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BUSCH RESIDENCE LIFE OFFICE581 TAYLOR ROAD

PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854(848)-445-2561

MEET YOUR CAMPUS DEANTHOMAS V. PAPATHOMASMEET YOUR CAMPUS DEANTHOMAS V. PAPATHOMASMEET YOUR CAMPUS DEANTHOMAS V. PAPATHOMAS

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Dear Rutgers Busch Residents, I have met many of you in various activities, either in the Residence Halls or elsewhere on the Busch campus, as well as on other campuses. I am the lucky one, because I meet students mostly on happy occasions, such as lectures, round-table discussions, games, athletic activities, etc. My colleague, Busch Campus Dean of Students, Rocio Castro, deals mostly with the day-to-day issues of student life and she is the best person for helping students compassionately with all kinds of issues, some pleasant, some – most – not so pleasant. As I was writing the above two sentences, I just realized that I may not be the lucky one, after all. Dean Castro gets to see the total picture of student life, whereas I am confined to deal with a very narrow sliver of student life. What I know for sure is that I am fortunate to be working with such a dedicated student advocate on Busch Campus. In addition to Dean Castro, I count my blessings for working with all the faculty and staff members across the campuses, but especially on the Busch Campus: Nadia Raza at the Deans' Office, personnel in Residence Life, Security, Career Services, Academic Counseling, RUSA, Engineering Governing Council, Pharmacy Governing Council, Associate and Assistant Deans from SoE & Pharmacy, the Busch Student Center, and so many others that this limited space is too small to hold…

My office sponsors events that are organized by student clubs to create educational and cultural experiences for undergraduates beyond the classroom. We can provide expenses for events, as long as they are organized by two or more student groups and they reach as many undergraduate students as possible. If you wish to see me, please e-mail me at papathom@rci.rutgers.edu or call me at 848-445-6533 or 848-445-0166. I will be glad to meet with you and discuss. I was asked to give you some messages, so here I come: Do your best always, most importantly in your academic endeavors. If you have time in your hands, after you take care of your courses and projects, participate in student organizations and just “commit random acts of kindness.” This is one of my most favorite sayings and I practice it because I have benefited GREATLY from others’ acts of kindness and now it is time to give back. Even in the unlikely case that you are not yet the beneficiary of someone else’s act of kindness, help others. I firmly believe that “what [good] goes around comes around.” And, as I say ALWAYS, do not forget Rutgers, your Alma Mater, when you graduate. Good luck with your final exams!Thomas V. PapathomasBusch Campus Dean

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INFORMATIONBREAK CLOSINGBREAK CLOSINGBREAK CLOSINGBREAK CLOSING IN CLOSING AND SECURING THE BUILDINGS, RESIDENCEHALL STAFF WILL BE CHECKING EACH ROOM.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE PLEASE MAKE SURE:

• WINDOWS ARE CLOSED, LOCKED, AND BLINDS ARE DRAWN

• TRASH IS EMPTIED

• ALL ELECTRONICS ARE UNPLUGGED (REFRIGERATORS DO NOT NEED TO BE UNPLUGGED FOR THIS BREAK)

• LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF

• ROOM/SUITE DOOR(S) ARE CLOSED AND LOCKED

CLOSED HALLS: BAMM, DAVIDSON, SUITES, BEST

CHRISTMAS BREAKHALLS CLOSE DECEMBER 23 @ 10AMHALLS REOPEN JANUARY 18 @ 9AM

Beginning on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 (last day of classes) at 11:59PM until close of

Residence Halls. 24hr SILENT Hours

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1 Celebrate Save The Frogs Day each April savethefrogs.com/day

2 Stop dissecting frogs savethefrogs.com/dissections

3 Hold a fundraiser to support SAVE THE FROGS’ worldwide

savethefrogs.com/fundraise

4 bulletin boards savethefrogs.com/spread-the-word

5 Put SAVE THE FROGS! posters on your classroom walls. savethefrogs.com/posters

6 Put SAVE THE FROGS! info cards in your school library. savethefrogs.com/info-cards

7 Organize a school assembly and Skype with a SAVE THE FROGS! biologist savethefrogs.com/skype

8 Write an article about frogs in your school newspaper.

9 Give a short announcement about frog extinctions over your school’s loudspeaker and ask all students to visit savethefrogs.com

