PRISM

Eteam Retreat

2008-06-07T02:48:54Z

It's Eteam Retreat Weekend!

WOOOOOOO

Last General Meeting Minutes of Spring 2008

2008-05-01T02:59:39Z

Last minutes of the year! T_T

We all said our favorite thing about Prism. Then we ate food and looked at our fun scrapbooks and chatted.

But there are also lots of things going on!

To go in order

Tomorrow - There is a survey by the Affice of Anti-Violence Initiatives. It is a survey on student's attitudes, response, and sexual experience put on by Dr. Eileen Alexy and Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse. You can take the survey in SCP201 (the math computer lab) between 3:30-6:00pm tomorrow. That’s the last time they are doing it. Doing the survey enters you to win $50, you must be 18 to do it.

Tomorrow Night – Game night in the Prism center. Hang out, play games, be awesome. 8:30pm, be there.

Friday – 5pm meet at the ATMs if you want to go to Fridays! Dress up, be silly, come eat with us!

Friday – A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer: Selected Readings. 8pm in the Library Auditorium, men speak out against violence towards women

Saturday – Picnic behind ABE at 2pm (if the weather is nice. Look for an email)

Sunday – Equality Forum’s Sunday Out! We’re leaving from the ATMs at around 11am to go into Philly.

June 6th – Prism is hosting the NJ Gay Men’s Chorus in the Music Building’s concert hall. Tickets are $15 for students, $20 for non-students. Email us if you’re interested in more info.

Do you like Six Flags? Well someone is selling discount tickets to Six Flags that are good all summer. Reply if you’re interested and we’ll get you more info. $35 tickets

If you have pictures from events please send the nice versions to the prism account, so we don’t have to Facebook stalk to get them.

GRADUATING SENIORS! WE LOVE YOU!
~Keep in touch with Prism! You can send a new email to the prism account to keep getting the minutes or we can put you on the alumni email list (for events and whenever we remember)

General Meeting Minutes

2008-04-24T03:46:48Z

Hey guys,

Today we talked about NDOS and why it exists. We talked about how people are silenced and different ways you can react to people when they say things like “that’s so gay”

But hey, we have a lot of events coming up and fast. So I’ll try and be organized about this.

April 24 – TOMORROW – Baking night in the south main lounge at 7:30pm. If you signed up for it you probably already got an email reminder. But we’ll at least be making cupcakes and then anything else people want to bring and make.

April 25 – National Day of silence
- 10am-3pm – we will be in the student center tabling and demonstrating
- 5pm – meeting in the alumni grove (between Eick and the Library) to speak out against being silenced
- 8pm – Breaking the Silence party. (7pm if you want to help setup) in the Cromwell main lounge.

April 26 – do you want to help take the stakes around campus down on Saturday morning? Reply and I’ll give you more directions

April 30 – Last meeting of the Semester. There will be a party and scrapbooks to look at. Come be silly with us

May 2 – The Friday, the first reading day. TGI Friday’s Formal night. We’ll dress up extra nice and go out to dinner. It’ll be fun and silly. Meet at the ATMs at 5pm to get a ride.

May 4 – Equality Forum in Philly. It runs from 11am-6pm. It’s a big all day street fair. A more detailed email is coming.

I hope to see everyone Friday!

general meeting minutes

2008-04-22T15:25:23Z

Our Ice breaker was to figure out what you could act out with a plate and then each person had to repeat the action and make up their own.

We discussed what it means to be a part of the GLBT community. Especially if you are an ally or know some and what that means. We also discussed stereotypes. Some questions we went over follow:

What does the work “Ally” mean to you?
Definitions of “ally” in regards to the GLBT community

Why are GLBT Allies different?
-They are assumed to be GLBT themselves

Why do people assume?
-stereotyping
-sexuality is intangible, it’s not something you can see

What does stereotype mean?
-assumptions based on a group you are a part of

Why do we stereotype?
- They are mental shortcuts, so we don’t have to get to know everyone in the world
- It’s easy to categorize people and make some people you meet exceptions

We then played stereotype charades. That means you pull a stereotype out of a box, act it out, other people have to guess the stereotype, then we discussed why it was acted out that way and why we guessed it.
Some examples were: 7-eleven worker, owner of a dry cleaning place, metrosexual man, terrorist, gay man, Italian, welfare mom, lesbian.

