• Since 2008 University Courtyard has made major headway in “going green”. In each Going Green issue of Housing Happenings, we will highlight one of our sustainable living tips so that together we can build a more eco-friendly community.

• UC’s Sustainable Living Tip #4: Compost out at the farm for all biodegradable materials (that’s where all the plate scrapings go)

VINTAGE DAYS is Fresno State's largest annual event, full of food,
concerts, fun and games for everyone. The festival is planned and
coordinated by students like yourself who are on the Vintage Days team.
If you would like to get INVOLVED, please call 278-2741 or stop by USU
306 to get a sub-committee application. See you in April!

 

 

Atrium Front Desk

• Last day to submit petition to cancel housing if leaving at end of Fall semester on November 2, 2009 by 5pm.

Accounting

• Next payment due on November 5th

• Rent and Meal payments are due the 5th of each month for residents who have chosen the following payment plans:
     ×   Monthly Payment Plan
     ×   Monthly Financial Aid with automatic deduction
     ×   Monthly Financial Aid without automatic deduction

• A late fee of $25 will be assessed on all past due accounts if payment is not received by the 10th of each month.

• November 2009 Timeline:
     ×   Nov 5 – Payment Due
     ×   Nov 11 – $25 Late Fee Assessed
     ×   Nov 16 – Eviction Notices
     ×   Nov 24 – Eviction

• Loan:
     ×   If you plan on accepting a loan after August 10, 2009 for the Fall 2009 semester and would like University Courtyard to automatically pull those funds and apply them to your housing expenses, you must notify University Courtyard Accounting within 5 days of accepting the loan. This also applies to residents who have chosen the Financial Aid with Automatic Deduction Payment Plan.

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Don't Talk About It Be About It
2010-2011 Resident Life Staff

Want to be a part of the 2010 – 2011 Residence Life Staff?
For more details, attend any one of these informational meetings:

Tuesday, December 1st at 5:30pm in Atrium Conference Room
Wednesday, January 20th at 6:30pm in Baker Lobby

On-Campus Activities:

     ×   The Bookworm Book Club
Tuesdays, 12pm - 1pm in the USU 310
Book of the month is - A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Echart Tolle
Sponsored by USU Productions and The Women's Resource Center
For More Information call 278-4435

     ×   Theatre Plays:
http://www.csufresno.edu/theatrearts/performances/current_season.shtml

USU Productions Up Coming Events:
     ×   Annual San Francisco Shopping Bus Trip
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Leave the North Gym at 8 am
Will be dropped off at Union Square
Purchase tickets at the USU Information Center
$20 Fresno State Students with Valid Id
*Tickets on sale to students starting on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
$30 General Public
*Tickets on sale to the public starting on Monday, November 16, 2009
For more information call 278-2078

     ×   USU Canned Food Drive '09
Supporting the Bulldog Pantry - Now through December 13th
Help your surrounding community this winter season!  
Donate what every person deserves and needs- food.
Donations can be dropped off at:
* The Student Involvement Center in USU Room 306
* USU Recreation Center

Or

Participate in Caroling for Cans
Students will be singing for cans on Friday, December 4th at 2 pm
Please collect cans within your office and students will carol to collect them.
Email Tara if your office is interested in inviting students to come caroling for cans.  tpowers@csufresno.edu
*You must RSVP in order for students to come by.
Sponsored by the USU Board of Directors, USU Productions, and Associated Students, Inc.
For more information call 278-2741

About Fresno:
     ×   The Nutcracker on Nov. 28th @ 1:00pm at the Selland Arena- Fresno Convention           Center.
     ×   The Nutcracker on Nov. 28th @ 7:00pm at the Selland Arena- Fresno Convention                Center.
     ×   The Nutcracker on Nov. 29th @ 1:00pm at the Selland Arena- Fresno Convention                Center.
     ×   The Nutcracker on Dec. 19th @ 2:00pm at the Selland Arena- Fresno Convention                Center.
     ×   The Nutcracker on Dec. 20th @ 2:00pm at the Selland Arena- Fresno Convention                   Center.

