Free Food Tonight!

FREE FOOD TONIGHT! 5:30-7:30pm In the Courtyard or Community Room. The last RJ potluck of the year. Grilled veggies and drinks provided, bring a dish to share.

With finals happening, I thought it would be helpful to give people some study tips. I did some interweb searching and found that studying in a dorm/apartment can be quite distracting! There's people wandering about, video games, yummy food to cook..(but do eat yummy food for fuel!), and studying on a bed may turn into an afternoon nap... So maybe study outside or in our fabulous library!

I found a website which was helpful. It suggested to:

1. Study in chunks, 20-60 minutes with lots of short breaks in between

2. Study in the daylight instead of during vampire hours

3. Pick out your 3 hardest classes and study for those every day

4. Ask yourself questions about the material constantly

5. Discuss key concepts with peers (Us Naropians have that one down)

What Gina finds super useful when jamming the brain full of facts:

1. Lots of snacks

2. Texting some friends about how intense this study session is

3. Call a Mom and complain

4. Play with the nearest animal

5. Find more snacks

6. Too much studying, must nap

7. Leave it up to the Universe and watch the Golden Girls

Anyway maybe don't listen to the latter set of suggestions so much! I'm sure everyone will do great! Good luck Sno Lowerzzzz! :D

Sno Lo Camping Trip!

Hello my fellow Snow Lion inhabitants! Some members of our community went camping in Poudre Canyon recently. Here are some fun photos they brought back from their adventure in the wilderness! :)

This Vacuum Cleaner Is Fully Operational

Yeah, it works again. Come by the office to check it out.

Tea-ing up for Finals, and other lame puns

So in order to support everyone in their intense study efforts over the next few weeks. The RA staff will be hosting Tea-fueled community room session each weeknight starting at 8pm. Some of the Teas even have caffeine. Please come by and study, or at least grab youself a warm beverage.





Contest to who can come up with the best-worst tea puns in the comments.

Address Changes!

Postal Service Address Change
Please do this!! We will not forward your mail to you. Sorry!

Also, Please change your address in webreg. To do this:
1. Log in to your account
2. Go to biographical information
3. click on Request Address Change

Thank you!

Listening Circle Update

Below are a list of topics discussed at the last listening circle. There is another listening circle this Thursday at 5pm in the courtyard. Bring your ideas, suggestions, questions, etc. Comment here on the topics from before.

Cleaning of Public Spaces
          Courtyard, Community Room, Shrine Room, etc.
Smokers’ Rights
           Shelter, Possible use of Courtyard, Access to West Gate, etc.
Students Feeling More Empowered to Confront Others
           Noise, Alcohol, Drugs, RJ (Does it? Or doesn’t work?)
Repaint Snow Lion Statues
Pipes and Heating Problems
Community Meetings
           Length, Frequency, etc
Drug Use
           Prevalence, Impact on students who abstain, expectations of students and parents of drug
Courtyard
           So very much cement, so little green.
Room entry
           Clarify policy, communication, maintenance and facilities procedure.
Quarter Machine in the Laundry Room
            Why does it still not exist?
Clothesline
Lights in the Courtyard
            Off at Night, Motion Sensor?
Fob use on side doors?
ADA Accessibility
Transitioning out of Snow Lion
Mural
Building Color
New Umbrellas
Counseling Center
            More staff, fulltime SL counselor?
Required Housing Policy
Quiet Hour Policy
Alcohol Policy
             Over 21? Open-Housing, Sub-Free?

BOULDER CREEK CLEAN-UP

EARTH DAY EVENT!!!!

BOULDER CREEK CLEAN-UP
(Sponsored by R.O.O.T.)



*Wednesday, April 21st
*1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
*Eat a FREE lunch on the Arapahoe campus green from 12-1:30 pm and then meet up near the flags at the far side of the green at 1:30 pm
*Bring your own plastic &/or paper grocery bags (if you have them) to use for our collection
***Gloves and bags will be provided for those who do not bring any***



Come enjoy the beautiful spring weather while also volunteering to help make our community a more beautiful place!!!!!!

Please contact Kristy Hill at kristyh@students.naropa.edu with any questions

The Sycamore Issue 2

Please visit the Sycamore Issue 2:
http://www.thesycamore.org/

Need somewhere to stash your stuff for the Summer?

Boulder Self Storage
http://www.boulderselfstore.com/

Flatirons Moving & Storage, Inc.
http://www.flatironsmoving.com/

Securcare Self Storage
http://www.securcareselfstorage.com/

Boulder SSI Storage Center‎
(303) 449-6597

NAROPA ART SHOW!

Hello this is Regina speaking! Last evening I attended the Naropa art show at our Nalanda campus. The art was phenomenal and so were the snacks! There was also live music to accompany the artistic observing. I encourage everyone to attend the next one. Our peers are truly amazing! :)

Root Photo Day Hike

Listening Circles

Snow Lion wants to do better. We want to give students more say, we want to listen better.

Come, fill our ears with your creative and brilliant questions and concerns.

Friday April 9th 3-5pm
and
Thursday April 22nd 5-6pm

Tendrel is Looking for Submissions!

Hey Snow Lion,

Tendrel is Naropa's Diversity Journal and is taking submissions right now! If you want to contribute a poem, piece of prose, art work, photos, articles or stories

email onlymetaphor@gmail.com with your attached work...

The deadline is April 10 so hurry!

Limit 3 pieces of work and no more than 1000 words.

Possible themes...Cultural appropriation, journey/transformation, gender, identity and cultural heritage...not limited to these of course!

Thanks, I hope to see your work soon!
Tiph

Let's talk about Cultural Appropriation: Community Dialogue

What is Cultural Exchange?
What is Cultural Assimilation?
Let's Talk About Cultural Appropriation.

 Is Cultural Appropriation Wrong?

 How do we recognize it?

 What can we do?

A Community Conversation:

Thursday, April 8, 2010

3:30-5p.m.

Student Center

 

Snacks served.

El Centro and the Tendrel Editorial Committee

Invite you to participate in a community conversation about cultural appropriation and how it impacts us.

Please contact sluther@naropa.edu for questions or info.

The Sycamore

Please visit the Sycamore!

Naropa's Brand New Student Newspaper.

What's a fob and why doesn't mine work?

What is a fob?

Main Entry: fob
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps akin to German dial. Fuppe pocket.
Date: 1630

1 : watch pocket
2 : a short strap, ribbon, or chain attached especially to a pocket watch
3 : an ornament attached to a fob chain

Why doesn't mine work?

Due to some unfortunate technological inevitabilities we have to reissue fobs to everyone here at Snow Lion. We will be doing so in conjunction with our community meeting this Friday. Your current fob will stop working at this time. Here’s what to do:

1) Come to the meeting and turn in your current fob for a new fob.

2) If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to be able to come home you need to either make arrangements with me to exchange you fob after 5pm on Friday or contact Sean who is the RA on duty on Friday after 8pm.

3) If you have lost your fob please bring $30 to pay for replacement keys since you will not be able to exchange your current fob. You will be assessed this charge at the end of the semester if your keys do not magically reconstitute themselves so you might as well get it taken care of at this opportunity.

We want you to come home we really do, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know and I’ll do my best to work with you. Your safety is our business, sorry for the cheesy corporate tagline.

Although it would be somewhat humorous and largely cruel or unfair to lock everyone out of the building who doesn’t attend the meeting this is not our goal. The purpose of the email is to let people know in advance to avoid any such situations and to be as flexible as possible with those who need an alternative way of getting their fob replaced.