Greetings, programs! We kick off the term with a number of awesome events that you won't want to miss out on: CSC GOES BOWLING AT BINGEMANS: Wed. Oct. 23, Evening --- We are pleased to kick off the term with free bowling for all interested members at Bingemans! Transportation will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SVFw7zIRkoFQKEpNq8wuiaU1lPwBw4pmVVc6CwnFRJs... We will be accepting responses until Oct. 16. More details to come. C++ GOINGNATIVE LECTURES (FREE FOOD!): Beginning Thurs. Oct. 3, 6:30 PM, PHY 150 --- If you're not familiar with the C++ GoingNative series, you can check out this link: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/2013 We will be showing lectures from some of the top individuals working on C++ approximately biweekly on Thursdays in the PHY 150 theatre. Every lecture will be accompanied with free pizza and drinks! Here is our schedule and the planned showings: Thu. Oct. 3, 6:30PM: Stroustrup - The Essence of C++ Thu. Oct. 17, 6:30PM: Lavavej - Don't Help The Compiler Thu. Oct. 31, 6:30PM: Meyers - An Effective C++ Sampler Thu. Nov. 7, 6:30PM: Alexandrescu - Writing Quick C++ Code, Quickly Thu. Nov. 21, 6:30PM: Parent - C++ Seasoning CALL FOR MEMBER TALKS --- Is there something that you're particularly passionate about and would like to share with others? Do you want to practice presenting on a topic of interest to the membership? We are accepting proposals for member talks for the Fall 2013 term. Tell us about a project you're really passionate about, or perhaps a theoretical problem you find interesting. In particular, we are holding a series of security and privacy lectures on Tuesdays, so if you have a topic along those lines, make sure you let us know! Please send a proposed abstract and some possible talk dates to progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca and we will get to work on getting your talk scheduled. Hope to see you there! More details are forthcoming. Good luck with your upcoming midterms, -- Elana Hashman President Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman@uwaterloo.ca