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News: event
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!
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.
Egg Website Launched (with voting!)
Friday, March 21 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: egg decorating, website, event
Just in time for the egg decorating competition on Friday, March 21, the voting website was launched to let anyone, even people who didn't make an egg, vote on the bestest eggs. The website is somewhat of a test, as eggs in particular are usually round and decorated on multiple angles, which makes a 2-D picture difficult to judge the creativity and art put into the pieces. However, we hope that this allows more people to vote on the eggs and gives our volunteer staff an easier task for future years. As always, feedback is more then welcome.
Dodgeball Finals and Pictures
Friday, February 29 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: dodgeball tournament, event, website
Out of the fourteen teams who are playing dodgeball this year, only twelve made it to the single elimination tournament that will determine the overall champions of this tournament. The playoff schedules is available at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball/schedule.html. Also, the photo gallery and standings have been updated on the site, so be sure to look around a bit.
Prizes for the tournament this include 100 film board passes, free dodgeball t-shirts, and sweet trophies. There's only one more night of dodgeball action left, and it's sure to be a good one!
Dodgeball Schedule Online
Monday, February 25 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: dodgeball tournament, event
Over the past weekend, fourteen different teams signed up to compete in the fourth annual Dodgeball Tournament. This tournament will last almost two weeks and involve both a round robin and single elimination tournament. For more information about the tournament, visit the site at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball/. You can also go straight to the schedule page at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball/schedule.html.
Cocoa Shack Schedule for Finals
Friday, February 22 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: broomball, cocoa shack, event
As the broomball season winds down and final games are played, IRHC decided to follow suit with the cocoa shack. It's been a great year for the shack, with well over 2500 cups given away over the season, so we've decided to keep it open during the major final games of Broomball. While it will be closed over this weekend, the shack will remain open this week from Monday through Thursday with varying times. You can view our event schedule to see exact times, but for the most part, if there's a final game being played then the shack will be open. Oh yeah, and it's still free.
Pop Tab Wars Results
Friday, February 22 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: fundraiser, event
Over 260,000 tabs were collected during IRHC's third annual pop tab wars, which weighs over 175 pounds. This is a lot of pop tabs. About 17 houses participated, and a clear winner emerged: La Maison. You can view the results in a few different formats below...
Summary in pdf format.
Full breakdown with graphs in Excel 2007 format.
Full breakdown with graphs in Excel 2003 format.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this fund raising event! All proceeds will be going to Ronald McDonald house (we think).
Event Information Available
Wednesday, February 20 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
While there were several technical difficulties to overcome, the event information on the IRHC website is now available. Not only is it available on our homepage and under the 'events' tag, but you can view it in RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom 1.0 formats. More formats will be available in the future, including iCal and vCal, and one day we might actually release a dynamic pdf calendar too.
charity:water Movie Fundraiser
Monday, February 18 2008 - Kyle Done - Tags: event, fundraiser
charity:water is a nonprofit organization stimulating greater global awareness about extreme poverty, educating the public, and provoking compassionate and intelligent giving. Most notable work has been drilling new wells in Africa for clean:water. IRHC decided to work with the African Student Organization and Film Board to show a movie during African Week in order to raise money and awareness. The movie "Blood Diamond" was chosen by the three groups and seemed to help spread awareness of the condition in Africa. The event had 80 people show up to purchase raffle tickets and concessions to raise the $130. Before the movie started a 4 minute video about charity:water was shown to shed light on the conditions of people living in extreme poverty and the organizations work to bring clean and safe drinking water.
Dodgeball Registration and Rules Online
Wednesday, February 13 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, dodgeball tournament
After a bunch of discussion regarding on- and off-campus students participating in our Dodgeball Tournament, the Inter-Residence Hall Council leadership has decided to allow off-campus residents to participate without paying special fees as long as they are on a team with at least six on-campus residents. The Danielle Heights Apartments, by the way, is off-campus for all we care. More information about the tournament can be found by visiting the site at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball, and if you have any specific questions you can contact us at irhc@mtu.edu. Hope to see you at the tourney!
