Upcoming Events

Look! We have so many events. If you have any ideas for more, let us know!
*Event names are links to Facebook pages !

Semi-Formal - February 19th, 2011

Semi-Formal: Fantastic! It was so nice to see you all so fancy. :] Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the sporadic rain really enhanced the atmosphere. The alumni house worked well, the DJ did a great job, and the food was pretty good too. Thanks to everyone for coming out, even though it was raining - I hope you had a blast!

Faculty Coffee Hour - February 18th, 2011

Battle of the Brains Graphic Designer Position

The theme for Battle of the Brains this year is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The graphic designer will be expected to design the fliers, posters, program, and t-shirts for the event. Again, this is a paid position. Last year, the designer was given $100. If you would like to take on this position, please contact Yasith Wickramarachchi (ywickram@uci.edu) by February 23rd so we can get a rough estimate of who is interested. Those interested will be asked to make a sample flier for the event by March 2nd. The artist with the best design will be given the position.

CHP Event
Tuesday, February 22nd at 7:00pm
The Shire
The Peer Mentor Coordinators are proud to present Old School Game Night! Travel back in time to the days before XBOX Live and MMORPG's. Join your fellow CHPers for a night of snacks and the classic games Taboo, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, and Scattergories, as well as a few wacky group activities. Old School Game Night will go down Tuesday, February 22nd in the Shire, so bring your game face, and leave the controller at home!

An old-fashioned style game night, featuring games that won't be ruined by spontaneous EMP detonations, because those are common here at UCI. Non-virtual food will be there, too.

CHP Fundraising Event
Wednesday, February 23 at dinner time
Gina's Pizza...(big surprise right?)

An excuse to go to Gina's! As if you need one. :9 num num. Get a flier or just tell them you're with the CHP, and they'll give us some of the money you give them. And that way everyone's happy after you get your pizza. See just how much you can eat, because that way we'll get more funds. Don't make this a casual dinner. Make it a hardcore dinner!

NAR Unveiling (2/24)

NAR Event
Thursday, February 24th at night (time TBD)
The Locus

NAR's quarterly unveiling! This one will be extra fancy. Come see the all the submitted works that made it into NAR's winter quarter journal! And enjoy tablecloths and upscale snacks. Stay classy.

Kaplan Practice Test Day (2/26)

UCI Event
Saturday, February 26th at 9:45am
UCI: SSPA area
Free practice tests from Kaplan! GRE, LSAT, and more. Tests are proctored/monitored, just like the real thing (how exciting!). A good opportunity to see how what to expect and how you'll do, and you'll also get scores back as well. Check the fliers in the locus for more information. Attendance highly recommended.

Variety Show (2/28)

CHP Event
Monday, February 28th at TBD
Location TBA
The show you've all been waiting for! Plenty of promising acts are already scheduled. If you're interested in performing or have recommendations, email Kevin Mori and Brittany Chew at chpsocial@gmail.com by Friday, February 11th.

Honors Experience Day (3/5)

CHP Event
Saturday, March 5th all day
UCI
An annual favorite of CHP students. Honors Experience Day is a recruiting event for prospective students, and it is managed by CHP student volunteers. You even get a shirt for volunteering!

This year, CHSC will have a hot-dog stand (YES!). I will be there cooking, selling, purchasing, and consuming food. Stop by and support us! We aim to feed the masses, but seeing familiar faces is always nice.

Past Events

CHP Event
Saturday, February 19th from 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Phinneas Banning Alumni House
This year's theme: New Orleans Jazz/Princess and the Frog. Tickets will be $15 presale at the honors office starting two weeks before the event, and $18 at the door. Guests outside of the CHP are welcome as well!

Semi-Formal: Fantastic! It was so nice to see you all so fancy. :] Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the sporadic rain really enhanced the atmosphere. The alumni house worked well, the DJ did a great job, and the food was pretty good too. Thanks to everyone for coming out, even though it was raining - I hope you had a blast!

