Bulldogs by the Bayou '08

The Yale Club of Houston is looking forward to launching a second successful summer of Bulldogs by the Bayou, a summer internship program for Yale University students. The competitive Bulldogs program provides Houston employers access to highly-motivated Yale students who might otherwise not consider looking in Houston for 10-week paid internships. Bulldogs by the Bayou is patterned after successful programs in six other cities - Louisville, KY, Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans and San Francisco. To date, over 500 Yale students have experienced the best summer of their lives through meaningful work, social and cultural experiences coordinated by Yale alumni in each city.

Originated 10 years ago in Louisville, the alumni-sponsored format is a staple of campus life at Yale. “Where will you spend your Bulldog summer?” is a frequent refrain among students. It also engages alumni in a meaningful way. “This is the perfect use of our alumni’s local network to create opportunities for our students,” says Mark Dollhopf, Executive Director of the Association of Yale Alumni. For Bulldog participants, the program offers a great experience in a unique, and typically unfamiliar, part of the country. "It is also a catalyst for participants to return permanently," notes Phil Jones, Director of Yale Undergraduate Career Services.

Yale alumni in Houston are seeking employers who can offer meaningful paid internships for the summer of 2009. Here’s how it works. Employers will post their job description on Bulldogs by the Bayou website (www.bulldogsbythebayou.com), receive applications from students, interview them and then select from the applicant pool (although they are not required to select anyone). “Because candidates typically apply for multiple jobs we always have a robust applicant pool,” says program founder Rowan Claypool.

Summer Feedback

Employers:

Rob Brodsky, Sabre Marketing. Intern: Justin Jannisse. “Assume your Bulldog can do more work than you expect. Pile on the work. Keep your Bulldog fed.”

David Young, Company: Fisher HealthCare – part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Intern: Sally Tan. “The Bulldogs by the Bayou program provides access to some of the brightest minds of our young people today. They will challenge the way you look at your business and bring a tremendous energy to their role.”

Ryan Dolibois, YES Prep Public Schools. Intern: Lauren Dunn. “This is a terrific program that benefits both the students and the organization. We were thrilled to have a “bulldog” this past summer and look forward to participating in the program in the years to come.”

Interns:

Mansur Tokmouline - Groppe, Long & Littell. “Mentors are incredibly important. They provided advice about moving to a different part of the country (not NY), adjusting after college, etc.. More events with mentors would be great…Bulldogs by the Bayou introduced me to a different type of city, a different type of environment that I really like. Houston’s a very spread out, less hysterical, more family-oriented place than traditional cities. I found the lifestyle very attractive and I’m seriously considering moving here after graduation. That last statement shows just how amazing this program is.”

Michal Benedykcinski, Element Markets. “Being Bulldog by the Bayou means to me being part of a greater Yale family. And it’s probably one of the biggest lessons I took out of this summer. Thanks to the hospitability of the Yale alums and their openness to young bulldogs I was able to learn how the Yale network reaches far beyond our campus. I met some really amazing people that despite all their different interests and personalities had one thing in common. They were all bulldogs at their heart which always came out whenever they had a chance to share with their fondest Yale memories. In a new city and environment I had a chance to feel like at home right away thanks to all three bulldogs working at Element Markets and all those hosting us or organizing different events. I’m really proud to say I’m running in such a great pack!”

Sally Tan, Thermo Fisher Scientific. “Splashtown was one of my most memorable days in Houston. We would go on this water slide again and again, singing Yale songs at the top of our lungs all the way down. Everyone went on this scarily tall water slide with a vertical drop, and the only thing pushing me to go on was their cheering. We had a deliciously overfilling barbeque lunch, and afterwards felt so full that we couldn’t move. The true Texan experience. This day really epitomizes what was so great about the Bulldogs program—having memorable experiences and school pride with Yalies, being challenged by my peers and at my internship, and discovering all the crazy fun things to do in Houston.”

For more information, contact Leslie Goldman at leslie.goldman@thermofisher.com or Bulldogs Across America Program Administrator Ann Curtis, 502-459-3876, ann.curtis@yale.edu.

THE GAME
November 22, 2008
Family event at the Forest Club.
Details forthcoming

SAVE THE DATE:
David Frum will be speaking at a Yale Club luncheon at the Bayou Club on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Please note this was originally scheduled for the 20th.

