Chi Epsilon, UC Berkeley Chapter


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Update: 18 Nov, 2009
Hello all XE-ers! Is the second round midterm bothering you? No worries, for the thanksgiving break is coming up! But before we are off for the holiday, let's not forget to have fun with our fellow pledges and members! Coming up tomorrow is the mandatory 3rd General Meeting, starting at 5 pm in 502 Davis. We will be having our biannual... *TALENT SHOW! Stop by and show off some of your awesome talents while enjoying others'. Also happening at the end of the meeting is the OFFICER NOMINATION*! All members are welcome. Please come in mind with what position you want to be for the Spring semester, nominations are welcomed as long as the nominee does not refuse the nomination. Also, this friday will be the Pacific District Conference for Chi Epsilon all over the country, so for those of you who are going, have a fun weekend and make us proud by showing them what the Berkeley Chapter is like! We will also be having a ThAnKsGiViNg pOtLuCk on Sunday, 22 Nov, in Bill's House! Those of you who want to come and enjoy a night of tasti-delicious-crazi-mad-ness, don't forget to sign up for food! -Julian

Update: 9 Nov, 2009
Photos for the current semester now available in the Photos section! For this week, we have the Interview Workshop that is going to be today at 6 pm in 406 Davis! Tomorrow will be the second-last infosession, featuring WE O'Neil at 5 pm in 406 Davis. And at 8:30 pm, we will be meeting at the Hearst Mining Circle for the Fenton's Creamery ! Get ready for some ice-cream madness! On Friday, 13 Nov, join us for a fieldtrip to UCSF, meeting at 12:45 pm at Berkeley BART Station. It is going to be a 3 hour trip, so grab some food and drinks with you if you need to. -Julian

Update: 15 Oct, 2009
How's everyone doing? Holding up after the midterms? Well, this Saturday, 17 Oct, there will be a Hike/ Picnic in Tilden in the North side! We will be meeting at 12 pm in the Hearst Mining Circle, so pack your lunch and enjoy the nice weather (if it happens). Next Thursday, 22 Oct, will be our Second General Meeting! Our speaker this time will be people from the EPA, come and join us with FREE FOOD and DRINKS at 5 pm in 502 Davis. -Julian

Update: 28 Sep, 2009
Hello! This is the first week after the pledge infosession and kickoff dinner, which means that those exciting pledge events are on their way! First event of the semester is... THE BOWLING NIGHT! We will be having it tomorrow, Tuesday, 29 Sep. All members and pledges are welcome! The meeting place is as usual, at the Hearst Mining Circle at 8:30 pm. We will be leaving at around 8:40 pm, so be there on time! If you happen to have a car and you TOTALLY LOVE DRIVING FRIENDS, we will be TOTALLY LOVING YOU if you could be our drivers for the night, gas $ will be compensated, so please help out (for future events as well)! Hope to see many of you tomorrow! -Julian

Update: 24 Sep, 2009
Good day everyone! Sorry for the late updates, finally the ocf has resumed the website updating service! How's the first few month of school? Hectic? No worries, Chi Epsilon is back with events to relief all your stresses! Come to our Study Hall in 544 Davis from 2-5 pm every Monday and Thursday. You can meet other students while forming study groups and finishing up your assignments! On Monday, Sep 21 at 5 pm, we had our Pledge Infosession for all the prospective Chi Epsilon pledges. If you missed the infosession, no worries! You could still come by this Friday, Sep 25 at 5 pm in La Val's (North side) for the Kickoff Dinner! Meet all members and pledges for this semester while having free PIZZAs! If you are still deciding whether to pledge or not, stop by and we will fill you in! A friendly reminder for MEMBERS that this is a MANDATORY event in order for you to stay active. -Julian

