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Welcome back!
We have a lot of things planned this semester, so I'll just jump right into it.

First, we had a table at today's involvement fair - if you weren't there, you should have been. We have a lot of potential new members, but if you missed it you can get added to our mailing list by contacting our webmaster at bsf5033@psu.edu or through our contact form. Our first meeting is next Monday at 7pm on the Hub lawn, and will feature a more in-depth introduction to Amnesty for the new members.

We've got several new ideas for events this semester, so come to the meetings and keep checking this site to find out about those. We're also always open to any suggestions you have, so feel free to contact us through Angel or this site's contact form with any questions, comments, or suggestions.
posted by bsf5033 on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:53:08 EDT
edited by bsf5033 on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:28:54 EDT

Congrats
Just a quick summer news update - our own PR/Events officer Stephanie just completed her orientation and is now working for Amnesty USA's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office as a Student Area Coordinator for central Pennsylvania. She's quite excited about her new position, as well as her existing officer position with AI PSU, and we're all looking forward to an excellent upcoming semester.'
posted by bsf5033 on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:46:15 EDT

Semester Wrapup
I apologize for the recent lack of news - finals and such were pretty much taking up all my time. Anyway, I just want to make one final post to end the semester.

Since my last update we had a rather successful Jamnesty concert - managed to raise some money for the club, and despite our final band being a bit tardy, it went quite well. In addition to Jamnesty we had John Prendergast speak about conflict minerals in Congo, and how these minerals, used in our common high-tech devices, are fueling slave labor and war in Congo. For more information on this, see EnoughProject.org

Finally, we've elected our new officers for next semester. While our graduating seniors will be missed greatly, I would like to congratulate our new officers of Arielle as Co-Coordinator, Steph as Events and PR, and Paul and Alexis as Recruitment and Retention officers. Returning officers include Anna and Tara as Co-Coordinators, Tara as Treasurer, Aaron as Secretary, and myself as Webmaster. We've already begun planning for next semester, so be ready for some great events when classes resume.
posted by bsf5033 on Thu, 07 May 2009 17:14:04 EDT

AGM and Updates
Well, the AISUA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was last weekend, and it was quite an exciting time...despite some problems with sleeping arrangements due to arriving at 4 in the morning on Friday. Events included a rally for immigrants' rights, some very informative workshops, and a few panel discussions, along with a concert by Chad Stokes of State Radio, a screening of the film Torturing Democracy, and much more. It was a rather busy weekend, with much sleep deprivation. But it was an excellent experience, and I highly recommend it to any who did not attend.

In other news, I've been doing some more updates to the site. Most of it has been backend work (making things easier for the next webmaster, and myself,) but I also added the video for State of Georgia by State Radio, which was written about the Troy Davis case. I have also added links to Torturing Democracy, which I highly recommend if you have the time. And as always, let me know if I've broken anything during my site updates - It all worked fine in my testing, but something may have slipped by.
posted by bsf5033 on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:27:16 EDT

Meeting, Jamnesty, Etc
Sorry for this post being so late. Anyway, here's some updates from the last meeting (Feb 26th) and officer meeting (Mar 1st): We had a presentation from Laura on human rights issues in Mauritania and we discussed Jamnesty, the AGM, and other coming events. At the moment Jamnesty is set for April 17th at Sozo's, but this is still somewhat uncertain. A few other events are in the planning stages as well - more details on those will come as we get things finalized.

In other news, I did a bit of updating on the website. For anyone who was trying to view it from Internet Explorer and having some problems, those should be fixed now. The no script version of the page also got much improved (it's now the same page, just with a different header). It should also be loading faster and running smoother. And we've got some improved graphics thanks to Ky! As always, send any questions/comments/bugs about the site to AIPSUWebmaster@psu.edu
posted by bsf5033 on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:17:09 EST

Upcoming Events:

General Meeting

November 9th at 8:00pm

General meeting at 202 Ferguson

Jamnesty

December 4th at 7:00pm

Jamnesty, our annual benefit concert, will be from 7:00-11:00 at Sozo's. This year's focus is the new Demand Dignity campaign, which is based on human rights issues caused by or resulting from poverty. More information, including a list of appearing bands, will be posted as it becomes available.