Flower Fundraiser raises over Five Hundred
Tuesday, February 12 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, fundraiser
Once an annual event, the Inter-Residence Hall Council has not held the Flower Fundraiser since the spring of 2005. While it was profitable and enjoyed by the residents, approximately five sales were made during that year, and IRHC quickly decided to drop the event. However, members wanted to bring it back as part of a general service events push and saw surprising success. Over 198 total sales were made, raising $555 dollars for the Barbara-Kettle Gundlach Shelter in Chassell. These sales included anything from two dozen roses to a lucky individual to many single carnations being sent to dear friends. All together, 211 roses and 127 carnations will be sent out on Thursday, February 14 (Valentine's Day), so keep your eye out to see if you received one!
Dodgeball Site
Monday, February 11 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, dodgeball tournament
Another IRHC event has sprung up, this time featuring everyone's favoritest game, Dodgeball! This site, found at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball, has both information for interested competitors of this event and updated stats and schedule (once the tournament begins. Be sure to check it out if you are interested in our fourth annual tournament!
Winter Carnival Events
Wednesday, February 6 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, winter carnival, broomball
During Winter Carnival, IRHC is working with Broomball to bring several fun events to participate in throughout the night! From Broomball Skills competitions free hot cocoa, we have something for everyone to enjoy.
4:30 - 6:00 Broomball All-Stars Competition
8:00 - 2:00 Free Hot Cocoa
9:00 - 12:00 Ice Skating on the Rinks
9:00 - 10:00 Broomball All-Stars Game
Whether you're just looking to drink something warm or want to skate with Blizzard T Husky on the rinks, we have something for you to enjoy. We'll be near the Broomball Rinks all night, so be sure to stop by!
Deans List Raffle
Friday, February 1 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: grade raffle, event
The six winners of this year's Dean's List Raffle were:
Josef Schwarzer
Benjamin Lucas
Emily Kelly
Anthony Giesey
James Buckingham
Lukas Morse
Josef Schwarzer was the lucky winner of the PS2 Game Console with Guitar Hero 3, while the other residents won twelve filmboard movie tickets each. These prizes will be given away later this afternoon through the reception desks.
Congratulations to everyone who got on the Dean's List Raffle!
Tetris Website
Friday, February 1 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, tetris tournament, website
Another IRHC event website has been created this Spring, this time for the Tetris Tournament. You can view it at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/tetris. This site includes information about the tournament, with timelines, rules, and general information. Of course, it is fully xHTML 1.0 compliant, as is all IRHC websites these days :D.
Penny Wars Results!
Sunday, December 16 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, fundraiser, penny wars
We apologize for the lateness in reporting Penny Wars Results. The results have been available for about a week on the "Penny Wars" flash website, but the winners definitely deserve recognition here! The winners are decided by dividing the total positive points by the number of residents in the hall.
1st Place -- Bastille I with $72.83 positive points, or $3.17 per resident
2nd Place -- Strange Crew with $39.89 positive points, or $1.14 per resident
3rd Place -- Atlantis with $23.69 positive points, or $0.72 per resident
4th Place -- I-House with $13.71 positive points, or $0.43 per resident
5th Place -- Citadel with $14.56 positive points, or $0.40 per resident
6th Place -- Toll House I with $6.65 positive points, or $0.25 per resident
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who contributed! Over $900 was raised for charity this year! Bastille I will be deciding which local charity the money goes to, and will have a pizza party next semester
Penny Wars Update
Thursday, December 6 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, penny wars, website, fundraiser
The first wild card has been used! Strange Crew in McNair used the Revenge of the Jedi card to command an impressive lead over the other halls. There's only one more day to use wild cards and three more days of Penny Wars, and the competition is heating up fast. For more information on Penny Wars, as well as updated stats and rules, visit the sweet flash site here.
Penny Wars Website
Saturday, December 1 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, penny wars, website, fundraiser
Now that Penny Wars has started, there is a new really cool flash based website with rules, history, standings, and lots of cool animations. You can check it out at Penny Wars or visit it under the events page.