CHP Event
Saturday, February 19th from 1:30pm - 5:00pm
1600 Rosecrans Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA
FREE to attend! We just need 10 people to sign up in order to make this happen. If you're worried about being able to attend semi-formal that night, we plan to get back to campus by 6pm, so you can do both! And you don't need to worry about changing since the attire is semi-formal for both events. If you're interested, go to the honors office and ask for the sign-in sheet for the TV Taping, or if you have more questions, you can contact Matthew Nease at mnease@uci.edu, or through Facebook. Sign-ups are first come, first served, so sign up soon!

Because watching people get hurt is always fun!

CHP Event
Friday, February 18th from 9:00am - 11:00am

Coffee hour, but with faculty! It's extra fun, and there's extra food, so that makes the whole thing extra good. I especially like the cheese danishes. Now that I've revealed this, I'm sure you'll all make a beeline for those and eat them so I can't have any. Well, that would be a big disappointment! I'd have to walk all the way over to the Zot and Go and buy myself one! (You can't stop me)

Kaplan GRE Workshop (2/16)

Wednsday, February 16th at 6:00pm
The Locus
The GRE is being changed! Kaplan will be holding a workshop in the locus to familiarize you with these differences. Check out the fliers in the locus for...slightly more information?

CHP Event
Saturday, February 12th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm
AV Field
Ultimate Frisbee, with snacks provided. I've heard that it will be legendary.

Ultimate Frisbee: Hey upperclassmen. You're all lame. You should go next time.

(Annual) NAR Haiku Contest (2/7)

NAR's Haiku Contest: Submit a haiku (5-7-5) inspired by this picture. Submissions due by the date of the NAR picking, Monday, February 7th. Submissions can be emailed, placed inside the box in the locus, or thrown at Melissa or Corrie in the form of a paper airplane dragonfly or creative shape. Because NAR is all about creativity! This is the photo for the Haiku contest. A super shiny toaster to anyone who can connect it to Global Warming! :P

Homecoming Tailgate (1/22)

CHP Event
Saturday, January 22nd at 4:00pm
Meet outside Loma in Mesa Court
Tailgate party for homecoming! This Saturday (1/22) is UCI's Homecoming and the CHP will be attending! If you are interested in checking out the Street Festival and the Homecoming Game with your friends.

CHP Event
Wednesday, January 19th at 10:00pm
KHS Ice Rink: Meet at AV1 lot or flagpoles at 9:00pm for rides
Broomball again! I highly encourage you to try it out if you haven't, it's a lot of fun. Very slippery, though - if you have kneepads, bring them because they'd be wonderful. Or just learn to balance and feel cool.

Broomball photos are up! Take a look:
(Oh, who's that guy in the first picture? He seems pretty cool...oh wait, that's me. Never mind.)

Broomball: Lots of slippery goodness. Kind of makes up for the lack of snow, almost. Anyway, Broomball was excellent. No surprises there. We had so many people that a third ball was added, and it worked! The ice was really nice this time, and I think it made for a great game - props to the goalies, especially. Maybe we could get some teams going and make this a regular occurrence.

CHP Event
Thursday, January 13th at 8:00pm
Aldrich Park
Everybody's familiar with this game - hopefully the weather will be nicer to us this time and it won't have to be canceled. Sometimes the police ask us questions when we do this, but just tell them it's a CHP event, and they'll understand.

The Godfather with Prof. Chiampi (1/7)

PAA Event
Friday, January 7th at 7:00pm
Arroyo (Mesa Court)
Enjoy a special screening of the 1972 classic The Godfather, complete with commentary from UCI's own Professor Chiampi and FREE pizza and snacks.

Personally, I haven't seen The Godfather yet, but I'm well aware of its standing as a classic, and I've heard this professor is...quite the character. It should be interesting, to say the least. I must admit, the presence of food is certainly an attraction. I'll definitely be going. Sign up in the Honors office or one of the freshman resident halls by Thursday (hopefully you already knew that - if not, I recommend reading the CHP newsletter, as it's very informative). Hope to see you there (especially if you don't eat my pizza)!

Set for Tuesday, November 30th at 7:30pm in AV 1012. (Whoa - it's almost December already!) Come take part in a charity poker tournament that includes faculty members. The buy-in will be cans of food, at least two, and the cans will be donated to a local food bank. There will also be raffle prizes just for bringing cans! Nope, can't read my poker face.

