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Hello October! Where did September go? Have I really been in school for almost 6 weeks now!? Well, hopefully you have been enjoying your time and doing well in classes. It is almost mid-semester which means mid-terms and mid-term grades. The panic is now beginning to set in. Don’t worry though, we are here to help. If you are not doing as well as you would like to do think about getting a tutor or starting a study group in your residence hall!. There is still plenty of time to make things right. For a list of subjects and times of tutoring please go to www.marshall.edu/uc

Are you looking for ways to get involved and make new friends? There are over 100+ organizations on campus to be involved in so check them out! You can also go to programs put on by the staff of your residence hall. The department is also sponsoring many activities this month such as MUDD Cup Competition, Homecoming Lobby Decorating Competition, & the Last Lecture Series.

Take care of yourself this month and study hard for your mid-terms. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments please talk to your building staff. Your opinion matters and it will be heard.

Interested in Being an RA? The Department is now accepting applications for RA positions! Applications can be found on our website at http://www.marshall.edu/housing/documents/forms/RAApplicationform.pdf We are always looking for additions to our Residence Life staff and would love to have you on board for the great things our department has to offer. If you are looking for leadership experience this is definitely the job for you. All the skills gained from being a Resident Advisor can be transferred into any job field. If you are unsure about if you would like to be an RA or would like more information on what the RA job entails we will be conducting informational sessions October 14-15.

October 14th at 7pm Informational Meet and Greet Harless Media Lounge October 15th at 9pm Informational Meet and Greet TTW Glass Lounge *Please note RA Applicants are encouraged to attend one info session

Other Important Dates: October 25th at noon RA Applications due HRL – Holderby Hall

October 29th RA Interviews Extended (By Email) October 30th Interview Signups HRL – Holderby Hall

November 3rd and 4th RA Interviews (time TBA) Harris Hall

The world of reality has its

bounds, the world of imagination is

boundless Rousseau (1712-1778)

Department of Housing and Residence Life First Year Residence Halls

Channel 98 - Watch recently released movies for free.

Schedule can be found online.

Trick or Treat On Tuesday, October 30th from 5-7pm we will have trick or treat in the halls. Kids from the area will be invited to come and have

a safe place to trick or treat. Make sure to buy your candy and

be prepared to see some very cute costumes!!

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Fall 2011 MUDD Cup Winners: Holderby Hall

M.U.D.D. Cup The 7th Annual MUDD Cup event will be held October 1st – 5th. Get a group of your friends together and come out to show everyone that your residence hall is the best! If you are not on a team we would still love for you to come out. Teams can be created at the event and we always need an audience We will also be having pizza at the event on Friday to thank those who gave blood at the September blood drive!

Schedule of events: Monday 10/1 Pool/Ping-Pong 6pm MSC Basement Doubles/Singles Bracket elimination Tuesday 10/2 3 on 3 basketball 6pm REC Center Volleyball 6pm REC Center Wednesday 10/3 Trivia 6pm Buskirk Lobby Thursday 10/4 Dodgeball 6pm North Field (by tennis courts) Friday 10/5 Messy Relay 4pm Buskirk Field Championship 5pm Buskirk Field

To sign-up – talk to your RA or Hall Council Rep

Programs - Click here to check out the programs going

on in your hall and others.

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Recycling Facts

The average American throws away 3.5 pounds of trash per day.

America makes up 5% of the world’s population but consumes 26% of the world’s energy.

A 5 minute shower is equal to 20-35 gallons of water.

Recycling one ton of newspapers save 15 trees.

The average American uses 650 lbs of paper a year.

The plastic used in one toner cartridge contains about a half quart of oil.

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours.

We use 80,000,000,00 aluminum soda cans a year.

By recycling plastic, more than 16 barrels of oil are saved .

Recycle Bins Every Residence Hall has recycling bins on their floor or in the trash rooms. Please do your part and recycle. Remember that plastic bottles and aluminum cans should be rinsed out before recycling. Also, food boxes cannot be recycled. All materials collected must be clean of residue. Check out the MU Sustainability webpage for more information or talk with your Resident Advisor

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Branches is a non-profit agency providing shelter to

women, children, and men who are victims of domestic

violence. They believe that everyone has the right to live

without fear of violence. They offer residents the chance to

rest and heal in a safe environment with the help of their

staff of both professionals and trained volunteers who help

to assess the victim’s situations, examine alternatives, and

establish plans of action designed to deal most effectively

with the violent relationships from which they have fled.

