UC Washington Center - Capital Connection: January 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Robert T. Matsui Prize

ROBERT T. MATSUI PRIZE IN WRITING ON PUBLIC SERVICE

Winter 2008 Competition Announcement

This writing competition, sponsored by the Robert T. Matsui Foundation for Public Service and the UC Washington Center Director’s Office affords UCDC program participants the opportunity for formal reflection on their experiences in public service. Students submitting winning entries will be known respectively as the gold, silver, and bronze winners of the Robert T. Matsui Prize in Writing on Public Service and will received the following cash prizes:

Gold: $500.00

Silver: $250.00

Bronze: $250.00

About Representative Matsui and the Matsui Foundation

The Honorable Robert T. Matsui, a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and the U.C. Hastings College of Law, lived a life of unwavering commitment to public service, including during more than a quarter century representing Sacramento in the United States House of Representatives until his passing in 2005. For more information about his life and legacy, please visit: http://www.rtmfoundation.org/

The Competition

Written entries should be five to ten double-spaced pages of reflection on public service values and the student’s internship experience. Submissions will be judged based on: (1) quality of writing or narrative; and (2) insightful comment on or exploration of the spirit of public service that Representative Matsui exemplified through his career and life.

Timeline & Mechanics: Deadline: March 3, 2008

For the winter quarter 2008, submissions are due via e-mail to Roya Soleimani (roya.soleimani@ucdc.edu) by midnight on March 3, 2008. In fairness to all participants, late entries will not be accepted.

UC Center Forum

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity!
The UC Washington Center Presents:
Conversations with the Secretary: An Evening with Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich

Saturday, February 2, 2008
6 - 7:30PM
Multi-Purpose Rooms A/B/C

This event is open to all faculty, staff, students, and Alumni of the UC Washington Center

Please RSVP to Roya Soleimani (roya.soleimani@ucdc.edu) by January 31st to attend!

Monday, January 7, 2008

Next Stop NEW HAMPSHIRE!!

Join Executive Director Bruce Cain in the auditorium to view the New Hampshire Primary as the 2008 Presidential hopefuls face the second battlefield in the
“Granite State”!

Tuesday, January 8th
7pm-9pm
First Floor Auditorium and Lobby

- Make Your Own Predictions
- Watch the Returns as They Come In
- Hear about the Campaign Blunders

Light Refreshments Will Be Served

Crime Report

These listings are taken from the Washington Post, Weekly Section. We have reprinted them here to make you aware of trends in areas you might frequent. Use caution and good judgment when you are out and about.

Northwest, DC

R Street

9 a.m. March 1 to 3 p.m. March 3. A man allegedly sexually assaulted a female in a residence.

Connecticut Avenue, 1200 block

3 to 3:05 a.m. April 2. A man approached a female from behind and demanded a cellphone. When she turned, he snatched her cellphone and purse and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 2600 block

6:15 to 6:20 p.m. April 3. Several males picked up a bucket containing a musician's tips. The musician saw one take cash from the bucket, which was then returned to the musician. When the musician confronted them, he was assaulted. The males fled.

Prospect Street, 3000 block

4:45 to 4:50 p.m. April 5. A male grabbed propertyy from a female at a restaurant and fled.

Q Street, 1700 block

2:11 a.m. April 5. A male pedestrian was robbed by a male at gunpoint.

Wisconsin Aveneu, 2300 block

4:30 to 5 p.m. April 5. Property was stolen from a female's handbag at a grocery store.

14th and P Streets

3 to 3:02 a.m. April 3. Two pedestrians were crossing a street when a male approached from behind and knocked a cellphone from a female pedestrian's hand. He picked it up and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 1700 block

6:30 to 6:35 a.m. April 5. A bookstore was entered by throwing a rock through a front glass door. Money was taken from a cash register, and the store was ransacked.

Woodley Road, 2600 block

4:30 to 4:31 p.m. April 2. A man knocked on a door of a hotel room and forcibly entered the room when a female opened the door. He showed a knife and sexually assaulted her, then fled.

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