Save Mart Center: Concerts       
     ×   Kelly Clarkson on Dec. 1st @ 7:30pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   34th Annual World Championship Motorcycle Ice Racing on Dec. 5th @ 7:30pm at the           Save Mart Center.
     ×   Andrea Bocelli on Dec. 10th @ 8:00pm at the Save Mart Center.
     ×   Harlem Globetrotters on Jan. 10th (2010) @ 8:00pm at the Save Mart Center.
     ×   PBR (Professional Bull Rider) on Mar. 19th (2010) @ 8:00pm at the Save Mart Center.
     ×   PBR (Professional Bull Rider) on Mar. 20th (2010) @ 6:00pm at the Save Mart Center.
     ×   Brad Paisley on Feb. 18th (2010) @ 7:30pm at the Save Mart Center.
     ×   Taylor Swift on Apr. 10th (2010) @ 7:00pm at the Save Mart Center.

Check online for more ticket information visit there website at http://www.savemartcenter.com/

FSU Sports: Fall Edition

Football:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Spring Edition.

Men's Tennis:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Spring Edition.

Women's Tennis:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Spring Edition.

Women's Volleyball:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Spring Edition.

Women’s Equestrian:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Spring Edition.

Women’s Soccer:
     ×   Check Back With Us During FSU Sports Fall Edition  2010 & will keep you posted           on the WAC

Men’s Basketball:
     ×   Fresno State vs. San Diego State on Nov. 23rd @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center
     ×   Fresno State vs. Pacific on Dec. 1st @ 7:00pm in Selland Arena.
     ×   Fresno State vs. San Diego on Dec. 6th @ 4:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. UC Davis on Dec. 17th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. North Dakota State on Dec. 19th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Colorado State on Dec. 28th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Boise State on Jan. 2nd @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Hawai’i on Jan. 9th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. San Jose State on Jan. 11th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Utah State on Jan. 21st @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Nevada on Jan. 23rd @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.

Women’s Basketball:
     ×   Fresno State vs. Sacramento State on Dec. 8th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. UNLV on Dec. 12th @ 2:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Pacific on Dec. 22nd @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Stanford on Dec. 30th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Cal State Bakersfield on Jan. 2nd @ 5:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Hawai’i on Jan. 6th @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Utah State on Jan. 16th @ 5:00pm in Save Mart Center.
     ×   Fresno State vs. Louisiana Tech on Jan. 23rd @ 7:00pm in Save Mart Center.

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CD November 24, 2009:
     ×   Lady Gaga- “Fame Monster”
     ×   Shakira- “She Wolf”
     ×   Birdman- “Priceless”
     ×   Memphis Bleek- “The Process E2”
     ×   Sean Diddy Combs- “Last Train to Paris”
     ×   Ike Reilly- Hard Luck Stories”
     ×   Tom Waits- “Glitter and Doom”
     ×   Timbaland- “Shock Value 2”
     ×   Adam Lambert- “For Your Entertainment”
     ×   Susan Boyle- “I Dreamed a Dream”
     ×   Beautiful Supermachines- “Shut Up”

DVD November 24, 2009:
     ×   Snow White
     ×   Angels and Demons
     ×   Four Christmases
     ×   Gomorrah
     ×   Santa Buddies

Movies November 25:
     ×   Fantastic Mr. Fox
     ×   Old Dogs
     ×   Ninja Assassin
     ×   Me and Orson Welles
     ×   The Road
     ×   The Princess and the Frog