Housing and Residence Life will be collecting donations for

this organization beginning Monday, October 8th

. Anything

you could offer would be greatly appreciated by all! Bins

will be located at the front desk of each residence hall.

Items needed:

Paper Towels Toilet Paper Laundry Detergent Fabric Softener Bleach Cleaning supplies

First Annual Last Lecture Event Made popular by Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture series allows inspirational professors to give their “last lecture.” Not a lecture based on a certain course or field of study, but one focused on life and on helping all listeners enjoy life and become successful. This series of lectures is performed at colleges and universities all over the world. Come join us for Marshall’s first installment with Dr. Keelon Hinton, one of MU’s most well-liked professors! October 11

th at 7:30pm in BE5 – reception to follow!

The Great Pretenders BE5 October 31, 2012 7pm-9pm Come show your talent and your costumes! We are celebrating Halloween in style, with the Great Pretenders Event. This event will allow folks the opportunity to showcase their talents and “pretend” to be the biggest acts they love. If you have a great voice or talent you want to showcase, great! If you don’t, that’s great too. Lip singing and air guitar are welcome! Applications for performances will be placed at the front desk of each building. Food and fun are free to all!

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Buskirk October 2012

Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday known as The Day of the Dead, will

be explored in this month’s intercultural program, “The Monsters’ Ball!”

One down, three to go!

With one full month of classes behind us,

Buskirk is sprinting through the semester

at full speed. There are so many exciting

activities planned for you, so jump-in and

have a ball, a Monster’s Ball that is! Say

goodbye to September and hello to October!

A few programs & events to look out for:

10/10 at 7:30pm Color Your World! 6th Floor

Buskirk Hall

10/25 at 8:30pm The Monsters’ Ball! Buskirk Hall

Lobby

Hall Council weekly meetings at 9:15 in the

Buskirk’s lobby

This is only a small glimpse of the programs and activities

scheduled for October. If you see an advertised event that

you think sounds like fun, then stop by; we’d love to have

you!

Buskirk RA, Jessica Jenkins, having a

mock-shot with a few FYH RAs. The super

successful “Mocktail Party Hardy” took

September 6th in FYH North

Bustle What’s HC got to Speak?

Come out and Speak on what

you would like to see in

Buskirk Hall!

Every Tuesday night at 9pm in

Buskirk Lobby!

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FYRH Insider

Now that you’re in the swing of things, search for new ways to get involved! This will introduce you to a lot of new people, and in the long run, looks good on a resume! One great way to get involved is to attend Hall Council! Have questions about how you can get involved? Email yakonick@marshall.edu or just come to one of the meetings! We meet at 9:15pm on Mondays! Check out of the Bul-letin Board on your way out to find out what classroom we are meeting in for this week! See you there!

Congratulations! You made it through your first month of college! I hope that it was a great month for you and that you’re finally getting into the swing of things. If you’re still adjusting, that’s okay! It can take a while to get used to being away from your parents, having a lot more free time and choices, and making new friends when you might have in a while. This is a good time to approach your RA if you’re having concerns or problems. More likely than not, they’ll be able to help you through whatev-er you need help with. If they can’t, they can certainly point you in the direction of someone who can!

Hall Council

Congrats!

Business College Pumpkin Carving: Oct. 17th at 5:30pm Honors College Pumpkin Carving: Oct. 18th at 7pm Insanity? This is Health!: Oct. 10th at 4:30pm Join RA’s for an insanity workout session and dinner at the dining hall to learn what to eat after a hard workout! Three point shootout: Oct. 19th at 7pm Join RA, Bri, for a three point shootout basketball game! You ain’t from around here, are you?: Oct. 24th at 9pm Join RA, Michael, to learn about Hispanic culture for Hispanic Heritage month and enjoy some authentic Mexican and Puerto Rican food! Halloween Program: Sometime before Halloween, the RAs will be putting on a building-wide pro-gram! Here you will be able to learn about how different cultures celebrate Halloween, get your hands dirty with some crafts, and make new friends! Keep your eyes open for more information to come! There will be plenty more to come… Stay informed by checking out the fliers in your lobby and checking the First Year Residence Halls Facebook page!

Upcoming Programs RA Allison Noble and AGM Scott Schatzer at the Party Hardy program in September

October Programs

The

Gibson & Willis Times

Want bragging rights? Think you have the smartest

suite in your building? Be sure to keep showing your good grades

to your RA this semester! There will be a winning suite from each building for the two halves of the

fall semester. The winning suites win bragging rights and delicious

baked goods from Meghann, the Resident Director! Keep up the

good work!

