10/1/10, 11:19 am

Hey, everybody.

We had a great turnout at our party on the 24th. Nothing better than hanging out with a bunch of Russians on a Friday night, right? We hope you all had as good a time as we did.

ALSO, we're still deciding on a design for the club t–shirts for this year. If you're creative and feel like giving us the most BAMF shirts on campus, talk to one of our officers and we can work something out. For reference, here is last year's design, and here's the one from two years ago [on the left].

This coming week we'll be covering the передвижники, a famous group of Russian painters from the late 1800s [those of you who'll have Zarema will cover this at length]. If you're at all interested in the Russian art scene, anti–tsarist movements, or life in general in Russia at the end of the 19th century, you'll definitely want to come to this meeting.

Speaking of meetings, along with our coffee hours on Sunday, there are now additional speaking practices on Tuesdays @ 5pm in C211 Wells [just before our weekly meetings]. This is a great opportunity for those of you who can't make it on Sunday to practice your Russian outside of class.



HEY, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO RUSSIA:
The Russian Language in Volgograd program is still accepting applications, and the trip leader [the extraordinary Dr. Jason Merrill] is more than willing to sit down and talk with anyone even remotely interested in going. If you are interested, you better act quickly because the deadline is fast a–comin'. If you can't get ahold of Dr. Merrill, you can seek out any of our illustrious club officers and talk to them, since four of the five have already gone. Act now: Russia awaits!