USENIX, n, <youse-nicks>
An association of computing professionals, students like myself, and others. USENIX puts out a monthly newsletter, ;login:. It also puts on various conferences, such as the Annual Linux Showcase, the Security Conference, as well as the two huge ones, LISA and the Technical Conference. Students are always welcome to stumbit papers for these conferences, and stipends are also available.
USENIX also has various sub-organizations such as SAGE, which focus on certain areas of computing.

The website for this organization is http://www.usenix.org.