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Newsletter of East Campus Village

Inside This Issue

Volume 6, Issue 16

November 2011

The Village Crier

‘Tis The Season

Being Green: What’s

Next?

RA Spotlight

RA Spotlight

Thanksgiving Drowsiness

ECV’s Got Talent!

All About Asura

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Choosing a Major 101

Birthday Shout-outs

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8 October Trivia Winner

& November Trivia

‘TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE THANKS!

Important Numbers

24-hour ECV Community Desk:

706-542-1780

ECV Community Office:

706-542-2041

Weekdays 8am - 5pm

Work Order Office:

www.uga.edu/housing/

workorder

Microwave Magic 9

Between stuffing your face with your

family favorites during Thanksgiving,

ever stop to wonder how it all started?

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated

primarily in the United States and Cana-

da. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year

on the second Monday of October in Can-

ada and on the fourth Thursday of No-

vember in the United States. Thanksgiv-

ing in Canada falls on the same day as

Columbus Day in the United States. Be-

cause of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the week-

end that falls closest to the day it is celebrated.

Thanksgiving in North America originated from a mix of European and Native traditions.

Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for

a good harvest and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community.

At the time, Native Americans also celebrated the end of a harvest season. When Europeans

first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions

from Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest. Though the origins of

the holiday in Canada and the United States are similar, Americans do not typically celebrate

the contributions made in Newfoundland, Canada while Canadians do not celebrate the con-

tributions made in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Thanksgiving Day, celebrated today on the fourth Thursday in November by federal legisla-

tion in 1941, has been an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation

since 1863 and by state legislation since the Founding Fathers of the United States. Histori-

cally, Thanksgiving began as a tradition of celebrating the harvest of the year. Today, people

celebrate Thanksgiving as a day to

give thanks; this is what thanks

giving means to some people.

Usually, a turkey and other vari-

ous side dishes are served .

Thanksgiving is widely observed

as a time to give be thankful.

What are you thankful for? Feel

free to send an email to Demarcus

at dmerritt@uga.edu and have

your post Thanksgiving “I’m

Thankful For…” messages pub-

lishes in the next edition of the

Village Crier!

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By: Lindsay Boyle,

Community Communications Committee

One of our awesome Resident Assistants this year is Jenna Chancey. Jenna is from Augusta, Georgia and is a senior this year, majoring in marketing. Although this is her first year as an RA, she is a veteran hous-

ing employee and says that housing has really been her biggest involvement and time commit-ment throughout her college years. Jenna’s hob-bies include eating, baking, and watching movies with friends. She also enjoys traveling. After graduation, she would like to become a wedding

planner, and while she is well suited for such a posi-tion, we will surely miss her here in ECV.

Rooker Hall Room 213

Jenna is well balanced in handling things with expertise on the job and in the class-

room, but she is known for smiling and having a great time too. Above she shows her-self to be such the social butterfly as she attend ECV Community Board’s Halloween

program (picture on the left) with RHD Demarcus & RHD Ricky’s bumblebee Bailey and joined fellow RA Lindsay Boyle (pictured to the right) for RHA’s IncrediBOWL

event earlier this semester.

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By: Sydnee Bush,

Community Communications Committee

Rischa Releford, an outstanding RA in McWhorter Hall is

a senior from Macon, Georgia. She’s a graduate of Westside High School and here at UGA she is majoring in account-ing. Despite her many tasks and responsibilities as a Resi-

dents Assistant, Rischa serves as a Terry Ambassador and is a member of NRHH and NABA. After she graduates from

UGA, she plans to work in public accounting in Atlanta, GA. Just like any other college student, Rischa has a life and personality outside of the books and the classroom.

On the weekends she loves to go home and visit her family since she doesn’t get many opportunities to do so. Her favor-

ite movie of all time is The Lion King and she loves to listen to music from the 1990s and earlier. Rischa is inspired by the fact that she is the only one in her family to make it this far

in college and that she is currently breaking the mold of her hometown in which peo-ple do not pursue higher education. Rischa loves serving as a resource to her residents and advice

that she gives to all residents is to take ad-vantage of the opportunities you have early on,

because the later you wait the less time you have to develop into the leader you want to become. In the spirit of Halloween, Rischa’s favorite Hallow-

een memory is trick-or-treating around her

neighborhood with all her family as a little girl.

