Have You HERD…

How many Pancakes can you eat?

Every year Sodexo dining staff has offered the students breakfast food at late night the night before finals begin. The Department of Housing and Residence Life has teamed up with the dining staff to show our appreciation to you. On Tuesday, December 6th from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, the Residence Hall staff will be at your service in late night. We will be there to serve your food and ensure that you have a few laughs before your finals on Wednesday. Also joining us will be several faculty and staff members from the university. Be sure to come out on Tuesday and distress before your finals.

The Fall 2011 Semester is almost over. It feels like yesterday that students were just moving into the halls and all of the

sudden you will be leaving us for a month. We hope that the past few months has been full of new experiences, great

memories, and new friends. The Department of Housing and Residence Life would like to wish you ALL the best of luck on

Finals and a Happy and a safe holiday season. We will be looking forward to your return in January. If you are

graduating, we wish you the best of luck and know you will do great things!

But, before you leave we have a few things in store for you.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tuesday, December 6th Late Night Pancake

8:30pm-10:30pm December 7th – 14th final exams Study Breakers (snacks in the halls) December 7 – Haymaker

Wellman December 8 – Holderby December 9 – TTW December 11 – TTE December 12 – Gibson Willis December 13 – Buskirk December 5-13 – Goodwill bins will be located in the halls for donations

December 7th – break housing applications due to Housing and Residence Life December 14th – Residence Halls close at noon

DECEMBER 2011

Service with a

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One John Marshall Drive Huntington, WV 25755 304-696-6766 office • 304-696-6161 fax housing@marshall.edu www.marshall.edu/housing Facebook: Department of Housing and Residence Life Facebook: First Year Residence Halls 2011-2012

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE

Have you HERD… DECEMBER 2011

Looking into the Future….What will spring 2012 bring?

While Fall 2011 is not over yet, the department is already thinking about events for Spring Semester. As always, we will be offering fun activities in the halls planned for you by the Resident Advisors. Signature Events will also be planning events for you (see below). The department will also be rolling out a new way to sign up for housing. Stay tuned for more details on the process. First and foremost thank you all for helping make Signature Events programs a success this year. Best room on Campus, Homecoming Decorating, Free Cinema Movie nights, and De-stressing with Hajii Otto were a great success and we will continue to do them. Signature Events will be bringing you the following in spring 2012

Open Halls – (For freshman to tour upperclassmen halls) Dance Party An several other fun activities

Keep an eye out for advertisements and have a wonderful

break!

Winter Break Housing What to do if you need to stay on campus during Winter break? Complete a Break Housing application.

These forms are available at the front desk of your residence halls, online, and at the Department of Housing and Residence Life.

Applications are due to Housing and Residence Life by Friday, December 7th at 5:00 pm.

The Twin Towers will stay open to accommodate those who need housing. If you currently live in one of the Towers, then you may request to stay in your permanent assignment. If you have a room that you would like to stay in, please indicate that on the form. Otherwise, a room will be assigned to you.

There is a $21.05 per day charge for a double room during the Winter Break.

The residence halls close Wednesday, December 14th at noon

They will reopen on Sunday, January 8th at 9:00 a.m.

If you have questions regarding break housing, please contact Terry Anderson at 696-6766.

HOUSING SIGN-UP for 2012-13 Sign-up for Fall 2012 housing will begin in February 2012.

Dates:

Feb 6-15: Same Room

Feb 20: Different Room

Watch for additional information coming soon!

12 Daze of Christmas 12 RAs crying 11 DCs smiling

10 Calls to Fixxline 9 Finals waiting

8 Reams of paper 7 Broke computers

6 Late nights studying 5 Room- change- forms

4 Cups of Starbucks 3 Hours of sleep

2 Trips to C-store And an ink cartridge out of ink

Jordan Erby showing Marshall Pride at

“Make a Doorstop!” Program

Program

December 7th Haymaker/Wellman

Hall

December 8th Holderby Hall

December 9th Twin Towers West

December 11th Twin Towers East

December 12th Willis/Gibson Hall

December 13th Buskirk Hall

That time of year's come 'round

again,

So we wish you all the best.

The joy that comes from knowing

you

Makes us feel that we've been

blessed.

So we'll share with you our

feelings

At this special time of year:

May your holidays be a delight,

Filled with happiness and cheer.

Happy Holidays!

This semester flew by! Holderby

enjoyed the company of all its unique

and exciting residents, but now it’s time

to take a break!