Update: 06 May, 2009
Hello everyone! It's that time of year again! Initiation is just around the corner! Pledges and volunteers, please remember to arrive promptly at 5:15pm this Friday, May 8, 2009 in front of the Terrace Cafe for the Initiation Ceremony. To those attending the Initiation Banquet, this will take place at 8pm in Bancroft Hotel. The address is 2680 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704. In addition to these announcements, it is my pleasure to announce to you the incoming officer team for Fall 2009: President Sarah Klug Vice President Justin Tsui Treasurer Eric Pon Secretary Tammy Chang Editor/Historian Ben Chaney Marshals Bill Chen Will Nguyen Professional Development Kaho Kong Professional Liaison Garnet Wing External Liaison Jun Tucay Publicity Elisha Ezersky Member Retention Scott Payne Tutoring Chair Alex Trahan Webmaster Julian Chang Congratulations to the future officers for Fall 2009! As a reminder to the new officers, there will be a Transition Meeting at 10:00 am on Wednesday 05/13 at Cafe Durant. -Tammy P.S. Photos from the 2nd General Meeting, 3rd General Meeting/Talent Show, and Fenton's Night have been posted. Don't forget to check them out!

Update: 23 April, 2009
Hi everyone!! GM3 was so exciting! Thank you to all those that came to show us your talents, and to those who didn't perform, thanks for coming to show support!! The pictures (and possibly videos?) will be up once I get them from our wonderful historian Steven! Also, the election nominations are now up: Sp09-Election Nominations.pdf. If you would like to nominate yourself, you can send an e-mail to xeelectionsgmail.com. Thanks everyone! By the way, tomorrow is Fenton's Night! ICE CREAM!!! Come join us! You can RSVP on facebook! Hope to see you there! On Saturday, there is also the Rebuilding Together. If you haven't already RSVP'ed, please do so now. Thanks, and Bye Bye Bye! -Tammy

Update: 02 April, 2009
Hey everyone! Thanks for coming to the second general meeting today! Just a heads up: our next general meeting will have a talent show! Show us some hidden skills! Also, the Bikeshare/Picnic and Ice Skating photos are now up! -Tammy

Update: 01 April, 2009
Hey all! Hope you all had a fun and relaxing Spring Break! Also, thank you to all those that came to Ice Skating this Tuesday! Over twenty people showed up! Photos will be up soon! Please check back soon for updates! Here are the weekly events. *Kiewit Infosession [2 Practicality Points} Named by FORTUNE as the most admired engineering construction company in 2007, Kiewit is consistently ranked among the top 10 contractors by Engineering News Record, with 2007 revenues of more than $6.2 billion. Kiewit is also one of the largest employee-owned firms in the nation and are noted for broad-based ownership, with U.S. and Canadian employee-shareholders. Come by to the infosession to see what their representatives have to say, and maybe even land an internship or job. Food will be provided. Tuesday, March 31 @ 5p, 406 Davis Ice Skating Night [5 Sociability Points] Head on over to Hearst Mining Circle after the infosession, and we will go to Oakland for some ice skating fun! Worried that you fall and land on your derriere? It cannot be worse than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKK28QLtAj8 So don't fret and come out, even if it may be your first time ice skating. Tuesday, March 31 @ 6:15p, meet at HMC Interview Workshop [2 Practicality Points] Do your interview skills resemble this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-j_LSWM_A&feature=related If the answer is yes, come out to the interview workshop to learn practical skills and techniques that will help you land that internship or job. Wednesday, April 1 @ 5p (Location will be posted around Davis) General Meeting 2 [MANDATORY] We are having our second general meeting this Thursday, and it is mandatory that you guys show up. Let us know if you guys can't make it. Information, fun, and food will be provided. Thursday, April 2 @ 5p, 502 Davis Trampoline Dodgeball [5 Sociability Points] Like trampolines? Like dodgeball? Now you can have both at the same time! We will be heading down to Santa Clara to have a friendly little competition with our brothers and sisters from SJSU, so be part of the team, and we promise it will be super fun! More information and sign-ups will be posted on facebook this week. Saturday, April 4 (Time/Meet up location TBA via facebook) *Tutoring Room [1 Scholarship Point each] Food and drinks will be provided as usual. Mondays @ 2-5pm, 539 Davis Thursday @ 2-5pm, 406 Davis -Tammy