McWhorter Hall Room 109

Pictured right: Even while busy on the job,

Rischa and fellow RA Ugo stop for a quick

flash of their smiles for the camera!

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BEING GREEN: WHAT’S NEXT?

“Being Green: What’s Next?”

By: Andrew Caudill, Live ‘N Learn Green Auxiliary

Movie Night!

The Green Auxiliary wants you to know about what is coming up! In the first part of Novem-ber, we will be hosting a movie night! We are planning to show an award-winning documentary about a beloved ocean creature. Free food and drinks will be served! Be sure to look out for our fly-ers in the coming weeks for details. We hope to see you there!

Don’t Throw Out that Plastic Just Yet!

The Athens-Clarke County (ACC) recycling center has been installing some exciting new up-dates! The facility has recently been renovated to allow the recycling of most plastics #1-#7, start-ing on October 24. Previously, the facility had just been accepting plastics #1 and #2, so this facili-ty update is a wonderful step forward! You will now be able to recycle most plastic cups and con-tainers (except #6), plastic caps and lids, and almost all your other plastics! Plastics that cannot be recycled include Styrofoam (which is a #6 plastic), plastic bags, plastic cutlery, and clamshells (i.e. certain take-out boxes). The UGA Office of Sustainability is planning to promote this new change

and give other details during the upcoming America Recycles Day, which is on November 15.

Furthermore, the changes at the ACC recycling center will support single stream recycling

for many areas of Athens-Clarke County. Single stream recycling means that mixed recyclables

(i.e. cans, bottles, paper, etc.) can be put into the same bin. You may see some newly-painted

green bins at the mall and other community locations, where you can easily recycle without having

to sort! Athens-Clarke County hopes that these changes will help support their goal of a 40%

waste reduction by 2015. Let’s do our part and help them achieve this ambitious goal!

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“CLASS IN SESSION: CHOOSING A MAJOR 101”

By Korry Tauber, Alumni Visions Auxiliary

The East Campus Village Alumni Visions Auxiliary Panel would like to announce an upcoming program

open to all students: “Choosing a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path.” This program aims to

help students decide on a major and how to capitalize on the opportunities associated with their intended

area of study. More than half of incoming students to the University of Georgia declare an “Undecided”

major. Students often have difficulty deciding on a major. This program is designed to help find the major

that is right for each student.

On November 7th at 7:00 pm, the “Choosing a College Major” program will take place at East

Campus Village Fireside Lounge in Rooker Hall. Advisors from all major schools within the university

will be present along with representatives from many different departments: science, business, family and

consumer science, public health, journalism, and the arts. These individuals will speak about topics of in-

terest in their areas of study and guide students on the paths to take in order to enroll in a major and the

steps to take to succeed and excel in the major area. This is a great opportunity and it is strongly encour-

aged that students of all years and class standings come to learn about the university’s opportunities.

Mark your calendars! The Alumni Visions Auxiliary will continue the program series with a “Résumé and

Interview” program. On November 15 at 7:00pm, there will be a program stressing the importance of a

proper and professional résumé, how to write a résumé, and how to perform well in a job or academic inter-

view. There will be insider tips and pointers on both topics. Again, it is strongly encouraged that students

of all years and class standings come to help enhance the transition from the University of Georgia.

We wish you a great semester thus far and hope everything continues well throughout the year!

CLASS IN SESSION: CHOOSING A MAJOR 101

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BEATING THE

THANKSGIVING DROWSINESS “Beating the Thanksgiving Drowsiness”

By Athena Chea, Staff Morale Auxiliary

Everyone looks forward to the Thanksgiving Break we have in November. Not only do we get Thanksgiving Day off, but also we have the whole week to our families and ourselves.

The best part of the whole week is the big feast we get to indulge in. The pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, honey-baked ham, and of course the main dish is the stuffed turkey. But what comes with this epic meal is the drowsiness that

follows. So what causes the drowsiness? Many people believe that the L-tryptophan is to blame. L-tryptophan is an amino acid that travels in the blood of the digestive system and then makes its way to the brain. Once it arrives at the brain, the L-tryptophan changes in-

to another chemical called serotonin. Serotonin is what calms us down and helps us fall asleep. If a person consumes L-tryptophan without any other amino acids, he would fall

asleep right away. However, the turkey contains many other amino acids, so the L-tryptophan and serotonin is not the culprit of our drowsiness. The reason why we fall asleep after a big Thanksgiving meal is because the blood flow transfers from our brain to

our stomachs.

