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Welcome to the Resident Assistant Selection Process

From the email box of Andrew Ferguson:

Congratulations! You’ve made it through the first round of the Resident Assistant Selection process for 2005-2006 academic year staff.

I’ve enclosed a timeline for the remainder of the selection activities. Review and notify me if you are unable to make your designated time.

Monday, February 7 RA Candidates (with Last Name letters beginning with A-M)
8:30-10:30 p.m. in Ballroom B – Ben Parker Student Center
Topic Area: Getting to Know You
Dress: Business Casual
Supplies: Paper and pens

Sunday, February 13 RA Candidates (with Last Name letters beginning with N-Z)
8:30-10:30 p.m. in Ballroom D & E – Ben Parker Student Center
Topic Area: Getting to Know You

Dress: Business Casual
Supplies: Paper and pens

Have a great weekend and we look forward to getting to know you better!

Sincerely,

Barb Morgan
Director of Residence Life
& the 2005-2006 Selection Committee

Ugh….Chem II sucks!

Well, I’m pretty sure I failed my first Chem II test. This of course means that I will now have to do all the homework problems from now on. However, that shouldn’t be an issue because the Homework Help Center is just one floor down and one building over. I don’t even have to go outside!

There is good news though! I’ve done almost all my Calc 1 homework and it actually makes sense! There is a Calc test next week, but I have to say that I am feeling very confident about it.

In other news, Team America: World Police is actually a pretty funny movie, although a bit crass. Worth seeing, but definatly earned it’s “R” rating, which the MPAA said was for

graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language – all involving puppets.

CSM Getting a Radio Station?

Perhaps. I just saw an approved notice on one of the bulletin boards probing the interest for a CSM radio station. Interesting. Possible callsigns (as suggest by myself) include: KCSM-AM, KORE-FM, KDIG-AM, and KDIG-FM.

So Incredibly Fun and Exciting!

I started making up work today for my MACS445 class and I have to say that I am really pumped! Here’s our first assignment:

Individual work—TLG has a P4 desktop running Windows 98 and a P3 laptop running Windows ME. Their Internet browser on both is Netscape 2.0. They think they may need to upgrade their browser and ask you for a recommendation. Write a one page document addressed to TLG with your suggestions. Include a discussion of the parameters you have used for evaluation and at least one Web site they can visit that discusses browser evaluation. Email this to the instructor by 10AM Monday 1/17/05. TLG has Microsoft Word 97 so be sure that they can read you document.

They also need information about their Internet connection. Their Internet service provider (ISP) currently is Prodigy and they connect with a 56K dial-up model over a phone line. They wonder if they should upgrade to DSL, cable, T1, … Write a one page analysis of this and send it to the instructor with your browser analysis.

Team work—TLG wants a new logo. They had one done several years ago by a graphic artist but think they need a new one to display on the new website. So, they ask you to make one. Photoshop is available on the Campus computers. Use it or some other program to make them a logo. (This course is certainly not much about graphic design, but a basic idea about working with images is important.)

If you’ve known me for some amount of time, you should know how much I like to do things like this. I’m so giddy. And it’s Friday.

Bitting Me in the Ass, Bigtime

Romanticism and Transcendentalism are coming back to bit me in the ass, sort of. It more of the fact that I thought I’d never ever have to use such information again that is bitting me in the ass. As part of NHV, we are reading some Emerson and Thoreau. Ugh, why can’t I ever win?

MACS 445OL

I am now up to 18.5 credit hours, adding Web Programming to my list of classes. It really doesn’t add any load to my schedule because it is an online class and I already know half the stuff. So this should also make up for my Calc 1 credits I had to drop last semester.

Switchup

I just switch some of my classes around. Same classes, different times. So be sure to check out my schedule before you call my on my cell phone…or something like that. Also remember that all times are MST. Enjoy!.

Lightly Toasted, but not Burnt

Went skiing up at Eldora today. The first bus left at 7am or when it filled up, so I was kind of paranoid and got up at 5:40am. Oh well. Spent a good solid day on the mountain. Some of the terrain was a little icy, but still pretty good, especially for the low, low price of $20 (which included transportation to and from, food, and lift ticket). I also particpated in the Ski Obstacle course and Human Bowling. By the end of the day I was pretty pooped.

Reading With The Tablet PC

I havn’t had the unfortunatle pleasure reading using my Tablet PC until now. But I have to say it is awesome, despite the fact that I actually do have to read. For NHV, almost all of our readings are in PDF form. It’s a simple mater to convert them to Journal files which I then can read and highlight on my Tablet PC. It’s also nice because I can change the “font size” by zooming in or out (It’s actually a picture because the document was scanned as such and not sent through an OCR system). This new system also ensures that I actually keep track of all my documents that I’ve read and marked up, lest I loose my laptop, which would be a horrible and tragic event.

Daily Update

And for today’s update:

I think I’m going to get the Colorado 10 Pass instead of the other unlimited pass. This let’s me ski for less then $38/day at any of the Vail owned mountains.

My Bluetooth Desktop set came today and I have to say it is really awesome. Everyone should own one. My Bluetooth PCMCIA card should be arriving soon.

I offically moved out of my Mines Park appartment today. Don’t forget to send me mail at my new address!