LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU!!!

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Golden Key's first member meeting is next Tuesday September 13. The meeting
will be in the UC in room 224 from 8-9pm. There will be five people there at
the beginning of the meeting to talk to us about some of the opportunities UT
has to offer.

Destin Barcroft, Student Activities Office
Barrett Bogue, Dean of Students Office (he works with Student Organizations)
Amber Sandman, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
Yvette McDaniel, Educational Advancement Program
Representative from Team Vols

Please come to learn more about Golden Key's activities this fall 2005
semester!!!

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 Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated
the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go
next--and we can help.

Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a stadium
in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least 80,000 are
competing for area shelters, and countless more are in motels, cars, or
wherever they can stay out of the elements. The Federal Emergency
Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to find shelter for the
displaced.

This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to connect
your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to
wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room,
extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online
at:

http://www.hurricanehousing.org?id=5951-5288503-sLqmV5gpiBzdl0RtTmdF7w

Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about
300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans.

Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might be
able to help.

But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of
difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.

The process is simple:

* You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever
housing you have available, along with contact information. You can change
or remove your offer at any time.

* Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and
relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we can to
get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already
have Internet access, but folks without 'net access can still make use of
the site through case workers and family members.

* Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together
decide if it's a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements.
The host's address is not released until a particular match is agreed on.

If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross
to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give
online at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859

As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together,
and today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are
thousands of families who have just lost everything and need a place to
stay dry. Let's do what we can to help.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org?id=5951-5288503-sLqmV5gpiBzdl0RtTmdF7w

Thanks for being there when it matters most.

--Noah T. Winer and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action Team
Thursday, September 1st, 2005

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UT students have an incredible opportunity to hear one of the great voices of
contemporary literature.  Maya Angelou is a poet, educator, historian,
best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer, and
director.

Dr. Angelou will speak on Monday, September 19, at 7 PM in the Tennessee
Theatre.  There is no cost to students but a ticket is required to attend.
Tickets can be obtained at the Central Ticket Office located in the University
Center ground floor and are being distributed on a "first come, first serve"
basis.  Many have been distributed, so you are encouraged to get yours
quickly!

The event is sponsored by the Black Cultural Programming Committee, the Issues
Committee of the Central Program Council, the Krutch Literary Fund, and the
Division of Student Affairs.

For more information, contact the Black Cultural Center at 974-4738 or peruse
the Black Cultural Programming Committee website at web.utk.edu/~bcpc.


Associate Dean of Students
Office of the Dean of Students
413 Student Services Building
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN  37996

Phone-865.974.3179