Dr. Amy Myers Jaffe will be speaking at the Baker Institute on October 15, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. This is a joint event with the Princeton Club. An invitation will be mailed to club members and details will be added to this blog in September.

Bill Guest's Antarctica Travels

Bill Guest, a long-time member of the Yale Club of Houston and current Board member, was gracious enough to share a clip from his journal on a trip to Antarctica, in 2004. If you have fond, interesting details of your travels you'd like to share, please send us a brief write-up and a picture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The trip to Antarctica was with a group that met in Santiago, then flew to Ushuaia, Argentina, a small port-town located on the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (which is a very large island, separated from the southern tip of South America by the Magellan Strait), boarded a cruise ship and sailed along the Beagle Channel out of Ushuaia into and across the Drake Passage (some 700 miles) to the Peninsula of Antarctica. The Drake Passage is the meeting place of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, known to have some of the roughest seas on the globe. The continent of Antarctica is huge, 90% covered year-round with ice. Its rainfall is comparable to the Sahara Desert, so the abundance of snow, icebergs, glaciers, and other ice displays is the result of accumulations over millions of years. Antarctica holds some 75% of the earth’s fresh water, locked up in ice. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. It doubles in size from the Antarctica summer (November – March) to winter. To make this happen, the freezing winter causes the ice shelves to expand at various edges of the continent. Does seawater freeze? Yes, by one of nature’s water miracles, which is that, when seawater is converted to ice, beginning a couple of degrees below the temperature at which fresh water freezes, a large amount of the salt content is expunged. Antarctica has the coldest temperatures on earth, and the fiercest, most stormy winds. Even in the summer much of the continent is not readily accessible. Except for some 20–25 modern-era research stations (only a few are maintained year-round) there is no history of human habitation.

This trip on a cruise ship (a typical one – the Orion was newly built, so quite modern), requiring 2½ days to cross the Drake, was to spend 5 days on the Peninsula (mostly the adjacent archipelago islands) which extends northward in a long curved “narrow” stretch of land, pointing toward the southern tip of Chile/Argentina. (By a meandering border, the two countries share the southern region of South America – a region known as Patagonia.) Virtually no islands exist in the passage between South America and the Antarctica Peninsula – one is Elephant Island (about a hundred miles north of the Peninsula). A thick chain of islands hugs the west coast of the Peninsula, relatively near the continent. The landings were mostly on some of these islands, with one landing on the continent itself. (A “landing” is a transfer by a zodiac boat, with a capacity of some 12 persons, from ship to shore; there are no facilities for ships to dock.) Ice at Hope Bay defeated the effort to make a planned entrance there. The southernmost reach of the trip was slightly less than one degree of latitude short of the Antarctic Circle (66, 33 minutes, south latitude), which may have been because of the amount of ice in the proximity of the Circle. So, the “trip to Antarctica” was to a small patch of Antarctica, compared to the huge size of “Antarctica,” and consisted only of “touching” the northwestern coast of the Peninsula and coastal islands. (One accepted definition of “Antarctica” is: that area south of 60 south latitude.)

However, this was, indeed, a lot. Animals were in abundance. The southern ocean and environs comprise an extremely rich feeding area for whales, seals, penguins, birds and other animals. (Vegetation, limited to appearances such as moss and lichen, is, of course, quite scarce.) The extremely cold water from the icy continent encounters the warmer Pacific and Atlantic waters, churning up low-level nutrients, feeding the growth of krill and shrimp, and so on up the food chain. The ancient continent, known as Gondwana, through the process of plate tectonics beginning some 180 million years ago, divided into South America, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, Antarctica. The drama and grandeur of the landscapes resulting from the geological dynamics are awesome. And the roughness of the oceans, the grand scale of ice formations exhibited in so many ways, and the animals: some whale sightings, birds, birds, birds, seals, seals, seals and penguins, penguins, penguins, penguins! There’s so much.

Some very important topics, such as global warming, the breaking up of the ice shelves, environmental concerns, political interests and scientific research, are not the focus of this trip.

2008 - 2009 Dues Information

It's that time of year again. Click here for a copy of the annual membership fee statement, or please e-mail Stuart at shudson@comcast.net.

For prospective members, joining the club and paying the membership fee gets you on our mailing list, discounts to club events and a host of other benefits. There's also a discounted fee for recent Yale graduates.