Update: 22 March, 2009
Hey all! Hope you are all having an awesome Spring Break! Photos from Game Night/Potluck are now up! Thank you to all the members and pledges that came to have fun and to show their awesome cooking skills too! Updates and upcoming events will be posted below. Just a reminder to pledges who have not attended any tutoring room hours, it may be too late to make it up with more tutoring hours. There may be upcoming Review Sessions that you may participate in so that you may catch up on Scholarship points. Please be sure to talk to or e-mail Justin, our Tutoring Chair, for more information regarding this issue. 3/31: Ice Skating [5 Sociability Points] 4/4: Trampoline Dodgeball in Santa Clara [5 Sociability Points] 4/11: Berkeley Beach Cleanup [10 Character Points] 4/13: Irish Dancing Night [5 Sociability Points] 4/23: 3rd General Meeting (NOTE: We will be having our biannual talent show!) 4/25: Rebuilding Together [10 Character Points] That's about it for now. Please check back for more updates! Enjoy Spring Break! -Tammy

Update: 11 March, 2009
Hello all! Photos from Bowling Night and the First General Meeting are up now! We are currently gathering photos to add from the Photo Safari Event last Saturday! Thanks to all members that came to show some spirit! It was lots of fun, especially the random dancing. Anyways, the events of this week are posted below. Also, to active members, please remember to send your resumes to either of our professional liaisons Helen Chow or Candice Avanes by Friday March 20, 2009 if you would like to be in our resume book. *IM Basketball [2!!!!!!! Sociability Points] We are going up against our brothers and sisters in ASCE this week, and we need all the help we can get. We are giving you two points for coming, so if you are free, come be our 6th man! Try not to cheer for ASCE though; I know many of you have friends on their team. Act as if they kicked your dog under a truck. Sunday, March 8 @ 8:15p, RSF Fieldhouse DPR Fieldtrip [3 Practicality Points] The sign-up sheets are full at the moment, and we will let you know if spots open up. Those who signed up already will receieve more information about the event. Thursday, March 12 IM Soccer [1 Sociability Points] Chi Epsilon is taking on the "Ostriches" this week. A google image search returned this: http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225257b9bf21900e398d55b1c0002-500pi. So this should be fun. Thursday, March 12 @ 8:15p, RSF Gold Gym BBQ/Bike Ride By the Bay [5 Sociability Points] We will be heading down to Shorebird Park this upcoming Saturday for some BBQ fun. The weather should be good, so come enjoy our food and games and watch all the baby squirrles play. For those who like a relaxing springtime bike ride, we will be riding along the San Francisco Bay Trail afterwards, so bring your bike if you are interested. If you want to bike with us but do not have a bike here, you can check one out from the Bike-Share program on Friday. It's three dollars for borrowing a bike for the weekend, but you will be reimbursed. If you do not want to bike, that's fine; we will have rides to and from the park. Those of you who are driving or getting a ride will meet at 10:15 at HMC. Sign-ups are up on facebook. Those of us who are biking, we will be meeting up at Hearst Mining Circle at 10am. You are to show up there with a bike ready (and preferably a helmet, too). You can borrow a bike at lower sproul on Friday between 11am to 1pm. Know that you must have a receipt for us to reimberse you. <--VERY IMPORTANT!! **Ultimate frisbee with ASCE this Friday at 4 PM at Memorial Glade. Afterwards, there's a Rock Climbing social, and members as well as pledges are all invited! We will be meeting at Hearst Mining Circle at 5:20 PM. Since this is not a pledge social, pledges will have to pay (not covered by XE). We will be heading to Berkeley Iron Works, and the event should be around $30. Pledges will be awarded 5 sociability points for going. *UPCOMING FIELD TRIP Friday, March 20th at 1pm to the MWH** office. The field trip will be an office tour, so students will get to know MWH more and see the working atmosphere in an environmental firm. The sign up sheet will be posted in front of the ASCE/XE office door. There will be a limit of ten people for this field trip. Transportation will be by BART. Helen will send out an email to those attending with more details next week. More information about MWH can be found at http://www.mwhglobal.com/. NOTE TO PLEDGES: there is only one more fieldtrip after this one, so be sure to sign up if you need practicality points. -Tammy

