April Newsletter

Body Modification Project

Hey Folks,

For those of you that would like to see the pictures displayed for our Body Modification Project (BMP), we have the photos on Flickr: CLICK HERE

ENJOY!

Resident Advisor Appreciation Week!

Did you remember to appreciate your RA this week? Chances are, you were probably too busy reading textbooks, studying for exams, going to class, and heading to bed early to remember to do such a thing! But don't worry - we understand! With only ONE DAY left, we thought it might be helpful if we compiled a list of things you could do to express your appreciation for your RA:

10) Obey quiet hours, if only for once in your life. Instead of partying hardy this Thursday evening, consider keeping your voice level down a few notches - you may even simultaneously earn the respect of your floormates while doing this!

9) Write a cute message on your RA's white board. (As opposed to an insult, inappropriate comment, or anatomically correct drawing.) A "Thanks for all you do!" will be sure to suffice!

8) Clean up the lounge at the end of the night! Your empty food containers, random articles of clothing, video game systems, pillows, and blankets reflect poorly on the entire floor. Do your part and establish a good reputation amongst the entire building. Believe it or not, it makes US look bad too.

7) Slip a nice note under our door! Most of us have spare pieces of paper in case you need to ask us an emergency question while we're not there. A simple "I love you more than life itself!" is sure to put a smile on even the most stressed out RA's face.

6) Smile at us as we pass each other in the hallway, lobby, dining hall, Schine, quad, et cetera. For the love of Pete (di Jianne?), acknowledge our existance! We made it our mission in the beginning of the year to get to know each and every one of you, so the least you could do it humor us and boost our egos slightly.

5) DON'T tear down our bulletin boards, use Sharpie on our Question of the Month signs, or vandalize the floor in any other way. Do you know how many hours we spend putting up those bulletin boards? Do you realize how many staples we end up sending through our finger tips? Or how frustrating it is when you can't find enough of those scalloped-edged borders to go around the edge? It's rough! Most of us pull all-nighters every single time we have to re-do them. Please, respect them, and respect our hard work.

4) Make us a sign and tape it on our door! You know we do it when it's YOUR birthday - why not return the favor and have everyone on the floor sign it?

3) Hang out with us when we're bored. You see us in the lounge doing homework, or chilling in our room with our door open... That's our passive-aggressive way of saying "Spend time with me!" Maybe that's not the case for everyone, but it's always nice to interact with you and have meaningful conversations beyond, "When's the floor meeting?"

2) Come to our floor activities, building-wide events, floor meals, and floor meetings... if only to make us feel good about ourselves. We put so much time, energy, effort, and creativity into planning fun things for you to attend and when no one shows up it really puts a damper on our spirits! We do it for you! The least you could do is attend long enough to grab some food or to just say hi.

1) Learn our names! Do you even know who we are?

That should do it!

So please, APPRECIATE YOUR RESIDENT ADVISOR!

You have no idea what it means to us!

Penny War Results

First of all, a big shout out to our MDA, Amy for counting the money from the Lawrinson Penny Wars!

Here are the results:

Floors 3 and 4 raised $10.48 with a total of -722 points
Floors 5 and 6 raised $3.56 with a total of -234 points
Floors 7 and 8 raised $11.41 with a total of -239 points
Floors 9 and 10 raised $17.35 with a total of -725 ponts
Floors 12 and 17 raised $8.18 with a total of -282 points
Floors 11 and 16 raised $14.51 with a total of -490 points
Floors 13 and 18 raised $16.23 with a total of -457 points
Floors 14 and 15 raised $30.37 with a total of -1703 points
Floors 19 and 20 raised $7.13 with a total of -37 points (WINNER)

Thank you to all of you who participated. We raised $119.22 from Penny Wars. Added to our talent show and candy grams, our hall raised $371.72 to donate to Haiti. Great Job Everyone! Thank you for all your contributions.

Relay for Life

Relay for Life is a great event that is held each year in the Carrier Dome to raise money for the American Cancer Society. This year's Relay will take place on April 10th at 6pm-April 11th at 6am.
There will be music, dancing, games and more!

To join the Relay team for Lawrinson Hall, go to http://www.syracuserelay.org/.  Click the "Sign Up" tab at the top of the page then click the tab that says "Join a Team".  Lawrinson Hall is under the team name of Area A with Paul Czuprynski as the captain.  To join this team simply search for Area A in team name and click the "join" button.

Syracuse Relay also encourages students to form their own teams.  To do this, go to the website and follow the steps.  It is quick and easy and only costs $10.

The theme for his year's Relay for Life is Truth and Dare and it's going to be a ton of fun.

If you have any questions about Relay, feel free to ask your RA, ARD or RD about the event. 

On behalf of Lawrinson Hall, the Power Tower, let's make this year's Relay the best yet.  So Join!

Haiti Relief Efforts

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for all of your help with raising money for Haiti!

We were able to sell 101 bracelts and raised $115.00. Thank you to all your kind donations.

In addition, we raised $137.50 through our Lawrinson Talent Show this past Friday.

So far we've raised $252.50 so lets see how much more we can contribute through Penny Wars, which is happening all of February. Please go down to the main desk if you have any questions. Again, all proceeds are going to relief efforts in Haiti.

Thanks everyone for your generosity.

Come to this event sponsored by the MLLC