The media supports stereotypes in movies, news, and TV shows.

Announcements:
LIONSFEST is coming up next Wednesday before our meeting. Come out and see up and play games between 12 and 3pm in front of TW
-email Brenda if you want to help

General Meeting Minutes

2008-04-09T21:32:38Z

We got Free Pizza and Soda and glowy bouncy balls for participating in a Survey for Kristine. If you’d like to help her out she left us some extra surveys. You won’t get free food but you will get the $5 compensation.
Emily W won the raffle for the Best Buy giftcard!

The survey is one what types of things make people feel comfortable with their sexualities.

The DRAG SHOW IS TONIGHT!
TW Main Lounge at 8pm. Go! Watch! Donate Money to Rainbow House!

NDOS is coming up fast. It’s on April 25th and we will be tabling on the 24th and 25th.
--Also, we’re baking goodies for the breaking the silence party on the 24th.

We are going to have OFFICIAL PRISM T-SHIRTS!!!!
--Do you want one? Of course you do.
--Fitted girls and normal boys white T-shirts with the Prism Logo. $10 or $11 if you want us to iron on some nifty nickname on the back. Email the account if you want one and weren’t at the meeting.

Tuesday April 15th we have a Cold Stone Fundraiser. It’s not the one in Mercer Mall though, it’s the one in Hamilton. We will be having a social in the Prism center at 7pm and people who go will be heading to get ice cream. Social with games and going out to ice cream and maybe scrapbooking.

The Women’s Center is sponsoring a Trans movie Night. It was supposed to be tomorrow but has been postponed for Take Back the Night. More info later.

On April 14th, Go buy Kyle in the CA Auction!
Then come clubbing with us at Woody’s! Doooo it!

The Cardboard Regata is happening during Lionsfest. Do you want to play in the lake but have no idea how to make a boat out of cardboard? Our wonderful advisor knows somebody in need of a team. Reply if you want more info!

General Meeting Minutes

2008-04-03T21:07:57Z

The Icebreaker: What is your favorite thing about the 40s and 50s?

We needed to update the constitution with a nondiscrimination clause. We voted for it and it was passed.

Emily has been working on talking to HOPE to see about cosponsoring events.

Social Activities
-12th Air on Saturday. We’re meeting at the ATMs at 9:30pm to leave

Anne will be sending out reminder emails, keep a lookout

A PhD candidate emailed the prism account asking us if we were willing to participate in a survey. We decided that it seems like a pretty good idea so we will be trying to get her to come to our meeting next Wednesday. More details later if that’s when she comes.

Tom asks that we spread the word of Pink pistols, gun rights for everyone.

We went to SSB 103 (in case you came looking for us late, now you know where we disappeared to) and watched two clips of Kinsey.
Kinsey did a study in the 40s about Human sexuality. This is where the 6 point Kinsey scale comes from. He said that very few people are purely heterosexual or homosexual and that most of the population falls some where in the middle.
More info here
We discussed:
- are 6 point enough?
- are the percentages really that high?
- What counts as a homosexual act?
- What do you think has changed since then?

Jenn’s Recital is TONIGHT! 8pm in the Music Building’s Concert Hall
During Lionsfest on April 23rd there will be a cardboard Regatta race on Lake Ceva.
The rules are attached if you’re interested.

General Meeting Minutes

2008-03-20T16:14:59Z

Business Meeting this week

Lots to tell you about

Started with an Icebreaker

What was one high and low of your spring break?

Casey came in to ask some questions for his Modern Judaism class

Should Religious leaders support same-sex marriage?

People shared opinions and stories

What do you think of civil unions? Are they enough?

Take back the Night is April 9^th

Prism is tabling after the rally

We might need more people to table

We also need info, if you can find some please share

Statistics and resources about sexual assault in the GLBT community

We will also be tabling for Sexual Assault Awareness on April 17^th

Can anyone help?

Drag show is April 9^th 8pm

Bring your loose change to vote for your favorite performance!
There will be a raffle at the door (we’re not sure of the prizes yet)
We will be sharing all sorts of facts about the Drag community and safe sex

The money we raise goes to Rainbow House

NDOS is April 25^th

We’re getting official T-shirts!

