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The U.S House of Representatives is considering a bill that could limit public access to publicly funded research and eliminate public access to biomedical information through PubMed. For more information on how you can make your voice heard and take action, go to: Right to Research: The Action Center. Luke Russell The Graduate Professional Council recently passed a resolution in support of Open Access for federally funded research in response to the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for information on public access to scholarly research. Policies in favor Open Access would make research that is paid for by federally funded tax dollars available to the public, at no additional cost, once results are published. GPC will be providing the OSTP with a response on behalf of the graduate and professional student body of MU. Individuals are being asked to submit personal responses to the OSTP as well. To assist with writing those responses we have created a document that contains links to resources on Open Access and also the format for the responses. If Open Access to federally funded research is important to you, we ask that you take the time to write and submit a response. Open Access Resources Document Luke Russell and Kristofferson Culmer In 1986 the federal government removed the tax exempt status of graduate student stipends. If you support reversing this policy, add your name to this official petition to the White House asking the Obama Administration to help reinstate the tax exemption of graduate student stipends. http://wh.gov/TgI Luke Russell Update: The deadline to reach 25,000 signatures, guaranteeing a response from the white house, is November 20. An up to date budget report was delivered at the November 1 general assembly meeting. If you have any questions or concerns about expenditures or programming, please email Urme Ali, GPC Programming & Publicity Coordinator. Come out to Harpo’s next Wednesday, November 9 from 8 to 11PM for GPC Trivia Night! The last event of the semester will be the second of a two-part comedy special GPC is hosting with Déjà Vu Comedy Club. See the event posting for Laugh Out Loud @ Déjà Vu. Urme Ali A thesis template has been prepared in LaTeX format by the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association (PAGSA). An example of the compiled document is available here. As of November 2011, all requirements from the MU Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Guidelines should be satisfied, but please check the resulting document for yourself. The compressed file contains a short “Readme.txt” file to help you get started. Some familiarity with LaTeX is presumed. Disclaimer: neither GPC nor PAGSA shall be held responsible if your thesis/dissertation does not comply with formatting requirements upon submission to the graduate school. It is the writer’s responsibility to ensure requirements are met for himself or herself. Document: MU LaTeX Thesis Template Matt Mower |
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