tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:39:14 +0000msurcроссияeventsstudy abroadcurrent eventsmsurсjobshttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)Blogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-3856996677134597927Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:16:00 +00002010-11-17T11:28:45.891-05:00eventsmsurc11/17/10, 9:16 am Hey, politically/foreign policy-minded MSURC people! The Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian studies is hosting a talk called 'Putin–Medvyedev Dual: A Myth or Reality?' in room 103 of the Kellogg Center at 7 pm tonight. The speaker, Anna Arutunyan, is a political reporter and editor for the Moscow Times, and she previously worked with Konservator, Jewish Weekly, http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/talk-about-medvyedevputin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7365839055154721100Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:30:00 +00002010-11-04T15:32:10.788-04:00current eventsmsurc11/3/10, 3:30 pm Hey everybody, we've got some news for you. Viktor Chernomyrdin [Виктор Черномырдин], the first and longest serving Prime Minister of Russian, died yesterday. In the early 1980s, he was appointed the Minister of the Gas Industry. Later that decade, he decided to push the ministry toward privatization: ownership would switch from the state to stockholders (even though the state http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/chernomyrdinisms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-3030203086790844029Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:06:00 +00002010-11-01T15:51:54.063-04:00current eventsmsurc11/1/10, 3:06 pm Hey, guys and gals. This is a really interesting interview that Philip H. Gordon, the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs [part of the Department of State], gave to Gazeta.Ru on October 26. Gazeta.Ru is one of the more reputable news outlets in Russia, and one of the most popular. In addition to being Assistant Secretary, Gordon is also a fellow athttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/secretary-gordon-interview-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-3794852693553372779Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:30:00 +00002010-12-07T02:21:41.971-05:00eventsmsurc10/31/10, 1:30 am Hey, everyone. Got a few important announcements for this week, so pay attention, yeah? First off, this week is the BAR CRAWL. We're sure you're all excited for it, and rightly so. We'll be meeting at Dublin Square [corner of Abbot and Albert] at 6 pm this Friday, that way even our underage comrades can hang out, eat, and have a good time with us. Bars are still up in the airhttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/this-week-in-rc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-2796400820346225717Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:19:00 +00002010-11-01T15:51:39.289-04:00jobsmsurcstudy abroad10/29/10, 6:19 pm Who's interested in studying Russian in Russia for free? Because the Critical Language Scholarship is now accepting applications for 2011. CLS is a program run through the U.S. Department of State for American students to study 'critical languages' [Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu] in http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/cls-scholarship-job-opportunities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7096922836592474988Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:51:00 +00002010-11-01T16:04:13.441-04:00msurcstudy abroad10/27/10, 5:51 pm Hey everyone. There's two interesting info sessions being held this weekend for people interested in teaching and study abroad programs. On Friday, October 29th @ 1 in 1345 Engineering Building the American Councils for International Education is holding an info session on Russian and Eurasian language programs. If you're interested  in studying Russian or Armenian, http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/workshops-informational-sessions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-3389892720885310786Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +00002010-11-01T14:39:58.709-04:00msurcstudy abroad10/14/10, 2:30 pm ОЙ! Would you like up to $30,000 to study Russian abroad? Are you thinking about working in the federal government after you're done with college? If so, Tuesday, October 19th is your lucky day. The NSEP and Department of State are both holding lectures on that day about their respective opportunities to work, study, and live abroad. Everyone who's even remotely interested http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/career-info-sessions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-4656555572830931174Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:24:00 +00002010-11-01T14:40:41.752-04:00eventsmsurc10/7/10, 12:24 pm We've got some good events coming up in the next two months, so you guys best mark your calendars now so you don't forget. THIS SUNDAY, 10/10 @ 4 pm, the Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiyev is playing at the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. The Mariinsky is one of the most famous theaters in Russia, and their orchestra is world-renowned. You better get your ticket