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February 2
Scoring Careers Career Fair
TIME:12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
LOCATION:San
CONTACT:Thu Doan (thudoan89@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Asian Business Students Association
INFORMATION: Attend UT's only student-run career fair with over 30 companies! Scoring Careers is the place where your career begins. Cultural performances, interactive games with the companies, free t-shirts, free prizes, and free food will be included! You CANNOT miss this amazing event. Dress is business casual and don't forget to bring your resume!
February 5
TiSA Chinese New Year Potluck
TIME:6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
LOCATION:Welch 3.502
CONTACT:Caley Tindal (replytisa@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):TiSA
INFORMATION: Happy Chinese New Year!!! This year will be the Year of the Tiger! And TiSA will be hosting Chinese New Year Celebration Potluck at Welch 3.502. Each person would have to bring 5-8 portions of food in order to enjoy all the food that will be there! If you don't know how to cook or don't have a kitchen, it's totally okay!!! Just pay $10 and you can have all you want! We will have group games after dinner so come celebrate with us!
February 9
ACC 2010 Lunar New Year
TIME:7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
LOCATION:Texas
CONTACT:Ray Yang (raymond.yang@mail.utexas.edu)
ORGANIZATION(S):Asian American Culture Committee
INFORMATION: Asian American Culture Committee Presents 2010 Lunar New Year To Celebrate the Year of Tiger: Karaoke Contest, Game, Raffle Prizes, Performance, and Green Tea Icecream!
February 15
JA General Meeting
TIME:7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
LOCATION:JGB 2.218
CONTACT:Tamami Motoike (ja.utexas@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Japanese Association
INFORMATION: Old Members, New Members, Potential Members.

Come out to the second JA Meeting on MONDAY, February 15th. That's right. The Monday after Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. You get to spend it with all your friends from JA. The best way to start off the week!!

Hope to see everyone there!
February 18
TASA Pluckers Fundraiser
TIME:7:00 PM to 12:00 AM
LOCATION:Pluckers
CONTACT:Daphne Hong (daphnehong18@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Taiwanese American Students Association
INFORMATION: TASA Fundraiser at Pluckers
February 19-21
VSA Convention
TIME:12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
LOCATION:Union
CONTACT:Michael Nguyen (utvsapresident@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Vietnamese Students Association
INFORMATION: VSA Convention is a way for people to network from schools outside UT as well as learn skills. People come from schools such as UTA, UTD, UTSA, UNT, UH, A&M, OU, OSU, and Rice.
February 20
Sankranti
TIME:1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
LOCATION:Main Mall
CONTACT:Shreeya Popat (snpopat@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Hindu Students Council; Delta Kappa Delta Sorority, Inc.
INFORMATION: Celebrated in various parts of India, Sankranti signifies the end of winter and the beginning of spring or the harvest season. All over the country, Sankranti is observed with great fanfare. However, it is celebrated with distinct names and rituals in different parts of the country. In the states of northern and western India, the festival is celebrated as Sankranti, but in South India, it is referred to as Pongal. Other names include Lodhi and Uttarayan.

At the University of Texas, we will celebrate this occasion on February 20, from 1-4 pm on Main Mall. Join us for kite flying, free food, games, and more!
February 23
Alpha Sigma Rho's Plucker's Night & Wing Eating Contest!
TIME:6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
LOCATION:Plucker's in West Campus
CONTACT:Jennie Dao (jenniedao@mail.utexas.edu)
ORGANIZATION(S):Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority
INFORMATION: Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority would like to invite you to our Plucker's night on Tuesday, February 23rd from 6pm to Midnight. Come participate in the WING EATING CONTEST and win a free meal and a customized gift made by the lovely ladies of Alpha Sigma Rho! If you're just hungry for some wings, come enjoy Plucker's Tuesday Special: All you can eat wings for $14.99! Also, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Effort.

If you would like to participate in the contest, just contact Vy Tran (281-682-5486) or Alexis Wong (402-616-5099) or any ASR member so we can include you in the contest.

So please come out and help support ASR and the Haiti Relief Effort. We greatly appreciate your support and hope to see you February 23rd at Plucker's. Don't forget to mention that it is for Alpha Sigma Rho! Thank you.

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February 25
Not For Sale
TIME:7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
LOCATION:Jester A121A
CONTACT:Jonathan Shie (jonathanshie1@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Asian American Campus Ministry, IVCF
INFORMATION: Human trafficking and slavery is a real and pressing global issue. 27 million people are enslaved today, many of them young children. Not For Sale is a nationwide movement of students, artists, entrepreneurs, people of faith, athletes, law enforcement officers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals who desire to raise awareness about the reality of global slavery. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) desires to communicate to the campus how the teachings of Jesus relate to our lives and the dark truth that slavery still exists in our modern world.

We are partnering with International Justice Mission and York Moore to shed light on an important issue facing the world today, to communicate what we as students can do and why the gospel bears relevance in this pressing matter.
February 26
CSA Annual Lantern Festival
TIME:7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
LOCATION:Gregory Plaza
CONTACT:Derrick (utcsapresident@gmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Chinese Student Association
INFORMATION: Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the year and is the culimating end of the Chinese New Year's celebrations.
February 27
2010 Southwest Conference TaeKwonDo Fight-Offs
TIME:0:00 AM to 5:00 PM
LOCATION:Recreational Sports Center: Basketball Gym
CONTACT:Christina Tran (violinist_14@hotmail.com)
ORGANIZATION(S):Texas TaeKwonDo
INFORMATION: The University of Texas Sport Taekwondo Team will be hosting the Southwest Conference Taekwondo Fight-Offs once again. After last year’s success, we will be doing it bigger and better. This competition will be all about Olympic style sparring.

From college teams like Texas A&M, Baylor, Sam Houston, Rice, national team members, and those ambitious athletes who want to prove themselves, we have some serious match-ups. Most of these schools are preparing for National Collegiates in April and have been training hard throughout the year. It’s time to test their skill level against the best.

A ranking system will be implemented into the competition for future Southwest Conference competitions. Certified WTF Officials will be running the matches. There will also be a certified medical trainer on board to provide assistance.

FREE FOR ALL SPECTATORS!

Come out on Saturday and cheer your fellow Longhorns on!

Texas...FIGHT!!