some things in life

i tell you, are completely unfair. i just got the following mail from the international students office:

To Returning Women International Students:

Can you help welcome NEW international WOMEN students in September?

The I-Center will hold a special reception for them on
Friday, Sept. 21, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
in the I-Center living room.

We invite you (returning women international students)
to come and welcome the newcomers
and share your experience at Stanford with them.

If you can help, please send the following information
Name :
Department and degree program:
Email address:
Home country:

to Gwyn Dukes <_@stanford.edu>
Many thanks for helping new women students to
get a feeling for the Stanford "campus culture".
Light refreshments will be served.

not only did i not receive this mail when i started at stanford last, i didn't receive it this time either (i.e. the new student mail). instead, i get asked if i'd help new students get a feel for the stanford campus culture. who's going to teach *me* to get a feel for the stanford campus culture? huh?

huh?