Week 2

MORRILL MONEY AINT A THING

Well it's not if you are getting those A's on Midterms, Quizzes, and Labs!

If you receive A's on work show them to me or if I'm not in room slip under my door (I will return your work I promise) to receive Morrill Money!

Morrill Money can be used at a big auction at the end of the year where you can bid for great prizes such as a Flatscreen TV, Wii, Gift cards, movies, etc.


MTAB MEETINGS SUNDAYS @ 8PM

The meetings are at a new time now, join this quarter! It's a great opportunity to get involved right where you live, and looks good on Resumes! Meetings will be in the Browsing Room.


MLK DAY OF SERVICE

Make it a day ON and not OFF!

On MLK Day (Monday) you have an opportunity to give back to the community!

Volunteers meet at Hitchcock at 8am and receive free breakfast and lunch for the day.

There are a number of different sites you can choose from to volunteer, and you also get a free t-shirt.

I was a site leader for this event last year, its a great experience!


GRILLED CHEESE NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Next Wednesday 1/20 there will be FREE grilled cheese sandwiches in the lobby of Morrill starting at 8pm. Free food = :)


FITNESS TUESDAYS IN MORRILL

For the next few weeks there will be free fitness instructions in Morrill from 8-9pm on Tuesdays.

These won't be your typical aerobic routines. Zumba and Hip Hop Dance are a couple of examples of free courses there will be. Stay fit this winter while having fun!


LOOKING FOR A JOB?

Look around floor there have been some good job opportunities hung up around the floor (one where you can earn $3000 for the summer)


JOKE OF THE WEEK

Little Johnny is always being teased by the other neighborhood boys for being stupid. Their favorite joke is to offer Johnny his choice between a nickel and a dime -- Little Johnny always takes the nickel.

One day, after Johnny takes the nickel, a neighbor man takes him aside and says, "Johnny, those boys are making fun of you. Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel, even though the nickel's bigger?"

Johnny grins and says, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, and so far I've made $20!"

Week 1 ~Welcome Back!~

CIVs

I will be going around your suites tonight and tomorrow to have you sign your Check-In Verification forms. It will only take a sec.

Help me out and be available either tonight or before 5pm tomorrow. Thanks!

COSI After Dark

This Friday, Jan. 8 from 7pm-12am complimentary transportation will be provided to this event! A bus will be looping the entire night at the bustop between Morrill Tower and Lincoln.

COSI is a center that displays science in many interesting ways. I went last year and had a great time!

Let me know if you are interested in attending as a floor!

FREE PANCAKES IN MORRILL THIS FRIDAY

Make sure to grab some Pancakes from the Browsing Rm Jan. 8th (perhaps before heading out to COSI)

They will be served from 8pm until ??? (whenever the mix is out)

COLUMBUS BOOK PROJECT

Stories From Students For Students

Be on the lookout for people selling children's books in Morrill Tower Lobby in the next couple of days.

You can purchase a book ($3-$5) that will be sent to a lower income school in the Columbus community. You can even write a personal note in the book.

This is a GREAT way to give back. If you purchase your book in Morrill you will need to use BuckID money to make purchase. Other sites will take other forms of money (a list will be posted shortly)

FREE WINGS OVER COLUMBUS FOR FLOOR 7 JAN 21st!!!

Make note that on Jan. 21st I will be providing Wings Over Columbus (180 wings total, so around 5 wings per person if everyone were to show up, which they won't so you may get more!) and beverages on our floor.

The time will be at 10pm, and I will also be passing out info that is useful to you all! I will remind everyone when the date gets closer.

Want to Go Greek?

Register for fraternity or sorority recruitment! Formal recruitment for both men and women kicks off in January.

www.osugreeks.com/ifc

or

www.osugreeks.com/pha

for more info and to register!

TangoOSU Lesson for Beginners

On Saturday, Jan. 9th at 7pm there will be a FREE Tango lession in Pomerene Hall 213 followed by La MILONGA Buckeye de COLON at 9pm. Light drinks and food provided.

Direct any questions to Rosemarie Mayersky (raindropsonroses32@hotmail.com)

JOKE OF THE WEEK

10 WORST Comments to get on Finals

10. See me after class

9. It's a C, but its a Strong C

8. Did you even read the material?

7. Fascinatingly convulted

6. My, what nice big margins!

5. You must've been up all night

4. The book ends differently than the movie

3. Spelling requires more than just sounding it out

2. Are you familiar with the term "Plagiarism"?

1. Tell your mom to try harder

It's ALMOST OVER!!!!!!!!

