First and foremost I’d like to thank everybody for signing up for the newsletter and also coming out for the SOCIS events during O-week. I had fun! I hope you guys did too! If you know someone who would like to be on the mailing list for the newsletter, please direct them to http://socis.ca and tell them to click on the subscribe newsletter button on the right hand side of the webpage. And now onto our upcoming announcements and events!

CIS Welcome Barbeque

September 15^th 2009
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Johnston Green outside of the Reynolds Building

Come out to the annual CIS Barbeque event and enjoy some free hamburgers. If the free food isn’t enough to entice you, CISters is also giving out an iPod to one lucky winner! Come out and enjoy the remainder of our beautiful weather with the CIS department!

Super Smash Bros. & Linux Installfest

September 17^th 2009
7:00 pm
Reynolds building Room 010/011

Are you a Super Smash Bros. fanatic? If so, this is the event for you! SOCIS is proud to present the first Super Smash Tournament of the year and wants you to prove your prowess this Thursday! There will be both Wii-motes as well as classic Cube controllers provided so don’t worry if you can’t Nun-chuck it. Running during the tournament is Installfest, where we help YOU install Ubuntu. Both Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 will be provided.

CIS Boardgame night

September 18^th 2009
7:00 pm
Reynolds building Room 010/011

Got nothing to do on a Friday night? Want to get out of your dungeon (basement or res)? Come join SOCIS for our Board Game Night! We've got Monopoly, Cranium and Trivial Pursuit. Not a fan of those? Bring your own!

Linux Seminar

September 24^th 2009
7:00 pm
Reynolds building Room 010/011

Is your first assignment due in a couple of days and you still don’t know how to compile your code? Come out to the Linux seminar to learn how to operate commands within the (newly installed) Ubuntu environment! This is a great way to learn about any tips and tricks you may want to know to make your life easier for the next couple of years while compiling your code through GCC, and also feel free to speak out if you are an Ubuntu guru and want to help out your peers. See you there!

SOCIS Thursday Meetings

Every Thursday
5:30 pm
Reynolds building Room 010/011

Do you have a great idea for a SOCIS event but don’t know who to talk to? Come out to the weekly SOCIS meeting and have your voice heard! We are always looking for new and exciting ideas for things do to during our time off the computer so drop by and also enjoy free pop on us. After the meetings Mafia games will be held so definitely stay around and conspire against your friends!

Thank you very much for reading the SOCIS newsletter and I hope to see you at our future events!

Regards,
SOCIS Executive Team