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COSA NEWSLETTER!
“That is SO fetch.“
Issue 1 October 2010
Secretary’s Spot
Welcome to our very first Newsletter for this school year!My name is Rana Lau and I will be the secretary for this
year. As Secretary, one of my duties is to produce a
Newsletter every month that will inform you of upcoming
events as well as give you insight on officer’s and other
members who may have a message to you COSA
members. This issue will feature an introduction from each
of our officers to let you know what our duties are and
how we are working to benefit you and make this a great
year! So take some time out of your midterm studying (I
hope you’re studying…) and keep on reading!
Wanna take advantage of Cal?
Sign up to be an intern for one of our great officers! As an intern, you’ll get
hands on experience from the officers themselves. Cal is all about preparing
students for the real world; let COSA help! Look out for our email for more
information, good luck!
Calendar
October 31
October 8 -10
October 29
Mid-October
Halloween
Have a safe and fun
Halloween!
Berkeley Homecoming
Check out Sproul for
performances and free t-
shirts during Homecoming
week!
P/NP Deadline
Last day to change your
grading options!
Scavenger Hunt
Stay on the lookout for our
very own COSA Scavenger
Hunt!
Rana Lau
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President’s Place
I love the feeling of myadrenaline racing, so my bucket list consists of bungee jumping, sky
diving, jet skiing, and soon.
I guess I can besomewhat of a daredevil,
but even daredevils have
a kryptonite. Mine aresnakes (please don't
scare me during AprilFools) and mushy,
Wendy Wu
sensitive topics (I can bea crybaby).
I'm a busy bee, always onthe go, but sometimes Ilike to take life slow. My
favorite form of expression is throughwords, and I love poetry
slam though I haven't
exactly faced my fear of showing my work infront of a crowd.
I'm a second year, pre-
business major with awork hard, play hardmotto. I tend to makeweird expressions that
are not always under mycontrol, so if I ever look at you funny, then you
know why because Iprobably don't.
Hey everyone! My nameis Cindy Lu and I amCOSA'S 2010-2011treasurer! It is my
responsibilities tomaintain the group'sfinances, a lot of
background work, but Ican deal with it haha. I
am originally fromOakland, CA. I am asecond year intending toin major in Political
Science and PoliticalEconomy, but whoknows, I've been known
to switch majors everyminute, which isn't a bad
thing... I'll keep thisshort. Feel free to come
up to me and contact meabout whatevs, I tend to be quite opinionated!
KBYE!
Treasurer’s Town | Cindy Lu
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My name is Nancy Mai andI am a second year with anintended major inEconomics, and my co-chair is Simone Johnson, who is athird year majoring
in Public Health with a
minor in City and RegionalPlanning. We bothgraduated from OaklandHigh School and we areproud to represent COSA asthe social co-chairs this year!As the Social chairs, we aim
to create atight-knot and sociablecommunity amongst the
scholars of this organization by planning andcoordinating social eventsthat will be fun for everyone.We want to give all scholarsa chance to relax when
school is causing us somuch stress and to allow usto interact in more intimatesettings thanwe’re used to in our classes,
so we can create a smallfamily here at Cal(Go Bears!). Some eventsinclude the Big C Hike, icecream socials, andmovie nights. Two other
programs that we are in
charge of are the Cal Palprogram and the newlycreated Family System.For the Cal Pal system,a newscholar will be matchedup with one of the
continuing scholars andwould bea mentee/little sister or
little brother to one of them.Your Cal Pal will be a supporting figure inyour academic first year atCal. Lastly, for theFamily System, we have
divided all of the newscholars into four differentfamilies, or groups, with twoheads that will be theparental figures in
each family. The parents areour very own officers so wewill be the onesleading each family with
separate family socials andget-togethers. Thisway, you will get to know
more people in a moreintimate and smaller setting by getting to knowyour own families. (Feel freeto recommendactivities and socials for
your family. something assimple as a froyo runto chill during the middle of the week).
Academic AbodeChristina Gee
Hi! You can call me Chris! I am a 3rd year Integrative Biology major minoring in Chemistry and
Education. Yup, I'm crazy about academics, but Ialso like to paddle, shoot hoops, and watch movies. Ireally believe that if you like what you're studyingthough, then everything is awesome. As your Academics Chair, I hope to provide you with THE
best resources, workshops, and advice to help you getthose 4.0s (or at least try and smile no matter whathappens). If you're ever stuck about anything school-related or you're feeling lazy and unsure about how toget started, shoot me an email. I'll be more thanhappy to help you out.
Social Station | Nancy Mai & Simone Johnson
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Hello fellow scholars! Myname is Crystal Huang andI'll be the COSA Historian& Webmaster for this '10-'11school year. I hail from SanFrancisco (Go Giants!) andI'm proud to be an alumnusof Balboa High School (GoBucs!) I'm currently a thirdyear who just recentlydeclared a social welfaremajor and education minor after a long long time
of being
undecided and
bouncing from major tomajor. If anyone has anyquestions/concernsregarding being
undeclared/undecided inthe social sciences, feel freeto contact me for someadvice. In addition to loving
what I do for COSA, I alsoenjoy baking, cooking, andeating in my spare time.
Webmaster’s World
Helloeveryone! My
name is LillyKuang, asecond year hereat UC Berkeleywith an intended businessmajor. I will be serving you
as your COSA co-outreachchair this semester. Mymotivation for this position
comes from hoping to seemore scholars from the BayArea get the opportunity toexperience the vibrant andexciting life at Cal. My maingoal is getting most of youin joining me withcontributing to CalOpp by
going back to various highschools, and making surestudents are absolutelyprepared for their collegeapplications. As our outreach strategies are stillin the process of beingdrafted, one presentation
will likely be made in eachpartnering schools in
I'm Lilly, your outreach co-chair! I'm a 2nd year intended IB major (premed!)and I went to OaklandTechnical High school. Ienjoy baking, singing tomyself, and long walks onthe beach ;D. Just kidding!But seriously, there are manyoutreaching events plannedthis year, so come check itout and get somevolunteering in! Join thecommittee if you're reallyinterested :)
Crystal HuangLill L
Lilly Kuang
Oakland and San Francisco. If interested, please join the
COSA Outreach Committeethis semester! I am doing my
blurb differently from my fellowofficers, because I highly
encourage you to return thefavor by being proactive in thisassociation. If so, there is nodoubt you won’t get to knowme better throughout thesemester. =D
Did You Know?The elements Berkelium
and Californium are
named after UC
Berkeley! Be proud, I’m
not seeing any
Stanfurdiums…
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COSA Kick-Off Event @
Willard Park
Our COSA Kick-Off event was a super fun-filled day
of ultimate Frisbee, Football, pizza, and a crazyround of water balloon throwing. The sun was
shining, the light breeze of wind, and several dog
walkers and their hyper dogs made it the perfect day
out!
This event was so much fun…
…so make sure you come out to our
next event!
Hey Scholars!
Went to an event and had your picture taken?
Was wondering how it turned out?
Couldn’t remember if you blinked or
not? Or maybe you just wanted to use it as your
Facebook picture!
Well, I’ve got good news!
To look at pictures, you can go to…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calopp
Or you can add us on Facebook or visit our blog at…
Add the COSA group | http://www.calopp.blogspot.com