They are $8 each

You will have to pay before we order them

Contact Emily C if you want one and didn’t sign up at the meeting

The demonstration in the Stud will run from 10am to at least 2

Breaking the Silence party

Cromwell Main Lounge 8pm

Games, snacks, music, silliness

Do we want to break the silence before the party?

Officially ends at 5pm
Speech in the Alumni Grove?
Who will be on Campus that Friday night?
Do we want to scream?

Upcoming Social Activities

Movie Night

This Friday at 6pm in West 5 (Julie’s room)
There may also be an Easter egg hunt at 5:30 (we’ll see)

Terhune Orchards is NOT this weekend

Maybe moved to April 5^th

If you want to come please reply
If April 5^th does not work please tell us

It’s a tentative date

Baking night!

Baking all sorts of tasty treats
South Main Lounge
Are Thursdays or weekends better?

April 10th?

Star Wars the Musical is upon us!

A big group is going on Thursday March 27^th
Reserve your tickets if you don’t want to wait in line

TMTickets@hotmail.com
$7 for students

We want to go clubbing!

Deco

An hour away
Friday nights
Somewhere around $20 for under 21

Woody’s

In Philly
Wednesday nights
Around $5

What do you guys prefer?
Do you know of any others?

Equality Forum is coming up

Sunday Out - May 4^th
Philadelphia
10am – 5pm
Who is interested?

It’s an all day pride event

Prism T-shirts

How much are you willing to spend?

General Consensus is under $15

Prism Logo?
Would you like a shirt that says Prism-Mates?
Does anyone have any websites or connections to get T-shirts at lower prices?

Fundraising

We will be having a Cold Stone night soon

Social event and Ice cream and benefiting us!
Date TBA

What do you think of having a Comedy program?

The Challenge: Avoid offending anyone
Prizes for least offensive and funniest?
Fall Semester?

General Meeting Minutes

2008-03-06T21:47:50Z

Hey guys!

Our meeting this week was mostly discussion so these aren’t going to be very detailed minutes.

First Dave came in to talk a little about what we can do about Homophobia on Campus. Especially after Wired upset so many people. So, Prism is thinking about having a comedy show where we will challenge people to avoid making fun of any particular group.

THE HAVEN IS OPEN!
The Haven is an email based support service for anyone who might be questioning, curious, worried about coming out, or might not know how to deal with a friend in these situations.

Then Emily, our Haven Coordinator, started a discussion.
-Here are some questions that we used to get the discussion started
->Is campus a safe place to come out?
--- we ended up talking about how it depends on your situation, your social group, and whether or not you even want to come out.
->How do you think Prism is thought of on campus?
--- We are somewhere in the middle, people think we do pretty good events most of the time but we have not changed thing in awhile
--- assumptions that if you are in Prism you must be GLBT run rampant
->What kind of experiences do people having coming out as Bi or Trans?
--- There were some stories told about how parents react to these sorts of things.
--- Pressure on Bisexuals to act straight
--- Pressure on Trans people to fit in with another group

ANNOUNCEMENTS
-The Drag Show is coming up. Remember if you want to perform or help out, email the prism account (you can just hit reply)
- NDOS is in April, look for emails about participating

Have a Great Spring Break
See you in two weeks!

General Meeting Minutes

2008-02-28T04:28:54Z

So This meeting was pretty useful. Our Advisor Michael came in and talked about life after college and how to find a job that you will be comfortable in.

Here are some Highlights:
- Think about what you wanted to be when you grow up at age five. Then think about what you want to be now. Do you know what you want to be now? It’s probably changed a whole lot.
- When you go to a job interview remember that not only are they interviewing you, but you are interviewing them to see if the job will fit you.
- What are you looking for in a job? Make a list.
- What are you looking for in a place to live?
- Remember: Nowhere else you live will ever be like college.
- Location is very important. Different places are friendlier towards different things, you want to look for places that you will feel comfortable.
- Think about whether or not you should come out at your job? When should you come out if you choose to? At your interview? As soon as you start? After you have job security?
- Be aware of what you put on your resume, some people will make assumptions.

Updates
- We will be fundraising by vacuuming rooms in the Towers.
->Tabling on Monday 3/3 and Tuesday 3/4 3pm-7pm
->Vacuuming Wednesday 3/5 10am-2pm
-> Contact Heather
- Annual Drag Show
->To be held on April 9, It’s a Wednesday night
->If there is anyone not signed up to perform who wants to contact Hannah

-Haven
->If you want to be a facilitator Contact Emily W

Announcements
-One Acts are this week. 4 one act plays directed by students. Starts at 8pm, runs through Saturday (also a 2pm Matinee on Sat) $4 admission, It’s in the Black box.
->Go because Liz is Directing!

