2001-2002

WHEN: Saturday July 13, 2002,7 00 pm-....
WHERE: Maguire Village Commons Room ( look for #377 on the zoommed map, also search campus map for Maguire Village)
WHAT: 'Find your own reason' July party.
Come by yourself or with friends.  None of our signature dishes are announced, so bring your own chips and drinks.  Call 384- 3821 for more info.

Hot Prizes '01-'02:

WHEN: Sun May 5, 2002, 6 pm -...
WHERE: University Commons Pool/Commons Room area
WHAT: Eastern Easter Barbecue/ RSA officers election
And the winners are: Adriana Nenciu (president), Dragos Viieru (vice-president), Remus Rotundu (treasurer), Lucian Badea (secretary/web-master); Contact person for undergrad/Rom-Am stud: Laurence Popescu. See their contact info on the members list.

WHEN: Sat March 30, 2002, 12:15-1 30
WHERE: Gainesville Downtown Plaza to Hippodrome
WHAT: Parade of Nations (part of North Florida Heritage Festival)

WHEN:  Sat Febr.15 , 2002, 9 00 pm -?
WHERE: Brandywine Apartments Commons Room (2811 SW ARCHER RD and from the entry straight ahead, then next to the last right--follow the 'Office' signs)
WHAT:  Big B-day party Big Party for those born in February (already identified:Adriana,Cristina, Delia, Mircea, Mundi, Stefania ).
Contact:  Adriana N. if you plan to participate

WHEN: Thursday February 1, 2002, 6 00 pm-....
WHERE: Center for Performing Arts lobby
WHAT: 'Where is Transylvania, anyhow?'--mini-exhibition preceding CPA's show Phillip Glass on film - Dracula

WHEN: Saturday Jan 19, 2002, 8 00 pm-....
WHERE: Maguire Village Commons Room [contact Raluca if you are in doubt about the location]
WHAT: All Saint John's Nameday party// welcome back RSA party

WHEN:  Sat Jan 12, 2002, 8 00 pm -...
WHERE: Brandywine Commons Room
WHAT: Vandin's 30th birthday; contact both Vandin and  Adriana N. if you plan to participate

WHEN: Monday  December 25, 2001, 12 00 am-12 00pm ( the previous record was 11 pm, but Adriana N. wasn't in here to play/dance 'Geamparalele' ...)
WHERE:  Ion and Daniela's house
WHAT:  the ultimate Christmas potluck party

WHEN: Sunday  December 24, 2001, 9 00 pm-11 00 pm
WHERE:  St Elizabeth Greek Orthodox Church
WHAT:  Christmas service followed by carols sing-along [contact Raluca  if you are interested in rehearsing  a (number of) Romanian carol(s)]

WHEN: Friday  November 30, 2001, 10 30 am - 1 30 pm
WHERE:  Reitz Union Colonnades
WHAT:  a display of artifacts and posters in celebration of the National Day of Romania (December 1st).
See more about celebration 2000.

WHEN: Friday of Thanksgiving  November 23, 2001, 7 pm - ... am
WHERE:  Maguire Village Commons Room ( look for #377 on the zoommed map, also search campus map for Maguire Village)
WHAT:  Dancing Turkeys (i.e. Thanksgiving potluck and dance)  (contact Nicoleta if you are(not) decided what to bring ; contact  Lucian for transportation help/coordination )

WHEN: Saturday  September 8, 2001, 6 30 pm - 2 30 am
WHERE:  Maguire Village Commons Room ( look for #377 on the zoommed map, also search campus map for Maguire Village)
WHAT:  Welcome (back) to UF - Meeting/Potluck Party RSA
It was a great party, welcoming 14 (you read well, fourteen) new Romanian students and their families in town. We even had guests 'from the city', that is 8 Romanian students from University of Central Florida, Orlando.

 2000-2001

WHEN: Saturday April 21, 11pm- 2 pm
WHERE:  Maguire Village fields
WHAT:   VISA (Volunteer for International Student Affairs) soccer tournament
--the 'romanian and friends' team won over the Russian and lost to the  Chinese --

WHEN: Sunday April 15, 3pm- 6 pm
WHERE:  Lake Wauburg North- Cypress Lodge
WHAT:   Easter Barbecue/ General Meeting RSA
( elected  officers for 2001-2002: Lucian Speriatu (P), Nicoleta Apetre(V-P), Catalina Chirita(T), Corneliu Manescu(S))

WHEN: Friday April 6, 9am -11 am
WHERE:  Hawthorne Middle and Highschool (their contact person: Carol Shelley 374 8992)
WHAT:  presentation about Romania (part of their Multicultural Day)--we found some nice  maps preparing for this!

