Sept 3 10PM-12AM, Houston Hall
Penn Student Government’s NSO Late Night

Sept 5 11AM-2PM, Locust Walk
Fall Activities Fair

Sept 7 8:30-9:30PM, Claudia Cohen Hall
Penn Student Government Info Session

Sept 11 5-6PM, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall
UA Info Session

Sept 11 9PM-12AM, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall
UA General Body Meeting

If you are interested in running for a seat or getting involved as an Associate Member, please attend our Info Session on September 11, 5-6PM! If you cannot attend any of these events but would still like to contact us, please get in touch with Cynthia Ip (speaker@pennua.org).

Remember, you can pick up your candidate packets in Houston Hall 200!

After lobbying from the UA and other student leaders, Housing Services is pleased to announce a new service designed to meet the needs of students who are leaving the country for the summer months.

Starting this summer, mail services will accept and hold all postal mail-at no charge- for students traveling internationally. This means that any letters you receive during the summer will be securely held until you return and pick them up. This is a perennial concern for many students, and we are very excited about to announce this program.

New School Year Package Holding

Beginning in the 2011-2012 academic year, our mail services will now hold packages for off-campus residents. This includes those living in Greek housing. Packages will be held for these students during the spring and fall semesters, including during breaks. Students will sign up through a simple online form and pay a small fee for each package held. We are very excited to bring this service to all off campus students!

Questions? Concerns? Check out www.pennua.org/outreach and get involved!

For more information, check out this link.

Major Changes Coming to Penn Dining

After listening Penn students voice their concerns about dining , the UA is thrilled to announce that after much lobbying and advocacy on behalf of the student body, changes are coming to the way YOU dine. Here are four major points:

1) Taste of Penn Dining Event- This event sponsored by Penn Dining and the UA will allow students on dining plans to vote for foods that they would like to see in our dining halls. This is a great gesture on the part of Penn Dining and it will truly be your voices being heard.

2) New Dining Plans! Based off of student feedback from the UA and focus groups, there will be a major restructuring of dining plans. Plans will now be reduced, more customizable, and incremental additions will be available. Here are the plans:

Freshman Plans

• EAT Plan (Eat AnyTime)- Unlimited meals and $100 dining dollars
• BEN Plan (Balanced and Eating Naturally)- 370 meals and about $425 dining dollars total
• BFF Plan (Best Food Fit)- 200 meals and $800 dining dollars

Upperclassmen Meals

• OMW Plan (One Meal Works) – 175 meals and $1,150 dining dollars
• CAP Plan (Club and Activities Plan) – 100 meals and $1200 dining dollars
• FIT Plan (Food In Time) 75 meals and $700 dining dollars
• GTG Plan (Good To Go) 50 meals and $2,o00 dining dollars

3) New Dining Hall in McClelland- In partnership with the College Houses, Penn is creating a new and expanded dining experience at McClelland which will expand dining options for over 1400 residents of the Quad. The renovations of McClelland occurred during the summer of 2011 and will open on Thursday, September 7th. Cafe hours are below:

Full service: Monday – Friday 8 am to 8 pm

Express and retail grocery: Monday through Thursday 8 am to 10 pm; Friday 8 am, to 8 pm

Saturday and Sunday, Full service, express and retail grocery – Noon to 6:30 pm

Options include:

• Staff to prepare food while you wait (crepes, omelets, pasta toss, etc.)
• Continental breakfast (waffles, fresh fruit, yogurt)
• Toast and bagel bar
• Salad bar and soup station

There is also be a grocery and express food section with grab and go salads, sandwiches and sushi.  Also created is new soft seating and additional tables and dining space designed for maximum flexibility to accommodate a variety of uses.

4) Dining Advisory Board- Thanks to student feedback and the hard work and dedication of our student life committee, the UA recently passed the Dining Advisory Board Resolution. The DAB is composed of students from different organizations and stakeholders such as Hillel, MSA, RAB, and the College Houses who will meet regularly with representatives from Penn Dining, Bon Appetit, and Business Services. The dining advisory board will improve the quality of dining for student at Penn so that you can have it your way.

Want to get involved with great change like this at Penn? Have any ideas you want to share? It’s easy! The UA wants your feedback, so please make sure to check out pennua.org/outreach and get involved!

The UA is pleased to announce the results of our Internal Elections, which took place on April 10th, 2011:

Speaker (speaker@pennua.org): Cynthia Ip, College ‘12
The Speaker chairs UA meetings and facilitates all internal business, including serving as a link between the executive and the body and managing the associate member process.

Treasurer (treasurer@pennua.org): Jake Shuster, College ‘13
The Treasurer is responsible for the UA’s own operational funds, the Student Government Budget that appropriates over $1.9 million for all undergraduate government branches at Penn, as well as the UA’s $20,000 Contingency Fund.

Secretary (secretary@pennua.org): Will Smith, College ‘14
The Secretary is responsible for record-keeping, communicating to the student body on the UA’s progress through the website and the press, as well as other administration necessary for our operation.

Ip, Shuster, and Smith will join President Tyler Ernst (president@pennua.org) and Vice President Faye Cheng (vp@pennua.org) to form the UA Executive Board. Please feel free to contact any of the executive board members at the email addresses listed above with any questions, concerns, or ideas you may have. We look forward to having a great year!

The agenda of the meeting is as follows:

The meeting will be open to the public as usual, with the exception of deliberations. There will be a Q&A session after the speeches of each election where you may pose questions to the candidates.

UA SAS Representatives:
Jake Shuster
Abe Sutton
Cynthia Ip
Will Smith
Chris Cruz
Dan Bernick
Julio Albarraccin
Amanda Young
Chris Range
Andrew Lum
Sam Bieler
Jon Monfred
Inigo Rumayor
Ernest Owens
Josh Kaminestsky
Michael Rivera

UA SEAS Representatives:
Lindsey Tsai
Isabel Fan
Andrew Staniforth
Matt Rosenberg

UA Wharton Representatives:
Nigel Lam
Tiffany Zhu
Lisa Xu
Michael Pierce

UA Nursing Representative:
Spencer Stubbs

This year’s theme aimed to build an app that makes student life better – which one is it? You tell us – go to pennapps.com/vote and vote for your favorite.

Voting ends on Midnight Thursday.

Got textbooks you still need to get rid of? Or do you still need to get textbooks?

This semester, the Undergraduate Assembly is partnering with the Interfraternity Council to bring you Penn Book Bazaar (http://pennua.org/textbook/) – an online textbook marketplace by students for students. The website connects buyers with sellers by listing textbooks that are needed or offered on campus. Through this service, you will be able to buy and sell at market rates and avoid middleman costs. Penn Book Bazaar is eco-friendly, convenient, and safe as it allows you to reuse textbooks and trade locally with your peers.

Sept 4 NSO Late Night Student Government Mixer
11:00PM – midnight, Houston Hall Reading Room

Sept 6 Activities Fair
10:00AM – 12:30PM, Locust Walk

Sept 8 Penn Student Government Information Session
8:30PM – 9:30PM, Claudia Cohen Hall G17

Sept 9 5B/PSG Information Session
7:00PM – 8:00PM, ARCH

Sept 12 UA Information Session
5:00PM – 6:00PM, Claudia Cohen Hall G14

Sept 12 First UA General Body Meeting
9:00PM – 11:00PM, Houston Hall Ben Franklin Room