http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/upcoming-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-8376485030169763954Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:19:00 +00002010-11-01T14:41:53.079-04:00msurсstudy abroad10/1/10, 11:19 am Hey, everybody. We had a great turnout at our party on the 24th. Nothing better than hanging out with a bunch of Russians on a Friday night, right? We hope you all had as good a time as we did. ALSO, we're still deciding on a design for the club t–shirts for this year. If you're creative and feel like giving us the most BAMF shirts on campus, talk to one of our officers and http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/fun-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7758764694059184183Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:03:00 +00002010-09-11T22:36:18.434-04:00msurс9/7/10, 12:03 am Привет, all you new Russian Club members. We hope you're getting acclimated to MSU and all it has to offer (for those who are new), or settling back into your old routines and school life (those, like us, who've been around for a while). Since the year has already kicked off, we have some business to get down to. It'll be brief. Promise. First off, our weekly happenings will behttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/09/meeting-times-and-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-2077428189774489797Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:04:00 +00002010-08-31T02:19:35.118-04:00msurc8/31/10, 2:04 am Well, loyal constituents and followers, the time has arrived: MSURCweb has now launched, and is Google trending at #2, right behind XBox Live. At this rate, we'll be bigger than Facebook. Again, possibly a slight exaggeration. We need to bolster our egos somehow. Anyway, our VP has been busy this month: all our web sites were revamped, some significantly, and we have new http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/08/drumroll-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-8704484129780716193Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:58:00 +00002010-08-31T01:05:40.549-04:00msurc6/2/10, 11:58 a.m. Hope all you guys are having a good summer. Our president and secretary certainly are: they're currently living it up in the Volgograd, taking classes and seeing the sights. Kinda makes the rest of ours summers seem a little bland in comparison. At any rate, we're just here to let you know that we're dedicating this summer to make Russian Club as prolific as possible online. http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/07/summertime-edits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-6664978425233056301Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:15:00 +00002010-08-31T00:59:45.245-04:00eventsmsurc4/21/10, 7:15 p.m. Wow, guys. There might not be words for how all-around amazing ЗП's performance was on Sunday. Even now, I'm still at a loss for how to describe it. Imagine three incredibly energetic, talented, and impeccably dressed Russians prancing around on a stage, and you still wouldn't be that close. At the beginning of the show, Саша mentioned that they have the distinction of beinghttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/04/performs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7596213308509708118Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:25:00 +00002010-08-31T02:21:02.887-04:00eventsmsurc4/17/10, 3:25 p.m. After laying catatonic for a while to let all that food digest, Russian Club is still amazed at the turnout and gratification we got for our annual food party. Hopefully everyone managed to try everything, since all the food went quickly. For those of you who were to lame to come (or had 'commitments' or some such thing), we had only the finest cuisine on hand Friday as we http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/04/food-partay-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-5054157416435476565Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:26:00 +00002010-06-19T16:47:45.831-04:00eventsmsurc4/2/10, 1:26 p.m. Hey guys, guess what? It's that time of the year again. That's right: RUSSIAN FOOD PARTY TIME! Russian club is putting on it's annual Russian Club food party on Friday, April 16th at 6 p.m. in the basement of Owen Hall. All Russian and Russian–speaking students are invited and encouraged to come. We'll be have борщ (with and without meat), пельмени, салат, пирог, пирожки, http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/04/food-partay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-1991006672735169427Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:37:00 +00002010-05-26T20:11:35.158-04:00eventsmsurc3/15/10, 8:37 p.m. HEY EVERYBODY! Russian Club is proud and happy to bring you it's first ever actual event! This April we will be hosting the very esteeming Russian folk band Золотой Плёс. These guys are great friends of Dr Merrill (who recommended them to us in the first place), and they are incredible musicians. ZP's three members (Александр, Елена, and Сергей) will be playing a number of http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/05/zolotoi-plyos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-1314263916302631147Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:45:00 +00002010-05-26T18:52:55.736-04:00msurc2/10/10, 5:45 p.m. HEY EVERYONE: Russian Club