WHEN: Thursday April 5, 7 pm -9  30 pm
WHERE:  Reitz Union ballroom (2nd floor)
WHAT:  VISA FASHION SHOW ( including in the cultural moment section a presentation of Romanian folkcostumes)

WHEN: Thursday April 5, 6 pm
WHERE:  Reitz Union - colonnades(1st floor,outside)
WHAT:  General Meeting RSA--officers' nominations

WHEN: Tuesday March 13, 2001, 7 pm
WHERE:  Reitz Union 361
WHAT: (as part of the cultural moment of VISA meeting) -about the 1st of March custom 'Martisor'

WHEN: Tuesday February 20, 2001, 4 pm
WHERE:  219 Dauer Hall (Ruth McQuown Room)
WHAT: Dennis Deletant's talk about  "Transnistria, 1941-1944: the Romanian solution to the 'Jewish problem'" (organized by Center of Jewish Studies)

WHEN: Saturday  February 3, 2001, 7 pm -4 am
WHERE:  Maguire Village Commons Room
WHAT:  beginning of semester meeting/(celebrate your February birthday) party

Sa ne fie de bine! Multe laude si multumiri se cuvin:
- sarbatoritei Oana M--a carei placinta si tort de ciocolata au depasit in faima Gainesville-ul (acum lasind gluma la o parte,  Oana a muncit nu mult, ci foarte mult pentru petrecerea asta(dulciurile+brinza cu marar+salata gen boeuf+un curcan supranumerar+alergatura; stim ca toate le face din toata inima, dar la anul bine-am face s-o mai si ajutam, nu numai s-o laudam)
-sarbatoritei Delia--pentru o salata de vinete BUNA si un curcan la fel de bun (acum la curcan ar trebui sa mai laudam si pe cine l-a carat si l-a taiat---adica pe Lucian);
-sarbatoritei Cristina -- pentru checul aperitiv, chiftelutele cu castraveciori, ochiul si mina de organizator de simbata  si durerea de picioare de vineri ( cind am umblat trei ore prin magazine sa cumparam de toate, de la farfurii la marar)
-sarbatoritului Ionut--pentru bautura pe toate gusturile si pentru toate giturile;
-sarbatoritului Mundi--pentru ajutor in bani, pentru actiunea 'capturarea CD-player-ului' (la actiunea asta il mai laudam o data pe Lucian care a ajutat la transport si ii multumim si Diplanilor Anca si Pompi ca ne-au dat masina lor de zgomote) si pentru ajutorul cu curatenia de la sfirsit
- Nicoletei si Stefaniei pentru ajutor in munca( plus prezenta artistica ->fetelor, in voi imi e speranta sa ajungem sa dansam romaneste pentru VISA talent show! anul asta ati scapat, dar la anul...)
-- tuturor celor care au venit mai devreme sa ajute cu pusul bucatelor pe masa (Corneliu C intra aici),au imprumutat farfurii si castroane ( Oana C,
subsemnata) au adus ceva de mincat/baut ( lista lunga aici, +++Andreea, bun e vinul romanesc!) sau de cintat (Iulica, Corneliu M), au ajutat cu curatenia finala ( Mihai C., un gospodar 'natural') sau pur si simplu AU VENIT SI S-AU SIMTIT BINE !

WHEN:  1st of December 2000, 11 am- 2 pm
WHERE:  Reitz Union Colonnades
WHAT: mini-exhibition of Romanian traditional and modern objects, photos from Romania, Romanian music
This one was a real success,  pictures and stories to be posted  in here

For December 1st, the National Day of Romania, the officers of our organization decided to 'have a celebration'.  Our usual specialty (the best parties around, certified) was not appropriate (end of school semester, middle of the Eastern Christian = Orthodox fasting period`) so we devised a variation.

In the XXth Century, Romania changed 4 National Days (and, depending on how one counts, at least 4 political forms of government). 1st of December is the National Day of Romania since 1990.  It celebrates 1st of December 1918, the day when the National Assembly decided in Alba-Iulia, the unification of Transylvania, Banat, Crisana, Satmar and Maramures with the kingdom of Romania.

If you read Romanian, a very instructive page about the history of December 1 is maintained by the Institute for Cultural Memory in Bucharest( click here UNIRE , thanks to our advisor, Dr. Florin Curta, for telling us about this page).  Same server hosts an  English page about the subject.