Set for Monday, November 29th from 10:30pm-12:00am at the KHS Ice Arena. We will be carpooling there, and it will be glorious. Don't miss out! Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!

Broomball: It hurt so good. A cold night + the cold ice + getting hit with sticks + falling repeatedly = lots of fun. It just makes sense. I hope everyone enjoyed it! Look for more broomball next quarter (possibly early next quarter)...

Set for Saturday, November 20th from 12:30pm-3:30pm in the Arroyo Vista Field. A competitive and friendly game of flag football between the freshmen and the upperclassmen of the CHP. Lunch will be provided. Lunch, you say? That alone makes it worth going!

Freshmen vs. Upperclassmen Football Game: Quite the game! The first half saw some heavy, sudden rain, but the second half was mostly in sunshine. Freshmen won the game, and the "golden cups" along with it. I was hoping to see some mud-wrestling, but alas, nobody seemed too keen on the idea. Food was provided by Pippin, and lived up to Pippin's reputation. Take that for what you will. Pictures should make an appearance in some time...

Set for Saturday, November 13th at Crystal Cove State Park. We'll be staying at the beach afterward! Meet at 9am in AV1 - that's the parking lot right outside (and across Arroyo Drive) the honors halls in Arroyo Vista. There will be a long hike and a short hike, and rides will be arranged before the event. Hike yeah we're going to the beach afterward!

PAA Hike: An excellent way to spend a Saturday! We hiked around Crystal Cove State Park and saw some spectacular views. Then, we headed over to the beach for a little relaxation in the sand and sun before heading back. Thanks to everyone who came along - we hope you enjoyed it! Pictures are all over Facebook ;)

Set for Friday November 12, from 9:00am - 11:00am in the Locus. It's like coffee hour, but with professors! ;)
The ones we've invited, at least. A preview of the guest list:
Schonfeld, Shaka, Tobias, Miles, Hart, Richardson, and Welling... The usual donuts, bagels, coffee, tea, and juice will be there, as well as some special treats just for this week. Don't forget: this is a dress-up event. So get fancy!

Faculty Coffee Hour: Quite the turnout! Plenty of interesting faculty to talk to, and the food was good too. Thanks to everyone for showing up and eating the food meeting the faculty, and especially to those of you for dressing up! Makes me glad to be a part of the CHP. ;)

Set for Thursday November 11, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm in Arroyo of Mesa Court. Come check out the first ever CHP mentor-mentee potluck! Eat and hang out with your mentor, mentee, and fellow CHP'ers. It's Veteran's Day so there's no school which means you can sleep in, do whatever you want during the day, and then come to an awesome potluck for dinner! No school (Veteran's Day) + CHP Event = Good day :]

Peer Mentor/Mentee Potluck: Oh man, delicious! I'm still stuffed. Plenty of people showed up, and there was still a good amount of food to go around. It tasted great! (I tried everything). Thanks to everyone who made/brought something, to Alison and Rez for all their work in planning the event, and to Spencer and Arroyo for hosting it!

Friday, October 29th. 8pm in AV 1012.
Nightmare Before Christmas themed. Be there.

Halloween Dance: The dance made for a fantastic evening. There were plenty of great costumes, as well! Thanks to everyone who came out - we hope you enjoyed it! Props to Craig and Yas for putting everything together. I'd like to add that the hand-drawn decorations were superb. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

NAR is having a pumpkin carving contest! Join us in AV 1006 on Thursday, October 28 at 6 pm. We will be providing carving tools and stencils, but you are more than welcome to bring your own. Also, please bring your own pumpkins. The winners will be displayed at the dance the following evening and also featured on the NAR blog. Hope to see you there!

The biggest CHSC meeting of the year! This is a specially-engineered CHSC meeting for a larger audience, and it is accordingly designed to be extra-exciting. Brittany and Kevin are in charge of planning this event. The town hall meeting of week 5 will be on Wednesday, October 27, at 5:00pm in Middle Earth.

Town Hall Meeting: The meeting was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even with my poor choice of wardrobe (heed my advice!) Why was it so hot anyway? Oh right! Large gatherings of CHP students tend to do that. You know, cause solar flares. I'm surprised there weren't any time/space anomalies this time. Thanks for all your hard work, Kevin and Brittany! Pictures should be up soon.