Volleyball Shirts, Vouchers, Floor Dinners

Hey there Dickson Floor 2,

We just have a few announcements:

Official Floor 2 Shirts
Dickson's annual Volleyball Tournament will be coming up soon, around late September. We will let you know the team details later, but right now we need a count for shirts. These shirts are basically the hall shirts for the year, and every floor has there own. We would suggest everyone getting one so we can show off our floor pride!

The shirts for our floor will be orange and say "Dickson 2009-2010" baseball script style on the front, with "Bigger is Better" on the back. If you are ordering a shirt, we need your name, shirt size, room number, quantity ordered and $7/shirt in an envelope by 12 pm Noon on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th. (this is a firm deadline) If you cannot find Matt or Dan, slip the envelope under one of our doors. Late orders cannot be accepted.

Lockout Vouchers
Dan passed out most of the lockout vouchers today. If you did not receive one, you must find him to get it.
Remember, if you get locked out, you must go to Appel during normal hours (7pm-7am) because there is no RA on call. After hours, call the RA on call at 607-327-1015. Now that you have your vouchers, you can use them once, but after that, lockouts will cost $5.

First Sunday of the Month Floor Dinner
We are sponsoring a monthly floor dinner every first Sunday at 7pm. We will be meeting in the 25 lounge at 6:45 and going to a different card swipe location each month. We would love you to join your RA's for dinner! If you can't meet early, meet us at the location. The list for the year is below:

• September: RPCC
• October: Risley Hall
• November: Okenshields
• December: Keeton House
• February: Alice Cook House
• March: 104West!
• April: Becker House
• May: Flora Rose House

Bulletin Boards
As an announcement, please be mindful of what you draw on the Draw Yourself! comic strip. We will have to take it down if obscene material appears on the poster. (even if it isn't someone from our floor)
On another note, please post anything that you find funny (within reason) on the LOL wall for all to enjoy.

Cornell Police - Wrong number Given
During the meeting, we gave you the wrong number for the CUPD. We gave you the number for Gannett, the health services, 607-255-5155. You should have that number in your phone, but use 607-255-1111 for the CUPD.


Well that's all, folks! Also, never hesitate to ask us questions! Find us in our rooms or by email.

Thanks!
RA Dan (djs362) and RA Matt (mks323)

A Message from your RA's

Hey there Dickson Floor 2!

We just wanted to give you a few announcements that we didn't mention earlier or want to reiterate.

Grapes of Wrath Discussions:

School wide:Today (Aug 23) you should be going to the Barton Hall discussion at 3:30 on your own. Since we are coming from different events, we will not meeting beforehand. This is mandatory.

Small Group Discussions: On Monday (Aug 24), the floor will meet at 3:15 near the 2-5 lounge. From there, Matt and I will be taking you to your respective locations. Bring your Essay! This is mandatory.

Tapestry: We will meet by the 2-5 Lounge (floor meeting location) on Wednesday August 26 at 3:45. We will then go to Appel Commons as a group. When the program is complete, hang around and we will eat Dinner as a group at North Star Dining - Appel's dining hall. We will be eating upstairs. make sure you bring your ID. They will be scanned upon entering Tapestry. If you do not bring it, you will have to return for another showing.

Program Ideas?: We will be holding many programs this year, but if you want to submit your own ideas, we would love to hear them. Use this link to submit ideas for programs and feel free to share the link.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dElHcDNoYUxfMEZZT3h5OHlJUEZPaUE6MA..

Dan's Blog: Dan will be posting programs around campus on his blog as well as any information sent by email. Be sure to check it if you are looking for something to do or use it to ask questions. Here is the link:

http://whatthedickns.blogspot.com

As a side note: I noticed that some people changed the name on their door tags. If you want to be called something other than the name on your door tag, reply to this message with your name and the nick name you want to use. We will correct it for future tags.

Also, never hesitate to ask us questions! Find us in our rooms or by email.

Thanks!

RA Dan (djs362) and RA Matt (mks323)

Dan’s List of 5 Things You Can’t Miss During Orientation

1. Campus Services Event – This will be held in Barton Hall from 8am to 5pm on Friday and is the premier place to learn about all of the activities and services Cornell has to offer. Go there after Registration and move in.
2. Floor Meetings - There will be one Friday at 7pm and one on Saturday at 9pm. Not only are they mandatory, but they are also important to know how to live in Dickson. If you are on my floor, meet in the 5 side lounge.
3. Dump and Run – Forget anything at home? Want furniture or anything else? Stop by Helen Newman Hall from 10am to 7pm on Saturday to get ‘dumped’ items from the end of last year. This is my personal favorite orientation event.
4. The Sleep talk – Taught by renown sleep professor Dr. James Maas, this is an opportunity to learn exactly why you need to get 8hrs of sleep each night. It is Saturday in Bailey Hall at 3:45. Maas is incredibly engaging and the professor of Cornell’s most famous course, and the worlds’ largest class, Psych 101.
5. Arch Sings – If you have ever seen Andy Bernard from the Office, you can probably guess that Acapella groups are an integral part of campus life at Cornell. We have about 13 registered groups on campus and they will be holding free concerts, or arch sings, at various times. You will have to check the schedule to know when and where, but they are certainly not to be missed.