TV November 23rd to November 29th:
   Monday
     ×   Monday Night Football @ 5:30 on ESPN
     ×   House @ 8:00pm on FOX
     ×   Heroes @ 8:00pm on NBC
     ×   Trauma @ 9:00pm on NBC
     ×   Dancing With the Stars @ 8:00pm on ABC.
     ×   One Tree Hill @ 8:00pm on The CW.
     ×   Two and a Half Men @ 9:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Big Bang Theory @ 9:30 pm on CBS
     ×   Gossip Girl  @ 9:00pm on The CW
     ×   CSI: Miami @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   How I Met Your Mother @ 8:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Castle @ 10:00pm on ABC.
     ×   Accidentally on Purpose @ 8:30pm on CBS.
   Tuesday
     ×   90210 @ 8:00pm on The CW. 
     ×   So You Think You Can Dance @ 8:00pm on FOX
     ×   Dancing with the Stars @ 9:00 pm on ABC.
     ×   The Biggest Loser @ 8:30pm on NBC.
     ×   Melrose Place @ 9:00pm on The CW.
     ×   The Forgotten @ 10:00pm on ABC.
     ×   NCIS @ 8:00pm on CBS
     ×   NCIS: Los Angeles @ 9:00pm on CBS
     ×   Nova @ 8:00 pm on KVPTX
     ×   The Good Wife @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   V @ 8:00pm on ABC
   Wednesday
     ×   America’s Next Top Model @ 8:00pm on The CW.
     ×   Law & Order: SVU @ 9:00pm on NBC.
     ×   CSI: New York @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Criminal Minds @ 9:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Eastwick @ 10:00pm on ABC.
     ×   Gary Unmarried @ 8:30 pm on CBS
     ×   Hank @ 8:00pm on ABC.
     ×   The Middle @ 8:30 pm on ABC
     ×   Modern Family @ 9:00 pm on ABC
     ×   Cougar Town @ 9:30 pm on ABC
     ×   Mercy @ 8:00pm on NBC
   Thursday
     ×   Project Runway @ 10:00pm on Lifetime.
     ×   The Vampire Diaries @ 8:00pm on The CW.
     ×   Supernatural @ 9:00pm on The CW
     ×   Community @ 8:00 pm on NBC
     ×   Parks and Recreation @ 8:30 pm on NBC
     ×   The Office @ 9:00pm on NBC
     ×   30 Rock @ 9:30 on NBC
     ×   CSI: Crime Scene @ 9:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Grey Anatomy @ 9:00pm on ABC.
     ×   FlashForward @ 8:00pm on ABC.
     ×   The Mentatlist @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Survivor: Samoa @ 8:00pm on CBS.
     ×    Private Practice @ 10:00pm on ABC.
   Friday
     ×   Law and Order @ 9:00pm on NBC.
     ×   House  @ 8:00pm on FOX
     ×   ‘Til Death @ 8:30pm on FOX.
     ×   Bones @ 9:00pm on FOX
     ×   Ghost Whisperer @ 8:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Smallville @ 8:00pm on The CW.
     ×   Numb3rs @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Supernanny @ 8:00pm on NBC
     ×   Ugly Betty at 9:00pm on NBC.
     ×   Medium @ 9:00pm on CBS.
   Saturday
     ×   College Football @ 5:00 on ABC
     ×   Movie @ 8:00 pm on CW
   Sunday
     ×   NFL Football @ 5:15 pm on NBC
     ×   60 Minutes @ 7:00 pm on CBS
     ×   Three Rivers @ 9:00 pm on CBS
     ×   America’s Funniest Home Videos @ 7:30 pm on ABC
     ×   Extreme Makeover: Home Edition @ 8:00pm on ABC.
     ×   The Amazing Race @ 8:00 pm on CBS.
     ×   Brothers @ 7:00 pm on FOX
     ×   American Dad @ 7:30 pm on FOX
     ×   Family Guy @ 8:00pm, 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm on FOX.
     ×   Desperate Housewives @ 9:00pm on ABC.
     ×   Brothers & Sisters @ 10:00pm on ABC.
     ×   Cold Case @ 10:00pm on CBS.
     ×   Shooter @ 5:30pm on 25

 

 

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Housing Happenings: What was the last movie you've seen in theaters?
Lindsey Graham: The last time I went to theaters I was in high school, so I don’t remember.