Jam B4 U Cram!


This Saturday at 7pm-11sh there will be all kinds of things to do in the lobby area.

Karaoke, Video Games, raffles and more!


There will also be food served throughout the night such as Wings, Pokey Sticks, etc.

The Autumn quarter auction will be happening at this time as well. So you can use the money you've earned to buy some prizes!


Have some fun before getting ready for those finals.



If you want to help out with this event let me know and I'll send your name to the committee. You can earn Morrill $$ by helping.



Holiday Cards


This Friday at 8pm in the Glass Lounge, there will be materials for you to make cards for your loved ones! All you need to bring are scissors.

Morrill will even send the cards out for you!




Need to Sell Books?


There will be a table set up in the lobby of Morrill Tower next Monday-Wednesday.



No need to run up and down High Street to resell, you can do it right downstairs!



Quiet Hours

With Finals around the corner, please be respectful to the people on your floor when it comes to noise.


Just because YOU are finished with finals doesn't mean everyone else is, so it needs to be quiet on the floor starting Sunday.



I will only ask you to quiet down once during Finals Week, and if it happens again I will just write you up. Please don't make me have to resort to that.



If I am not around and someone is being too loud ask them nicely to quiet down or call the front desk 614-292-8205 (calls can be anonymous) and an on-call RA or senior staff member will handle the situation.



Everyone has the right to be able to peacefully study for their finals on the floor




Free Insomnia Cookies!



With any order you make, you will get 3 free cookies.


This Friday, December 4th is National Cookie Day, but we here at Insomnia Cookies think that one day just isn't enough. So we're declaring this entire week National Cookie Week! And to celebrate, we want to give you 3 FREE COOKIES on your next order. Use the coupon code COOKIEWEEK and your warm, delicious cookies will be on their way. Enjoy!*



Looking for an Involvement Opportunity?


If you are interested in volunteering for the African American Heritage Festival, continue reading.


Hello all,My name is LaChe' Roach and I am a resident of Morrill Tower, I currently live on the 14th floor. I am e-mailing you all to get participation in the 32nd Annual African American Heritage Festival that will take place from April 24th, 2010- May 1, 2010. This would be a great way to get involved on campus, meet new friends and support a cause! The African American Heritage festival is an event that has been a tradition within the African American community at The Ohio State University for quite some time now. Each year we aim to make it even more memorable as the year before. With that being said we would like your participation and ideas. We are seeking all majors, years, and ethnicities to contribute to the overall planning of the event. As the Communications Co- Chair for the event, my co- chair and I are responisible for all promotions of the heritage as a whole and for each event within the festival- we plan to do this as creatively as possible and we would like you to join us. In respect, if you are not interested in joining the Communications Committee there are other committees that you may be interested in and I will be more than happy to provide you with brief descriptions and contact information upon request. Meeting times will be coming soon and we would all like your participation in whichever committee you may choose. Please feel free to contact me, Carlos Pinkerton (Communications Co-Chair), Kellie Uhrig (Communications Advisor), or Christa Porter (Overall Advisor) for additional information. We can also be directly reached through the Communications e-mail address at heritagefestival.communication@gmail.com.Thanks for your support and we all look forward to hearing from you shortly! Feel free to tell a friend as well.
LaChe' Roach
32nd Annual African American Heritage festival
Communications Co-Chair
513.602.8000


Good Luck on Finals! Have a great last week of classes!

Newsletter (Week 9) ....yea skipped a week lol

INSOMNIA COOKIES AFTER MIRROR LAKE JUMP!


At around midnight (or whenever you all begin to return from Mirror Lake) there will be Insominia Cookies, Hot Cocoa, and other beverages on floor 7 for you all!

I will also have games like Outburst, Catch Phrase, etc set up too so that you can all warm up and have a good time.




MIRROR LAKE


I hope you all have fun and make good decisions Thursday in order to make it back safe!

Take the advice provided to you and use it. If you have any questions about that night, feel free to contact me to ask.


Just as a Warning, RA's will be doing MULTIPLE rounds that night. Way more frequently than usual. I say this in hopes that you all don't get too crazy in your rooms and get written up by someone. I want this to be a FUN night for you all, so be smart.




BUGS!!!


Wednesday 11/17 there will be a program in the Browsing Room at 7pm where a professor will bring in various bugs!