Update: 03 March, 2009
Hello all! Below are the list of events for the week! To pledges, please plan to attend the Photo Safari this weekend! It's a mandatory event! Most of the officers also will be there! It'll be loads of fun! Also, here are some updates about this semester's pledge project. There are two pledge projects this semester. The main project will be assisting the department with Cal Day festivities, such as helping make lunch for prospective freshman or interacting with visitors at Davis Hall. If you cannot attend Cal Day on April 18 (for example, Mid-Pac is that weekend), the alternative is setting up a recycling program. This will entail meeting with Sarah to learn about the project and coordinating with the recycling group on campus to get recycling bins in the correct places. Please email Sarah at sklug@berkeley.edu by March 6th if you are interested in doing the alternate project. There are only 5 slots for this, so email soon. Priority will be given to people who cannot attend Cal Day. Reminder: PARTICIPATION IN THE PLEDGE PROJECT IS REQUIRED! *Resume Workshop [2 Practicality Points] ASCE is hosting a panel of young professionals to discuss resume strategies. They will stay around after the presentation, and will be happy to give you personal suggestions (don't be scared to talk to them; they want you to succeed). If you want to have a sparkling resume for the career fair, this is a must! And DO NOT forget to bring your resume! Thursday, March 5 @ 5p, 502 Davis Photo Safari [Mandatory] Break out your running shoes and your knowledge of campus trivia for one of the semester's most entertaining events, Photo Safari! You will be receiving an email shortly with more information on the event. Note that this event is mandatory, so please let your marshals know if you cannot attend. Saturday, March 7 @ 10a, Campanile IM Basketball [1 Sociability point] The XE Basketball team will be squaring off against the Free Agents this week. Come cheer us on! Sunday, March 1 @ 9:15p, RSF Fieldhouse IM Soccer [1 Sociability point] Congratulation to the Chi Epsilon soccer team for 3-2 victory over Action Jackson! This week, they will be trying to knock off Killer Wombat, who are unbeaten so far, so let's give them our support! Thursday, March 5 @ 9:15p, RSF Gold Gym **Tutoring Room [1 Scholarship Point per day] Midterms are here, and what's a better way to study than being with all your super-smart XE friends in the tutoring room? Food and drinks will be provided as usual. Mondays 2-5pm, 539 Davis Thursday 2-5pm, 406 Davis -Tammy

Update: 23 Feb 2009
Photos taken at the Kick-off Dinner have been uploaded to the Photos page. Feel free to check them out! For events that are coming up this week, please read the previous entry. Also, FYI, Bowling Night and an Infosession are taking place tomorrow. Please remember to RSVP on Facebook! -Tammy

