[Discussion-AZC] Fwd: Fwd: Rachel is coming to UT Austin

[Barbara Kohn]

Begin forwarded message:dear sangha, another apartment in the area!  
see below.  Barbara

> From: "Vito Ruiz" <Vito.Ruiz at students.olin.edu>
> Date: June 10, 2008 4:31:43 PM CDT
> To: "Barbara Kohn" <kohnbarbara at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: RE: [Discussion-AZC] Fwd: Rachel is coming to UT Austin
>
> Hello Barbara,
>
> You may not know me, but I'm a member of the AZC's listserv since  
> I'm interested in Zen and am an incoming PhD student at UT myself.   
> I have a lease for the year on a 1 bed/1 bath apartment at The  
> Quarters Cameron House on Rio Grand St. (http:// 
> www.quartersoncampus.com/cameron/), which is just a few minutes'  
> walk from West Campus.  I've stayed at a different Quarters  
> apartment before, and by my experience they have been phenomenal!   
> But as it turned out, my family also found a good deal on a condo  
> in the area and decided to purchase that as an investment.  This  
> happened after I had signed the lease on the apartment, so now I'm  
> in the funny situation of having two places in Austin!  We have  
> actually been looking for someone to sublet the apartment to.  My  
> lease is for around $1300/mo (I forget the exact amount) but I  
> could let you have it for $1000/mo + utilities.  I'm willing to  
> take a loss on the apartment; I just don't want it to go to waste.   
> Please let me know by the end of next week if at all possible.
>
> Please use the email hikarashii at gmail.com for your reply, as the  
> one you are receiving this from (vito.ruiz at students.olin.edu - my  
> old college email) will cease to function soon.
>
> Thank you and gassho,
> Vito Ruiz
>
> From: discussion-bounces at austinzencenter.org on behalf of Barbara Kohn
> Sent: Mon 6/2/2008 2:27 PM
> To: Austin Zen Center discussion
> Subject: [Discussion-AZC] Fwd: Rachel is coming to UT Austin
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:  Dear Sangha, Will you read the letter  
> below and if you have any suggestions send them directly to  
> edai at earthlink.net.  Barbara
>
>> From: Michael Elliston <edai at earthlink.net>
>> Date: June 1, 2008 4:42:03 AM CDT
>> To: Barbara Kohn <kohnbarbara at austin.rr.com>
>> Subject: Rachel is coming to UT Austin
>>
>> Barbara, this is my lovely niece who is a past champion long  
>> distance runner, et cetera. Her dad, Kent  is deaf and she is  
>> losing hearing so training to teach deaf children. She'll be  
>> entering UT Austin as a new PhD student this August. She applied  
>> for on-campus housing, but is seems that it's all full for the  
>> Fall semester, though Rachel is on the waiting list. She's just  
>> graduated with a BA in English and Education   from Gallaudet  
>> University 2 weeks ago, but is still in DC to finish up teaching  
>> internship requirements, so she'll hopefully have her teaching  
>> license when that is all done, as she has a teaching assignment in  
>> Austin. She's been teaching Freshman English at the Model  
>> Secondary School of the Deaf in DC. Next weekend she'll be in  
>> Madrid, Spain for a month to study and learn Spanish Sign  
>> Language. Then after some time in London and Ireland and exposure  
>> to British Sign Language and perhaps some Irish Sign Language,  
>> she'll be back home in Chicago. We're trying to help her find  
>> housing options, since she has so little time for the hunt  
>> herself. She'd like to be close to campus in a safe, quiet  
>> neighborhood and in walking distance to grocery, post office,  
>> shops, restaurants, etc.
>>
>> Do you know, or know someone who might know, of a someone near  
>> campus (a graduate student?) looking for a roommate?
>>
>>
>> Thank you and gassho,
>> M
>>
>> On May 24, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Diane Elliston wrote:
>>
>>> Ok Kent. Thanks for letting me know. I will wait to learn  
>>> Adrienne's plans. I joined Netflix and The Kite Runner is on my  
>>> list - I'll move it up to the number one spot based on your  
>>> recommendation. Mickey spent 12 weeks in Austin in 2006 and may  
>>> be of some help in helping Rachel find a place to stay . . . he  
>>> still is in touch with the Austin Zen Center and someone there  
>>> might have some leads. I'm copying him. If she is living off  
>>> campus, will she need a car? I'm still in limbo with Mom's car,  
>>> waiting for Illinois to clear the title so that Georgia will  
>>> grant a title in my name.
>>> Love, Diane
>>>
>>> On May 24, 2008, at 9:32 PM, k2r2mazique at netzero.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Hello  Diane   Yeah i agreed with you  that i am not going to  
>>>> the Wedding there as you know that Rachel is going to University  
>>>> of Texas this August and it will takes two days to get there as  
>>>> it is around 1200 miles one way thus more time off from my work  
>>>> and the cost and Rachel does not know where she will be staying  
>>>> there yet. i will let Adrienne to know of this summer plan. i  
>>>> will get them a wedding gift as i will look up at its site soon.  
>>>> i hope one day there will be a Family Reunion.  i just saw a DVD  
>>>> called the kite runner, it is a good movie and i hope you will  
>>>> have a chance to watch it. i am glad that all is well with  
>>>> Rachel  and she will come home in 8 weeks that will be on July  
>>>> 22ND and i will meet her at the airport. Smile i love you Smile  
>>>> with love from Kent
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>>>
>> I'll be a new PhD English student in the fall. I've just graduated  
>> from Gallaudet University in DC, and I'll be in Spain by next  
>> weekend to study and learn Spanish Sign Language.
>>
>> I've applied for on-campus housing recently, but it seems that  
>> it's all full
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