10 Start a Save The Frogs Club with your fellow students to further organize and implement amphibian conservation actions at your school and within your community. savethefrogs.com/chapters

Top Ten Actions Your School Can Take To Help SAVE THE FROGS!

savethefrogs.com/studentssavethefrogs.com/teachers

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Top 10 Reasons Schools Should Not Dissect Frogs

Please help us get frog dissections out of every public school in the USA by 2014: ask your teachers to switch to virtual software dissections!

savethefrogs.com/dissections

1. Frogs are the most rapidly disappearing group of animals on the planet.

2. Most frogs being dissected are taken out of the wild.

3. Farm-raised frogs have high rates of infectious diseases.

4. Excellent digital dissection software exists.

5. Few students have any need to know what the inside of a frog looks like.

6. If a student plans to be a doctor they can dissect cadavers in med school

7. Unnecessarily killing an animal is unethical and teaches students that animals are disposable.

8. Students’ time would be better spent learning about the threats frogs face and ways students can help protect amphibian populations.

9. Students should not be forced to be unwitting accomplices in the extinction of frog species.

10. Abandoning your school’s dissection program sends a strong signal that you support worldwide amphibian conservation efforts.

FROG DISSECTIONS ARE UNETHICAL AND UNNECESSARY.

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ARE YOU ITCHING TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR MANY OUTSTANDING LEADERS AND INITIATIVES WITHIN OURRUTGERS COMMUNITY?

IS THERE ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHINE THE LIMELIGHT ON?!?

HERE IS THE WAY TO DO IT… OF THE MONTH AWARDS!!!

OUR SCARLET KNIGHT CHAPTER OF NRHH JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO REMIND YOU THAT OTMS ARE DUE SOON!

YOU HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST AT 11:59PM TO SUBMIT AN OF THE MONTH AWARD!!!

TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION, GO TO: HTTP://OTMS.NRHH.ORG/REMEMBER, YOU CAN NOMINATE ANYONE ON CAMPUS:

- A STUDENT WHO HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND ACADEMICALLY AND WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY,- A FACULTY/STAFF MEMBER WITH A PASSION FOR THEIR WORK, OR- AN AWESOME PROGRAM YOU THINK FOSTERED A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY!

TAKE THE TIME & RECOGNIZE SOMEONE NOW!!!

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT RUNRHHOTMS@GMAIL.COM. WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR NOMINATION,

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1. DON’T PANIC (MAKE TOO MUCH OF THE FINAL). THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS TO CHECK WHAT THE FINAL IS WORTH IN EACH COURSE. REMEMBER, IT IS ONLY ONE COMPONENT OF YOUR FINAL GRADE. IF IT IS WORTH 20% OR LESS, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO BRING YOUR FINAL GRADE UP OR DOWN BY MORE THAN ONE GRADE LEVEL (E.G., B TO B+), UNLESS YOU PERFORM EXTREMELY BETTER OR WORSE THAN YOU HAVE ON OTHER EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SEMESTER.

2. DON’T BE TOO RELAXED (MAKE TOO LITTLE OF THE FINAL). ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU SHOULD TRY TO DO AS WELL ON THE FINAL AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. FURTHERMORE, SOMETIMES THE FINAL IS A BIG PART OF YOUR FINAL GRADE (30% OR MORE), IN WHICH CASE IT IS MORE LIKELY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN YOUR FINAL AVERAGE. IT IS BETTER NOT TO GO INTO THE FINAL WITH THE IDEA, "I JUST NEED TO GET X NUMBER OF POINTS TO KEEP MY B (OR WHATEVER IT IS) AVERAGE." IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE THIS ACCURATELY ANYWAY, SINCE TEACHERS SOMETIMES COMPUTE THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATION GRADES AT THE VERY END.