There will be dirt pudding with gummy worms served to those that attend. Check it out!




BAGELS & CREAM CHEESE


On your way out the door to go to the Mirror Lake jump on Thursday, there will be bagels and cream cheese to grab in the lobby.




BE A BUCKEYE, HAVE A BUCKEYE, EAT A BUCKEYE


This Friday in the Browsing Room there will be a Beat M!CH!G@N Party where a film about the rivalry will be shown, Candy Buckeyes will be made and eaten, and you will receive a real buckeye to keep!




SMASH BROTHERS TOURNAMENT


Are you a beast at this game? If so, sign up for the tournament at the front desk! This will take place on Saturday night at 10pm in the Browsing Room.

3 Xbox games will be raffled off, and winner gets gift cards!




GAME VIEWING PARTY


On Saturday there will be a viewing party for the game in the Browsing Room.



BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER FOOD DRIVE


OSU is competing with that school up north to collect the most non-perishable foods for the homeless.

If you have any of these items, drop off points are at Ohio Union, RPAC, Fresh Express, North Commons, Kennedy Commons, Marketplace, and front desks of residence halls.

Things like canned goods, peanut butter, creal, grains, etc. are good.

Give back to the community while Beating M!CH!G@N!




WANT TO BE A SITE LEADER FOR MLK DAY OF SERVICE?


Martin Luther King Day of Service is an effort to make it a day ON and not OFF by doing community service!

If you are interested in being a site leader, sign up
http://www.ohiounion.osu.edu/activityfee/mlk_app.asp

Great leadership opportunity that does not take up too much of your time. I was a site leader for this last year.




Have a great week! GO BUCKS!

Newsletter Week 6

MOVIES @ FRONT DESK

Is the movie selection at the front desk just not doing it for you?

If this is the case, go downstairs and write the name of a movie you would like to see available to rent from downstairs. If the name of the movie is already listed, initial next to it to indicate that you too would like to see that movie added to the collection.



PENNY WARZ UPDATE/Beat Michigan Party

If your suite has been collecting money for Pennies for Peace, hold on to that.

I have turned in what you all brought when I ordered Adriaticos.

The floor that is in the lead has $130 raised. So that means, if we all donate $2.50 we will be caught up.

If you are still trying to win this, encourage others on the floor to donate.

The Beat Michigan Week Party for the winning floor will be held on Wednesday of BMW.

There will be Free Wings & Pizza & More!

Also, a movie will be shown about the history of the OSU/M!CH!G@N Rivalry.

It's not to late to kick some a**! The last day to turn in money for this is next Friday 11/13 @ 5pm!




ZUMBA!!

Tired of your boring workout routine?

Go down to the Browsing Room 11/4 (TOMORROW) @ 8pm to learn this aerobic latin dance!

A professor will come in to teach this to those attending.

Check it out!




MORRILL $

Congrats to Gina & Tom W. for earning some Morrill $$$!

Remember yall, do something great, attend MTAB meetings/events, etc to earn Morrill $!

This money will be used to make purchases at an auction where there will be great prizes such as a flatscreen, Wii, etc!




BOX PROJECT

Take any clean Cardboard boxes you have to the front desk! Morrill is trying to break a Guinness World Record for building the biggest cardboard box house.

This will be built on Wednesday, 11/11 at noon in the RPAC Amphitheatre if you want to watch!



BEAT M!CH!G@N WEEK EVENTS

Tuesday, 11/17- TYE DYE a shirt for free if you are one of the first 150 to attend this! Time TBA

Wednesday, 11/18- Floor 7 Beat Michigan Party (IF YOU ALL WIN.....)

Thursday, 11/19- From 9pm-10:30pm there will be free Bagels in the lobby

Thursday, 11/19-INSOMNIA COOKIES & Hot Cocoa on Floor 7 @ 11ish-whenever the cookies & cocoa are gone and when you crazies are all back from jumping in the lake if you have

Saturday, 11/21-Smash Brothers Tournament in Browsing Room. Time TBA



THIS WEEKEND

There will be a viewing party for the game Saturday in the Browsing Room at 3:30

Also, if you want to give back to the community, on Sunday 11/8 at 8:30am a bus will be leaving the Student Union (stadium) to go to the Ronald McDonald House to provide brunch for the families and clean the house.

