BGSA Events - a taste of what you can expect this year

Dear New, Old, Incoming, Finishing, Procrastinating and Thesis Writing Biology Students,

As you may have noticed with the flurry (no snow, thank goodness, and yes I know, I recycled that joke from last year) of emails from the listserv, the BGSA has some fantastic events in store for everyone for the 2010-2011 year. We think it would be beneficial to show you just how fantastically awesome these events are. So, if you clink the title of this post, it should link you to our photo albums. For those of you still trying to just log onto Minerva or are stuck in dial-up land, I've included a few to whet your appetite for the events to come.

First up, the camping trip. This year, it is scheduled for September 10-12 in beautiful Gatineau Park.

Once everyone was set-up, dinner com- menced, with Allen and Morgan providing musical accompa-niment to the group who not only aligned themselves in pecking order, but also lined up their drumsticks to all face the same way. Later that night, Morgan single handedly battled the growth hormone modified raccoons that roamed the camping site. One raccoon did almost make off with Ben's wallet at one point...

The next day was beautiful, sunny and, as all good grad students know, that mean chilaxing by the water. Believe it or not, the discussion was on the values of baysian statistics in ecology and the latest developments in pipetting techniques...

We found a cave you could go spelunking in, and Maria, with her great smile, mentioned how it would make a great office space.

In the end, a merry band of bio marauders posed for a picture and everyone went home happy and content, and excited for THIS YEAR'S TRIP SO HURRY UP AND REGISTER!!! IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!

And a few more events... Pumpkin carving - an epic battle between labs to show who can not only carve the best pumpkin, but tell the best story about their pumpkin!

And many more - check out the photo website at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/mcgillbgsa

There are more pictures of these and other past events, so we look forward to seeing you at as many of the events as you want to come to!

Cheers,

BGSA

Pumpkin carving pictures are up!

Thanks to all who came out to this year's pumpkin carving contest! It was a great success and I'm sure some inter-lab friendships/rivalries have been formed.

Congratulations to the winners!
1st place: Colin Chapman Lab!
2nd place: Rudiger Krahe Lab!
3rd place: a joint effort by members of the Moon/Lasko/Dankort labs!

And a special thanks goes out to Kiyoko and Dragana for organizing the fun event.

Check out the pictures in the BGSA Picasa web album by clicking on the title of this post :)

Pumpkin Carving contest!!!

It's that time of the year again.... No, we don't mean midterms, turkeys or even fall colours. We mean it's pumpkin carving time!

· Who: You and your fellow lab/office mates

· What: Pumpkin carving contest!!!!!

· When: Tuesday, October 27^th at 11:30am

· Where: 4^th floor lobby of Stewart Bio

· Why: Because you want to show off you can use the other side of your brain, win prizes and bragging rights and have a good time!

Pumpkins will cost about $6 for a large, ready-to-carve one. Grab your lab or office mates (bonus points if you convince your adviser to help!), any carving materials and lab accessories (no ethidium bromide please!) and let Dragana (dragana.rakic@mail.mcgill.ca) know you want to enter by Friday, October 23.

There will be prizes and bragging rights awarded. Will Abouheif's lab be able to retain their crown? Or will they be toppled by the second place Chapman lab or a team from the shiny, new Bellini building? Come find out on the 27^th!!

You can check out pictures here:

http://www.pidgephotography.com/Personal/Friends/BGSA-Pumpkin-carving/6389481_nVX4i#404153708_iUQUt

See you there!

Cheers

Kiyoko and Dragana