UIC ACM

Are you new to Linux or to UIC’s Linux Lab?

The LUG will be hosting a three week event were we are going to cover the
basics of Linux.

- Part 1: Intro to getting around the OS, directory structure,
checking your email, and various essential skills required to use Linux.
- Part 2: Programming in Linux (compiling using gcc, g++, gdb, java,
intro to makefiles, etc.)
- Part 3: Linux productivity tools (gnome, kde, open office, gimp,
inkscape, and much more.)

The event will take place Monday 10, 17, and 24 of Sept. at 5:30PM, in SEL
2262.

Thank you!

PS> If you are interested in having your own CS Linux account - and have
access to the Linux Lab - please contact me as soon as possible at rserra3@uic.edu.

Where: SEO 1000 (10th Floor)
When: 5:30PM (TODAY!)

Come Join us this Thursday, September 6th at 5:30 pm for our 1st General Meeting. We will discuss all the fun events that are coming up this year as well as present one of our Special Interest Groups (SIG) the Linux User Group.

Pizza and refreshments will be available.

Afterwards come join us in the CS lounge for our evening movie along with popcorn.

Ramon Franco
ACM @ UIC
President 2007-2008

Interested in helping create a real game? (Not those wimpy CS course games)
Have some art skills? Want to learn?

Join SigGame!

SigGame (Special Interest Group for Game Development) will be meeting next Friday, high noon for our first annual meeting of the school year. Bring your bathing suits and leave your laptops behind, since we’ll getting together at the University’s pool!

I’ll be giving an introduction of what Caffeine and SSH are, then I’ll give an overview of the game engine, my envisioned architecture and plans for the feature. That being said, I’ll go over the immediate plans for the next few weeks, and assign projects to anyone who is interested. Chris may also go over the basic design for SSH. There is a LOT of work to be done, and not just coding!

I welcome anyone who is interested in joining SigGame, regardless of programming knowledge or experience. If you’ve always been interested in game programming, game design, game art or just like playing games…. come join us!

Date: September 7, 2007
Time: 12:00PM
Length: Roughly one hour, give or take
Location: Student Recreational Center Pool (737 South Halsted Street Chicago)

Come on out for the ACMs “welcome back to school” LAN Party taking place
on Saturday, September 8th!

Who: Everyone, bring all your friends!
When: Saturday, September 8th, from 1PM - ???
Where: SEL 2262 (ACM Office)
Why: To frag some newbs!

Bring your computer to frag some friends!

We will be playing a bunch of games, just to name a few, Unreal
Tournament, Counterstrike: Source, Quake 3 Arena, Quake 4, Doom 3, Call of
Duty 1 and 2, Warcraft III, Starcraft, Battlefield **42. We will also
have X-Box 360, PS2, and Wii and be playing games such as Guitar Hero and
many others! Feel free to bring your own console games.

Visit http://www.acmlanparty.com to pre-register for the LAN party now!
People who pre-register will only be charged a $5 entry fee, otherwise
it’s $10 at the door. We also have a limited number of 19″ CRT monitors
in case you don’t want to lug yours around (please email
brian@acm.cs.uic.edu prior to the LAN party if you would like to reserve a
monitor).

We will be ordering pizza as the day progresses. The ACM also accepts
small donations ($.50) for pop.

So come on out, play some games, and have a great time! Any other
questions please direct towards brian@acm.cs.uic.edu. We hope to see you
all there!

Who: Everyone, bring all your friends!
When: Saturday, June 9th, from 1PM - ???
Where: SEL 2262 (ACM Office)
Why: To frag some newbs!

The ACM will be hosting a LAN party this coming weekend. We will be playing a bunch of games, Warcraft III, Quake III, Unreal Tournament, Serious Sam, and many others. Bring your friends and have a great time! Visit our ACM LAN Party page for more details at: http://www.acmlanparty.com . We hope to see everyone there!

Sincerely,

Brian Mykietka
Association for Computing Machinery
Vice President
Computer Science Undergraduate
University of Illinois at Chicago

The ACM @ UIC will be having the final meeting of the year this
Thursday May 3rd at 5:30 pm. Come join us to discuss next year and
to have a fun time networking with each other. Free Pizza and
refreshments will be available. Come join us in SEL 1000.

Ramon Franco

Hello everyone,

We will not be having an ACM meeting tomorrow.

However, we are hosting Flourish! on Friday and Saturday. We need
your help! Keep in mind that if you help out, you will be rewarded
with a gift card. If you’re interested, please email me back at
tsakko2@uic.edu.

Regards,

Thomas “Nasi” Sakkos
Association for Computing Machinery
President
Computer Science Undergraduate
University of Illinois at Chicago

I just wanted to remind everyone that the Flourish Conference is coming up
this weekend. Friday, April 6th and Saturday April 7th.
If you are planning on attending be sure to mark you calendars and be sure
to register on the website. The main website should have information on how
to get to the conference, if you have any questions or concerns please feel
free to contact me. Registration opens at 8 am, the presentations will be
begin at 10 am on both Friday and Saturday.

Don’t forget to check out the hack-a-thon and come join us after the even at
IBM’s HQ for the post-flourish social.

http://flourishconf.com/
–
Samir Faci
UIC LUG President

Who: Lee Ebreo of CashNetUSA
What: Ruby On Rails - How CashNetUSA leverages Ruby on Rails
When: Thursday March 15 @ 5:30pm
Where: SEO 1000
How: Show, Bring your Resume, Eat Food, Enjoy the Presentation

Hello Everyone,

On March 15, Lee Ebreo of CashNetUSA will be giving a presentation on
Ruby on Rails and how CashNetUSA leverages it. Come with questions
and your resume.

There will be FREE PIZZA and beverages.

From Wikipedia:
Ruby on Rails is a web application framework released in 2004 that
aims to increase the speed and ease of web development. Often
shortened to Rails, or RoR, it is an open source project written in
the Ruby language.

The fundamental Ruby on Rails principles include Don’t Repeat
Yourself (DRY) and Convention over Configuration.

If you have any questions, please email me at tsakko2@uic.edu .

Regards,

Thomas “Nasi” Sakkos
Association for Computing Machinery
President
Computer Science Undergraduate
University of Illinois at Chicago

Hello Everyone,

Ed Keenan’s (of Midway Games Inc) Resumes and Interviews powerpoint
is currently on the ACM website.

The links for those are:
UIC ACM Resume Interview Talk.ppt (powerpoint)
UIC ACM Resume Interview Talk.pdf

Download away.

Regards,

Thomas “Nasi” Sakkos