Washington University Cooperative

It's the dead of winter and but our little cafe is heating up. Thanks to all who showed up for last week's show. It was huge. This week we'll give the open mic another go; all are welcome. Following that the incomparable Lavelle Spitz is gonna bust it up with some of the freshest stuff around. See it to believe it.

Open mic starts at 8:30. Expect tea.

Check out LS: http://www.myspace.com/lspitz

6021 Pershing Avenue, St Louis, Missouri, 63112, "The Perry" Coop House, the east part of our basement, 8:30-10:00pm as always, every Monday.

let's politicize the superbowl and indulge in greasy food (or not)

You are invited to the WashU Coop's fifth annual "Unhealthy Living Party," sponsored by our "Healthy Living and Social Consciousness Committtee" on the occasion of Superbowl Sunday. Come watch the game and eat greasy food. We will have health food too! You are welcome to bring your own contributions of food and drink. Vegetarians, vegans, and carnivores are all welcome! Let's all get together for mutual respect and appreciation, and good fun.

All are welcome to our Sunday Co-op Pot Luck Dinners, at the Cervantes Co-op House, 6036 Pershing Avenue, part of the WashU Cooperative Network, housing the Washington University Cooperative Library and the Cervantes Free University.

Dinner is at 7:30. We may or may not show a movie, viewer's choice.

Cervantes Free University Open House is just before dinner, 6:30-7:30pm.

http://origin.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=194877&catid=3

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=311711245819&ref=mf

Facilitator: Eleanor
Note-taker: Maya
Stacks: Danielle Stern
Timekeeper: Lucy
Viber: KLA

Attendance: missing= Mythili, Matt Story, Vivek, Juliette (outta town), Audrey, (6036 all here!)

1. Chore check, do your chore! Not enough responsible people....
- note: take it easy on compost, put a newspaper in with your compost and SHRED IT!

2. Sign up for meal chores! (number of meals per week PLUS ONE!=number of chores per month)

Hi there Kumquats old and new!
Have you missed us? Though the ground is too frozen for our shovels,
we thought we needed a bit of togetherness and CELEBRATION of the
seasonal Farmigarchy overthrow. So, we want YOU to help us give love

For everyone interested in how we got started, here is the text of the Power Point presentation given by the Coop Founders at our very first public pot luck, before we got the "Perry" building, on February 8, 2004. This is based on the presentation given to Deans McLeod and Carroll at a pot luck late in 2003. They were skeptical but we impressed them! For more Coop history, please see http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8064513623

If you scroll down to the end, you will see our Coop Constitution, from Autumn 2003, modified and posted June 2, 2004.

Presentation

Introductions

Dear Cooperators and Other Friends:

In autumn 2004 I sent a Labor Day message entitled “Gratuitous Faculty Advice,” to the new residents of our first Washington University-owned Co-op House, “The Perry.” I sent a Labor Day message in 2006 and 2008, and each time I quoted from this email, with a bit more commentary each year. The message does not change.

The Washington University Co-operative is looking for Fall 2010 residents!!

Applications are due FEB 12th, 2010 by Midnight!

GENERAL INFO
The Co-op is in The Perry, an apartment building located in the City of St. Louis at 6021 Pershing, 63112 AND 6015 Pershing. It is very close to campus, and even closer to the Metrolink.
The neighborhood is awesome. It is filled with children, churchbells, and love. And there IS an ice cream man (when it’s warm outside)!

Thanks to all that dropped by for last week's cafe. It was a dreamy affair. This monday, round two begins with an open mic followed by a performance by WU's very own The Noam Chomskys. So, drop that heady manual describing the intricacies of X-bar theory, posit a universal grammar, and come join the co-op's very own syndic for one night only. We are the state! or something.

Show starts at 8:30. Bring along someone new.

Here is a television story about the Benefit to Save Cervantes Free University and the WashU Co-op Library, organized by the St Louis Activist Hub. It features interviews with Co-op members Jen Swanson and Jacob Stern, and takes us on a tour of the Co-op.

http://origin.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=194877&catid=3