Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:38:32 -0700 (PDT)

From: David Sprague <dsprague@cs.ubc.ca>

To: grads@cs.ubc.ca

Subject: The FOC will not have beer so you still need Koerner's

Hello all. Well I hope everyone is getting into the grad routine.* The

time can go by faster than you think. Therefore I suggest you make your

academic experience as eventful as possible. It's time once again for the

weekly beer call and our weekly trip to Koerner's. Once again we will

meet at 5pm in the front of CICSR and walk over to a land with plenty of

beer but only one angry BBQ staff.

* For first years; working like slaves. For upper years, procrastinating so you don't have to enter the real world and hoping

your supervisor doesn't notice.

Last week's turn out was quite good except it seemed eerily similar to last year's Koerner's trips.....oh wait. That might be

because only 3 of the new grads went

last week. <insert some guilt trip comment here.....I am not very good at these so I will leave it up to you to make up your

own>. Of course, we would like to see more of the new blood so we can find out what the courses are like this term, who did

what to whom in the bullpens, and what the new undergrad murder rate is for the TAs this year (I helped out with 2, bringing

2003-2004's number to 8 CS majors, 4 engineers, and 3 squirrels). Remember, if you don't come out to drink at Koerner's, you

are not allowed to get drunk for the rest of the week.

Ok, in response to Gail Mavor's email asking us to name the new Food

Outlet in Computing or Food Outlet Center (which I personally think is a great name. See #7), I have composed a list of

possible FOC names. We were informed that they will predominately be selling muffins, coffee and sandwiches there, hence some

of the names I have chosen. Also you will notice Gail, if you like any of these, please put them in the draw. I want my 15

minutes of fame damn it!! :)

HOLY COW it is a -8 day!!

TOP TEN POTENTIAL NAMES FOR THE FOOD OUTLET CONTEST!!!

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10. The Core Dump

9. THE memory PURGE

8. Green Eggs and Department SPAM

7. Food Outlet Center at UBC (FOC U)

6. It's All Geek to Me!

5. NP-Complete Crap

4. Don't Plan on Digesting That!

3. Mmmmmmmmuff

2. A.I. (You can keep spending money there and have little to show for it)

1. Gouda Escher Bacon

0. Regularity Express: Muffins and Coffee

-1. Warren of Indigestion **

-2. !Bread Garden

-3. The Resource Leak

-4. The Vomitorium

-5. The Tape Worm Jamboree

-6. Food Oriented Outlet (finally something that FOO stands for)

-7. Breakfast at Brodsky's

-8. The Crapeteria

** Or its more formal name "Cheung, Warren of Indigestion"

...and for today's snobby beer quote, here's hoping for an end to prejudice....

"Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome."

--Winston Churchill

David "at least the FOC U is not another Starbucks" Sprague