February 4th, 2019

  • Head of College

    • Had a great IRIS Run for Refugees and Super Bowl party on Sunday!

    • The ski trip is coming up on Saturday! Look out for upon spots if you’re on the waitlist since Micah is inquiring about cancellations.

  • Dean’s Report

    • This Thursday is the last day to withdraw for the term and receive 50% of spring tuition back.

    • March 8th is the deadline to withdraw from a spring full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.

  • SAC

    • Had a great Super Bowl party yesterday!

    • Next event is Amigos on the Wednesday the week of Valentine’s Day (02/3/14)!

  • Community Service

    • Read your Dwight Hall newsletters!

  • By-Laws

    • Annually, the president sets their agenda for the betterment of the college. It’s at the leisure of Alex!

  • Media

    • 2 GREAT posts on the instagram @saybrookcollege this weekend. One of the Saybrook team for the Run for Refugees, one for the new Executive Board. Give them a like!

    • POI: Does Jesse have an instagram?

      • Yes! It’s @ jessenadez. Give it a follow!

  • Fischer Report

    • POI: Outlets in the Fellow’s Lounge still aren’t functioning.

    • POI: Between entryways D and E there are sporadic human messages over the fire alarm asking to leave the building. The fire department came to turn it off once.

      • The whole York street building is effected. Don’t know what’s up with that. Have not been notified about a problem, but Prof Near will make an inquiry.

    • POI: “The lamp in the Saybrary has been broken for two years now…Are we ever getting light?”

      • Working to develop a gift to redo the Saybrary. Will get Micah in the loop to purchase some lamps and set them up on the tables before then.

  • SayQueer

    • Updates to come

  • Slaydies

    • Keep SLAYING

  • BlackBrook

    • The groupchat is very excited to be a standing committee!

    • Going to a movie (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) tomorrow at Criterion. Time TBD.

  • College Seminar

    • Will take place the last week of February. Look out for an email from Dave!

    • If you’d like to help Dave out with this cycle to learn the ropes and take over in future years that would be great. Contact him!

    • A good restaurant has been selected for those who attended 5 interviews

  • Dining Hall

    • Koomson Report

      • It’s back! Rebecca had Pad Thai from Pad Thai for dinner

    • Planning to change the temperature of the ice cream to maximize its scoopability

    • Breakfast sandwich thing was a pop up food event, so it was just temporary. :(

    • There will be a Lunar New Year dinner in the SY dining hall!

    • POI: Who makes the main menu? Scarcely gluten free options for main meals besides just vegetables. We need a variety of options for people with dietary restrictions

      • Can’t tweak specific menus because they’re the same for all of Yale

      • Reach out to Christian, the head of Yale Dining.

  • Housing

    • Info session to train for the new electronic system on Friday. Sometime this coming month there will be a call for more members.

    • POI: Meeting 10pm this Friday?

    • POI: Do we congregate for a ~big reveal~?

      • Housing as a historical tradition would want to host something more ?

    • POI: Should know who your roommate is before this?

    • POI: Info session will be recorded

    • POI: When will FroCo stuff be figured out? Wondering to see if there is time to make other housing arrangements if it doesn’t work out.

      • FroCo announcements will be made by March 1st, and housing is due after Spring Break. Plenty of time for grieving.

  • Sustainability

    • Data should be available from the previous months within the upcoming weeks. Look out for email!

  • IMs

    • The swimming championship was today. We got some points.

    • Men’s B-hoops and C-hoops on Tuesday, Co-ed inner-tube Water Polo on Wednesday, Co-ed Broomball on Thursday (Yorkside afterwards), and Co-ed Bowling on Friday

    • POI: Have the most recent standings been released?

      • No

  • Saybrew

    • Thanks to everyone who tried the beer and Syder at the Super Bowl party!

  • SYHSC

    • Bring quirky/fun SY facts if you have them

    • POI: Given that we’re commissioning a painting for Edward Bouchet, should we look at the one in Sterling for inspiration?

      • Already apart of the artist’s conception! The Sterling Bouchet painting will be inside of this painting. Meta!

  • YCC

    • Do sexual assault survey

    • Spring Fling lineup announcement at Woads this week

      • POI: Insider rumor -  It might be Little Uzi Vert

        • Dean Lafargue: “No….”

  • Old Business

    • None!

  • Treasurer’s Report

    • $0.00 in rolling fund

  • New Business

    • Yale Tsai Center for Innovative thinking is hosting a contest and the winner of the challenge might receive Tyng Cup points. Someone in Saybrook needs to enter and win or we need to argue and prevent the prize from being Tyng Cup points.

    • Tomorrow is Lunar New Year, which is a time about family. Very happy to have all of you as a Saybrook family. Happy New Year!