Be sure to stay involved on campus to get the most

out of your college experience! Join an organization, attend programs

and sporting events, and make new friends. Consider joining Hall

Council! It’s a great way to voice your opinion about the residence

halls and implement your great ideas and suggestions!

Gibson 1st Floor: 10/31 Trick or

Treating 10/25 Scary Movie

Night

2nd Floor: 10/9 Midterm

Madness 10/25 Food Frenzy

3rd Floor: 10/25 Rate Your

Professor 10/09 Free Pizza!

4th Floor: 10/11 Door

Decorating 10/18 Mug

Decorating

Willis 1st Floor: 10/22 Hocus Pocus

YOLO

2nd Floor: 10/2 Pool

Tournament

3rd Floor: 10/7 Bonfire 10/29

Apples and Politics

4th Floor: 10/24 Halloween Prep

Building Wide Honors Program:

10/18 Pumpkin Carving MSC

2W22

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

October Football

Dates 10/6 Home vs. Tulsa

(Homecoming)

10/20 Away at Southern Miss 10/27 Home vs. UCF

Right: Residents play cornhole during a

program in Gibson.

Get involved!

Program Profile:

DIY in HRL

Residents of Lance’s com-

munity (pictured on the

right) found a way to build

their own furniture for half

the price of “college furni-

ture” found in stores, and a

lot more sturdy! Russell

Blankenship lent a hand for

this awesome do-it-yourself

program. Thank you Rus-

sell for your handy work!

Marshall M.U.D.D. Cup

Are you ready to beat the rest?! Our annual campus wide competi-tion between the resi-dence halls, MUDD cup, is set to between

from October 1- October 5. MUDD cup is an event that brings residents from all over campus to interact with each other and show pride in their building. The winning building of MUDD cup receives a tro-phy to show off and bragging rights for the rest of the year! Come out, show pride and participate!!

We’re Half Way There!

Good Luck On Midterms!

Upcoming Events: Keep Your Eyes Open!

Haymaker/Wellman Prophet

O C T O B E R V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3

Hello beautiful

people! I am

Ebony Robinson

and I am the 1st

Floor Resident Ad-

visor of Haymaker

Hall. This is the

Greek Floor! I will

be graduating this

May with my

Bachelor's De-

gree in Public Re-

lations. I love to

meet new people,

read, and have

fun! Hope every-

one is having a

great semester!!!

Staff Spotlight

(photo from event)

P A G E 2

Marshall Homecoming

Hall Council Meeting: Thursdays at 8pm Our officers have been

elected! Now come

find out what they are

doing with Commons

this year. Hall Council

will be meeting on

Thursdays at 8pm in

the Harless Media

Room. This is your op-

portunity to represent

your floor, building,

community, and your-

self! We encourage

everyone to help make

the Residence Halls a

better place. Bring all

your big ideas because

we are ready to do

great things in the

Quad!

Happy 175th Birthday Marshall University!!!!

Homecoming is com-ing!!! Show pride and your school and sup-port the homecoming events that will be happening!

H A Y M A K E R / W E L L M A N P R O P H E T

The Homecoming Pa-

rade will take place on

Saturday, October 6th

at 11:30am. Line up

will begin at 10:30am.

Come support all of

Marshall’s organiza-

tions!

Homecoming Football

Game: Watch our Thun-

dering Herd take on Tulsa!

Game starts at 3:30pm.

Make sure to get your

ticket in advance from the

ticket office. Pumpkins anyone?!

On October 16th Resi-dent Advisor Wittlee Retton will be holding a pumpkin carving pro-gram to kick off the Halloween festivities!! The program will start at 8:45PM in the 1st floor lobby of Wellman. Come out and have fun!!!!

Holderby Herald October, 2012 Columnist: Robert Anastasio Editor: Johnny Hurley

Program Spotlight: Man Challenge

On September 5th

, residents from the 2nd

floor of Holderby competed against their

counterparts from the 3rd

floor to decide which floor was manlier. The result was an hour

of fun-filled competition, with the two floors tying in overall points. The contest began

with an individual challenge: the Alka Seltzer games! Residents placed an antacid tablet

on their tongues, and then poured some Sprite in their mouths. Everyone then closed

their mouths, trying to hold back the carbonated gases. They then competed in the

cinnamon challenge!

