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News: April 2008

Quiz Bowl and Massage Therapy Canceled

Wednesday, April 23 2008 - Faith Lambert - Tags: event

I'm sorry to announce that due to some unplanned expenses we will be unable to hold our last two events: Quiz Bowl and Massage Therapy. I apologize to anyone that was looking forward to these, but it was out of our hands. However, enjoy your last few days at Tech and good luck on exams!

Live Broadcast Today

Monday, April 21 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, live broadcast

In an effort to better display what IRHC does to the general residential body, we have decided to start live broadcasting our governmental meetings. The first broadcast was held on 4/14 and featured the turnover of the e-board. This meeting, 4/21, will have several important policy discussions including a five-year plan, posting policy creation, and a calendar of events for fall 2008. The broadcast occurs on Channel 14 as well as online via VLC player (under MTU Live), and we will record it as well in hopes of creating a video podcast on our site for future downloads.

Spring Frisbockey Winners

Monday, April 21 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: frisbockey

After moving Spring Frisbockey up to the SDC Softball fields to Oozeball, the afternoon of 4/19 was filled with Frisbockey, rain, and mud. The single-elimination tournament saw 16 teams, most of them 'bockey veterans except for the addition of Bruce Lee, a team from FYE. The competition was tough and there were more than a few surprising results. The champions since fall 2006, named Slight Setback this tournament, lost in the semi-Finals to Ninja Penguins. Penguins ended up winning the final game against Powerhouse to claim the title. All in all, it was a great tournament to be at regardless of the weather.

Spring Frisbockey Today

Saturday, April 19 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: frisbockey

**Please note, due to Oozeball and snow, this year's tournament will be held at the SDC Softball Fields.**

Spring Frisbockey is in its second year, but it is a beloved event that many diehard 'Bockey fans anticipate during the Spring. Usually held on Walker field, due to Oozeball's reincarnation, the tournament will be held up at the SDC Softball Fields from noon to 6 pm this afternoon, April 19. Sixteen teams, including new FYE teams and old champions, will battle it out in the rain and cold to claim this spring's Frisbockey trophy.

2008 Tri-Hall Billiards Tournament Update

Thursday, April 17 2008 - Zack Wheeler - Tags: billiards

The 2008 Tri-Hall Billiards Tournament is just about finished up. The tournament was held Thursday night in the West McNair Lounge. We are now down to our two remaining finalists, Nik Chaphalkar and Matt Mihalek.

Only the final championship match remains. This will be held at 8 PM this Friday night in the West McNair Lounge. Come check out this final match between our two champions... it's gonna be epic.

IRHC Solidifies Spring Fling Plans

Thursday, April 17 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: spring fling

Though there was a lot of last minute planning, IRHC managed to put together plans for Spring Fling about 24 hours before the event. IRHC will be giving away Cotton Candy and Condoms at a booth, helping MTSF with Oozeball throughout the day, and dumpster diving for recyclable products with ESC. We're looking forward to working at all of these events during Spring Fling, as we are pretty much covering a pretty wide audience by spreading ourselves out!

Wigs for Kids Change

Tuesday, April 15 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event

Even though we had over five different hair salons confirmed to help out with our Wigs for Kids event during Spring Fling, most of them have, for one reason or another, pulled their support from the event. Anyone who signed up for this event at the beginning of the year will receive a certificate for a Regis cut that they can redeem at their leisure, and IRHC will be collecting all of the hair and sending a mass package to Wigs for Kids. We apologize for the inconvenience, but hope that this solution works for most people.

Transition Meeting

Monday, April 14 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: viva jake, governmental meeting

This meeting started out in a rather normal fashion, though the attendance was in the dozens of residents. It was the last IRHC meeting with Jacob Emerick, Dan Madrid, and Amy Coffell, all experienced IRHC members, as e-board. After approving the new broomball committee for 2008-09 and hearing numerous reports, the transition began with a thank-you speech from Jacob. Directly after this and a moving speech from Steven O'Dacre, the full room took off their outer shirts to show what they were wearing underneath: red t-shirts with 'Viva Jake'. Overwhelmed by this measure of thoughtfulness and a honorary gavel, Jacob was stricken speechless. Several smaller speeches were given afterwards and Faith Lambert, the new president, adjourned the meeting and welcomed the room to a feast of Little Caesars, ice cream, and cake. Overall, it was a great final meeting for several dedicated members, and we hope to have pictures and the video online soon.

EMU MORHA Results

Sunday, April 13 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: morha

The April business meeting for MORHA was held in Ypsilanti at the Eastern Michigan University. Driving for over 18 hours (round trip), Michigan Tech sent a delegation of 4 residents, 3 of them first years, for about 20 hours of hardcore MORHA business and connections. Some of the results of this meeting included...

Winning the September Business Meeting Bid
The September business meeting for MORHA will be held from Sept 19-21 at Michigan Tech. Over 10 different schools will send delegates to the UP to experience Michigan Tech culture and hold MORHA business.

Winning a Most Valuable Family Member Award
Deryk Reque, the new WHSA president, attended this meeting and made an impact, winning an award for his participation with family activities.

Creating New Connections
Every MTU person who attended came back with several e-mails, phone numbers, and names of different MORHA members and have already started to share constitutions, ideas, and programs.

Past Events Information Online

Wednesday, April 9 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website

Though it took some tough love and a good amount of foul language, the past events information is now available for viewing in several different ways, similar in presentation to the news page. You can view past events by date, name, location, or tag. We plan on reviewing and enhancing the tagging process over the next few days, and have already seen considerable improvement.

Also, a new feature we hope to add is the ability to add a 'results' portion to each event. This way we'll be able to give an aftermath of each event: who won, how many people were there, etc. By doing this, anyone will be able to see how successful or bad each event was, and by comparing this to our budget, the quality of IRHC event expenditures.

Art Show Voting

Monday, April 7 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: art show, website, voting

After all of the art was submitted last Saturday, some of the web developers got together and decided to make a website with online voting. Based on feedback received by our last project, the egg decorating voting, we changed up the format of the vote to allow each user only a single vote, though one can go back and change their vote at a later date. Also, artists go in and see how their art is doing, but all total stats will be held private until voting closes on Thursday at 9am.

Based on the bad representation of some of the art on a computer screen, we do recommend that you actually view the art show in person before voting online. The link is housing.mtu.edu/irhc/art.

More Website Updates

Friday, April 4 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: photos, website

There have been extensive changes to the tagging interface on the news page and images page, and these changes will soon be recreated on the events page as well. These changes allow users to quickly and easily browse through existing and past content, hopefully increasing the usefulness of the site and allowing a vast amount of scalability. If you have any suggestions on other ways we can increase the usability of the site, feel free to let us know!

Also, we put up a lot more image galleries up. You can view pictures of a number of IRHC events, mostly from the fall of 2005 to present, though we do have some photos from ancient times as well. As all of these pictures were taken during IRHC events by IRHC members, we ask that you shoot us an e-mail at irhc@mtu.edu before you use any of these photos. If you ask nicely, we might even send you a hi-res version.

E-Board for 2008-2009 Elected

Tuesday, April 1 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, elections

With a strong turnover occurring at the end of this year, IRHC elections saw an unprecedented amount of discussion and debate at the last governmental meeting. However, even though it took over 2 hours to decide, the next year's e-board has been elected and will be transitioned in over the next few weeks.

President - Faith Lambert
Vice President - Angie Curtis
Secretary - Steven O'Dacre
Treasurer - Steele Lindbloom