So how do we beat the drowsiness?

Here are a few tips:

Eat small, healthy meals (try to limit junk foods)

throughout the day before you sit down for your big

meal — don't starve yourself in anticipation of the

feast to come.

Have small portions of foods that are part of your

Thanksgiving meal (including whatever veggies are on

the table).

Drink water and take breaks while you are eating to

see how full you've become.

Stop eating once you're full — there will always be leftovers tomorrow.

Finally, take a walk outside afterward to digest your meal. This will make you feel better

than crashing on the couch.

Best wishes and have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!!

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ECV’S GOT TALENT! “ECV’s Got Talent!”

By: Jeff Anderson, Community Morale Auxiliary Do you live in East Campus Village? Do you have any talents that you want to show off? Here is your chance!!! ECV’s 3rd Annual Talent show will be November 16th at 8pm.

The East Campus Village Community Mo-rale Auxiliary brings you the “ECV’s Got

Talent” show as a way for you to show off your talent and appreciate the talent of your neighbors. Even if you don’t want to compete, come and vote for the winner.

Bring your friends! Food and Prizes will be available!

Stay tuned for information on how and when to sign up!

ALL ABOUT ASURA “All About Asura”

By: Austin Igein, Cultural Services Auxiliary

The RA cultural services and awareness auxil-iary would like to highlight "Asura" this month. Asura, an organization that teaches the art of dance, is known for its superb performances that exhibit talents from many cultures. This group of members is comprised of motivated and determined individuals who devote their time to showcasing their skills on and off the stage. Asura’s members are classy, full of charac-ter, and academically sound. This perfection leads high-profile shows throughout the nation at the most prestigious levels. Asura literally means “passion” and this group attains its goal by dedication and hard work. Asura specializes in a plethora of dance styles including, Bollywood, bhangra, hip-hop, and contemporary. This organization affiliated with the University of Georgia takes pride in this competitive dance nature and is looking for people to try out.

Check out the following webpage for more information: Website: https://www.facebook.com/AsuraDance?sk=wall / Contact: gsamir07@uga.edu

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ECV AUXILIARIES

BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUTS

HAVE A FRIEND WITH A

BIRTHDAY IN NOVEMBER or DECEMBER?

GIVE THEM A SHOUT-OUT IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE

VILLAGE CRIER NEWSLETTER! SEND INFORMATION TO

dmerritt@uga.edu

AUGUST VILLAGE CRIER

TRIVIA WINNER

Question: What is the month, day, and year in which ECV first opened?

Answer:

Fall 2004 (Specifically August 10, 2011)

Congratulations to

Jack V. Butts

OCTOBER VILLAGE CRIER TRIVIA

Athena Chea (10/18)

Lindsay Boyle (10/24)

Richard McRorie (10/24)

Laura Lopez (10/27)

Michelle Clum (11/5)

Jenna Chancey (11/12)

Ricky “The R” Boggs (11/20)

Question: Who was UGA’s greatest football coach? What was his overall record and in which year did he win a national championship?

Please email all responses to

dmerritt@uga.edu

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By Kristen Hassey,

Community Communications Committee

Ranch Chicken Tacos

Original Recipe Yield 8 tacos

Ingredients

1/2 cup ranch dressing

1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream

1 (1 ounce) packet taco seasoning mix, divided

1 tablespoon mild chunky salsa

2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken

8 (6 inch) corn tortillas

shredded lettuce

1 tomato, chopped

4 green onions, sliced

1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives

1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced (optional)

1 cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese

Directions

Combine ranch dressing, sour cream, 1 teaspoon taco seasoning, and salsa in a small bowl. Cover and refrig-

erate until serving.

Toss chicken with remaining taco seasoning. Cover bowl loosely with wax paper or plastic wrap. Microwave

chicken until chicken is heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Warm the tortillas in a skillet for about a minute on each side to make them pliable. Place a scoop of chicken

on the tortilla and top with lettuce, tomato, green onion, olives, avocado, cheese, and a spoonful of the

ranch dressing mixture.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING STAFF MEMBERS in the publication of this newsletter:

RA Sydnee Bush, RA Lindsay Boyle, RA Kristen Hassey, & RA Phillip McIntyre