-Movie Night this Saturday at 9pm
-We will be watching The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Here's the IMDb description:
->Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transsexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
-Maybe bring some money in case we want to order food.
-Brenda will bring the left over snacks from the wedding, but if you'd like to bring something to share, that'd be awesome.

Queer Wedding Tonight!

2008-02-25T21:01:48Z

Tonight is our Annual Queer Wedding.
A Love to Be Proud Of

It's at 7pm in the Allen Drawing Room.
There will be snacks and cake afterwards. Come and Enjoy!

No General Meeting Minutes

2008-02-25T20:57:41Z

Secretary was at home for the meeting today so there's no minutes going out this week T_T

General Meeting Minutes

2008-02-25T20:54:20Z

Meeting minutes.

Valentines day - singles awareness week!
Freedom to marry week. Cabbaging? One year anniversary.

ICEBREAKER - Valentines Day is tomorrow. Name, major, year, and favorite or least favorite part of Valentines Day.

SPECIAL EVENT! Coming up soon - Queer wedding at 7 o’clock on Monday the 25th In the Allen Drawing Room.
Tabling - Friday and Monday, from 10-3 in the Stud
Chalking - next Wednesday before the meeting from 2-3 30
Folding table tents – 6pm on Sunday
Decorating Committee- Anne will be spearheading the committee. Room reservation is for five. Even if you can’t be there that day, you can help plan for it! Whoo.

SIGN UP FOR THE DRAG SHOW!
- Sing dance, do a skit . Elaine is NOT good in drag.
- Sign up- if you decide it’s not for you then that’s okay.

FUNDRAISER
- Wednesday the 5th of March, reserved for the vacuum fundraiser in the towers.

PARTY!
Don’t forget the Valentine’s Day party! Tomorrow night 8:30 in the Prism Center

Shameless plugs –
Vagina Monologues this weekend
Cabaret Night - Next weekend
One Acts – are the weekend after (the shorts are coming, the shorts are coming, the shorts are coming, the shorts are coming)

The Actual Meeting
- On the floor we had two posters - Civil Unions & Marriage. Just write whatever comes to mind when you think of these things. Followed by Discussion.

What you think about civil unions?
•tear
•Partners
•Lip service to equality
•Meaningless on federal level
•Legal sort of
•Make believe
•Not good enough
•If marriage is in the eyes of god then people in front of (what?)
•What’s civil about it?
•Separate but equal
•Much love
•Very cold
•1 years old in New Jersey
•Lacks same connotation
•Steeping stone
•Rush Limbaugh's still not happy
•Stepping stone?

Discuss these- an icky compromise? Try to make people happy? Distinction
Historical context- women, African Americans- it’s all in steps. Step in the right direction 
So much hate on it - positive light? Nothing happens overnight. Very much about compromise- can’t do in one huge jump. Is it a crucial step?
If these walls could talk too? – Issues with Civil Unions: protections not federal

What you think about Marriage:
•Drawing ?? Kids breaking plates
•Eep forever!
•Viva Las Vegas
•Wife
•Love
•Dad’s not invited
•Happy family according to my mother
•Sanctity love and commitment
•it’s a nice day for a white wedding
•in laws
•prenup
•divorce
•I love you
•commitment
•romance
•you need to get married so I can be a grand pa
•Britney spears
•husband
•new beginning
•end of current life

Discuss- Husband and wife vs. Partners, marriage vs. civil unions. Use of the words- civil unions. Power with words. Partner makes us think of law firms or “swing your partners round and round”. Not a life-liver
Civil unionize? So much more then a partner- you want to spend your life together. Is there a better word? Temporary, not permanent. Civil Union or Married should be able to call it whatever they want. Lesbian couple who technically is CU and they call eachother wife and have kids and in their eyes are married
So much….marriage has so much more weight in the socio-linguistic sense- bound up in the relationship positive connotations- image in the surrounding community- not so much weight with a CU. Your perception versus the perception of community.

