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News: October 2007

Safehouse and Pumpkin Carving Pictures

Tuesday, October 30 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse, photos

Are finally online! Check them out on the event photos, and be sure to check back within the next few days, as we'll have pictures from the Halloween movie and Costume Party up as well.

Safehouse is Coming!

Thursday, October 25 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse

48 houses are competing in the 20th annual Safehouse this year! This is up from last year's numbers, even though some of the houses are working together throughout the halls. For information on the rules, please visit our events page. For detailed information, feel free to email us at irhc@mtu.edu.

Bingo for Safehouse Results

Sunday, October 21 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse

Fifteen different houses came to our fourth annual Bingo for Safehouse to get a chance to walk away with free candy for their Safehouse plans. The biggest winner of the night was Strange Crew, who walked away with approximately 75 lbs of candy goodness. All together, 400 lbs were given away over the two hour event, and every house that showed up won at least a single bag of candy.

Mid-Term Grade Raffle Results

Thursday, October 18 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, grade raffle

Over 150 entries came in our third annual mid-term grade raffle. The overall winner was Nick Ryan from Wadsworth--he won a pretty sweet $50 gift certificate to Pilgrim River Steakhouse--but 25 other very smart first-years received a certificate for a large pizza from the Campus Café. From everyone in IRHC, congratulations to those who entered on a great start at your first semester at Michigan Tech.

CPR Training Still Open

Thursday, October 18 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event

The first CPR training session is now completed, and a number of Michigan Tech residents are now Adult CPR and First Aid certified! There's one more session open, on Oct 21, with a couple of spots open. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn life-saving skills for a small cost right here in the halls. For more information, visit housing.mtu.edu/irhc/learn.html. Registration will close Friday morning at 1am, so sign up now.

Safehouse Website Online

Monday, October 15 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website, safehouse

The new website for Safehouse guests is online. It's pretty sweet! It has details about the event, directions to MTU, photos from previous years of Safehouse, and more! If you're curious about Safehouse or just want to check it out, be sure to visit mtu.edu/safehouse.

Free Ice Cream

Friday, October 12 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event

Yup. COMPASS and Dining Services are working together to have free Ice Cream on Friday night for Family Weekend. It's all hard ice cream with a wide variety of flavors (including Mackinaw Island Fudge, yo). Each of the dining halls will be serving this ice cream from 9:30 - 10:30 pm, so all you have to do is walk downstairs to get it. Don't miss out.

CPR/First Aid Registration Open

Monday, October 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website

Are you interested in getting Red Cross Certified for Adult CPR and First Aid? If so, we sure do have a program for you! Registration for our "Learn Something" event is now open and can be found on the Events Page under the Learn Something link. Alternatively, click here to register!

Updated Events

Monday, October 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website

If you browse through both our upcoming and past events, you'll notice a lot of updates. IRHC members spent most of the weekend planning new events for October and filing records for the ones from September. With the variety of upcoming events we've got planned, we're sure there's something everyone can enjoy.

Safehouse Information

Monday, October 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse

Information and applications for Safehouse are available on the events page. All applications are due on October 19 at the Michigan Tech COMPASS office (G28W Wads).

Frisbockey Finals Photos

Saturday, October 6 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey

Photos from the Frisbockey Finals have been uploaded under the events page. Please note the increasing amount of mud and water that appeared on the fields as the games progressed. If anyone is interested in obtaining some of these photos in full resolution, please contact us at irhc@mtu.edu.

Student Issues

Saturday, October 6 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: issues, recycling

A number of student issues were brought up during the last governmental IRHC meeting, and now page-long descriptions of the main issues can be found under the 'projects' link. If you are interested in helping out with any of these issues (plastic and cardboard recycling, smoking entrance policies, online rideboard, and grassy area on campus), please send an email to irhc@mtu.edu with your name and which issue you're interested in. Anyone in the residence halls is invited to join a committee, regardless of their affiliation in the hall council organizations.

Frisbockey Champs

Monday, October 1 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey

The Frisbockey Finals were held this past Saturday and Sunday, and they were really intense! The final standings are as follows: 1st Place was Landslide, 2nd Place was Stacked, 3rd Place was Moo Crew, and 4th Place was Knights of Narnia. Trophies will be awarded soon! Thanks to all 32 teams that played Frisbockey this year, and we hope to see you all in the spring tournament!