So long, farewell!

Hey guys!

It looks like this will be the last post of the term for me...I hope exams aren't getting you down, and you're all getting ready to have a summer filled with fun! Before you head home I would recommend two things: a) residences have this lovely thing called a "free stuff" table, where you can deposit anything you don't need anymore and swap it for something else that you might need. It's a really cool idea...now if you don't live in rez like me, please don't break in lol, call a friend who lives there and have them let you in...its better for everyone.

the second thing is since the weather is so nice lately, if you haven't been to Duchesnay Falls I would recommend going. It's really beautiful and its something that is unique to our campus here at Nip/Can.

Well I guess that is all for me, until next time...keep on dancin'!

Crunch time

Hey guys!

I hope you all had a fabulous Easter weekend/long weekend/freedom from classes! I just got back and have started getting down to business. Good thing it got cold again-WAIT let me finish- BECAUSE if it were still nice and sunny out we wouldn't be studying for our exams, you know we'd be outside relaxing. Anyways, this year I have decided to be on track...well...

more on track than usual. I only have two exams this year so

I have set up a little schedule to force myself to study so I can ace

my exams. Now if you are like me you probably just cram the day

before and the day of and hope for the best, but really, how much do we really accomplish by doing that? I figure if I put the hard work in and get some decent marks there might be scholarship money in it. Now there is something that everyone can strive for...free money for school. So get crackin' and good luck, I hope everyone does really well on all their exams and has a great summer!

Until next time, keep on dancin' until we meet again!

Spotlight on Stage II

Hey Guys!

So I mentioned in my post awhile ago about the Nipissing and Canadore's Dance Club's end of the year show, "Spotlight on Stage"...well this was the weekend it happened!

This is the second annual Spotlight which was put on by the dance club, last year's show was a one night only deal, but this year had two nights: Friday the 26th and Sat the 27th! Both shows were very successful with about 60 people attending Friday's performance and over 100 attending Saturday's show. Every year the dance club chooses a charity to donate their proceeds to and this year Miss Cassandre Boland, the VP Internal of the club asked the club to donate to Variety: the children's charity, as she is involved with the charity and is currently Miss Northern Ontario. In May 2010 she will be going to the miss Canada competition and bringing the donations which were raised by the club to the organization.

This year we raised just over $700 for the charity! With contributions from both nights we raised around $900 with $200 going back to the club funds to pay for things like costumes, flowers and props. All the performances were amazing! There were many awesome dancers...solos, duets, group pieces as well as some talented singers!

We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported us, we hope to see you next year at the show I am sure it will be phenomenal!

Until next time, keep on dancin' ...or supporting those who dance!

Kijiji North Bay

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you in on a cool site that might be helpful to those of you looking for...well...anything actually.

Kijiji is a buy/trade/sell site but anyone can post for free on it, so its a great way to find stuff. There's a housing section for anyone who wants to find a place to live off rez, and even a furniture

section to find things to fill your house with!

I first discovered this site last year around this time, and I have to say its really good if you're looking to buy things used, for example, I moved out of rez to an off campus place for this year and didn't have a desk or a dresser. I found the desk I have now for $20.00 and later on, I found the matching hutch for it for free. I also found the garage sale that led me to my $45.00 dresser purchase as well. Dressers are ridiculously expensive, and as students we don't have a lot of extra cash lying around, so if you are in need of anything, just type it in the search bar and try your luck, you may be surprised!

Until next time, keep on dancin'

Deforestation?

Hey guys,

Yesterday I was walking to the monastery to do my art classes and I noticed that some big machines were tearing a chunk of trees out all the way from the monastery to the highway, enough that I could see the parking lot through the gap. What's going on?

I asked some of the profs about it and no-one seems to know. Well that land is owned by Nipissing now, so whats the deal? I'm very

interested to know what they are doing and why they are taking such a

big chunk of trees away. I spend 3 days a week at the monastery and I

know that there is a herd if about 8 deer who live in the forest where they are cutting, so I am a little concerned for them and where they will live if the continue to cut more...

Until next time keep on dancin'...and I'll keep on investigating

Times A Wastin'

Hey guys,

Lately I have been trying to get myself organized for next year, and I has come to my attention that Nip seems to be behind a little this year on course registration. Spring courses can be accessed online now, but you can't actually register until March 8th. That's great, very informative...however...when I asked about registration for next year no-one had any answers for me.

Word on the street ( the street in this case being the girl

who works at the academic advising front desk says she heard

as late as May 1st...

That's craziness! I can't remember exactly when we registered last year, but I know all my roommates and I were waiting up in rez until midnight when registration started. We were all there which means it happened before exams had started...so whats the deal?

I think they should give us some indication of what we are signing up for next year a little sooner. Take me for example, I am 3 credits short and either need to stay for a spring course or do overload next year, and since I need a specific course I can't just take any course that's offered.

I would rather do a 3 credit overload next year than have to stay here alone in the summer. I mean its doable, but I'd much rather take that month or two to work and make some money. No-one here is going to hire me for 4-8 weeks. So if I knew next year's schedule I could see if it fit into an open time slot, but since we theoretically wont know until may 1st, my spring course will be starting so there's really no option to wait it out and see.

Come on Nip, get it together!!!

Until next time keep on dancin' (and waiting)

Another year of Frosh!

Hey guys!

The frosh picks have been made and I would like to welcome all the new people who made it onto the 2010 frosh leader team. If you would like to learn more about these amazing individuals you can go to http://www.nusu.com/ and click "services" followed by "frosh". These are the people who braved the crrazzzyyy interview process and impressed the co-ordinators! To all of you who tried out but weren't chosen DON'T GIVE UP! Come out to wall nights, and events like shinerama, there is space enough for everyone to come and have a part in frosh week. Maybe next year is your year, so don't lose hope! There are so many amazing people that its really difficult to choose, so don't feel bad. Anyways I will see you on team #1 in September 2010!

Until next time...keep on dancin'