What happens when you end a civil union? Secede from your union!
Professor- talked about straight teacher used the word “partner” as opposed to husband. Partner has a same sex connotation- otherwise you’d be husband and wife.
Partner as all inclusive term? Better- signifies equality- on the same level. Husband and wife dichotomy? Wife is less, husband more? Be more equal.
Partner is Gender Neutral
Spouse?
One couple is a spouse, many couples are spices.
Espousas are handcuffs - the linguistic history are spouses are housebound- chained up?
The way it sounds- are you going to call your child your offspring? My spawn? Clinical term - textbook. Wife lover partner is more of an affectionate term?
Terminology is slang?
Kid?
People are comfortable using different terms. Use the terms you’re most comfortable with. It’s all good. Appropriate for them - connotates equality or whatever serves your need you should feel comfortable using.
Slang terms for your wife? Bitch- so many negative terms for women- find something more equal.
Partner- doesn’t matter- simply dictates love.
You should talk to your “insert your choice of words now” and you don’t want to be somewhere and call them the wrong thing in public. Awkward point “what are we?” Okay, we’re civil unionized. What do we call each other? Wife, Partner? Husband? Ole Ball and Chain

At Freeheld- what are you- what’s your relationship? Are you lovers? Dating? Don’t know what to say?
TALK IT OUT! Communication.
Love mates?
civil unions - marriage in the eyes of god? Marriage has religious connotations- marriages in a courthouse? Civil Union? Why something else?
All this work to get something less?

General Meeting Minutes

2008-01-30T21:26:08Z

First Meeting of the Semester!

-Found out Highs and Lows.
-> people don’t seem to have very fun breaks... T_T

Updates!
-Liz (publicity)
-> Hang up some posters people!
-> if you took posters, hang them up!
-> if you find out that you can’t call Liz, she will hang them up

-Taye (advocacy
-> Queer Wedding
---February 25th 7pm in the Allen Drawing Room

Brenda (social activities)
-> Arts and Crafts night tomorrow night 8:30pm
--- Emily W might bring soma late night free pastries
--- Bring any material you're willing to share
->Ice Skating
--- In Princeton. $9 for admission, $6 to rent skates. Meet around 1pm (public skating is 2-4pm)
-> M Butterfly
--- In Philly, anyone interested?
--- Story based on Madame Butterfly

-Emily W (Haven)
-> Completely confidential email based group. Any questions you may have if you feel uncomfortable about coming to Prism meetings and talking about it.
-> Is anyone else interested in being trained as a facilitator?

Playing follow the leader! (sort of)

Announcements:
- Brenda is selling Girl Scout cookies if you want them!
- Prism Scarf sale, active prism members get them for $10
--- Is anyone interested in a vacuuming fundraisers contact Heather
- Wicked Winter Renn Faire is next weekend!

Meeting times

2008-01-23T08:44:04Z

No meeting today!

First meeting of the semester is next week on the 30th

Birthday

2007-11-30T02:56:41Z

We're 31 today!

General Meeting minutes 11-28

2007-11-28T23:03:34Z

Elections are finally over! Yay!

They took a little bit less than forever. 2 whole hours.

So here are our new chairs of Prism

Publicity/Public Relations -> Liz E
Advocacy ->Taye H
NCOD/NDOS -> Emily C
Social Activities ->Brenda K
Fundraising -> Heather L
Public Health -> Hannah K
Haven Coordinator -> Emily W

We will be having our training meeting on December 10, that’s the Monday after the last day of classes. That will be in the Prism center. If you’ve just been elected and can’t make it (don’t worry Emily) we will see what we can do about another time.

Sorry Kyle, you’re the only guy on the eteam.

Some Activities/announcements around campus
-> Urinetown the Musical, presented by TMT. Tonight through Saturday 8pm, Sunday at 2pm and next weekend Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm.
-> Finals Fest - December 9-15 lots of things including food and free massages

General meeting Minutes November 14

2007-11-14T22:35:06Z

First a few bits of information:
-> Our Prism Year Book photo will be at: 3:45pm on the 28th. That’s the wed after Thanksgiving break
->We will not be having a meeting next week (we’re supposed to be out of dorms by noon)

Today we elected the E-Board (Yay!)

President -> Elaine S
Vice President -> Erika K
Treasurer -> Kyle S
Secretary ->Beth A

Yay for the new E-Board!!!

That took quite awhile yes it did. But we also nominated people for the E-Team. We will be voting at our next meeting on the 28th of November.