The bus will return to OSU at around noon. If you have questions about this contact gable.40@buckeyemail.osu.edu (Dustin Gable)

Newsletter Week 5

PAINTBALL UPDATE

So it looks like this will definitely be put on hold until Spring when it is nice out. This also gives us more time to plan the logistics.

MORRILL $$$$

Do something GREAT and win Morrill $! What can this be spent on? At the end of the year there will be a big auction with great prizes (flatscreen, wii, giftcards, etc)

So how can you earn money? Here are a few ways:

-Attending MTAB mtgs

-Going to Weekend Events in Morrill

-Helping with a Morrill Event

-Doing something great here @ OSU & letting me know

I will email you all the official break down including how many dollars you get for each act

FLOOR WARZ

If you are interested in playing dodgeball against other floors let me know so that I can have you signed up to play by the 2nd. I sent an email about this already so check out the email for more details!

WIN A FREE DORM MAKEOVER?

My job has this contest going on. To enter, become a fan of the ReadyU page and enter the contest under Sweepstakes.

WANT TO WIN A DORM MAKEOVER?! (Flatscreen, new laptop, $1500 in new furniture, etc) Enter the contest on the ReadyU Fan page! I want to see a BUCKEYE win this contest!http://www.facebook.com/readyu?v=app_154729067349&ref=ss

PENNY WARZ

The winning floors have around $70 like I told you before. We have until the 13th to collect $ though if you still want to win the floor party for Beat Michigan Week.

I will be around the suites to collect any money you have collected if you are still.

WEEKEND EVENT FRIDAY

Watch Saving Sarah Marshall while enjoying some snacks in the Browsing Room at 8pm!

INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITY USG

Undergraduate Student Government needs a West Campus Senator!

If you are interested in serving all undergraduates in Senate, apply to be a Senator.

Applications available at http://www.usg.osu.edu/ and are due Nov. 3rd at 9am.

Newsletter Week 4

PAINTBALL UPDATE

So there is definitely some interest building-wide for this. Its looking like there may be a sign-up sheet at the front desk.

However, since the tickets do not expire, this trip may not be happening until the spring so that we aren't all out in the middle of November freezing.

Will let you know for sure after I speak with my supervisor

PENNY WARZ

Thanks to those who brought change to the table where the pizzas are! I will take that to the desk to get counted.

Supposedly there is a floor that has over $70 raised as of now, just to give you an idea of what to aim for if you are all trying to win the Beat Michigan Week Party. If everyone on our floor donated about $1.30 we would reach $70....

FLOOR WARZ

Nov. 7th @ 11am in the RPAC this event will be taking place. The sport will be Dodgeball and we will be competing with all of the other floors for the title as the champions!

We need a floor color/name/and mascot if you want one. Will send you an email about this so that you will have more info!

MTAB FLOOR 7 REP NEEDED!

Want to have a say in what events go on in the building while building leadership experience?

Be the floor representative at the MTAB meetings Mondays at 7pm! MTAB needs at least 2 floor reps from each floor. Get involved!

If you have any questions email the president Daniella Atzinger (.1)

WEEKEND EVENT

Friday at 9pm go downstairs into the Browsing Rm to Carve/decorate pumpkins! Movie will be shown, apple cider and snacks provided, AND winning pumpkin designs win prizes!

HAUNT THE HALLS!

If you would like to give back to the Columbus community and gain some community service experience/hours help out with this event!

On Oct. 28th @6pm-9pm right in our lobby there will be stations set up for children whose neighborhoods are too dangerous to Trick-or-Treat in. There will be candy, face painting, tattoos, etc. Many opportunities to help out.

If you are interested, go to an MTAB meeting to express this interest or email Atzinger.1@osu.edu

INTERESTING STUFF ABOUT RECYCLING

So, at my Ambassador meeting I found out some facts about the benefits of recycling that I never knew before. Like everytime you recycle you save the university $40 because it costs more to take trash to the landfill than to the recycling place. That may not sound like a ton, but when it adds up that's a lot of people's tuition that could be paid for (more scholarships available).

Also, RPAC's utility costs are $4 million a year! OSU spends millions & millions on utilities, so think about that when you are leaving lights on and stuff. We as students end up having to help with costs like that by paying higher tuition : /

You all have been pretty good about recycling, proud of you all!

NEXT TIME

The Adriaticos went pretty quickly lol Glad you enjoyed it. I'm thinking Insomnia Cookies next time. What do yall think?

Have a great Homecoming Week!