Texas Hold Em winner
Thursday, November 15 2007 - Steven O'Dacre - Tags: event
The winner of the Texas Hold 'Em Poker Championship was Matthew Galambus, who received a very sweet iPod Touch for making his way through his hall's tournament and beating the competition in the grueling Championship round! Congratulations, Matt, and congratulations to everyone who made it into the final round! The last half of the intense Championship round was filmed and will be televised on MTU Cable after Thanksgiving Break. We'll keep you posted on this opportunity to see your friends vie for the spot of top dog in Texas Hold 'Em Poker on TV.
Safehouse Winners Announced
Sunday, November 4 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse
Earlier at the Costume Party, the winners of Safehouse were announced! For those who weren't there, the winners were:
Ages 0-7
1st Place -- HLH's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
2nd Place -- The Burrow's "Monsters Inc."
3rd Place -- Penthouse's "Candyland"
4th Place -- Kashmir's "Magic Schoolbus"
5th Place -- Armada's "Space Aliens"
6th Place -- Shangri-La's "Fairytale Princess"
Ages 8-15
1st Place -- Mama's Boys "Insane Asylum"
2nd Place -- Treehouse's "Viral Outbreak"
3rd Place -- Tucker Inn's "Haunted Hospital"
4th Place -- FYE's "Insane Asylum"
5th Place -- Das Lowen Haus' "Experimental Asylum"
6th Place -- South Park's "Zombies with Candy"
Congratulations to all those who won! Also at the Costume Party, the Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero 3 was raffled off, and the lucky winner was Karen Kloet! The winner of the best costumes were the Pirate Sheep and the Laundry Basket, as well as the group "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil"--congratulations to everyone who won, and thank you very much to everyone who came! Check out the event photos page for pictures from this awesome event.
Costume Party Saturday Night
Saturday, November 3 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, safehouse
The Costume Party in DHH is this Saturday, November 3 in DHHC Campus Study Lounge. There will be plenty of activities to participate in, as well as sweet door prizes (including an Xbox 360) and best-costume prizes. Also, the winners of Safehouse will be announced at the end of the night. Be sure to drop by and check out the festivities.
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.
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!
Frisbockey Rocks!
Thursday, September 27 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
Yes, yes it does. Also, the team standings and schedule has been updated, as well as the finals schedule put online. If you have any time conflicts with the finals schedule, be sure to contact your team captain. Otherwise, we'll see you on the field as the competition heats up.
Rest of Frisbockey Games CANCELED
Monday, September 24 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
Unfortunately, there are some pretty intense lightning strikes outside, so all Frisbockey games starting after 9 o'clock have been canceled for today (Monday). Sorry, folks! E-mails will be going out about reschedules soon.
Saturday Games CANCELED
Saturday, September 22 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
Even though all Friday games were moved to this Saturday, many teams will be at the Football game during the best available time. So, all games have been further delayed (until next Friday). Check out the team schedule for all of the details.
Frisbockey Games CANCELED
Friday, September 21 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
Due to the high wind speed warnings of 30 mph with 65 mph gusts for Friday, September 21, all Frisbockey games have been canceled. These games have been rescheduled for Saturday, September 22, starting at 1pm. The schedule on the events page has been updated to reflect these changes, and your captain has more details. Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience.
Photo Scavenger Hunt Successful
Tuesday, September 18 2007 - Steven O'Dacre - Tags: event
Our first Photo Scavenger Hunt went extremely well! Like any first event, there were a few glitches--in our case, the quality of the disposable cameras we used wasn't that great, so a few photos didn't turn out. However, we took all of that into consideration while judging, and we did emerge with a clear winner: Team 13, captained by Jesse Tardiff! Their prize? Four pretty sweet digital photo fames with a 2GB SD card each! We had a total of thirteen teams sign up, but two dropped out (Teams 11 and 12). The teams that did participate, though, said that they had a great time! Hopefully, we'll have a similar scavenger hunt (with many new things to find, and lots of harder things) in the spring semester! We'll keep you posted! Meanwhile, check out some nifty pictures teams took on the Event Photos page.
Optional Frisbockey Games
Tuesday, September 18 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
Due to the inclement weather today and the water level on our fields, Frisbockey games are optional. Please contact your respective team captain for details.