3. MAKE TIME FOR "RENEWING" ACTIVITIES. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP EXERCISING OR DOING OTHER THINGS THAT YOU FIND ENJOYABLE. PACE YOURSELF! YOU WILL STUDY MORE EFFECTIVELY IF YOU SPREAD THINGS OUT AND TAKE BREAKS. BUT WATCH THE PROPORTIONS HERE. BEWARE OF DOING 15 MINUTES OF STUDYING FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR BREAK TO PLAY A VIDEO GAME!

4. USE AN EFFECTIVE STUDY METHOD. THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE RETENTION IS REPETITION, AND NOT OVERLOADING YOUR BRAIN (IT CAN ONLY ABSORB SO MUCH IN AN HOUR). WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T DO IT ALL IN ONE LONG CRAMMING SESSION.

5. GET ENOUGH SLEEP. DON’T PULL AN "ALL NIGHTER." YOU WILL DO BETTER IF YOU ARE RESTED, AND CRAMMING OFTEN LEADS TO A SUPERFICIAL AND CONFUSED KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIAL YOU HAVE STUDIED. THERE IS A REASON WHY SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS USED AS TORTURE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW #4 AND 5 CAN LEAD TO WRITING NONSENSE ON EXAMS. TEACHERS OFTEN FALL OFF THEIR CHAIRS LAUGHING AT SOME OF THE SILLY STATEMENTS THAT APPEAR ON FINALS.

6. RESIST THE URGE TO PARTY ON "OFF" DAYS. INSTEAD, IF YOU HAVE A BREAK IN YOUR EXAM SCHEDULE, USE IT TO GET A HEAD START ON THE EXAMS COMING UP. THIS CAN BE A TIME TO CATCH UP ON MISSED READING, OR TO COMPLETE STEP 1 OF "IMMEDIATE PREPARATION" IN MY STUDY METHOD. REMEMBER: IF YOU PARTY, YOU WILL NEED TO RECOVER! AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN HIGH-RISK DRINKING DEADEN THEIR COGNITIVE SKILLS (ABILITY TO RECALL AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION, ETC.)

7. ARRIVE ON TIME FOR THE EXAM. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ABOUT SETTING YOUR ALARM THE NIGHT BEFORE. SAVE YOURSELF THE ANXIETY AND EMBARRASSMENT OF ARRIVING LATE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU MAY ALSO NEED EVERY MINUTE OF THE EXAM PERIOD TO FINISH THE EXAM.

8. DON’T WORRY ABOUT OTHERS FINISHING EARLIER THAN YOU. THIS COULD MEAN ANYTHING. IT OFTEN MEANS THESE STUDENTS HAVE WRITTEN A MEDIOCRE OR POOR EXAM. TAKE THE TIME YOU NEED.

9. WHEN THE EXAM IS OVER, LET IT GO! FORGET IT! MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, OR GO ENJOY THE BREAK! IF YOU DO HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE YOUR PROFESSOR AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME

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DIRECTIONSWHISK THE FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, BAKING SODA, SALT, GINGER, AND CINNAMON IN A BOWL; SET ASIDE. BEAT THE EGG IN A SEPARATE MIXING BOWL WITH THE VANILLA AND MOLASSES UNTIL SMOOTH. WHISK IN THE WATER UNTIL COMPLETELY INCORPORATED. STIR THE FLOUR MIXTURE INTO THE MOLASSES MIXTURE UNTIL JUST COMBINED -- A FEW LUMPS ARE OKAY.

HEAT A LIGHTLY OILED GRIDDLE OVER MEDIUM-HIGH HEAT. DROP BATTER BY LARGE SPOONFULS ONTO THE GRIDDLE, AND COOK UNTIL BUBBLES FORM AND THE EDGES ARE DRY. FLIP, AND COOK UNTIL BROWNED ON THE OTHER SIDE. REPEAT WITH REMAINING BATTER.

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ORIGINAL RECIPE MAKES 10 PANCAKES CHANGE SERVINGS

- 1 1/2 CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR- 1 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER- 1/4 TEASPOON BAKING SODA- 1/4 TEASPOON SALT- 1/2 TEASPOON GROUND DRIED GINGER- 1 TEASPOON GROUND CINNAMON- 1 EGG- 1/2 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT- 1/4 CUP MOLASSES- 1 1/2 CUPS WATER

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