Program Ideas?

I had a busy day today, learning about diversity and bias, getting corkboard materials, and learning about the rec department here. However, I did get to go bowling, which was pretty sweet. I needed 2 games to warm up, but finally found my sweet spot and got a 160 in game 3.

Last night I discovered the awesomeness of google docs forms. I put a simple one together in case any residents have a program idea. It may get more complex, but this is the simple version below. If you want to send this link to anyone else, here it is: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dElHcDNoYUxfMEZZT3h5OHlJUEZPaUE6MA

Door Decs

I spent most of the night creating door decorations for the freshman rooms. The decorations for Floor 2 of Clara Dickson will be Cyanide and Happiness comics and names of each resident. I sure hope that they find it humorous, a fellow RA didn't get one of the jokes that was classic C & H humor. Here is the comic I have on my door, currently:

Free laundry and other excitement

Well, I am back at Cornell. I arrived yesterday after a night in Watkins Glenn. My room number is 2690 in Clara Dickson. This makes my address:

2690 Clara Dickson
Ithaca, NY 14853

I unpacked and realized how much space all of my stuff actually takes up... I brought a Futon, along with a bunch of end tables. Hopefully I can get a loft kit and free up some space. If I could get one I would also have an excellent movie watching atmosphere and could finally convert the futon to a bed.

Training for RA's has been really fun. Today the maintenance crew rolled a brand new Microfridge into my room, it is part of the new RA incentive package. In addition, laundry is completely free until the Frosh show up. You just can't beat that! If only I knew about the laundry when our home machine broke- we drove to NY with sopping clothes and had to lay them out the hotel in Watkins Glen.

Tonight I have to do some reading for RA homework and write letters to incoming Catholics. Until later, Cheers!

Behind the Laughter: The History of the Lion Angler Club

-Ever wondered where the Lion Angler Club came from? This was the script to a video I created for spanish class in High School. It basically explains all.