For Public Health
->Rachel S (this squiggle could also be an R, correct me if I’m wrong)
->Hannah K (pending official acceptance)

For Publicity/Public Relations
->Liz E
->Kristina M

For Fundraising
->Heather L
->Rachel S
->Liz E

For NCOD/NDOS
->Emily C
->Anne S
->Rachel R
->Heather L

For Social Activities
->Jenna M
->Julie B
->Brenda K

For Advocacy
->Julie B
->Jenna M
->Anne S
->Liz E
->Taye
->Heather L

For Haven
->Emily W
->Rachel R
->Taye

Going to be one long meeting next week
REMEMBER: you can decline your vote even after you’re accepted. There will be more nominations before we actually elect so if you missed the meeting or decide you want to run you still can.

Job Descriptions are attached in case you want to know more

Announcements and Events on Campus
->Tonight (weds 14) there is deaf comedian CJ Jones in the music building concert hall from 8-10pm
->This Friday (16) is a free public reading of Star Wars: The Musical in the Black Box Theater in Kendall Hall. This is TMT’s spring musical, the reading gives you an idea of how it is since it’s pretty much unknown.
->This Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 5:30pm there is “Murder at the Class Reunion” ACT’s Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Catered by Mama Flora’s, $7 for students, and karaoke for half an hour before the shows both days. Tickets on Sale in the Stud through Friday
->This Sunday Night there is a Mixed Signals Show at 9pm in the Business Building Basement. FREE, funny, Improv.

Meeting Minutes

2007-11-07T23:06:46Z

So we had a rather eventful meeting today.

We had Anthony from the Princeton review come. He’s a recent graduate of Rutgers University who majored in English and he told us a little bit about Life after college and what to do about Graduate school

--GRE – What most of us will take, the basic grad school test. Computer adaptive, the next question depends on whether you got the previous ones correct or not. (if it gets really easy you’re doing badly)
->Math is about High school level
->English is the usual and there are two essays
->Each section out of 800 points

He can give us discounts on Princeton Review classes. Just ask.

Some grad school advice: Don’t flood colleges with recommendation letters. Only send them the amount they ask for.

It’s that time of year again
Elections
->Position descriptions are attached. We still have copies if you want a hard copy.
->TONIGHT 8:45-9:30 there is an open eteam meeting so that everyone can come visit us and ask us questions about our specific positions. Come and find out what you might want to run for.

Nominations

President – Elaine
---Beth declined
Vice President – Erika
---Emily declined
Treasurer – Erika
---Allison and Stacey declined
Secretary – Beth
---Stacey declined

Remember, you can nominate more people next week. Don’t hesitate! Come find out what it all entails tonight.

Announcements
->8pm tonight there is an openly gay assemblyman speaking in the library auditorium
->Intersex Awareness tomorrow night (Thurs) 8pm in Forcina 134
->Friday – AIDS benefit talent showcase, 8pm in TW Main Lounge. Doors open at 7, $3

Prism Minutes Halloween

2007-11-01T19:46:08Z

We had a mini Halloween party for our meeting this week. With lots of chips and cookies for snacks.
We also had a costume contest. WE had some pirates, a mystery, Thumbelina, a softball player, and iPod commercial character, a big gay werewolf, a technophile dryad, a kitsune demon, little red riding hood/whore, the perfect boyfriend, a mod girl, Prince charming… and probably more. Sorry if I missed you, those are the ones I remember.
The big gay wolf (Heather) won the costume contest. She won and Orange (for Halloween) “gay, fine by me” Tshirt. Yay Heather!

We played a really fun ice breaker based on the idea of follow the leader. We made the whole room do silly things.

Also we have several announcements:
November 7 – There’s a gay politician coming to campus. Library auditorium 8pm
November 8 – Intersex Documentary in 8pm in Forcina 134 (we think, room might change)
November 9 – AIDS Awareness Talent Showcase (if there’s anyone left who wants to participate and hasn’t said anything yet, get moving) In the TW Main Lounge, $3 to get in.

Next Meeting:
We’ll start talking about elections: what are the positions? What does every position do? Who is eligible for each position? And then questions and such. Also, big fun icebreaker!

