WKx .m ‘ : Elsie | Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 PSA~ dance, henna night lands in the Bog Shireen Gul COPY EDITOR Pakistan Student Association (PSA) held their first event, ‘PSA Dance and Henna Night’ at The Bog on the evening of Thurs- day, November 13. This was their first event this semester and they seemed to be very ex- cited. The Bog was decorated beautiquy with party streamers, cutouts, and wall decorations. There were tables set up for henna and a table for sign—up. A long line of people was waiting in front of the sign-up table, ready to get their Vijai Baskar COPY EDITOR The Institute of Electrical and Elec- tronics Engineers (IEEE) at IIT hosted the barbecue event for all students and staff. This event is held every semester, typically during the last half of each. It was held on Wednesday, November 5, in the Siegel field. The turnout for this event was fantastic as it was attended by students from various departments and it went on until they ran out of food. The IEEE barbecue event was one of thellast few events that will be happening with the organization this year as the semes- ter comes to a close. The other main event for this month would be the general body meeting which will be held on Wednesday, November 19 at the Perlstein hall auditorium. Expect to see a quick overview of what IEEE has done so far during the semester and what they hope to do during the next. The special guest for the event is most likely to be Robert Burke, branch men- tor, and senior member of IEEE Chicago Sec- tion. Burke has been instrumental in the or— henna tattoo. Students were very excited to get themselves a henna tattoo; Aparna Singh, a BME student, said, “I am super excited to get myselfa henna tattoo; it feels like home.” Nee- sha Narayanan, an architecture student, said, “I always wanted to see an event like this where you can share a part of your culture with every— one.” PSA served some awesome Pakistani snacks for attendees to munch on while getting their henna tattoos and afterward, everyone enjoyed a dance party. There was a beautiful ganization’s performance over the years. He has provided the IEEE IIT branch with his unconditional support and exposure to many industries that have helped students reach out to professionals in their industry and get no— ticed. The general body meeting will be held during the lunch hour and food will be provided. Ming Chen, Project Chair at IEEE IIT will also be giving updates about the proj- ects that are being funded by the organization. One particular project regarding building an app on ‘Microsoft Kinect’ has received great response and has seen many students willing to put in time and effort to make building the application possible. Students who are willing to join projects of their interests can contact the student branch or go to ieee.iit.edu and looks for information under the projects link. The IEEE student branch is also planning to conduct an industrial tour to Sie- mens during the month of December and will be hoping to make it happen provided the peo- ple from Siemens give the go ahead. Be on the watch for updates about the tour at either the student branch’s website or on their Facebook page. backdrop where people were taking photos of their henna tattoos. PSA will also be hosting their first General Body Meeting on Thursday, Novem- ber 20, during the lunch hour, in the Wishnick Auditorium. They will be introducing their ex- ecutive board to the students and will be look- ing forward to suggestions from them about what kind of events they are looking for. There will be free Pakistani food at the meeting. The organization suggests arriving on time to voice your opinion. Samreen Kalani, treasurer of PSA, IEEE hosts November said, “We are looking forward for everyone to join us for the meeting because everyone is important to us.” She further added, “We do respect everyone’s opinion and we want them to show up so we can make our organization better.” Finally, don’t forget to join the orga- nization on Hakaink and like them on Face- book under the name of “HT Pakistan Student Association.” They will also be on the MTCC Bridge every Monday from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Stop by to ask questions and grab some free goodies. Photos by Shireen Gul Poker by Vijm Bakasr