are the muscle team raaaar.

Meals on Wheels the saturday after that (I think).

NOVEMBER 4-10 is APO's National Service Week! This year's theme is "helping children with disabilities". if you know of any events we can do with disabled children, let us know! otherwise, I think we may volunteer for Special Olympics. more details to come.

Also, the possibility of teaching old people how to swing as a service event was discussed.

at this point, sakeen and angie barge in with a surprise bday oreo ice cream cake for angana, jeff and me! we had a communal eating event, good times and germs were shared. also, an oreo ended up on the ceiling. no one knows how that happened!
- Tai Ho

September 25, 2007

MINUTES
Attendance: Kerry, Sam, Tener, Tai, Danielle, Chris, Jenn, Raghu, Sabrina, Dave Lee, Paul (one of our advisors!!!!)

1) MS Bike Tour: Sun. Oct. 14. We're working on the Muscle Team, noon-4PM

2) Thurs. Oct. 4 Light the night at Brooklyn Bridge--South Street Seaport (near Water St.)

3) National Service Week: Nov. 4-10. Theme is helping people with disabilities. Come up with ideas for service projects ---Coupon cutting for blind seniors

4) Pledges: 23 on potential--13 have emailed back to confirm so far

5) Two Pledge Meetings each week. Tuesdays 7-8pm, Friday 5-6pm First meetings: 10/2 and 10/5

6) Pledge Ceremony Oct. 12--Friday 5-6pm. (Tentative)

7) Gandhi Day, Sat. Oct. 6
---Meet at Palladium, around 9:30AM
---Soup Kitchen
---Painting
---Surgi-Dolls
---Tutoring
---Email kerry your vote.

8) Meals on Wheels Sat. 9/29 10:45am-1pm

9) Anyone interested in volunteering for Dress for Success 11/17, email Kerry for details/availability ---sort out clothing for people looking for good clothes for interviews.

10) PAY YOUR DUES!!!! $32!!!! If we're the first chapter to pay all our dues, we get a pizza party courtesy of Nationals!!!

11) If you were a big in Spring 2007, please pay for your little's t-shirts. Price around $10.
---If the little wants sweat shirts, big plays $10, little pays remainder.
---If little wants both, then the T-shirt is paid by the big, and the little pays off the sweatshirt.

12) Tai is making a new T-shirt for this year--Kind of like the "Got Milk?" shirts--"Got APO?"
---More suggestions welcome.
---Email Tai for color preference!!!! We don't want PINK!!!!!

13) Conferences coming up:
---MIT week of 10/5, late saturday into sunday, free sleeping (Gym floor), about $30, weird science theme
---The College of New Jersey: Nov. 3, info coming soon--usually a one day event, includes a dinner, $20 or $30
---Wagner: 2nd petition ceremony to become an Active Chapter. Date--TBA

14) Leadership Weekend, possibly this Saturday at Empire State Building. Need $5, and ID
- Raghu Kanumalla

September 16, 2007

heyoo,

This tuesday, we will be having our general meeting at 5:00 PM in Kimmel Room 804. At 5:30 PM, potential pledges will start coming in for our pb&j event. Once we finish pb&j, we're going to head over to St.Alps for free bubble tea! TRY TO REMEMBER TO BRING DUES.

After this week, general meetings will be held on Tuesdays at 6:00 PM instead of 5. Also, since kimmel reservations is retarded, meeting rooms will be different every week. I have attached the year's room schedule. Every week, I will be reminding via email the room number. There will also be notices at the kimmel elevator doors on the 8th and 9th floor indicating which room to go to. Yes, it's annoying but hopefully I'll make it easier for everyone.

See you on Tuesday!!!
- Tai Ho

Septembr 11, 2007

MINUTES
Hey everyone. dearly sorry for the late update on minutes but here they are.
Attendance: Jeff, david, danielle, michelle, asami, tai, clover, sakeem, angie, chris, raghu, sabrina, yanping

On tuesday was our first APO info session meeting and we had a turnout of 5 potential pledges. We talked about the club and the pledge process. We also discussed about the volunteer work kerry mentioned in her email.

It was determined that Tuesday we are going to have our meeting but this time it will involve bubble tea!!! hooray at saint alps again. i unfortunately have not been informed about the exact time and where we are meeting so tai, if u can, let us know. thanks...if u want an estimate, we were thinking 6ish i think but thats not set in stone. just to give everyone a heads up

hope u all have a good weekend!!!
- Michelle Li

September 5, 2007

MINUTES
Attendance: Tai, Jeff, Raghu, Sabrina, David, Michelle, Jen, David, Asami, Danielle, Yanping, Amelia, Angana, Sam, Chris, Sakeem, Angie, Clover, Kerry
sorry if i misspelled or forgot u. please email me at ml1834@nyu.edu to let me know.

Today: Christine took a year off so our new historian is SABRINA.

Club Fair: Thursday 2-7 at Coles. HELP OUT PLEASE you all know when u signed up so please show up. Our goal is to have a minimal of 15 pledges. We have decided to use our old banner to use at club fair.

September 11-Tuesday 4:30-5:30 Info session for rushes Room 908
September 12 -Wednesday 4:45-6 Room 907 Info session for rushes

Lastly, Dues of $32 due by end of this month please. okay so see you all at club fair.
- Michelle Li

April 18, 2007

Pictures are up! exciting, no? Notice you can zoom in on each picture by clicking on it. and best of all... pay close attention to the right hand corner and the left on the full-size images, you can go to the next or previous picture in the group. Insane! I know.

Pledges, if you're reading this... send me pictures of your class NOW. (preferably, with you guys bonding and all close and friendly and brotherly). Mail me at dt727@nyu.edu

Note to Officers: If you want to post a message (meaningful ones, i.e., unlike any of my comments), email me exactly what you want to write on this beautiful, white space, and I'll quote you, and even cite you MLA style. - David T

April 12, 2007

ghetto comments are up. feel free to leave any jokes, remarks, thoughts, or questions.

Website is finally up and running. Sorry, for the great delay. Blame Honors Chem. and MCB.

Most of the links still don't work yet, so don't click aimlessly, unless you're hoping to stumble upon the hidden link, which I've placed somewhere on this page (you'll never find it) that leads to some place magical. happy searching. - David T

April 11, 2007

MINUTES
Saturday-Relay for Life-set up at 2:30,contact Tai if you want to help set up. otherwise meet around 6:30 at Coles. The event goes till 8:30am sunday. Whip Cream event still on.

Pledge Test will be held on Friday at 2 so come and help them out if u want. Intiation Ceremony will be on Thursday the 26th at 7:30.

Elections will be in 2 weeks so send emails through list-serve to nominate people for positions. Requirement for nominee: GPA 2.0

Tomorrow-celebration for Kerry, Asami and Raghu!!!!! Cafetasia at 7 pm then karaoke afterwards!!
- Michelle Li