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Terry Conlin, Academic Advisor, McLaughlin College 227 McLaughlin – Enroll without permission from prof: Term W: January 21 Enroll with permission: Feb 4 Reading Week: Feb Feb. 15: drop date for full-year courses March 15: drop date for winter term 3 credit courses Look for summer lecture schedule beginning of February Counseling & Disability Centre: N110 Bennett Centre Learning Skills Programme (Bennett Centre) The Writing Department S329 Ross Includes ESL Open Learning Centre

McLaughlin Events –Get a Certificate of participation for attending 6 talks: McLaughlin Senior Common Room 140 MC noon –Prof. Tom Wilson – Tues Jan 15 Lawyer, political scientist, public policy specialist Title of talk: “Achieving social change through law” –Nathalia Abreu – Wed Jan 16 Nathalia is a 4 th year McLaughlin Student who attended Summit of the Americas, sponsored by McLaughlin, and discussed policy issues with PM Harper Title of talk: “From Toronto to Cartagena (Columbia): York Student Makes a Difference at the Summit of the Americas” –Prof. Wesley Cragg – Thursday Jan 17 Founder of Transparency International Canada Title of talk: “Ethics and the Academy: Implications for York University” –Future talks on & sent to you by www.yorku.ca/mcl

Other Events Robbie Burns Night: Friday, January 25, 7 pm, McLaughlin Senior Common Room (140 MC): readings from poetry contest, piping in the haggis, tatties & neeps, Scottish Country Dancing, good Scotch. Submit your poems to asap. You could win up to Saturday January 26: Alumni-student hockey game, 8 pm, Rink 5, Canlan Ice Gardens, followed by food and good times upstairs at the Thirsty Penguin after the game.

Student Clubs and Activities McLaughlin Student Council –Formal, end of March or early April –Other events throughout the term: Montreal & Ottawa trips –McLaughlin/Vanier Choir & Band Sports (intramural) Dynamacs (exercise gym $25) (McLaughlin College) (McLaughlin Student Council) (Macmedia) (McLaughlin Sports and Recreation)