The competition continued with an obstacle course, in which teams had to verbally

guide their blindfolded members through the course without touching any of the

obstacles. Afterwards, each group talked about leadership strategies, discussing different

techniques and analyzing why these techniques did or didn’t work.

The competition ended with a variation of the infamous “milk challenge”, in which

residents faced off in a milk-chugging competition.

this issue

Program Spotlight p.1 Hall Council p.2

Staff Spotlight p.3 Upcoming Events p.3

Above:

Residents of the 2nd

floor celebrate the accomplishments of their team after the Man Challenge program! (L: Jordan Sheppard, LC: Quincy Cecil:, RC: Jake Mason, R:Andrew Swing)

Resident Spotlight

Name: Courtney Brown Major: English Education, Journalism

Favorite color: Green

Hobbies: Reading, Marching Band, hanging out with friends.

What she likes about living on campus: Being close to the Rec, attending building programs, and the fact that there’s always someone to talk to in the residence hall.

Holderby Hall Council

The name has been updated, and so has the passion and vision!

Hall Council Officers:

President: Jasmine Wood

Vice President: Adenna Jo Holly

Secretary: Christina Harris

Treasurer: Quincy Cecil

You all may remember the Resident Hall Association, more commonly referred to as RHA.

This year, in accordance with HRL’s new affiliation with the NACURH, the name has changed

to Hall Council. These student groups, composed of both volunteers and an executive

council of elected representatives, serve as the voices of the residence halls. Holderby has

some new officers this year who have brought renewed enthusiasm to the hall. They have

already begun planning some exciting things for Holderby! Here’s a quick run-down of some

of their amazing ideas:

Holderby Hall Stars: The hall council wishes to recognize those residents who are pushing

themselves to achieve at a high academic level. To further this cause, they have

created the “Hall Stars” program. Residents will have the opportunity to show their

RAs, or an officer of the Hall Council, their good grades. As recognition, the

resident will have his/her name written on a paper star which will then go on a Hall

of Fame in the lobby, on display for all to see!! In addition, the resident will also be

recognized on his/her floor, which will have a floor-specific Hall of Fame!

MUDD Cup & Homecoming: These two traditions generate enormous excitement around

campus, and our Hall Council is no exception. They have decided to actively

participate and recruit other residents to participate in our annual MUDD cup. This

four day challenge pits the residence halls against each other, all vying for the

coveted MUDD cup. Holderby took the trophy last year and will look to defend her

title. MUDD cup, falling on the first week of October, will be a great build-up to

Homecoming. Our Hall Council has come up with some innovate ideas for

decorating the lobby, in the hopes of also retaining the “Best Homecoming

Decorations” titles she earned last year. Good luck, Hall Council!! Bring those titles

back!

Looking forward: Our Hall Council has decided to partner with the Holderby RAs to sponsor

a Halloween Party at the end of October. Last year’s party was a great success and

we have no doubt that this event will be even bigger and better!

Resident Spotlight

Name: Quincy Cecil

Major: Advertising

Favorite Color: 57’ Chevy

Green

Hobbies: Car club, hanging

out with friends

What he likes about living on

campus:

Quincy is passionate about

Hall Council, this being the

2nd year he has served as a

Hall Council Treasurer.

Your RAs like to have fun too!!

Upcoming Programs:

10/03 Paint Your Stress Away

10/15 It’s a Hard Life

10/17 Kitchen Cuisine

10/18 Privilege Walk

10/22 Pizza & Politics

10/23 Constant Gardener

10/25 Holder-BOO Bash

10/26: Game of Life, with appearance by Faculty-In-Residence Jana Hovland

Upcoming Events

Marshall’s annual “Herd vs. Zombies” will take place the week of September 23

rd. This event began two years ago at

Marshall when five RAs decided to bring the popular college game of HvZ to campus. The original event, which lasted five days and included about 300 participants, was the largest program ever planned by RAs at Marshall. Since then, it has grown in popularity and size.

Last year, Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity on campus, teamed with the Nerf Club to continue the event and make it an annual tradition. They expect as many as 600 participants this year! I’m sure the participants are grateful to both the original group of RAs who brought the event to Marshall and to the APO-Nerf Club partnership which has continued it.

It’s sometimes easy to forget that RAs are

students too. As such, they sometimes need

to de-stress just like our residents do. On

Saturday, September 22, the staff of

Holderby Hall took a quick trip to Billy Bob’s

Wonderland on route 60, where they

competed against each other in an intense

game of putt-putt golf.

Best Room on Campus???