has a website now! Everyone should go and look at it and bask in it's awesomeness! It will be updated pretty regularly, so everything on it should be current and hopefully informative. We'll be adding stuff to it, too, so it's only going to get better. If you guys have any suggestions for making it better, feel free to leave them in the comments http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/01/website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7673388153112429481Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:20:00 +00002010-05-26T19:22:06.165-04:001/12/10, 2:20 p.m. Happy New Year, fellow russophiles. We wanted you guys to know that we've changed our weekly meeting time/day. We will now be meeting at 2 pm on Fridays. Apologies for putting it so late in the week, but our e-board has a really eclectic schedule, and it was almost impossible for us to find a time we could all attend. We've also had to move the room, so we'll be meeting in http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-meeting-info-conversation-hour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-8050192816524368476Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +00002010-05-26T19:42:51.178-04:00eventsmsurc11/3/09, 4:52 p.m. ОЙ! РУССКИЕ! Have you ever wanted the chance to shamelessly plug the Motherland? Here's your chance: OISS [Office for International Students and Scholars] is holding their annual Global Fest on November 15th from 12 to 5 pm at the MSU Union. Global Fest gives us (and every other country represented in and around East Lansing) the opportunity to promote everything and http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2010/05/global-fest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-1782236643898700933Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:39:00 +00002010-05-26T19:28:35.481-04:00msurc9/25/09, 10:39 p.m. Hey there, everyone. We had a great amount of success at Sparticipation this year. We got almost forty people to sign up to our email list, and at least half of them to come to our first few meetings. ПОБЕДА! We know these numbers are gonna start to dwindle as the year goes on, but we're starting off the year well, and that's all that matters. Thanks to Heather, Ben, and http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-meeting-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-8169410345281882541Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:36:00 +00002010-05-26T19:11:42.524-04:00eventsmsurc8/30/09, 9:36 p.m. Hey hey, everyone. Welcome back to MSU, and all that jazz. Hope everyone had a good relaxing (and hot) summer. As much as we'd all like it to keep going, the semester is almost upon us, and that means it's time for Sparticipation. Yes, it's time to start courting freshmen again. This year, Russian Club will have a table again (though we're not sure which tent yet), and it'llhttp://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/08/sparticipation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-5022649311215116536Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:18:00 +00002010-05-26T18:54:37.096-04:00россия6/21/09, 4:18 p.m. today is my last full day with my family this time tomorrow i'll be on the train to moscow my host family is truly awesome in every way i'll miss them when i'm back in the states especially their food friday the group went on a party boat cruise thing it only lasted an hour [which was a drag] but it was still really fun pretty much everyone had vodka, too [the kind i got was http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7314638168400266312Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:23:00 +00002010-05-26T18:54:37.096-04:00россия6/17/09, 3:23 p.m. tomorrow be our last day of classes here in volgograd my last class is grammar [which, oddly, i am looking forward to russian grammar is so much better than english grammar maybe because i was taught the latter for 10 straight years] on friday we have a 'graduation party' with our преподавателя we'll be drinking чай and singing songs and reciting poems then, i'll finally be http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-123055695396641671Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:08:00 +00002010-05-26T18:54:37.097-04:00россия6/10/09, 5:08 p.m. so the pushkin concert was awesome the first half we listened to was the ария заремы, 'zarema's aria' i didn't particularly care for it but the last half was awesome it was the poem метель with a 'musical illustration' so far all of our concerts have been awesome i really need to go to more when i get back to the states i don't go to nearly enough our group has begun our own http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769767717833702879.post-7060988858887212136Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +00002010-05-26T18:54:37.097-04:00россия6/5/09б 10:00 p.m. as i write this, i am sweating my life away apparently all the mild weather we came with is gone it was fine until monday, then it kicked up into the eighties and we have 90º days and higher next week awesome in a few short hours, it will be the sixth most of the western world will be celebrating d-day as well they should, it was an important day here in russia, we'll be http://msurussianclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MSU Russian Club)0