Risher Randall, Club President's Letter

Dear Local Yale Alums:

When you graduated, you probably expected to be finished with Yale, that you would move to the next chapter of your life and leave Yale behind. Little did you know that when you matriculated in New Haven your freshman year, a life long relationship began. Reunions and the AYA magazine immediately commenced, thereby facilitating the extension of our Yale experience. In addition, Yale Club’s around the country also foster those college relationships.

The Yale Club of Houston is attempting to create a dynamic and stimulating experience which will remind you of those four phenomenal years in New Haven. This year we are attempting to use the internet to invigorate the Houston Yale community. Please check our blog at www.yaleclubofhouston.blogspot.com. If you would like to post a comment, please let me know and I will provide you with the user name and password. In addition, we have a Facebook site as well, known as Eli Houston. All Houston Yalies are invited to join as “friends.” If you don’t have a teenager to help you get situated on Facebook, let us know and we will help. I myself am a novice, but several board members are “ole pros.”

I am pleased to announce that we have many exciting events scheduled this fall. In addition to old favorites such as “Wine Tasting” and “The Game,” we will host a conversation with Rick Noriega, U.S. Senate candidate, at the Briar Club on September 9th. Also on tap is David Frum ‘82, a prolific author and political commentator, who will be our luncheon speaker at the Bayou Club on September 18. With the presidential election knocking on our door, we are likely to hear unique insights about the election’s impact on the political landscape. Later, in conjunction with the Princeton Club, we will hear Amy Jaffe speak on energy issues at the Baker Institute on the evening of October 15. . Special thanks to Gilbert Garcia, Austen Furse and Wally Wilson for engaging these speakers.

These events are merely the “tip of the iceberg.” So please join the Yale Club of Houston and send in your dues payment today. There are several options for membership. The All Events Membership is the best deal, including the cost of membership and admission to all events. Save at least $100 on the cost of attending events by paying for them in advance. You can even buy a second All Events Membership for a spouse or frequent guest. Young Alumni discount pricing is available for both All Events and Regular Membership.

Please also consider sending in a Patron Donation with your membership dues. Since the Yale Club of Houston is a 501c3 organization, your contribution is tax deductible. Patron Donations support many worthwhile programs, including sponsorship of a Yale student as a Community Service Summer Fellow, Bulldogs on the Bayou, and provision of the Yale Book Awards.

Our theme this year is “many hands make light work.” We invite you to not only join the club but to also get involved. If we can enrich one another’s lives as undergraduates, why not as alums as well? Please contact myself or one of the board members if you wish to be more active.

Let’s not forget the words from Bright College Years:
…the seasons come, the seasons go
the earth is green or white with snow.
But time and change shall not avail
to break the friendships formed at Yale…

I hope that you will join the Yale Club of Houston and that I will see you at some of the events in the upcoming year.

Boola,

Risher Randall, Jr.
President, Yale Club of Houston

Immigration and the Border: Conversation with Rick Noriega, U.S. Senate Candidate

A native Houstonian, former Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, Commander of Operations at the Laredo Border during Operation Jump Start, U.S. Senate candidate shares his views on the future of immigration reform and steps we need to take to secure our border. Join fellow members of the Yale Club for an informal talk followed by Q&A.
Biographical Sketch: Raised in Houston, Rick graduated from University of Houston on a ROTC scholarship and earned an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 1990, where he was editor of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy. Serving as Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, Rick was deployed for 14 months and served a year in Afghanistan until 2005. Upon his return he served as Commander of Operation Jump Start at the Laredo Border in 2006. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Rick was asked by Mayor Bill White to work as the Incident Commander of Houston's relief efforts at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Elected for two consecutive terms to the Texas House of Representative, Rick is seeking election to the U.S. Senate in November.

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Time: 6:30 pm Reception
(hors d’oeuvres and cash bar)

7:15 pm Talk followed by Q&A

Location: The Briar Club
2603 Timmons Lane, Houston TX

Cost: $15 members
$20 non-members
(Event fee also payable at the door
but RSVP to shudson7@comcast.net)


Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net
http://www.yaleclubofhouston.org/


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Wine Tasting 2008: California vs. France

On June 7, 1976, the unthinkable happened. At the Academie du Vin, a little known California winery beat out well-known French labels in a blind tasting. The moment is memorialized in the upcoming movie Bottle Shock, produced by Saybrook Alum, Marc Lhormer, and hailed as the new Sideways. See the trailer at http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/bottleshock/trailer/

Come and sample the French and Californian wines especially paired for you by sommelier Debbie Ribar (Houston Wine Merchant). Can you pick out the best from the worst? Does the young spirit of California speak to your soul or is the elegance of Bordeux beyond compare? Help kick off an exciting 2008-2009 season with-- Bottle Shock II.


Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008

Time: 7 – 9 pm

Location: The home of Chinhui Juhn ’84 & Eddie Allen
1936 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX
(On Sunset, between Hazard and Kent Streets)

Cost: $15 Young Alumni (Classes of 1998 – 2008)
$20 Members (memberships available at the door)
$30 Non-members


Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn:
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
c/o Ms. Stuart Hudson
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

New Club Leadership Announced

At the 2008 Annual Dinner held at April 30, Nisha Desai graciously shared her fond memories during her term as President. We thank Nisha for the vision and hard work she has brought to the Club over the past years!

She will be passing the baton to the Club's new President, Risher Randall, Jr. In accepting the new office, Risher handed Nisha some gifts of gratitude for her service to the Club, including a bouquet of flowers.

Also, Leah Barton became the Vice President of the Club. Chinhui Juhn became the Club's new Secretary. George Littell was reelected as Treasurer.

The Board added Leslie Goldman and Bill Guest as new members. Retiring from the Board were Jason Berns and Rob Brodsky (Guys, don't be strangers!).

-Barry

2008 Annual Dinner

On April 30, the Club held its 2008 Annual Dinner at The Briar Club. The happy hour reception provided a good opportunity to meet new members and for current members to get reacquainted.

At 7pm, the Club's outgoing President Nisha Desai brought the meeting to order. Nisha introduced the Club's new officers and Board members. She also gave her appreciation for the retiring Board members.

Leah Barton and Chinhui Juhn presented an overview of past and upcoming Club events, including a wine tasting that will be incorporated into a new book.

Barry Zhang gave a brief overview of the Club's new websites. The Club has launched a Blog (which you're reading now) to allow members to comment on postings and provide feedback on events and Club operations - so members: TELL US HOW YOU WANT YOUR CLUB TO BE RUN. There will also be a Facebook profile where members are invited to create their own Facebook accounts if they don't have one already, and link to the Club's Facebook (add "Eli Houston" as your friend). Both sites are designed to enhance the existing club homepage with more tools to foster a vibrant online community for Houston-area members.

The feature speaker was Prof Minh Luong, Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale. Prof Luong teaches courses for Yale College and the School of Management in areas including international negotiations and industrial espionage. Incidentally, Prof Luong started the debate team many years ago at Bellaire High.

Also, Prof Luong leads a program to bring talented high school students to Yale for summer courses and activities.

Prof Luong's feature speech was on the topic of China's ascendancy onto the world stage. Specifically, his thesis challenged the general notions that this ascendancy will be all but a sure thing.

During the first half of the presentation, the professor cited some common and not-so-common wisdom about China's meteoric rise, including an avg 9% GDP growth over the past 10 years and an ever growing budget to build up their military.

Then he raised a number of reasons why there may be significant obstacles to China's path to world leadership. China has the fastest aging population in the world. The implications on workforce productivity and lack of a health care system will create strains on China's society. Pollution, socioeconomic disparity between coastal citizens and the rural poor, food and energy consumption, increasing instances of civil unrest - these will all impede China's growth if not carefully managed. The time frame for seeing the negative impacts will be over the next 20 to 30years.

There was a lengthy Q&A where Prof Luong fielded questions from the Club's members. Risher Randall, the Club's new President, presented Prof Luong with a gift showing our appreciation of his speech.

The enlightening and spirited lecture ended at approximately 9:30pm. The Club's outgoing President Nisha dismissed the meeting. We hope you will join us at the 2009 Annual Dinner!

-Barry

Yale Real Estate Conference - April 4

We would like to extend an invitation to alumni to participate in the National Real Estate Conference which will be held at Yale University on Friday, April 4, 2008, hosted by the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association (YAREA). This one-day conference will bring together real estate industry leaders, renowned architects, deal makers, attorneys and financiers from around the country. Planned speakers include:

Bruce Alexander Yale VP for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development

Alan Forman Director, Yale Investments Office

Alex Garvin CEO, Alex Garvin & Associates; Yale Adjunct Professor

Paul Goldberger Dean, Parsons School of Design; Architecture Critic, The New Yorker

Con Howe Director, Urban Land Institute Center for Balanced Development in the West

Gary Mendell Chairman and CEO, HEI Hotels and Resorts

Jon Pickard Principal, Pickard Chilton

Daniel Rose Chairman, Rose Associates, Inc.