Frisbockey: Week One
Saturday, September 15 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
The first week of Frisbockey has finally drawn to a chilly, wet close. Though some teams have dominated over the competition, it's hard to say what teams will make it all the way to finals. Also, with an average temperature in the low 50s for the first week and higher (70s) temperatures heading into second week, there's no telling what the future team stats will look like. For photos or to view team stats for this season, check out the events page.
Frisbockey Not Cancelled
Tuesday, September 11 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
The weather is awful today, but Frisbockey is not canceled. Make sure to show up with your teams on time.
Frisbockey Season
Sunday, September 9 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
With 32 teams signed up to play Frisbockey this year (almost twice from last year), there's no doubt that this is truly Tech's fastest growing sport! Games will be every week night, 8pm to 10:40pm, so if you're not playing be sure to come out and cheer on your favorite team! The schedule can be found on the events page, and we'll be uploading pictures as soon as the season starts.
K Day Recap
Friday, September 7 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: kday, event, cotton candy
Even though K-Day was held in the SDC due to inclement weather, many students and groups headed up to the SDC to celebrate this Michigan Tech tradition. There were plenty of activities to enjoy, including inflatables, WMTU root beer, and dozens of booths with varying activities. IRHC alone gave away over 500 cotton candy cones and 400 condoms, as well as dozens of brochures. Even though K-Day inside is a fraction of the normal event, Tech students still managed to have fun in our gym! Be sure to check out the pictures on the Event Photos page.
Frisbockey Info
Tuesday, September 4 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, frisbockey
The Frisbockey team registration packets and 2007 rules have been uploaded on the events page. This packet as well as a rep (preferably the captain) need to be at the captain's meeting on September 8, 4pm, in G17/19 W Wads for the team to be registered. Also, today marks the first preseason game after Orientation Week, so if you want to try out the game or pick up some free gear, come down to Walker field and play some Frisbockey! All games are played rain or shine.
Grow Something a Success
Monday, September 3 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: orientation week, event
A new event this year, 'Grow Something' has turned out to be a huge success. Originally planned to last four hours, we gave away 250 free plants in under 20 minutes! For the residents who did not receive a plant this time, we are hoping to order up to four times as much for next year's event to be ready for this unexpected demand. Check out photos on the events page of the giveaway.
Schoolyard Olympics
Monday, September 3 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: orientation week, schoolyard olympics, event
This event coordinated with IRHC, DHHC, MHA, WHSA, and Res Life met with great success on Sunday, Sept 2. About 700 residents competed in a variety of events, including the impromptu 'Musical Chairs', and everyone (especially the staff) had a great time! Though the winners won't be announced until a future hall council meeting, feel free to check out images of the event and check back here in a week or so to find out the winners of Schoolyard Olympics.
Site Updates
Monday, September 3 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website, photos
Several areas of the website have been updated after a very busy weekend. Information on several of our events has been added under the past events section and over 60 photos have been added to the event photo section. Whether you participated in some of this weekend's events or want to see what you missed, you should definitely check out some great pictures.
Schoolyard Olympics Schedule
Friday, August 31 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: orientation week, schoolyard olympics, event
The schedule for Schoolyard Olympics has been finalized and put on the 'events' page. Out of the 58 total residential houses, 50 of them have signed up to participate in this year's event... A new high for this event! This large kickoff event for Welcome Week and IRHC is coming in two days, and everyone is looking forward to it being a great one.
Schoolyard Olympics Update
Tuesday, August 28 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: orientation week, schoolyard olympics, event
The whiffle ball tournament during Schoolyard Olympics has been completely canceled. There was a few reasons for it, but to make a long story short, it's been replaced by the home run derby. We hope this replacement is even more fun then last year's whiffle ball tournament and look forward to having another great event for the residents to enjoy.
More Events Info Online
Monday, August 20 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
As the school year gets closer, members of the Inter-Residence Hall Council are getting more event details finalized before it's too late! Check out the Upcoming Events page to view more info about our September events, which is all available in the calendar formats available for download. Also, the official Michigan Tech web calendar should start showing our September events within a few days. Keep an eye out for more event updates over the next week.
Events Calendar
Wednesday, August 15 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
The IRHC events for the entire fall semester is now available in iCal and xml formats for anyone who'd like to import our events into their existing calendars! Check them out on the events page.
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