By Greg Castell and Dan Somrack

//~~~~~~~~
(start Behind the Laughter reel from Simpsons)
//~~~~~~~~
Narrator: Welcome, today we are exploring the Lion Angler Club. Sure we all know of it, but where did the hilarity really come from? For the next three hours we will be going behind the laughter.
**Future "will be going behind the laughter. "
**Present Progressive Tense "exploring the Lion angler Club",
//~~~~~~~~~~~1890~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Narrator:The Lion Angler Club started with a dream...for those wanting to catch big fish in a small pond (or was it small fish in a big pond?)
**Preterite Tense
Dan: (awakening from a dream) Aha, I think I shall be a traveling anvil salesman!
Greg: Or a fisherman!
Dan: Oh Yes! I think I will start a fishing club. I'll find some sticks, string, and head to the lake! Come with me! [Walks into water] Aha! A boat! A boat is what we need!
**Positive Command "Come with me"
**Future "I will start a fishing club."
//~~~~~~~~~~~1910~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Cuts into new scene, more modern, play the Entertainer]
Dan: How could I have lived without this? [Shows off rod & reel]
**Past Perfect "have lived"
Greg: I don't know, but the fish sure have been living without it
**Past Progressive "have been living"
Dan: Whoa! I think I got one! Here it comes...[Reels up boot] Oh goodness, it's a boot.
Greg: Don't even think about eating that...Throw it back!
**Negative and Positive commands
Dan:Well, I could, but I'd rather save it and hang it on my bedroom wall, like a trophy. After all, this is the first time I have caught something out here.
**Conditional Tense, Present Perfect "have caught"
Greg: Very true...Congratulations! I want to try...I will catch a fish someday too. Soon we'll both be professionals, and can pass on our knowledge to future anglers! [Fade out...]
**Future Tense "will catch"
//~~~~~~~~~~~1940~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Narrator: Unfortunately, the Lion Angler Club was devastated by World War II...However, a great innovation came about during this time that would revolutionize fishing in the '40's...
Greg: Behold the "F-Bomb", I was traveling in America when I saw it!
**Imperfect: "I was traveling"
**Preterite: "when I saw it"
Dan: Holy smokes! I have never seen something so innovative being used in the angling world! Give it to me! [Drops bomb, show mushroom cloud]
**Present Perfect "have never seen"
**IOP, DOP, together: "Give it to me!"
Greg: Wow, that's amazing! Look at all those fish! I have seen history in the making, this could lead the Lion Anglers into the record books. But do not tell anyone else about this secret weapon.
**Present Perfect "have seen", Negative Command "do not tell"
Dan: Incredible, it killed all those fish for us without any work! They sure didn't see that one coming. Hmmmm...I just realized something...
Greg: Why what's that?
Dan: The bomb contaminated them with radioactive waste, they won't be any good for us to eat. Care to try one for me?
**DOP "contaminated them", "one"
Greg: No thanks, I don't want to get radiation sickness. So much for the F-Bomb since it destroyed everything and contaminated the fish. What's next?
//~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cue 2nd Behind the laughter sequence
//~~~~~~~~~~~1960~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Narrator: In The 1960's, The Lion Anglers were keeping with the times
**past progressive: "were keeping with the times"
(show Dan, Greg, Dan's Dog smoking)
Greg: Aycarumba, everyone is doing it. (show fish smoking, greg spits it out, then points to new one) Bring me it!
**IOP, DOP, together: "Bring it to me!"
Dan: (dazed)
Greg: I was speaking to you!
**Progressive tense
Dan: I had heard you, tell him to do it! (points to fish)
**Past Perfect: "I had heard you,"
(both fall out of the boat)
//~~~~~~~~~~~2005~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Narrator: And so we are left with the modern-day Lion Anglers. Behold the men behind the myth - or are they?
[Show us doing something completely random like on a computer, eating, whatever...break into fishing discussion]
Greg: Whoa, hello there. You didn't think we were all about fishing did you? Because we're not, there's more to angling than just the fish. Training is important too!
Dan: That's right. I have been conditioning for the spring season for quite some time now [flexes] I could do this all day.
**Present Perfect: "have been conditioning"
**Conditional: "could do this"
Greg: And I am studying the best way to attract a trout [reading book] I was reading these books occasionally, but then I bought a lot of them.
**Present Progressive "I am studying"
**Imperfect: "I was reading"
**Preterite: "I bought a lot of them"
Narrator: Start Inspirational Music! (Chariots of Fire Theme) And so, ladies and gentleman, the Lion Angler club has shown excellence in all fields, whether they are fishing, cooking, eating, cleaning,(show parent doing work and us sleeping) clapping to music, or angling. (show with protractor)
**Positive command "Start Inspirational Music! "

Quick and Easy Optimize for Windows XP

This was a document I created for work, but will work with any Windows XP computer.

1. Clean Internet Traces (5 minutes)

This operation will free up space by deleting temporary files from old web sessions. It may also delete annoying or malicious cookies.

1. Open Internet Explorer.

Version 7:

Tools -> Delete Browsing History. The following window will appear:

Select “Delete all…” and then click Yes.

Version 6:

Tools -> Internet Options

Click Delete Cookies, and then Yes
Click Delete Files, then Yes

Click Clear history, then Yes

Select Apply, and then OK

2. Run Disk Cleanup (20 minutes, or up to 2 hours if compression option chosen)

This will free up hard drive space.

1. Open up My Computer
2. Right Click on the C drive and select properties:
3. Click Disk Cleanup:
   The following window will appear, and will take a few minutes to load completely:
   The next window will appear and allow you to select components to clean. Check the following boxes:
   
   1. Downloaded Program Files
   2. Temporary Internet Files
   3. Recycle Bin
   4. Temporary files
   5. Temporary Offline Files

If the computer is low on disk space, Compress old files may be selected, which can significantly free up space, but this operation may take up to an hour or two.

7. The following window will appear and remain until complete. The computer may be used during this time. (but may be noticeably slower)

3. Defragment the Hard Drive (1-2 hours)

This organizes and reorders the files on the hard drive for optimum speed.

1. Open up My Computer
2. Right Click on the C drive and select properties:

3. Click the Tools tab, then select Defragment Now…
   

4. The following window will appear for the Disk Defragmenter Utility. Select Drive C, and click Defragment. This application can also be accessed through the start menu with: Start->Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools. This operation will take between 1 and 2 hours, depending on the size of the drive. The computer can be used, but will be too slow to be productive during this time.

5. The application works best if the % free space is greater than 15%. If, by this step, the free space is not at least 10%, contact IT to determine other ways to free up space on the machine.