H.H.: What are you doing for the Thanksgiving Holiday?
L.G.: I am visiting my father’s first family.

H.H.: What is your major and why did you choose it?
L.G.: Nursing, actually pre-nursing right now. I had an internship at a non-ambulatory surgery center in high school and I thought that I would enjoy my career in the health care profession more if I were a nurse rather than a doctor. As a doctor, you end up doing the same thing everyday opposed to a nurse who can choose how much variety they want.

H.H.: Which book series do you like more and why: Harry Potter or Twilight?
L.G.: Unfortunately I didn’t read either of them. Nonfiction is not my thing. School is more important such as testing, applying for scholarships, taking online classes, winter session or summer school. Understanding how to get in to your major and to graduate on time has always been more important to me. If anyone is interested in being successful in school, they are more than welcome to join in on an academic success committee meeting on every other Wednesday from 4-6 in Baker.

H.H.: What age do you want to get married and why?
L.G.: Age is just a number. Timing is more important. When I am self-sufficient, with a job, a masters in anesthesiology, and can support myself, then I will consider it; but the more you rush on anything, the more likely you are for mistakes. You need to find yourself before you find someone else.

H.H.: Do you prefer texting or talking on the phone? why?
L.G.: Talking, before long it is going to be taken for granted. Plus it takes forever going back and forth texting when it would be so much easier to just call the person directly.

H.H.: For Christmas do you buy or make your family's gifts?
L.G.: I try to make them, especially for intermediate family.

H.H.: If you were on a game show what would be and why?
L.G.: Jeopardy, my teachers used to have me play the rest of the class.

 

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10-Year-Old Girl Tased

According to a report filed by officer Dustin Bradshaw of the Ozark Police Department, the officer was forced to use a "very, very brief" stun with a Taser to subdue a combative 10-year-old girl.

In the police report, Officer Bradshaw was called to the girl's home when her mother called the police. The girl was refusing to follow her mother's instructions, and when officer Bradshaw arrived, he found the girl screaming and crying on the floor.

The mother asked Bradshaw to take the girl to jail, but the girl violently kicked at Bradshaw and planted one in his groin. At that point he used his Taser to put the girl in handcuffs. The Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil has taken her.

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Baby Born in Car, Parents Name Baby After the Car

England: After not quite reaching the hospital in time and having to give birth in their Kia Carens, 23-year-old Samantha Smyth and 24-year-old Tony Richardson have made a list minute change to their baby name.

The infant was originally to have been 'Tilly' but the parents decided that the name didn't fit and instead named her 'Kia' after the car. Smyth said they probably wouldn't have named her after the car if it had been a Citroen or a Volkswagen.

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"Ninja" Impales Self on Fence

A Seattle man, whose name has not been released, claiming to be a ninja, attempted to jump over a 4- to 5-foot-high metal fence, but didn't quite make it. Police say that alcohol likely played a role in the "overconfidence in his abilities".

Police were in the area looking for an assault victim when they heard the screams from the man, and suspect he was involved in the assault, even though he claims he was just trying to leap over the fence.

The man is still in intensive care in hospital in serious condition.

(New stories came from Click Here)

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Five Layer Bars

Ingredients:

     ×   1/2 cup chopped pecans
     ×   1 cup butterscotch morsels
     ×   1 cup shredded coconut
     ×   1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
     ×   1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
     ×   1 jar Five Layer Bar Mix
     ×   1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
     ×   1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

1. In a decorative jar, layer pecans, butterscotch morsels, coconut, and chocolate morsels. Spoon graham cracker crumbs into a small plastic or cellophane bag and place on top of the layers.
   
   
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
   
   
3. Remove graham cracker crumbs from jar. Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Press into bottom of a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle remaining ingredients of mix over crumb mixture. Pour sweetened condensed milk over the layers. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool and cut into bars.
   

(This recipe came from here)

 

 

 

 

 

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