[The Network]

Outweek 2012 starts Monday at noon! There are lots of events happening over the next two weeks, so don’t forget to check out the full schedule of events.

And of course, we especially look forward to seeing you at our Games Night on February 9, the film screening with Ugandan LGBT activist Val Kalende on Feb 14, and at the Queer U academic conference on Feb 15!

For the last First Friday of 2011, we will be heading to the Commercial Drive area! Join us at St Augustine’s at Commercial and 7th, at our usual time (6-8), on December 2. We will have a rainbow flag with us to help you find us, if this is your first time.

And in January, we’ll be back to the Kits area!

Join us for bowling with other queer grad students, post docs, and professional students at Grandview Lanes Bowling Centre. This is a great chance for us to get to know each other in a less bar-like environment. Feel free to invite friends, or even put together your own group and bowl in the lane next to us. Pizza, burgers, and drinks are available at their restaurant if desired, or just focus on the athletic rigor of bowling.

Where: Grandview Lanes Bowling Centre. Commercial Dr. and East 6th Ave., a few blocks North of Commercial skytrain station.
When: Friday, November 18, 8:00 p.m. Be there a bit early to rent shoes.
Cost: ~$5 per game, plus $3 shoe rental (plus tax)
RSVP: Email us at queergrads.ubc@gmail.com so we know how many lanes to reserve, or call Alex at 604-354-0536.

The Network is off a fantastic start! We had a wonderful crowd show up at The Wolf and Hound for our first First Friday of the 2011/2012 school year, so we wanted to thank all of you.

We will soon be announcing the time and date for our next admin meeting, so stay tuned, and we hope to see all of you (and more!) on the first Friday of November. 🙂