Take this time to relax and regroup your

mind ‘cause you’ll need it for the spring

semester

“Life is a gift, and it

offers us the

privilege,

opportunity, and

responsibility to give

something back by

becoming more”

-Anthony Robbins

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Late Pancake Night December 6th

24 hour Quiet hours begin December 7th

Halls close Wednesday December 14th at NOON

Take a Break Fast with RA

Ebony December 1st 9pm 5th

floor

The Last Exam Supper with

RA Marla December 5th

7pm 6th floor

Breakfast break with RA

Robert December 9th

Reilla Griggs and Mikayla Gunn at “Love Yourself” Program.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 Final Exam Edition

Adopt a Child

The Towers East Resident Advisors have adopted a child for the Holidays. The RAs are in the process of collecting dona-tions in order to purchase gifts. If every-one in Towers East could donate just $1.00, we will have enough money to purchase everything that this child wants and needs. If you would like to donate, please stop by the front desk!

24 Hour Quiet Hours begins on Wednesday,

December 7th at 9:00 pm.

Join us for Late Night on Tuesday, December 6th. At this time, your Resident Advisors and Resident Directors will be serving a special late-night pan-cake snack to wish you good luck on your fi-nal exams!

Top Picture: Residents from floors 9 and 15 relieve some stress by painting some pottery!

Bottom Picture: 11th floor residents relax by making “Secret Santa” mailboxes.

As final exam week begins, we would like to take this time to thank you for a wonderful Fall semester 2011. Preparing for finals can be stressful, but we want you to know that we are here to help you in any way that we can! We are cheering for you and we want each of you to succeed. We thank you for coming to our programs and we hope that you have learned something along the way. We sin-cerely hope that you have enjoyed living and learning with us during this past semester. Best of luck on your exams! See you in January!

Sincerely,

Your RAs

Residence Halls close on Wednesday, De-cember 14th at 12:00pm. If you need to stay over winter break, you must apply for break

housing!

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Congratulations to the Marshall Thundering

Herd Football Team for their overtime win

against ECU, making them Bowl eligible!!

The N&S Report

FINALS BEGIN:

Thursday, Dec. 8th! FINALS END:

Tuesday, Dec. 13th!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Winter Break starts December 14th and runs through

January 8th. North and South, however, will not be closing. We are happy to see

you stay if you’d like.

Your voice and ideas matter and we’d love to

hear them!

RHA Meetings held every Monday at 9PM in the

South Classroom

Remember: unplug ALL electrical items, take

out the trash, take home fish, and set AC units to 65 degrees on

the “heat” setting.

December Edition

Residents sit, patiently awaiting the RA Auction. Overall, this event

raised over $340 for RHA!!

Upcoming Events:

December 1st @ 7:00pm – Exam Prep for Presents. Meet in

Freshman South lobby. You will be asked exam prep

questions, and as you get them right, you will advance to the

next area until you reach your presents!

Upcoming Men’s Basketball Games: 12/11/11 vs. Iona 2:30 p.m. 12/17/11 vs. High Point 7:00 p.m. 12/19/11 vs. Belmont 7:00 p.m. 12/21/11 vs. West Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m.

December 14th – ROOM CHECKS!

Authors: Emily Stiltner & Karli Purvis

Marshall University

Residence Halls

With the end of the semes-

ter bringing all of these joys to

your life, remember that your

floors have some memorable

stress relievers and parties

planned for you!

Make time to relax and en-

joy friends and good food, even

if it is just for a study break.

Study Breaks will be put on

by RHA and the Department of

Housing and Residence Life for

you to stop by and grab some

study snacks during dead week

and finals week.

Keep your eye out for study

groups forming on your floor,

or head to the library with a

friend from down the

hall. The final two

weeks you need to rest

up and study hard to

make it to a much de-

serving break!

Don’t give up! We

know you can succeed

on your final exams!

Don’t Forget:

Tuesday December 6th

come to Late Night so we

can serve you breakfast!

Wednesday December 7th

24 hour quiet hours begins

in all buildings

Monday December 12th

Gibson/Willis Study

Breaker in the lobbies

Wednesday December

14th Halls close at Noon

Honors Pumpkin Carving Social Honors residents on campus

were given the opportunity to

build relationships with profes-

sors while enjoying a pumpkin

carving treat.

The program was a huge suc-

cess with professors and resi-

dents alike, and everyone took

away more than just a pumpkin.

Check out with the front

desk. Just tell DC, or

SS

“I’m leaving for break”

Make sure everything is

unplugged

Take all trash out

Refrigerators need to be

emptied and unplugged

AC needs to be set at

68 degrees

Lock windows and pull

blinds

Take home all valuables

Reminders for

Closing:

Gibson & Willis Halls

December 2011 Winter Break Closing Newsletter

Don’t let the stress of

finals leave you lying

dead on the floor! Pace

yourself, meet with your

classmates and study

daily.

Remember that

breaks and sleep are

necessary for success!