We’ll have some more social activities coming up soon. So look for them.

prism_tcnj @ 2007-10-24T15:20:00

2007-11-01T19:21:19Z

Ice Breaker – Fall break in 7 words or less, name, major

We had a trans speaker, Babs Casbar on Thursday night
So we spent the meeting learning about and discussing what transgendered means and what is going on in the US in regards to trans people.

True or False
All Trans people look trans – FALSE!
All Trans people are born gay and want to change sexes so that they are no longer gay – FALSE!

Definitions
Transvestite – someone who dresses up as the opposite sex
Transsexual – someone who feels as if they truly are the opposite sex trapped in the wrong body. Some enough to get an operation to literally change their sex
Sex – you physical features in regard to reproduction, male or female
Gender – your emotional and psychological feelings about who and what you are

We read aloud some stories and then had some interesting discussion.
Including some discussion about gender-neutral pronouns
Linky - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie

Next meeting we’re having a Halloween party! With a costume contest. Come in costume!
Then that night we’re going to Ann DeGennero’s house for her haunted house party.

November 9 – Intersex Awareness Documentary in Forcina 132 at 8pm

Dido and Aeneas is showing this weekend and next weekend. $5 for students.
It’s an opera with puppets and masks and such

Meeting Minutes for October 17

2007-10-17T23:38:33Z

Hey Prismers,

We had Tina Tormey, Assistant director of ResEd talk to us today about the differences between physical sex and gender.
We talked about:
->Gender Identity
->The social construction of Gender

We were also asked to get in groups and try to figure out how to define gender.

Sandra Bem is a social Scientist who did a study on how gender is defined based on what we associate with male and female characteristics
So for fun and education we took the Bem Sex Role inventory
Which you can find here if you’re interested: http://www.neiu.edu/~tschuepf/bsri.html
Column 1 is femininity, column 2 is masculinity, column 3 is neutral.
4.5 is the average, so above 4.5 on only one means you are more masculine or feminine.
Above on both is androgynous, below on both is undifferentiated (sort of like androgynous but less into roles) Google it all if you’re really curious

From this we learned that we have a lot of people in Prism who can’t do math without calculators…..
This also lead to discussion on where we have seen sex roles. Everything from toys and happy meals to how stores are set up. WE even talked a little bit about how things have changed a bit from when we were growing up through now. Lots of good stuff.

And we have more book recommendations:
1. Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, & Transgendered College Students
2. Gender Trouble
3. Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology
4. Wrapped in Blue
5. Women & Men: Cultural Constructs of Gender
6. Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the construction of Sexuality
7. Anything by Kate Bornstein (I couldn't find this one, if you do comment please)
8. She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders
9. As Nature Made Him
10. Trans-Sister Radio
11. Am I Blue?
12. The Full Spectrum
13. Can’t Buy my Love
14. Self-Made Man

Announcements!
Tonight at 6pm in the Allen Drawing room there are alumni talking about their experience in College
Tonight at 8pm in the TW Main Lounge there’s SexMania! Learn about safe sex and possibly good sex. Dance party afterwards
October 25th (That’s a Thursday) Prism is hosting Barbra “Babs” Casbar, a Trans speaker in Forcina 132

Meeting Minutes for October 10

2007-10-10T22:22:51Z

Hey everyone,

Not a very eventful meeting today.
We were going to have a speaker today but the changeover to Zimbra deleted us off of their schedule. T_T Zimbra doesn’t like us.

So we’re going to reschedule with Ann DeGennero. She’ll speak later in the year.

We watched an episode of TransGeneration. A documentary about 4 transgendered people at 4 different colleges.
We talked about how it was good that there was a lot of variety in who was represented.

Remember:
-Coming Out Monologues are tomorrow at 8pm in the Library Auditorium
-The Laramie Project is being shown of Friday at 7pm in the Library auditorium

Yay!

Meeting Minutes for October 3

2007-10-08T21:14:40Z

Ok on with the Prism Minutes.
Sorry they were a little slow this week I had a lot to write for a class. >_< Ohhh Midterm season

- Saturday is Mini-golf! Leaving at noonish. Email Kyle if you haven’t signed up but really want to go. Sabin3@tcnj.edu

National Coming Out Day is next week. We have a lot of stuff going on.
-This Saturday after mini-golf we will be painting a banner in the prism office (3pm-ish)
-Sunday around 4pm we will meet to go chalking.
-Sunday Night is out game night. Board games and nonsense in the Prism center at 6pm
-Monday and Tuesday we’re tabling. Look for us ^__^
-Wednesday we’re having Ann DeGennaro come speak at our meeting. She’s awesome!
-Thursday night at 8pm in the library auditorium is our monologues. Come and bring friends!
-Friday we’ll be watching the Laramie Project\
-Saturday we’re taking a trip to new hope!