Robert A.M. Stern Dean, Yale School of Architecture

Please visit www.yalearea.org/register to sign up.

For more information on the conference please contact Elisabeth Alden at the Yale Development Office at 203.432.8657 or elisabeth.alden@yale.edu. For more information on the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association, please contact David Schlussel at 201.836.6100 x201 or david@key-properties.com.

Lil Eli's Easter Egg Hunt - March 22!

Yale Club of Houston,

Easter is almost upon us which means it is time for the Lil Eli's Easter Egg Hunt!

This year, the hunt will be held on Saturday, March 22, at the north end of the Roberts Elementary School grounds. Roberts Elementary is on Greenbriar between University and Holcombe, south of Rice University.

The hunt starts at 5:00 pm, so plan to arrive about 4:45. Refreshments will be served after the hunt.

The weather should be beautiful, so plan to join your fellow Elis and their little ones for the hunt!

Questions? Contact Linda Tripp at 832-798-7576 (cell)

And quickly following ... the Annual Event

Minh Luong, Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale, brings a fascinating discussion of modern China to the Yale Club of Houston's 2007-2008 season Annual Event on April 30th. Stay tuned!

The Whiffenpoofs are coming, the Whiffenpoofs are coming!

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, April 4th

The Yale Whiffenpoofs of 2008

At the Briar Club (2603 Timmons Lane, at Westheimer)

Reception starts at 6:00 pm, Performance at 7:00 pm!

Cost: $35 Members, $40 Non-members, $25 Young Alumns (97-07), $15 Children 18 and under

RSVPs must be received by March 31st!
RSVP to Stuart Hudson (shudson7@comcast.net)

EVENT: Feb 15 - Jonathan Spence speaks at free public lecture

The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University is pleased to announce a free public lecture by

Jonathan Spence

Sterling Professor of History, Yale University

with introductory remarks by

Rice President David W. Leebron

CHINA AND THE WORLD: THE ENIGMA OF

TRANSNATIONAL CONTACT

Friday, February 15, 2008, at 4 p.m.

The Shell Auditorium, Janice and Robert McNair Hall

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management*

Rice University

Jonathan Spence is arguably the most eminent and accomplished historian of China in the United States today. He is the author of more than a dozen highly acclaimed scholarly books, including his most recent work, Return from Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man an intellectual biography of the famous 17th-century Chinese scholar, Zhang Dai. Among his many scholarly awards and distinctions are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the William C. DeVane Medal of the Yale Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the Los Angeles Times History Prize, the Vursel Prize of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a MacArthur Fellowship, and election to the American Philosophical Society. In 2001, he was named Companion of the Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, an honor bestowed by the Queen of England for outstanding achievement. Spence was elected president of the American Historical Association in 2004, and in 2006, he was named a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University.

*For an interactive map of the Rice University campus, visit www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.

Event Recap: Paul MacAvoy '60 PhD

Paul MacAvoy '60 PhD, Williams Brothers Professor Emeritus spoke at the Federal Reserve to the Yale Club of Houston on Thursday, January 24. He discussed his experience with the nation's efforts to deregulate industries and his findings, as published in his book, The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation.
Professor MacAvoy set the context for deregulation by recalling his days in the Ford Administration and a 1975 speech given by President Ford '41 Law to the US Chamber of Commerce in which a paragraph regarding the burden of government on business brought a very positive response. Professor MacAvoy, as the lone microeconomist on the Council of Economic Advisors, was co-chair of the government task force charged with overseeing and assisting the specific industry task forces. He regaled us with stories of OSHA's required life vests for bridgeworkers, even at 1,500 feet above a dry stream; OSHA's requirement that portable facilities be provided to lone shepherds amongst their flocks of thousands of sheep; and the Teamsters' subtle suggestion that he look both ways before crossing the street after a meeting. But more to the point, he discussed industries in which economic regulation had led to cross-subsidies and economic inefficiencies: telephones; railroads; airlines; trucking; natural gas; electricity generation and distribution. He told us that the deregulatory efforts started under Ford and would have languished had it not been for the efforts by the Carter Administration to pass the legislation, and that his work on the Council of Economic Advisors was taken up by Yale Professor Bill Nordhaus.