Willis Residents find out who done it at the murder mystery program

Professors and residents of the Honors Program carving pumpkins

December 6th—Last Day of Class!

December 7th—TTW Goes on High-Alert

24-hour Quiet Hours!

December 8th—Finals Begin

December 9th—TTW Study Breaker, Free Food!

December 14th—TTW closes, Happy Holidays!

RHA Accomplishments for Fall 2011

Movie Night Boo-Grams!

Town Hall Meeting

Open Mic Night If you would like to be involved next semester, it is not too late!

Good luck on finals, everyone! It’s been a pleasure meeting and

living with each of you, and we only wish the best for you all as

you study for finals, and travel safely as you head home for the

holidays to be with loved ones.

-TTW Staff

We’ll miss you! Winter Closing

Checklist

Tell RA when you’re leaving

Empty Trash

Unplug Everything

Clean out Fridge

Pull Blinds

Take all valuables home

Move everything away from

Heating Unit

Turn off Lights

Lock Door

Tell Desk Worker You’re

Leaving!

“Towers West is Simply the Best” - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America

Important Dates!

Twin Towers

West

December 6th—Last Day of Class!

December 7th—TTW Goes on High-Alert 24-hour Quiet Hours! December 8th—Finals Begin

December 9th—TTW Study Breaker, Free Food! December 14th—TTW closes, Happy

Holidays!

STUDY...BREAK! Do you need a

break during finals and all that studying?!

December 9th TTW will be supplying some study break

snacks! FIRST COME FIRST

SERVED Snacks will be in the lobby of TTW by the front desk!

Residents participating in the Spooktacular event in October

Fall semester has been a stressful

time for most students. But now

we are happy to admit that it is

coming to an end. With all the

wild football games, sleepless

nights from studying, late night

parties to keep your social lives

alive, and now the preparation for

finals! All I can say is two more

weeks and we are out of here until

next year!!!

Ending the Year with Holiday Cheer! Special points of interest:

24 hour Quiet

Hours begin on

Wednesday, De-

cember 7th. at 9pm

and will be strictly

enforced!

Halls close

Wednesday, De-

cember 14th by

noon or 24 hours

after last final

(whichever is soon-

er) for winter

break..

Late Night Pan-

cakes at Twin Tow-

ers Dinig Hall is

December 6th.

January 8th, hous-

ing opens at

9:00am for stu-

dents.

Marshall Boys Basket

Ball Schedule:

Marshall vs. Belmont Home game 12/19 @

7pm

Marshall vs . WV Tech Home game 12/21 @

7pm

Marshall vs. UTEP Home game 1/4 @

8pm

Programming Around

Programming has been really

fun for the residents this semes-

ter. There have been a wide

variety of programs that every-

one can enjoy. We look for-

ward to hearing your ideas for

programs for

next semester

and are excited

to see what fun

things we can

come up with.

December 2011

WELLMAN AND HAYMAKER HALL Marshall University

There will be snacks for residents to eat at different build-ings during finals. The schedule is : Dec. 7th Haymaker/Wellman Dec. 11th TTE Dec. 8th Holderby Dec. 12th Gibson/Willis Dec. 9th TTW Dec 13th Buskirk

Programming Around

Residents of the 4th floor of Wellman Hall having a good

time at the “Pooling Around” Program.

Before you leave, you must do the fol-lowing:

1. Stop the front desk to inform the staff you are leaving for break.

2. Empty all trash

3. Unplug all electrical objects

4. Remove all perishables from the refrig-erators

5. Lock all windows and pull the blinds.

6. Take home all valuables

7. Move all items away from heaters for necessary service.

8. Turn off heat/ AC units - set to 68 de-grees

9. Turn off lights

10.Lock your door

Good Luck on Finals!!!

We all know that finals can be a stressful time but keep your

cool, relax, and take advantage of what resources Marshall has

to offer. Spend some time in Drinko library reviewing materi-

al for exams. Make an appointment at the Writing Center, lo-

cated on the 2nd floor of Drinko, for extra help on any last mi-

nute term papers. Also visit Laidley Hall for the tutoring ser-

vices available. Once again stay calm, cool, and collect-

ed...Good luck on your finals & GO HERD!!!!!!

We Will...Never Forget.

Memorial Service 2011

December Closing Procedures: Haymaker and Wellman would also like

to thank RHA for all of their hard work

and programs this semester. RHA is

having a quiet study area in the Harless

Media Room on Dec. 7th in case you

need somewhere quiet to study. They

will also be providing study snacks!

Thanks Commons RHA!!!

Have a wonderful

Winter break, see you next

year!

