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Upcoming Events
- Monday: Barrio Hype Contest Begins!
- Monday: Membership Dinner at 6:30pm
- Thursday: St. Patrick Bar Night 9:30pm
- Friday: Lakas 5k: Mad Glow Run 6pm
- Saturday: Council Elections 11am
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Board Announcements
Hey OYFA,
We're releasing the the application for Student Advisors for the next school year. They are open to rising 4th years with at least one year of board/council experience. Applications are due by March 20th at 5pm.
Click here for the application.
Have a great spring break!
-Board
Vice President
Please join us for OYFA's Council Elections on March 19th at 11AM in OHill Forum to help us select our council for the 2016-2017 school year. In order to speak and vote in the elections, you must be a paid member! Please note: we will have food at elections!
If you would like to nominate an individual or yourself to a position, please e-mail me at epr5fj@virginia.edu. You have until the night before elections (March 18th at 11:59PM) to nominate individuals. Candidates have until the day of elections (March 19th) to drop out of the running.
I would also like to clarify something I mentioned during during the meeting about running if you are not going to be present the day of elections. If you have a very particular and unavoidable set of circumstances that prevent you from being at UVA the day of elections, we are allowing you to Skype into elections to give your speech/answer Q&A/etc. Note, once again, that this is only for very special circumstances that I must approve of ahead of time. You must also give me a timeframe (of about 30 minutes) where we can Skype you in.
To those of you running, good luck! If you have any questions about the electoral procedure, please feel free to e-mail me.
Sincerely,
VPepino
Treasurer
Calling all artistic OYFAns!
OYFA needs your talents to design the Barrio Fiesta 2016 T-shirts. You can send your designs to me (mtl3jx@virginia.edu) by Sunday, March 20th at 12pm noon. Please note this date and time are a correction. The winner of this contest will receive a FREE shirt!
Please follow the guidelines outlined below:
- incorporate OYFA into the shirt in some way
- 3 colors maximum
- Optional (but highly recommended): incorporate this year’s theme - Pinagmulan (“Origins”)
Thank you!
mad$-money
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ISIP
Hey OYFA!
Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope everyone has been reinvigorated! As per usual, here are some interesting tidbits from The Philippines in this week's ISIP's Corner.
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With the support of the government and constant talents in the labor force, The Philippines appears to be very confident that it will be the world's largest market for information technology-business process management (IT-BPM). Anything is possible, but what you think? Agree or disagree?
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Territorial Dispute: Philippines-China Sea Dispute Seen as Long-Term Issue
There have been multiple disputes between China, Th e Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam with regards to sovereignty over the South China Sea. China has stated that it has "indisputable sovereignty" over almost all of the sea and the islands within. However, The Philippines has been challenging such claims. Now it appears to escalate, Japan has an accord with The Philippines and the USA deployed a naval fleet recently to that location. What do you think? Should the sea be shared or entirely claimed?
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US VP Visits the PI: Al Gore in Surprise Visit to Haiyan ground Zero in the Philippines
Former US VP and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Al Gore, made a surprise visit to Typhoon Haiyan Ground Zero. There he lit a candle, paying respect to those who perished. It has only been two years since the typhoon landed and devastated the island. Some of those affected areas still remain devastated. Gore is a climate change activist and will be speaking during a seminar on adapting to climate change, which will be held in the capital next week. Such an inspiration; much respect.
Well, there you have it folks. Now y'all are updated with some current events in the Philippines. Like always, if there is a specific topic you would like for us to cover, just contact us!
Also, if you are interested in running for ISIP, don't hesitate to contact Amy Zhang and/or Lawrence Moreno Dulay as well as previous ISIP chairs! Thanks!
Best,
ISIP (az2pj, lad2bf)
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Community
Hey OYFAm!
The Lakas 5K: Mad Glow Run is THIS Friday, March 18th from 6-9PM at Nameless!! Come out for a night filled with glow-in-the-dark fun, music, food, raffles, great company, and more! All proceeds go towards HeCares and Relay for Life!
Early Bird ends TOMORROW (Monday) at 11:59pm. Sign up with this great discount at oyfaatuva.com while you still can!!
Sign up here if you’re interested in volunteering. Volunteers will receive free glow packs and can purchase Lakas T-shirts for $8!
Check out the event page for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1554481068198240/
Your (Community) Care Chairs,
Misha (mec9eq) & Celine (cln9ds)
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Scholarship
AHOYFA!!
Welcome back from spring break! Scholarship has a lot of things to tell you!
Come out to our Get Lucky! - OYFA St. Patrick's Bar Night at St. Maarten Cafe Thursday, March 17 @ 9:30 pm. IF YOU ARE 21 or over you're in luck! If you buy a wristband from us for $5, you can get extra discounts on drinks and CHEESE FRIES (yaaaassss). We will be tabling this week at the same locations as for Lakas, come find us:
Monday | March 14 | Whispering Wall | 12-3 pm
Tuesday | March 15 | Ohill | 12-3 pm
Wednesday | March 16 | Newcomb | 12-3 pm
Thursday | March 17 | Whispering Wall | 12-3pm
OR venmo @OYFAatUVA (make sure to indicate that it's for bar night!)