Congratulations to RA Marla Nowlin for winning Marshall’s annual Best Room on Campus Competition (BROCC)!

L: Tanzania Brown, LC : Marla Nowlin, RC: John Hurley, R: Miranda Carnahan

*Billy Bob’s Wonderland

Sam Godby *Billy bobs Wonderland

Remember, with a

new month comes

new programs! Be

sure to stay on the

lookout for flyers

around the floors

and stay updated

via your RA and

other RAs around

the building.

Happy Halloween!

Brace for fall and brace for Hall council! The votes are in and officers are ready for their first semester. President Britanie Mor gan, Vice President Taryss Mandt, Secretary Chelsea Simmons, and Treasurer Haley O’Neil are willing and able to lead the hall council meetings this year. Meetings will be held at 9:00 PM eve-ry Tuesday of the week in the Glass Lounge on the first floor, all residents of the building are invited and greatly encouraged to come out. For those residents who don’t know; Hall Council is a student run government just for this residence hall. Its officers are elected in once a year, and they deal directly with Twin Towers East. Their main goal is to make living on Campus as fun as possible by planning pro-grams for students to enjoy . If you have any ideas for things you’d like to see or do around the building we would love to have your opinion in the coming Tuesdays.

The Twin Towers East student kitchen is nearing

completion. It wil l be located on the f irst f loor, facing

5th avenue. The kitchen wil l serve the needs of

students who want to cook or bake.

Hall Council Election Results!

T T E Kitchen

Twin Towers East

Times

The girls of the 10th floor getting

to know each other!

The RA’s of TTW are

super excited for up-

coming programs in

October. They have

lots of festive activities

including pumpkin

painting and carving

hosted by Megan the

4th floor RA on Octo-

ber 4 at 8pm and by

Libby the RA of the 6th

floor on October 10 at

7 pm.

Do you like dressing

up for Halloween but

feeling too old for trick

or treating? Well then

join us in the lounge

on October 25 for a

costume contest,

games, candy, food

and much more. The

costume party will

start at 8:15 pm and is

open to everyone on

campus.

Are you a fan of blow-

ing things up? Do you

like scientific experi-

ments? Then join Dyl-

an, 10th floor RA, Jo-

nah, 9th floor RA, Mi-

chael, 12th floor RA,

on the tennis courts

on October 8 at 7pm

for some science and

some explosions.

Upcoming Programming

Hall Council Your 2012 Hall Council in

Twin Towers West consists of:

Taj Robinson - President

Jonathon Gomez - VP

Courtney Hamons - Treasurer

Ellen Rosenthal - Secretary

They are very excited to begin

making changes in your resi-

dence hall!

In recent news, there will be

a kitchen being installed

within the hall itself. Hall

Council needs your help in

raising money for pots and

pans and other things that

they would like to include in

the kitchen itself.

Tentatively there will be a

Fast Fest put on by Hall

Council on October 7th.

Come out to join in fall activ-

ities and to hang out with

your “neighbors”. Come have

fun, meet a new friend, and

support your halls council!

October Newsletter

NEW KITCHEN!

Hall Council

Science Program!

RA Spotlight: Kayla Varndell

Programming 1

Hall Council 1

RA Spotlight 2

5th Floor Girls Paint their study lounge!

Other Events

Oct. 10 NCAA 13 Xbox

tournament @7pm

Oct. 17 An arrow to the

knee for diversity @7pm

Oct. 24 Game of Life

@6pm

Oct. 29 Scary Movie

Night @8:30

This month’s RA Spotlight features Kayla

Varndell, the 3rd floor RA.

We decided to put her in the ‘hot seat’ and

grill her with a few questions. Here’s what she

had to say:

What are some of your favorite hobbies?

“I enjoy reading because it can open your mind and immerse you

in a land of fantasy and take you out of reality.”

What’s your favorite movie?

“I really like the movie ‘Braveheart’ because it shows the courage of

a single person and just how he owns the fight.”

What’s your favorite book?

“I actually got grounded from reading because it is absolutely my

favorite thing to do and I’ll read just about anything.”

What’s your favorite color?

“I like purple, but not light purple. Like ‘purple’.”

What’s your major?

“I’m an art education major with a French minor.”

Where are you from?

“I’m from Parkersburg, on the south side, but I originally grew up

in Florida.”

What do you like most about being an RA?

“I really like getting to know the girls on my floor.”

“I love ‘The

Wizard Of Oz’

solely because of

the flying

monkeys.’

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