Intersex Documentary is postponed because they just haven’t sent it to us yet >_<

The Travers and Wolfe CAs are running Sex mania in the TW main lounge on the 17th at 8pm. Go, it’ll probably be fun and educational

We had some interesting discussion as to how sexuality is expressed on Television. It was interesting. So many stereotypes. >_<

10/17 - we’re going to try and have someone come in to talk to everybody about Trans issues
10/24 - Watching a trans documentary.
10/31 - Halloween Party Meeting. Prize for the best costume!

Meeting Minutes for September 26

2007-09-27T00:02:20Z

No, we really don’t know why Angel likes the screaming thing. And how are you all quieter than the Eteam?

Highs for the week: Yay so many roommates leaving!

Intersex Awareness
->Documentary in Forcina 132 8pm

NCOD is October 11th
->Coming out monologues 8pm in the library auditorium
->October 12th Laramie Project in the library auditorium 8pm
->If you want to help Erika out and didn’t stay after the meeting today email her at keorlet3@tcnj.edu.
->Flyering on Sunday, time TBA later this week

Social Activities
->Wicked Labyrinth this weekend. Saturday meet at 11 to go for the day. Tickets are free for you if you signed up or if you email me at anders27@tcnj.edu by Thursday at noon. http://wickedfaire.com/labyrinth/index.html
->Dine Out Night – Tuesday October 2nd
->AIDS Walk October 21, if you want to go sign up and we’ll try and organize it. It is however, fall break
->Mini Golf – Saturday October 6th

Coliseum with Michelle, tonight meet in the Wolfe main lobby at 9:55 to leave at 10pm. Bring cash and a legal ID

We played Queer Jeopardy, I hope everyone learned a few new bits of information.
If anyone really wants some good queer trivia I can ask Julie to send it around. Just email us back if you’re interested.
The Lucky charms won with 8200 points and somehow we convinced out advisor to play Vanna.

Meeting Minutes for September 19

2007-09-20T05:42:28Z

We played a ‘fun’ game called “Whatcha doing?” It was a little fast paced and the courtyard still has that annoying sunny patch…

So, Prism did some CA training before everyone moved in this year. We discussed some of the issues members have had on campus and some of the issues CA mentioned.
We also ended up discussing discrimination in jobs, especially in education.
- Job security in certain fields can always be a little iffy when sexuality gets involved.
- There are some very sexist teachers on campus (including on that looks like santa)
- A Trans speaker would be a good idea and a way to get something out there that a lot of people do not think about
- Make SBNN mandatory for Freshmen
->Redo SBNN for a bigger audience
- Be careful of your roommate and how comfortable they are with how you express yourself.
->It’s not a safe zone if both of you aren’t safe and excepting
Every one shared some stories even our advisor. Yay Michael!

Julie Recommends some books for Education Majors:
- Last Closet by Rita M Kissen
- One Teacher in Ten by Kevin Jennings

Dan Says: GLBT support group is starting in early October in Counseling Services. Probably every Wednesday 5:30pm
http://www.tcnj.edu/~sa/counseling/groups.html
Second group down

NCOD
-Sign up for the coming out monologues!
-> if you didn’t and you’re interested email Erika or sign up next meeting.
-> You can tell your own story or the story of a friend and how it affected you or just about anything else you can come up with. Allies are certainly welcome.
-NCOD committee should be figuring out meeting times soon.

Intersex Awareness
- Documentary October 4.

Remember: If you ever want to borrow movies or books from the Prism office you have to sign them out. (and we might hunt you down if you don’t give them back)
Or you can come to our office hours to read or chat with us.
The E-Team loves company!
Office Hours are attached.

Social Activities
-NYC this weekend! Yay for Free transit!! Email Kyle if you want to go and didn’t sing up.
- Next weekend (28-29) Wicked Labyrinth. For more info check out http://wickedfaire.com/labyrinth/index.html or email Beth
Mini-Golf October 6, sign ups will be coming to a meeting near you.