Update: 22 February, 2009
Welcome to all the new pledges of Spring 2009!! Also, thank you to all those that came to the Kick-off Dinner. Pledge photos have been posted on the Pledge page, in case anyone wants to familiarize himself or herself with the new faces. For members that were unable to attend the Kick-off Dinner, please contact our Member Retention Officer Jamel Stewart. In addition to the updates on the website, please note the upcoming events. Pledges, these events have been e-mailed out by our marshals, so hopefully you can start early on earning pledge points! It's always good to get a head start so you won't have to worry about them later on! Tutoring Room [1 Scholarship Point per day] Tutoring is THE spot to be if you are free on Mondays and Thursdays from 2-5pm. Drop by to study or to finish up some homework. It's also a great place to meet officers, members and your fellow pledges. You'll also have a chance to show off your vast CE knowledge by tutoring and helping others. Food and drinks will be provided. Mondays 2-5pm, 539 Davis Thursday 2-5pm, 406 Davis PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT ROOMS! Bowling Night [5 Sociability Points] One of everyone's favorite social events is this week: Bowling!!! Come show off how much of your Wii Bowling skills translate to actual bowling! A facebook event has been sent out, so please let us know as soon as possible if you want to go, so we can arrange rides. If your RSVP isn't "Attending," we can't promise we will have enough car space for you. We would also love you if you can drive your peers down to Albany Bowl (which isn't to long a drive). Lastly, for those of you who didn't get an invite on facebook, it is probably because we couldn't find you, not because we don't like you, so let us know so we can send you invites to future events. Meet Tuesday at 8:30 pm, Hearst Mining Circle General Meeting #1 [MANDATORY!!!] The first general meeting of the semester is on Thursday. We will have games and delicious food, all topped off with a great guest speaker from Blach Construction, who will be discussing BIM (Building Information Modeling). Thursday at 5pm, 502 Davis Construction Site Field Trip [3 Practicality Points] There is a fieldtrip to a Degenkolb site this Friday. If you have not signed up and are interested in checking a construction site, email one of us as soon as possible so that we can add you on the list. Xiao Yu, the graduate student who is organizing the tour, will send out a email with more details to those who signed up later this week. Meet Friday at 3pm, Downtown Berkeley BART station IM Soccer [1 Sociability point] Come check out the XE Indoor Soccer team as they take on Action Jackson this Thursday night! Wear your cheerleading outfits and get ready to get LOUD! The game will be at 10:15PM at the RSF Gold Gym. IM Basketball [1 Sociability point per game attended] The XE Basketball team will be kicking off their season this Sunday (2/22) against The UnitedBallas of America. Come give us your support as we try to kick off a perfect season. The game will be at 8:15PM in the RSF Fieldhouse. Johnson Western Gunite Infosession (Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2009 at 5pm in 406 Davis) With more than 60 years of experience in the construction industry, Johnson Western Gunite Company has proudly earned the reputation of being the industry leader in all aspects of commercial shotcrete/gunite application in the western United States. Remember, it's mandatory that all the pledges go to at least one infosession, so it's good to start early. You get to learn more about companies, and there will also be free food*! -Tammy

Update: 12 Feb 2009
Hello all! It was nice to see the old and new faces at the pledge infosession yesterday! We hope that the those that came to learn more about us will decide to join the pledge class of Sping 2009! For those interested in pledging, please remember to come to the Kickoff Dinner on Friday, February 20 at 6pm with your pledge application as well as a $95 check written to Chi Epsilon. The Spring 2009 Pledge Packet has been uploaded to the website and is now on the pledge page. You may also click here to access the pledge packet. We hope to see you there! As for members, please note that your attendance is required at the Kickoff Dinner in order to maintain active membership for this semester. We will begin to enforce active membership this semester, as we have the new position of the Member Retention Officer, Jamel Stewart. If you have any questions regarding your progress toward active membership, there is also a link (under the Members Tab) to the Google Document that keeps track of the number of events that each member has attended. Thanks, and hope to see you all there at the Kickoff Dinner! -Tammy

Update: 08 Feb 2009
	Welcome to the Chi Epsilon website! As a reminder, Pledge Infosession for Spring 2009 will be held on Wednesday, 11 Feb, at 6 pm in 406 Davis. Note that the Kickoff Dinner will be held on Friday, 20 Feb, at 6 pm at La Val's in the same week. This is a mandatory event for those who have decided to pledge this semester. Members are also welcome (if you want to be an active member, this is also one of the mandatory events!). Not sure about pledging? Attend the infosession and find out!

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