OR buy your wristbands at the door! We'll be selling wristbands from 9:20 pm - 11:00pm!!
FIRST YEARS:
OYFA EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE IS SUNDAY MARCH 20th @ 11:59 PM
APPLY HERE
Feel free to message us if you have any questions!
$cholarship,
Aaron (aaa4aa) & Iain (ime9mp)
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PR
Hey OYFA,
Have you been PRepping? Tomorrow starts the Hype Contest!!! Look on Facebook for the event page so that you can win some great prizes. Today is also the last day to submit your geofilter designs to pr.oyfauva@gmail.com! If you have any questions about any of the rules, talk to Danielle (dd7an) or I (jpm5ye)!
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Membership
Welcome back from Spring Break, everyone!!
Hope you guys are excited for some fun-filled events this week! The first event of this week is MEMBERSHIP DINNER in O'HILL at 6:30PM TOMORROW, MONDAY. This will be our SECOND-TO-LAST MEMBERSHIP DINNER as your guys' membership chairs this school year, so it'll be great to share a couple more meals with you guys before we end our term. <3
Love,
Everybody Loves ReyMin
Jasmin Nguyen (jvn7ju) & Reyna Huang (rlh3xt)
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FIND: D7
Hello OYFA!
We will be going to Virginia Tech for their culture show on March 26th! Stay tuned for a signup sheet.
Show off your D7 spirit with our redesigned 2016-2017 shirt!
Click here for the Pre-order Form.
In light of OYFA elections season, Patrica and I are ready and willing to talk to anyone interested in running for D7 rep. Hit us up over Facebook, via email, or in person :)
Get HYPE for Barrio season people!
Brian (bjm3jh) and Patricia (pgg3zg)
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Sports
What's up OYFA!
Just a reminder that this week will be the start of PLAYOFFS, so come out and play/support!
IM Sports: 1. Basketball - Wednesday (3/16), AFC, 10 PM
2. Volleyball - Sunday (3/20), MEM, 8:45 PM
3. Please be there 15 minutes early. Or we get DQ'd.
Also this Friday will be our third annual Lakas 5k! Sign up with your friends and enjoy a night of running and glow sticks! Facebook page here.
Sign up for our Relay for Life team >>>here<<<
- Support the fight against cancer!
- 2KSports
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Culture
Kumusta OYFAmilia!
There are FOUR weeks left before Barrio! There are a lot of things we need to accomplish between now and then. Those include, prop making, banner painting, EXTRAS sign-ups, practices, meetings, and more! So make sure to stay in tune with everything that’s going on. Check your emails and the OYFA Facebook page for these updates and listen to your Choreographers and Committee Heads.
Love you all!
The Cult,
Angel Jomuad & Jane Canteros
(aj4dg || jpc5ev)
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Webmaster
Hey OYFA!
If you plan on running for a council position, be sure to consult the OYFA Constitution http://www.oyfaatuva.com/OYFA%20Constitution.pdf for information about each position, the election process, etc.
Be sure to register for our Lakas 5K Glow Run! You can register online: http://oyfaatuva.com/lakas.php and pay directly online.
***For group registration, one person will pay the price for the entire group.***
Lastly, keep up with OYFA by following us on twitter: @OYFAatUVa or see the twitter feed directly on the website oyfaatuva.com
Keep it real,
Kevin (kjt9wr)
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Student Advisors
Hello!
Since Council Elections are this week, Student Advisors will be holding Office Hours this Tuesday from 8-10 in Clark 156 for Council Elections Prep. We will be going over general Council duties, what elections are like, and answering any questions you may have. We both have two years of experience for going through elections, so we have a lot of tips that we want to share!
Hope to see you there!
Student Advisors
(mtn9vv and jvt2de)
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Trivia
So, just as always, the first person to respond correctly to the following questions will be featured as next week's Featured OYFAN. However, anyone else who answers correctly will be entered into a raffle to win some awesome OYFA merch at the next General Meeting!
- Where will the St. Patrick's Bar Night be held?
- What sport are we playing on Wednesday for IM's?
GL 😊
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Featured OYFAN
Name: Hiu Hiu Sau
Graduation Year: 2019
Major: Undeclared as of now but whatever will bring me $$$ (jk) (not really)
What do I plan to do post-grad: Try to get a job in the states so I don't get deported LOL probably will move back to a city like Hong Kong
Favourite OYFA memory: 1st and 4th year bonding because I got to see everyone in a new light ;)
What is your go to song to perform and why: House of the Rising Sun, because it's one of the songs I know best (memorising words is a struggle) and hearing Haley Reinhart perform it on Idol was what made me start singing more seriously
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