Building Wide Program

At the start of November, residents

from all floors of Buskirk enjoyed a

meal and making stress balls at an

educational program about

preparing for exams, particularly

the difference between exam

preparation in college versus high

school.

Great turn out! Hope to see you at

our next building wide program.

Buskirk Beat December 2011

BRRRRR! It’s getting chilly out there. That must mean one thing…

winter break is here! The ladies of Buskirk have worked hard this se-

mester studying to make the grades, but it hasn’t been all work and no

play. Per usual, the RAs were hard at work planning fun events and ac-

tivities such as tie dye parties and ornament making in preparation for

the Christmas holiday. Kaley has recruited residents to play basketball

and Audrey has been recognized for the second time by HRL for her

hard work on her eye catching bulletin boards. The staff of Buskirk

wishes you luck on your exams and a happy holiday break! We look for-

ward to seeing you next semester.

The halls close for break on Wednesday December 14th at noon

Notify your RA with the date that you plan to leave for home.

Remove all perishable items from your refrigerator and unplug.

Take out your trash.

Unplug all electronics and turn off all lights.

Make sure your bed is away from the heater.

Make your room spic and span.

Take home any fish.

Remove any belongings that do not comply with res-

idence hall policies.

As you leave, stop by the front desk and tell Mary or student security your

name and room number.

**DON’T GET STUCK WITH A BILL**

Don’t leave dust bunnies, trash, or spills.

Treat your room as it was your own at home; residents can be charged for

damages.

Don’t store university furniture in your room or take any current furniture

out.

Check out on time (by noon on December 14 or 24 hours after your last ex-

am).

Winter Break What to do before you leave for the holidays…

Exam Hour Thursday 12/8 Friday 12/9 Monday 12/12 Tuesday 12/13

8:00 AM till 10:00

AM

Classes meeting at

8:00 TR

Classes meeting at

9:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

8:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

9:30 TR

10:15 AM till 12:15

PM

Classes meeting at

11:00 TR

Classes meeting at

12:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

10:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

11:00 MWF

12:45 PM till 2:45

PM

Classes meeting at

2:00 TR

Classes meeting at

1:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

2:00 MWF

Classes meeting at

12:30 TR

The Resident Hall Association

hosted a very popular brick paint-

ing program with the goal of build-

ing an “open door community”.

Their next program will be a fund-

raiser to raise money to better the

hall. Come out and purchase a

Buskirk tee for only $10.00 and

have fun tie dying it. Dinner and

dye materials will be provided on

December 11th at 6:00 PM.

Be there or be square!

Weekends

Drinko Bldg: 10-6

Morrw Stks: closed

Gov Docs: closed

Specl Coll: closed

MUSC: 9 –4

Health Sci: 10 –5

Weekdays

Drinko Bldg: 24 hr

Morrw Stks: 8-4

Gov Docs: 8-4

Specl Coll: 8-4

MUSC: 10-9

Health Sci: 8-11

Library Hours

TAKE A STUDY BREAK!

On December 6th your RAs and RD will be serv-ing pancakes at late night in the TTE dining hall. Come enjoy some hot off the griddle flap-jacks.

CONCENTRATE Creating a Study Environment

[1] Find a place to study and keep it for study only.

[2] Tool-up the environment with all study needs.

[3] Control noise level and the visual environ-ment to acceptable levels.

[4] Avoid relaxing while working; create a work atmosphere.

When to Study

[1] Best during the day and early evening; you'll remember better.

[2] Best when there are the fewest competing activities in progress.

[3] Best when adequate rest periods are provid-ed.

[4] Stop studying when fatigue or lack of atten-tion occurs.

R.H.A

Until December 6th, the ladies of Buskirk Hall will be taking donations as a part of the adopt-a-child program.

The child that has been given to us is a 9 year old little girl. She loves Hannah Montana, pan-da bears, and the color pink. She wears a size 8 in girls and a size 13 ½ shoe.

Donations can be dropped off at the RD’s office located behind the front desk. Please place the items you purchase in a plastic bag. Monetary do-nations will also be collected and can be placed in a jar located at the front desk.

Thank you for your generosity!

Adopt a Child

Be an angel this holiday season

RA SPOTLIGHT We congratulate Erica Stutler, third

floor RA on her graduating at the end of

first semester. Although we are sad to

see her leave our staff, we know that she

has a bright future ahead of her.

Erica has been a dedicated RA for 5

years.

“I have really enjoyed getting to meet

so many people through this position,

and forming lifelong friendships with

many people that I have met. “

On December 19th she will be starting

her full time position as a budget ana-

lyst. She is getting married on June 9,

2010 and hopes to obtain her CPA some

time in 2013. She has big goals and we

are confident that she will achieve each

one. We will miss you, Erica!