Professor MacAvoy then focused on the three industries that have been left in disarray by incomplete deregulation: the natural gas industry, the electricity industry, and telecommunications industry. In walking us through charts from the book, Professor MacAvoy demonstrated that both producers and consumers are worse off than under either full deregulation or full regulation. In these industries, producers are required to provide services at prices that do not allow the full recovery of costs. Therefore, there are periods of extreme price volatility for consumers as markets are unable to transport product, e.g. natural gas in California in the 2000 debacle.

Professor MacAvoy ended his discussion with a description of the new program of study at SOM. SOM has adopted a modular style of instruction in the realization that management must deal with all of the disciplines to solve problems. Rather than maintaining silos of course-by-course instruction, the SOM faculty today bring all disciplines to bear upon projects. The modular style allows the accounting, marketing, strategy and finance faculty to work together with the students to examine a specific problem. Professor MacAvoy reported that the very positive approach of Dean Podolny, the faculty and students show that Yale is changing the way the MBA is taught.

The Fed was a gracious host, as we were to have vacated the building by 8:30 pm. We left at 9:30 after even Fed officers had stood in line to obtain Professor MacAvoy's autograph

Below are two links to The Houston Chronicle website referencing Professor MacAvoy and "Unsustainable."

http://blogs.chron.com/lorensteffy/2007/10/our_dereg_probl_1.html

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/side2/5195603.html

After 57 years, the Doodle closes

The Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop, famous for its fried hamburgers, eggs and pigs in a blanket, and affectionately known to Yalies past and present as “the Doodle,” will not open its doors today, tomorrow — or ever again. The Doodle was 57.

The restaurant’s passing was not completely unexpected. Friends of the Doodle said the restaurant — considered by many to be a historic Yale landmark — had fallen on hard times and was struggling to maintain its business in the face of rising costs and a steadily declining patronage.

FOR REST OF ARTICLE, CLICK BELOW:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23212

EVENT: Space and Architecture: Crafting the Mothership

Constance Adams is a specialist in high-performance architecture and design innovation, particularly in the area of architecture for human spaceflight. Currently performing operations integration for the International Space Station, her work as an architectural consultant to NASA and Lockheed Martin has sensitized her to issues of human-machine interface, sustainable systems, the importance of biomimetic design and the need for new ways of mitigating risk in the design and building professions. Join fellow members of the Yale Club for a fascinating presentation on the latest in space architecture!

Event Details:

Thursday, February 28, 2008

6:30 pm - Reception

7:00 pm - Presentation

Location: Houston Technology Center, 410 Pierce St.

Cost:

$10 per person

RSVP by sending the names of attendees and checks to:

Yale Club of Houston

c/o Stuart Hudson

4810 Florence

Bellaire, TX 77401

or by emailing Stuart Hudson

Yale Book Club - Eat, Pray, Love

Yale Book Club

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Book Description
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.

Time
"An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir. "

Los Angeles Times
"A meditation on love in its many forms�love of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self. "

The Yale Book Club is a rotating event. We will be taking book suggestions at this meeting and asking for volunteers to host the next book club.

Event Details:

Sunday, February 17, 2008

3:00 pm

Home of Andrea Hite

219 Gessner

Please RSVP by responding to Andrea Hite by February 9, 2008

Email Andrea Hite

Phone: 713-467-9985

EVENT: Paul MacAvoy - The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation

After three decades of deregulation in the electricity, gas delivery, and telecom industries, Professor Paul W. MacAvoy concludes that deregulation has failed. In his latest book, The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation, MacAvoy explores how we arrived at a system of partial deregulation, why it doesn't work, and what policies could now encourage competition and improve market efficiencies.

Paul W. MacAvoy is the Williams Brothers Professor Emeritus of Management Studies and former dean of the Yale School of Management. He served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Ford administration, and is the author of fifteen books, including The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation, published by Yale University Press. Join us for what promises to be an enlightening evening with fellow alumni and one of Yale's most well-known professors.

Event Details:

Thursday, January 24, 2008

6:00-6:30 pm - Reception

6:30-8:00 pm - Speech and Dinner

Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch, 1801 Allen Parkway